Daniel looked confused 'what? You're...how?' Ivy blinked 'um, the normal way Dan...'. He shook his head 'I mean, I thought we were being safe?'. Ivy shrugged 'obviously not enough'.

There was a long pause in which Daniel looked deep in thought. Eventually he smiled and she saw the sparkle in his eyes 'I'm gonna be a Dad?'. Ivy nodded and Daniel looked blissfully happy 'fucking hell, well that's brilliant'. She blinked in surprise 'You're okay with it?'

Daniel nodded 'well I was about to ask you to marry me, so yeah, I'm more than happy with this'. Ivy's jaw dropped 'you were going to do what?'. Daniel grinned and took the ring box out of his inner jacket.

Barney had been working late and was still up when he heard a late night knock on his door. Grumbling, Barney opened his apartment door and gaped in surprise at who was there. He hadn't seen Daniel for ages, they'd emailed, skyped, called and texted a lot but he hadn't sen his nephew for a long time.

Barney was wearing grey sweatpants and a Mariners top with a shadow of stubble on his chin, he looked a direct opposite to Daniel, who was dressed in an impeccably tailored suit.

'Fucking hell, fancy seeing you here'. They hugged and Barney let him in the apartment 'come on in, is Ivy in Seattle with you?'. He nodded 'yeah, she's bizarrely making up with Christian, and it looks like I am as well'.

Barney blinked in surprise 'well that I didn't see coming'. Daniel laughed and sat down on the sofa as Barney asked him 'want a beer?'.

Daniel smiled as his Uncle sat down opposite him, both holding an ice cold beer. 'So, how's Ivy?' he didn't miss the unmistakable grin on Daniel's face as he said nothing and sipped his beer. Barney raised an eyebrow 'what's that little grin for? Tell me!'.

Clearly annoyed at how impatient his uncle was, Daniel told him 'I'm gonna be a dad'.

He'd seen Barney excited and happy before- like when the Mariners won anything- but the last thing he'd expect was the speed he came around the little coffee table and pulled him into a huge hug.

'Congratulations Dan, bloody hell' finally releasing his nephew, Barney saw the happiness in his eyes. 'Thanks, I still can't believe it either'. Barney sat down on the sofa again 'is it a boy or a girl?' he shrugged 'I don't think it's late enough to tell yet, Ivy only found out the other day- I only found out about an hour ago myself'.

Barney nodded 'I'm going to make the assumption this wasn't planned though? I mean, you're 26 but she's 20 and only at the start o her career'.

Daniel fiddled distractedly with the beer bottles label 'yeah...well, no, it wasn't really. She seems happy though, Seemed to think I'd have a huge problem with it, like she seemed genuinely worried how I react. A pregnancy is as much my fault as hers anyway'. Barney raised an eyebrow 'so you two are pretty stable in this relationship'.

It was in that moment that Daniel realised he hadn't mentioned his other bit of news 'oh shit I completely forgot to tell you- We got engaged as well'. Seeing how far his Uncles jaw dropped almost made it worth forgetting to tell him earlier.

Ivy had made it back to Escala and was on the phone in the main room, screaming her lungs out to someone. Christian and Ana had heard from their bedroom as they were about to change for bed and Taylor and Gail also seemed a little worried, all coming out into the great room to see if she was okay.

'-I'M GONNA KILL YOU- DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I FUCKING HATE YOU- YOUR LUCKY IM PREGNANT OR I'D THROW YOU PUT MYSELF'.

As she threw her phone at the sofa in anger, Ivy turned around and saw the group of people staring at her in shock. Christian's jaw was practically on the floor and she muttered

'we can talk about this later, my mother is in the lobby downstairs and she wants to see me'.

Awkwardly Ivy moved past the stunned looking group and heading stoically towards the lift doors, ignoring Christian following her quickly.