And they're back again! Thus begins the eleventh story in my series "The Intern" featuring Ryan Wolfe and Jessica Caine!
One More Day
Forever begins with just one day. This Jessica Caine and Ryan Wolfe have already learned. Their story begins with a day in their life together. Jessica's seven months pregnant with their son, but Ryan doesn't have a clue as to gender and name. But what Jessica doesn't know is Ryan has something for her, too. Something that will truly bind them together forever.
Just the Beginning
Ryan Wolfe's eyes slowly opened as the morning light washed over his face. He felt the warm body next to his and smiled to himself. He leaned in and gently kissed his long time girlfriend. She stirred in her sleep and slowly shifted in their bed. Her eyes cracked open and Ryan was met by the familiar blue.
"Good morning, love," he whispered, kissing her again.
"Good morning to you, too, handsome," Jessica Caine smiled as she propped herself up in bed. She groaned and held her large belly in her hands as she felt her baby kick hard within her.
"So you're really not going to tell me the sex of our first born child?" Ryan playfully asked.
"Nope," Jessica answered with a smile. "You'll just have to find out when it's born. Greg insisted on knowing when he took me in for my three month check up so I got to find out then."
"I'm sure you didn't object," Ryan said with a roll of his eyes.
"Of course not," Jessica smirked, "It's just one more thing I can use to torture you."
Ryan chuckled and climbed from the bed. "You're just like your father," he said as he walked into the bathroom.
"You're doing it wrong, Ryan," Jessica said. "Here, let me show you."
"Sorry, tools aren't my forte," Ryan said as he stepped aside from the partially assembled crib. He reached down and scratched behind their dog, Lucy's, ears.
"Nothing practical is your forte," Jessica grumbled.
Eric Delko laughed as he walked into the bedroom carrying another box. "Look at that, seven months pregnant and Jess is still working."
"Hey, my maternity leave doesn't start for another four weeks," Jessica sassed. "That means I only have seven weeks to get my condo baby proofed before my child is born."
"Well if you had told me you were pregnant while you were off playing hide and go seek then maybe I could have been getting these things ready," Ryan said as he looked over the directions for the crib again.
"So you guys have any names picked out yet?" Eric asked as he opened a box to find more baby supplies.
"Yeah, Jessica has the bastard's name picked out and everything but she won't tell me," Ryan grumbled as he helped Eric sort through the unisex baby supplies. "She won't even let me open the boxes that have any identifiable items in them; no clothes, no toys, not even that stupid box with the name plaque Sara Sidle made for our child."
"I told you I want it to be a surprise," Jessica retorted as she finished setting up the crib.
"We can't even have one of those announcement parties with the pink or blue cake?" Ryan asked.
"No, and I think that's kind of tacky," Jessica answered. "Time for lunch!"
"Jess, we just ate breakfast like an hour ago," Ryan commented.
"Yes but me and the little tike are hungry again," Jessica said as she waddled towards the bedroom door, Lucy following at her heels.
Horatio Caine smiled as he looked at the ultrasound picture of his first grandchild. He didn't know the sex and he didn't have the slightest clue as to a name, but he knew he was in love already. He leaned back against the chair in the airport and continued to admire the strangely shaped baby.
"Dad!" he heard someone call out. Horatio looked up to see his son, Kyle Harmon, running towards him.
Horatio stood and encased his son in his arms. He held him close and breathed in his unique scent. He pulled back from their embrace and smiled at him.
"Where's Jessica?" Kyle quickly asked.
Horatio chuckled at his son's eagerness and smiled. "She's at her condo," he answered as they began walking towards the luggage claim. "Getting ready for a baby."
"How soon?" Kyle eagerly asked.
Horatio smiled and held up the ultrasound picture. "Just seven more weeks," he quietly said.
Kyle's face lit up with joy as he held it in his hands. "Oh my gosh, he's so big! What's his name?"
"I don't know," Horatio said as he picked up his son's suitcase, "Jessica won't tell anyone. We don't even know the sex yet."
"Damn," Kyle muttered, "I thought me being away for a week would have been good enough for her to spill."
"Well you know your sister," Horatio said as they walked out into the bright Miami sun together, "Stubborn as the day is long."
"Just like you," Kyle playfully muttered.
Natalia Boa Vista smiled at the sight of the crib in Jessica and Ryan's room. "You guys must be so excited," she said as she walked with Ryan back downstairs.
"Only the most frickin excited I've ever been in my entire life excited!" Ryan declared, "I can't believe we're going to have a baby!"
"And the best part is you missed out on all the wonderful morning sickness, moodiness, and horrid food carvings," Jessica smiled as she walked into the living room with them. "However, poor Greg Sanders was the one that I went to when I had a carving for chocolate ice cream at two in the afternoon."
Ryan chuckled and wrapped his arm around her growing waist. "Well I hope you weren't too hard on the poor guy," he said with a smile.
Jessica smiled back and kissed his cheek. "Now why do you guys keep insisting on having a baby shower for us?" Jessica asked Natalia.
"Because you're pregnant!" Calleigh exclaimed as she walked in carrying presents.
"But I think I got everything we need during my baby shower when I was living in Vegas," Jessica groaned as she sat down on her couch.
