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Marian moaned as she burried her head deeper into the soft heavenly pillow. Her head spun and her throat was dry and hoarse. The cold air attacked her bare back. She groaned as she turned on her back trying to open her refusing eyes. The brightness attacked them making her head hurt more. She turned to look at the clock on her bedside table bit the digital numbers were indistinguishable. She rubbed her eyes and sighed when she found last nights makeup on her hands. She froze as she heard the unmistakeable deep grumble coming from beside her, she turned her head slowly and gasped when she saw the back of the dark haired head lay on the pillow next to her. It was then she glanced around her room and saw all the discarded clothes abandoned on the carpet and felt her naked body beneath the sheets.

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Emma yawned as Aiden climbed on the bed next to her. She smiled to him and sat him up properly turning to wake Allan but frowning when she found his side of the bed empty. She sat up and looked around the room for any sign of him. Then she spotted the note on the bed side table.

Gone out with Lauren.

See ya later babes x x

She shrieked in anger and scrunched the paper up into a ball and threw it across the room. She sighed and turned to Aiden who was looking at her perculuary.

'Aiden do me a favour.' Aiden nodded. 'Never become a man like Allan a Dale.' Emma sighed as they cuddled in and turned on the TV to watch Lazytown.

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'So what did I miss while I was away?' Lauren smiled as she and Allan walked through the streets.

'Marian and Robin had a kid. He stayed out our last night, but we got in to late to see him.' Allan stated.

'Ahh Robin and Marian. They were such a cute couple.' Lauren smiled remembering the arguments that the two lovers would have.

'Their not together anymore.' Allan stated.

'Why?'

'Things just didn't work out.' Allan shrugged.

'Like us.' Lauren stated sadly.

'Yeah like us.' Allan agreed but without the saddened tone. He was quite happy with his current relationship with Emma. 'Lauren why have you come back here?' Allan asked the question that had been on his mind since he found her on his doorstep.

'Well I moved back here and I wanted to see how all the old gang were getting on.' Lauren smiled.

'Thats all?' Allan asked feeling that she was hiding something from him.

'Yep thats it.' She smiled.

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'Hey babe.' Allan smiled as he walked into the apartment to find Emma on the floor playing with Aiden. 'Hey little man.' He smiled ruffling Aiden's hair.

'Where's Lauren?' Emma asked venomously.

'Out looking for a job.'

'How about looking for an apartment.' Emma bit.

'What?' Allan asked confused by her tone.

'She has been here almost a week. When is she going to leave?' Emma moaned.

'When she manages to get enough money to buy her own place.' Allan shrugged. 'What's wrong with you.' He asked annoyed at her expression.

'Nothing's wrong with me Allan.' Emma snapped as she picked up Aiden and left the apartment.

'Emma!' Allan shouted after her but she paid him not attention.

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Marian sat on the couch and stared at the empty vodka bottle which she had contained last night. Guy had already gone. She had practically thrown him out as soon as he had awoken. She could not stop the thoughts of the night coming back to her. She saw images of his hands touching her bare flesh and it made her skin crawl. She shuddered as she remembered his lips gliding across her skin. She wanted to hurl.

'Mummy!' Aiden shouted as he walked into the room bringing Marian quickly from her day dream.

'Hey baby how was your night?' Marian smiled as she hugged her son. Emma walked in looking upset and like hell. 'Better than Aunty Emma's.' Marian smiled.

Aiden nodded and walked into the kitchen to her a Caprisun from the fridge.

'What's wrong?' Marian asked Emma as she sat down on the couch.

'Allan...Lauren...life.' Emma said in a huffy tone like a child.

'What's he done now?'

'Last night he didn't come home until like one in the morning. I was in bed so I didn't even see him. Then when I woke up he had left a note saying that he had gone out with Lauren again.' Emma sighed.

'So you haven't seen him since yesterday?' Marian asked.

'No I saw him for five minutes before I came back with Aiden. We had a fight.'

'About?'

'Lauren. She has been living with is for almost a week. And she's in the room that we were going to decorate to be the nursary.' Emma moaned.

'Allan's just trying to help her.' Marian stated trying to calm her friend.

