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Two weeks went by and Elizabeth still wasn't back to her normal self. She continued to blame it on work and all of the overtime she had been working. They were putting in long days and late nights to get intel on issues they were dealing with in the Middle East.

Henry was starting to worry about her. She would come home, fall asleep on the couch after work sometimes even sleeping through dinner. Then he would wake her up so that they could spend some time talking about anything and everything they could, and head to bed. Most nights ended with her snuggling into him and falling asleep almost immediately.

Saturday mornings were spend lounging in bed, waking up whenever they awoke without the aid of an alarm. The sun was shining through the window, casting a glow across their bed, Elizabeths hair fanned across her pillow almost glowing in the bright sun. Henry just stared at his gorgeous, sleeping wife. He was truly taken aback as to how he ended up having her for his wife. His hand gently caressed her arm as it poked out from under the comforter as he propped his head up with his other hand. He moved from her arm to her face, soft brushes of his fingers down her face, from her eyes to her chin. As she lay there sleeping it was almost as if she was truly glowing in the bright ray of the sun as it danced in the window.

Elizabeth felt Henrys fingers slowly dancing on her face, she slowly opened her eyes to find him staring at her, a smile on his face and eyes that displayed his love and joy for her.

"Good morning, baby." She said to him with a sleepy, yet bright smile that went to her piercing blue eyes.

"Good morning to you too, sleepy head." Replying back, a hint of humor in his voice, as he leaned over and placed a delicate kiss on her lips.

"Sorry I've been no fun lately, I don't know whats wrong with me and why I've been so tired. I guess work is just getting to me." Her voiced laced with a hint of sadness and a tinge of frustration at herself. Her hand taking his and entwining their fingers with a squeeze.

"It's okay babe, I just am worried about you. We should just take it easy this weekend and lounge around the house, if you want to." He pulled their hands to his lips and kissed her fingers.

"You don't have to be worried about me, Henry. I promise if the relaxing weekend doesn't help I''ll call the doctor this week." She leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on his lips.

"I love you, babe. Therefore I worry about you, but thank you for easing my mind and saying you'll call the doctor." he responded as he leaned in and rolled her so that he was now laying atop of her, his lips peppering kisses to hers. Soon the kisses turned into much more and they found themselves naked and a tangled ball of limbs and sheets.

By Wednesday Elizabeth hadn't called the doctor yet, even thought she wasn't feeling much better. She was sitting at her desk lost in concentration when a headache became rather prevalent and bothersome. Isabelle had walked in asking if she wanted to break for lunch. Thinking her headache was from a lack of food, Elizabeth reluctantly agreed to take a much needed break.

"Bess, are you okay? You haven't been yourself lately." Isabelle asked, concern evident in her tone.

"Yeah, I think I'm just exhausted because of the long hours we've been putting in." She replied, giving her friend a small smile. "Henry made me promise to call the doctor if I didn't start feeling better this week."

"Thats smart of him. So have you called yet? Seeing as how its Wednesday and you've not been yourself since before Thanksgiving."

"No, I haven't called yet. I promise I'll call after we get back. Promise" she reassured her friend as they set off to a much needed lunch break.

Elizabeth still had her headache after eating a small bit of lunch, her stomach was becoming unsettled as well. Chalking it up to the headache she reached into her desk for some Advil, her hand brushing by a tampon as she reached for the medication. Something then dawned on her, shaking her head and pulling out her calendar she realized it had been quite awhile since she had gotten her period, in fact it had been at least two months. Slowly putting two and two together she held off on calling the doctor and decided to swing by the store on the way home to grab a few pregnancy tests. It wasn't uncommon for her to go a month or two without getting her period, but this time felt different.

Once she finally returned home later that night she found Henry "resting" his eyes lounging on the couch. She quietly snuck to their bedroom and locked herself in the bathroom, not wanting to wake him and get his hopes up incase it was nothing. Pulling out the tests she decided to only use one, and then the other two if needed.

Waiting for the first test to register, Elizabeth paced the floor of the bathroom, why did three minutes seem so long now when normally it was almost gone in the blink of an eye? When the time was up she cautiously looked at the display window on the test, a pink plus sign stared her back and a huge smile spread across her face. To be absolutely sure she had taken a second test, and when it revealed the same news she hurriedly ran downstairs to find Henry.

Henry had slowly woken to the sound of Elizabeth hurrying down the stairs, he hadn't even known she was home, man he must have been tired and fallen asleep waiting on her to get home from work.

"Hey babe!" he greeted her with a sleepy smile as he stood, reaching out to take her into a hug.

"Hi sleepyhead, have a nice nap?" she coyly asked as she pecked his lips.

"I did, sorry babe, I hadn't even realized I fell asleep. I have dinner all ready for us, that is if you're up for some food?" he cautiously asked knowing she wasn't eating too much lately.

"Actually babe," she paused trying to hide the excitement on her face.

