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"We played games and talked about ourselves, I whipped his butt at C.O.D every game. He ended up tickling me when I laughed and mocked him, I fell on top of him and then we kissed, and it went further and now I'm pregnant" she says with a nervous chuckle.

Drew shook hie head amused, "And then?" he wondered.

She went into detail with the work her family had with Ace's parents and how she didn't know he was related to the family she was working for at the time, how he disappeared for months and then showed up and she passed out, woke up in hospital and found out she was pregnant. Got kidnapped which Drew freaked out about. Then proceeded to tell him about the use of his other name and his gang and spending a month locked in her room before fleeing to Australia.

Rose swore she saw a few tears slipping out his eyes whilst she spoke, but he kept it hidden well. Drew wrapped her into a hug which she accepted, and they stood there for a few moments.

As they stood in one another's arms Rose realised something "Drew, it's been a week since you hit on me, why haven't you made a move yet?" she questions raising an eyebrow in question.

Not that she wanted a relationship like that with Drew, they were great friends, but it didn't stop her from wondering.

Drew's eyes go wide in shock at the question and he begins to stutter, the blush forms on his cheeks and Rose chuckled, "Drew are you gay?" she asks.

Drew stood frozen, his eyes wide in shock at the question, Rose places a hand on his chin and turns him to look at her "It's okay, if you are. There is nothing wrong with being gay" she encourages.

Rose watches him closely and he nods, she smiles, "You could have told me, it's okay" she speaks softly.

Rose knew one of the guys in her crew was gay but wouldn't admit it. He needed to take his time in coming out to everyone.

"I didn't want to give you another reason not to talk to me, I know gran told you about my past" Drew whispers in shame.

Rose shakes her head "I don't care, about your past or if you like boys or girl, hell even those fuzzy aliens that people say exist" he smiles at the joke.

"You are my friend, best friend in fact, even though it has only been a week, you have helped me since I came here and now it's my turn to return the favour".

They hug again "You need to tell your gran" Rose says and Drew groans.

"I already know" the pair jump back and look over to the kitchen door where Dana was stood with a smile. "I have known a while; you just needed to fully accept it and tell someone yourself. You have been through so much, I'm glad Rose is here to help you, but Rose" she starts.

"You can't run away from your problems Rose, that boy made a mess of things, but you love him, I can tell by your face. And he has a right to know his baby" she says.

Rose sighs, "I know, but I just need some time" she says sadly.

Dana nods "Ok, I understand that, but you can't cut them out, your father is probably worried sick, call them and tell them where you are at least" she says and then walks back into the kitchen.

Turning back to Drew, Rose figured she could distract him for a while "Why don't you come over to mine tonight, we can watch films and you can crash there too" she offers.

Drew agreed and after telling his gran where he was headed, they walk back to Rose's home.

He moment they walked in Drew's eyes zeroed in on the baby things piled up in the corner "Got enough things?" he asks.

Rose grins "Almost" she beams. She was yet to get a crib and other major items, a part of her wanted Ace to be with her when she picked those things out. But she also had a family crib that had been passed down on her father's side for generations. She wanted to her son to have that too like she did.

A pile junk food was placed on the coffee table as Drew sets up a movie. The pair sit down and agree on Magic Mike, shuffling closer to him, Rose rests her head on his shoulder and Drew places a hand on her leg.

Half way through the movie, Rose began to shift, it seems the pregnancy has reached that uncomfortable stage. Sitting up fully she tries to adjust but it was no use. Drew looks over to her "Are you okay?" he asks.

Rose nods, laying down; she thought she would be more comfortable and places her head in his lap.

Drew looked down at her and smiled, "Comfortable?" he spoke teasingly.

"Very" she mumbles back, and they turn back to the film.

During the film Drew's hand moves to Rose's waist, his fingers brushing up under her shirt on her stomach, dancing across her small bump which was soothing. She drifted off to the sounds of strippers on the television.

Although she didn't sleep long, she woke when the credits began to roll. Drew was trying to get out from under Rose.

She sits up quickly and Drew jumps, surprised that Rose moved. He lets out a squeal of surprise and Rose laughs.

"I didn't mean to wake you" he says breathlessly.

Rose shakes her head, "It's fine, I needed to stretch anyway" she says.

Drew set up another film, but they sat back and talked with it playing in the background "What are you going to do about your family?" Drew raises.

"I don't know, I miss them, and I want to run back to them, but I'm scared. I know I need to tell them I'm okay, but I..." she didn't know what to say.

"Well you can't keep everything bottled up, you should do some videos, even if you don't send them, get everything you want to say out, and when you're ready you can either tell them or show them" Drew suggests.

Rose nods and they both sit in silence for a little while.

By the fifth movie, Rose couldn't keep her eyes closed. It was two in the morning and when she woke up pots and pans clanking about the kitchen. As she stands up and stretches, her body pops.

Drew roamed around the kitchen like he owned the place, Rose smiled, she was happy that her could be himself around her, she left him too it and went to shower. The shower felt amazing against her skin, soothing her bones with the heat. Drew brought some extra clothes and Rose borrowed one of his shirts to wear with leggings. Grabbing the laptop, she sits on the bed and opens it up to record.

