𝐈 𝐁𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒

𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧

|| October 18th 2012

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Gabby giggled as Fatboy attempted to place a car seat in the back of the car. "...I don't get why they made the car seat so difficult to put in..." he says, sounding quite annoyed as he continues to try and get the car seat into the back of the car properly.

Gabby rolls her eyes, sitting at the steps. "You were the one that asked if we should go down to Croydon to meet my dad?" she laughs, looking at him in disbelief.

"Well yeah..." Fatboy says, sounding a bit embarrassed once she brings that up. He quickly sits down on the steps next to her, still trying to push down the car seat but getting nowhere.

"I didn't know they'd make the car seat so complicated..." he says softly, still trying to get the car seat in properly...before he decides to give up and just look at her.

"I might need your help with this" he says with a soft laugh.

she laughs again, noticing that Jack Branning had just walked out of number 5. "Hey, Jack? Wanna help Fatboy with this baby seat?" she smirks.

Jack turns around as he hears Gabby call out his name...as soon as he sees Fatboy struggling with the car seat, he immediately makes his way over to him.

He walks right up to Fatboy's side, before he leans over and looks down at the car seat.

"...what's the trouble with it?" he asks quickly...with a little smirk on his face.

Fatboy sighs, looking over at Jack as he gives him that smirk...as he quickly shows that he's enjoying seeing his struggle.

"I just can't seem to get it in properly..." he responds to him, clearly annoyed as he's been trying to push it in for a while now.

Gabby giggles again as Fatboy and Jack start to put the seat in the car. She began to wonder why it took two people to put in a baby seat.

Fatboy starts to push the car seat in as Jack also helps him...and as he does so, he notices Gabby giggling as she stands on the steps and watches him.

Jack rolls his eyes a little bit as he helps Fatboy with the seat...he doesn't understand why the car seat is so difficult to put in either, but he's helping him regardless.

After a minute or two of them working at it, the car seat finally goes in properly...and Fatboy lets out a sigh of relief as it does so.

"How long are you going Croydon for?" Jack asks as he rubs his hands together, backing away from Fatboy.

Fatboy thinks to himself for a minute as he hears Jack ask him that...and he then responds back to him.

"I don't know...a few days at the very least," he says softly, "I know it's gonna be hard to be away..."

"Yeah but, we see my dad...and Fats gets to meet my dad's side of the family" Gabby smiles softly, tilting her head as she places her hands on her knees.

"Yeah, that's the plan...just want to make sure that all the travel goes well for Connie. It's a...I guess it's a pretty long road...just want to make sure the travelling and everything goes well for everyone involved." Fatboy adds on, looking over at her with a soft smile.

"Yeah, but we'll have tons of snacks!" she jokes, getting up from the stairs and walking down to them. "We'll be fine" she says softly.

Fatboy smiles when he sees her walk over, as he hears her make the joke about snacks...which actually makes him laugh softly.

"Yeah, we will be...I just...I'm nervous about the trip that's all..." is all that he says in response...being honest for a moment about how he's actually feeling.

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|| 19th October 2012

Gabby and Connie play in her bedroom, giggling as Gabby messes around with one of her teddy bears. Fatboy walks into the room, seeing the two of them in there as he enters.

He sits down on the bed beside Connie, letting out a soft smile as he watches the two of them giggling and having fun.

"You think we're gonna be okay in Croydon for a few weeks?" Gabby asks, still playing with a teddy bear as Connie focuses her attention on the dollhouse in her room.

"Yeah, we will...we'll definitely be fine," Fatboy responds to her, trying to ease any worries that she may have.

"...and plus, we'll get to see your family...which I'm sure is gonna be a really fun experience. It'll be nice for the two of us to have a new place to explore and to spend time around...and if there's any trouble, we'll handle it."

"I know but...what if my dad relapses again, we'll have to stay in Croydon...you'd have to go back to Walford?" she stammers softly, looking over at Connie. She sighs deeply, placing her head on Fatboy's shoulder.

Fatboy smiles softly as he feels her head on his shoulder, her being so close to him makes him feel warm inside.

He places one of his hands on her hip gently, giving her a light squeeze.

"Even if he does relapse, I'll still be there with you...I won't leave your side..."

He sounds quite genuine and sincere with his words as he says this...as he continues to hold her close. "...we'll get through it, together...alright?" he says quietly, his tone of voice soft and reassuring.

Gabby looks up at him and kisses him softly, then placing her head back in his shoulder. "I love you, Arthur Chubb" she smiles, her voice one of a soft-spoken tone.

That's all he needed to hear...her admitting her love for him made his heart skip a beat.

He places his other hand on her waist once more as well...as he looks down at her and smiles.

"I love you too...more than you'll ever know," he replies with a soft and gentle smile on his lips as he holds her close to himself.

"I know" she smiles softly, watching their daughter play as they both snuggle each other tightly.