Title: You're a moron, James
Summary: James does something that he never thought he'd do in his life.
Author: Mikesh
Disclaimer: Don't own House.
Part: 10
Warring: Contains MPREG(male pregnancy) So if You don't like then don't read
AN: This is kind of an AU. It doesn't take place after any eps. House and James are friends and House has his team working him.
AN2: Thanks to my Beta reader for correcting the mistakes
AN3: Chapter takes place Thursday December 25th, 2005
Over the last two days the family had gotten into a routine. Really they'd had it for quite some time but now they had to incorporate James into it.
Sandy took care of her grandbabies while their parents worked; so she was always up by 6:30 in the morning. She took Lisa and Sarah to school and picked them up. She found that her son was also up by then which had surprised Rob when he first came over.
Sandy couldn't understand why since her son was a doctor and had to be in his office by eight.
Once Sandy got up she'd get breakfast ready for her son and husband who had to be to work by eight. Well he didn't have to be since he was the boss of his own company but he liked to be on time for his clients. He'd been that way for the last 45 years and wasn't about to change. Since Rob and Sam lived right next door to his parents' house, Rob would come over to make sure that James was up so his five year old didn't wake James. He wanted to make sure that his brother got all the sleep he could now before the baby came. He knew James wouldn't be getting much once the baby was born. The only reason that he'd come around so fast was his wife had threatened to make him sleep in their dog house which would mean the dog would be sleeping in his bed with his wife.
Since Sam had to be to work by nine she would get up and ready then wake her husband so he could get their daughters ready for the day.
Usually while the girls were eating Rob went over to his parents' house to make sure everyone was up then came back to get the girls and take them over there, then he would go to work. The nice part for him was his dad didn't get upset if he was late as long as he wasn't real late he excused it. They owned one of the only insurance companies in town. There was one other one but no one liked to use them because they didn't know them like they did Fred and his family.
Jeff brought Josh over to the house about 7:45 which gave Sandy just enough time to get the girls to school before they'd be late. Since Beth had to be to work by nine she didn't have time to take their son to his grandparents' house.
This week Sandy didn't have to worry about taking the girls to school since they had off due to it being Christmas.
Jeff and Beth lived about two blocks away from the house so it didn't make too far of a drive for them. Jeff owned the only music store in town. He knew music like the back of his hand. If you gave him even a few notes he could usually tell you what song or artist you wanted. He knew it all which amazed his family. Beth was Sam's sectary, Sam was a lawyer. They were the only two out of the family besides James that worked in New Jersey.
That's how Jeff had met Beth was through Sam. He'd gone to deliver a CD for Sam that she wanted to borrow for a case. Sam hadn't been in that day so Beth had taken it promising to give it to Sam as soon as she got back to the office. Turned out Sam really didn't need the CD. She and Rob thought that they'd hit it off so she'd lied to get him to come to her office. They'd been right because things had progressed very fast from there. They dated about six months before getting engaged. A year after they started dating they got married.
The one thing that James had been worried about was going to Church on Sundays and Christmas eve. He didn't know if he should tell the Rabi who he really was or just let him think that he was his parents' future daughter in-law. In the end he decided that he'd tell him that he was their future daughter in-law. He knew that he'd have explaining to do after the baby was born but he decided that he'd figure that out later on. No real reason to worry now about that now though.
Last night the family had gone over to the Church and they'd taken the little ones because they thought that it was important for them to participate in the ceremony. James had forgotten how much he'd missed going to Church like he had as a child and waiting for it to be midnight.
This year since it was the first time that Jamie was away from her family they were not only celebrating Hanukkah but also Christmas day. Sandy wanted to make Jamie feel more at home since she couldn't be with her own family. The rest of the family had agreed since they knew that James really did celebrate Christmas sometimes.
"So Greg and his wife are coming tomorrow right?" Sandy asked.
"Yes that is correct," Jamie said.
"Ok just checking dear," Sandy said as she was serving up breakfast.
Right now James had to be Jamie because his mother had invited a good friend and her daughter to spend Christmas with them.
"Well everyone dig in," Sandy said sitting down herself.
"This is good mom," Rob said.
"Thank you dear," Sandy said.
"Jamie, Sandy was saying this is your third child?" Marry asked.
"No this is my third pregnancy," Jamie said.
Rob and Jeff both had a hard time not laughing. They both found James's female voice very funny. Jeff had been kicked a few times for it because if he started laughing then he usually got Lisa and Rob to laughing. The younger ones didn't understand what was so funny. Yes they knew that James was Jamie but they were still too young to understand it. Sarah had been told not to say anything. James was just hoping that his five year old niece would keep her mouth shut.
"Oh I'm sorry dear," Mary said.
