4 years later:
Mary-Claire and Harry lay in bed, Harry was still sleeping but Mary-Claire lay in her bed watching Harry sleep thinking about her lover. She had been loving married life of the past 3 years and work seemed to be easier as Serena was being nice to her for a change since she went back full time.
The clock flicked over to 7:00am and in came a little girl who jumped up onto Mary-Claire and Harry's bed and sat on her mother's lap "Mummy, Mummy it's time to get up! Harry began to stir as Mary-Claire sat herself up properly against the head board and said to her daughter "morning beautiful" Mary-Claire kissed Ellie on the head and brushed her little girl's hair out her eyes.
"Hey you, are you tormenting your Mummy already" Harry rolled over to see Mary-Claire sitting up with Ellie sitting on her lap, Harry admired his wife and daughter as they looked so much alike and knew how lucky he was to have them too. After about 10 minutes of sitting talking in the bedroom Mary-Claire got up and said "right you Ellie we have got to get you ready for school haven't we?" Ellie jumped off the bed and took her Mum's hand and walked into Ellie's bedroom.
Meanwhile Harry began to get changed into his scrubs as he had the morning shift and his shift started at 9 and finished just before 3 so he could pick Ellie up from school. Once he got dressed he walked though to Ellie's room where the sound of laughing was coming from and walked in and said "So what's going on in here?" Mary-Claire was kneeling on the floor tickling Ellie who was lying on the floor in its of laughter.
Harry sat on the floor next to Mary-Claire while she brushed Ellie's curly ginger hair and pinned her hair up into to piggy tales. "Go on Ellie go and brush your teeth and I will get you toast" Mary-Claire said as Ellie ran out the room, "Well Mrs Tressler last night was really fun" Harry said to Mary-Claire as he pulled her into a hug and began to kiss her "Well Dr Tressler if you are lucky and you are a good boy at work today I will let you have some more fun" Mary-Claire said between kisses "I love you" Harry replied as he placed his hands around Mary-Claire's waist.
"So how long before Ellie comes back in asking for her breakfast" Harry said as Mary-Claire kissed him for one last time before making Ellie's bed "Erm... let me see last time she took about 5 minutes so Harry would you go check on her please make sure she hasn't broken anything because she is really quiet" Harry smiled at Mary-Claire and kissed her on the cheek just as a loud wail comes from the other room and Mary-Claire says "And that's my queue."
Mary-Claire walked out of Ellie's room leaving Harry to go and make Ellie some breakfast. "Hey you" Mary-Claire said as she walked into a room and approached a little baby lying in a cot "How are you this morning ?" Mary-Claire whispered as she bushed her hand over the babies soft ginger hair and slipped her hand under the baby's back, lifting him up into her arms.
"I see our beautiful Riley is up bright and early how many times was it last night he had you up?" Harry says as he pops his head around the door to see if Mary-Claire was alright "Well since you asked I was up with him about 8 times last night, and guess who has the 5am shift tomorrow?" Harry laughs as he comes into the room and takes Riley out of Mary-Claire's arms and tell her to take a break for a while as he was taking Ellie to school.
Mary-Claire had gone back to bed for 10 minutes until the doorbell rang so she slipped on her dressing gown and ran down the stairs to the front door to let Harry in, but it wasn't Harry it was her mother who has hadn't seen in years since she had taken a fall and Mary-Claire had to go back to Ireland to help her recover. "Mum?" Mary-Claire says as she takes a step back taking in the moment she wasn't expecting "Well hello Mary-Claire darling how are we? you still working hard at your life time job?" Mary-Claire's Mum says as she lets her in.
"What are you doing here?" Mary-Claire questions as she invites her into her living room. "Well I thought to myself I haven't seen my youngest daughter in years so why not pay her a visit and well here I am surprise!" Mary-Claire is take a back by her mother sitting in her living room probably having no idea that Mary-Claire was a mother making her Mum a Grandmother, She had to say something before Harry got back and her Mum found out the hard way.
Mary-Claire had made her Mum a coffee and was now sitting next to her in the living room. Before Mary-Claire could say anything Harry had came through the door with Riley in his arms and shouts through to Mary-Claire "I think someone wants there Mummy" Mary-Claire's mother sits there opened mouthed as Harry comes into the room and Mary-Claire take Riley out of his arms.
"Who is she?" Harry whispers to Mary-Claire as he plants a kiss on her head "Oh sorry I forgot baby brain, Mum this is my husband Harry, Harry this is my Mum Yvette" Harry smiles at Yvette and gives her a quick wave before Yvette says "So is this my Grandson?" Mary-Claire nods "Yes Mum this is Riley he is 3 months old he was born on the 24th December and I also Have a 4 year old daughter called Ellie"
Harry leaves Mary-Claire with Yvette and Riley while he goes to the kitchen and heats up Riley's milk bottle and gets his medication ready. "So how come you never told me you had children and were married?" Yvette questions as Harry comes in with the bottle and the medication for Riley "I have been married 3 years and I really didn't want a big fuss over it, as well I didn't know I was pregnant with Ellie until I was 3 months pregnant and Me and Harry were not together back then. Don't worry Harry is Ellie's dad" Yvette nods and watches Harry hand the bottle to Mary-Claire and injects the medication into Riley's mouth and hopes that he doesn't spit it out "What's that for? Mary-Claire what is up with him?"
Suddenly Harry turns quickly to Mary-Claire who was staring at Riley not replying to her mother then she placed Riley down on his play mat and said to Yvette "Mum you really know how to get the truth out of someone don't you?" Mary-Claire wipes a tear away before saying "He...He...was born at 29 weeks premature and while in NICU the doctors found a heart murmur and had diagnosed him by the time he was 2 weeks old with Ventricular septal defect, they... they didn't pick it up on my 20 weeks scan either so It was a surprise to both me and Harry."
A while after Mary-Claire told Yvette what was up with Riley, Yvette had come to terms with Riley's condition and was now talking to Harry about his job and why Mary-Claire started work 3 months after she gave birth to Riley, and as usual Mary-Claire needed to keep herself occupied while Riley was in NICU and she was now on full time maternity leave.
Later on that day Harry had gone to work so Mary-Claire was left with Riley and her Mum also Ellie as she wasn't very well at school and was at home fast asleep on the sofa next to Mary-Claire who had a sick bucket on her lap in case Ellie wakes up and is sick.
"You do realise Mary-Claire Ellie is the splitting image of you when you was her age" Mary-Claire laughs and carries on watching Riley who was trying to roll around on the floor.
Later on that evening Mary-Claire's mother was still with her as she needed a hand with Ellie and Riley who had now been put to bed, Mary-Claire came back downstairs and gave out a big sigh "Thank god for that, thought he was never going to sleep. Harry is normally here to help me but he is on late tonight and should be back in the next 2o minutes. "
Ellie was still asleep on the Sofa as Mary-Claire wanted to make sure she was alright, when Ellie suddenly woke and sat up quickly and was sick on Mary-Claire's lap "I am sorry Mummy" Ellie began to cry when she realised she was sick on her Mummy's lap and not in the bucket, Mary-Claire laughed and went to get cleaned up as Harry walked thought the door and saw Mary-Claire covered in sick and started to cry with laughter. Mary-Claire removed her trousers that were covered in sick and kissed Harry on the lips passionately as she stood up.
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