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Title: Hope You're Happy Too

Words: 2,055

Romantic Pairings: Gene&Alex.

About: Ashes To Ashes

James closed the front door to the flat, as he hung up his coat he could hear crying from the living room.

"I'm just so confused" Alex sobbed "My heart tells me one thing and then my head tells me something completely different, I want to come home but a part of me doesn't know what the hell I should do"

James stepped into the living room and saw Alex on the phone; she was sat on the sofa holding her head in one hand whilst the other hand held the receiver to her ear, her hair had fallen over her face.

"You've been amazing to me Gene and I promise..."

She didn't get to finish her sentence because the phone was pulled from her grasp. James hung up the phone call before he roared in anger, slamming his fists against the wall over and over again until his knuckles were sore.

"Why do you do this Alex?" he shouted "Why do you ruin it for yourself?"

"I had to speak to him James; he's done nothing wrong and this isn't fair on him!"

"No, what isn't fair is your attitude! I took you in, I gave you a place to stay and you just throw it back in my face?"

"James I..."

"Quiet!" His voice echoed a little and now he too was crying "Oh bollocks Alex, I just wanted you, I've always wanted you"

He reached out to touch her cheek but she knocked it away like an insect buzzing around her face.

"Get away!"

James grabbed onto Alex, holding her shoulders tightly "Why won't you understand that it's my baby!"

"Because I don't want you to be the father!" Alex screamed.

Pulling away she backed herself against the wall, probably with a little too much force. She felt a twinge; trying to breathe through it she felt another, and another. She doubled over in pain until she was on the floor, on all fours. For the first time ever she actually saw a genuine emotion from James; concern.

"Alex what's wrong? What shall I do? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

She nodded quickly and let him put and arm around her waist to hoist her up, she didn't want to but she put an arm around James neck to support herself more. She had no idea if she had stood up too fast or if something was wrong but she felt dizzy and nauseas and the pain was becoming unbearable. Alex squeezed her eyes closed and tried to wince through the cramping, when she opened her eyes she was next to James car.

"God you're quick" she breathed.

"Well we need to hurry"

They got in and began to drive. She needed Gene, she wanted Gene but she was damned if she was going to aggravate the person driving her to the hospital. Alex tilted her head back and groaned, she had no idea what was going on. James had put his foot down and would probably end up with a few speeding tickets, but they arrived quickly.

"I think there's something wrong with the baby" Alex gasped t the woman sat behind the desk, tears beginning to roll down her cheeks "I've got these pains, please God don't let there be anything wrong"

A nurse sat Alex in a wheelchair and wheeled her quickly. Once they had her in a room they took blood and decided to give her a scan. The sound of the baby's heartbeat filled Alex's ears for the first time.

"Everything seems alright" the nurse smiled "There's nothing to worry about"

"Thank God" her eyes were fixed on the screen that showed her unborn child "My baby"

"Is this your first scan?"

Alex nodded "Yeah, can I get a...?"

"Sure"

The nurse handed Alex a print out of the scan. She ran her thumb across it and smiled widely.

"It seemed a lot more real now doesn't it?" the nurse laughed "Do you want me to fetch your husband?"

Alex shook her head "Not my husband"

The nurse smiled "Well you can come back for another scan when your about twenty weeks, your fourteen weeks at the minute so..."

"Fourteen weeks?"

Alex suddenly made a mental timeline, she met James twelve weeks ago and slept with him about eight weeks ago, which would have made her six weeks pregnant when she cheated on Gene. James couldn't be the father.

A huge grin spread across Alex's face and she began to cry "He's not the father, he can't be that father"

"Who?"

"The man outside" Alex gave a sigh of relief "I can go home"

"Yes you can" the nurse put her hand on Alex's shoulder "Take it easy though, don't do anything too strenuous and just relax"

Alex nodded and the nurse wiped away the gel from her stomach, before she slid herself off the hospital bed, rolling her t-shirt back down over her belly. As Alex walked out into the corridor and into the waiting room James was sat waiting for her anxiously.

"Is everything okay with the baby?" he questioned "Can we go home?"

She felt very empowered all of a sudden, clutching a print out of her ultrasound in one hand she tilted her head to the side.

"Yeah, let's all go home"

James did most of the talking on the journey home, talking about how they could turn the spare room into a nursery and that perhaps they could share his room. She didn't pick up on much more, she was too busy gazing out of the window and thinking about seeing Gene again. She wanted to phone him again just to hear his voice, to hear his deep husky tone as he whispered seductive things to her.

Once back at the flat Alex went into the spare room and began to pack, managing to fit the baby clothes that she had bought into the bag with her own things. She looked in the mirror that was fixed on the wall and pushed stray curls of hair behind her ears. Taking a deep breath she walked into the living room.

