Chapter2: Surprise

Jamie couldn't concentrate. She was sitting in the command chair, signing reports, talking to crewmember, but again and again she caught herself having suddenly one hand placed over her stomach.

Every time she startled, move the hand to the armrest and carefully looked around if anyone had noticed. But, apparently, no one did.

Three more of those unintended maneuvers later she asked Spock to take the conn and went to her ready room.

Jamie was tempted to make a few calls to start arranging things. Because she was absolutely certain: She would raise her child on the Enterprise. There was no rule against it. So - why not? There was no war, they were explorers. And if Nero hadn't happened on the day of her own birth she would have been born and grown up on a starship.

But instead of calling Admiral Christopher Pike she set her little plan for telling Leonard in motion. He needed to be the first to know. Well, after Doctor M'Benga.

So, she started doing some research on pregnancy, babies and parenting on a PADD she encrypted. It felt really strange to her. Wonderful, but surreal.

And then Jamie changed her plan. Originally she'd wanted to sent all her lab results on Leonard's PADD and wait in her quarters until he'd burst in. She'd estimated a new record time for the route between Medbay and their quarters.

However, after the conversation with Doctor M'Benga she couldn't stop thinking about how much fun it would be replicate one of those old pregnancy tests he'd told her about and see what would happen if Leonard found it in the bathroom.

Grinning she carried on with her research and started making to-do-lists. She also talked to Spock and M'Benga to make sure that she and Leonard were on the same shift schedule again. She didn't like to call in favors like that, but put that feeling aside for now. Three weeks of barely seeing each other was enough. Especially now.

To the bridge crew's surprise Jamie Kirk-McCoy cut her shift short. Leonard wasn't home when she returned to their shared quarters. But she knew that and wanted it like this to prepare. She replicated a 21th century pregnancy test and went into the bathroom.

Half an hour later Jamie had made herself comfortable on the bed in one of Leonard's Ole Miss shirts. She was reading some pregnancy book when Leonard entered, wearing his workout clothes. He was sweating slightly.

"Hey Darlin', how was your day?" he asked, came over, lent down, kissed her quickly and headed off to the bathroom. Their routine when he got back from the ship's gym.

"Oh, mostly the same... I'll tell you later", Jamie answered trying not to grin.

He nodded automatically. "I'll take a shower. Wanna eat in the mess hall or here before I have to start Gamma shift?"

"Here", she replied and had the strong urge to add that there probably wouldn't be dinner for a while. She suppressed another smirk and watched her husband taking off his shirt on his way to the shower.

As Jamie suspected Leonard was so focused on the shower that he didn't notice her little setup. She heard the water starting and continued reading. When the water stopped a few minutes later, she started grinning again. Any moment now...

Leonard McCoy got out of the shower, wrapped a towel around his waist and stepped in front of the sink with a shelf and a mirror above. He started the usual routine - when his gaze fell upon a small white stick on the shelf. He picked it up, looked at it curiously and noticed some pink lines in little rectangles.

He was about to ask his wife what that thing was, but then he recognized it. His heart skipped a few beats. His eyes grew wide and lit up.

Two seconds later Leonard Horatio McCoy ran out of the bathroom with a big grin. He stopped in front of the bed. "Really?" he whispered, holding up the old-fashioned pregnancy test.

"Really." Jamie smiled and turned the PADD around showing him what she was reading.

The doctor was stunned realizing she'd played cool and read some pregnancy book while he'd been in the bathroom. Smiling - or rather grinning - he placed the little stick on the dresser and slowly got on the bed next to her. He took the PADD out of her hands, put it on the bedside table, took her gently in his arms and kissed her.

Jamie smiled into the kiss and let her hands slide into his neck.

"I love you so much", he said between kisses.

His lips trailed to her neck and she gasped in pleasure. One of his hands found its way to her belly and circled possessively over the fabric on her stomach.

"I found out this morning when I woke up", Jamie told him and stole another kiss. She sighed happily at the feeling of his warm hand on her belly. "M'Benga is the only one who knows... Ultrasound, Lab results and everything else is on the PADD."

"So, you went to him instead of me?" Leonard pretended to be annoyed, but the amusement in his voice gave him away.

"More like I puked my guts out, got a notion of what might be going on and tested the theory with the medical tricorder you keep in the dresser." She smiled and ran her hands through his hair, then pulled him into another kiss. "Later I went to M'Benga. I wanted to surprise you, Bones."

He laughed. "Mission accomplished, Darlin'."

"So...?" She gave him a questioning look.

"I'm not sure how you ended up pregnant, but I can't put in words how happy I am", he whispered against her lips. He kissed her, slid the shirt up and placed another kiss on her belly. He continued caressing her flat stomach, imagining how it would grow soon.

"I suspect the juice from Corianna knocked out my birth control. And according to M'Benga the time frame would fit." She was so comfortable she didn't want to move, but reached for the PADD anyway. The urge to show him the first ultrasound was stronger.

Reluctantly Leonard let go of her and sat up. He leaned against the headboard and started looking into her file.

Jamie watched him being mesmerized by the results of her first pregnancy check-up.

"Everything's perfect", he finally said, confirming what M'Benga had already told Jamie in the morning.

She snuggled against him, placed her head on his chest and glanced at the PADD. "I couldn't think the whole day about anything else", she admitted.

Leonard placed a kiss on her head, put the PADD away and pulled her closer in his arms. He sighed. "And I also will probably think about anything else during Gamma shift."

She giggled and shifted so she could look at him. "You're going nowhere, Bones. You're staying right here with me... us..."

He smiled at the last word. "A senior medical officer has to be on Gamma shift", he reminded her gently.

Jamie grinned. "And M'Benga will be. It may be a little selfish of me, but I asked Spock to adjust our schedules and M'Benga said it's okay for him to work nights again for a while." She let her left hand wander to his towel. "Which means..." She slowly pushed the fabric away and made her husband gasp by her touch.

Leonard was used to her boldness, but in this moment it took him by surprise. But he turned the tables immediately - he had her suddenly flipped on her back. That earned him a surprised squeak and a seductively moaned "Bones...".

Leonard McCoy set a new record in getting his wife naked.