'But just how much help is she gonna need.'

'What you mean?' Marian asked confused.

'Well soon I am going to be moody, fat and unable to do many of the things that Allan liveds for. And there Lauren is going to be walking around in her skinny self offering everything on the table.' Emma groaned.

'I don't think you give Allan all the credit he deserves. I know he acts like a ladies man, but he has never cheated.' Marian implied.

'Yeah well theres a first time for everything.'

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Emma had received a phone call asking her to come to another scan. They had relooked her previous one and believed they had found something else in it. At first she was worried that perhaps something was wrong with the baby, but the midwife that had called her told her that it was nothing to worry about. She had tried to get a hold of Allan but he had his phone turned off which was a rare occurance. The scan was in an hours time so she began making her way to the hospital repeatedly phoning his mobile. Before she knew it she was once more sitting on the hard table waiting for the midwwife to start her scan with no Allan. She would just have to go through this bit on her own and tell him later. She stiffened as the cold fluid hit her stomach and the mouse was placed upon her little but very welcome bump. Emma watched and waited for the midwife to speak.

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Robin sighed as he awoke feeling the presence of Stephanie's sleeping body laying next to him. She was so different to Marian. She would stay to her own side of the bed whereas Marian would cuddle up next to him keeping him warm. She was so alien compared to Marian. They had nothing alike. But Marian had made her choice and now he was the one that had to live with it. He could not believe what she had accused Stephanie of. What was her problem? Why couldn't she just leave him alone? Stephanie stirred in her sleep but did not awaken so with one last glance Robin sighed and climbed out of bed.

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Emma starred at the white apartment door. She knew what would happen when she entered. Allan would no doubt question her about her behvaiour earlier which would throw them into another full scale argument. She smiled as she thought back to her surprise scan. She would surprise him with her news. She looked to the door once more. Well, better get it over with. She placed her hand on the cold door knob. The warmth of the room instantly hit her making her smile. She loved the feeling of coming home to her and Allan's house. They place they shared together, where they would raise their family. But the she saw her. Lauren walked into the room humming some tune under her breath. The homey feeling instantly dispersed as Emma slammed the door closed with her foot and moved into the bedroom. She threw her bag down on the bed and sat folding her arms like a child.

'Hey. Lauren said you were back.' Allan said impishly as he walked into the bedroom.

'What is she your secretary now to? Do you get her to bend over the desk and spank her when she's been bad?' Emma sneered.

'Emma why are you acting like this?' Allan asked as he sat on the bed next to her.

'Acting like what?'

'Some jealous cow.' Allan stressed.

'Hey I am not that fat yet.' Emma warned.

'Emma you will never be fat to me.' Allan insisted as he kissed her neck.

'Your saying that now.' Emma moaned.

'What is your problem?' Allan shouted moving away and standing.

'You are, you and her.' Emma shouted pointing to the door where Lauren was no doubt listening beyond.

'She's just an old friend.' Allan implied.

'I think we both know she's more than that.'

'OK so she's an old girlfriend. But old being the key word.' Allan insisted. 'Plum its you I want to be with.' He sighed as he sat next to her again and kissed her shoulder and neck.

Emma smiled and moaned happily at his touch. 'Plum? You haven't called me that in a while.'

'That's usually because I only call you that when we're doing something.' He smirked winking at her as he lay her back on the bed.

'Allan sex is not the answer to this.' Emma stated as she pushed him off and sat back up.

'No sex is the question, the answer is yes.' He smiled as he began kissing her neck up to her cheek.

'Allan you just can't go without it can't you?' Emma moaned.

'You know me. Born to please taught to tease.' Allan smirked.

'Yeah well tease something else. Cause this chick is going to bed.' Emma stated getting up and walked over to the chest of drawers pulling her pyjamma's out.

'I just don't get you Emma. You don't want to be with me but you moan when other people want to spend time with me.' Allan sighed as he watched her begin to get changed and walked out of the room.

'Hey everything OK?' Lauren asked as she saw his saddened face.

'Yeah. Just things aren't going to well.' He sighed.

'It will get better.' Lauren smiled as she walked over to him and took him into a tight hug.