She cleared her throat to get James' attention "James"

"Alex?

She put the bag down "The thing is James, that well..."

She paused for effect but was interrupted by a throaty growl from James.

"Well come on what's going on?" James yelled "What are you doing?"

"I'm leaving" Alex replied, a hand habitually on her stomach and the other on her hip "I'm going home"

"No, no you can't!"

James moved towards Alex, reaching out to hold onto her, but was stopped as her hand collided with his face. James stumbled back a little before removing his hand from his stinging cheek.

"Why won't you listen?" she shouted "I am going home!"

"What do you want me to do Alex, just let you walk out forever?"

"I want you to get out of my life!" she yelled "I hate you! I hate being here; I am going back where I belong"

James slumped down on the sofa and began to cry, quiet at first but his sobs grew louder and more out of control. Alex stepped towards him and leaned over him a little, for once in a long time she actually felt in control.

"Who's the one in control now, ey? Now that I've had my scan I know who the father is, it isn't you"

"You're just saying that!" James wept.

"No it's the truth!" she sniggered "You're a weak, pathetic individual who gets his kicks out of controlling women, but this woman can't be controlled anymore"

She picked her bag up off the floor and stood strong "I'm Alex Drake and if you ever show your face in Fenchurch again you'll find out exactly how much of a bitch I can be"

"Please Alex?" James looked her deep in the eyes "I just wish that you wanted me Alex, the first time I set eyes on you I fell for you" he stood up took a step towards her "Seeing you with Gene made me feel so angry and I...I struck out" he took another few steps "Go Alex, just go and be happy because I know that you're not happy here"

"Thank you James" Alex adjusted the strap of the bag and left the flat, not looking back for a single second.

She soon found herself on the street outside the block of flats, she had no car and she was damned if she was going to run to the station with the extra weight she was carrying. She looked in every direction and spotted a police car driving down the road, she began to wave her arms in the air to attract attention, she felt silly but it was worth a try, she watched the car get to the end of the street then turn around and pull up beside her.

"Everything alright?" asked the uniformed man in the driving seat.

"I'm DI Alex Drake; I need to get to Fenchurch East station now"

The man turned to his colleague who said that he recognised her, Alex received a nod from the officer and she climbed inside.

Gene was sat at his desk, a bottle of scotch and his cigarette packet in front of him. He looked out into the office and watched as Ray and Chris joked and Shaz distributed cups of tea between the rowdy men. He missed the days where he'd be bugged by Alex when she would be adamant that her ideas were correct and Genes were wrong, and a lot of the time she would be right in end. He held his head in his hands and stared into the glass in front of him.

"Ma-am?"

Gene looked up quickly to see Alex stood by her desk, Shaz with her arms wrapped around her. Alex dropped her bag of clothes on the floor as Shaz pulled away.

Pushing his chair out Gene shot out of his office and stared at her.

"You're back?"

Alex nodded, smiled and walked towards him, expecting him to open his arms to hug her. Her heart sank when he stood unmoved.

"Gene?"

"Am I supposed to forgive you because you've finally come back?" he frowned "I didn't deserve half a page of I'm sorry did I?"

She shook her head "No, no you didn't"

"I love you Alex" he faltered "I love you and you crushed me"

"I'm sorry"

"Don't apologise, I'm sick to death of apology's and feeling like...like shit"

"I'm sorry"

Gene sighed "I hate that he can come between us""

"He won't anymore, I promise you he won't" she looked down at her belly, rubbing her hand in circles across the growing bump "Turns out I was already pregnant when I slept with James, there's no chance in hell that he could be the father"

"Really?"

Alex nodded and let a wide smile spread across her face "We're having a baby Gene, there's no doubt about it"

She realised then that she was crying, smiling and laughing all at the same time. She took a few steps towards Gene and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to him. He hadn't held her that way in a while, and he had missed it.

"I'll never leave you again" Alex whispered to him "Never"

"Good, because I can't live without you Bolls"

"We should go home, it's nearly beer o'clock and I could do with something to eat, me and Sam have missed Luigi's cooking"

"Sam?"

Alex laughed "Yes, I've decided on Sam" she slid her hands around the back of his neck "If that's alright with daddy?"

His response was nothing but a rough grumble from the back of his throat as he pressed his lips against hers. Gene scooped her up into his arms and cleared his throat.

"Right you lot it's almost beer o'clock! Let's get down to Luigi's so I can get the missus fed"

Resting her head on his shoulder she laughed against him "I'm the missus am I?"

"Yes you are, I'll carry you to the Quattro but you can think again if you think I'll carry you up to the flat later"

"As long as you tuck me up in bed I don't care"

Yes! She's back where she belongs :D finally got rid of nasty James :D Thankies for reading, please review as you made the sun shine :D x