Sherry yawned as her and Claire walked down the seemingly endless hallways of the DSO to get to the terminal.

"Claire, Rebecca wont be able to run any tests in the terminal, she doesn't have any of her normal equipment down there, right?" said Sherry, with the slightest hint of annoyance

Shit, shes right! Claire thought. "Uh.. oh!" Claire suddenly had the perfect idea for it. "Right, Rebecca must of just forgotten, you get to her room and ill go get her!" Claire said, a little more cheerfully than was intended.

Sherry eyed her curiously. "Uh, okay, i'll see you in a few minutes then."

Claire had already jogged off down the hall and as soon as she was sure Sherry had turned to walk off. Claire allowed herself one excited squeal. Shes going to be so excited!

After maybe another 10 minutes of running down stairs and through halls, she came into the terminal, and to her surprise, there were quite a few agents gathered, and as soon as the door to the copter clicked open, the terminal erupted in applause and cheering for Jake as he strode onto the staircase, casually waving towards the group, Claire noticed the sling on his arm and frowned slightly, though her expression turned confused when she saw a small blue bag with a ribbon on it in his free hand.

Jake had actually made quite a good number of friends at the DSO through numerous ways, and when it was announced that he was MIA and presumed dead, most agents were obviously quite upset.

Though now he was back on American soil, safe and sound, mostly. Claire's heart skipped a beat when she saw Jake had caught sight of her. She felt tears in the back of her eyes and didn't attempt to hold them back - she was so overjoyed to see Jake that she didn't allow herself to hide it.

Jake shook hands with most of the people and thanked them all for such a warm round of applause, and when he reached Claire he wrapped his good arm around her and hugged her tight. "Hey Claire, i missed you." he said warmly.

"You missed me?!" she practically yelled, but it was more to attempt to control her tears that were now falling hard. "Geez Claire, whats with the sob fest?" he asked laughing.

Claire punched him on the good arm. "I missed you, you idiot!" Jake smiled, "I can tell." he said sarcastically.

Before she could ask Jake what the cute little bag was about, she caught sight of Leon who she hugged and likewise with her brother Chris. "Good job guys." she said to them, to which they smiled and nodded. "Jake's apart of our little family now, nobody gets left behind." said Leon.

And there it was, possibly the most kind thing he'd heard anyone say about him in a single sentence. Family..

"Jake! I've got a blondie upstairs that doesn't know you're even home, lets go!" Claire yelled. Jake nodded eagerly. "Yeah, lead the way, I'll catch up with you later guys."

Chris smirked, and gently pulled Jill into a hug, and Jill dragged Leon into it too, much to his annoyance, but still smiled. "We understand." said Jill.

They walked back inside the main building and as soon as the double doors were closed, Claire turned to Jake. "She's in Rebecca's office, there's some booster and pregnancy information we need to go over but i'll get Rebecca to pass everything on to you when ever." she smiled, and gave Jake one last hug.

"Thank you Claire, really.. i'll see you tomorrow." he smiled and kissed Claire's head, and just like that, he was running up the stairs and Claire had to laugh, as she had run just as frantically not 10 minutes ago.

As soon as Jake was out of Claire's view, he sprinted up the hall. He couldn't wait to see Sherry's cute face and hear her soft voice, and hold her close and tell her he wasn't ever going anywhere, and he really meant it this time.

Before he knew it, he was standing in front of a newly installed door which read Doctor Chambers. Jake swallowed a lump in his throat. Why do i feel nervous all of a sudden? .. aw, fuck it. and with that, he turned the door knob and pushed the door open.


Sherry sat on the make shift bed that she always lied on for Rebecca, but she felt particularly uncomfortable lying down today, so she just sat up, staring at the various posters around the room, rarely diverting her attention to the many cotton swabs and the few loose pens on Rebecca's desk.

"All i want to do is go home to bed." Sherry whined to herself. Sherry's back was extremely sore, and her stomach slightly ached. Though, today wasn't a bad day, thank god. No, on bad days, the pain would be so intense that Sherry wouldn't be able to talk - let alone get to the DSO for Rebecca to check on her.

