A/N Second oneshot. Most chapters will start with lyrics... Just cause...


That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me

~Nickelback


Patricia Miller stared at the phone waiting for a phone call. He hadn't called her in a few days and she began to worry about him. He was fighting for his countries freedom, an honor according to him. He had only been gone three months and so much had already changed. She needed to talk to him, she just didn't know when that would be or if he'd ever be calling her again. He promised to call her every week, and she hadn't heard from him yet this week. She hadn't heard any news at all from the military but that didn't ease her worries. It wouldn't be his first time fighting for his country, but it was his first time fighting being married to her. She glanced up at the wall clock, it was going on one in the morning. She knew she should be getting to bed, she had an appointment in the morning, and would be getting scolded if she showed up with dark bags under her eyes. She pried herself off the couch and up to bed. She spent the night tossing and turning, lost in thoughts of Eddie and all she had to tell him.

Other then her appointment, it was a boring day. She spent a few hours writing. She had been working on a sequel to her hit young adult novel, that had been based on her Sibuna adventures. The first book ended with a cliffhanger with the character Alicia Jordan being kidnapped by the evil Johnathan Tomlinson. The first few chapters had come easily, as she was able to focus on the fear she had when being kidnapped and majorly channeling it into the chapters as they focused on Alicia, but as she needed to begin to focus on the rest of the gang and what they had been doing during this time, she struggled. She had never asked them what they had been doing at this time. She could call them but she knew their conversations would lead to Eddie, and if she had heard from him. She glanced at her computers clock. It was going on seven, which meant another day wasted.

She headed towards the kitchen deciding to just make some quick pasta and then spend the rest of the night deciding between writing and doing nothing. As she focused on stirring the pasta sauce, she heard a knock at the door. She wasn't expecting anyone and instantly her fearing the worst caused her to drop the spoon she had been using to the floor. She picked the spoon up and placed it on the counter. She finally began to make her way to the front door. Normally she would look out one of the windows next to the door to see who it was, but something told her to just open the door. She pulled the door open and let out an annoyed sigh to see no one there, she was about to shut the door when she noticed an envelope on the ground. She picked it up and studied it. It wasn't addressed and there wasn't a name to say who it was from. She tore it open quickly. Inside was just a simple piece of paper, a note if you will. All it said was there is a surprise in the back yard. She didn't know what it was about but she found herself closing the front door and heading back through the house to the back one. Her hand froze when she went to turn the knob. She didn't know what she was hoping for the surprise to be. She wasn't sure of what to expect. What if it was bad? What if someone was there waiting to tell her Eddie wasn't coming home. She had no clue why her mind always traveled there but it did. She finally had enough of the worrying and swung the door open.

"Miss me," she heard a voice say. Her eyes grew wide when she saw him standing there, his army bag at his feet.

"Your home," she murmured into his chest when she had flung herself into his arms.

"I'm home for good now," He smiled planting a kiss on her forehead.

"Really," she questioned pulling away to look at his face.

"Yes really, I finished this tour of duty and didn't reenlist."

"Good, I didn't like this military wife thing. I had to pretend I missed you," she teased.

"So I heard you had something to tell me," he smirked. He had heard it from Nina shocked Nina even spilled the secret, Nina after all had kept Eddie's surprise return, just that a surprise.

"Who told you?"

"Nina."

"And what did Nina tell you?"

"I want to hear it from you first," he smiled.

"But you already know apparently so why should I?"

"Would you have told me if Nina hadn't?"

"Yeah. It's not something that can be kept a secret Eddie."

"Then why aren't you going to tell me?"

"Because you already know," she sighed annoyed that he had pulled her away from her dinner making.

"I want to hear it from you though," he smiled.

"Fine. I'm pregnant, and hungry since you pulled me away from my food. I'm gonna go finish making it now," she smirked entering the house to finish her food.

"And there's the yacker I know and love," he teased fully well knowing she knew it'd turn even musher then what it had been.

"I really did miss you slimeball. However I will deny it at all costs," she said as he made his way into the kitchen.

"And I wouldn't have it any other way," he said before going to stand behind her, a hand resting on her stomach.

"Good."

"Dad made it home," he whispered looking down at her stomach.

"I would've brought dad back to life and killed him again if he didn't," she smirked wiggling out of his grasp. He was glad to be home once more. He was glad to be staying home. He was glad he made it back to be a dad. He was glad.


There will def be more military type ones. Not all will have happy endings. Heads up on that now. I'm pretty sure the next chapters gonna be angsty. I'm not so sure about the ending to this one, it was going on midnight, and I was in the zone and didn't want to go to bed, and I've always had a hard time ending fics, like I know how I want things to end, but then leading into the ending is really hard for me. So yeah.