part 6

the next day jessica went about her usual routine but today she had lilly with her strapped to her chest in a baby carrier. maggie met them as usual and oohhed and ahhed over baby lilly. levi got his muffin and jessica got her coffee. "so did you like your surprise" asked maggie. "yes i did, wait you know about it" jessica replied. "sarah made me promise not to tell you" maggie appologised.

that afternoon after going to the park and visiting sarah they walked home. they turned the corner and levi barked which jessica knew ment that jonny was waiting for them. jonny owned the garage and sarah ran the business side of it leaving him do get his hands dirty. other than jessica, jonny was levis best friend. they greeted eachother and then went inside. levi was released of his duties for now and greeted jonny in his own way by jumping up and giving him a big sloppy kiss. "im just going to put lilly down for her napp and ill meet you in the kitchen" she told him and went upstairs. jonny headed to the kitchen and put the kettle on then fed levi. jonny had been poping round every lunch time just to check that she was ok. they were good neighbours going above and beyond to help out. they sat and had a cup of tea and a chat before jonny left to go to work again.

it was now quiet so jessica decided to have a soak in the tub. she had just settled into the water and the cd had begun to play when she heard the front door slamm and sarah shouting for her. "jess, where are you" she screamed. "im in the tub ill be right there but shh lilly is sleeping" she called back. getting out and dried jessica put on a robe and went down to see what was going on. "whats wrong" she asked as she joined sarah in the kitchen. "he is here in town" she replied through puffs and pants. "who" jessica asked but she knew. "nick he was asking about you in the clover and maggie told him where you live" she continued still out of breath. " come on you need to get dressed and look great" sarah ushered her back upstairs. "i need to get out of here" jessica replied but sarah was having none of it. they had finally gotten dressed when there was a knock at the door. "do you want me to stay or not" sarah asked. "can you stay please" jessica asked her friend. they slowly headed down stairs and answered the door.
jessica opened the door and said hello. "kate" nick said oh how she had missed that name but mostly to hear him say it. "nick what are you doing here" she wanted to know. "get inside before anyone sees" she ordered them. "hi jack" she said as she heard him pass her. levi came running up to them and jumped up at nick. nick pushed him down and jessica told him to go lie down which he did straight away he was good at taking orders. they went into the kitchen and sarah introduced herself to them. nick gave jessica a hug "i couldnt believe it when i saw you last night" he said. sarah put the kettle on she had a feeling they were going to need a cuppa. "we are not supposed to see eachother nick its too dangerous" she told him. when he took her hand she didnt know what to do she felt like she did in the hospital that night when they had slept together. "i missed you so much" he said then he kissed her so passionatly she almost lost the use of her legs her knees felt so weak she had to sit down. "kate i never thought i could feel like this so fast i mean we only knew each other a few days but im in love with" he proclaimed. "really" was all she could say with a dry throat. "with all my heart" he told her. "im so in love with you too nick" she admitted " but its too dangerous" she added. they sat and talked for a while. the phone rang and sarah answered it, told jessica that it was her uncle dan. both jessica and nick knew she didnt have a uncle dan. jessica took the phone and the color washed from her face. she told her uncle that she wasnt alone and told him who was with her. then she kept saying yes aha yes. when she finally hung up she said to sarah "take lilly to yours and look after her please" "sure, is everything ok" sarah asked. "not now ill tell you later but please get her out of here" jessica replied. sarah ran upstairs and got the baby then left. nick and jack both stood looking confused. "lilly" nick asked. "our daughter" she said. nick was silent for a moment. "we can deal with that later nick but right now we need to get out of here the man who shot my parents is missing and he was last seen a few towns over" she explained. they headed to the front door when levi began to growl