Unfortunately he was coming back in a few hours.
"Sky, I need to talk to you about something..."
"Sky, could I talk to you for a moment?"
It didn't matter what way Donna put it, it still sounded horrible.
"Donna, Donna, Hello?"
Rosie was waving a hand in front of her face and Donna jumped out of her dazed state.
"What, what is it?"
"Donna you need to calm down. You really do. Sky's gonna be fine, well he might find it as a bit of a shock but it's not your fault --"
"--well how come I feel like it is. I feel like I didn't protect my daughter properly. That's my job, to protect her, and I didn't."
"Oh Donna, you really are a jigsaw puzzle. I don't know how Sam does it."
"Oh I do it with great difficulty." Sam appeared.
She sat down beside Donna and took her hand.
Donna stood up and took Sam with her. They started to walk together. They both said nothing until Donna broke the silence when they made it to the beach.
"Sam, I am so sorry, that through all this, I haven't said something very important to you."
"What would that be?"
"I love you."
The three words had a big impact on Sam. He just stared into space a moment. The he sat down on the sand. Then Donna was the one that was suprised.
Sam had began to cry.
"Sam, Sam, what is it? It's not as if you haven't heard it before." She chuckled lightly.
Then Donna remembered something. This is exactly what had happened the day Sam left for New York again. It made her feel nervous. Was he leaving her?
"Sam, what is it? Please can you tell me?"
"To tell you the truth I don't know, I think it's just a mixture of everything. Sophie and the new baby and the way you have been so strong through it all. I was expecting you to crumble under the pressure. But you seem to have everything in place. You amaze me. So much."
Donna didn't know what to say. She just sat there thinking how she could have ended up with such a wonderful man. Donna sat down beside him and kissed him on the forehead she made her way down kissing his nose and his cheeks where the tears had fallen. Then she kissed him on the lips. It felt nice to have a sense of closeness to him again. She felt like they had drifted apart, with everything that had happened.
"I love you too, Donna."
They just sat enjoying each others company for a while. Donna relized something.
"Sam what time is it?"
"It's ten past three, why?"
"Oh, shoot I have to go and get Sky here was here ten minutes ago."
"No, you stay here get some air, or do what ever you were doing. I'll go and get him."
"Sam, don't tell him. Please. Maybe, we could do it together."
"Alright. Together it is. I love you."
"I love you, too."
Sam made his way to where the pick up was. When he got in, he remembered how brave Sophie had been when they were taking Donna to the hospital.
"Just like her mother..."
He drove off to the harbour, taking the twists and turns of the road. He stopped where the beach started and walked over it. He was looking for Sky. He couldn't find him. Sam was starting to worry, what if something had happened to him too? But thankfully after everyone had cleared away he saw Sky sitting on top of his suitcase.
"Sky!" Sam shouted over to him.
"Sam!" Sky started to walk over.
They greeted each other with a hug.
"Wow, it's been so long! How are you?"
"I'm fine, travelling was the best thing ever. It's what I've always wanted to do, and I can't believe Sophie actually let me! Did she get the letters I sent?"
"Um... yeah, I think so."
"So how is everyone?"
"...Great, you know, just great."
"Well that's good, are you alright Sam? You look a little worried."
"What? No I'm fine! Really."
"Okay then. So how are things with Donna?"
"Oh great, we're really happy. She's going to have a baby."
"Wow, really? That's great. I hope me and Sophie can be as happy as you gus are!"
"Oh I hope so too."
Sam felt very uncomfortable in this conversation. Sky knew something was wrong. But, he promised Donna he wouldn't tell. The rest of the way back to the Villa was very silent. Sam didn't speak so Sky didn't speak. All Sam could think about was telling Sky and all Sky could think about was seeing Sophie.
When they got to the Villa, Donna was standing outside waiting for them.
"Oh, Sky! You look great! So glad to have you back again!"
She went up and hugged him. She looked at Sam to make sure he hadn't spilled. Sam shook his head. Donna let out a sigh of relief.
"Congrats Donna! I hear there's gonna be a new member of the family!"
"Thanks, Sky."
"So, where is everyone? Where's Sophie?"
"Um.. Sky about that..."