Emma sniffed as she held the tears back, closing her bedroom door quietly so not to disturb the cuddling pair.

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'Marian am I being foolish?' Emma asked as she sat in Marian's the next morning after surprisingly waking to find Allan and Lauren gone.

'Emma. You and Allan love each other. Your just over reacting a bit.'

'But he spends so much time with her.' Emma whined.

'Only because when he's with you, you bite his head off.' Marian laughed.

'Yeah I suppose your right there.'

'Emma you never know what you have until its gone, and when its gone you can never get it back.' Marian sighed. 'Look at me. I love the man I cannot have and I have the man I cannot love.' Marina stressed. 'Don't make my mistake.'

'What you mean you have a man you cannot love?' Emma asked not sure if she wanted to know.

'I slept with Guy.' Marian winced.

'You what!' Emma shouted at the top of her lungs.

'I know. But I was drunk. I saw something I wanted forget.'

'Bet you want to forget something now.' Emma stated.

'Tell me about it.' Marian giggled.

'What happened?'

'He took me to this restaurant and then all of a sudden there was some commotion. And there was Robin down on one knee proposing to Stephanie.' Marian smiled sadly.

'Aww hun i'm so sorry.' Emma said as she pulled Marian into a hug.

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Allan sat in Will's house with Robin and Much. Much as per usual was talking away quite happily on the food that he had eaten at the restaurant he had visited the previous night, and by the looks on the others faces they were all prepared to fry him if it meant he would shut up.

'You and Emma OK now?' Will asked Allan who had been day dreaming.

'Nah. Worse if anything.' Allan sighed. 'Last night I went to give her some of the Allan magic and she refused me.' He stated shocked.

'Haha, just Allan and the magic of his five fingers then.' Robin smirked as the others laughed.

'Hey. Masterbation is like procastination. Its all good until you realise your just fucking yourself.' Allan moaned.

'Yes well if I remember right, you did a hell of a lot of that in Highschool.' Much mumbled as Robin and Will burst into hysterics.

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'Hey Emma how are you?' Lauren asked as Emma walked back into the flat.

Emma turned to look at Lauren making herself quite happy in the kitchen. Her kitchen.

'I'm good thanks.' Emma smiled fakely repeating Marian's words in her head.

'Your clothes are looking a bit tight on you.' Lauren commented.

'Yeah but that's kind of whats suppose to happen when your pregnant.' Emma stated.

'Oh my god.' Lauren gasped covering her mouth with her hand. 'When are you going to tell Allan?'

'Allan knows. We've already been to our first scan.' Emma frowned.

'Oh he never said anything.' Lauren smiled.

'Yeah well knowing him, he would forget he had a girlfriend if I didn't mind him everyday.' Emma specified as she walked into the kitchen. She had decided that she would kick Lauren out for the night and make Allan his favourite dinner then they could spend some time together and she could tell him the news about the baby. She looked up to the top shelf where all the pans were kept, she raised herself onto her tiptoes stretching her hand as far as she could, but she was still unable to reach the desired object. She turned and scouted the kitchen looking for an object that would assist her. She spotted the bread knife and smiled. Taking it in her hand she reached once more for the pan when Lauren appeared by her side.

'You better get that cream for stretch marks. Allan hates them, he won't touch you if you have them.' Lauren stated.

Emma sneered at her out of the corner of her eyes as she continued to reach for the pot. But then a sly thought crept into her head and she smirked. Moving the blade along quickly with her hand she saw Lauren's body flash within its side as it moved closer to its target. She hit it and let if fall from the shelf smirking as she watched the scene before her. The large metalic pot fell from the shelf and smacked Lauren hard on the head before crashing to the floor in a sharp banging echoing sound.

'You bitch.' Lauren shouted diving for Emma. 'You meant that!.' She screamed as she pushed Emma to the floor.

'Who you calling a bitch you boyfriend stealing cheap whore.' Emma shouted outraged as she turned them so she was on top of Lauren.

'Your only mad cause you can't give him what he wants.' Lauren sneered.

'Trust me he don't want what you can give him.'

'Oh yeah and what's that?'

