A/N I was imagining Alex having just found out she was pregnant with Ethan and so this is set outside the running of the show.
"I'm Pregnant." Alex told James after getting home from work that evening. He had noticed she'd seemed a little off, not quite herself. She was more distracted than usual and had asked what was wrong. He certainly wasn't expecting that response.
They had been taking precautions hadn't they? She was on the Pill. How did this happen?
Alex was also shocked herself. It was so soon in her career, in his career. They weren't planning on having a child so soon. That's not to say she wasn't happy though. No she was elated and a whole mixture of other feelings. This was the start of something new. Something new for her and James. It was exciting yet also terrifying.
Alex didn't know how to be a mother. Yes she'd had a mother, a mother she was close with and could learn from and follow but that didn't mean she knew how to be one herself. What if she wasn't a good mother?
James was also the same. With his job, could he be a good father? He was away so much of the time. Always so busy. What if the child felt neglected because of that. Left without a proper role model. Especially if the child was a boy.
Fathers are meant to play baseball with their sons, teach them how to BBQ once they're old enough. Take them to sea action movies, teach them to fix things and a whole manner of other things that this new baby could potentially miss out on due to the nature of his job.
It was just such a shock for the two of them. Maybe less so for Blake who remembered the day she noticed she was late on her period that she forgot to take her pill at the correct time for a couple of days while she was distracted with a case. She knew it was a possibility, albeit one that was very minor. She'd done the same many a time before and it never resulted in pregnancy.
But this time it did and it was time for both of them to adjust and prepare for a change in their life.
