Random series of oneshots to cure the lack of Lou/Scott stories. I do not own Heartland.

Baby on Board

Lou couldn't stop smiling as she pulled into her driveway. She was coming home from the doctor's but she never expected anything like this. She couldn't wait to tell Scott.

However, the house was empty when she stepped into their spacious, yet cozy, kitchen. It didn't take her long to figure out way. There was a note sitting on the table written in a hurried scrawl:

Got a call. Be back as
soon as I can.
Love you forever
Scott

Lou forced herself to smile, but she couldn't help the disappointment welling up in her chest. She was surprised to feel tears burning the backs of her eyes and blinked them away.

"I can't be getting hormonal already," she muttered to herself.

Still, she couldn't make the balloon of frustration ease its hold. She sighed determinedly and pulled out her laptop, wanting to distract herself at least until her husband got home. However, the screen just seemed to stare back at her mockingly, so she merely pushed it away and laid her head in her arms, giving into the hot tears now pouring out of her blue eyes.

"Lou?"

Her head shot up at the sound of Scott's voice. She hadn't heard him come home, but now he was rushing over to kneel next to her.

"Sweetheart…" he whispered, gently stroking her light blonde hair, "what's the matter? Was it something the doctor said?"

She merely nodded and leaned against him, eventually ending up on his lap with him still sitting on the floor. Allowing his soft murmurings and warm hands to comfort her, she felt her negative emotions ebbing away and the initial excitement returning. Along with the perfect plan.

"So what did the doctor say? Is everything all right?" Scott asked, hugging her tightly to him. She sighed quietly and rested her head in the crook of his neck.

"It will be," she said simply, "but it's going to be a long nine months if I'm already like this."

Lou pulled back to look into her husband's own blue eyes, which were momentarily dark with confusion. After a few seconds, they widened as began to comprehend what she had said.

""You…. I'm…. You're…?" he stammered, causing giggles to erupt from his wife. She through her arms around his neck.

"Congratulations, Daddy."

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I know it's very short. I tried to make it longer, but couldn't find anything missing. Tell me what you think.