"Stace…babe…why is it you are only a month behind Marian?" Allan asked as he watched the love of his life cradle her bump,

"Yea…about that…" Stacey giggled nervously, "I found out just after Marian…but then I started to show…so I had to tell you,"

"You threw a vase at me," Allan stated,

"I had to make it look believable," Stacey shrugged,

"Why didn't you tell me straight away?" Allan demanded to know; slightly hurt she would keep something like this from him,

"I panicked…I'm sorry," Stacey said laying her hand gently on his arm,

"I'm going to the pub," Allan said grabbing his jacket,

"You can't just leave," Stacey said getting up as best she could,

"I just don't understand why you didn't tell me?" Allan said turning back to face her,

"Come on Allan…I was scared…scared that you'd run a mile when I told you, because we all know how you hate commitment," Stacey said throwing her hands up in the air,

"That was then…I ain't bein' funny right, but, I have you and my kid to look after now, I'd never let anything happen to you…I mean yea I was scared at first…but now I've grown kind of used to the idea," Allan shrugged,

"I'm sorry…I should've told you ages ago," Stacey sighed holding the bottom of her back,

"It's ok babe…just if we have another one…tell me right away," Allan laughed as Stacey walked into his hug that she loved so much,

"I promise I will," Stacey sighed happily as Allan kissed her lightly on her forehead,

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"Will…" Saffiyah said drawing circled on his chest,

"Yes babe?" Will asked,

"Are you in work today?" Saffiyah asked,

"Erm…yea I am babe, why?" Will laughed,

"Because, we haven't had chance to book anything for the wedding," Saffiyah sighed,

"I thought we were waiting until Marian and Stacey had the babies, that way they could be in the wedding too?" Will asked,

"Hmm…I guess I could wait…all that matters is that you're there at the bottom of the aisle waiting for me," Saffiyah smiled,

"Of course I will be babe and I'll have the two most proudest fathers by my side," Will chuckled,

"Can you believe they are both going to be fathers," Saffiyah giggled shaking her head,

"To be honest, no, they were always the ladies men, they used to love the attention they got from women when they were in the uniform…once…this was before we met you girls…we all went into town in out uniforms, got into every single club," Will chuckled at the memory,

"Sounds like fun," Saffiyah sighed,

"Oh it was, but I didn't have you in my life then," Will said kissing her gently,

"I'm so glad I found you…again," Saffiyah smiled into the kiss,

"Me too…now come on, I have to go to work and you my darling have to start…something," Will laughed patting her leg before climbing out of bed,

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"Marian…are you in there?" Robin asked banging on the door,

"I'm coming," Marian said before unlocking the door, Robin stared open mouthed, she looked beautiful, pregnancy suited her so well, she had on a flowery dress that shaped her bump perfectly,

"I brought you some ice-cream and everything, I don't know if you'd still be craving them or not," Robin shrugged, holding up Ben and Jerry's vanilla ice-cream,

"Oh, thanks, I've just run out," Marian said taking it from him and waddling into the kitchen,

Robin stood on the door step and watched as she went out of view,

"You can come in you know," Marian's voice drifted from the kitchen, Robin didn't need telling twice as he shut the door behind him,

"I was thinking…you know…maybe I could come to the last scan?" Robin asked leaning on the door frame that separated the living room from the kitchen,

"Yea sure, I don't see a problem with that," Marian shrugged, rummaging through her draw to find her favorite pink spoon,

"So…what have you got planned for this afternoon?" Robin asked,

"The last scan…you?" Marian asked, digging into the ice cream,

"Shit…I have work this afternoon…but I'll be there," Robin said, "I Should get going now actually,"

"Well, it's at half one," Marian said before turning back to her ice cream,

"Ok I'll see you then Maiden," Robin said letting her old nickname spill out,

"Ok…bye Robin," Marian said,

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"Rob mate…you're late," Will said,

"I was with Marian, I'm going to the last scan with her today, before the baby is born," Robin grinned like an idiot,

"That's great," Will grinned clapping him on the back,

"I know…I just need the afternoon off," Robin sighed,

"I'm sure John will let you have it off…here he is now," Will said nodding in the direction behind Robin,

"John…can I have this afternoon off?" Robin asked, "It's just, I'm going with Marian to the last scan before the baby is born,"

"Of course you can lad," John smiled,

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"You're letting Robin come with you?" Saffiyah asked as she and Stacey sat in Marian's living room,

