"So…that was James?" asked Calvin as he walked Lily home.
"Yeah, the one in the glasses was James," said Lily, still thinking about him and how weird it had been to be around him.
"How was it?" he asked cautiously.
"I saved his Dad's life, we didn't talk much," said Lily quietly.
"You didn't tell him you're pregnant then?"
"No I didn't. It's not something you can just drop into conversation 'you're dad will die if we don't slice him open, oh and I'm pregnant.' I don't even know what I'm going to do about the baby."
"If you were going to terminate you would have done it already," said Calvin. He had gotten to know Lily quite well over the past few months.
"I really don't want to talk about it."
"You can't bury your head in the sand much longer," he said wisely.
"I can't tell him. I can't do it, we agreed to be amicable…we can't have a baby… I can't tell James," babbled Lily.
"What happened between the two of you? You never told me," said Calvin leading Lily into her flat. "Did he treat you badly?"
"No. No James never treated me badly, or hurt me." Sighed Lily.
"Then what?"
"We got lazy, we got successful and lazy. We were working all the time and hardly saw each other and when we did we were tired and argued all the time," said Lily sadly. "Then after one huge fight, I got thinking and I thought we should go on holiday, take a break and get some help…and James…he took off his wedding ring and said he thought a separation would be best. We both packed and moved out, and then I saw him today. That's it, the whole sorry story." Said Lily feeling close to tears.
"I'm sorry," said Calvin putting his arm round her. "You still love him?"
"Of course I do, he's my husband. You can't just stop loving someone like that," said Lily rested her head on Calvin's shoulder.
"I know, it's okay. You can talk to me about any of it, you know."
"I know."
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"How did it go?" Calvin asked Lily the next day. She had finally gone for a check up for the baby, Calvin had been waiting outside for her.
"Fine, I'm 18 weeks along and the baby is perfectly healthy." Said Lily.
"Great, so everything is good?"
"Yes everything is fine," said Lily then she took a deep breath. "I'm having a baby."
"You are. Are you freaking out?"
"Yes."
"James is down in recovery with his dad, you could talk to him now," said Calvin casually.
"No not yet," Lily insisted. "but I do need to go and check on David. I'll see you later."
"Lunch?"
"See you then."
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"James hi," said Lily surprised. She was on her way to see David, when she literally walked right into James.
"Lily…I was just coming to find you," said James.
"I was just coming to check on your Dad," said Lily laughing awkwardly.
"I just…wanted to thank you for…you know saving his life," said James.
It was strange they had been together so long and now he didn't know what to say to her. He didn't even know how to look at her now. He couldn't look at her like she was his wife, he couldn't. He couldn't look at her like he loved her more than life itself, because they were separated. He couldn't look at her like she was a friend, because she was so much more than that. So he settled for not looking right at her at all.
"It's my job, and he's like family to me too," said Lily.
"Right…I just wanted to say thank you, and thank you for being so…"
"James, this is me. We agreed to end things before we hated each other, we can be friends." Said Lily noticing his discomfort.
"I'd like that," grinned James.
"Me too," said Lily smiling back at him. "Anyway I really do need to go and check on…"
"Have you done it yet?" Calvin interrupted. He had spotted Lily talking to James while he was on his way to check on a patient.
"No, I'm just on my way to check on the patient," said Lily pointedly.
"Right…" grinned Calvin then he laughed softly. "Get on with it Evans."
Neither Lily or Calvin noticed James flinch not only at Calvin flirting with his wife, right in front of him, but he had called her Evans. Had Lily changed her name back to Evans, so soon?
"Oh I'm going," she laughed. "You coming James?"
"Uh yeah I'll be along in a minute, mum wants some coffee," said James each word paining him.
"Okay."