For a minute. Sherry contemplated being rather sneaky and raiding Rebecca's desk for a possible lollipop until the temptation got to be too much. Sherry hopped up from the bed and opened up the top drawer on the left-hand side where she always saw Rebecca pull them out to give Sherry a quick dose of sugar, or to have one herself, bit when she opened the drawer, she froze

A file with the name "W. Birkin" was placed in the drawer. Sherry gasped softly and leaned down to pick it up - which was quite painful, when she heard the rattle of the door handle, and quickly shut the drawer and walked towards the bed, staying focused on the bed's plain blue sheets in order to avoid an awkward stare off with Rebecca.

"I-I'm sorry i was-"

"Rebecca's not in, so I'll be your husband for this evening." said Jake from in front of her.

Sherry's eyes bulged and she instantly felt the beating of her heart nearly double in speed.

"J... Jake?" she whispered in disbelief

She slowly turned around to see her husband, with an arm in a sling and a bashful smile, and she was instantly at a lose for words. She stared at his very being with amazement, and wasn't sure what to do, all she wanted to do was cuddle against his chest and cry.

Sherry gasped, Its him, its really him she screamed in her head, and she instantly ran over to her husband and captured him in a tight hug. Jake hissed from the pain that surged through his shoulder, but when he felt Sherry pull away, it hurt him even more. He had been gone for so long that he didn't want to let Sherry go for a second, he wanted them to stay like that forever.

Suddenly, he had a soft sob from Sherry, her head was suddenly buried in his chest, and he felt her shake violently.

"Hey Supergirl." he whispered in her ear, attempting to comfort her, but she just sobbed all the more - though Jake knew it was from relief rather than sadness.

"Oh my god Jake.. you don't know how much I've missed you." Sherry gasped out between sobs, though her words were muffled because she refused to pull her head away from his chest.

Jake simply stroked her hair and smiled. "I missed you so much Misses Muller, god that feels good to say again." he said with a laugh, which Sherry laughed at too. Sherry wiped away her tears and Jake saw her smile for the first time in months, and to hear her laugh was enough to make him want to hold her head against his chest and keep her there, but the pain in his shoulder was too immense.

Jake grunted in pain and Sherry backed off, and stared at his sling. "Wha.. what happened?" Jake shrugged and smirked. "They'll let any old asshole carry a gun these days, lucky shot."

Sherry gasped. "You got shot?" she asked, her words heavy with worry. Jake thought he saw a tear fall from Sherry's eyes and instantly laughed at the very notion of her worry. "Hey hey, relax!"

"Jake i.. i thought you were dead, i had nightmares.. "

Jake bit his lip. "Did you have nightmares while i was gone?"

"Yeah.. "

"Are you tired now?" asked Jake, now the one worried.

Sherry nodded, "Why don't we just go home Jake?" she asked, sounding exhausted. Home..

"Sherry baby, that's all i want to do right now." he said, taking hold of Sherry's hand and kissing it gently. She blushed at the contact and Jake realized i that moment, how stupid he was for thinking he'd ever leave his Supergirl.

Jake had Sherry in his arms the hold time, and for the time time Sherry pulled away from him, and he gasped slightly upon seeing the clear baby bump on Sherry's stomach. "What.. but its only been-"

"Rebecca thinks the G-Virus is speeding up the pregnancy."

Jake bit his lip, feeling slightly nervous. "So uh.. whats the ETA now?"

Sherry shrugged. "Rebecca is still working out a timeline apparently."

Jake nodded and turned towards the door, and felt his foot hit something in the process. Jake looked down to see the blue bag with a bow on it, he'd dropped it upon entering to hold Sherry, thank god i didn't forget it.

"Oh Right, here." Jake said, sheepishly handing over the bag to the curious Sherry. "Hmm? whats this?" she asked taking the bag and reaching inside.

"Just something." Jake said, shrugging. Sherry felt cotton and assumed Jake had bought her perhaps a new shirt or scarf, until she picked it up, and saw it was a plain white onsie for a baby. Sherry blushed deeply and smiled. "Oh Jake, its so cute." Sherry said, trying to stop herself from crying, and this time, actually stopping herself.

"Sherry.. you know, i just wanted to tell you that I'm ready for this - to have a baby with you, and i'm not going anywhere." Jake said, looking very serious. Sherry nodded slowly. "I.. i know you've always been here, you said you'd never leave me, and you never have."

