When We Were Young.

Twenty-Five.

So there is a pretty big time jump in this chapter purely because I didn't want to do the whole recovery period because it would be pretty boring, I hope you don't mind. I do realise I might have fucked up the timing in this story but we're going with this now being in the beginning of December, hopefully from here I'll be able to keep track of it!

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'Thank you all for your messages regarding Demi; as you can see she's doing absolutely fine.'

Joe posts the picture to Instagram and then turns to face Demi who's now sitting up in bed clutching her cup of tea in her hands; it's been five weeks since the surgery and just before she was discharged from hospital the media somehow found out she'd been admitted.

'What do you want to do today?' He asks and she shrugs her shoulders.

'I'm quite happy to stay here all day.' She admits.

'I know you are but we done that yesterday, didn't we? Why don't we go out for lunch and have a little walk around then we can order dinner in and watch a movie?' He suggests and she nods her head.

'Okay... Maybe we could talk about the future?' She asks biting her bottom lip.

'Three weeks, Dems...' He replies causing her to sigh. She knows the idea of them having a baby is completely insane; they've only been together for a few months and they both have such busy careers but the Ectopic pregnancy, the thought that they almost had it all has ignited something inside her.

'You're so irritating.' She says and he shakes his head.

'And you can't even have sex yet so there's no rush to talk about it.' He replies as she places her cup on the bedside table.

'You should go get dressed.' She mumbles turning to glance out the window.

'Hey, don't be mad... I promise we will talk about this but I don't see the point in rushing to a decision when it's something we can't even act on right now.' He says placing his hand on her arm.

'I don't want to rush into anything, Joe. I know you think I'm being hormonal but I just want to talk. Do I want a baby? Yeah, I'd love nothing more. Do I know I sound completely insane considering we've not been together long? Yeah but I just want to talk, to know where we both stand.' She replies.

'Okay; let's talk.' He says turning to face her.

'Really?' She asks and he nods his head.

'Tell me what's been going on inside that head? How are you feeling?' He replies.

'I don't know. I feel ridiculous for being so upset over something I didn't know I had. I feel like since we found I have been longing for a baby that I know we aren't going to have yet.' She admits shrugging her shoulders.

'Whether we knew you were pregnant or not and whether the pregnancy was an ectopic or now; you are allowed to grieve for that baby because it was still our baby. I'm not saying we can't have a baby, Dems. I'm just saying we need to talk through this properly. What about your career? I'm touring next year.' He says and she sighs.

'I know.' She replies quietly.

'I want kids with you, Dems... We just need to think this over and work out how we'd juggle things.' He says and she smiles slightly.

'Okay.' She replies.

'You going to stop being mad at me now so we can enjoy the rest of our weekend away?' He asks and she nods her head.

'I love you.' She says.

'I love you too.' He replies.