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Chapter 10 – Life's A Journey (Joseph's POV)

I can't believe how fast everything has gone these past ten months, I gave up my dream job on Darwin, moved halfway across the country, found out my girlfriends pregnant, decided to propose and now I'm moving back to where I belong.

Joseph looked over at Jac as she was sleeping softly in the passenger seat next to him, one hand resting on her bump and the other simply hanging off the seat from where she had laid it on his knee. She looked like beauty personified, her long auburn hair glistened in the sun as it beamed through the car window. Joseph looked in his rear view mirror at his son, who was too asleep, his head tilted to rest on his car seat, and making the cutest snoring noise ever. Jac said that Joseph made the same noise in his sleep; something that he has always denied but secretly knew was true.

Tomorrow's going to be amazing. My boy's second birthday, moving house and then I'm going to propose to the woman who I have loved since the moment I saw her for the first time, the woman who makes me feel so many emotions, bad and good so that I cannot tell the difference anymore. She has helped me and saved me and makes me feel human when nothing in his life feels remotely like living. Jac had always known what to say to get me to react, positively or negatively, like when I thought she was pregnant, the lockdown, my father, saving me after I overdosed, kissing me and hugging me she always knows from that very first conversation to this very moment. She knows me.

Penrith to Holby wasn't a short journey; it took three hours on a good day, five if the traffic was bad. Joseph found some solace in the traffic jams, he had time to go over his plans for the proposal, he put his hand in the driver side pocket to make sure Jac's ring was still there, because of her baby bump, she couldn't get behind the wheel of Josephs car or ride her motorbike so he was sure she wouldn't go near his hiding spot. Hopefully the removal men had taken care of Jac's bike during transit; even though all the pain it caused her after her accident she still loved her bike. Joseph enjoyed the time he had to himself with his family. In the hustle and bustle of Holby he knew that this precious time would be few and far between so he would have to make the most of the time they had together. Joseph was counting the white lines as he drove past, thirty three, thirty four, thirty five.

Just count the lines, don't miss one, thirty-six, thirty-seven. Joseph's trance like state was disrupted by Jac stirring and telling him to calm down, Joe. Everything's fine.

The anxiety melted away from Joseph as Jac showed him a beautiful, sleepy smile. As Jac drifted back off to sleep, Joseph looked ahead to the slip road which would lead him and his family back to Holby. The traffic had cleared and the sun was just setting behind Holby's skyline as Jac and Joseph's home came into view. Harry's sudden squeal woke Jac up and as Joseph turned around to see what was wrong, Harry gave his father the biggest smile, and held up his hand which Jac grabbed a hold of, now it was Joseph's time to smile. He smiled in love and admiration for his family, in anticipation and excitement for his plans to propose and mostly, he smiled for their future.

That's all for tonight, I know it's a short chapter, but I think this one needed to be! So you know what to do! And the next chapter will be up soon!

Hollie xxx