Jake thought for a moment. Should i tell her about what i was planning on doing? she deserves the truth, don't bullshit her, anyone but her.

"Yeah, I've always been here Sherry."

You're a fucking coward.

"Jake?" Sherry asked sweetly, smiling at him, wiping away her tears. Jake gently kissed her forehead and stroked her cheek, rubbing away a tear she missed. "Yeah Supergirl?"

Sherry couldn't help but laugh from pure relief that he was okay, and that they were about to go home. She had wanted to kiss him so badly from the moment he walked in, but missed her chance when she heard the door's handle rattle.

Both Sherry and Jake tensed slightly, but when Rebecca Chambers walked in, they both relaxed.

"Jake?" Rebecca asked in disbelief. Jake simply smirked and nodded towards her. "Hey Rebecca." I guess when ever is now.

"Oh my god you're alive!" Rebecca practically shouted, and ran over and hugged him. Sherry caught sight of how Jake tensed from the pain in his shoulder for the second time in the span of 10 minutes, and could only laugh at how he rolled his eyes and hugged Rebecca back with a smile.

"Hey, i missed you too Rebecca." Jake said, gently patting her on the back. "So whats the status on Sherrbert over there?" Jake laughed at how Sherry scoffed at the name.

Rebecca nodded, "Of course, I've been keeping records of Sherry over the past 2 months and i have some new information for you too." she said, walking over to her desk and sitting, and Sherry and Jake followed suit, sitting at the opposite side, as they'd done about 2 months ago.

"Okay, first thing's first - Sherry is coming along well. For now, shes in the best possible health i can have her in." she said, analyzing a folder and with messily organised papers and a few pictures that Jake couldn't get a good look at.

"She has been sleep deprived which I've been quite worried about, but it shouldn't be a problem for her anymore, nightmares and such." Rebecca said, focusing on the files, though Jake balled his hands into fists. Damn it, I'm sorry Sherry..

"As well as that, Sherry's boosters have changed quite significantly - At the start of her pregnancy, she required weak boosters, which i dubbed BETA-N, but those were found to be useless about 3 weeks into using them, her body seemed to of gotten used to it and eventually became immune against the effects, so i bumped up the dosage with more a kick which seems to be working currently, which I've dubbed ALPHA-N.

I suspect Sherry will need strong boosters as the months progress, so i have 3 more beta serums I've been testing - so when we need them, i'll have it ready."

Jake nodded. Okay so the boosters just need to be updated every few weeks, that's not so bad.

Rebecca opened a drawer and handed Jake a file which had 'S. Birkin; 1-2 M' on the front, and continued on. "I have a schedule laid out for Sherry - though the boosters purpose are to give Sherry energy, there are draw backs."

Jake flipped through the schedule, it just had a bunch of times and different jobs for Jake to do, though Jake raised his head to Rebecca, giving her his full attention. "Sherry has what we're calling 'bad days', where her dosage gives the appearance that it doesn't work, and makes her extremely tired throughout the day, but i can assure you - if you've given her her dosage, she'll be fine."

Jake nodded slowly, taking in her every word. "Do i call you if shes having a bad day?"

"By now, Sherry knows what to expect - if anything is particularly bad on a given day, she'll let you know."

Sherry smiled at Jake and nodded, assuring him that she had that handled.

"Aside from that, i'll ask that you make sure that Sherry skips no meals, and drinks plenty of water; these are extremely important. I'd prefer if she drank no hot tea, but there's a brand of watered down iced tea she likes, so she's allowed to have that.

If I've left anything out, it should be in the file, feel free to take it on home and go over it. Other than that, i think that's all - any questions?"

Jake thought for a moment, but then said, "Yeah, Sherry said something about the pregnancy being sped up.. ?"

Rebecca swiveled in her desk chair and bent down to a bottom shelf behind her desk, and picked out a file, and pulled a single sheet from it, and spread the sheet flat out on the table. The couple leaned in, analyzing it - it seemed to be a messily scribbled timeline for Sherry. On it, there were 2 pictures of Sherry's stomach, and its development over the past 2 months, with sticky notes all over it.

"If the baby keeps developing the way he or she has been, i believe the due date could be late June/early July - though what usually happens is the baby develops rapidly at 3 months, and it slows down, from what i can see from the Umbrella trials anyway, but i honestly can't say for sure."

