Chapter 4
















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A couple of days later Anna came home from the hospital but Nicky and the rest of the boys had to go to Indonesia. Claire decided to take the kids and go to stay with Anna to try and cheer her up. �Are you alright?� Asked Claire after she had unpacked hers and her kid�s suitcases. Anna was wearing grey jogging bottoms and a huge white jumper. �Yeah I�m fine.� �Did the find out how it happened?� she asked as they started cooking tea. �Nobody could explain it.� �Mummy.� Anna turned round. Emily and Owen were stood by the door with flour all in their hair and on their clothes. Anna and Claire couldn�t help but laugh. �I haven�t seen you laugh like that in days,� Claire said to Anna with a smile on her face. �I think somebody needs a bath.� Said Anna. �NOOO!� screamed Owen. Emily giggled and ran into the living room and hid under the table. There was a trail of while flour, on the blue carpet, leading round the sofa and under the table.

After having a fight with Owen and Emily in the bath Claire walks downstairs soaking wet. All Anna can do is laugh. Claire�s mobile rang. �Hello?�
�Hi Claire, it�s Danni.�
�Hi! What�s up?�
�I�m just phoning to tell you that me and Kian have postponed the wedding. We are nowhere near ready for it and we were thinking of sometime next year.�
�What does Kian think?�
�He feels the same as me.�
�Thanks for telling me. Cya!�
Claire put the phone down and turned to Anna. �Danni and Kian have postponed the wedding.�
�Why?� asked Anna.
�Neither of them are ready for it this year.�
�Well that�s good. At least they�re not rushing into things.�

Mark, Claire�s, Nicky�s and Anna�s 2nd anniversary is the next week. They had a double wedding so it was the same day. Mark decided to go on his motorbike to get Claire�s present. A car was coming towards him on the wrong side of the road. The car hit Mark and he came off his bike. He only suffered a broken leg and was sent home for a few weeks. That weekend the rest of the boys came home from Indonesia and both couples went out to celebrate their anniversary. Claire and Mark went to the place where they had their first date. L� Bistro. Anna and Nicky went to a restaurant round the corner.

The next day they go on holiday to the Caribbean for a week. They leave their kids with the girls� parents. On the plane over there Mark�s leg started to itch. He spent the whole flight with a ruler inside his cast trying to scratch it. �You�re really bugging me with that now Mark� complained Nicky. �It�s not my fault� replied Mark. �It sounds horrible too!� added Claire. �Thanks a lot. I really appreciate everything you guys do for me� said Mark getting into a huff. �Just stop scratching!� said Claire.

At the end of the week Anna and Nicky decided to stay for another week while Mark and Claire went home.
�So what are you going to be getting up to then?� Mark asked Nicky.
�Never you mind! Concentrate on your sex life and not mine!�
�What do you think I�ve been doing?�
�I don�t want to know all your details! Thanks!�

At home Claire is trying to get Mark to go to a football match with her. �I�m not going to see some crap team!� said Mark referring to Wycombe, Claire�s favourite team.
�Wycombe are not crap! And you can�t talk, you�re a Liverpool supporter!�
�Who�s team won three cup finals this year?� Mark retaliated.
�You cheated!�
�We did not cheat! You just have to accept that we booted you out in the semi!�
�You cheated and that�s all I�m saying!�

Nicky and Anna come back from the Caribbean and the boys start rehearsing for their yearlong world tour.

In March, Bryan and Yvonne are at their home with Jack and Marie in bed. Yvonne had been quiet all day and Bryan just thought it was her mood swings. Bryan cooked dinner and set out a table with two candles in the middle. Half way through he went to sit next to Yvonne. �I need to ask you something� he said. �What�s that?� �Will you marry me?� Yvonne looked shocked and started to cry. �What�s wrong?� asked Bryan. �I�m sorry. I can�t.� And she ran out of the room. Bryan followed her to their bedroom. �Yvonne? Are you alright? I didn�t mean to upset you.� �Bryan I really do love you but I can�t say yes right now.� �Why?� �Do you know what day it is today?� �No.� �Well you should. It�s Ronan�s Birthday.� �Oh I completely forgot!� Yvonne started crying again.

At the end of March the boys went on their tour.

In June Yvonne had a baby girl and called her Molly. Everyone went to see her at the hospital. While everyone was talking about the baby Anna started to get upset and ran out the room. Nicky found her in the park around the corner. She was sat in the far corner leaning on the wall with her head down. Her knees were drawn up to her chest and she was crying. Nicky sat down next to her and put his arm around her. �Are you alright hon?� He asked her. Anna turned and buried her head in his arm. �It�s going to be so hard looking at her and trying not to think about it.� Said Anna. �Nobody�s telling you not to think about it. I think I feel the same!� he said with tears in his eyes. �I couldn�t look at her today and not think that we should have had a baby as well� he added. �And we could always have another.� �Umm. I like that idea.� �Not until Jordan�s two at least.� �That�s only in a couple of Months.� �Now don�t go getting any ideas� Anna said, starting to smile. �Come on� Nicky said getting up and pulling Anna up with him. �Let�s go and get some lunch.�
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