I found myself double checking the packaging, re-reading the instructions and then dropping it when I double checked the pregnancy stick in my hand. How could this be possible? I mean it shouldn't be impossible, he was immortal. Wasn't he? There should be no way that he was able to have children. There was a knock on the door
"Jo is everything alright?" Lt. Reece asked
"Uh yeah everything's fine" I lied. I scolded myself for lying to my boss but I wasn't entirely sure this even made sense to me yet, but I needed to find him. Today was his day off and I knew were he would be, down in his basement writing up notes on his latest escape from death and after he was finished that he would go upstairs and spend the afternoon with Abe. Shoving the stick into my pocket and chucking the box into the bin I walked back out into the station and was about to walk back to my desk when I felt the churning in the pit of my stomach and a horribly foul odour, that seemed to be coming from Detective Hansen's Turkish wrap. I turned around and ran into the bathroom, making it to the sink before dry retching. I sighed and ran my hand over my forehead, feeling the little perspiration that had formed there. There was another knock on the door this time from Detective Hansen
"Jo is everything alright?" he asked and I thought of lying again but decided against it, walking to the door and opening it
"Just feeling a little ill" I told him and he took a step back. I nodded at him as I walked past him a way of thanks for not trying to weasel a confession out of me. I made my way to Lieutenant Reece's office and knocked on the door.
"Uh Lieutenant, I was wondering if I may have the afternoon off?" I asked and she looked up from her the file she was reading, and dropped it
"Is everything alright detective?" she asked
"No Ma'am, I feel quite ill" I said and she looked me up and down and nodded
"Yes you do, go home and get some rest detective. Drink lots of flat soda or ginger beer. I don't want to see you in here until you are 100%, so if that means you take a week then do so, use some of your vacation time if you must but don't risk yourself or others on the job if you are unwell" she said and I nodded
"Thank you Lieutenant" I said and she nodded, dismissing me. So I made my way over to my desk and grabbed my bag and my jacket. Before making my way over to the elevator.
I drove home, which was the apartment that was above Abe and Henry's store. I'd known Henry for four years now. The first ten months of our friendship were fine, we got to know each other and spent quite a bit of time together in and out of work, so when Henry asked me out on a date I accepted and from there our relationship turned into what it is now. We'd been living together now for almost 18 months and he had proposed just over three months ago now. I had found out his secret during our first month of dating, when Henry had jumped in front of a bullet for me and I watched him die in front of me. It still shocked me that his "dying" words were "phone Abe". That had me questioning everything I knew about him but he told me everything after that, every single piece of his history. About Nora and Abigail and how he and Abigail had adopted Abe during the 1940's. I knew about them having to move every couple of years and that this was the longest he'd ever stayed in one area before.
When I had parked the car in the alley behind the building that actually served as the entrance to the apartment as well as the entrance at the side of the store. I walked up the stairs and unlocked the front door before walking through and locking it again. I walked through into the lounge and saw that Abe wasn't in the room but assumed that he was probably down in the store. I made my way into Henry and my bedroom before dropping my bag on the dressing table and heading to the wardrobe to hang up my coat before deciding that I needed to get out of my work clothes and put on something a little more comfortable. So I put on a pair of sweat pants and a loose fitted t-shirt before heading into the kitchen and grabbing myself a glass out of the cupboard and pouring a drink of soda water, hoping that the fizzy water would stop the churning in my stomach. I headed downstairs into the store after that and saw Abe sitting at his desk, he looked up and smiled
"Hello Jo, your home early" he stated and I nodded
"I wasn't feeling too good" I said and he frowned
"I don't think its something you will catch Abe" I said and he nodded
"Good cause I'm not as young as you two any more and can't fight away illness as well as I used to" he said and I made my way over to him and kissed his cheek
"Love you Abraham" I said making my way over to the trap door that led down to Henry's basement.
"By the way he's been down there for the last five hours and he didn't even have breakfast, I think he's mopping because you weren't here when he woke up this morning" Abe said and I smiled. This wasn't the first time that Henry had slept in on his day off and when he did I was usually gone so he packed a sad until I came home.
"Don't worry Abe I'll get him out of his funk" I said and Abe sighed
"I didn't need to know that Jo" he said and I chuckled as I made my way down the stairs.
I saw Henry sitting at his desk writing in his journal and was about to leave him to it before I remembered that there was something that we HAD to discuss. So I made my way up to him, sneaking up behind him and wrapping my arms around him as I kissed his cheek. I felt him relax into my embrace as I continued to kiss my way to the pressure point behind his ear.
"Jo" he moaned and I smiled against his warm skin. Feeling the churning in my stomach again I let go of him and stood up straight before rushing over to the cubicle that he had in the far corner of the basement. I heard him rush over with me and felt as he held my hair back from my face. This time however I did lose the contents of my stomach, which was only marginally worse than dry retching. When I sat back and had wiped my mouth, Henry helped me to my feet as he helped me walk over to the spare seat that he had brought down here a couple of months ago. When he was sure that I wasn't going to fall off the seat he dragged his own chair closer to mine and sat in it, grasping my hands in his as I sorted through my thoughts.
"Is this why you were sent home early from work?" Henry asked and I nodded
"Sort of" I told him and he looked at me confused. But I wasn't going to talk about that just yet
"Henry did you and Abigail ever try having a child together?" I asked and he looked at me even more confused now
"We had Abraham" he said and I shook my head
"No I mean one that you had conceived yourself?" I asked and he nodded
"We tried, on our second honeymoon, when Abe was in high school but nothing ever happened. We found out later on that it was because Abigail couldn't carry a child, she had a medical problem where her uterus wasn't strong enough to support the growth of a growing baby" he explained and I nodded taking it all in
"But you can have children?" I asked and he looked at me
"I'm not sure, I mean I never really tried too apart from with Abigail. But I don't know if I will pass on my gene where my offspring will be immortal too. I just I don't know if I could live with that" he said and I frowned, he was watching me intently now before he gasped
"Are you pregnant?" he asked and I looked up at him and said
"I think so" he looked at me and saw that I wasn't excited about it and that I was trying to avoid eye contact
"Jo, what is it? What's wrong?" he asked getting down off his chair and kneeling in front of me
"I don't know" I whispered and he moved one of his hands trying to lift my chin so that I was looking at him
"What is it Jo?" he asked and I felt the tears rush down my cheeks
"I'm scared Henry, I mean its not like I can live forever. I'm already close to forty and with each passing day the chances of my pregnancy being a safe one lessen. I don't want anything to happen to our baby Henry, I don't want to leave our child. I want to spend everyday with you as we watch our child grow and raise their own family but I can't do that because I'm going to continue to age and I'm going to miss out" I said, fully sobbing now. I felt Henry wrap his arms around me and hold me close as I cried. But his reassurances and the soothing circles he was drawing on my back was what calmed me down.
"I know there is a risk Jo and I know you are scared. But there isn't anyone else that I would like to share the rest of my life with, as we watch our child grow and the best we can do is take things one day at a time. I love you so much Jo" he said and I smiled slightly
"How is it that you know the right thing to make me feel better?" I asked and he smiled
"I just know you" he said and I smiled
"I love you Henry" I said and he leant forward and kissed me
"I love you too Jo" he said and I smiled.
A/N: Hey guys this is my first time writing a Forever fanfic. Please tell me what you think and if I should continue writing it.