Jake's eyes searched the room for a calender of some sort, and managed to spot one in the corner. It had a red X on a Monday, and he saw that it was late November. Jake slowly peeled his gaze from the calender back to Rebecca and nodded. "Alright, that sounds fine."

"Oh, and one more thing." said Rebecca, "Given tomorrow isn't a bad day for Sherry, can you two come into the more well-equipped medical bay at the BSAA headquarters around 4? I need to run some more tests on ALPHA-N and i think you might be far along enough for us to listen to the babies heartbeat and even see the little guy if all goes well."

Sherry smiled ever so slightly and nodded. "Of course." she said as nonchalantly as possible, but Jake - and probably Rebecca - could tell she was excited.

"Alright then, i'm sure that's everything i wanted to pass on - feel free to call of course if you want to know anything ever." Rebecca said with a smile, shaking both Jake and Sherry's hands.

"Thanks Rebecca." said Sherry, picking up the blue bag Jake had given here and stood up, and Jake followed suit.

"Its good to have you back Jake, Sherry should be less stressed now, and things should go much smoother." Rebecca said, giving them a slight wave, which Jake nodded at and Sherry waved back.

Jake opened the door for Sherry and she giggled. "My, so polite all of a sudden." she said, walking out and Jake following, gently shutting the door. "All of a sudden? i'm not always an ass."

Sherry turned around and hugged Jake, squeezing him tight. "I've missed your voice." she said with a smile. Jake patted her head and held her hand, urging her to walk with him which she did. "I've missed yours more than you'd believe."

Sherry hummed with a smile and they walk through the long halls of the DSO, hand in hand. smiling like idiots. Jake thought. Aw, who cares.

Jake simply held onto Sherry's hand all the more tighter and was just happy to have her back, beside him, walking out of their work place, to their home. Jake was nearly giddy with the thought of sleeping in his own comfy bed tonight.

I don't care if she'll hate me when the kids born, this is where i need to be. I'm with who needs me.


"The old homestead hasn't changed a bit." Jake thought aloud, walking into his home for the first time in practically 2 months. Everything was how it always was - Clothes messily thrown in the hamper, less dishes piled up in the sink, but still a pile, a stack of novels on the sitting room's coffee table and Teabags messily thrown in the sink.

Though Jake did notice one particular difference - the smell of the apartment. Before Jake had officially moved in with Sherry, he remembered a distinct vanilla like smell that smelled divine, fresh, and welcoming, and gave the place more of a home-y feeling. Though, when Jake moved in, the fresh vanilla smell was forced to change with his own more musky smell of sweat and sometimes cologne - making it a faint vanilla smell with a manly edge to it, if even possible.

Though Jake had to admit, the strong Vanilla scent that hit him when he walked in was welcoming, refreshing, and a cute reminder of times gone by.

"You miss me baby?" Jake yelled to the apartment in an excited voice, which Sherry laughed at. "I think i speak for the apartment when i say; missed you, but not your sweaty work out clothes."

Jake shrugged and smiled. "Marriage means sacrifice Supergirl."

Sherry scoffed. "The sacrifice of hygiene and my sense of smell?"

Jake laughed. "God, its that bad?"

"Yes!" Sherry giggled, gently pushing Jake's chest and shaking her head. "Good to see you're still a wise ass." she said, walking towards their bedroom, and Jake followed.

Pushing the door opened, Jake saw the room was quite dark. He guessed Sherry had the curtains closed because she was sleeping. The room was also quite messy, and the bed wasn't made. Jake chuckled at how messy it was, compared to how neat and tidy Sherry always was.

Sherry glared at him, "I've been exhausted, i don't have the energy to clean!"

Jake simply nodded and picked up clothes around the room, "Guess that's my responsibility now then?"

Sherry shrugged, "Maybe sometimes? when i'm too tired to manage it, it'd be nice to have help." she mumbled, taking the clothes from Jake and walking them out to the small wash room and sorting them in the hamper.

Jake leaned against the door frame in the washroom and nodded again. "I can do that, yeah." he said, handing her some wash powder and detergent hesitantly, mainly because he wasn't fully sure what exactly she needed.

