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October 31st

There were whales that were smaller than me. And I was only twenty-one weeks along. I had embraced my baby bump today though. I was dressed as Jeannie and my bare belly protruded proudly from my harem outfit. Ranger and Julie weren't getting in until the late night flight and I had plenty of time to get out of my outfit and change into something else before they arrive. Ranger still didn't know.

The madness over my pregnancy had died down in the past few weeks and everything seemed to be getting back to normal. I'd convinced my mom that Joe and I weren't getting married and the Merry Men had stopped threatening him with bodily harm. My morning sickness had vanished and I was damn good at running Rangeman. All and all life was looking up. Except for the ball of dread that was sitting in the middle of my stomach right now.

There was a knock on my door and I sighed. I'd asked Bobby to leave me alone ten time today. I pulled myself up and waddled over. I pulled the door open and found myself face to face with a very grown up looking Julie. Her eyes immediately went to my stomach and her mouth opened, "Holy shit."

"Julie don't swear," I heard Ranger say a second before he rounded the corner. "Oh holy fuck." He stared at me for a second and I gave him a little finger wave. "Julie. Go wait with the guys." He said and walked into my office, making me back up slowly. He shut and locked the door behind him. He crossed his arms, "Babe," was all he said before turning around and walking out.

I stormed after him, "CARLOS MANOSO DON'T YOU BABE ME AND WALK AWAY!" I yelled after him. I walked as fast as my legs would carry me and made it to the elevator just in time. "It's none of your business you know!" I said and poked Ranger in the chest, "what right do you have to be mad at me?" I asked angrily. When he didn't answer I poked him again, "That's right! None! You have no right!" Okay. So he did. But he didn't know he did.

Ranger pushed a button and the elevator stopped. "You look cute when you waddle." I folded my arms and stared at him expectantly until he sighed, "I'm trying to figure out if I should kill Morelli or not."

I thought about it for a second and then shook my head, "No, this is not his fault. We're working it out," I told him. I pushed the button to five again and the elevator started moving back down, "You forgot something." The doors opened and Julie was standing there with her arms crossed.

"About time!" She got on and I gave her a hug.

"Wow you've grown a lot!" I said. She was a good foot taller than when I'd last seen her, almost as tall as I was, and she looked more like a woman than the girl I remembered. Her hair was dark and long and it was easy to see Ranger in her features. Poor Ranger was gonna be busy keeping boys away from her.

Julie gave me a half smile and reached out to touch my stomach, "So have you." She paused before touching and looked up for permission, I nodded and she rubbed my stomach gently. The baby kicked and she looked up, "WHOA! Dad! Feel this! She grabbed Ranger's hand and pressed it to my belly. The baby moved around and did a flip. Ranger jerked back and then put both his hands on my stomach. I closed my eyes and savored the feeling of his hands on my body, the smell of him washing over me. I moved closer until my tummy bumped against him. I heard a throat being cleared. Oh yeah. Julie. Right. Crap. What was wrong with me? It must be the hormones.

The doors opened and we were on seven. Ranger's hand had moved to my belly to my back and he ushered me off with them. "Julie we'll turn my office into a room for you, for the next few days we'll work something out…" Ranger said.

I giggled, "Julie why don't you go check it out, first door on the left down that hall," I said and pointed her into the right direction before turning to Ranger. "Don't be mad…I hope I didn't over step." I heard Julie's squeal and Ranger raised an eyebrow and walked towards the room. He stopped in the doorway and stared.

I'd gotten a beautiful big white sleigh bed and matching furniture for the room. The walls were painted a lime green and teal blue. There were splashes of tangerine, hot pink and purple. "I hope you like it," I said and Julie hugged me so tight I thought she might squish me.

"It's perfect! Thank you so much!" Her eyes landed on a picture on the bedside table. I had found it in Rangers closet in a box of pictures. It was a snap shot of Rachael on a beach, her stomach jutted out; looking like it was threatening to topple her over. I saw tears form and started to apologize but Julie just hugged me tighter. "Everything is perfect. Thank you Stephanie." She was subdued now but still smiling.

I tugged Ranger out the door to give her some privacy, "I hope that it was okay for me to do that…" I said and suddenly Ranger was kissing me. My stomach was pressed firmly against his and I sighed into his mouth.

I moaned when he stopped. "Steph I haven't been able to make her smile since I got to Miami, she sees you and within minutes is smiling and cracking jokes. You're amazing."

I laughed lightly, "Well I needed practice, I'm going to have to decorate my own house." I said with a smile.

Ranger frowned at me, "Why would you move?" He asked.

I stared for a second, "Uh…well, I love the apartment but it's way too small for me and him." I said and rubbed my belly.

"Him?" Ranger asked and the shook his head, "You're distracting me. No one else ever uses the apartments anymore. We can remodel. Make it all one big unit like this," He said with a big grin. I'd never really seen Ranger as a power tool type of guy but the thought of a remodel had him looking positively giddy. "In fact, I think we'll redo four and six, move you to six and Ella and Louis to four…" Ranger said with a far off look in his eyes.

What had I done? We'll I'd managed to get myself a much bigger apartment with no effort. Huh. I was good.

The END! Haha JK. Unless ya'll are skimpy with the reviews...