'Aids.' Emma shouted as she slapped Lauren.

'EMMA!' Allan roared as he came into the apartment and saw the horrific fight going on. If he were in a better mood and this was under different circumstances, he would have happily sat down and enjoyed watching it. But this was no joke. He walked over to his pregnant girlfriend and lifted her off Lauren.

Emma screamed and kicked trying to break free of Allan's grasp but he was to strong.

'Lauren can you go into the spare room til a talk to Emma.' Allan shouted over the top of a screaming Emma. Lauren nodded and wiped her burst lip before walking into the spare room.

'Emma what the hell was that!?' Allan asked as he placed her on the floor and she calmed her breathing.

'That bitch attacked me.' Emma shouted pointing to the door.

'It looked like you were the one doing the attacking.' Allan stated as he folded his arms.

'Well what a surprise it is for you to take her side.' Emma said copying his stance.

'Emma you haven't been very welcoming to her.' Allan implied.

'Why should I? She's your ex that won't get out of our lives!'

'You really have to get over your jealousy problem Emma, or else I can't see this relationship working.' Allan said.

Emma starred at him in shock. 'Whatever i'm going out. I'll see you later.' Emma said walking out of the apartment.

Allan groaned and kicked the kitchen counter.

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'Hey.' Robin said as Marian let him into the house.

'Hey.'

The tension was obvious and he was in no mood to talk to her. He had still not forgiven her lies and meddling. He walked past her and made to go into the living room.

'He in there?' Robin asked without looking at her.

'Yeah he's watching Robin Hood.' Marian laughed.

Robin nodded and walked into the living room to find Aiden sitting on the floor in his PJ's watching his favourite film.

'Hey buddy. You forgot your bag so I brought it over.' Robin said as Aiden turned holding his teddy and smiled when he saw his father.

'Robin Wood.' He smiled pointing to the TV.

'Yeah I see.' Robin smirked.

Marian came intot he room and stood behind Robin. It was her own house and she didn't know where her place was.

'Same mames as you and mummy.' Aiden smiled.

Marian and Robin both laughed. They remebered Highschool where their names and the fact that they were a couple would be constantly mention about Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

'But their together in the end.' Aiden said sadly as he turned back to the TV.

Robin and Marian shared a quick glance before seperating their eyes. It hurt to much to look at each other knowing a look was all that they were allowed.

'Right well i'll see you tomorrow Aiden.' Robin said as he kissed his son on the head and turned to leave with one last look at Marian.

'Mummy.'

'Yeah babe.' Marian smiled tearing her eyes away from the door which Robin had just left.

'Why you and daddy not together like the other ones?' Aiden asked.

Marian looked at her son as he waited for the answer. The answer she wanted answered herself.

'Why don't you ask daddy that tomorrow.' Marian smiled.

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It felt as though she had walked all over the town before her feet brought her back to her street. She walked the up the stone steps that would lead her to her apartment. Nothing seemed to be going right in their relationship at the moment. And yeah she probably was to blame for most of it, but she was just so vulnerable at the moment. She thought he was becoming less and less attracted to her, with her growing belly and tiredness and grumpiness where Lauren was so much carefree like Emma was when he first met her. She opened the door to her apart to find the living area in darkness. Well it was one in the morning they were probably in bed. She reached down and removed her black heels so not make any noise when she crossed the floor. She tiptoed holding her bag in one hand and her shoes in the other, silently turning her bedroom handle she quietly opened it. She smiled when she saw Allan sleeping on his belly topless, like he always did, he reminded her so much of a child they way his face looked when he slept. She had been to harsh on him these past few days and she promised herself that she would make it up to him. But then she saw an unwelcoming sight and stood straight sharply as she saw the form laying next to him. She saw her bare back as her brown hair lightly covered it. She dropped her shoes and bag as they made a thud against the floor. Allan jumped awake and looked at Emma tiredly sitting up where he noticed Lauren sleeping next to him, he looked back to Emma turning his expression to one of guilt and shock.

'Emma.' He started to explain but she turned and ran from the apartment before he could stop her.

He groaned and punched the pillow. How was he going to fix this one.