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I had plans that this would only be a 2-3 chapters story, but I want to write more
It had been a calm night in the lab. After another round of tests Kara, Tex and the others were able to leave. All Kara wanted right now was to shower and crawl into her bed. Even though she slept through the night, she still felt exhausted from the way her body reacted to that fever. Luckily Lt. Granderson was already on duty by the time Kara climbed into her bunk. She quickly grabbed her shower gel and some clothes and headed to the showers at the end of the hallway. A few minutes later Kara was back in her bunk. Feeling better, but too tired to unpack all of her stuff again, Kara dug through her bag and pulled out her notebook with family pictures. She then climbed up into her bed.
Tex came back from his shower only to find Danny sitting on his bed with a photo in his hand. "Family?" Tex asked standing beside him to get a better look. "Yeah, my parents…" Danny replied not looking away from the photo. I wish I could tell them, Danny thought to himself taking a deep breath. "You know if you want to talk I'm right here?" Tex said climbing up into his bed. For the next couple of minutes, a heavy silence hung in the air. Danny was debating - should he tell Tex about Kara's pregnancy or not. "She's pregnant." Danny blurted out. "Holy shit, She's what?" Tex asked as he couldn't believe his ears. "She's pregnant. Kara is pregnant. I'm going to be a father." Danny repeated sounding like he still couldn't quite believe it. "What? How? Ok, forget about the how. That would be way too much information. But seriously, Danny, did you forget about the whole "No fraternization" business? I thought you Navy guys always did things strictly-by-the-book. Man…" Tex shook his head in disbelief as a huge grin spread across his face. He knew. He knew that it wasn't over between the lieutenants even though Danny told him, rather harshly, that it was. "I love her." Danny simply replied.
Tex climbed out of his bed again to get to Danny, slapped him on the back and said "Congrats, buddy. It's about time you said that out loud...to another person." "And I thought I was gonna be the one who spilled his guts tonight about how I'm making progress with the doc." "What? you finally made your move? How did that go?" Danny asked with a grin on his face. While Tex never told him that he liked the doc. Danny could tell that Tex's feelings toward Rachel where more than just friendly. "You make me wanna love again. That's what I told her. I literally poured my heart out to her. And got nothing in return. Guess I could've come up with a better line, man...but I was spiking a 104 fever." "You really said that to her? Damn, Tex. Even with fever you could have come up with something less...intense." "Well I kinda asked her out before. Okay, I didn't really ask her out. I just told her we should talk about another story over a Martini." "And?" Danny inquired. "And...then I made a stupid 007 joke that she didn't like. Hey, your girl even said that I might be getting under Doc's skin. I dunno. Let me tell you, this though, the things I know about women you could fit into a shot glass."
Danny thought for a moment then said "How about the next time you see her, you don't make a joke - just tell her how you feel." And have my heart broken all over again, Tex ask himself. "Speaking of love, shouldn't you go see that mommy-to-be and give her a big hug, especially now since you're no longer wearing a hazmat suit?" Tex asked as he tried to change the subject. "Captain said they would all have the day off." Danny got up from his bed and went over to the door. "Don't forget to bring her pickles and ice cream. She'll love that." Tex yelled as Danny walked out of the door. Just like her mom did, Tex thought holding the locket in his hand.