Amy was feeling very nervous about her doctor's appointment, not because she was worried about Carmen's health or her own, she had been feeling great, but she really wanted to get out of the apartment. Jake had been great and had gone above and beyond to make her happy and not feel too shutoff from the world, but she really wanted to get out besides for these appointments. The nine nine was desperate to throw her a baby shower, and she did not want it in her apartment. There was one other reason as well, Halloween.

The annual heist was drawing near, and she didn't care that she was only ten weeks away from her due date, the heist was tradition, it was also how Jake had proposed to her. Jake had been very quiet on the drive over to the appointment, if he hadn't been so careful with her lately she might have suspected he was up to something, but what could he be planning, he had been very careful about keeping her mostly stress free, Jake is Jake so there will always be some stress, messes, weird comments, and arguing to watch something other than Die Hard, but mostly stress free.

Jake opened the door to the office and the first thing Amy saw was Captain Holt. "Jake, why is the captain here, at my appointment, I know why you've been quiet now, what's going on, are they firing me, is he actually the father, wait, that's impossible, Jake.."

"Ames, relax, he just wanted to talk to you, and this was best for his schedule."

The captain stood up in his rigid manner and approached them, "Sergeant, you look well, let us sit and I have a matter to discuss with you."

This did not help Amy's nerves at all, but she sat down and waited to hear what bomb the captain might drop.

"We are postponing the heist this year."

Amy started to protest, but the captain simply lifted his hand, "Sergeant, I know you need something interesting right now, but the heist can wait, we do not want to do anything to harm you or the baby, and sometimes these heists can get, well, interesting."

Amy smiled at this, it was true, one year Jake hurt himself breaking into an impound lot, and he had found himself handcuffed several times. While she had never been hurt physically, the heist did guarantee a lot of surprises, sometimes weird ones, so she finally conceded.

"Okay, I agree to a postponement, but we are doing it before next year, and yes captain, Jake and I did win last year, we knew where the item was last year at midnight and you didn't."

"I will not argue that here, but we will postpone it. Let us know what your doctor says about the baby shower, the squad is very eager to throw you a quote kick ass baby shower unquote."

"Thank you, sir, we will."

The captain dismissed himself and Amy and Jake waited until they were called back. Jake was so distracted by his desire to have Amy be able to enjoy a baby shower out of the apartment that he truly didn't hear anything anyone else said until their doctor said she saw no problem with Amy going to the baby shower and having a few outings a week within reason, her blood pressure had improved and all signs of trauma from the Oregon incident had gone away with time.

Three days later, Amy and Jake were pulling into the precinct, Jake was annoyed because someone had parked their SUV in his parking space, "Jake, it's okay, we'll just park in mine." Jake was quiet, but still annoyed, he felt like they were replacing him.

Amy and Jake were now in the elevator on their way up to the baby shower. "I hope Charles keeps it together, he gets so weird, you don't know the things I have kept from you since you've been on bedrest, some of them keep me up at night."

"I appreciate that, but he still manages some disturbing texts, and he is still offended I won't let him deliver our baby."

The elevator opened and the bullpen of the precinct was covered in pink. "Happy Baby Shower," was shouted at them in unison. Charles was dressed only in a sheet to look like a diaper and wearing a pink top hat, and Terry was wearing a t-shirt that said "welcome baby Carmen."

"Wow guys, this isn't too much, or weird at all," Jake exclaimed as he tried to guide Amy through a barrage of pink accessories.

"Be kind Peralta, they are excited for you and Amy, they did however use way too much pink and refused to let me birth a balloon arch."

Amy was quietly grateful for that, but she just smiled, she couldn't believe all the trouble they had gone through.

The shower was fun for both Amy and Jake, Charles of course made things weird from time to time, but overall everything was surprising tasteful. The games were enjoyable, except for when Hitchcock drew Amy's breasts in Pictionary for the word baby food, but Gina used her taser on him and that made everyone feel better.

Jake had noticed there were no gifts, so he knew they were up to something, but he didn't have much time to think about it as the games and activities kept coming. Finally, things seemed to be slowing down and a small box was placed in front of Jake and Amy.

"Jake and Amy, we didn't know what we should get you guys, knowing Amy, a lot has been bought already in preparation," Terry said as Jake nodded in agreement, "we even called your parents and Terry won't even in get into how much they have already gotten you, but that's for them to give you. So, we put our head together and got you this."

Amy unwrapped the small package carefully removing the pink bow and paper and as she opened the box, she and Jake both saw the gift, car keys. "Uh, is this what I think it is, you're giving us a car?" Amy said in disbelief.

"So greedy Amelia," taunted Gina, "it's a toy for your baby."

"Gina, knock it off, Terry hates teasing at baby showers, no, we put our funds together and were able to get a deal because a certain Pontiac bandit sent Holt an email and said this guy owed him and he gave us a deal on a one hundred percent legal brand new SUV. We love you guys and you deserve it, and also, Jake, just set that car of yours on fire, no one wants that."

Jake and Amy just looked at each other in complete disbelief, there had been discussions between about cars, and they both knew that if they stayed at the nine nine they couldn't afford a new one. Amy was in tears and Jake was hugging Terry when Charles and Hitchcock made it a foursome.

The nine nine had thought of everything, thanks to Gina and her ability to forge signatures, everything was in their name for the vehicle, it was licensed and inside was a car seat and brand new copy of Die Hard to play on the screen in the back seat.

Jake and Amy were getting ready to say their goodbyes when the captain called them both into his office. Neither of them thought much of it, he probably wanted an update of how they felt about coming back, or just to wish them well. As they entered the office he shut the door, closed the blinds, and motioned for them to be seated.

"Detective, Sergeant, I have something I have been told to ask you, it is an assignment for you detective, but this affects both of you. The FBI Organized Crime Unit would like your assistance in tracking down some of the Ianucci Crime family that has recently escaped from custody. Before you answer, you are not required to do this, I made it clear to them what your status was right now, but the FBI is the FBI and they like to get what they want. They would require you for at least one week, it is not undercover as the Ianucci family know you are a cop, but you would be with them the entire time. Again, I tried to explain to them that you are on bed rest with your spouse, but my superiors wanted me to ask as a courtesy to the FBI."

Amy said yes as Jake said no at exactly the same time.

"Ames, I'm not leaving you."

"Jake, this is a great opportunity, and it will let us experience what it will be like when we both go back. I don't want you to miss this, you worked so hard to bring them down."

"No way, I cannot have your stress and worry on my mind and do well, I love you and I have already placed you in harm's way while you've been carrying Carmen."

"Jake, my mom can come and stay with me, I'll be fine. I think we need this to see what our future plans should be. We both said we'd give the nine nine a trial period and if it didn't work, we'd take Shaw's offer, why not do the trial now."

"Amy, you are too far along in your pregnancy for me to be playing FBI. I've gotten too mature, wow that feels weird to say, to care about my ego and catching some guy that got away if it means it will suck for our family."

"Jake, I hear you and I understand, but this will tell us if you are ready. If you absolutely can't then you leave the unit and come back. If it goes well, we know that we can handle both the force and our family."

Jake was silent for a few minutes as the captain and Amy waited for him to respond again. "Fine, but I want a promise that if I need to leave, I can leave, or if I just can't hack it, I can leave."

"I will make sure they promise that, Peralta, thank you both, I know this is difficult, but I agree with the sergeant, this is a good trial run for what it will be like after Carmen is born."

Jake was nervous, he did not want to leave Amy, but he also felt that this would be the thing he needed to tell him if he should stay or leave the force. Detective Peralta was back, ready or not.