A/N: Wow, thanks for the reviews. I got a few reviews pretty fast, so here's a new chapter already! Don't forget to check out Meitantei Hogwarts, if you haven't already. ^^

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One Night

Chapter 7: Time

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After that night, Rachel had been very happy. She got to be with Jimmy as himself once more, even if only for a day. He had gone back to Agasa's house before the antidote wore off, not wanting her to see him go through that pain. When he came back as Conan, he remembered seeing the frown of disappointment on her face, but he had told her that it would only work for 24 hours.

A few months had gone by since then, and Rachel was starting to show. A bump in her stomach was clearly visible, no matter what she wore to try and hide it. It was getting larger too, and it made Conan smile everytime he saw her.

He hadn't taken the antidote since. He wanted to take it next when the baby was born, so that he could actually be a father to it on the day it was born.

He had done all the other baby stuff with her as Conan though. He went to the store with her to buy baby clothes; watched her eat the strange foods that came with pregnancy cravings; watched the sonogram and looked at the pictures (she demanded Conan be in there, much to everyone's surprise); listened to her stomach when the baby first kicked; tried talking to the baby in her stomach, and quite a few more things. The two were growing even closer through all of this, even with him being Conan. It was noticeable to everyone now who looked at them. But Jimmy's secret wasn't known to anyone else but Rachel, and the people who already knew him of course. To anyone it would just look like a big brother and sister bond.

"Conan?" Rachel called as she walked into the living room. She felt weird calling him that when she knew his identity, but she had to because she had to keep it a secret.

She found him asleep on the couch with the remote just about to fall from his hand, his glasses just about to fall from his nose. Smiling fondly, she walked over to him, and knelt down, removing his glasses. Her eyes widened at seeing how much she looked like Jimmy without them on, but then they softened once more.

Conan shifted slightly in his sleep, and Rachel carefully picked him up, trying not to wake him in the process. She sat down on the couch herself, placing Conan's head in her lap gently. She began to fondly stroke his hair as she leaned back in the couch, closing her own eyes.

This was the position Richard found them in when he walked in a few hours later.

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It was almost time. Conan was waiting in anticipation. Their baby would be born any day now. But the strange thing was, she was pretty big.

Being so big didn't keep Rachel down, however. Her moods were changing every time he turned around, so Conan had to be very careful about what he said. She could go from flaming mad to quite upset in a matter of seconds now.

Conan could be spotted sitting on the couch, munching on a candybar with Rachel not too far away from him. He glanced at her every now and then, she had been silent for the last while. The kicking of the baby was getting to be irritating, her back was killing her, and she could barely move without wobbling. She even almost fell one time.

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Richard was getting mad. While Rachel went through all this pregnancy stuff, where was that idiot Kudo? He should be here, not getting himself involved in other cases! Did he even know she was pregnant? Of course he did, Rachel said so, but he didn't even call anymore. That made Richard think something was up. It was almost like she was using Conan as a replacement for Jimmy or...

No.

That wasn't possible...was it?

The way Rachel had demanded to let him see the sonogram even though he was just a kid, the way they were so close (he even rested his head on her stomach a few times!), but...

It was impossible. The very thought of it was.

Right?

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Rachel winced slightly. She was starting to feel a pain, different than the rest. It was in her stomach. But it vanished just as quickly as it had come.

"Are you alright?" Conan asked, startling her. Being the observant child-in-a-teen-body that he was, he probably noticed her wince.

"I...I'm fine," she paused when another pain came, not wanting to worry him. She was starting to get scared a bit, was it time already?

Conan's eyes narrowed suspiciously, and it was clear he didn't believe him. She sighed. "Okay...I think... I think its time."

"What?!" Conan exclaimed, almost falling off the couch in surprise. He hadn't expected that.

"Just...get dad! Do something!" Rachel exclaimed, and he nodded, rushing out the door towards Richard's office.

"Richard, Richard!" he called. For once, the man was sober, but of course, he was asleep.

"Wassit...?" Richard yawned and stared sleepily at a rather panicked looking Conan.

"She's having the baby!"

"Wha?! Now?!" Richard jumped up from the chair, and ran into the living room. Conan followed him but only to the door, looking once before rushing off. He had to get that formula, and fast!

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"Come on, doc!" Conan said as he paced around, biting his lip. "I'm gonna be a father in less than twenty-four hours!"

"I'm sorry, my boy, I'm just about done,'' Agasa said as he continued to work on an antidote.

Conan sighed and continued to pace. His heart was pounding, chest filled with excitement. He was going to a father! He and Rachel were about to have a baby!

"Here," Agasa handed him a small vial. Conan quickly took it, swallowed its contents without even looking, and immediately dropped the vial, hearing it shatter into pieces as the pain started.

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"Come on, Rachel, we have to go!" Richard said, trying to get his daughter into the car. But she refused.

"No! I'm not going without Conan!" she protested.

"I don't know where that brat is, but he's not here, and we have to go!" he exclaimed, sighing. "We can't wait any longer.

Tears started to form in her eyes. She didn't..she didn't want to do this without Jimmy, but she had no other choice. She eventually got into the car with her father, and took off to the hospital.

Jimmy....

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Jimmy got a taxi to the hospital since it was pretty far away from Agasa's place. He sat in the back of the cab quietly, biting on his lower lip, nearly twitching with excitement.

Come on, come on...

When the cab finally stopped at the hospital, he quickly paid and got out, rushing inside. A startled nurse looked up at him.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

"Is there a Miss Rachel Moore in the pregnancy ward?" Jimmy asked quickly, a bit out of breath. The nurse looked through some papers and nodded. "Ah, yes! Second floor, room 5."

"Thanks!" he exclaimed before immediately taking off into a run.

He took the stairs instead of an elevator, after all it was only one floor and the stairs would be faster. When he finally noticed room 5 he spotted Richard talking with the nurse. Trying to catch his breath, he walked over.

"You! Where the hell have you been?!" Richard exclaimed angrily, just about ready to punch (or worse) Jimmy, when a small scream alerted them both.

"Rachel!" He exclaimed, rushing into the room. Two nurses surrounded her, she was holding her stomach, wincing in pain. Her eyes widened when she noticed it was Jimmy standing there, not Conan.

"J-Jimmy..." she whispered, tears starting to form in her eyes. He smiled softly, standing beside her bed, and gently took hold of one of her hands.

"It's alright, I'm here, and everything's going to be fine."

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A/N: Longest chapter yet, pretty sure! A lot of jumping around, and I left you at a cliffhanger, but I still hope you enjoyed! It won't be much longer by the way, at least ten chapters.