Hi everyone, I know you guys have been patiently waiting for the next installment in the Moments series, so with no further ado here it is. Hopefully it's worth the wait, I can guarantee this story has lots of mushy fluff, a little humor, and some romance :D Poor John his proposal was lacking, but he has his moments in this story!
Two quick things, first Frankie makes his appearance in this story again, if you have not read the previous stories of the Moments series this might be a little odd to you, but in all honesty you probably could read this without having to read the previous stories. Frankie is Joss's gay best friend whom has a very particular sense of humor, his life partner is Craig who is mundane compared to Frankie, and he enjoys hitting on John because he's a major flirt :D Secondly, you learn what Joss is having in the first chapter, I was gonna string you guys along but with the wedding you are already waiting for I figured why not give you something early on lol. Plus the reveal of their baby's gender will play throughout the small story. Okay I'll shut up now, hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed writing this!
"Going to the chapel and we're…GONNA get marr-arri-ed," Joss rubbed her tummy as she hummed her new favorite oldie as she danced in her underwear in her bedroom. "Hear that baby? Your daddy and I are gonna get married." She held out her left hand where the giant engagement glittered on her finger, she needed to decide on what to wear soon. She rubbed her tummy, as she threw her closet open. Today was moving day, Finch had gotten them a cushy new three bedroom apartment in a great area of New York. It was close to work, close to school for Taylor, and best of all she and John got to live together. It had been an early wedding present from Finch. Joss grinned eyeing the slight swell to her tummy. She was just over a little over five months now, her breasts felt bigger and more tender, and she was getting a very noticeable bump.
Joss needed to get married soon. The wedding was still two days away; Frankie and his partner Craig would be arriving from California late tonight. Joss had a doctor's appointment, then she was gonna swing by the new place and help unpack if John allowed her. Taylor and John ganged up on her all the time, not allowing her to do much of anything. Joss sighed, she was trying to get used to it because they were just being overprotective, worried about her having a child at the age she was and worried for her health. She was truly blessed to have such caring men in her life. But it wasn't just the future father to be and future sibling to be that were constantly trying to do things for her. She had Finch and Fusco to deal with as well. Joss decided she needed some girlfriends. Joss heard her cell ring, she grabbed a pretty stretchy blue dress, grateful for the week off to get ready to move, get married, and have a few days with her family before heading back to work. Joss smiled as she saw whose name it was.
"No I still don't know the sex of the baby," she answered instead of greeting Frankie, since she already knew what he was gonna ask.
"Jocelyn, no hello, no how are you, no wonderful to hear from you Frankie? What type of friend are you?" Joss felt her smile get wider. Frankie had to be the weirdest but the greatest best friend a girl could have.
"The type that knows her best friend, especially since said best friend has called EVERYDAY to find out if I found out the sex of the baby yet."
"How's your sex god, John doing, getting nervous about becoming a husband?"
"If he is, he hasn't said anything." she pulled her dress on flicking her hair from beneath the fabric. "How's Craig?"
"Anxious."
"Why?"
"He wants to meet your love bunny. I have to say between Craig and I, we might make your sex god feel uncomfortable." she rolled her eyes.
"John will be fine, just don't try to hop in the shower with him, those rights are reserved for me only," she teased.
"Damn you, haven't you heard of sharing or did you miss that day in kindergarten? If my memory serves me right, you were absent that day!" She snickered. "You have gotten my maid of honor's dress haven't you?" Joss let out a full blown snort of laughter at that.
"Yes, your tux is all ready for you on stand by along with John's, Fusco's, and Finch's." When she had asked Frankie to be her stand in maid of honor he had been thrilled, except for when she told him no outrageous suits. Her mother and son were going to walk with her down the aisle. She smiled remembering when her mother first met John, she had been so sweet to him, so maternal which Joss believed shocked him a bit. "John wasn't thrilled with the idea of having a giant wedding, so its small." She was alright with that as long as John, her son, her mother, and her select friends were there, she was happy.
"Oh no no no no no no! Jocelyn, you settled for a tiny wedding with your first husband, this is the love of your life, you should have your dream wedding you always talked about."
