"Engaged? Wow that's uh…that's great guys. Congratulations." Brody choked out the words to the couple standing in Viki's living room
"You're the first person we've told so don't tell anyone not even Jessica." John instructed with a smile
"No worries here. Telling anyone would be the last thing I'd do." The cop offered the Detective a tight grin when he passed him on his way toward the door after giving Natalie a kiss.
"Hey." A light hand touched his arm and her voice pulled him back into reality. He jerked his arm away and she shot him a confused look.
"I need to go check on Jessica." The former Navy Seal said turning to walk out the door that he had just entered.
"Why does it bother you?" He stopped dead in his tracks putting all his weight on the arm he had on the door. Suddenly there was a pain in his stomach that wasn't there earlier, he felt sick.
"It just does."
"It shouldn't." He slammed the door that wasn't already closed. Whirling around he faced her with a hard look.
"You don't think I know that?"
"Then why does it?"
"Because Natalie."
"That's not an answer"
"Only one I have." Brody shrugged making her close her eyes in frustration.
"Will you please just talk to me?"
"And say what? What do you want me to say? That for some reason I don't want you to marry John! That when you asked me why it bothered me I got sick! What do you want to hear Natalie? I mean..I'm tryi"
"It's yours!" The cop stopped talking and his mouth continued to open and close.
"It's mine?"
"The baby…the baby's yours."
"You lied to me?"
"You were so happy about Jessica and I didn't want to rui.." She was interrupted by a pair of lips over her mouth. When he finally pulled back she breathed out, "ruin everything."
"It doesn't."
"What about Jess?"
"Loving Jessica doesn't make my love for you any less real. My love for the two of you is different. Jess…Jess saved me when no one else could ever want me. You…you were my friend when I wouldn't let anyone else be. But you aren't just my friend. At least I've never felt this way about a friend before." His nervous laugh fell out of his throat and it made her laugh through her tears.
"Don't marry him."
"Is this your way of asking me to be with you?"
"No." The look of hurt in her eyes broke his heart, "This is my way of asking you to marry me."
"Yes, yes I'll marry you."
He leaned into her so that their foreheads touched, "I love you so much Natalie."
"I love you too Brody. I love you too." The redhead closed the gap so their lips could meet.
