Merry Christmas too all those who celebrate, hope Santa brought every thing you wanted.

4 years later

Ricks prov

I feel the bed move and Kate slipping in to bed, I turn and pull her into a hug, arm falling over her swollen stomach where a new life grows.

It gets me every time how far we come since our first kiss, I'm now a member of her team, her mother's killer behind bars, I've based a whole series of books on her called Niki Heat she wasn't very happy at first over the name and her life being put out there but she came around after she read the first book.

we've been married for 3 years now.

The first year of dating was a roller coaster, I stupidly looked in to her mom's case and found something when I told her it took 3 days of grovelling to get her back and forgive me. Then when I was messing around in the precinct with Espo and Ryan I smashed the elephant's statue that her mom gave her, and get this it only contained a tape of her mom's killer of who conducted the whole thing, with-in a mouth Bracken was behind bars and the killer was unfortunately killed thanks to my stupid self.

Within year of dating I finally asked her to marry me.

Now here we are lying in bed with a new life growing inside the love of my life, Yes, the love of my life took a failed marriage to find her.

I hear her groan and she gets up runs to the bathroom, 2 mouths to go until the birth and she's been back and forth for pee's more than a dog marking its territory. I chuckle.

"I can hear you, you know?"

I chuckle more

"Your child loves playing football with my bladder" As she walks back into the bedroom and slipping back under the covers, and putting her head on my chest.

"My child? In there…." Putting my hand on her stomach "We are whole she's half you and half me"

"Yeah and your half is the one kicking my bladder"

"Okay then" Chuckling and kissing the top of her head before turning on my side towards her and traveling down, I kiss her stomach.

"Mommy's gotta sleep tonight-so how about we make a deal, you stop kicking her bladder or any of her, and I fill you up with chocolate tomorrow" I get a clip on the head.

"You trying to make me fat" I look up and smile.

She been craving chocolate since the first week of her pregnancy, I see two feet press up, I spray my hand over the area and feel two kicks "I guess that's no deal" I chuckle "You really have to help me out here, Mommy blames me for this, she doesn't realize you're half her too" The kicking stops, I look up to Kate, and she has a shocked face, I laugh "Even she agrees, or he"

Kate laughs, she puts a hand under my chin and pulls me up to her lips, she kisses me tenderly and rest her forehead against mine with a smile she says:

"Love you"

"Love you too"

"Daddy! Mommy!"

Yeah, Alexis started calling Kate mom now, since Meredith let her down on her birthday she realized Kate is way better, and I'm not arguing with her logic, Kate was right there to support her, well us really, I was quite angry with Meredith after that.

"Hey bab-"Kate didn't get time to answer before she jumped on the bed with us being careful around Kate's stomach.

"Come on, It's Christmas Santa brought presents!"

We laugh and move with her while she rumbles on about presents, Santa and snow. I snag Kate's arm and pull her to a stop turning her towards me before entering the den though the office.

"We make a whole, you, me, Alexis and baby, we make a whole"

Sealing it with a kiss.

The End.

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Gem, over and out :)