A/N: Fluff chapter mainly but the next one will be big! Well, at least at the end... It should be up tomorrow sometime so that'll give you guys time to (please) review in the mean time :)

Chapter 21- Floating Vibes

Cate jumped out of bed and barely managed to reach the bathroom as another wave of nausea hit her. She emptied her already empty stomach, groaning before pulling herself up and washing her face.

Lux had been "sick" the last week though Cate and Baze had just assumed she had been wanting to stay home from school. The last few days, however, Cate was beginning to rethink it.

"Cate?" Baze rubbed his head tiredly, attempting to wake up as he entered the bathroom. "You okay?"

Cate nodded, accepting his offered hand and allowing him to pull her up. She washed her face and rinsed her mouth out with mouthwash before leaning on Baze and allowing him to lead her back to bed.

"Momma?" Lux was basically sleep walking as she made her way into Cate's bedroom.

Baze was asleep the second his head it the pillow again, and Cate smiled slightly, holding her arms out to Lux, not caring how crap she felt. "Come here, babe." She whispered.

Lux crawled into the bed and curled into Cate's arms, snuggling close. "Do you have a yucky tummy?"

Cate nodded, smiling slightly at Lux's cuteness. "Yeah, sweetie. I do. But I'll be better soon. Just go back to sleep, okay?"

Cate was up before the others, and she smiled as she watched a tiny Lux curled into Baze's side. There was no point waking them. She felt like crap and she knew that if she was taking the day off, then Lux would want to stay home. Cate had been hesitant about letting Lux get too clingy, but Lux hadn't been her usual self since the incident in the car park a few days ago, and both Cate and Baze wanted to do all they could to help her.

Cate managed to clean the entire house before she was joined by Baze and Lux, smiling as they sat on the couch and read a story together.

The phone rang and Baze and Lux didn't even look up, causing Cate to smirk and answer it. "Hello?"

"Hi. This is Karen, Jones' mom. Is that Cate Cassidy, Lux's mom?"

Cate looked slightly confused. "Yes it is."

"Great. I've been trying to get a hold of you. Jones is having his birthday party this weekend, and he wanted to invite Lux but Jones said he hadn't seen Lux at school lately."

"Wow, that's great. Uh, yeah, Lux hasn't been well the last week."

"Oh, I hope she's okay? There's always a lot of bugs going around this time of year."

"Oh she's fine. We were actually hoping to get her back to school tomorrow."

"Great. Well, I'm sorry it's such late notice but we were hoping Lux would be able to come to Jones' party on the weekend?" Cate was hesitant, and Karen could sense that. "Parents are welcome as well."

Cate smiled, instantly relaxing. "That sounds great. I'm sure Lux will be excited."

"Fantastic. Well the party is at our house on Saturday afternoon at 2pm. Jones has an invitation for Lux with our address on it, and I'll make sure he gives it to her tomorrow at school."

Cate smiled. "Thanks for the invitation, and we'll definitely be there."

"We look forward to seeing you. Have a good day. Goodbye."

"You too. Bye." Cate hung up the phone before walking into the lounge room and sitting on the couch beside Baze and Lux.

Baze looked up, closing the book. "Who was that?"

"Jones' mom." Cate smiled at Lux. "She wanted to know if Lux wanted to come to his birthday party on the weekend."

Lux nodded enthusiastically, earning a laugh from both Cate and Baze. Cate smiled, talking sternly but gently. "Okay, well you can go, but you need to go back to school tomorrow, okay?"

Lux looked hesitant and she shook her head no slowly. "I don't want to go then."

"Lux..." Cate sighed, brushing Lux's hair back. "Sweetheart, why don't you want to go back to school?"

Lux shook her head no. "I want to stay with you." She whispered, looking down and playing with her hands.

"I want to stay with you too, babe, but daddy and I have to go back to work. Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do..."

Again, Lux shook her head. "But you feel yucky so daddy and I have to stay home and look after you."

Cate smiled, lifting Lux on to her lap and holding her tightly. "That's a very nice gesture, sweetie, but sometimes grownups have to go to work even if they feel yucky." She cupped the side of Lux's face, smiling. "And you know what? Jones has a special invitation to give you so you have to go to school tomorrow."

Lux looked up and smiled excitedly. "Okay." She nodded enthusiastically and climbed out of Cate's lap, running into her room.

