Madam Secretary Prompt: Henry & Elizabeth book a cruise for a much-needed vacation, not realizing that one of them would be miserably seasick almost the entire time.

Madam Secretary Prompt: Elizabeth thinks she's seasick, and doesn't realize until quite a bit later that she's actually experiencing morning sickness.

Henry felt like a child on Christmas morning he ran down the hall to the den, finding Elizabeth buried under two little girls on the floor. "Babe it's done" his voice an octave higher than normal.

"We're going on a cruise?" Elizabeth excitedly asked, eyes wide as she attempted to get up off the floor.

"We're going on a cruise"

"Without the girls?"

"Without the girls" confirmed Henry holding his hand out to Elizabeth to help her up off the floor and pulling her into his arms amid protests from the two young girls.

"No Daddy"

"Nooooooo"

Elizabeth smiled as she felt the two little pairs of hands holding onto her pant legs pulling gently.

"You girls don't like it when I cuddle Mommy do you? I love her too, as well as you two" Henry peered down at Stevie and Alison, they both looked so put out that he dared touch their Mommy.

"noooo Daddy she's our Mommy." Stevie almost stamped her foot which made them laugh.

"Oh Henry this is… Oh… well…. Cosy?" They had just entered their little bunk room in the depths of the ship. They stood in the doorway peering into the room, there was a small double bed with a porthole above it and a tiny bedside cabinet either side of the bed which provided about a foots worth of space between the wall and the bed. It was clean and they had their own bathroom so that was a plus Elizabeth thought to herself.

"Thank you lord for guiding me to the Marines and not the Navy." Henry dumped their bags on the small dressing table and felt Elizabeth's arms wrap around him.

"Well... we will just have to spend this time extremely close together" She mumbled into his strong back.

"That's not a bad thing"

"No, it really isn't" Her voice was low and soft. Henry felt her hands move south towards the hem of his t-shirt and her fingertips ghosted over his skin above his pants. His eyes slipped closed as she undone his belt with her nimble fingers and she moved her hands inside his pants, starting their cruise off in the most delicious of ways.

It was about 3am when Elizabeth woke suddenly, the wave of sickness washed over her. She sat bolt upright throwing Henry's arm off her stomach, hoping that would ease the pressure she felt there. Breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth she desperately attempted to keep her head above the swirling feeling inside her.

"Babe, you ok?" Henry's concerned voice floated up to her, his voice soft and thick with sleep.

Barely able to talk she just replied with a "mmmmmm" She felt his hand trace her bare back, making her shiver slightly.

"You are a little sweaty. Do you feel unwell?" He sat up next to her and moved her hair away from Elizabeth's face. Tucking it over her shoulder allowing her space to breathe.

"Water" She managed to croak out. "Please" Even Henry moving the mattress to lean and reach for the water bottle had her stomach flipping over on itself. With shaking hands she raised the bottle to her lips and had a couple of sips of water. Feeling the cool liquid run down her throat she felt a little better. "I feel sick, I felt a little unwell as we left port but after dinner and cocktails it went away. I assumed I was just hungry" Taking another sip of water she began to feel a little better.

"Well, we both had the crab and I feel ok. It's not the food… maybe you are just a little seasick"

It was plain sailing down to the Caribbean and Elizabeth's stomach still hadn't settled. Henry noticed that she seemed to feel it most when the wind picked up a little. He could hardly feel the boat move but Elizabeth swore that she felt it and he was not about to argue with his wife. He could tell that she still wasn't feeling great 3 days in but she refused to admit it. She ploughed ahead with the activities swimming, reading and eating mostly and he couldn't help but appreciate her enthusiasm for the breakfast buffet every morning.

Elizabeth was determined not to let seasickness ruin their holiday and choose to keep quiet about how awful she felt. Every night she ended up in their tiny bathroom with her head pressed against the cool tiles trying to get the sickness to subside. As they arrived at the 2nd destination St Thomas, Elizabeth was feeling god awful and she couldn't wait to get onto dry land.

The air was thick whilst they waited to disembark the ship. The sun was hot and Elizabeth moved to the shade by the bar area, the feeling in her stomach was consuming her body and she needed water.

"Mrs McCord" The cheery older bartender who had served them a few drinks the night before greeted Elizabeth with a wide smile before he noticed her pale face. "Oh no, what's wrong?" Concern evident in his voice.

