Healing with your passion *Waterloo road*

07💜

It had been tense since Leigh had told Simon she was pregnant. They had only talked through text messages. Both of them knew it was a one time thing. But now that there was a baby involved, she didn't know what to do.

When she woke that morning, she saw a text from Aimee;

Could you mind Mia this morning? I have an appointment at the doctor. I'm going on birth control- Aimee x

Leigh smiled at the thought of seeing Mia. She loved the little girl as though she were her own. She typed out a reply;

Of course. I was going to take some flowers to Tom's grave. She could come? - Leigh x

***
Leigh opened the door and saw Mia running up the path. She grinned. "Mummy sayed you taking me see daddy! Me cited!"

"Yeah. We can go and get some flowers and rake them. Then we can get some nuggets?" She asked.

Mia nodded and grinned. "Yay! Bye mummy."

Leigh smiled. She looked at Aimee. "Birth control huh?" She asked.

Aimee nodded and sighed. "Max and I had sex last night. The condom broke. So I wanna be careful that I won't get pregnant."

"Wish I would have thought of that."

Aimee smiled. "Mia is excited to have a baby brother or sister. She already told me she's going to be five by the time I have another baby."

***
Leigh was getting ready when she got a text from Simon;

Can I see you? - Simon x

Leigh sighed. She hadn't seen him since she told him she was pregnant and she didn't know how he would react. She was scared. She didn't message back.

Leigh smiled at Mia. "You know that you're my favourite girl don't you?" She asked.

"Es. But when you has your baby, me won't be and dat make me sad," Mia said as she looked at her.

Leigh smiled. "Oh babes. Mummy Leigh will always love you. Okay. And when I have my baby, you're going to help me babysit aren't you?"

***
They arrived at the cemetery. Mia held onto Leigh's hand and frowned. "I thoughts we were going to see daddy? Does dis place take us sky?" She asked.

Leigh smiled slightly. She realised that Mia didn't understand. She took her over to Tom's grave. "This is where daddy is."

"In dat tone?"

Leigh sat down on the grass. She pulled Mia onto her lap and smiled. "Okay. You know daddy went to the sky? Well before he went there, he was put into a box."

"Otay."

***
Simon was parked outside of Leigh's house. He saw that her car wasn't there. He sighed and knew he wasn't leaving without talking to her.

Eventually her car pulled up. Leigh frowned. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I came to see you. I've been here over an hour."

Leigh sighed. "I went to take Mia back to Aimee. I didn't reply cause I didn't want to see you. You've not bothered to see me since I told you I was pregnant. You don't have the right to turn up here and see me when you feel like it."

***
Leigh and Simon were sitting in silence. Simon looked at her and smiled. "I want to be involved with the baby. You can't deny me that."

Leigh nodded. "I won't. But you have to understand. I still love Tom. Nothing will change that. He was my first love," she told him.

Simon smiled and looked at her. He knew that she was always going to love Tom. But could he help her fall for someone else?