Chapter 8

CPOV:

I sat in the bath for over an hour crying. I cried for my boys. I cried for my dad. I cried for my girls. I cried for my family. I cried for my best friends and I cried for Zach.

"Mama? Why you cryin'?" Lucy waddled into the bathroom once she woke up.

"I'm just sad sweetheart. It's okay to cry when you're sad. Hey, do you know where daddy is?"

"Dada in bed." She smiled at me and stood next to the bath. I planted a kiss on the forehead and wrapped my arm around her.

"Go ask your lazy dada for some breakfast and I will come down in a second." Lucy went back out and I pulled myself out of my bath.

I went down in a pair of slacks and Zach's top. He looked at me and saw that I had red eyes from crying. He came and held me while I cried some more. Lucy was sat in her highchair 'eating' her porridge and banana.

"Hunny, come on and sit down and eat something. It will help keep up your strength." Zach sat me down and got me some toast with a coffee. I wiped my tears away and feed Lucy. She didn't put up a fuss and ate every single thing in her bowl. I picked her up and put her on the floor next to my chair. She just stood there waiting for me to put her on my lap so I did. We all sat in silence while I ate my toast. "What are we going to do with you?" Zach laughed. I smiled at him.

"I dunno, I guess I will find out soon though won't I?" He nodded with a smirk. "Come on Lulu, let's go put a film on and have a cuddle." Lucy jumped off my lap and ran into the playroom to pick out her favourite film. I went to go after her but Zach grabbed me by the waist and twisted me to face him.

"Gallagher girl, I have a question to ask you." I gave him a questioning look. He got down on one knee. "Will you please become Mrs Goode for a second time?" I was in shock. Zach had this massive ring in his hand. It had a silver band with a flower coming out of it made of diamond. It had small diamonds going down the band.

"I'll have to think about it. I mean can I deal with another ten years of you?" I smirked at him. "Of course I'll marry you again! I love you baby." He picked me up and spun me around then put the ring on my finger. I kissed him hard. I need him every day for the rest of my life.

"I love you too Gallagher girl. Now, when do you want it?" He said when we eventually pulled apart.

"23rd of January, Scotty's due date so that why he's a part of the day too and it's three months from now so we have time to plan. When are we going to tell everyone else and how are we going to get Morgan out of school?" I said as we walked into the playroom to see Lucy with a film and her stuffed rabbit that she sleeps with.

"Mama, happy now?" I picked up Lucy and gave her big kiss on her forehead and held her close.

"Yeah, mama's happy now. I need you to do something."

"What mama?"

"I need you to help mummy on a very special day and until then I need you to be very Goode for me and daddy."

"I Goode." I laughed at her with Zach while she grinned wildly.

We all sat watching Barbie Princess and the pauper. I was curled into Zach who had a huge smirk and I had a massive smile on my face and Lucy sat on my lap with the occasional giggle when she would look up at us and saw us so happy.

"Zach, you know we have to tell everyone right?" I asked as the film finished and Lucy was falling asleep for her afternoon nap. I put her in her playpen and went to sit back next to Zach.

"Well, since we are having dinner tonight with the family, we can ask the others around as well so they can all be told at the same time. What do you want to eat tonight? Everything about today is about you."

"Ummm...Spag-Bol?" I was flicking through the TV channels and landed on titanic when Jack holds Rose at the tip of ship.

***Later that day***

ZPOV:

We had been shopping and brought all the food we needed to feed everyone. I was cooking in my shorts while Cammie was sat at the island on the laptop. Lucy was in the playroom with her toys and was always walking between the two rooms asking us random questions and to hold one of her toys.

"Dada take Cwindy 'nd Mama take Bawney." This was totally slowing down my cooking times. Cammie was laughing at me seeing how frustrated I was getting. She had to deal with this everyday while teaching I feel sorry for her. Lucy went back into the playroom again.

"Enjoying that Zach?" She was laughing so much she had tears eyes.

"Not as much as you are." I flung some tomato sauce at her but because she wasn't looking it hit her right in the face.

"ZACH! Not funny babe!"

"Oh but it is Gallagher girl." I threw some more at her landing right in her cleavage.

"Oh you had better run!" I stood there smirking while she leapt of the chair she was sat in and charged at me. I grabbed her by the waist and tipped her like I did the first time I kissed her. "Don't even think about otherwise I will defiantly think twice about marrying you again."

"Haven't thought about it." And I kissed her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me back. It got heated pretty quickly.

"Mama, Dada what doin'?" We both pulled away to see our 19 month old daughter staring at us almost scarred for life.

"Umm...nothing. Dada was just giving mama a special hug." Cammie was blushing like mad.

"Me special hug?" I smirked and sniggered while Cammie was trying not to laugh.

"You can have a special Lucy hug that was a special mummy hug." We both picked up Lucy and had a big squishy hug.

Cammie went back into the playroom and put on a film while I carried on cooking dinner.

"I'm going to go and have a shower since I'm covered in sauce." Cammie called from the stairs. I laughed and put in the mince for the Bolognese.