"Thanks." she said, taking the 2 items and placing them on the shelf over the washing machine, and loading it up. Jake was watching her work very closely, because he knew it was only a matter of time before he had to do this.

"Why don't you just throw everything in there?" asked Jake, seeing how Sherry separated white clothes from colours.

Sherry giggled. "Cause if you throw them all in, colours will run." Jake shrugged, "Alright." honestly not very sure what that meant.

Sherry yawned, and slowly closed the door to the washing machine and looking up at the clock that hung on the wall in the washroom, and then leaned over the washing machine and stretched. Jake gently rubbed her back and kisses her cheek. "Go sleep, i'll finish this and make you something to eat, okay?"

Sherry smiled and kissed him on the lips. "I'd love that." she said, standing upright. "The clothes should be done in less than an hour, I've set a timer so just take them out and put them into the dryer for about 30 minutes, okay?"

"Take 'em out when i hear the beep, then put 'em into the dryer - easy." he said with a smirk.

Sherry giggled. "I can't wait to see how you manage to mess it up."

Jake frowned at her. "I won't, I'm not that much of an idiot."

Sherry gently patted him on the chest and walked into their kitchen and gave a small wave, "Good luck!" she said, before walking to their bedroom.

So, nearly an hour of free time, time to catch up on tv and make dinner. Jake walked back into the kitchen and turned on the tv, to see it was on CNN, he saw the word 'Bio-terrorism' and instantly scoffed, at this point he was sick of anything to do with bio-terrorism. Usually, he'd be quite interested in learning how the story was going, who was suspected, and where it was, but today he could honestly care less.

He changed the channel to a comedy channel he always watched, and searched the fridge for some ingredients. Something he missed sorely when he left was steak, and hoped to god they had some. Jake frowned when he saw none left in the fridge, and figured there would be a frozen solid steak or 2 in the freezer, and sighed. Guess i'll have something else.

What Jake found in the fridge though was some left out minced beef and smirked. If he couldn't have Steak, Spaghetti Bolognese would suffice. Both Sherry and him liked it, so why not?

In all honesty, Jake wasn't fully sure how he'd make the sauce for the bolognese, Sherry made fantastic sauce and whenever they made Bolognese, that was Sherry's job - while Jake's job was to chop vegetables and cook the spaghetti.

Though, to Jake's surprise, as he rooted through the fridge, he found a jar of sauce. That'll do. he thought, picking it up and placing it on the counter. Jake filled a bowl with water, drizzled oil on a wok and finished chopping vegetables when he heard a soft "Jake." from their bedroom.

Jake walked down the hall and gently opened the door, "Yeah?" Sherry yawned and whispered, "Can i have a drink of water." Jake nodded and walked up the hall into their kitchen and filled a glass of water, and seeing his opportunity, put the mince on the heated walked and lazily tossed some pasta into the boiling water beside it, and walked back down the hall with the water.

"Whats that noise from the kitchen?" Sherry asked, sounding very tired. "Making Bolognese, that alright?" Sherry lazily nodded and sat up to take the water from Jake, and took a small slip. "Feeling okay?" Jake whispered, trying to be as quiet for Sherry as possible.

"I think i was more tired than i thought." she said, placing the water on her bedside table and collapsing on her pillow again. Jake tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear and kissed her nose. "Its alright, just sleep, I've got it all under control."

Sherry smiled slightly and pulled the covers up, "I'm so happy you're home." she whispered before falling asleep with a smile on her face. Jake smirked and stood up, pulling a second lighter blanket from under the bed and placing it over her duvet.

After a few minutes of gently stroking her hair, he smelt something burning, and was very confused. What the hell is that? he thought, walking out to the kitchen.

His eyes widened upon seeing the mince on the wok was nearly black at the bottom. "Shit." he hissed, picking up a wooden spoon and tossing the mince on the wok vigorously, attempting to mix in the burnt mince with the more evenly cooked mince, and pouring a little more sauce than was intended over it, mixing it all in together. Jake nearly screamed upon realizing he had forgotten all of the vegetables, and threw them in over the sauce, and kept stirring.

The mixture still had a way to go and the spaghetti was nearly done, so Jake just kept tossing and turning the mince mixture. Suddenly, Jake heard a soft beep from the washroom and dropped the wooden spoon on the counter to fetch the clothes.

