In the morning at breakfast Patrick did his routine of waking his children and wife up, after Shelagh fell ill he had been doing all her jobs, badly. Once the children were up he kissed Shelagh's cheek gently to wake her up, she groaned softly rolling her head away, Patrick smiled,
"Shelagh, my dear you must wake up. Beatrix needs you" He whispered, trying not to chuckle at the sheer struggle of getting up his wife seemed to be having.
"Mmm...." Was all she replied with, Patrick stiffed a small laugh, putting his hand on her shoulder to wake her
"I made breakfast. Come on... " He whispered humorously. A little later Patrick had managed to coax Shelagh out of bed with a cup of tea and the help of Angela.
"Well I'm off. I'm meeting Alex at the pier." Tim called from the hallway, before either of his parents could protest he was out of the door and already running down the street.
Shelagh turned around to look at Patrick, bewildered at the speed the young boy had gained over the past few days.
"Shouldn't we be worried? He's been going out every weekend to meet this Alex..." Shelagh sighed sitting down on the sofa, Patrick put his brief case down to sit with his wife
"I'm sure he's fine... Maybe he just needs to blow off some steam." He reassured her, rubbing her back to calm her down.
"I suppose... Do you think I should check on him? Later... I need to deliver some insulin to the nurses so I could go and check on the way back...?" Shelagh asked standing up to set up the pram, Patrick stood and put his hand on hers
"Shelagh if you worry him he'll feel he has to restrict his social life so you worry less. He cares about your well being a lot." He told her, squeezing her hand gently, Shelagh sighed looking down at her shoes. Although she wanted to take care of Timothy she knew Patrick was right...
"I know. Right... Off go work for you. I don't want to make you late again." She said, moving her hands out of Patrick's grasp and picking up the baby and taking Angela's hand.
"Yes ma'am!" Patrick exclaimed kissing her neck and shouldering his bag. Shelagh blushed, smiling.
"Thats enough of that Patrick! I'll see you at some point during clinic." She laughed opening the door and pushing the pram, Angela and Patrick through the door together.
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Suddenly x-Turnadette-x
RomanceA few things to note; I started writing this during Shelagh's pregnancy in the real show, it was originally a one shot but I made it into a longer story. The baby is the wrong gender but aside from that basically everything is the same. Mae is just...
