Leslie smiled to herself as she rested her hand on her stomach, and knew that in a few short months, she would be holding her and Ben's baby in her arms. Her and Ben's baby. A baby that was half her, half Ben. This made her smile more than the thought of holding her newborn, the fact he or she would be half of the most cute, geeky, slight but powerful man she had ever laid eyes on.
Of course it wasn't going to be easy, they still needed to tell Chris about their relationship, and she had just won the election and had her work cut out for her, not to mention the fact Ben had just left for Washington, and they were embarking on a long-distance relationship, but all that didn't matter when she thought of her baby and her future with Ben. She still hadn't told him she was pregnant.
"I just didn't want him to not go to Washington and I want him to have his dream before the baby gets here..." she told Ann, the only person who knew about the baby, but even Leslie could see she was convincing herself, because really she was worried about telling him. Not because she thought he would leave her, she knew her and Ben were together for the long haul, and she did want Ben to have his dream job for a while, but because in her head she had a beautiful dream of them raising their family together, and there being no implications - such as her possibly being fired for sleeping with him before he got a new job, it was against Chris' rule and they both knew he was deadly serious about it, no matter how long since Ben quit to be her campaign manager so he could be closer to her, and find his new calling.
Or that she would have to face backlash from the citizens of Pawnee, and her hormones couldn't deal with that, she was starting to get weepy at the slightest thing, like when Jerry mentioned he had never been to Disneyworld, but Leslie knew she had to tell him, and it was going to be tough. She decided she would tell him during their daily Skype when he had finished work. "Hey sweetie - " He started but she cut him off before he could finish. "We need to talk." She took a long, deep breath "I love you, and I like you and I'm -" her voice broke as she saw Ben's concerned face "I..I'm...pregnant" Even she seemed shocked to hear the words out of her mouth, she knew now it was all real, they couldn't hide anything. Ben just sat there, frozen to his desk, so much in fact that Leslie thought the screen had frozen. "You're pregnant... like having a baby... Ok, before I jump to conclusions it is mine, isn't it?" Ben asked
Leslie looked at his cute face and laughed "Of course its yours, how could i have possibly met someone cuter then you?!" "I wish i was there to wipe away your tears and give you a hug" Ben smiled, they were both crying and smiling and aching to see one another in the flesh, and he'd only been gone a week