"She's upstairs talking to Mark" Jess told Don when he walked back in from the precinct. He removed his long winter coat and kissed her on the cheek.

"She's talking?" Don checked and Jess nodded;

"I had a word with her earlier Don…the reason why she didn't want to talk to us is mad" Jess shook her head, leading Don into the kitchen and handing him a cup of coffee as she cooked dinner.

"Why?" he asked, taking a sip of it

"She blamed herself for the baby's death" Jess said quietly and Don simply shook his head

"No" he stated "she can't blame herself for that…she did nothing to hurt that baby…it was his fault if anything"

"I told her that. But she says it was in her body, hence it is her responsibility" Jess said "anyway, I told her that she needs to talk to Mark because he thinks she can't stand to look at him and she thinks that he hates her for the death"

"Thank you Jess" Don said "You've been the only one able to get through to her…I tried…but she just said nothing"

"Maybe it's because I'm a woman Don?" Jess suggested "but all that matters now is that those two sort out their differences and stick together"

Four days later

"Whoa, whoa, whoa" Don called out as he saw Hannah reach for her coat, juggling her car keys in her hand as she placed it onto her shoulders;

"What?" she asked her father who was tightening his tie, getting ready to go into the precinct.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked her with a raised brow

"Out" she said simply

"I don't think so" he replied "it's icy"

"The roads are clear" she assured him "and I've been stuck in here for days…I need air"

"Hannah…you lost your baby a week ago" Don said and he saw her wince for a moment "you're not in a fit state to go out"

"I'm fine" she snapped and moved for the door but Don blocked her from going

"Dad" she said, taking a deep breath "let go of the door"

"Where are you going?" he asked

"Just out"

"Hannah" he warned her "we don't have secrets in this house"

"I'm off to see mum" she said and Don went quiet.

"I'll drive you" he said, taking her keys from her hands

"You have work" she reminded him and he shrugged

"They can do without me for an hour. Come on" he picked up his own keys from his pocket and placed a hand on his daughter's back and guided her from the house.

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"Hey mum" Hannah whispered, crouching down at the graveside as she looked at the writing which was covered in frost "I just came…well…you know, don't you? I imagine you know how stupid I was even getting pregnant in the first place…but…I didn't want to lose the baby at all…and not the way I did. Me and Mark was going to give it up for adoption, let someone else who wanted a family start one and love the child. It may have hurt us but then at least we know they would have been safe and loved…that was all a child needs, right?" Hannah wiped her eyes and pushed her hair behind her ears "but…I'm going to get through this…I have Mark…and dad and Jess…and I'm sure my baby is up there somewhere safe…I don't know why I came to be honest" Hannah shrugged "making dad miss work" she looked up the graveyard and saw her dad parked in his car, sat inside it and writing down notes in his book "he didn't want to come in…I didn't really want him too either…it's kind of a private conversation and I just wanted to talk to you on my own"

"I don't know how to feel mum" Hannah admitted "I feel like I shouldn't be that sad and as time passes maybe it will pass…but at the moment I just don't really want to talk to anyone and I just want to grieve alone…dad said he understands but I can see him worrying all the time…you know the way his face ends up scrunched up when he worries…well he does that a lot"

"But…I'm going to go mum…I need to go back and study for college and dad has work. He sends his love again and he says that he and Jess are doing fine…anyway…love you mum"

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Thank you to Runner043, SM-FA-RaiNtrain for reviewing constantly. And thank you to Giggle-Smiles-Laughter for dedicating a lot of time to reading all of my story, there's quite a bit of it now. I never thought it would get this far but I could continue it for a long time because I enjoy to write it and so until I run out of ideas I will keep going. Anyway, please review!

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