"Well we weren't there to celebrate," Eric said as he sat down in a chair. "So now you have to have two."
Jessica sighed and leaned back against the couch. "Fine, but we can't start until Daddy and Kyle get here."
"Which seems to be right now," Ryan said as someone knocked on the door.
Jessica cried out as pain momentarily ripped through her body. She grasped her large belly and willed the contractions to silence themselves.
"Ryan," she gasped, "Ryan wake up! I think something's wrong!"
Ryan shot up in bed and reached across to her. He held her stomach and felt the muscle spasms beneath her skin.
"You're not going into labor, are you?" Ryan desperately asked.
"I don't know," Jessica said as she began to cry. "I've been having these weird pains lately and I thought it was just false labor pains but this feels different. Oh god, something's not right."
"Come on, we're going to the hospital," Ryan said, climbing from the bed.
"Are you sure?" Jessica whimpered as he helped her to her feet.
"Yes, better safe than sorry," Ryan said as he led her through the house.
Horatio sighed in relief as he listened to Ryan on the phone.
"Just false labor pains," Horatio repeated.
"Yeah, they were just really intense this time," Ryan explained. "The doctor says it was a good thing we brought her in though. Turns out the little tike was turned sideways and that's what was causing the major pains."
"Sideways?" Horatio inquired as he walked through his house, getting ready for work. "How did he end up sideways?"
"Don't know," Ryan said. "The doctor said at this stage he's still somersaulting a lot so he may have just gotten stuck mid spin."
"Ryan, you keep referring to the baby as he," Horatio pointed out, "Does that mean…"
"No, I still don't know the sex, but it just feels wrong calling our baby an it. So I picked a sex and have just been sticking with it. I figure Jessica will either tell me eventually or slip up sooner or later."
Horatio chuckled as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "Well don't worry about coming into work today," he said, "I think you had enough excitement last night."
Ryan chuckled and Horatio heard a car door open and shut. "Thanks Dad, I think we both need a few more hours of sleep before we can tackle the bad guys."
Horatio hung up his phone and leaned against his counter. He smiled at the background picture on his phone of Jessica and Ryan together, Ryan's hand resting on her belly protectively. He took a long drink of his coffee as his thoughts wandered through space.
"Two shots!" Jessica called out as she lifted the pistol on the firing range. She quickly pulled the trigger twice and the loud shots rang out in the ballistics lab. She set the gun down and removed her headphones as she went to retrieve her spent rounds.
"Well look at you girly," Calleigh chuckled as she walked in, "You're what, thirty weeks pregnant and still test firing?"
"I've got a bullet proof vest on," Jessica smiled as she knelt down to collect casings. "That should be good enough. Besides, it's not like I'm out in the field."
"Oh I'm sure Daddy H would love to have you out there right now," Calleigh chuckled.
"I'm fine," Jessica said with a roll of her eyes, "Everyone's worrying over nothing."
She turned to walk to the microscope when spasms rippled through her body. She grasped her abdomen and doubled over in pain. Calleigh was at her side, helping her to a chair.
"Are you sure you're fine?" she asked Jessica.
"Yes, I'm absolutely fine!" Jessica snapped as she held her belly. "Oliver's just kicking extra hard lately."
"Oliver?" Calleigh said. A smile played across her face as realization hit her. "You're having a boy?"
Jessica sighed and mentally kicked herself for slipping up. "Yes, I'm having a boy," she quietly said, "but please don't tell anyone."
Calleigh squealed with delight and clapped her hands. "Oh I'm so excited! I'm the only one who knows you're having a boy!"
"Well, the only one in Miami," Jessica corrected. "The entire Las Vegas Crime Lab and most of the Naval Criminal Investigative Services knows, too."
Calleigh jumped a little in excitement and quietly squealed again. "Oh I'm so excited! I know a secret!"
"Well just make sure it stays a secret," Jessica said as she stood from the chair. "Now if you'll excuse me my son and I need to use the restroom."
As soon as she left the lab Calleigh pulled out her phone and sent a quick text.
'I know the sex of your child, Ryan!'
'What?! How did you find out?'
'Jessica slipped up and told me the baby's name!'
'Damn it, will you tell me?'
'Nope, I promised to keep it a secret, lover boy!'
Molly looked up as a very pregnant woman walked into the Trace lab. She looked at her blue eyes and blonde hair and knew immediately who she was.
"You're really alive," she quietly said as she continued her work.
"Yes," Jessica Caine answered, "and I wanted to talk to you."
Molly looked at her but quickly looked away. "I thought you were dead, that's why I pursued him so hard."
"I'm not mad at you," Jessica quietly said. "The point of the staged suicide was to make everyone think I was dead so the Crip Kings would leave me alone once and for all."
"You're not mad at me because I tried to steal your boyfriend?" Molly asked her.
"No," Jessica said, "I'm not mad because I love Ryan and I know I can trust him. I know where his heart lies. Besides, I would think he'd go for someone a little classier."
Jessica turned and walked from the Trace lab, a smug smile on her face over the expression on Molly's face.
Personally, I never liked Molly from season nine. I felt Ryan could do much better. She was kind of a snob.