"They are waiting for this."
They all turned to see Dimitrius Gans, their supervisor of six weeks, standing in the doorway. He was grinning broadly and holding up a piece of paper.
"Sorry I'm late," he said. "Gossip on recent events took a while to reach me. I was in a very, very important meeting with the director."
As he spoke Jack had finally let go of Sue's hand, jumping from the chair and snatching the paper out of D's hands. The supervisor quickly took the vacated seat.
"How are you doing, Sue?" he asked, taking her hand.
"I'm OK. Tired, but OK," she replied softly. "I should have listened to you though."
"I did put you on desk duty for a reason," D smiled. "Don't worry. I promise, it'll get better after the first trimester."
"You knew?" Lucy was the first to ask, though it was on Tara's, Bobby's and Myles' lips as well.
Dimitrius looked at Sue questioningly. When she nodded, he leaned back to survey his team.
"I gave Jack and Sue permission to date two months ago, provided they did so discreetly so we wouldn't get in trouble with the higherups. In the mean time I was looking into ways to keep them both on the team. Obviously things got a little out of hand."
"That's an understatement," Bobby mumbled.
"OK, things got more than a little out of hand," D conceded. "They told me about the baby almost as soon as they found out. Jack wanted to transfer immediately so they could get married, but I asked them to wait, to keep it secret for a while. I realized that it was a lot to ask of them, but I didn't want to break up the team unless I absolutely had to. You see, I was making some headway with the director regarding the no-fraternization policy. Unfortunately it took another three weeks to get him to see things my way."
Sue had been watching him talk, although she obviously knew everything he told the others. Everything, except that last bit. Eyes shining, she focused on the man at the foot of her bed. Jack raised his eyes from the piece of paper with the biggest smile they'd ever seen.
"As soon as you're back on your feet, we're getting married," he grinned, "and then I'm taking you and Baby, and Knucklehead over here, home."