Andy and Lou arrived back at the house with Murray. He had followed them in his car. They walked into the living room and found Marie still upset. She got up and went to him so relieved to see him.

"Oh, Murray, I've been so worried about you." She said as they hugged

"I'm fine, Honey." He assured her, "But I guess we have a lot of talking to do."

"Murray, there is nothing to talk about. I don't want another baby. I just can't do it." She insisted

Mary was sitting on the couch and stood up, "Listen, we'll just go in the kitchen…"

"Why? You all know everything anyway." Murray said and Mary shrugged and sat back down. He turned back to Marie, "Why can't you understand how important this is to me?"

"I just don't understand why this is so important all of sudden. You've never indicate before you were unhappy that we only have girls." Marie said sadly

"You don't know what it's like for a man to know that his name ends with him." Murray explained, "I mean even Andy understands."

"Oh no, don't drag me into this any more than I already am." Andy said

"What does he mean you understand?" Mary asked him standing up again

Andy sighed, bracing himself, "Nothing, Honey. I was just trying to make him feel better."

"Oh and what exactly did you say to make him feel better?" She crossed her arms over her chest

"He said if he were in my place he might feel the same way." Murray told her

"He did, did he?" She looked at Andy with a look he knew all too well, "So what was all that talk the other night about being lucky if we only have daughters?

"I meant that, Mary. I was just saying I could understand why Murray would want a son. Do you really think I don't want a son? All men do." Andy said honestly

"So if in ten years we only have girls you'd be pressuring me into having another baby, knowing there is no guarantee we'd have a boy?"

Murray realized what he had done, "Mary, don't be angry at him," Murray turned to Marie, "Honey, I think we need to discuss this at home."

"Alright." Marie said, "Mary, thank you. I'm sorry for all of this."

Mary smiled, "It's alright Marie." She said walking them to the door, "We'll talk soon."

Lou sensed he should take his leave as well, "I'll uh, just be going."

"Why?" She asked, "I'm sure you agree with Andy, don't you?"

Lou sighed, "I don't want to get involved in this."

"Neither did we, I thought." Andy said

"Oh, so this is all my fault?" Mary question arching an eyebrow

"That is not what I said." Andy told her, clearly getting exasperated, "You and I decided to be neutral until Marie came over crying her eyes out."

"Uh huh, what about what you told Murray?" She asked again

"I told you I was trying to empathize." He reiterated, "Do you want me to lie and say I wouldn't like to have a son?"

Mary looked at him and thought for a minute, "Well…maybe."

"Mary, far be it from me to get into this but you can't expect a man not to want to have a son." Lou told her, "It's just the way it is."

"Oh really? You have three daughter s, too. Are you saying you don't feel complete without a son?" She asked him pointedly

"Well, truthfully I hadn't thought about it until now but maybe, yeah. Maybe I wish I'd had someone to go to games with, fishing and all that stuff. That doesn't mean I don't love my daughters. Does that make me some kind of horrible human being?"

She looked down nervously, "No," She finally admitted

"Alright then, I'll be going now." Lou told them

"Thanks again for the help with the crib." Mary said

"No problem. Now you two make up already. It's like watching Ken and Barbie having a fight." He said walking to the door

Mary just smirked while Andy stifled a laugh.

"Besides, Charlene and I don't want to be in the middle of a custody fight." He explained referring to his girlfriend, "We like it here." The two couples had been socializing quite regularly. He started to open the door then turned back, "But it really doesn't matter, I'll just go with whoever keeps the beer." He said opening the door

Mary shut the door behind him then walked wordlessly past Andy into the kitchen. He followed her sensing she wasn't quite over this yet. She hadn't been all that moody or hormonal so far but he also sensed that was about to change. She was emptying the dishwasher and he started to help her.

"Here, let me put those up here." He took the plates and put them on the top shelf, "I didn't mean to upset you."

She took out the silverware and walked over to the drawer to put it back, "I'm sure you didn't." She said without looking at him

He came up behind her and put his arms around her, resting his hand on her belly, "You know Lou's right. Think how upset he'll be if there's a custody fight," he joked, "But whoever keeps the beer has to tell him about s-e-x." He joked

Mary smiled and relaxed a little, "I didn't know having a son was that important to you. I just wish you had told me that in the beginning."

He stepped back and leaned against the opposite counter, "Look, why don't we both admit we would like to have a little mini version of ourselves," He suggested, "It really doesn't matter. The gender isn't exactly within our control."

She turned around and faced him, "Yes it is, just ask Ted," She joked referring to Ted's explanation of what makes a baby a boy or a girl, "So, if you want a son, you need to have a talk with your little Y chromosome buddies."

Andy walked over to her and put his arms around her pulling her as close as her baby bump allowed, "Friends?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, "Hmmm," she mumbled when their lips parted, "I was right."

"Right about what?" He asked

"Out of all of my friends, you're definitely the best kisser."

TBC…Murray has an announment