Disclaimer: everything written in this chapter are my own ideas

Michaela's POV

It had been a full week since we pretty much came back from the dead. For me, my brother, my nephew and the rest of the passengers that flight had only been a few hours. Imagine what went through our minds when we found out that we had been missing for five and a half years. I didn't want to believe it, but the moment I saw my dad and he told us about our mother's sickness and her passing, I knew that what was happening wasn't a nightmare.

"Hey are you okay?" Jared asked me.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't realize that I zoned out mid conversation. I had decided to go into work today and it was just my luck that Jared made a b-line for my desk the minute he saw me and immediately tried to start a conversation.

"Uh yeah I'm totally fine" I replied back.

"Are you sure because it didn't look like you were just fine a second ago?" he said

"Yeah I am. I promise I was just thinking that's all." I said

"Would you mind sharing your thoughts?" He said

"Yeah maybe that's not the best idea." I said

"Mic you know that you can talk to me right?" He said

"I know I can, but things are much different now then they used to be so if you don't mind letting me deal with this on my own that would be great" I said

I didn't want my response to sound rude or aggressive but I just got a little frustrated with him and it came out that way. The awkwardness surrounding us was so intense I decided that maybe it was a perfect time to get up and get that much needed coffee. So that's exactly what I did. I knew he was watching me leave since I had this feeling that someone was watching me as I walked away.

It had been a week since my awkward conversation with Jared. Since then he has tried to get me to open up, but all his attempts have failed miserably. As I was sitting at my desk going through some paperwork I suddenly felt sick. I had noticed that recently I hadn't been feeling well and the smell of my coffee on my desk wasn't helping me right now. After a little while, I started feeling better so I just let it go. I guess someone decided to bring in bagels for breakfast today and the smell of the everything bagels in the bag got to me all of a sudden and I got nauseous. So I got up and ran to the bathroom and once I got there I got sick. After I cleaned myself up and I decided that maybe it was better if I went home since the feeling of nausea wasn't going away. I headed out and went towards the captain's office.

"Hey I'm not feeling so great I don't know what came over me. Is it okay if get the rest of the day off?" I asked

" Yeah sure do you need someone to take you home?" He replied

"No I'll be fine, but thank you" I responded

"Okay well feel better. Will you be coming in tomorrow?" He said

"Yeah I'm coming in. It must have been something I ate yesterday. I should be good as new after some rest." I responded

"Okay I'll see you tomorrow then." Riojas said

"Yeah see you tomorrow." With that I left his office and started heading towards the exit of the precinct. I was thankful that Jared had been called out for a case. Had he been here he wouldn't have left me alone until he drove me home himself.

Once I got home I went straight to my room. The car ride home made me feel a lot worse. I went straight to the bathroom and yet again I got sick. After I was done in the bathroom I started thinking about what I ate the night before. The chicken I ate must have been the cause for my sickness this morning. I decided that some sleep should make me feel better. I headed towards my room once inside I got changed into more comfortable clothes then the ones I was wearing. When I woke up it was already 4pm and I was feeling a little hungry. I felt so much better than I did before I fell asleep which I found a little weird but I let it go.

I went to the kitchen to make something to eat. I saw that there was chicken in the freezer and I made sure to avoid it just in case that was what caused my sickness.

After I made myself something to eat I decided that I would go back to sleep because I still felt a little tired. I went back to my room I found it really weird that I was feeling this way since I usually never get sick. As I was on my bed I was thinking of my symptoms; I was getting nauseous, I was getting really tired and the smell of food was now an issue. I had been feeling tired recently, but I blamed it on the fact that the last week has been so stressful. When it hit me, I was supposed to get my menstrual cycle while I was on vacation at Jamaica, but now that I think about it I never got it. We have been back for a week and a half which means I haven't had my cycle in 6 weeks.

All of the color left my face when the realization hit me. I needed to confirm what I was thinking so I got up got changed and headed to the nearest drug store. Once I got there I headed straight to the aisle where all the pregnancy tests were. I grabbed four of clear blue pregnancy tests because I needed to be sure. Once I got home I went straight to the bathroom and opened up all four. I left them on the counter and left the bathroom. The instructions on the back of the box told me I only needed to wait five minutes for the results to pop up. For some reason five minutes seemed like a lifetime. I tried to take my mind off of it by organizing a few things in my room and once the five minutes were up I didn't want to go to the bathroom to look because I was so scared. I bucked up the remaining courage I had and walked to the bathroom. I went to the counter where I left the tests and what I saw shocked me to my core.