"No, John can't have that."
"John Schmon, you need the wedding you always dreamed of. Remember, you talked about being carted in by WHITE horses, in a carriage, it was stolen from Cinderella but who cares! You wanted to get married in front of hundreds of people, while violinists played 'Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me'."
"Frankie, John can't have a big wedding."
"Why not?"
"Because he just-just can't." well she couldn't explain so the best explanation was the most vague, right?
"There's something you're not telling me about your sex god isn't there? He doesn't look like some investment banker to me. Too hot to be one." She scoffed, what did John's looks have to do with him not being an investment banker? "Okay so no hundreds of people, but why not the horse and carriage and the violinists?"
"Because I'm not ten any longer!"
"True, that song is too old now how about Celine Dion's 'Because You Loved Me'?"
"Oh god."
"How about Barry Manilow?"
"Are you trying to make me queasy?" she demanded.
"Okay, try this one on for size, Nick Lachey's 'This I Swear'," she rolled her eyes. "Not a dry eye in the house after that one."
"FRANKIE! No violinists."
"Well that song can be the one you dance too as husband and wife."
"John's not a dancer."
"How do you know? Does he dance for you naked, please say yes, and please say Craig and I are invited next time?" she laughed. "We'll bring the popcorn, and our camera."
"I'm not answering that question." She couldn't get John to dance with her in clothes, how was she ever going to get him to dance for her naked?
"So he does."
"I didn't say yes or no."
"But your refusal to answer is an answer in itself." she furrowed her brows. There was no way in arguing with Frankie's logic. "So darling, where is your naked dancer at?"
"Out." she answered vaguely. He was out alright, out saving the world. She turned when she heard the front door to her apartment open. "Actually John is back," she grinned.
"Put your sex god on the phone, I need to speak with him, man to man." She hurried out. Joss felt another hot urge to grab her fiancé, throw him on the bed, and have her wicked way with him. That was one of the pregnancy symptoms she thoroughly enjoyed. At first it had been quite embarrassing and inconvenient when she needed him while he was saving the world, but now she felt a bit more comfortable with the 'issue'. John loved the issue, though he was tired most of the time, but had no real complaints. It wasn't nearly as bad as earlier, but she still craved John a lot. He had a hand behind his back, a smile on his face.
"Sorry no can do, Frankie."
"About to jump his bones, huh?"
"Yes." she breathed hanging up on Frankie.
"Close your eyes."
"No, the bedroom now."
"In a minute."
"Tell that to my raging hormones, a minute is ten years to them." She hurried to him. He swung his arm out and held a big bouquet of roses. She stared.
"What are these for?"
"Does there have to be a reason to give the woman you love roses?"
"For you, yes."
"Why for me?"
"Because John, you're not romantic."
"True." he conceded just a tiniest bit.
"I mean look how we got engaged." she chuckled taking the bouquet of roses from him to inhale. They were beautiful.
"It would have been romantic had you waited, instead you attacked me in bed forcing me to ask you."
"First off you were so tense about it, as if I would say no! What were you thinking? Secondly no one can force you to do anything, John, but it doesn't matter because that's not how I remember it." She inhaled them again, taking them with her to the kitchen so she could put them in a vase. She paused. How was she supposed to put these in a vase when everything she owned was packed in boxes for moving today?
"Oh its not? You don't remember jumping on the bed saying yes over and over again."
"Nope, I remember just the bit where you asked me to marry you while naked."
"Selective memory, is that a pregnancy symptom too?" She chuckled before putting the roses on the counter to twirl and wrap her arms around his neck.
"No, I just like to tease you, but you know what pregnancy symptom I have that seems never ending, my sex drive is in overdrive. I only have a few minutes before I need to bust a move for my doctor's appointment, so bed now." She pushed out of his arms trying to tug him towards her bedroom.
"You have a doctor's appointment? I'll come with you." she really wished he hadn't said it like that! Her gaze dropped to his crotch, before flicking back up.
"Yes, fine, whatever, we need to get a move on. I have needs you know, you don't have a baby growing inside you playing with your hormones, have a heart, John." He laughed. "It'll take ten seconds to get undressed, we can have five minutes of pleasure, and we'll hightail it out of here to get to my appointment." she tugged on his hand again.