"Okay so just put all this shit into the dryer, easy." he said confidently. He opened the door to the washing machine and to his surprise, all the clothes and water flew out onto the floor. "Shit shit shit!" he cursed, mentally slapping himself for not allowing the machine to drain off the water. Jake just picked up the soaking clothes and stuffed them into the dryer, and was in awe of all the settings on the machine

"Okay so.. 30 minutes?" he said hesitantly, turning the dial to 40 minutes, and smelt the familiar burning smell again. "Oh for.. " he nearly yelled, but stopped himself so Sherry wouldn't realize he was, in fact, messing up.

Jake ignored the huge puddle of water that was now covering the small washrooms floor and ran out to take the burning mince off the stove and placed it on a cloth on the counter. He noticed the spaghetti was done, and sighed. At least the spaghetti is perfectly cooked.

Jake shut the door to the washroom in the hopes that it would hide the mess, long enough for the 2 to eat dinner, and for Sherry to hopefully either return to bed, or take a bath, and give time to Jake to clean up the mess. Jake put salt and pepper on the table, and placed 2 plates on the table, and filled 2 glasses of water. Maybe if he set the table, and made it look as good as possible, that would overwrite the burnt dinner?

Jake was draining the pasta when he felt 2 arms wrap around him and a warm kiss placed on his upper back, Jake always smiled when he felt her kiss him there because it reminded him just how short she was.

"Smells.. burnt." Sherry said, laughing. Jake placed a portion of spaghetti on both plates and shook his head. "On my mission, we were served burnt spaghetti, i guess i warmed to the taste." he said. What a lie.

"I can't say i love burnt food." she said with a giggle, and spread some bolognese over the 2 plates. Jake picked up the 2 plates and Sherry came over with a 2 forks and knives.

Jake shrugged and picked up his fork, "Bon appetité."

Sherry laughed and wrapped some spaghetti around her fork and picked up some bolognese, and hesitantly placed it in her mouth. To her surprise, the burnt mince actually gave the sauce a nice edge which Sherry loved. "Wow, this isn't half bad." said Sherry, eating it with a smile on her face. Jake smiled triumphantly and took his first bite, and cringed at the taste. God, it tastes like charcoal and vegetables.

"Yeah, not bad huh?" he said, trying to hide his disgusted face. "Not bad." Sherry agreed.

"See? i didn't mess up." Jake boasted, but caught Sherry's shocked face looking passed him. "What the hell.. ?" she whispered, looking passed him. Jake turned around to see she was looking at the washrooms closed door, and saw that the water was leaked out under the door.

Jake cringed, and heard Sherry jump out of her chair and open the door, to see the floor completely covered in water. Sherry groaned. "Jake!" she whined, stepping into the soaked washroom. "Jake, the carpets completely soaked!" she said, picking up a drenched blue carpet that was in front of the washing machine.

Jake gritted his teeth. "I was gonna clean it up." he mumbled.

Sherry sighed and shook her head, and to his surprise, he saw her laugh. "I made that mistake too my first time - i opened the door before the water drained out." she said, looking at him with a bemused expression.

Jake was surprised she wasn't shouting at him - not that she usually did, but if she did Jake would fully understand. "So.. you're not mad?"

"Mistakes teach us better than anything, now you know for next time." she said with a sigh, and walked to the bathroom and pulled out a mop.

Jake jumped up and took it from her, "Relax, i got it."

Sherry laughed, "Just don't mess it up!" she said with a yawn and stretching.

"Hey, give me some credit." he said, sounding quite wounded by Sherry's laughing.

Sherry simply hugged him as he filled a bucket of water. "Yeah, i'm definitely glad you're back, wise ass."

Jake scoffed and rolled his eyes smiling. "I'm glad to be back." he said, his tone heavy with sarcasm.

Though, they both knew that there words were 100% sincere.


Sorry this chapter took so long to get out, i finished my exams Thursday and I've been working on this ever since! i wanted to make this chapter i bit longer so i could kind of get the reunion finished a long with a little extra hehe! next we have Sherry and Jake's first official doctors visit to check on the babies progress, that'll be fun to write~ Jake also has a bit of a surprise planned for after, so i can't wait to write that!

Hope you liked this chapter, thanks for reading! and review if you have time and feel the chapter is worth it ;v;