Rachel put her key in the lock and opened the door of the flat she shared with Nick.

"Nick?" she called out.

"Hmm," Nick replied. She walked further into the flat. Nick was sat of the sofa, leaning forwards, with his head resting on his hands. "You okay, hunny?" he asked.

"Yeah." Rachel sat down on the end seat of the corner suite. "The strangest thing happened at work today."

"Really? What?" Nick seemed distant. He thought that Rachel was going to say that the case took a turn in a different direction, that the good guy ended up as the murderer, or something like that.

"Kevin proposed to me." Nick looked up at Rachel and she looked straight into his eyes.

"What? You're joking, aren't you?"

"No." Rachel's eyes began to fill with tears, she didn't know why.

"I hope you set him straight: told him that you love me and we're getting married and that you don't love him," Nick said, expecting Rachel to say that she told him and that he shouldn't worry about it. A few tears fell and Rachel tried to hide them by putting her hand in front of her face, but Nick had already seen them.

"Not exactly." Rachel looked at her feet, ashamed of accepting Kevin's proposal while she was still engaged to and living with Nick.

"What did you say to him, then?" Nick looked confused.

"Well, I sort of told him that…" Rachel trailed off, unable to tell Nick the truth. She felt so bad about the whole thing.

"Told him what?" Nick was starting to get worried by now.

"That…that I'd marry him," Rachel replied quietly.

"What?! Why the hell did you tell him that?!" Nick stood up so that he was looking down at Rachel.

God, for a barrister, Nick sure is stupid!

"Because…" Rachel sighed. "Because I think I love him."

"You think you love him?! So you're not actually sure?" Nick asked angrily. "You've told a man that you think you love that you'll marry him when you're already engaged to someone that you KNOW you love?!"

Rachel looked sheepish, the same as Kevin did just before he told her that he loved her. Her heart was racing and she now understood how much courage Kevin had to tell her and how hard it had been for him. This made her love Kevin more.

"Yeah, erm, I don't think I love you anymore." There was no point 'beating about the bush', as Gill would say. The fact was that she didn't love Nick anymore, she couldn't think of a better way to put it. She'd much rather just tell him and get it over and done with than draw it out and have a long, complicated break-up.

"You don't love me anymore?! Rachel, I don't understand where this is coming from, you were perfectly happy this morning, you were even talking about venues and dates for the wedding!"

"It's just some things that Kevin said earlier. He confessed everything to me and now when I look at him, I get a feeling inside of me, I'm not quite sure what it is but I know that it's a good sign. I've never felt that with you. I didn't know that I loved him a couple of hours ago, it just hit me when I said no at first and had to walk away from him. I'm sorry, Nick, I tried to say no and to tell him that we we're getting married but I think my feelings are too strong. He knows my feeling towards him and so does everyone else. I don't think that anyone can accuse me of keeping it a secret now. You can still see your baby," Rachel put a hand on her abdomen. "I won't stop you doing that."

"That's fine," Nick said bitterly. He seemed to be taking it pretty well. Rachel knew he was fuming inside though. "I think it's best if you just pack up your stuff and go straight away."

"I live here, where shall I go?" Nick surely couldn't be throwing someone who was carrying his child out onto the streets. Rachel's eyes began to well up again. God, I've got to stop crying at every little thing, she thought to herself and she raised her hand to wipe the tears away.

"I think you should have thought about that before you started messing about with Kevin. I knew this baby wasn't mine, it's obvious when you think about it. You had a fling with Kevin and tried to hide it by saying that the baby's mine but now you have feelings for each other. You really are stupid, aren't you, Rachel?!"

"What?! How many times have we been though this, Nick?! Even though I don't love you now, I thought I loved you then, I wouldn't have been unfaithful to you! I won't stop you seeing your child."

"Ha! I don't want to see it, I don't want anything to do with it! How can I if I don't know if it is mine or not?! I hope it grows up knowing what a stupid bitch its mother is!" Nick strode across the room, into the bedroom and started throwing Rachel's clothes into a black bin bag. Rachel just stood in the doorway, horrified about what was happening.

"Nick, you can't do this!" She ran after him as he went to open the front door. He threw the bag out into the corridor. He grabbed Rachel by the arm and pushed her out of the door too.

"I hope you and your fiancé and very happy together," Nick spat out while he threw another bag out of the door. And with that, he shut the door on Rachel and shut her out of his life.

xXxXx

There was a knock on Kevin's door. He put down his hot chocolate, got up off the sofa and went to answer it.

"Rachel?" He was shocked to find his new fiancé on his doorstep, tears staining her cheeks.

"Hi. Nice outfit!" she remarked, pointing at his Batman pyjamas. "Don't you think you're more suited to play Robin?" she asked.

"Piss off, I'm Batman!" Kevin replied, a little hurt. He tried to make Rachel laugh, but it just made her cry harder. Rachel told Kevin about her break-up with Nick and Kevin invited her in. She sat on the sofa while he made her a cup of tea.

"How are my two favourite girls, now?" he asked as brought in the mug of tea.

"I think I'm fine now that I'm with you." Rachel smiled at Kevin. "And how do you know it's a girl?" She raised her eyebrows at him. "Anyway, it's Baby GaGa until it's born, I promised Taisie."

"I just have a feeling." Kevin replied. He reached out and placed a hand on Rachel's small bump. "Hello, Baby GaGa," he said to it. Kevin felt a push on his hand and he immediately lifted it away, thinking he'd done something wrong.

"Did the baby just kick?!" Rachel asked. "That's really uncommon at only 3 months."

"Yes," replied Kevin, and he put his hand back on Rachel's abdomen. "Shows our baby's gonna be a little fighter!"

"Our baby?" asked Rachel, wondering if she'd heard him right.

"Yeah, well I thought that since Nick didn't want anything to do with it, I'd be the closest thing to a dad that it's ever gonna get," Kevin replied.

"Aw, Kev, that's so sweet!" Rachel said as she put her hand on her bump too. "Me and your daddy love you so much, you know kid," she said to her baby. Kevin put his arm around Rachel and she snuggled into his neck. She leaned in to kiss him and this time, the fireworks were there for her too.

xXxXx

It wasn't long until Rachel was asleep. She had nothing to worry about now, she knew Kevin was going to be the best dad in the world.