I planned on having this up earlier, but my hard drive broke. Fortunately I was able to get a new one quickly.
Enjoy this chapter. Its short but the next one will be longer. Hopefully the next chapter of Time Will Tell will be up sometime this week.It had been three weeks since the baby shower and Hailey, at twenty seven weeks was now stuck working in the lab for the remainder of her pregnancy. The one good thing about this is that she got to spend a lot of time with Adam.
The nursery was now complete, thanks to all the gifts from the baby shower, and they finally picked out a name. Flack and Hailey decided on Kailyn Molly Rose Flack (Molly was the name of Hailey's favorite doll that was given to her as a child; Rose is Flack's mothers middle name as well as Hailey's grandmother). He was surprised when she told him she wanted the baby to have his last name. When he asked her why, she simply replied "You're her father". He smiled at that, excited that in just two and a half months he was going to meet his baby girl, something Hailey couldn't wait for either. Their conversations at home were either about the baby or work; they steered clear of one subject: their relationship.
Today, Hailey is currently on her lunch break. Deciding that she didn't want anything from the cafeteria at work, she went across the street to a deli. Her lunch consisted of veggie sub with tons of mayo(a craving she constantly had), a bag of sun chips, and apple and a bottle of water. Flashing a smile to the man behind the counter and striking up a small conversation, the young man told her to forget about paying and that is was on the house.
She walked outside carrying a white paper bag that contained her food. I still got it she smirked to herself as she carefully crossed the street.
That smirk quickly fell into a frown when she saw a tall blonde women flirting with Flack, who didn't seem to mind the young women's advances. Her stomach dropped as the women began caressing his arm. She felt jealous…but why? They aren't together; they never have been and their daughter was the result of a one night stand, and living together was Flack's way of taking responsibility. But she would be lying if she said she didn't have feelings for him, something she wont admit. She thinks of him as more than the father of her child, but felt that getting involved with him could make things more complicated. Besides Don Flack is not the type to settle down; something she wanted. Hailey laughed bitterly at the notion of him getting married, then smiled as an idea formed in her head.
"There you are Don" she called, a few feet from where Flack and the woman are standing, she heard the women ask Flack out for drinks. They both turned around to see who was calling him.
"Hey sweetie" Hailey said walking up to them. She pecked his cheek as Flack looked confused as the woman sent the pregnant detective a dirty look.
"Hailey what are you doing" Flack questioned through gritted teeth so the other woman couldn't hear
"Who are you" Hailey cheerfully asked completely ignoring Flack's question
"Who are you" the blonde shot back
"I'm Hailey, his wife" she announced. A statement that shocked Flack
"Wife" the women exclaimed "He didn't mention that he was married". There was a bit of an attitude in the statement
"That's because I'm not" Flack stated
"Don't be silly" Hailey said playfully smacking his arm. "We've been married for eight months, and shortly after that we found out I was pregnant" she lied, rubbing her protruding stomach
"Well where his ring" she questioned
"I'm not married" Flack nearly shouted
"We're getting them engraved" she stated, not letting Flack get another word in
"Now if you'll excuse me, my husband and I are about to have lunch and I only bought enough for two" Hailey informed the blonde
The woman scoffed and walked away. "It was nice meeting you" Hailey called to her. An angry Flack turned to Hailey, who noticed him staring and simply asked "What"
"What" he repeated "What the hell was that"
"Nothing" she replied nonchalantly, trying to walk into the crime lab
"Hailey what is your problem" Flack questioned stopping her from going inside
"Your jealous" Flack declared, his demeanor softening
"I am not jealous" she laughed harshly. Flack raised an eyebrow at her response.
" I just don't want strange women around my daughter" she replied blatantly lying
"Keep telling yourself that" he smirked as the two walked inside.
"So you gonna be like this with all women I come in contact with" Flack questioned with a smile as they got in the elevator. Hailey is headed to the break room to eat her lunch, she isn't sure where Flack is going.
