...three months later...

I decided that I had had enough time to think and that it was time to phone Shane, tell him I was five months pregnant and arrange to meet him. "Hello?" Shane says as he picks up his mobile as soon as it rings.

"Hi, Shane, its me, Caitlin." "Caitlin, How are you? Where are you?" "I'm fine. I'm in Dublin at the moment. What about you?" "I'm fine. I'm in Dublin as well, on promotion with the band, maybe we could meet up sometime?" "Yeah, sure. Are you doing anything tonight?"

"No, I don't think so, hang on I'll just check, talk to Mark while I'm gone." Shane says as he hands Mark the phone. "Hi Caitlin, how are ya?" Mark says still as happy as ever. "I'm fine. You sound like your normal, happy self." "Yeah, I'm fine. Oh hang on here's Shane. Talk to ya later yeah?" "Yeah talk to ya later." I say as Mark hands Shane back the phone.

"Hi, yeah, I'm free tonight." "Good. So where do you wanna meet?" "How about outside The Blackbirds at around 7?" "Yeah fine. See tonight then. Bye." "Bye." Shane replies as I hang up.

That night I turn up at 7 outside The Blackbirds, I wait for about ten minutes, then, just as I was about to leave, I heard a soft Irish accent say, "Caitlin." I turn my head to see Shane coming towards me. "Hey. How are ya?" I ask. "Fine." Shane says as he kisses me on the cheek.

"Shall we go in?" I say. "No, I like to go for a walk. If that's alright with you that is." Shane replies. "Yeah alright." I reply as we begin to walk. "Shane, before we go any further, there's something I need to tell you; the reason why I left." "Oh. Well? Why did you leave me?" Shane asks as we sit down on a park bench.

"I left you because, well, I found out I was pregnant." "And that's why you left me?" "Yes." "Oh Caitlin, you didn't have to leave just because you found out you were pregnant. You could have just sat down and told me, I wouldn't have bitten your head off you know."

"I know. I wish I had told you now, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell you. I'm sorry." "Are you keeping it?" Shane asks as he takes my hand. "Yeah, Yeah I am." " Well, why don't you move back in with me then? And we'll take one day at a time." "Yeah, ok." I reply and Shane takes me in his arms and kisses me, long and intense.