Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is just something that I thought would be fun.

Summary: Blake and Cricket are finally having the baby that they had talked about. Enter Mason Massey to stir the pot for them a little bit. Things are further complicated by Blake himself, but we'll leave that to be a surprise for now. This story is based on the tweets of Ranchhandblake and Cricketcaruthr.

Chapter 1

Sitting at her desk with the phone to her ear Cricket was hit by the same sense of dread and anticipation that she has been feeling for the last two weeks since this whole thing started. She shouldn't be this nervous this was what she had been working toward for months, right? At least that's what she told herself every time the apprehension got so great that it felt like it was going to swallow her. She was so lost in her own thoughts that it took her a moment to realize the other end of the phone line was dead before hanging it up.

She looked out across the bustling office floor through her glass walled cubicle to find the source of her apprehension sitting at his desk working diligently on something. Her husband Blake seemed to be deep in thought at the moment and she hated to disturb him, but the call she had just received affected him just as much as it did her. So, picking up her phone again she dialed his desk number and watched as he answered it. She couldn't help smiling when she saw him smile upon hearing her voice.

"Sugga, do you think you can come to my office for just a minute?" Cricket drawled sweetly knowing the man would jump at her every whim.

"Sure, be right there." Blake replied in his gruff Texas twang before hanging up. He winked in her direction knowing that she was more than likely watching him.

Cricket felt a slight flush creep into her cheeks when she saw him wink at her. She let her eyes track the path of his lean muscled frame as he ambled toward her office. She was careful to look away at the last possible second least he catch her staring at him in that way. For some reason lately she had been attracted to her husband in a way she knew was sure to get her hurt because he just couldn't return her feelings.

"What do you need, darlin'?" Blake asked when he stepped into her office. He would be the first to admit that his wife was a formidable woman. He let his eyes drink her in, as she stood rigid behind her desk in her perfectly tailored business suit, without one of her chestnut brown locks out of place. The fashion guru in him made him take note of the fact that it brought out the blue in her eyes.

Cricket had been so deep in thought that she was startled when she looked up and saw Blake's crystal blue eyes gazing at her like he was trying to bore a hole into her soul. "You," she replied before she could stop herself. She looked down as her face turned bright red. "Uh..ah… I need you to drive me to the doctor that is." She stammered to correct herself. The last thing that she needed was her husband figuring out how she really felt about him.

Blake quirked a well-manicured eyebrow at his wife in a question mark, "No problem, is everything ok?" he asked her. It was very rare that she ever got sick and then it was like pulling teeth to get her to go to the doctor. He did notice her cute blush however.

Cricket couldn't help feeling flattered; Blake was the only man who had ever really cared about her feelings. "I'm fine, Blake, it's just a checkup. You don't always have to worry so much, you're gonna get wrinkles."

Blake could tell just by the look on her face that something was going on, but he let it drop knowing that she would tell him when she was ready for him to know. "Alright, let's go." He agreed cheerfully.

"Cricket, calm down." Blake said putting his hand on his wife's knee to calm her jitters. She was sitting on a table in an exam room of the doctor's office wearing one of those paper gowns.

"This is me bein' calm, if I wasn't calm you would know it. I just wish the doctor would hurry up. If he doesn't get in here soon I will ruin him." Cricket threatened seriously.

Blake took what she said with a grain of salt however she was always making some such threat. "You're not gonna ruin the doctor, you just have to be patient and wait your turn." He advised her. It was a full time job most days to keep her in line.

Cricket glared at her husband with a scowl on her face. "Fine," she spit back at him hatefully.

Blake felt a slight shiver go up his spine when she shot him that look. It reminded him of the colder nature that she had lurking just under the surface. He did his very best to make sure that she never turned that part of her personality on him. He however didn't have the chance to try to placate her at the moment because thankfully the doctor came walking in at that moment.

Dr. Ian Alexander was one of the most sought after doctors in Dallas. He was both young and good looking a fact that had the women of Dallas both single and married flocking to his office in droves. "Hi, Cricket, I bet you're wonderin' why I called down here." he said by way of greeting ignoring Blake entirely.

Cricket blushed slightly before looking into the younger man's dark brown eyes. "Well, Dr. Ian, I was wonderin' why you had to call me down here just for test results." She replied doing everything but batting her eyelashes at him.

Blake for his part wasn't stupid he could tell from Cricket's body language that she had more likely than not bedded her handsome doctor. A slightly irritated look crossed his face at the thought of his wife in this guy's arms. There was just something about him and he was one of those egocentric doctors who insisted on being called by their first name.

Blake was more than slightly shocked at the intense pang of jealousy that felt toward the young doctor. Calm down, Blake, you don't have any right to be jealous of her with everything that you put her through. He thought to himself. There were days that he regretted more than anything that he couldn't love his wife the way she deserved to be loved. He pulled himself out of his thoughts in time to hear Dr. Ian speak again.

