Author's Note: Forgive me for the shortness of this chapter. I'm really excited about the next two coming chapters, so this one was more like a transition from rebuilding their relationship to looking towards the future.

Reviews and suggestions are always greatly appreciated

The holidays were over just as soon as they'd begun. Saying goodbye to Tony's family was always hard, but they promised to keep in better touch this time.

Two weeks had already gone by. Their new house was all set up, ready to have fresh memories made in it. Tony and Michelle's love grew stronger every day, making sure they communicated about everything from their new job to dishwashing soap.

Once they got back it was pretty much straight to work. They set up an office from home and started building a list of clients, several of them being old friends from CTU and Division.

"Hey Tony" she yelled from the computer, where she was working on finishing up a security proposal for two of their new clients.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"We have a meeting tomorrow at 11:00 with Frank and Amanda; they want to look over our proposal. Is that alright?" she asked.

He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her neck.

"Yeah babe that's ok, I'll just have to shift around our presentation but it should work out fine."

He couldn't help but sneak a few kisses on her exposed shoulder, one of the many benefits of working at home.

"Chelle, how about we call it a night, you've been working for 10 hours straight and I think dinner is calling" he said whilst massaging her neck and shoulders.

"Oh, you're right; we can put the finishing touches on this tomorrow." He dragged her out of the chair and into the kitchen. Not that she was allowed to do anything in there, just that Tony enjoyed the company of his wife while cooking.

"Alright honey dinner is ready." Tony had made his famous chicken alfredo, Michelle's favorite food.

"You want to eat this on the couch while we watch a movie?" she asked, really just in the mood to snuggle up with him.

"Sounds like a great idea."

They ate their dinner, taking the time to just talk about nothing. They had been working so hard lately it was hard to catch a breath, but they made sure to find the time to stay in synch.

Somehow during the course of the movie Michelle ended up pinned down, mercilessly being tickled by Tony and begging for him to stop. Finally he released her, but ended up on the ground himself with Michelle blowing on his belly.

The rest of the night continued that way, husband and wife enjoying life together. That was until about 3a.m., when unknowing to them, their lives would change forever.

They went to bed around ten, curling up together and enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking. Around 2:30 Tony had woken up to some strange noises from the bathroom. He put his discarded boxers on and went in search of the noise. His thoughts went back to CTU, when a bump in the night could mean fighting for your life.

He entered in slowly and there was his Michelle, hunched over the toilet, sweat pouring down her face, looking as though death had taken over.

"Sweetheart what's wrong?" he asked, more than a little concerned.

"It's nothing, probably the flu or something." Though inside something didn't feel right to her, but she didn't want to alarm Tony.

"Hold on honey." He walked back into the bedroom and returned with a pillow and a quilt.

He gently laid her down on the pillow, him following after, and threw the blanket over them. He stroked her hair and whispered gently endearments, helping her up anytime she felt sick again. Once he thought she had fallen asleep for good, he let himself close his eyes and do the same.

"Tony wake up" he heard a voice say some hours later.

"Hey baby, how are you feeling" he said, bringing his hand up to feel her forehead.

"Actually I feel fine know, it must have been something I ate. Come on, we have to get ready for our meetings" she said, as if nothing had happened.

"What? Oh no, you're staying in bed today. I thought you were going to die last night."

"Honey really I feel fine." He knew he couldn't win over her strength and stubbornness.

"How about this, I'll go do the presentation and you do the proposal, that way you'll be at home, and if you feel sick you can just lie down."

To his relief she agreed. Her clients came around noon, everything went smoothly and they were quite impressed with their work. Michelle hadn't felt sick all day, though it still perplexed her what made her so awful, Tony ate the same dinner and he was fine. She racked her brain until suddenly it hit. Fatigue, sickness, a week overdue for her period, could it be? Was she?

Not having anymore clients for the day she drove to the store for a test, wanting to be 100 sure before she started freaking out. She got home and practically ran into the bathroom; the test only took a minute. So many emotions were running through her in those last 5 seconds. The timer went off, she looked.

Two pink lines, two very distinct pink lines. She thought she might cry, the thought that it was really happening. She was pregnant.

"Michelle, I'm home. I brought us some lunch is you're feeling alright." She could hear his voice but was still trapped in disbelief.

"Honey" he said whilst walking into the bathroom. "Are you feeling sick again?"

All she could do was hold up the test, nod her head yes, and wait for a reaction.

Tony was in shock to say the least, he felt his chest constrict with love and joy over this moment. He grabbed her and twirled her around in his arms. Both cried out of happiness, their dream of having family was finally happening, and nothing could ruin it.

"Oh god Chelle…this is…Wait, what am I doing? You need to be sitting down, or lying down…I need to sit down." Michelle just laughed at his overwhelming excitement.

She gently placed his hand over her stomach.

"We're having a baby!"