Sofia felt like staying in the car. Not because she didn't want to go inside and be with her friends, she didn't want to get out of the car, didn't want to get up. She was tired, her legs didn't want to move and she didn't feel like she was able to walk the few steps inside. So tired. After a day in the lab, wasn't that crazy?

"Are you okay?" Greg asked. He saw the blonde when he stepped out for a minute to get some fresh air. Their boss allowed him to go home a little bit earlier to see his children, so he left in the early afternoon.

"Tired."

"You can sit for the rest of the day on the couch. Need a hand?"

"Arms."

"Okay, come here Honey." He got his arms around her and pulled her carefully out of the car. "Better?"

"Much better, thanks. Probably it's too much to ask for have me carried into the house."

"I can try it, but honestly, I think Susan is too heavy."

"She loves eating so much."

"Lucky for her, there is more food waiting."

"Makes me look more than a whale."

"Beautiful pregnant woman is the description you're after." He opened the door for them. "Look who's home, honeys!"

"Dada! Dada!" Jorja came out of the living room and ran to Greg. Whenever Greg came home he called out 'look who's home' and when it did it now, his daughter thought, he came back from work.

When Jorja got out of Greg's arms she got straight into Sofia's. "There is my cute little baby daughter. How are you? Did you have a nice day, playing with all your toys? Missed your daddy like he missed you?" She kissed the girl. "So good to have you in my arms. In a few weeks I will have my daughter in my arms. That makes you a kind of big sister for her."

"Soon our daughters can play together." Greg smiled.

"Finally. Jules was right, when you're pregnant and come closer to delivery, you can barely wait until you can have your baby out. Quite contrary to the beginning of the pregnancy."

"Yeah. I wonder where my fiancé is. As a good host he should greet you."

"In the arms of a young man called Eric."

"Probably…yes, we were right, there she is, with somebody else."

Sofia smiled when her eyes fell on Sara. The moment she waited for the whole day, see her lover again. Every time she saw Sara after a long day at work, it stroke her how beautiful her fiancé was and how unbelievable it was, that this wonderful woman loved her as much as she loved her.

"Hey." The brunette placed Eric on Marie's lap, got up, hugged her fiancé and kissed her. "I missed you."

"Missed you too. How was your day?"

"Too long and lonely without you."

"Two more days and you have a day off."

"Great, you'll be at work."

"Come home early and we have the whole evening to us."

"Sounds better."

"You look tired, why don't you sit down? Dinner is ready, we can eat."

"Food sounds good…or we have the same dinner they have." Sofia grinned and looked at Greg and Jules kissing. "Hey Greggo, save some appetite for dinner, don't waste all on the missus."

"Waste on the missus? Nothing is wasted on her. And I could kiss her for hours or forever. Have to make up for the missed kisses in the morning when I was at work."

"I had the same problem with my fiancé. Ouch." Sofia held her belly. "Susan, stop kicking all the time or I talk to our doctor and let her get you out before your forty weeks are over."

"Didn't you want Susan's and Aaron's birthday together? For that you need to keep her a little bit longer."

"Same birthday dates are overrated."

"You were the same like your daughter, Honey." Marie said.

"Mom, who invited you?"

"Jules did. She said it's a family dinner and we're family."

"And we're glad your parents are here." Greg's father said. "It's nice to talk to them, talk about our kids and after all, Marie and Mark helped out a lot last year. And you have to come to San Diego and see us, Mark. Get you and your new home sorted out and come down for a spring vacation."

"We will, thanks. Now, lets have dinner."

"Your father left the food, he cooked at your place and then he cooked here again." Jules said. "We couldn't stop him from doing this."

"I'm not surprised. What did you make for us, dad?"

"Leftover snacks."

"Other people call it a huge buffet."

"Jules, does your man never cooks for you?"

"Not huge buffets, but he is the best man in the world. Even when he works long hours and on Christmas days."

"All for some extra money." Greg pulled the chair a little back so Jules could sit down, placed his daughter in the baby chair next to her. "So one day I can invite my beautiful better half to a place she always wanted to go and if I remember correctly, it was Paris."

"A trip through Europe."

"A pretty expensive trip, but you're worth every cent. Sara, do you want Eric next to you?"

"Stupid question, of course I want my baby next to me. I didn't have him with me for such a long time."

"You spent the whole afternoon with him."

"Ignore her, she's crazy today." Jules grinned and poured some wine for her guests.

"Not crazy." Sara offered Sofia the bowl with the rice. "Only happy to have him with me."

"There are times when you work and you don't see him for a few days."

"And I miss him every day."

"How will you manage to survive without your daughter?" Marie asked. "If you love her as much as Eric."

"Very likely."

"Honey, can you imagine to go on a long weekend trip with our crazy friends and their two kids?" Jules asked Greg. "Last week in the summer holidays, so Stephen can join us."

"Sure, a trip with my big sister and her family sounds like fun."

"When will you go and see your brother?" Mark asked Sofia.

"When he comes to L.A. to meet his niece. And if he stays away there's no way I will travel into the wilderness to see him."

"So much for the Christmas spirit." Mark rolled his eyes. "Jules, how much contact do you have with your brother?"

"Whenever our mother calls in a family meeting, you come when she calls. We all live in Los Angeles, it's not that difficult to meet."

"Right. Well with Marie and me living here soon, he has to come down to the city of Angeles more often and meet his parents and his sister. Somehow we will keep the family together."

"It's not like our family is tiny, from what I remember of yesterday, see today, our family is quite big. and one member is still not out. Or two." She smiled at Jules. "When will we tell us if you're having a boy or a girl?"

"When I gave birth to her or him."

"Why are you not asking your doctor and tell us?"

"Because Greg and me agreed on waiting. You have to accept it."

"Got no other choice. What does your mother say about it?"

"She said, she didn't want to know the sex of her children when she was pregnant. Runs in the family."

"Sh…shame." The blonde sighed. "I really have to wait until my godchild is born. Did the godfather call and asked how you are?"

"He sent a Christmas card, is somewhere on an island, having a hot Christmas."

"I got the same."

"He sent me a present." Stephen smiled. "The new video game of his movie. Tanya and me played it the whole morning, when Don has the time to play, we'll kick his ass."

"Stephen! Language, here are babies around." Sofia reprimanded her son.

"Sorry, I forgot, they repeat what they hear and might get in trouble for that."

"Exactly. And so do you when you say these words in school."

"My boy doesn't swear, do you Eric?" Sara held some mashed potatoes in front of Eric's mouth, who opened up. "Good boy. Yummy in your tummy."

"She'll be so great with the baby." Sofia smiled.

"And I'm so happy that she has Eric and doesn't use me to practice for my sister." Stephen leant back.

"Wait until I put you into a diaper." Sara threatened, bent over and kissed Sofia. A few more months and they could feed their daughter. So many more responsibilities and assignments and she looked forward to any single one of them.