"No it's not like that. I have a daughter from a previous relationship. She lives on her own now. Her dad was older so she mostly lived with him while she was growing up. At the time I didn't think I wanted any more children. I had a little boy about seven years after Lilly, my daughter was born. He lives with her for right now. His dad isn't in the picture so she's taking care of him for me. I had wanted to live with my daughter but the father of this baby didn't want that happening since my daughter is in college all day and my son's in school most of the day too," Jamie said.
"What?" Jamie asked seeing the raised eyebrows of his brothers.
"James just never told us you had a daughter and son," Rob said being the first to recover from his brother's lie. He knew that if he didn't say something then Mary and Pam, Mary's daughter would catch on that something was up.
"Yeah he never said anything to us," Jeff said.
"That's because there's some things that I haven't told your brother," Jamie said glaring at both boys.
"Why not?" Sandy asked wanting to see what her son's lie would be.
"Because I wasn't in a good place when my daughter was born. It's not that I'm ashamed of either of my children. It's just that I was into drugs and stuff when I was with her father, but as soon as I found out I was pregnant, I was able to get clean and have been ever since. I pretty much only slept with her father because he was a police officer. He busted me for drug and alcohol procession. I was looking at 20+ years in prison. At the time I thought it was a good idea to seduce him, seeing if I could get it all dropped. Well little did I know he was a lonely man. He dropped my ticket on the condition that I start seeing him. I agreed figuring that I'd see him a couple of months and then that'd be the end. Well two months later not only had I moved in with him I was also pregnant with Lilly. I told her father and he was happy about it. After she was born he was granted sole custody, because he was afraid that I'd slip back into my old ways and take our daughter down with me. I checked into rehab and have stayed clean. He finally let me have visitations with her and eventually I did start living with him again but then he kicked me out because he thought I was using again. I wasn't, but I never told him that because I knew my daughter was better off staying with him. I did get to see her every weekend and I never missed one time. David ended up getting married and his new wife didn't want me in my own daughter's life. There wasn't anything I could do because I was young and stupid. That's how I ended up with her brother. I guess in my own twisted way I thought I would get back at David by sleeping with his best friend. My son's father did stay around and was helping me raise him. But he was killed about five years ago in the line of duty, he had also been a cop. I was depressed because I'd just lost my husband and my son lost his father. David's wife didn't care. Honestly, I have no clue how those two ended up together, but it was over within a month of Frank's death. I ended up getting back with David, but we found that it just didn't work out for us. He's been there to help me raise my son. He's like a father for George. So I can't really say my daughter is raising my son. Lilly and George both live with David now. He's a very caring and loving man just like James," Jamie said.
"Wow," is all Mary had to say.
"So do you live with David or is your son just living with him for now?" Pam asked.
"David didn't want us to be alone so he asked us to move in with him and Lilly. He takes care of everything we need. He even told me if I didn't want to work I didn't have to, but I couldn't do that.. Besides I'd go crazy not working," Jamie said.
"So how old were you when your daughter was born?" Pam asked.
"I got pregnant with her when I was 15. She was born two months after I turned 16." Jamie said.
"So you're what? 40?" Pam asked.
"PAM!" Mary exclaimed.
"No I'll be 38 this coming year. My daughter will be 22 and my son will be 15," Jamie said.
"Dear I wish I could age like you. You don't look a day over 30," Mary said.
"Just lucky I guess," Jamie said smiling.
"So what do you do for a living dear?" Mary asked.
"I work for a hospital, I'm a nurse," Jamie said.
"So how did you meet the baby's father?" Pam asked.
"That's a funny story. Allison, the baby's father's wife, and I have been friend since we were kids. Anyway, two years after she got married to Greg they came to me and asked if I'd carry their baby. And in all my dealings with Greg I ran into James and we pretty much hit it off from there. We've been dating for a little over six months now," Jamie said.
"I thought you were only four months along," Pam said.
"I am, but I had to do consulting and other stuff to make sure that I could give up this child after he or she is born. Then came the fun part getting knocked up. Greg still makes jokes about that. The man is a big kid at heart," Jamie said.
Really he was just now three months but they were saying he was future along then he actually was. Since Greg had a feeling that James would be stuck at his parents' until the baby was born. They were going to act like Jamie had gone into labor so James had a reason to leave and it not look suspicious to anyone.
"Oh," Pam said.
"Ok while us girls clean up why don't you guys go into the living room?" Sandy asked.
"Ok dear," Fred said.
Once the girls got the dishes done up they went into the living room where the younger ones were trying to open their presents but their daddies had to keep telling them they had to wait.
By the time everyone had opened their presents Jamie was already asleep on the couch with her hand resting on her tummy.
"Well thank you very much for inviting us," Mary said quietly so she didn't wake Jamie up.
"You're welcome," Sandy said smiling at her while seeing them out.
Once they left Sandy went up to her and Fred's room to grab the blanket off the end of their bed to put on James so he didn't get cold.
Next chapter: Greg and Cam come for a visit