"I am not going to dignify that with a response" Hailey replied. Flack laughed at her antics. He could tell she was jealous but didn't want to admit it.
"So you never told me what you and your dad were arguing about the night of your shower" Flack stated changing the subject to the night of her baby shower. Hailey's parents came to their apartment where Hailey and her father quickly started yelling at each other.
"He told me that we need to get married" she announced just as the elevator doors opened. Flack followed her to the break room as she sat down and took her food out of the bag and took a few bites of her apple.
"What" the shocked dark haired detective replied
She took a bite of her apple before speaking again " Don't worry I told him we weren't" she paused "I yelled at him because they had my older sister before they were married, but he feels that I need to be married in order to have this baby"
"You ever wanna get married" he questioned seriously
"To you" she replied taking a bit of her sandwich
He shook his head "To anyone" was the response he gave her
"Someday" she admitted "But I wouldn't do it just because I'm pregnant" "What about you" she asked curiously, though she was pretty sure he was going to say no.
"If it were a few years ago then no" he informed her "But sooner or later I do want to settle down"
Hailey was surprised by his admission but replied anyway "Well you do know that anyone in our lives is going to have to deal with this weird situation"
Flack chuckled "I have a feeling both of us are going to be single for a long time"
"Speak for yourself" she said getting up to throw out the apple she finished eating "As soon as I pop this kid out, I'm going man hunting" she laughed sitting back down.
"Good to know" he responded then checked his watch to see the time "I gotta go" he got up. "I'll see you at home" he said leaving the room to get to the precinct.
Once she was finished eating, Hailey realized she still had a half hour for lunch so she took out her book What to Expect When Your Expecting, and turned to the twenty seven weeks part and began reading.
"Whatcha doing" she heard a voice call. Looking up she saw it was Adam with a bag of food in his hand.
"Reading about the monster" she giggled bending the corner of the page and placing it on the table "What's up" she asked as he sat down across from her and took the food out of his bag, which was a cheeseburger and fries. Hailey quickly shot her hand across to try and steal a fry.
"Hey" he yelled playfully slapping her hand
"What I'm eating for two" she smiled
"You've used that excuse too much with me" he laughed "that doesn't work anymore"
"Fine" Hailey pouted "Did you want something"
"I wanna ask Sienna on a date" he informed his best friend
"Okay" she replied "And you need my permission"
"I need your help" he admitted
"What are you twelve" she laughed
"Never mind" the suddenly embarrassed lab tech responded
"No I'm sorry" she said "So what do you need my help with"
"God this is embarrassing. I haven't been on a date in like a year" Adam declared "I really like her, and don't wanna screw it up.. But she probably doesn't like me" he rambled "I mean she's a doctor and I'm just a lab tech.. if I was her I wouldn't date me either"
"Adam stop" she said "Your rambling"
"Sorry" he apologized "So will you help me. She's coming over tonight"
"Of course my love" Hailey laughed getting up to walk around to Adam "So when she comes over you should walk behind her, then slowly start massaging her shoulders" she leant over to his ear "slowly whisper that it would be your honor to take her out on a date"
Just then Hawkes walked in "I don't even wanna know" he said walking over to the small white fridge and grabbed a bottle of water.
Adams cheeks flushed as Hailey reclaimed her seat "Adams' gotta date" she told him
"That blonde women from the shower" he asked and Hailey nodded
"He's too scared to ask her out" Hailey informed Hawkes
"Why not just ask her out for dinner, don't tell her it's a date" Hawkes stated
"That's a good idea. Thanks Hawkes" Adam called to the detective who was on his way out the door
"Why couldn't you just tell me that" he asked turning to Hailey
"Hey I gotta have some kinda fun these days" she shrugged
"Well thanks for the help" he replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he left to get back to the lab
"No problem" she called.
A few minutes later he break was over and she carefully got up to get back to work. "Time to get back to work baby" she said talking to her stomach, smiling when she felt her kick.
I cant wait to see you she whispered to her daughter