"Susan?" she asked. "It's beautiful..."

"It was my mother's name," he told her, "And I would like if I have a daughter to have her share it."

Marianne nodded and put her hand on top of his.

"We can still be together." she said. "I could run back to Paris, go back to our house. Just you and me. It could be like it never happened."

Lewis laughed. "But then you'd be leaving your parents just to live with a ghost!"

"I don't care." Marianne said. "I don't want to be afraid anymore. I'm safe with you."

She sighed.

"I'd rather live with a ghost than Alexis."

He looked her in the eye. "Well it is possible.." he sighed, "If you are really sure that you want to try it. I'll have to go back once and a while though, I can't completely live down here all the time."

She held his hand as best as she could.

"I just want you." she said.

Lewis gave a slight smile. "Then it is me that you will get my love, no matter what happens," he squeezed her hand, "At least I am able to be here, partly. But what would your parents think?"

"I won't tell them." she said. "They wouldn't understand."

"Alright," Lewis shrugged, "I guess it's up to you. But I just thought that they would wonder where you were going."

"They won't have to." she said. "They'll wonder where I'm gone."

Lewis smiled. "It should be interesting, especcially for you since you will be living with someone who isn't even alive anymore. But as long as you are happy everything is good and I guess that also means that I will get to know our child."

She smiled.

"I won't even know the difference, love." she whispered.

"I'm sure you won't," Lewis laughed, "But it will be a bit different. For example, I won't be able to have any more children."

"I know." she said, the tips of her ears turning pink. "I... I thought you wouldn't."

She looked at her stomach and smiled.

"I'll be happy with this one."

Lewis smiled. "I will too. We will be a happy little family, if of course we get what we want."

He sighed, "It seems like every time we come close to getting what we want that it is taken from us. But maybe it will be different now, my brother thinks I will never talk to you again, which I doubt you were expecting either."

She looked at him.

"Promise me something." she whispered. "And I need you to keep this promise until I can go with you. Because until then, I need you to stay with me. Promise?"

He reached over and squeezed one of her hands, resting the other on her stomach. "I'll stay here every second that I am able to," Lewis told her, "For you and for our darling baby. That I can promise you until the end of time."

She smiled and sat up to kiss him.

"Je t'aime."

"I do too," Lewis said kissing her, "I love you more then anything in the whole world."

She clasped his hand.

"I'm tired." she told him quietly. "I want to sleep awhile."

"Alright," Lewis told her, "I'll go for now but I'll be back, I promise. Sleep well mon ami."

She didn't want to let him go, but sleep got to her and she curled up in a ball like a tiny kitten and fell asleep.

Lewis kissed her before heading back into heaven and checking to see what Albert was doing.

Albert was sitting in his tent, a bottle of whiskey sitting by his side. He had much on his mind - the loss of his best friend, the fact he had seen his ghost, the fact he couldn't hold his Ella anymore, and the fact he wouldn't see his baby as often as he wished.

He sighed and held the bottle in his hand, reading the label.

Lewis came down beside him, coming into view in the middle of the tent. "What is it with you and alcohol?" he asked, "There's no need to be so gloomy you know."

He stumbled again, this time falling off of the cot.

"Dammit lad." he said, trying to climb back up. "I'm sober."

"Alright, alright," Lewis said, "It's just that every time I've seen you lately you've been holding a bottle of alcohol. Is it really necessary."

He chuckled at held it out.

"It's one of the good ones." he said. "Been savin' it."

"How are you doing Albert?" Lewis said with a sigh, "I never did ask how your leave was..."

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