"Five minutes? That's your offer?"
"Yes, five minutes of bliss and that's about all since I do have a doctor's appointment to get to which is at least a ten minute drive."
"Speed so we can have seven minutes," he whispered in her ear as he picked her up.
"You're telling me, Jocelyn Carter, the woman that rarely breaks any rules to speed? John, I could get a ticket."
"But you could get seven minutes of me pleasuring you. Live a little," his hot whisper was captivating as he carried her to her bedroom.
"You, John Reese, are a bad influence." she moaned as he laid on the bed.
"You love it."
"Yes I do." She grinned yanking him down to her.
"I'm late, thanks to you." she snapped as she sat awaiting her doctor. John smiled as he stood next to her, while she sat on the cushy bed, both of them eyeing the plastic baby doll inside an uterus. "I hate being late."
"Hey, I wasn't the one that wanted more than seven minutes," he reminded and she lifted her chin defiantly. Oh right, like it was all her! John Reese loved to make love to her. Her eyes slid up to the smug look on his face.
"Well you shouldn't have done that with your tongue, maybe then I wouldn't have asked for more minutes," she sniffed refusing to blame herself for being late. He didn't have to use that wicked tongue of his, no siree it was all his fault.
"Asked? Try you begged, Joss."
"Oh look who's got selective memory now!" she scoffed when the door opened. Her doctor, Pauline Ross was a sweetheart and she specialized in late in life pregnancies. Finch had wanted the best of the best for them and she was grateful for it. Pauline was an amazing doctor.
"Hello Jocelyn, glad that you decided to grace me with your presence."
"Sorry I was a bit caught up with things, I lost track of time." She flicked a glare at John who looked at the doctor innocently, until they looked at her and they sparkled with mischief.
"She was definitely preoccupied, she didn't want to get out of bed." The doctor nodded and when she looked away Joss reached out and swatted his arm. He grinned before taking a step away from her so she couldn't reach him. "I had to remind her A LOT." her lips thinned into an irritated frown, he was so sleeping on the couch tonight!
"Are you still experiencing the increased sex drive, Jocelyn?" the doctor asked getting on with the appointment thankfully.
"Yes I was, although it might just have gotten better in the last minute or so." She shot him a blazing look which he just smiled at.
"How's your morning sickness, I know you were experiencing extreme vomiting and nausea; has it faded?"
"For the most part, but I still get sick every now and then."
She nodded. "Any fatigue?"
"A little." more like a lot, she was always nodding off early which annoyed her. When she was pregnant with Taylor, she hadn't been so tired must be because she was older.
The doctor nodded scribbling something down before she pulled up the ultrasound machine. "You are 20 weeks now, would you two like to know the gender?" Joss eyed John, more than happy to learn what gender they were having so she could shut Frankie up. John just merely shrugged.
"As long as it's healthy," which caused her to cock a brow at him.
"So you two want to be surprised then?" the doctor looked between them both. She eyed John incredulously. This from the man that nearly took apart New York looking for her when she had surprised him with sex! Like he could wait until she gave birth to find out if they were having a boy or a girl.
"You really want to be surprised?"
"Why does that seem so farfetched?"
"Because don't you remember when I surprised you with sex? You nearly flipped on me when I blindfolded you, asking where I was taking you, you couldn't wait five minutes to know. How are you going to wait another almost four months to know what gender the baby is?"
"Thank you Joss, for announcing our sex life to the world." His cheeks heated up and the doctor chuckled.
"I'm not, just to the doctor and like she doesn't know that we were having sex which was why we were late!"
"I'll come back in a few minutes, let you two decide." The doctor smiled as she slid from the chair, leaving the room. She eyed John who was jovially eyeing her back.
"So you want to know the gender, Joss?"
"Yes, I want to know if I'm having a boy or a girl. I mean don't you?"
"I just want the baby healthy," his hand immediately going to her stomach, touching her belly. He whispered something before kissing her belly and moving back up to her to kiss her warmly on the lips. Mmmmm, she wrapped an arm around his neck, wondering if they had enough time before the doctor came back in? But he seemed to have other ideas as he pushed out of the kiss.
