Inseparable | Bradley Bradshaw

001. Raymond 'Girl dad' Miller

Grace's POV

I lazily push open the doors to the hospital officially marking the end of the 12 hour night shift I had just completed in the emergency department. I step through the doors and take a moment to feel the cold morning breeze fanning my face. My legs feel like jelly as I force them to get me to my car that I had to park on the other side of the parking lot last night due to it being so busy.

After practically dragging my swollen feet across the parking lot I look straight ahead of me and there she is, the first gen Ford Bronco I share with my husband. I smile in relief knowing I'm one step closer to getting home. I quickly throw my bag and coat in the back and start the ignition before beginning the half an hour drive home. Normally I would play some music but today I just wanted to enjoy the peacefulness of my drive home taking in the view and thinking about the changes in my life that will be happening very soon.

Today was a very special day. Today was the day my husband, Bradley, returns from his deployment overseas. He's been gone around four months and just before he left I had some very important news to tell him but unfortunately my plans were cut short.

I had found out a couple weeks before he was set to leave that I was pregnant.

Bradley and I have been together Six years now and married for Three. Since the beginning of our relationship we had deeply discussed what we wanted our futures to look like and we both agreed we wanted children at some point but we hadn't discussed it recently prior to me finding out I was actually pregnant so I don't know how he will react. I turned thirty this year and I know I'm ready to have a family I just hope Bradley feels the same. I wouldn't want to take this next step in life without him.

Like I said, I was planning to tell him before he left for his assignment. I had everything planned out to the last detail and it was going to be perfect. I was going to set up a lunch date near the beach where I would tell him about the baby and show him the many tests I had taken along with a teeny tiny onesie. Then later on we would be sat on the beach taking everything in and my Father, Raymond Miller, would fly over the ocean in a jet from his Hangar with a banner trailing behind saying 'BABY BRADSHAW COMING SOON'.

I know I could, and perhaps should, of told him before he left but I didn't want to tell him then send him off worrying about me. I needed him to have a clear head with nothing to worry about so he had better chances of coming home safely into my arms where we can enjoy this news about our growing family together.

Our Family.

Just thinking of them two words together made a wide smile spread across my face and a slight giddiness appear in my stomach knowing how close it was till I could reveal what I had been hiding. Realising I had arrived home I didn't rush to exit the vehicle. Instead I took a deep breath and put my hand over my bump that was now rapidly growing, but still easily concealed, as the days went and took the moment in.

But it was short lived as I heard the rev of a motorcycle approaching. I didn't even need to turn around as I already knew it was my dad coming for his daily visit. Normally when Bradley was away he would check in every few days and I would go back to my childhood home to visit him too but since finding out about my pregnancy he insisted that he sees me everyday.

It was just me and my dad you see. Always has been. Just Grace and Raymond. Gracie and Ray. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Outside of the hospital and the Navy I didn't have many friends to keep me company. It was difficult when everyone you know have demanding jobs so having my dad around, my best friend, always meant the world to me.

Stepping out the Bronco I hastily made my way to the end of the drive way to meet my dad with a huge hug.

"How are my two favourite ladies doing?" Dad asks as we make our way to my front door.