Capturing Ella

(Releasing Joe) Chapter 64 - Ella

Seven days later.

I climbed into the passenger seat of the family Jeep, watching Saul climb into the driver's seat, keep looking over in my direction waiting for me to protest and demand to drive. But sure enough, I done the buckle up on my seat, and crossed my legs over each other in the car, preparing for him to drive off. Saul put the key in the engine – looking at me – put his foot down on the clutch - look at me – put the car into first and looking again.

'You can drive off, I'm not going to freak,' I laughed as Saul finally started to put the car into action.

'How has Joseph manage to calm you down this much,' He laughed to himself, wrinkle's suddenly exposing themselves as he screamed of fatherly affection at me.

'It's just Joe, much like it's just Ella, and I have no idea.' I smiled out the window, just wishing Joe was here with me at the moment. Instead, he had gone into town with all my brothers apart from Vick and Trace, who had to go back to Denver for some overtime work on some serious case. However, it meant they would miss out on the baby announcement. Neither of them two had any idea I was pregnant as I had been working slowly around my brothers, planning on telling Vick and Trace today but they had to go back. I understood, and so did Joe, as we would have to do the same thing if something happened in England. It just meant we would leave a few hours earlier to drop by in Denver to tell them two before we jumped back on the plane home. Everyone had been told – Uriel and Will had taken the news really well even though Will had words with Joe about what would happen if he mistreated me or mistreated the baby. Diamond had also responded amazingly well and had told me that herself and Trace were thinking about starting their own family.

'I'm so happy for both of you. You have grown up a lot through the whole experience,' Dad said and I nodded. Well, he wasn't wrong.

'Er, I kind of have been hiding something from you, Dad.' I confessed up, looking over my shoulder to make sure Karla hadn't followed us both to the Water School. We had said we'd go down midday to sort out chlorine levels and so I can go for a swim, like old times. I had a secret agenda, though.

'What's that, Eleanor? Are you okay?' Saul asked, indicating to go down the dirt path to the water school.

'You know we always joked about Diamond having the first grandchild? Well, er, I know who's managed to beat her,' I laughed slightly.

'Don't tell me Sky's pregnant,' He laughed, putting his hand on my leg and I grinned. I waited until he pulled up in the car park space dedicated for the family cars and he killed the engines. We went to open the door.

'Wait a second,' I asked and he stayed for a second in the car. I put my hand in my kangaroo pocket of my hooded jumper and pulled out the scan, its once white pocket slightly marred after the amount of use the week has brought. He frowned as I handed it to him. I watched intently, trying to steady my breathing and tears as he opened it.

'I might have beaten Sky, too.' I whispered as he looked at the scan.

'Are you joking?' He whispered, tears thick in his voice. One night when stress got to us both about half a year ago, he told me he wanted grandchildren. All of his kids, and me, were long past bed time stories and long cuddles and making cakes together but he still wanted to do those things. He had told me he though Diamond would be the first one in the family – I was never even in the betting list.

'No,' I whispered, smiling slightly as his face lit up like the sky.

'What – how far?'

'About twenty, well, about twenty one weeks now,' I muttered and he just looked shocked at me. 'I wasn't exactly behaving when we went on the girl's holiday away and I met Joe for the first time,' I awkwardly laughed as Saul gave me the look.