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'Bubs... Bubs, it's time to get up.' Courtney says softly as she leans over to move some hair out of Leah's face as the blonde groans and pulls to covers up over her face.

'Mm... No, it's still the middle of the night, Court. Look, it's not even light outside.' Leah moans causing Courtney to smile.

'Bubs, Wally is coming to pick us up in an hour. We need to get the kids up and dressed, get ourselves dressed and have everything down by the door for her getting here so we can be at St Pancras on time.' Courtney says running her fingers through the blonde's hair as Leah shakes her head.

'I feel like I've only just shut my eyes.' Leah replies.

'I'm gonna go quickly get washed and dressed... You can stay in bed for a bit but you need to try not go back to sleep, Le. You'll make yourself feel worse if you go back to sleep.' Courtney says leaning down to press a kiss on the blonde's head. She gets some sort of muffled reply before the cover gets pulled further over the blonde's head. Listening to the brunette make her way through to the en-suite, Leah sighs and rolls onto her back.

'What the fuck.' She mumbles as she glances over at her phone which flashes 2:30am across the screen. At the time of booking, leaving early sounded like a good idea as it means they have more time once they arrive however at the moment that is sounding so unappealing. She tried to go to bed early, they successfully put all three kids down much earlier than usual and Courtney was fast asleep for 8pm but she just couldn't settle. She felt so restless and as a result really struggled to sleep. She lies in bed for what feels like seconds, but in reality is probably around ten minutes, before Courtney makes her way back out the bathroom having dressed in a Nike tracksuit with her hair pulled back into a messy bun.

'You look shattered, bubs.' Courtney says softly as she makes her way over to the bed.

'I don't think shattered even covers how I'm feelings.' Leah replies covering her mouth as she yawns.

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'Why don't you try get some sleep, bubs?' Courtney suggests glancing at Leah who's sitting across the table from her. They've been on the Eurostar a little over half an hour and currently all three kids are asleep; Bunny is curled up against the window with Charley sleeps peacefully against Courtney's chest and Tilly is lying with her head resting on Leah's thighs.

'I'm okay... Do you want me to take her so you can get some sleep?' Leah asks gesturing to Charley causing the brunette to shake her head.

'She's fine where she is.' Courtney replies softly causing Leah to nod her head. Courtney watches as the blonde's fingers silently tap against the table in front of them as she glances out the train window.

'How are you feeling about the potential transfer next week?' Courtney asks causing Leah to sigh.

'Nervous.' Leah admits biting her bottom lip. Taking a deep breath, she glances up at the brunette who smiles slightly.

'It's still what I want, I still want to carry our baby. I haven't changed my mind about any of it but I just-' Leah says letting out a small sigh as Courtney reaches her free hand across the table.

'But you're nervous and that's completely normal, Le.' Courtney replies.

'But you weren't nervous before Tilly?' Leah says and Courtney nods her head.

'I kind of knew what I was expecting when I got pregnant, Le. I had been there and done that but this will be your first proper experience of it. Yeah, you've watched me be pregnant, Beth, Keira, Katie, Steph... All these people around you have been pregnant but it's completely different when it's you, Le. It's completely different when it's your body that's changing.' Courtney replies.

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