"Oh did you have a chance to call the doctor today? How are you feeling today?" He interrupted her before she could get the news out.

"Well, I will be calling the doctor tomorrow, but not our family doctor. I will be calling my other doctor." she said matter of factly.

Henry paused for a moment, "Your other doctor? Why do you need to call…."

He paused mid sentence and just looked at her as the smile grew to reach her eyes.

"Does this mean? Babe what are you? Are we pregnant?!" He finally spit out.

Pulling the two tests from behind her back she confirmed his suspicions. "Yes babe, WE are pregnant!" tears of joy started to fall from her eyes.

Henry reached for his wife and took her into his arms, hugging her like he would never hug her agin, kissing her so fiercely and with so much love and excitement they both needed a minute to recover once they had broken apart.

"Elizabeth this is the best news I've ever heard come from your lips, besides obviously the yes when I asked you to marry me." He kissed her again, with much fervor, as tears of joy fell from his eyes as well.

Overrun with excitement and joy of the news they had learned of, they spent the night expressing their love for each other in the only way they knew how. A dance they danced so many times before somehow felt different tonight, it expressed deepest love and tenderness and pride as they had together made a tiny human with their unending love. They slept soundly that night, Elizabeth wrapped in Henrys protective arms as if he was keeping her and their child safe.

Elizabeth walked into the Ob/Gyn office as she had been instructed on the phone. They needed to have a positive sample done in the office and from there would schedule her very first appointment and ultrasound to see how far along she was.

The following week Henry had accompanied her to the office visit as they were going to go over the insurance paperwork, medical history and do a physical and ultrasound. The paperwork and medical histories had been the first part of the visit. They were both anxious to get to the fun part of the appointment.

"Hello Elizabeth" Dr. Greene said as she shook her hand and then reached to shake Henrys had as well. "I see that you're here for rather exciting reasons! Congratulations, and we will have a look to see just how far along you are." Dr. Green stated and then turned to Elizabeths chart.

"While I examine you, I will explain some things that will be happening over the next few months and weeks."

As her doctor did the internal examination she explained what all was going to happen and how they would monitor her and check the baby's growth. She had been placed in an exam room, therefore they had to switch rooms when it came time for the ultrasound.

The new experience of having an internal ultrasound was a bit strange, almost uncomfortable, but they were very excited to see the little blip on the screen. It looked like a little bug, a little white dot on a black screen, tears falling down Elizabeths cheeks as she watched the flutter on the screen. Dr. Greene explained to both of them the little spot that was fluttering was indeed a very healthy heartbeat.

"Elizabeth, Henry, the fluttering you are noticing on the screen means that you've got a very healthy heartbeat going on there. I know it doesn't look like much right now, but that little spot will continue to grow and become a beautiful little boy or girl. Judging by the steady beat and the size I'm going to put you at about 12.5 weeks along."

Henry kissed Elizabeths hand as he held it, both still had tears of joy blanketing their cheeks.

"Thank you, Dr. Greene" Elizabeth managed to reply, along with a joyful smile.

"When you check out we will set up your next few appointments and get your scripts for lab work that needs to be drawn." She looked back at her patient, smiling at the joy in both of their faces. "Congratulations to you both, and I will see you back in a month. If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to call the office and my nurse will get the messages to me." She turned and left the room.

Henry took Elizabeth into an all encompassing hug, so incredibly happy with the news they had just been given. She hugged him back and leaned up for a kiss before getting dressed and checking out.

On the drive home they chatted about all they had learned at the appointment and when they would tell his family and Will.

"Babe, since we will be going to Pittsburgh for Christmas, I think we should wait to tell my family then. Maybe we could tell Will the day before we head home?" Henry suggested.

"Yeah babe, that sounds like a good plan. What better time to share our news than at Christmas when everyone is together." She replied, but there was a hint of sadness lingering in her voice, knowing his parents and family would know, but that she would never be able to share this news with her parents. She quietly wiped a stray tear from her eye, hoping Henry didn't notice as this was a tear of sadness and longing that her mother was here to share this time with her.

"Baby, it's okay to be sad. I know you miss them and are going to miss out on sharing this special time with your mom. I can absolutely affirm that my mom will be there for you since yours cannot be. She loves you like her own daughter, please let her help you." Henry reached over to squeeze her hand as he took it in his. Knowing this time in their lives was going to trigger sadness in Elizabeth, much like their wedding day had. He vowed to be there for her always and that was one vow he would not break.

"I know babe, thank you. It's just I miss them so much, they should be here to share this time with us and watch their grandchild grow. It's just not fair." She quietly replied, wiping another tear from her face.

Later that night as they lay in bed, Henry had his arm wrapped protectively around his gorgeous, glowing wife. His hand resting on her belly, the home of their precious little "bug" as they decided to nickname him or her. Both fell asleep with smiles on their faces, Elizabeth glowing with pregnancy hormones and Henry incredibly proud he could give his wife a child.