Darker London-Uncover what is underneath...

The last person Deirdre ever expected to find at her door was Giles Raines. When the doorbell sounded, she expected a courier, since everyone she knew tended to walk right in. "I think I have a package!" Deirdre informed Juliette, her nanny. She handed her son Gabriel over to Juliette and then she bounced towards the door, pulling it open with a flourish and a grin which faded the second she saw Giles.

( Admissions of Guilt )

Deirdre was so unbelievably and indescribably happy.

( Crushed like a Bug )

Deirdre was surrounded by place settings and tulle and random flowers. Victoria Lane looked like it had been the scene of an exploded wedding planner's office. Decorations were draped everywhere and there were dresses and tuxedos hung over doorways. It was a scene of mass confusion and finally, Deirdre had had enough.

( Home Sweet Home )

"But Flynn isn't here!"

( Giles, don't taunt the demon... )

Deirdre had had one hell of a night. She had been nearly killed by a 400-year-old demon, and saved by her nanny. Lucky save, too. Most beings wouldn't have been able to rip Deirdre apart, but Jareth was old and powerful enough to do it. And had that happened, Deirdre didn't think she would have been able to stick around until someone put her back together again.

( Augh )

Deirdre had been with Paula, explaining for hours about why boys did suck but pain didn't last forever. She wasn't sure she had gotten through, but she hoped it would eventually sink in. Mostly Paula had cried on her, poor thing. As she was leaving the hospital, Deirdre happened upon a familiar face who was leaving as well. "Flynny!" she cried, loping over to hug her best friend tightly. "Hi!"

( Boys ARE Dumb )

Deirdre had left Spectre with his family and returned home to hers, sending Juliette away the second she arrived. She was so relieved to see her twins after being separated for two days, and she lavished them with attention and affection before putting them down for the night.

( A modest proposal )

In the end, they had let Deirdre go through her labour in Renee's room, because until she was fully dialated, all she could really do was sit there and moan and cry and she seemed to do that a lot less when she was beside Renee. There was no shortage of people around them either, which helped. Flynn had come to be with them, and he and Quinn hovered almost constantly. Giles had shown up, and he had sat with them, palefaced with anticipation. Deirdre's mother and step-father were present and Paula had stopped in. A great deal of Littletons had come to say hi. Deirdre's band mates and house mates and tenents and employees...all had come to wish her well and be with her through the part where waiting was all that could be done.

( Never Alone )

Deirdre was lying on her little brother's bed and he was watching her with some concern while he discussed the greater points of his history essay and she shifted around, trying to find a comfortable position. She finally decided that there wasn't one, and gave up.

( Pater )

When Deirdre and Giles had gotten together, it had always been Deirdre going to him. In fact, the one time Giles had gone to Victoria Lane, he had gotten Deirdre in trouble with Renee, and he had vowed never to show up on her doorstep again. Except now Renee wasn't at Vic Lane anymore, Deirdre was back there, and Mr Universe was sleeping on his sofa... Giles needed something sane. And oddly enough, the girl he had knocked up was saner than anything else in his life right at that moment. So when Deirdre opened the door to find Giles on the other side of it, she was surprised to see him, but he was not surprised to find himself there. "Hey. How are you feeling."

( Mr Glum )