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4. Good Morning
After a short night Claire got up early. First she couldn't find sleep at night and then she woke up at her usual thim which was early. She went downstairs to get some food. Meg had already fixed breakfast as usual. Meg was something like a mom to Claire. Since her real mom had died and Ruth had left with Tess Meg was the only woman in the house. Claire knew she could talk to her but there wasn't anything to talk about. The engagement and the upcoming wedding was final.
"Morning." Claire said shortly.
"Good morning. Want some eggs and bacon?"
"Yeah." Claire said and sat down at the table. Meg put a plate in front of Claire who immediatly started to eat as if the ice-cream last night hadn't happend. Once more Claire got lost in her thoughts. "Ryan are you ok with your part in this? Are you ready for this?" Her head screamed all the questions. "I need a sign, something. I don't wanna miss you because of this." He shouldn't know about this although she wanted him to know. She didn't understand her feelings completely and she didn't understand why it was so hard to show her feelings. Once more she was lost in thoughts. Thoughts of her future. "It must be ok for him, otherwise he hadn't proposed to me yesterday." She tried to convince herself. A deep male "Morning" got her out of her thoughts. She was shocked for a moment she hadn't heard Alex coming up behind her.
"Still sleeping?"
"Haven't slept much last night. Probably too much ice-cream in my stomache."
"Everything okay with you?" Alex asked concerned.
"Yeah, yeah."
Meg handed Alex a plate too and he started to eat as well. Claire hadn't realized she was still there. Meg's presence made Claire feel more uncomfortable. Meg watched the weird situation for some time and caught Claires mood. She felt that she should leave the two alone. "Claire, I'm going to do some work in the garden. Help yourself if you want more breakfast, Alex." She said and went into the garden to do her duties.
"Anything special today? Otherwise I would go to Killarney, pack my stuff and make arrangements with Harry. You know, sort things out over there."
"I can't work probably because of the leg that's obvious. So you have to work the horse, when you are here and have time for it. Beside of that there isn't much to do today. Tess knows what to do as well as Becky, Jodie and Meg." She said. "I will go to Fisher. See the gynaecologist. Nothing special."
"You sure? I could skip plans if you want me to be there."
"No worries, Alex. Today the doc and I will mostly talk. Nothing else. Go to Killarney. Get things ready there."
"So that's what I will do today, get everything ready for moving in and you will go to see the doc." Alex said and finished his breakfast. Claire finished her plate the same time.
They both got up and left for their cars. Claire drove off first. Alex sad in his ute for a moment and thought about their talk. "What's up with you Claire? Did I do something wrong? You want me to be the father to your kid but you don't want me to be with you at the doc. What the hell is going on in your mind?" He asked himself and drove off to Killarney.
To be continued ...