"Yea…it's only fair…it is his baby," Marian sighed,

"That's good…" Stacey nodded,

"And he's going to be there for the birth…and possibly…move in for the first few weeks," Marian said waiting for their reactions,

"Oh my god…that's great hon!" Stacey squealed,

"I haven't asked him yet…do you think he'll say yes?" Marian asked,

"Of course he will babe," Saffiyah laughed,

"But it's only like for the first few weeks," Marian said adamantly, trying hard to convince herself,

"We know," Stacey smiled, knowingly,

"When's the scan?" Saffiyah grinned,

"Half one," Marian said looking at the clock on the wall, it already read ten past,

"He'll show up babe," Stacey said as Marian began to gather her things up,

"I hope so," Marian said as all three went their different ways,

XxX

Marian waited and waited for Robin to turn up, she looked at the clock then her watch as she paced up and down the hospital corridor, hoping he didn't change his mind,

"Miss Knighton, we're ready for you now," the midwife said looking expectantly as Marian glanced once more back at the reception, which made her heart quicken in pace,

"Marian…" Robin said at the other end of the corridor, Lilly's in his hand, him still in his firefighter gear.

"I thought you'd never turn up," Marian said as he strode down the corridor like he owned it, the nurses eyes following him every step of the way,

"I told you I'd make it," Robin grinned as he handed the flowers to Marian, as she heard the 'aww how cute' 'I wish my husband would do that for me' and the sighs of the single nurses,

"They're beautiful," Marian smiled breathing in the sweet scent, as Robin laid his hand on the small of her back and gently led her through the door.

"Right…" The midwife said once Marian was on the table, belly exposed, she felt embarrassed to have Robin in the room, thankfully she didn't have any stretch marks, but she still felt fat,

"You are full term and this is the last scan as you know…you are due in two weeks," The midwife smiled,

"I can't believe I'm going to be a daddy," Robin laughed stunned as the midwife proceeded, soon the room was filled with a steady heart beat as Robin and Marian looked at the screen in awe, without realizing they were holding hands,

"I can't believe that's our baby," Marian sighed, not tearing her eyes from the screen,

"She'll be all yours in two weeks time," the midwife smiled fondly at the young couple in front of her,

"I never thought I'd be a mom at twenty-three," Marian sighed happily,

"I didn't think I'd be a dad at twenty-six," Robin added,

"Right…well we'll see you again in two weeks time…hopefully," the midwife smiled as she led them to the reception,

"Thank you," Marian smiled as Robin shook the nurse's hand,

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"God I hate scans," Stacey said as she got into the passenger seat of the car,

"I know, but it's amazing to hear my little man on the screen," Allan said still in a state of awe,

"And it also helped that all the nurses couldn't take their eyes off of you," Stacey smirked,

"What can I say…Rob's right…this uniform does wonders," Allan grinned cheekily as he started up the car and drove from the hospital car park,

"As long as they look and don't touch I don't have a problem with it," Stacey shrugged, overcome with tiredness,

"I'll wake you up when we get home babe," Allan said looking at the long line of traffic as he watched Stacey drift off and dream of life with their baby,

XxX

"I'm in the mood for ice cream and Bambi," Marian laughed to herself as she grabbed her keys before making her way to the shop at eight in the evening,

"Ben and Jerry's…Ben and Jerry's…Ahhh, there we go," Marian said picking up four pots,

"Maiden, there you are," Robin smiled coming to the back of the shop,

"Here I am…do you know where they have Bambi on Video?" Marian asked as they walked to the till together,

"Yea, just round the corner…I'll come with you…if that's ok?" Robin asked, not wanting to push it too much with Marian,

"No, it's fine…have you just got back off work?" Marian smiled as Robin took the bag and carried it for her,

"Yea…we've had a pretty hectic day, so far these are pretty much the clothes I live in…Ahhh here we go," Robin said holding open the shop door for Marian to waddle through, as she did she was aware of a blonde haired, beautiful woman, who couldn't take her eyes off Robin, being pregnant made you paranoid, but with Robin's history of women, Marian had a right to be, and it didn't help he still has his firefighter uniform on.

"Maiden I found it," Robin laughed coming up to Marian, completely unaware of the blonde woman staring longingly at him,

"Great, come on let's go," Marian said waddling up to the counter as fast as she could, with her hand under her bump,

"What's the rush?" Robin asked,

"I'm just cold that's all," Marian said aware that the woman was getting closer, Marian knew she had no right to be jealous or anything, but things were getting back on track with Robin and she wanted nothing to spoil it, she wanted him back.

