Science and faith

~Chapter 96~

Danny's pov:

I was looking out of the window as the plane touched down at London Heathrow. I'd just brought Ava to my mum in Dublin cause she offered to look after Ava for a few days so Am and I could spend some time together. Ava was super excited to stay at my mum's and was counting off the days until she could go, and when I finally told her this morning that we were going she was over the moon. I flew early this morning with Ava to Dublin while Am stayed home, I spent a few hours at my mum catching up until I had to go cause I flew back the same day. 

As soon as I was able to get out of the plane I got out and started making my way to the arrival hall where Am would be waiting for me. But when I walked past conveyor belt with luggage I saw a girl struggling to lift a big suitcase from the conveyor belt so I walked towards her and lifted her suitcase of it for her, placing it down beside her.

"Thank you." She said smiling shyly at me.

"No problem." I replied smiling before I continued my way to the arrival hall. 

After a few moments I spotted Am standing in the corner waiting for me, her eyes met mine and I smiled at her as I made my way over to her. She was wearing jeans and a black sweater, so you couldn't see her growing bump. She's now just over three months pregnant and she's starting to show off, and since we haven't told anybody apart from our friends and family we're trying to hide it as long as we can. 

When I got closer to her I realized that she was talking to a guy who was standing next to her, but soon enough I realized it was Glen she was talking to.

"Hey babe." I said wrapping my arms around her, kissing the top of her head.

"Hey Dan." She replied wrapping her arms around my waist.

"What are you doing here, Glen?" I asked curiously when Am and I pulled away.

"Rachel's coming back today, she should be here any moment." He replied smiling. We still hadn't met Rachel yet, cause she'd spent the last two months flying around the world for her work. I knew that she and Glen still had a lot of contact while she was away, so I had heard a lot about her, but I'd never met her in person. But from what I've heard she sounds like a really nice girl.

"Really? So I'll get to meet her if I wait here with you?" I asked, wanting to meet Rachel.

"Yeah, I guess s- there she is!" He said, stopping mid sentence when he saw her coming through the doors. I looked in the direction where Glen was looking but there were a lot of people coming out all at once so I didn't see her, but Glen did so I'd just have to wait. I wrapped my arm around Am's waist and waited until a girl with dark blonde curls would appear in front of us. After a few moments I saw a small girl smiling in our direction, a big suitcase in each hand and I realized that it was the girl from the photo Glen had showed us when he told us about her for the first time. Glen made his way over to her and hugged her tightly to him before taking a suitcase from her and walking back to us.

"Hey, you're the girl from the conveyor belt." I said slightly surprised when I realized she was the girl I helped a few minutes ago lifting her suitcase, but maybe even more surprised that I didn't recognize her from the photos even though I had looked her straight into her eyes.

"Yeah, but most people call me Rachel." She replied chuckling.

"I'm Danny." I said stepping in, shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you." She replied before Am introduced herself to Rachel. Even though I didn't really know Rachel yet, I could see in her eyes that she really liked Glen, which I was something I was really happy about. They also looked great together, she wasn't really tall, she came up to just Glen's shoulder, which made them look really cute.

"Maybe we could do something this weekend?" Am offered, looking between me, Glen and Rachel, obviously wanting to get to know Rachel as well.

"Fine with me." Glen replied, looking at Rachel for an answer.

"Sounds great." She replied smiling shyly.

We agreed to go for dinner tomorrow and Glen would ask Mark and Rina if they wanted to come as well. We walked to the exit where we both headed in different directions, Glen and Rachel to Glen's car, and Am and I to Am's car.

"I like her." I said once we were in the car, making our way back home.

"Woah, don't go liking her too much, ey?!" Am said teasing me.

"Nah, don't worry babe." I replied laughing, placing my hand on her thigh.

"But I like her as well, they look good together." Am said, placing her own hand on top of mine.

"Yeah, almost as good as we do." I replied smirking, causing Am to roll her eyes at me before focusing back on the road.

Once we were home my mum sent me a picture of Ava sitting on the swing, while eating ice cream.

'Don't worry about us😉' She sent right after that. I showed Am the photo who laughed at the ridiculous size of Ava's ice cream.

'I won't, give her a hug from us❤️' I replied, before putting my phone down on the coffee table and made my way to the kitchen to see what we could make for dinner.

"You up for chicken curry?" I asked Am who was in the living room.

"Yeah, that's alright." She replied.

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After dinner I decided to run us a warm bath. So while Am was having a walk with Lola, I made my way to the bathroom and filled the bath and placed candles around the room. Just as the bath was filled and I turned the water off I heard the front door shut, indicating that Am was back. 

"Dan?" I heard her call from the living room.

"Bathroom!" I replied and a few seconds later I heard her footsteps coming up the stairs.

"I thought we should just relax for a while." I said when she walked into the bathroom, while I was lighting the last candle.

"Hmm, sounds great." She said smiling before she started to undress herself. I followed her lead and held her hand while she stepped in the bath, scared that she might slip. Once Am went to sit down I quickly got in and sat down behind Am. She leaned back against my chest while I placed one of my hands on her small bump, smiling. She rested her head against my shoulder and smiled up at me while I was drawing patterns on her stomach with one hand while the other was playing with her breast. 

"I love it when you do that." She said, kissing my jaw before she leaned her head back against my shoulder.

"Do what?" I asked, not sure what she was talking about.

"Touch me, run your hands over my body..." She confessed.

"Well I love doing it." I whispered in her ear, cupping both her breasts in my hands.

We spent the rest of the evening in bath until the water was getting cold, so we decided to get out. I grabbed a towel and started drying Am's body, taking my time, before quickly drying myself. Once we were both dry we decided to go to bed, since we had an early start this morning. Not bothered to put any clothes on, we made our way to the bedroom where I closed the curtains while Am climbed into bed. I walked around to my side of the bed and slipped in as well, shifting close to Am. She was lying on her side with her back to me so I lay down behind her and pressed my body into hers.

"Goodnight Am." I said leaning down to kiss her.

"Goodnight Dan." She replied turning her head just in time so my lips landed on hers.