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A/N: So as I was finishing up Complications I realized how much I fell in love with Jamie and Aislin and wondered what Katie would be like when they got older. I was going to wait a bit to post this, but I'm just too excited about this story to wait. So, here we go. I hope you guys enjoy!
Sucker Punch to the Gut-Chapter 1
Mike flinches when he sees his reflection in the bathroom mirror after he spits out a mouthful of water. Fuck he looks like shit. He might look like shit, but he feels like shit run over by a tractor trailer and then said tractor trailer backed up and did it again. Why the hell did Harvey have to go to Seattle now when he's been fighting this bug off for a week.
"Daddy!" Aislin screeches from the other side of the door. "Jamie took all the Lucky Charms on purpose! Now I have to eat stupid Captain Crunch!"
Mike rubs his forehead. Of course Harvey had to go out of town when the kids are on April Break leaving him to deal with the day to day stuff with the kids while this damn stomach bug played havoc with his innards.
Who the hell is he joking? He knows damn well this isn't a stomach bug. Mike knows why he gagged when he made Jamie a tuna fish sandwich yesterday for lunch. He knows why he dug into Katie's leftover Easter candy a couple of days ago and stayed quiet when the four year old blamed her eight year old sister. And he knows damn why his tits are so fucking sensitive.
He's pregnant. Harvey is gonna flip a shit.
After everything that they went through with his pregnancy with Katie, they both decided that they were happy with three kids. Harvey confided how scared he was when he found Mike bleeding out on their master bathroom floor in the middle of the night. He knows how hard it hit his husband and Jamie when he laid in a coma for almost a month and a half. Mike's heart still breaks when he thinks about how his youngest child was six weeks old before he saw her for the first time.
But there are also times when he wished they would go for one more. He would love to have another little boy with Harvey's dark hair and eyes. Whenever Mike voiced that, Harvey would quickly reply that blood or not he already has a son. That he feels like their family is complete with Jamie and the girls.
He also knows that there have been times when Harvey wanted another child as well. After making passionate love on more than one occasion, Harvey has traced Mike's c-section scar and told him how he missed making love and holding Mike in his arms when he was pregnant.
But their fear always won out. They were always so careful. Well, almost always. There was that one time a month and a half ago. Jamie was over his friend Will's house and the girls were with Donna. It was the first time in months that they had the house to themselves. Harvey was feeling especially frisky after closing the Henley case. They didn't even make it past the kitchen. And they don't make a habit of keeping condoms in the kitchen.
"Daddy!" Aislin yells again.
Mike rubs his face again as he goes to the door. There's nothing he can do right now. Not with Harvey out of town and when he has three kids about ready to kill each other.
"Finally!" Aislin says exasperated.
"What is the issue here?" Mike asks as he makes his way to the kitchen.
"The issue is that Ace is a freaken baby. Crying over cereal." Jamie says from his place at the kitchen table, Katie sitting by his side.
"You ate all the Lucky Charms on purpose!" Aislin replies.
The yelling only acerbates his growing headache that is probably the result of not being able to keep anything down over the last couple of days.
"You are acting like a baby," Katie says through a mouthful of cereal.
"See! Even Ko says you're acting like a baby!' Jamie says with a laugh.
Mike shakes his head. He needs to put a kibosh on this or it's going to be a long day. The last thing he needs is Jamie and Katie teaming up against their sister. Jamie's initial dislike for Katie quickly diminished when she was a baby. Katie quickly bonded with her older brother. To the point where Mike and Harvey had to tell Jamie to let his sister walk because she was attached to his side, like a koala. Hence his nickname for her Koala or Ko for short.
Mike also thinks that the reason why his oldest and youngest are so close is because of the near six year age gap between the two. It's big enough where they don't really have to compete with each other. Jamie is nearly eleven and in sixth grade thanks to skipping second grade so developmentally he's at a very different stage than his youngest sister. Whereas, at eight Aislin is at the prime age to annoy her older brother. And Mike knows damn well that based on the look on her face that she knows exactly what she's doing to get under her brother's skin.
"Hey!" Jamie calls out. "Stop throwing food at me!"
"Wellllll. You said that I'm acting like a baby, so I figured that I should play the part of a baby." AIslin says with a snide smile.
"Dad!"
Having enough, Mike yells out. "Enough! Stop throwing food!"
"But, Dad-"Aislin starts.
"Aislin, stop whining. I'll get more Lucky Charms later when I go out." To buy myself a pregnancy test he says to himself. He takes a seat next to Aislin and turns to Jamie and Katie "And you two need to stop teaming up against your sister."
"Okay," Jamie mutters.
"Sorry, Daddy." Katie apologizes as she walks over to her father and goes to sit in his lap.
Mike holds his daughter tightly. Kissing his youngest on the side of her head as she finishes her cereal. He looks on as Aislin and Jamie start talking about some movie coming out. As he looks at his three kids he can't help but think that he and Harvey can do this. Now if only he can convince Harvey….
Chapter Two Preview: Harvey comes home and Mike tells him the news. How will he react?
