Liz went through to the bar.

"Jim, its here." she said to him and he turned to her.

"The date of the scan?" he smiled. They were both so excited over this but so far they had not confided the good news in any one.

Smiling at him she nodded. They had been excepting it for some days now.

"Nervous?" he asked her because he didn't think he could be so if she was not.

She nodded. She was no fool. She knew that she was going to find it hard to carry the child. And there was dangers to the baby too having two older parents… who ever was the real father, he was older then the normal age…

She shook the thought out her head.

"The three of us are going to be fine." He said to her and she nodded. She liked it when he spoke about them, their life. Their family. Their baby.

"I know." She said as she gave him a kiss. He was there, and she was safe. But she remembered his temper. Perhaps she was in danger, more so than she knew when she had his heart.

She was going to be when he found out. In her heart she knew he was going too. He always found out. Yet he was so unsuspicious this time. She was his gold. The women of his dreams. He had never even thought…
-
They decided not to long after that it was time to tell the boys they were going to be big brothers again and when they got the call to go over the boys were revealed.

Their parents had never been normal per se but lately they had been acting weirder they normally did.

"So what is it?" asked Steve as he and Andy stood in the living room waiting for the news.

Liz had no idea how they were going to take it. They were grown men now after all.

"Well the fact of the matter is lads, is your mother – well she pregnant, so she is," said Jim.

Their son's faces did not fall with shame or disappointment but neither did they smile. It was a huge shock. Just like it had been before.

"A baby?" asked Andy.

"Yes son that is generally what comes at the end of a pregnancy," said Jim. "So come on Steven what do you think…" he asked.

"Your sure, I mean this is definitely."

"as sure as two test can be," Said Liz. "I'm showing all the signs too." She revealed

"and you are going to keep it?" asked Andy and she nodded, though she felt Jim tense behind her angrily. How could he even think they might consider simply getting rid after Katie.

"It isn't often people our age get a second chance. Me and your father want to make the most of ours," she said and Steve came to hug her,

"then if this is what you both what I am so happy for your mum. Honest, this is great news." He said and she held him tight.

"Thank you son, thank you so much." She had needed so much for him to applaud her for this. Not knock her back.

"It is fine."
-
Later that day as the McDonalds talked Jim brought up the subject of every one else.

"You're going to start showing soon. We're going to have to tell them all some time. Why not sooner?" he said to her. He was so excited and he was so content. He wasn't to shout it from the roof top.

"No," she said to him. she wasn't so enthusiastic. Once Vernon heard he was going to know there was a chance he was the father of the child and that could implicate so much. She wanted a ring on her finger before he knew.

"Why not?" he asked her suspiciously. Was she having second thoughts.

"I just think. Well this wedding, it s close and I just want us to focus on that," she said to him smiling. "And then we will shout our good news from the roof tops. Promise." She pushed a ending kiss to his lips gently, making sure to win him round.

"Alright." He muttered.

He just was so excited about his impending father hood. How could he wait.
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It was dress fitting time.

Deirdre and Amy were going to be the bridesmaid, in fact more specifically maid of honour and flower girl.

Liz was beginning to wonder if she should confess her in to her best friend. If any one understood what it was like to be an adulteress it was her. Still you'd think she herself would get used to it.

Amy was in a beautiful little pink dress, and on the day she was going to have matching flowers in her hair. As she looked in the mirror for the first time in a bit she smiled as she looked at her two grandmothers.

Somehow, though the women didn't know they had managed to keep the custody caser out of there friendship. Thought it was written all over the face of the little girl before them.

"You look beautiful darling." Said Deirdre to her.

"Where's grandpa , nanny Liz? I wanna show him." she explained. Jim had been with her a lot since every thing between her mum and her dad had been going on.

"In the bar love, go through." she said to her.

As soon as she was gone she turned to her old friend, "I am the biggest fool in the world." she said to her.

"What, where has this come from?" asked Deirdre. That had been kind of sudden.
"From the fact I am such a silly old fool who will go with any one after a bit of wine has been poured down me neck." she said as she sat at the table in the back room.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean to say that I have gone with some one who is not, wasn't my Jim." She said to her. "And I hate my self for it," she said and her friend hugged her tightly.

"Oh Liz, why, who?" she asked. She had been so happy ever since her husband to be had been home

"Vernon…" Elizabeth got out slowly.

Deirdre shook her head.

"Don't say it I know, I am the biggest fool, in the world." she sighed. "But that's not the worse." She said.

"I've braced my self." Deirdre said to her.

"I'm pregnant." She said to her quietly, letting a tear fall.

"Oh my god!" Deirdre brought a hand to her month.

"I never meant for it to happen any of it." she told her best friend.

"Well how much does Jim know, have you told him about the baby?" she asked. Liz nodded.

"He knows that I am pregnant but he thinks he is with out doubt the baby's dad. And it isn't with out doubt." She said. "What am I going to do?"

"I hate to say it but I think you need to talk to Vernon." She said to her.

"Why exactly? Talking to him was the thing that got me in this mess." She reminded her friend. Though it had been a bit more than talking hand it? if she had she had stuck to talking every thing would have been ok.

"Maybe but you need to tell him your pregnant."

"No way, not in a million years." Liz shoo0k her head. Why should she tell him about her and Jim's baby. Her and Jim's if she thought and said it enough maybe it'd be true.

"If he finds out some where else things could get a lot more nasty." Said Deirdre.

"And you need to keep the peace till the wedding is done with." She said to her as Amy came back in.

Wiping the grave look off her face Liz turned to the little girl and smiled.

"What did yer grandpa say?" she asked as she lifted her materially on to her lap.

"He said I looked just like a princess."