"Here, have this Maiden…can't let you and my daughter go cold can we," Robin said taking off his thick fire man's jacket and draping it over her shoulders as his hands cautiously touched her belly,

"Did you feel that?" Marian giggled as Robin looked down,

"She kicked me," Robin laughed drawing her into a hug, the woman backed off seeing this.

"Come on, let's go home and pig out while watching Bambi," Marian laughed, oblivious to the fact that all the while Robin's arm never left her shoulders,

"No…Bambi!" Marian cried out to the TV as she watched the part where his mother died, tears in her eyes,

"Calm down Maiden," Robin said soothingly, rubbing circles at the bottom of her back,

"But now…Bambi has no family," Marian said as Robin pulled her into a cuddle,

"It's ok…just think of Bambi two…he has his father then," Robin said,

"I guess so…" Marian said thoughtfully, after an hour into the film, Marian started to feel uncomfortable and small twinges made themselves known in her stomach,

I'm just going to get a drink do you want anything?" Robin asked standing up,

"No…I'm fine thanks," Marian said, Bambi still playing in the back ground,

Robin was in the kitchen when he heard Marian softly calling him,

"Robin…"

"What is it Maiden?" Robin asked, popping his head round the door,

"We need to get to the hospital…now," Marian said breathing deeply,

"What do you mean?" Robin asked,

"I mean…my waters have just broken, costing me a very expensive rug," Marian said as Robin finally noticed the puddle that was gathered at her feet,

"Holy shit," Robin said going into full on panic mode,

"The bag is upstairs, the door to the right," Marian said doing her breathing exercises,

"Right," Robin said coming down three seconds later, bag in hand,

"Come on," Marian said, both forgetting to turn off the TV with Bambi playing,

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"PUSH Marian…PUSH!" the doctor said as Marian gave one final almighty push,

After three and a half hours later, Marian and Robin welcomed their daughter into the world, both silently vowing to let nothing hurt her,

After a couple of hours, Robin was sleep in the arm chair with Marian and his daughter across the room,

Marian sat up in the bed, watching her daughter as Robin lay sleeping in the arm chair, she had scrunched up petal lips and a tuft of dark hair and her hands in tiny fists up by her ears.

"Hi. You're awake," Robin looks up from where he had been dozing in the chair and rubbed his eyes,

"Uh-huh,"

"How is she?"

"Fine," Marian couldn't help a small smile licking across her face as she looked at their daughter once again,

"She's perfect…you're perfect," Robin's face has a kind of distant euphoria even as he looks at Marian and she knows that he is reliving last night.

In the end it has just been Robin who has stayed in the room while everyone else went out to wait, everyone else went home though as the doctor said it would be a long while before anything happened,

It was one thirty in the morning when she was born, bright-eyes and alert.

Marian and Robin are torn out of their thoughts as there's a gently tapping at the door as Saffiyah puts her head through the door,

"Hi," Saffiyah breathes, as her eyes fall on the cot she claps a hand over her mouth, "Oh my god Maz, look at her, she's beautiful,"

"I know, she is isn't she," Marian said, tears springing into her eyes,

"It's amazing. Congratulations. Congratulations Robin!"

"Thanks," Robin smiles, even though he looks knackered, Marian can't help noticing that he's glowing, he meets her eye and Marian feels her heart catch, it's like they have a secret together which no one else can quite understand.

"The others should be here soon," Saffiyah said quietly as the baby started to wake, "Have you thought of a name yet?"

"Yea we have, but we're waiting until you all get here to share it with you," Robin smiled as he came and perched himself on the bed next to Marian,

"Knock, knock," Stacey said as she was followed in by Will and Allan,

"Maz…Rob…she's beautiful," Will said giving Marian a gentle hug and Robin a clap on the back,

"We know," Robin laughed as Marian gently lifted her out of the plastic cot that lay next to her bed,

"So…the name?" Saffiyah prompted,

"Her name is…Lexi…." Marian smiled,

"Her middle name is going to be Kayla…we haven't decided on a last name," Robin said looking down at the baby, sadness in his eyes,

"Yes we have…her full name is Lexi Kayla Locksley," Marian smiled as she watched Robin's eyes light up,

"Locksley," Robin breathed as Marian handed Lexi to him,

"Yea,"

"You're my little Bambi," Robin cooed as Lexi yawned in his arms,

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