"shhh" She hushed him, giggling, quickly glancing around to make sure Charlie wasn't lurking. "Not so loud! I'm not telling anyone else until the baby is born." She grinned broadly. "It's a surprise. Andromeda didn't mean to let it slip." She stopped bustling around when he touched her belly. "You won't feel much just yet." Still, she put her hand over his and squeezed her dad's fingers gently.
"She's come and gone a couple of times, and you keep changing age on me. But you're always Dad." She put a mug on the table for him and got down a tin of chocolate biscuits and sat down.