A little part of this is dedicated to Gabby because of our conversation last night. She'll probably know which part I mean...

It had been 4 months since Rachel moved in with Kevin after her break-up with Nick and Kevin had gone on a lads night out with Mitch, Pete and Lee, leaving Rachel and Janet to look at wedding magazines and to sort out what was left to organise. They were due to get married in 6 weeks, two weeks before the baby was due to be born. Rachel had made her views very clear, she wanted to get married before she had the baby, even if she did look like a beached whale, she didn't want it to be born a bastard.

The doorbell rang and Janet and Rachel looked at each other in surprise. They weren't expecting any visitors. Rachel, who was the closest to the door, got up and waddled to answer it. She opened it and the woman who was at the door was the person she'd least expect to turn up unannounced.

"Boss?" Rachel said.

"Aah, good," Gill said. "I thought I'd got the wrong house, no way could Kevin have a house as nice as this but there you go, life surprises you every day." She walked up the few steps and squeezed past Rachel.

"Why don't you come it?" Rachel muttered under her breath but Gill didn't hear.

"Gill?" Janet called from the kitchen. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I couldn't let you two plan the wedding without the maid of honour here." She winked at Rachel. Gill walked into the kitchen to find Janet sat at the table, thousands of wedding magazines open on various pages. She looked at the closest one to her, the only one open on a page with a bride's dress on it. The dress was white satin and was supposed to be loosely fitted. A little trail fell down at the back and the top half had lots of tiny white beads on. The strap was designed to go around the neck, showing off the wearer's breasts.

"Good," Gill remarked as she looked at the dress. "I see you've gone with the dress I suggested. 'Make the most of you assets', that's what I always say. Besides, they're gonna be huge because you're pregnant," Gill said, looking at Rachel's boobs.

Rachel felt slightly uncomfortable at this, after all, Gill was still her boss. "Erm, thanks. I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or…"

"No, no, it's definitely a compliment." Janet nodded in agreement with Gill.

"Right, okay." Rachel felt quite flattered. "Shall we move on?"

"Yes, what am I wearing?" Gill asked, quite excited.

Rachel showed Gill a picture of the dress she will be wearing. "You're going to have the darker one, the same as Janet and Melissa, Kevin's sister, and the younger bridesmaids are going to be in the lighter one." Rachel was having 6 bridesmaids all together. The dresses were going to cost a fortune but Kevin had told her to go ahead and buy them anyway. 'No cost is too expensive for my princess,' he had said.

"That's lovely, Rach!" Gill exclaimed. Gill had never called her Rach before but ever since Rachel had asked Gill to be her maid of honour, she had got a lot softer and less of a bitch. Rachel didn't tell Gill that it was Janet's idea to ask her though.

Rachel winced slightly, feeling a pain in her abdomen.

"Are you alright, Rach?" Janet asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. The baby's kicking a hell of a lot tonight, that's all." She smiled weakly at Janet.

"Oooh, can I feel?" Gill asked excitedly. Janet had never seen Gill this excited, not even when she was pregnant with Sammy.

"Yeah, of course you can," Rachel said and Gill leaned across the table to feel Rachel's bump.

"Wow," Gill remarked, amazed. She's forgotten the excited feeling you have when you're pregnant, it had been so long since she'd had Sammy. "Have you thought of any names yet?" she asked.

"No," Rachel replied. "We thought that we'd get the wedding out of the way first and then think about names."

"Oh, okay."

"Rach." Janet looked thoughtful. "Is its last name going to be Lumb or Bailey?"

"Ooh, good question!" Gill replied, still in SIO mode.

"Oh, God. Don't mention this to Kevin. It'll all start up again."

"What's up? Trouble in paradise?" Gill asked teasingly.

"No, everything's fine. It's just that I had this conversation with Kevin last night and we were up until the early hours deciding." Rachel raised her eyebrows and Gill nodded. She knew what Kevin could be like. "I want it to be Bailey, keep the name going. It's not Alison's last name any more and Dom says he'll never get married so if it's a boy, I want him to carry the name on. But Kevin wants it to be Lumb. He spent an hour and a half last night telling me his family tree and how his Great Uncle Mark was a brain surgeon. God knows what that's got to do with our baby's surname." Rachel rolled her eyes.

"So did you decide, or was Kevin being a complete, well, Kevin?" Gill asked.

"We sort of came to an agreement. I agreed that its last name can be Lumb as long as I can choose their first name and Kevin can't complain. I still want it to Bailey but I said that to shut him up. Part of me thinks he's right, though. What have the Baileys done? Nothing. I don't know where my mom is, my dad's a drunk and my brother's in prison. It's probably best if it is Baby Lumb."

"It will be perfect, whatever you choose," Gill said softly. Rachel thought that she could see a tear forming in Gill's eye, but it could have just been the lighting. Gill realised that she still had her hand on Rachel's bump and swiftly removed it.

"Right, are we going to get on with this wedding planning, now?" Janet asked jokingly.

"Certainly," Gill replied. "Oh, Rachel, you have to have champagne as well, it's so lovely."

Trust Gill to think about alcohol, Rachel thought.

xXxXx

Two hours and four bottles of wine later, Janet opened the door to leave.

"You don't have to go so soon, you know, Janet. You're always welcome here," Rachel said to her.

"I know. Thanks Rachel, but I'd better get this one home," she replied, motioning to Gill, who was slumped across her shoulder. "You never learn, do you?" Janet asked Gill. "Four bottles of wine, Gill? You're not as young as you used to be!" This made Rachel chuckle.

"Bye bye, Baby GaGa," Gill whispered, stroking Rachel's bump. "Your Auntie Gill loves you very much."

"Come on Gill, we need to get you home!" Janet tried to drag Gill out of the door.

"Bye, Rach," she said. Rachel leaned in to give her a hug and Janet kissed her on the forehead.

"Look after yourself," she told Rachel. She closed the door and Rachel stood in the hall, smiling to herself.