So after reading pretty much every single KendallxJo stories on this site, this little idea popped into my head. For right now it's just going to stay a one shot - a random one at that - unless I find some strange inspiration to change it into a full-length story.

The plot's pretty random, but I thought it'd be cute, so I wrote it. Don't judge please, this is my first story on here.

It was a quiet, cold night in the middle of December in LA. The air was still and so peaceful that no one should have been awake. And yet here Jo was, wide awake and staring out her bedroom window which was across from her side of the bed. She hadn't been able to sleep at all and as the clock on her husbands nightstand indicated, it was close to three in the morning and she had not an ounce of sleep. As she stared out into the night wide awake, she began to think that one of the side effects of pregnancy was insomnia. Sure, morning sickness, moodiness, strange cravings, they were all well known symptoms, but insomnia? Where was that in all of the pregnancy books her Mom mailed her? How long would this last? Would she ever sleep again?

The more she thought about it, the more stressed out over the fact that she was pregnant she became. That's right, Joanna 'Jo' McGovern Knight was pregnant with her husband of nearly four years, Kendall Knight. When she first discovered this, she was ecstatic, as was Kendall. But after reading some of the books her mother gave her and after spending a little too much time on the internet and listening to Logan give her the statistics for something to go wrong with the pregnancy, Jo was now a nervous wreck about it. It wasn't even that she was afraid of something going wrong, but rather she was afraid of herself doing something wrong. Would be able to provide for this child? Would she be an good mother? Was LA the right place to be raising a child? She at first hoped that Kendall would feel the same and give her some strange form of comfort, but as always, Kendall was calm and collected about it and pretty much never stopped talking about Jo and the baby and how far along she was to everyone and anyone.

How can he be so confident about this, and yet I'm petrified? Jo asked herself as she gazed intently out of her window. She rolled over and looked at her husband's back as he slept peacefully; his back gently expanding with every inhale and exhale. Jo laughed at how only her husband would still be sleeping shirtless in the middle of December. According to him though, California winters were like a spring day compared to the winters in Minnesota. Jo didn't believe him until last Christmas when they spent the holiday with his family, when she had to trug through four feet of snow just to get to the house.

She thought about how much her heart melted when she saw Kendall playing with his younger cousins and how happy he looked.

Of course he's not worried about having a baby. He's been wanting to be a father for the longest time. We used to talk about starting a family a long time ago. I'm surprised he didn't lose interest in being a father.

Worry set in again when Jo began to worry about Kendall doing just that; losing interest in having a family. Suddenly, all the worries she had just gone through in her mind piled up on her and made her feel like someone was sitting on her chest. After taking a deep breath, she placed her hand gingerly on Kendall's shoulder, shoving it back and forth.
"Kendall." she whispered in the still darkness. Kendall groaned and turned over, his hair disoriented with bedhead.

"Hm?" hummed Kendall, his eyes still droopy from sleep. After adjusting to being awake, Kendall noticed that his wife didn't look like she was just sleeping – or sleeping at all for that matter – and that she looked worried about something. His heart instantly began to beat a little faster with panic, "Are you alright? Is everything okay?" he asked lowly and with concern as his hand went out to Jo's abdomen, which was just gently rounding into a baby bump. Jo smiled for a minute at Kendall's warm touch.

"I'm fine...Well, I'm fine in that department at least."

Kendall's left eyebrow rose on his forehead as he looked at his wife, puzzled by her words, "Elaborate, please?" he asked with a smirk, but after seeing his wife's somber expression, the smirk was nowhere to be found on Kendall's face.

"I'm worried about the baby."

"Babe, we were just at the doctors yesterday. Everything's perfect." said Kendall with a smile, his hand starting to roam on Jo's stomach, feeling the tiny baby bump under his palm.

"Not in that way I mean...what if I'm not...good?" asked Jo, biting her lip after stating it. Kendall's eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"Not good? Like, not a good mother?" he asked softly. Jo nodded as she felt tears sting the back of her eyes. She wasn't much of crier, but the insecurity of being a failure of a mother absolutely frightened her to the point of tears. Seeing his wife fight back tears made Kendall feel the need to just take her into his arms and hold her until he figured out how to fix the situation, then fix it so that she would never cry over it again.

"Jo." he said softly as he put his hand on her face, rubbing her cheek bone soothingly. Even though he meant well, this affectionate gesture only made Jo want to cry that much more, "Jo, you shouldn't even think about worrying about that." he continued sincerely. Carlos – who had already been down this road with his wife – told him that he should compliment Jo on everything, even if it's not true. But Kendall didn't even have to pretend with this; he was being as honest as possible with Jo.

"Why not? I didn't grow up around kids like you did and I have zero experience and you do and..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, when did this turn into a comparison between you and I?" asked Kendall, his voice getting a little firmer.
Jo replied sheepishly, "Well..you just seem so confident and so prepared and so calm about this and I feel like I'm going to be a screw up at parenting and you're just gonna be perfect at it while I just mess up the baby's life forever because of my mistakes. I'm petrified, Kendall." confessed Jo. She wanted to kick herself when she realized how utterly sappy and melodrama that sounded. She expected Kendall to tell her that she was being ridiculous and to just go back to sleep, but she was pleasantly surprised when smiled and opened his arms to her.

"Come here." he said with his adorable smile as he patted the spot directly next to him on their bed. Jo scooted over and pressed her self completely against her husband, her belly pressed against his. She rested her head on his pillow and was eye level with him. When she looked up, she saw he was staring intently at her with his beautiful green eyes.

Please let this baby have his eyes and not mine.

"Jo," said Kendall softly, making shivers go up and down her spine. She was convinced that was trying to make her have an asthma attack when he wrapped both arms around her expanding waist and somehow found a way to pull her in closer to him, "First off, there's no way possible for this baby to ended up messed up or for his or her life to be ruined, because they're going to have you as their mother." Kendall kissed her nose and pressed his forehead to hers as her big brown eyes welled with tears.

He continued,"And yes, we're going to make some mistakes with this baby along the way, but it's normal. No one is a perfect parent, especially with their first baby. But it's a learning process. We're going to mess up and make some mistakes, but when we do, we'll know what not to do the next time. Trial by error, babe."

"I wish I was as relaxed about this as you." said Jo as she put her hand on her husbands face, her fingers playing with a stray lock of his hair that was by his ear.

"Jo, I'm scared too, please don't think that I'm not and that you're alone in this." he whispered. Jo stopped playing with his hair and looked into his eyes and so the sincerity in them. He was afraid, just like her.

"So what do we do?" asked Jo.

"Take everything one step at a time. We're a team, right? We're in this together for the long haul." he said with a laugh as he kissed his wife's cheek, nose, forehead, then finally her lips as she giggled. Jo turned like she was going to go back to her side of the bed, but Kendall tightened his grip around her waist and kissed her lips again. Even though she enjoyed it, she pulled away.

"Looks like I'm not going anywhere tonight, huh?"

Kendall shook his head no and kissed his wife's forehead again. Kendall was the first to fall asleep, but Jo just stayed up a little bit longer and looked at her husband admiringly.

"I love you, Kendall." she whispered as she rested her head down under Kendall's chin. Right before she finally dozed off into slumber, she head Kendall whisper back,

"I love you too, Jo. More than you know."

So sappy? Yes. Adorable? In my opinion, absolutely. I don't know why but I always pictured what kind of parents the BTR boys would be... I don't know I have weird thoughts sometimes...

R&R!

-foreverinyourarms