***an hour later***

"Bex, will you shut up for a minute? You're giving me a freaking headache." Macey screamed at Bex. Grant, Jonas, Preston, dad and Joe were all out in the garden with all the kids. Macey, Liz, Bex, Rach and Abby were in the dining room arguing about something. Cammie was getting plates ready and I was finishing off the pasta.

"Remind me why I said yes to marrying you again?" She was smirking at me. She was wearing a gold off-shoulder dress which went well with the ring.

"Ask me again later when everyone's gone and the kids are asleep." I smirked back. She came and wrapped her arms around my waist and put her chin on my shoulder.

"Mummy, we hungry and Lulu crying." Well, that ruined the moment.

"Food's done now sweetie, go get to come and get their food and get Sammy to bring Lulu so she can have a cuddle." Pen ran out of the kitchen and into the garden. "I'm gunna go sort out the girls so can you grab Lucy and give her a cuddle and I'll be back in a sec. Love you Zachy." Cammie laughed and ran into the dining room.

CPOV:

I laughed and ran into the dining room. Bex and Macey were arguing, Liz was on her laptop searching something that they were arguing about and mum and Abby were trying to keep Bex and Macey from getting into a full on fight.

"Guys foods ready so can you stop fighting about nothing and go and eat?"

"Fighting about nothing? Have you seen this year's fall fashion? It is horrendous and Bex here thinks it is amazing which it isn't!" Macey's hormones were totally playing up.

"Mace, cool down. Your hormones are all over the place and causing stress isn't good for the baby. Just go get some food and sit outside so you get some fresh air." She got up and stormed off into the kitchen.

"Why did my wife just storm off into the kitchen?"

"I told her to shut up and to calm down." I laughed as Preston walk towards the kitchen.

"Oh, right so I'm gunna leave her alone if I want to sleep in the same bed as her tonight." I shook my head and laughed some more.

Everyone slowly made their way to get food and into the dining room. The kids all sat in the playroom with a film on. I had a big smile on my face and everyone knew what state I was in last night and this morning that they were all really worried.

"Kiddo, you are freaking me out. Last night and this morning you were weeping your heart out and now here you are with a massive grin on your face." Me and Zach hadn't sat down yet so we put our plates on the table and Zach wrapped his arms around my stomach.

"Well, guys we do have a reason to call you all around..."

"You're not pregnant are you?" Zach jumped back knowing where he had his hands. He them put his hands on my shoulders.

"God, no Bex! I am not having another child. Ever. So we are getting married again!" I showed them all my ring and everyone, even Joe and Edward they became soft with age, awed at us.

"Kiddo," mum had tears in her eyes. "Have you got a date?" I nodded.

"Yeah, Scotty's due date, January 23rd." We sat down and started eating. They didn't question us anymore as we all ate. They went on to something else but I wasn't really listening and was looking at the kids in the playroom wishing Scotty was with them.

The rest of the evening was a blur. I wasn't paying attention to anything and Zach could sense it. Everyone was gone by 8:30. Lucy hadn't really eaten so I went to try and feed her some more food while Zach put the twins to bed. It was 11:30 by the time Lucy had eventually went to sleep in her own bed. I crawled into bed not really changing just taking my dress off. Zach was already asleep and he was snoring but as I got into bed he turned around and held me. I was silently cried until I feel asleep.

"Happy birthday Scotty, I love you each and every day."

***the next morning***

I woke up at 6:03 and went in the shower. I was in there for half an hour. Zach had the kids up and downstairs feeding them breakfast.

"Morning." I was a zombie. I ate my breakfast and then went back upstairs to get changed. Zach followed me up.

"Gallagher girl, come here." Zach pulled me into a hug where I started to cry.

"No, I don't want to cry. I don't want to be sad, it's his birthday and I want to be happy but I can't." I sobbed.

"It's okay to miss him. I do but keeping yourself busy will help. You want me to spend the day with you at Gallagher today?" I nodded on his shoulder. "Come on then. Let's get changed and then get the kids changed." Zach put me on the bed while he grabbed some clothes out of the cupboard.

I wore a pair of skinny jeans and a tight fitting top with Zach's Blackthorne jumper and he wore a pair of chinos and a white t-shirt with a shirt over the top.

"Come on before our girls start a food fight." Zach grabbed my hand and pulled me down the stairs. We got there just in time. Lucy had her bowl on top of her head and the twins had toast ready to throw at Lucy to make the bowl fall.

"STOP!" They all jumped even Zach. Lucy managed to drop the bowl on herself and had porridge pouring down her face. She was in fits of giggles, the twins were crying with laughter and Zach's lips were turned at the corners. I elbowed him in the stomach and walk over to the girls. "Mummy is not impressed." They all stopped laughing. I took Lucy out of the highchair and put her bowl in the sink. "You two are going to get changed and be ready to go to aunty Macey's because she is taking you to school, you have 20 minutes." The twins ran from their seats and up the stairs. Zach went after them to make sure they were properly dressed. "Lucy, why did you put your breakfast on your head? Because now I have to feed you at school and I now need to shower you too. If you mess about today, I will get really angry and will not be happy."

Lucy was showered and dressed as were the twins. We all got in the car and went to drop the girls off and made our way to Gallagher.

Nadz x