Chapter 6

Abby and Connor became closer than ever in the next week, they were so in love anyone could see that, they spent the whole time together, often out walking together in the park until Abby began to tire which she did very quickly now, then they would curl up and stay together, Philip continued to call and try and get Connor in but after the third time, Connor didn't pick up his calls any more, which pleased Abby.

One of their team members usually came over each night just to say hi and tell them about their day, Abby liked hearing about their adventures as she knew that field work was over for her now.

She booked an appointment with her doctor for Friday lunchtime, both she and Connor were extremely nervous about this, but they tried to hide it, Friday morning found them curled up in bed Abby lying in Connor's arms across his chest listening to his heart beat rhythmically, she sighed as she snuggled in, he tightened his grip on her and kissed the top of her head "are you nervous" she asked him, raising her head to look at him, he smiled "yeah a bit" he admitted "but I am excited too" she grinned happily "me too" she said making him grin, "do you want to find out" he asked "whether it is a boy or a girl I mean, because I don't mind waiting and having a surprise if that is what you want" Abby thought for a minute "lets have a surprise" she decided looking at him, he nodded "sounds good" he said.

She smiled "what do you want" she asked "girl or boy" he thought for a minute "I really don't mind" he said "but if I was given the choice I would probably say a girl" Abby smiled at him and raised her eyebrows "really" she mused "why a girl" he grinned "because I want to be a daddy who can spoil his little girl and protect her, and I want her to look like you" she grinned "ha I want her to look like you" she said kissing him, making him smile, she looked at the clock "come on" she said "time to get up and eat", he groaned as she sat up and then tugged her back down "just a little longer" he pleaded making her laugh "no" she said giving a pout "baby's hungry" that made him sit up and swing himself up and out of bed, making her laugh again as he said "well if baby is hungry then we had better get up".

They cooked together and ate together before Connor grabbed her and tugged her back into their room and back into bed, soon they were running late for their appointment and they ended up sprinting into the clinic waiting room giggling as they did so, lucky for them the clinic was running behind time so they had to wait.

XOXOXO

Abby watched Connor pace back and forth "Connor sit down" she said eventually "your making me dizzy" he sighed and slumped into the seat next to her "sorry" he sighed "it's just being here in a baby doctor's office makes it all seem more real, don't you think" Abby took his hand "wait till you see the sonogram ay before you say that" he smiled at her lovingly "then I really will be a father" he said suddenly looking worried "I am not ready to be a father Abby" "hey" she said firmly "remember what you said this morning about spoiling the child and protecting her, tells me that you love the baby, and the fact that you are worrying about it tells me you are going to be a great father if you have thought about what you could do wrong"

He still looked worried so she took his chin and made him look her in the eyes "you will be a brilliant daddy Connor, I believe that you will be, and we will raise this child together, bring up our family together, I love you Connor and I trust you" he smiled at her and then kissed her passionately "thanks Abby" he whispered "I love you too" she smiled and rested her head on his shoulder and remained like that until her name was called, she stood up and looked at Connor nervously as he too rose, he took her hand and squeezed it tightly and together they moved into the examination room.

Abby swallowed hard as she sat in the chair waiting for the doctor to come and examine her, Connor stood next to her smiling reassuringly at her, a young doctor came in and smiled at them as he shook their hands and introduced himself, Abby smiled as she shook his hand, Connor shook his hand too and they introduced themselves, he nodded and then had Abby lift her shirt up so that he could squirt the cold bluish gel onto her stomach, her eyes widened as it first hit her skin and then she relaxed slightly but retained her tight grip on Connor's hand, slowly he traced the probe over her stomach and they all looked at the screen, slowly a flickering image came into sight and Abby heard Connor gasp in surprise but she didn't look at him, she was to focused on the screen.

She stared at the grainy picture of her child, Connors child, their child in delight, in the centre of the screen there was a tiny lighter area, she was only 9 weeks, but Abby could almost swear she could see tiny little feet and a head and even arms, their doctor smiled "well you baby looks very healthy, give me a second" he fiddled with the monitor and then suddenly a thumping sound filled the room "Abby smiled in delight her eyes filling with tears, she looked at Connor and saw that he did have tears trickling down his cheeks, "well you baby certainly has a very strong heartbeat" the doctor mused "very strong in fact, one of the strongest I have ever heard" Abby smiled "they would have" she murmured quietly, she glanced at Connor again and then smiled again as she saw him watching the screen, he glanced at her and then kissed her again "oh Abby" he breathed into her hair "they're perfect" she smiled and hugged him tightly.

They answered all of the doctor's questions and waited whilst he printed out a handful of photos for them, Connor gazed at their child in amazement, Abby was right now it was real, he had seen his child, he did definitely feel like a father now.

XOXOXO

Connor drove them to the ARC as after they had come out and Abby had checked her phone they found a message from Jess saying that they had better come see her at the ARC as soon as they got out otherwise there would be consequences and since she had a whole menagerie of creatures at hand they decided to pay her a visit, they went in ignoring the stares from everyone, after all the last they had seen of them was Connor carrying a sick and shivering Abby out. Abby smiled at their surprise, no one saw what she saw in Connor, but she saw past his goofy geeky outside and saw the warm loving, caring man he was inside.

Jess was at her computers talking to Matt over the ear wigs, "so your coming back now right, okay pick me up some chocolate please Matt" Abby smiled and then placed a bar of chocolate next to the young field coordinator making her leap "that was fast" she said and then turned "Abby" she cried leaping up "oh my gosh how was it, did you find out if it is a boy or a girl, are they ok, when are you due" "Jess" they both laughed "breathe ok" she took a few deep breaths and then eyed them "and" she demanded, they told her all they knew and soon she was smiling "a'ww that is so cute that you want a surprise" they showed her a photo making her grin widen.

Matt and the team came in just then, well it was just him and Becker now but they had a group of soldiers with them, they smiled and headed over to say hi to their other team mates, "hmm" Becker said eyeing the photo "looks like you Abby, pheww" everyone except Connor laughed and Abby hugged him tightly, Lester came out just then to see what the racket was all about "ah" he said "and what brings you two back then" Abby smiled at him "Jess said if we didn't stop by after our doctors appointment there would be consequences" he raised his eyebrows "and I guess there is good news if you are all smiling" his eyes widened "oh please don't tell me there are two" Connor grinned "one short there Lester there are three" everyone roared with laughter at his face as Abby assured him there was just one, she showed him the photo and everyone stared in amazement as the tiniest smile cracked onto his face at the sight of the picture "hmm" he said "well good luck with Connor's child Abby, I think we can safely say peace off for you" Abby grinned at him.

They stayed until they heard that Philip had just arrived and then they were quickly hustled out as they both looked ready to kill him, he had hurt Abby and he would just try to rope Connor into working. They went home and lay in bed gazing at the picture of their baby happily, eventually Abby drifted off to sleep, cradled in Connor's arms, he watched her sleep for a bit before propping the photo up against the lamp where they could both see it and then hugged her one hand placed once again over her stomach, he could now almost imagine the feel of the baby under his hand he smiled and then whispered

"I love you little one, I wont let you down, I will be a good father to you I promise"

And then content with his promise he drifted off to sleep his family wrapped in his arms.

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