"I just feel a little seasick, that's all. Can I have some water?"

"Seasick? No way, you can't be seasick on a ship like this? It's impossible we hardly move" He plonked a thick green drink down on the bar. "Drink this… it'll make you feel better"

"What is it?" Elizabeth eyed the drink with suspicion, slowly bringing it to her nose to smell it.

"Apple, banana and ginger. The ginger will help with the sickness. I swear" He smiled at Henry who had caught up with Elizabeth.

"Babe, you ok?' Henry's hands reached for her shoulders and rubbed gently. "We are ready to get off and you can get some solid ground under your feet." Noticing the drink in her hand "What on earth it that?" He watched as she downed the drink in one and put the glass back on the bar.

"Dr. McCord it's apple, banana and ginger. Helps with the sickness. My wife swore by it when she felt sick."

"Your wife gets seasick and she works on this boat? How does she do that?" Elizabeth couldn't believe that someone could put up with this feeling for any length of time.

"No, she doesn't get seasick" The bartender continued "You can't get seasick on this boat."

"You can, Elizabeth has felt rotten ever since she stepped on this boat." Henry said a little sternly, not meaning to sound annoyed.

"Ok, Dr. McCord. I'm sorry." Raising his palms up to face henry with a smile across his face. "Have a good day and enjoy dry land. I'll see you later and Mrs McCord I hope you feel better!"

They bid the bartender farewell and Elizabeth practically ran off the boat to the towards the port city of Charlotte Amalie.

As they ate lunch by the shore Elizabeth was feeling better. "See I knew it was seasickness. I feel so much better on dry land" She smiled at Henry, who she thought looked particularly handsome today. His hair had become lighter and his skin had soaked up the sun as it always did and he was a little more bronzed.

"Julio, was insistent wasn't he? about not getting seasick on the boat"

"Yeah that was odd wasn't it. How does he know what I'm feeling" Just then another wave of sickness washed over her from nowhere. "Oh god, I feel sick again"

"Elizabeth!" Henry called as she ran off towards the restroom.

As they got ready for the last night black tie dinner, Henry caught Elizabeth by surprise and presented her with a new pair of earrings.

"Oh they are beautiful Henry, thank you!" She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his gently. "I'm sorry I've been a bit of a write off this holiday. I have enjoyed myself in between feeling so awful"

"That's ok, honestly. We've had a good time. I've enjoyed just spending time with you"

"I love you Henry"

"God knows how much I love you Elizabeth McCord" He captured her lips in a gentle kiss, their tongues slowly meeting and moving against each other.

"I have a pretty good idea too" She smiled at him, eyes sparkling. "Hey will you just pass me my lipstick it's on the desk, I'm going to put my new earrings in" She moved into the bathroom and leaned over the counter. Noticing a unopened box of sanitary products, that came with the room, along with shampoos and a shower cap. 'Oh... Fuck"

Her hands flew to her stomach and her eyes wild with realisation met her gaze in the mirror. Slightly worried panicked she called for Henry.

Later that night, their naked bodies covered loosely by the bedsheets Elizabeth and Henry were laughing again. They hadn't stopped since they found out that she was indeed pregnant and not seasick, randomly just bursting out into fits of giggles at their complete stupidity.

"You know for a CIA analyst you missed a pretty big piece of the puzzle" Henry leant over her and pressed small feather light kisses to her stomach and breasts.

"How was I supposed to know. I never felt sick with the girls" She giggled she felt his fingers tickle her side gently. "Maybe this one is a boy"

"Hey little dude, you better be cute because you made your mom feel pretty rubbish on our first cruise" Henry spoke into the soft skin of her stomach.

They both laughed again as Elizabeth said "Boy, we are both so dumb. We owe Julio a huge tip when we leave tomorrow. Although I am a little annoyed he didn't just say it to us before we got off at St Thomas. I reckon the tests would have been a lot cheaper on dry land"

"It was so expensive wasn't it! $30 just to find out we are going to have to find a third college fund"

"Captive consumers… we got robbed"

"Little Julio has already cost us a lot of money!"

"Henry, we are not calling him Julio. We don't even know it's a boy, it could be a little Julia." Elizabeth pulled Henry back up to her and settled into his arms.

"Ok, little Julia or Julio owes us a cruise when they are older for sure" Henry joked with Elizabeth and they laughed again.

"Jason or Julia"

"I like that. Jason or Julia…"