Cate laughed before quickly paling and taking a deep breath, trying to overcome her nausea. Baze watched her concerned and wrapped an arm around Cate's shoulder as she leaned into him.

"You okay?" Baze asked, kissing her forehead. Cate groaned in response, closing her eyes and leaning her head on his chest.

Cate felt terrible as she waited to pick up Lux after school, taping the steering wheel as an attempt to take her mind off of the nausea. She got out of the car and pasted on a smile as she heard the school bell ring and saw the kids begin to pile out of the building.

"Mommy!" Lux screeched happily as she raced down the pathway and jumped into Cate's awaiting arms.

Cate laughed and carried Lux towards the car. "Hi babe. How was your day?"

"Look!" She held up her hand and showed Cate the invitation in her hand. "Jones gave me a letter. He said his mommy told him to give it to me to give to you." Lux continued to ramble happily, chattering away until they pulled into the car park of the radio station. "Why are we here?"

"Because mommy needs to pick up some things for work." Cate picked Lux up out of the car and carried her inside, stopping when she saw Alice and Ryan in a room through the clear glass.

She placed Lux on the ground, swallowing to try and stop the worsening nausea. "Do me a favor babe, and go say hi to Aunty Alice and Uncle Ryan, okay?" She pointed to where they were and watched Lux run off before she herself raced to the bathroom, making it just in time.

"Cate?" Cate emerged from the bathroom stool a few minutes later, noticing a concerned Alice watching her. "You okay? Lux said you were sick?"

Cate washed her face, looking up at Alice through the mirror. "It's just a bug."

Alice raised an eyebrow, coming to stand beside her. "You sure about that?"

Cate bit her lip, deciding how to answer. She had been so sure it was a bug that she hadn't even considered the alternate. Now, however, she was becoming less and less sure about it.

Cate shook her head furiously after thinking, refusing to believe that it could be a possibility. "No, no, I can't be pregnant. I'm twenty years old. I can't have two kids before I'm twenty one. I'm not that kind of girl. I can't."

"Cate, relax, okay?" Alice moved closer to her, placing a comforting hand on her back. "Like you said, it's probably just a bug." She paused. "But you might want to take a test just in case."

Again Cate bit her lip and shook her head, walking past Alice and out of the bathroom. She spotted Lux immediately, sitting on Ryan's lap as he let her "talk" into the microphone.

Cate smiled at them as she packed up some of the things she would need over the weekend. Eventually, she walked over to a laughing Lux and Ryan. "Time to go, Lux."

Lux shook her head no, but Ryan, who noticed how tired Cate was looking, picked her up, swung her over his shoulder and carried her over to Cate as Lux laughed.

Cate smiled and whispered a "thank you" to him as he carried her out to Cate's car and buckled Lux in. Ryan nodded in response, smiling. "See you on Monday." He turned to Lux in the back seat and made a face at her. "Thanks for hanging out with me, Lux."

Lux giggled in response, waving back when Ryan waved goodbye. Cate drove them home quickly, and was relieved when she saw Baze was already there, dinner almost prepared.

"Daddy!" Lux giggled as she launched herself into Baze's arms. He picked her up, smiling widely.

"Hey kiddo. How was school?" Lux relayed almost exactly what she had rambled to Cate earlier in the car as Baze continued to cook.

Cate disappeared to her bedroom and closed the door behind her, needing a few minutes to herself. She felt overwhelmed already, and the possibility of another child scared the hell out of her.

She emerged when Baze called out to her that dinner was ready, and pasted on a smile as she walked into the kitchen. "Hi." She whispered tiredly, walking into Baze's arms. Lux was sitting in the lounge room, already fed and watching TV.

"How are you feeling?" Baze asked as he kissed her head.

Cate shrugged and closed her eyes, resting her head on his chest. "Has Lux eaten?" She asked after a few minutes, pulling away.

Baze nodded and smiled. "Salad included. She said she wanted to make you happy."

Cate smiled sincerely, looking over at Lux who was surprisingly sitting still on the couch, her toys and coloring books still neatly away. Cate walked into the lounge room and sat next to Lux, pulling her daughter into her lap and placing a kiss to her forehead. "You're such a good girl, baby."

Lux giggled slightly, leaning her head on Cate's chest as they went back to watching TV. Baze joined them a few minutes later, and Cate surprised herself as she managed to keep the entire meal down; even feeling slightly better after, and hoping that she had been right about it being a bug.