"Right, normally I wouldn't, but your test results indicated that you're pregnant and I wanted to double check just to be sure." Dr. Ian informed her. He cast a furtive in Blake's direction and he couldn't help envying the man. He had one smoking hot wife.

"Pregnant?" Blake asked. Could it be that all of their months of trying had finally paid off?

"I want to do an ultrasound just to be sure first, but there is no reason to believe that the blood test was wrong. This will just help us establish how far along she is." Dr. Ian explained trying to keep the disdain he felt toward the other man out of his voice. "Cricket, I'll be right back with the ultrasound machine you should lay back and get comfortable." He instructed her before walking out of the room.

Blake waited until he had gone before casting a questioning glance in his wife's direction. "One of your little friends I take it?" he asked.

"At one point yes, he was, but that's over and it has been for quite some time." Cricket replied. She couldn't believe that her husband had just broken the unspoken rule between them about not talking about their conquests.

"Well, he was damned stupid to let you go." Blake observed while mustering up a smile grin.

"Please, honey, I dumped him." Cricket said giving him a smug look.

"You're impossible," Blake replied with a chuckle. Just about the only thing he could do was laugh at his wife's constant need to be in control. "I should have known." He added in a joking tone.

"You know you wouldn't have me any other way." Cricket retorted with a wink.

"It's a good thing, 'cause there is no changin' ya." Blake commented wisely not bothering to hide the smirk he felt forming. He had long ago learned that he was better off if he just laughed or smiled at his wife's antics since there was no changing her.

"Blake, come hold my hand. I need you by my side right now." Cricket requested. She knew without a doubt that she was pregnant and she knew that she couldn't face that fact unless she had Blake right by her side.

Blake moved to her side and took her hand in his. "Now where else would I be?" he asked her with a soft smile lighting his face. Despite all the playing around he did on the side his family always came first with him and it always would.

"Oh, Blake," Cricket said feeling herself tear up. Her hormones were all over the place lately. That's how she had known that she was pregnant she was always in control of her emotions.

Blake reached out and tenderly rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand. "You know I love you." he took her hand and kissed it.

"I love you too." Cricket replied. She felt fire ignite in her veins just from him kissing her hand.

The doctor walking back in the room interrupted their conversation. "Alright, Cricket, let's take a look at this baby." Dr. Ian announced grandly. He couldn't help feeling jealous that a man other than him had put a baby in her womb. "Now this is gonna be just a little cold." He told her when he squirted some gel on her stomach.

Cricket and Blake's eyes were glued to the screen of the ultrasound machine. There was no disputing the small bean that appeared was a child, their child.

A broad grin lit Blake's face he loved being a dad more than he could put into words. Out of him and Cricket he was the more hands on parent. Hell out of the two of them he was the one who had had the loving parents and fairytale childhood.

"Look, Crick, there's our baby." He pointed out to his wife unnecessarily.

"I can see that." Cricket replied dryly.

"Now as you can see this is your baby, Cricket, you just so happen to be fourteen weeks along. That means in another five or six weeks we can find out the sex of the baby if you're interested. Everything appears normal and the little one has a good strong heartbeat. On your way out you just need to schedule your next appointment and I'll have you a couple pictures printed out." Dr. Ian said giving her the run down.

"Thanks," Cricket replied giving him a polite smile before he walked out the door.

Blake could tell that his wife had a bunch of conflicting emotions running through her at the moment. "What's goin' on in that head of yours right now?" he asked. Being ever the gentleman he turned his back to her while she dressed.

"Just a bunch of different stuff." Cricket answered him stiffly.

"Is somethin' wrong?" Blake asked her sounding highly concerned.

"Nothing's wrong, I'm just worried that you aren't gonna wanna be stuck for another eighteen years." Cricket admitted to him.

"Hey, none of that." Blake said as he turned to face her again. He didn't want to say what he had to say next without looking her in the eyes so she would know he meant what he was saying. "I'm where I'm wanna be and I'm not goin' anywhere. I'm right here and I always will be." he swore to her with so much passion that it scared them both a little bit.

"But what if…" Cricket started to ask, but he cut her off with a raised hand.

"No what ifs, I'm in this for the long haul, so you better just get used to that fact." Blake told her firmly. Sometimes it was necessary for him to put his foot down with her to get through her stubborn nature.

"Oh, Blake," Cricket gushed throwing her arms around him as she teared up. "I don't know what I did so right to deserve you. You're the only man who has ever treated me right." Normally she wouldn't be prone to such fits of emotion, but with her hormones all over the place all bets were off.

You deserve so much better than the things that I put you through. Blake thought to himself, but he was wise enough not to say it out loud it just wasn't the time or the place for that. "I hope you know this means you're gonna have to cut back a little at work, so you can actually get to bed at a decent hour." He threw out there.

"Blake, I'm pregnant not dead, I'll find a way to juggle it." Cricket assured him.

Blake could only smile and roll his eyes. "Of that I have no doubt." He said slinging his arm around her shoulders in a casual manner.

A/N: Ok guys here's the first chapter I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think. Until next time please review.