Wanting his love (Waterloo road)

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Olivia and Tom had been trying to make their relationship work. But it wasn't easy. Not since Max had caused a heap of tension with them.

When Olivia woke that morning, she walked downstairs. Tom was sitting there feeding Lily. "So what do you want to do? We can still go away if you want to. Or we can stay here and shut out the world," Tom said.

Olivia sighed. "I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I just want to be with you. Is that okay?"

Olivia nodded. She smiled. "Maybe we could stay here. My mum said she would have Lily for us. So we can shut out the world and hide away in bed," she said.

"Sounds good."

The two of them kissed heatedly. Lily banged her fists on the high chair and giggled. Olivia kissed the top of her head. "Our special little girl aren't you?"

***
The two of them arrived at work. Olivia kissed Tom as he walked off with Lily. She walked over to Charlee. "Hey. You doing okay?" She asked.

Charlee shrugged. "I have to go for a pre-birth custody meeting. They want to make sure that I'm not messing up. Or risking hurting the baby while it's inside me. I love this baby more than anything," she said.

"I know. We can sort this. I promise you. Just know that I'm on your side. I won't let you down. I promise."

"Thank you. I just... I don't know. The fact they think I'd willingly hurt my baby. I don't want Max to have her. But I wouldn't hurt her," Charlee mumbled.

Olivia pulled her into a hug and smiled. "You've got this."

***
Olivia walked into her classroom and sighed. She saw Tom sitting on the desk. "Hey. I can't wait to shut out the whole world this weekend. It's driving me insane."

"What's happened?"

"Charlee has to go for a pre-birth custody meeting. To make sure she won't do anything to risk harming the baby. This is Max Tyler. And he's going to pay."

Tom sighed. "I'll put this right. I gave him the number. So I'll help you. I'm sorry," he said.

Olivia looked at him. She kissed him. "Let's just not get involved in anything that's nothing to do with us. It's all we can do," she told him.

Tom nodded and smiled. He kissed her again and looked at her. "we've got this. You and me, we've got this," he said as he held her close.

***
Olivia walked into the office. She saw Max and glared. "I don't even want to talk to you. Mother. Can you still have Lily? Tom and I are going away."

"Sure. But are you sure you want to go? I've heard from a few people that Tom has been seen with Rose Kelly."

Olivia rolled her eyes. She looked at her. "Mum. This is just pointless rumours. And we both know that. Me and Tom are happy together. Just accept that," she said.

"I just want you to be happy."

"And I'm happy with Tom. Please. Tom and Rose are friends. We both know that, I'm not annoyed at it," she told her.

Rachel nodded and smiled. Olivia turned and walked off. But did she have to worry about how close Tom and Rose were? Or were they irrational thoughts?