The seconds tick by and she was yet to say anything. She didn't know what to say, instead she stared at the screen which showed her face and body, lifting her shirt she looks at the small bump on her belly and caresses it.

Drew comes into the room and she saves the video to her laptop she leaves it on the bed, Rose makes her way to the kitchen where the smell of food carried across the room.

After breakfast Drew took his turn in the shower, when he came into the bedroom, he saw the open laptop and a recorded video Rose had made, she hadn't sent it.

He knew he shouldn't, but Rose was stubborn and needed someone to give her a push like she had done for him.

Before he could regret his decision, he sent the video using a saved email address in Rose's account.

*

Ace joined Scott and the guys in the living room, they haven't had another job since Rose ran. Scott makes sure they train, but that was about it, they couldn't focus on the job knowing Rose was out there.

They all looked bad, none of them had shaved for days, some even weeks. Ace hated himself still, he couldn't find her, when he didn't immediately respond to one of his guys calling out at Rose, he wanted to kick himself, once he dropped Rose home he went back and beat the crap out of the guy. His men had to pull him off.

He thought she wouldn't care about a stupid name call. But when Scott and his team barged into the warehouse, and he said what happened, the look on his face told Ace Rose's life was more complicated than he thought. He originally put it down to the hormones with the pregnancy, but it wasn't, and he didn't protect her.

Dominic was the only one not in the living room, he was mostly stuck in the security room, searching for Rose, each time he failed he got more frustrated.

When an email pinged through, he thought it was a scam email. But that was not possible, the security features on the servers blocked any crap from entering he system.

Clicking on the email he did an immediate scan to check there was nothing bad on it, then he saw the video. When it loaded his eyes go wide with shock. Grabbing the laptop, he rushed out of the room.

Everyone looked at Dominic like he was a mad man. "What the hell?" Michael exclaims when he sees the outrageous smile on his face.

Why would he be smiling at a time like this? Everyone wondered.

"You have to see this" Dominic jumps. Connecting the laptop to the television in the living room he hits play.

Everyone's eyes widen when they see Rose on the screen.

"I miss you Nathaniel" Rose whispers out, like calling his name louder he would suddenly appear.

Ace eyes begin to water, she looked okay, her hands caressing he small bump she had.

"I know you don't like that name, which is why you go by Ace, but the night we met you were Nathaniel, you were mine, when I was with you – she takes a shaky breath – I forgot everything bad that happened to me, the reason I left England. I felt like I was where I belonged. Now I feel empty without you" she says, silent tears slipping down her cheeks which she wipes away.

As her hand rubs her stomach her little boy sent a swift kick making Rose breathes out a laugh, "The baby is kicking" she beams into the video, then her smile faulters, as she thinks about her son, she realises she wouldn't want to be away from him, knowing he was out there alone.

By now everyone in the room was crying. Ace hated himself, he wasn't there to feel that kick.

"Dad, I'm sorry I did this to you. After everything that has happened already, I never thought it would happen, it was only a word and I ran away. The last time that happened I didn't lose my innocence or fall pregnant" she laughs.

"In fact, everything it was much worse than this, but, I felt like I was suffocating all over again, and I thought..." she hesitates, picking her words carefully, "I had to protect my baby, not from any of you, but them" she knew they would know what she was talking about.

"Make sure everyone is training and Michael keeps up with security training, Leighton help dad keep the young ones in line, not that anyone will listen" she smiles sadly.

"Ace" she starts, and his breathing stops for a second, he wanted to know what she was going to say, but a voice calls out.

"Rose, breakfast" the male voice says. She turns from the camera and smiles.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute Drew" she says.

Ace's hands curl into fists, who was that guys and why was she living there with him. He wanted to jump up and smash the screen of the TV when Drew spoke again.

"Is that my shirt?" he asks in a teasing voice.

"It was on the bed, and the closet was too far when I came out of the shower" Rose says sticking her tongue out at the end.

Drew chuckles and he leaves the room, seconds later the video ends.

Ace didn't know what to say "I thought..." he mumbles out.

Scott turns to Ace and slaps him up the side of the head. Some of the guys hold back a laugh, Scott wasn't a violent person, unless it came to protecting his daughter.

"If you even think she's moved on, you are mistaken, she had just confessed to you, she will never cheat, never has and never will" Scott growls out.

Ace nods, already feeling stupid about the thoughts in his head, Rose wasn't that kind of person.

"Can you track the video?" Michael asks.

Dominic shook his head, "The server it was sent from was heavily encrypted".

Everyone sighs, they were suddenly depressed again.

"What about the guy, Drew?" Leighton asks "He's Australian" he continues.

Ryan sighed "Yeah, but he could be anywhere in the world, people travel" he states.

Leighton shakes his head, "His accent is too thick, he's never left the country".

Then Ace suddenly remembers something, it just came to him like he never forgot it "The night Rose and I met, when we talked about hobbies and things, she said one of the things she wanted to do was go to Australia, it would be the first place she would travel if she had chance" he says getting excited.

Everyone jumps to their feet, Dominic, and Michael head to the tech room to do more searches whilst Leighton and Scott made some calls. They had connections in Australia. The rest were left to their own devices, which probably wasn't the best idea.