I'm so stoked that you guys seem to like the idea so I started it as soon as I could. This first chapter is about when Erin and Jay found out they were pregnant with Macy since I never included that in the original story. Stagediva23 requested a prompt about them finding out Erin was pregnant. I already had some of this written though, so I couldn't fit in everything you requested, but I hope this will suffice. Enjoy :)
P.S. I had no idea what to name this so I went with the most unoriginal thing ever. Naming things is hard.
Erin had been late before. Just a couple months ago, they'd had their pregnancy scare, but the tests came back negative, and they assumed it was just stress. So six months later, when she was late again she just chalked it up to stress and ignored it. She didn't think her life was particularly stressful, but she was juggling being a mom, a wife, and a detective, so that had to put some stress on the body.
The month came and went without Erin even noticing. It was a Friday afternoon and she sat at her desk fumbling through a seemingly endless stack of paperwork. When she finished the first set of papers she went to sign and date them. She looked at her computer screen for the date, and paused when it read the thirty-first. It was the last day of the month. She was more than just a little bit late now.
She snapped up her head to see her Husband working diligently on his paperwork. From across the room Jay could sense her staring. He looked up meeting her worried stare. "You okay?" He mouthed to her.
She paused for a moment before nodding. "I'm fine." She silently mouthed back.
Erin treated the rest of the day like normal, just with the lingering question in the back of her mind. They left work, picked up Micah, had dinner, and put Micah to bed before she let herself think about it again.
When Jay got out of the shower Erin was perched on the edge of the bed waiting to talk to him. Jay walked into the bedroom, his toned body still damp and glistening wearing nothing more than a towel wrapped dangerously loose around his waist.
'Damn, if I am pregnant this is why.' Erin thought to herself why ogling over her husbands nearly perfect body. Lately, the two were like wild animals all over each other whenever they had the chance. The second they put Micah to bed every night, it was on. Erin couldn't remember a time in her adult life when her sex drive had been so high. Maybe the fact that she got little to no sleep every night was the stress her body was under causing her to be late again.
Although Erin was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting to talk, Jay automatically assumed she had a different plan in mind. With a mischievous grin on his lips he strutted over to her.
"Is my girl feeling frisky?" He asked grabbing her face with one hand, and planting his lips onto hers harshly. He laid her back onto the bed never once parting his lips from her. His tongue slipped into her mouth the second the opportunity arose.
Erin moaned into his mouth as her hands traveled up and down, exploring every inch of his bare muscular back. The more they moved the looser the towel around Jay's waist became, until it finally just fell off. His lips trailing down to her neck, and his fingers toying at the button of her pants finally caused Erin to come to her senses. "Jay. Jay, stop." She panted.
Jay removed his lips from the warm skin of her neck breathing heavy. "Why?"
"I need to talk to you." She said slightly less winded.
He moved his head up to look her in the eyes, but left the rest of his body straddled over top of her. His look egged her to go on and talk.
"I'm late again, Jay."
"We just went through this a couple months ago. It's probably nothing again."
"Maybe, but it's been longer this time, and it kind of feels different."
Jay climbed off of her, and grabbed his fallen towel to rewrap around his waist. "Okay well do you have any tests left?"
She nodded. "Yeah I kind of bought like a million last time."
She came back into the bedroom to wait the three minutes for the results. Jay had now slipped into a pair of boxers.
He paced the bedroom practically burning a hole in the floor the same way he always did when he was nervous. Erin stood still, her eyes moving back and forth following him.
When the stopwatch on her phone hit three minutes exactly she broke the silence. "I want you to look."
Jay stared at her crinkling his eyebrows together. "Why don't we look together?"
Erin shook her head back and forth. "No I wanna hear it from you. I looked the last time."
"You're sure?" Jay double-checked, and Erin nodded eagerly in response. Jay pressed a firm kiss to her lips before entering the bathroom.
Erin couldn't read the expression on his face when he reentered the room with one of the tests in hand. Although in the pit of her stomach she already knew the answer. When he opened his mouth to speak, Erin saw the corners of his mouth twitch attempting to turn up into a smile. "Looks like we're gonna be parents again."
After confirming with the doctor they impatiently waited for the end of the first trimester to share the news. At fist Erin was conflicted. Part of her was obviously excited. She and Jay had planned on having another child, but another part of her was terrified. This was not how they planned it, and they had definitely not been trying.
As time passed Erin's worries and doubts began to fade, and excitement took over. She was carrying a baby; a baby that she and Jay created together, and the more she thought about it, the more beautiful it seemed.
When they hit the twelve-week mark they were ready to tell everyone, but first Micah had to know. After dinner Micah was in his bedroom playing, and Jay and Erin took a seat side by side on the couch after cleaning the kitchen.
"Ready?" He smiled at his wife and she nodded mirroring his happy expression. Jay placed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "Micah, come here buddy!" Jay yelled to him.
Seconds later Micah came barreling out into the living room and took a running leap right onto Jay and Erin. Erin groaned from the impact. Jay quickly scooped Micah off of her and into his own lap. "Are you okay?" Jay asked worried.
She smiled trying not to roll her eyes. "I'm fine, Jay." Never in her life had she been asked if she was 'okay' so many times a day. Ever since they found out she was pregnant it seemed like it was every other sentence out of Jay's mouth.
Micah sat on Jay's lap confused by their reaction to his jumping on them. He was a wild, energetic, four year old boy. He always played that rough, and it had never seemed to be a problem before. "I'm sorry if I hurt you mommy." He said sadly.
"No, you didn't hurt me. I'm okay, buddy." She stroked the side of his face.
"We just have to be extra careful with mommy for awhile Mic. We need to play gentle because she's got a baby growing in her tummy now." Jay told him.
"What?" Micah yelled with a giant surprised grin overcoming his face.
They laughed at his adorable reaction. "Yeah you're gonna be a big brother, Micah." Erin informed him.
Micah jumped off of Jay's lap and stood in front of Erin. "You mean there's a baby in there?" He pointed at her stomach.
She nodded. "Mhmm."
"Can I see it?"
Erin lifted up her shirt a little exposing her stomach. "The baby is still too little. You can't really tell yet, buddy."
"Is it gonna get bigger?" Micah asked confused.
"Lots bigger." Jay answered. "It's going to look like mommy is carrying around a watermelon under her shirt." He joked making Micah giggle.
"Well how much longer does it gotta be in there?" Jay and Erin had anticipated him having a million questions, so they weren't surprised.
"About six more months." Jay answered.
Micah sighed dramatically. "Well that's annoying." Jay and Erin both laughed at the use of his new favorite word. He had just learned it, and now everything was 'annoying.'
He crawled back up onto the couch next to Erin and put his little hand on her stomach timidly. When he realized nothing was going to happen if he touched it he looked up at both his parents beaming excitedly. "I'm getting a goalie!"
