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They stood out on the roof for what seemed like hours, kissing, talking and holding each other from the cold, they were then rudely interrupted by their pagers and 3 separate MVA’s coming in. By 2.30 they had both finished their shifts and decided to go pick up Charlotte from school together.
They were a little early so sat in the car.
“Do we tell her?” Abby asked turning to Luka as he drummed out a beat on the steering wheel.
“Do you want to tell her?” Luka stopped and looked at Abby.
“I don’t know what to do. We can tell her and see what happens. Or we can see what happens then tell her. What ever happens she’ll need to find out” Abby rested her head back on the headrest not knowing what to do.
“I think we should tell her. Just the basics”
“Which are?” Abby rolled her head to look at Luka smiling.
“We love each other, we love her, and we’re going to be a family again” Luka smiled over at Abby and rested his hand on her cheek again. Abby rubbed over Luka’s arm and kissed his palm.
“I’ll go get her” Abby unbuckled her seat belt and slid out the car. Luka sat in the car watching Abby cross the road and up to the gate of the school to stand in the crowd with the other Mum’s and Dads.
After a few minutes Luka could see Abby coming across the road with Charlotte who waved to him as the crossed in front of the car. Abby opened the door and Charlotte climbed in.
“Hey princess. How was school?” Luka turned round to see her.
“Good. I’ve got a painting in my bag”
“Well you can show me it later when we get home ok?” Luka said starting the car once Abby had got back in.
“Ok. Why are you and mummy picking me up today?” Charlotte asked as she drank a carton of juice Abby had passed back to her. Abby and Luka both looked at each other.
“We need to talk to you about something honey” Abby said looking over at Luka.
“Ok” Charlotte went back to drinking her juice, looking out her window and asking questions.
They pulled up outside Luka’s apartment a little while later.
“Why are we at daddy’s house?” Charlotte jumped out of the car and looked to Abby.
“We need to talk to you about something, remember?” Abby shut the car door and walked with Charlotte up to the front door to the apartment block Luka was holding open.
“Oh yeh” Charlotte giggled and ran up the stairs past Luka and to press the button on the elevator.
“She’ll be ok” Luka whispered as Abby passed him at the door.
As soon as they were in the apartment Charlotte dumped her coat and shoes at the front door and took off into the living room where she had left some toys.
Abby stood and watched her play in the living room before joining Luka in the kitchen.
“You really think we should tell her?” Abby asked leaning back on the counter and watching Luka pour a drink from the fridge.
“Yes. She’ll understand” Luka took a drink from his glass, before putting it down and walking in front of Abby. He took a quick glance into the living room to see Charlotte with her back to them; he turned back to Abby and kissed her. “It’ll all be fine. Trust me” With that he kissed her again, took her hand and led her into the living area.
“Lottie, come here baby” Charlotte looked round to Abby and Luka on the couch. She abandoned her toys and stood in front of them both. Luka pulled her up in between him and Abby.
“Mommy and I have something we want to talk to you about” Luka sat forward to look at her.
“Ok”
“Well when you were a baby, mommy, you and I used to live here together” Luka tried to get the words right, without confusing her.
“Charlotte sweetie, what we’re trying to tell you is…” Abby tried to explain but she didn’t know how to put it into words Charlotte might understand.
“You know mommy and I love you very much. Yes?”
“Yip and I love you and mommy” Charlotte gave Luka a gummy smile as her bottom two teeth had fallen out.
“We know that sweetie. Well when we all used to live here Mommy and daddy loved each other very much…” Luka smiled over at Abby prompting Charlotte to look around as well to see Abby smiling back at Luka.
“And you love Mommy again?” Charlotte asked off guard and making Luka and Abby both to stare at her.
“Yes I do” Luka kept looking between Charlotte and Abby. Abby was still watching Charlotte.
“And you love Daddy again?” Charlotte asked looking round to Abby.
“Yeh, I really do” Abby smiled and kissed the top of Charlotte’s head.
“Does that mean we’re moving back in with daddy?” Charlotte asked looking up at Abby.
“No… sometimes we might stay with daddy and sometime he’ll come and stay with us” Abby looked down at Charlotte hoping she understood.
“Ok then” Charlotte jumped down from the couch back to the toys she had abandoned.
Abby and Luka sat staring at each other not sure what to think of Charlotte taking to the new so easily. Abby smiled over to Luka, he leaned over and kissed her again. They were then interrupted from a voice in the corner.
“Does that mean Daddy’s your boyfriend?”