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Title: Hope You're Happy Too

Words: 951

Romantic Pairings: Gene&Alex.

About: Ashes To Ashes

Gene hadn't slept well for days and when he did he had nightmares of Alex, James and the baby together as a family. He would always wake up just as James was about to kiss her, he'd have sweat pouring down his face and his mouth would be dry. He felt sick at the thought of the two of them together, he was glad she had spared his feelings and not gone into detail about what had happened and why.

He'd look across at Alex's sleeping face and then his eyes would wander down the bed sheet to her stomach. The thought that there was a fifty-fifty chance that that child may be his both excited him and disgusted him at the same time, it would hurt him so much if the baby was James', but he would stand by her and stick around anyway, because he loved her.

"You're awake again" sighed Alex, who was stirring from her sleep.

"You must have a sixth sense; you always wake up when I do" he whispered, planting a kiss on her head "Sorry for waking you"

"It's alright" she mumbled into her pillow "Just go back to sleep"

She arched back before relaxing back into a light sleep. Meanwhile Gene lay awake, his thoughts roaming the idea of being a father, and dreading the idea of being a stepfather.

"I can hear the cogs whirring in you head" Alex laughed into the cotton pillow case "What's on your mind?"

She sat up and shifted so she was facing him, moments later her sat up too.

"Bolls you know I don't like talking about my feelings, all that poofter nonsense"

"You didn't think that it was nonsense when you told me you love me"

He was silent for a minute before diving at her, knocking her on her back. Straddling her he started to tickle her, causing her to laugh loudly and struggle underneath him to try and get away.

"Gene! Stop...I can't...stop laughing...!"

Alex's laughter died down as Gene gradually stopped tickling her. She smiled widely up at him and he ran his thumb across her cheek before planting a kiss on her lips. He was still knelt over her when he placed his hands on her stomach.

"I can't wait to be a mum again" Alex spoke and put her hand on top of Genes "You'll be a great dad"

"Will I Bolls?" he asked "Do you think so, even with my anger and my stubbornness and the fags?"

Alex nodded "Of course I do"

"Do you think we should decide on a name?" Gene asked only to be shunned with a small laugh from Alex.

"Gene love, we have plenty of time to go over names"

He ignored her and carried on anyway "I like Carole for a girl, and it has to be Gene for a lad"

Alex laughed again underneath him, this time louder and for longer. She sighed and looked into his deep blue eyes "I like it, although for a boy I do like the name Sam"

The expression on Genes face seemed to melt away and his face twisted into a frown "Why Sam?"

"I know that you and Sam Tyler were good friends, very good friends in fact...plus its gender neutral"

Gene clambered off of the bed and put on his trousers and shirt, picking them up off of the floor where he had disposed them, and collecting his cigarettes from the night stand.

"If we're gonna chose Sam then that's all it is, nothing poncy like Samuel or Samson it has to be just Sam"

"Yes, but what if we're having a girl?"

Gene blew out a cloud of smoke and shook his head "That won't happen"

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because this is me we're talking about, I'm all man"

Alex stuck her tongue out at him then got out of bed and began to get dressed. Gene left her to it, deciding to go and make them both a brew. Alex wandered out of the bedroom not long after, she wore a pair of jeans and a black vest top with a big red jumper over the top of it.

"You look nice" Gene said and took a sip of the hot sweet liquid.

"Thank you" she replied, both to the compliment and the coffee.

He watched her sit down on the sofa and tuck her legs underneath her, a rogue piece of hair dropped from behind her ear and she pushed it back. Gene loved her little habits; the way she had begun to rest her hand on her stomach, the way she would smile to herself as she worked.

"I wonder what work will have in store for us today" she spoke as she went to take a mouthful of her drink.

"Well whatever we're doing today, you're not doing much" Gene replied "The last thing I need is you getting in the way with your hormones and your..."

"Oi!" she picked up a magazine from the coffee table and threw it at him.

"See what I mean? Throwing stuff at me already and we aren't even in the station yet"

"You're one cheeky..."

"Now, now Bolly" Gene smirked "Have your coffee then get your pert backside in work"

Gene downed the remaining contents of his mug before putting it in the sink, he moved over to Alex and kissed her, getting a bit too into it and having to prise himself away from her as she tried to loosen his tie.

"You're no fun" she called after him as he opened the door to leave.

Just before he closed it behind himself he replied with "Later!"