"You want to know the sex of the baby? We can find out."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." the doctor entered again after a few moments and she reluctantly relinquished her hold on her future husband.
"So?"
"We want to know if it's a boy or girl." she smiled the doctor nodded her head. She and John remained silent while the doctor proceeded to get on with the ultrasound.
"What's the verdict, doctor?" John asked leaning in to eye the screen, blocking her view of the beautiful sight. Like he knew how to read the screen!
"Well, this is interesting." she felt panicked at the way the doctor sounded amused and thoughtful.
"Interesting…what the hell does that mean? What am I giving birth to?" Joss struggled to see around John, she felt her heart thump hard, her first inclination was jump to the worst case scenario.
"You are having a boy," she let out a sigh of relief, hating the doctor for scaring her like that, and John grinned as he turned to look back at her.
"We're having a boy," he whispered. His blue eyes misted over before pressing his lips to hers, and she sighed happily. She was having another boy. Taylor was going to be thrilled to learn he was going to have a little brother.
"And a girl." Joss's eyes snapped open as John stiffened. She shoved him back when the doctor spoke again. John looked as shell shocked as she felt.
"W-what do you mean 'and a girl?' My child is what 'a boy and a girl'." The doctor laughed gently at her. Well it had to be that because if not, that meant she was having-
"No, I mean I have two heartbeats, your previous ultrasound only picked up the one, it looks like the boy was blocking your little girl. He's already protective." the doctor grinned. She pointed to the screen. "See this, that's your little girl." Joss stared at the screen. Her heart nearly burst from love as she eyed the screen, but quickly panic began bubbling up again.
"But but but," she was speechless, she never in her life thought she would be having another child after Taylor, but here she was having twins. TWINS. "I can't be pregnant with twins," she tried to rationalize it. "I'm too old." Her eyes lifted to John who looked like he was having a hard time breathing. Was he going to faint?
"Jocelyn, it isn't out of the realm of possibility. In fact, most studies show that women above the age of 35 are more at risk at having multiple pregnancies whether its due to fertility drugs or not. You were showing the early signs of a twin pregnancy, I just didn't think it was the case when I couldn't find the second heartbeat."
"You thought I was having twins before?" Why hadn't she said anything?
"Well your severe back pain you were experiencing was sort of a first clue. However your little boy was blocking your little girl." The doctor smiled sweetly before looking at John. "How are you doing father? You look a little pale." she looked up at him, seeing that was the truth. He looked like he had been sucker punched multiple times.
"Fine," he said, though he certainly didn't look 'fine.'
"It's an adjustment for you both, I'll give you both some pamphlets to read about twin pregnancies. Now that I've confirmed my suspicion I want to schedule more frequent routine checkups, Jocelyn. With your age, plus having a multiple baby pregnancy there are more risk factors; I want both your babies and you healthy. I want to advise you both that most women, but not all, end up going into labor earlier; also there is a higher chance of needing a Cesarean section delivery." she just nodded her head with her mouth slightly agape. She didn't hear anything else the doctor said. All she could focus on right now was the fact that she was having twins!
Author's note: Yes its twins because I had an even amount of boy and girl votes, so it was either twins or finding a friend of mine that had no clue about the show to see what they chose. So I went the venue of twin pregnancy, which is the best of both worlds they can get one of each. This story will have literally ZERO angst, unlike my other stories of torture, suicide attempts, and destruction hahahahahahahaha.
Thank you to Elaine for reading this for me, I adore you for helping me with my stories with proofing and being my sounding board helping me get my jumbled thoughts together :D
Thank you to everyone that has been patiently waiting for this next installment to the Moments series, there is some romance, a lot of fun, and a wedding that's coming for our peeps. I have one more Moments story outlined, then quite possibly one tiny thing after that, and I'm thinking of retiring the Moments series. Not quite sure, maybe I'll write a companion series that a reviewer suggested called 'Family Series' where its all fluff and all about their babies/family life which would be extremely different for me, since I have never written something like that but I'm sure I'd have a lot of fun trying it :D
