-1I do not own Saved By The Bell. Neither do I own any of the original characters or storylines referred too. They all belong to Peter Engel/NBC productions. Neither am I anything to do with those companies. This is just a story by a fan of the show for other fans of the show. Neither is this story meant to express any personal political views, everything that happens is purely for the purpose of the story only.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Surprise Baby Shower

Jessie had just given Carly Sampson the final details of her contested divorce trial.

'So its on the twelvth of March at nine in the morning. I've got a list of your confirmed witnesses. Am I right in thinking that this Tom Collins was your gardener while you were married?'

'That's right , I need all the help I can get. I'm telling you Jessie, I want everything. And at the trial you had better make sure you get it for me.'

'Don't worry Carly I will. We've been over your case enough and I'll continue going over and over it. The evening after your trial you can fly off to Australia on your next tour knowing your husband hasn't got a single scent or possession left to his name.'

'That's' what had better happen, I'm counting on you.'

'And your paying me enough to make sure that's the result we get.'

'Good , then we understand each other, got to go. I've got to do a publicity shoot for my world tour.'

After Carly Sampson left her office Jessie breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lissy to bring her a peppermint tea.

'That woman is driving me nuts. I will be so glad when her divorce trial is over, she is out of my life and I can relax until the baby's born.'

'Isn't that just a few days after the trial?'

'Yes, it was the only date we could get, besides everyone keeps telling me first babies rarely show up on time. I'll probably have a good week at home to relax at least.'

'I wouldn't know anything about that, it all seems so far off in the future to me. Besides, I've got to find the right man first anyway.'

After Lissy left her office to get back to her own work, Jessie started to go over Carly's case notes yet again. It was going to be a tough one, but she also knew she could do it.

It was Friday afternoon, all the other partners were off playing golf and everyone else seemed to have gone off early. She had the rest of the afternoon to work in peace. Except she had only been working for another couple of hours when her office phone rang.

'Hi Jessie, its Cynthia Larson.'

'Cynthia. Long time no hear, how is the movie going?'

'Not good, I'm not good. I'm outside your building. Can I come up and see you?'

'Sure, I'll call down to reception and tell them I'm expecting you.'

When Cynthia came up, Jessie noticed she was thinner than she had ever seen her and that she in fact looked gaunt.

'Hi Cynthia, you okay? Want some herbal tea?'

'Got anything stronger?'

'Sorry'.

'Then I'll just have water', Cynthia helped herself from the water cooler. 'Jessie, I'm sorry about the way I acted the last time we met. I fogot I don't have to pretend with you. I've been playing the bimbo so long I almost started to believe that was really me. Then Dan gave me my first serious role since university and he fired me. He said I was known as too much of an airhead for the role and it had been a big mistake asking me to play the part. That is when I started seeing Kevin from the gym, I really like him. The trouble is, he likes the bimbo me, the one that the public sees and that's not really me.'

'I wouldn't worry too much about Kevin. He is a real player. Don't take this the wrong way Cynthia, but your probably just flavour of the month for him.'

'But I really like him.'

'Sorry, I just thought, with someone like Kevin, your better off knowing the truth.'

'Thanks. Anyway I wanted to do something for you to make up for how awful I was when we last met. But first I need to call reception. 'It's okay, you can send them up now.'

'Cynthia, what the hell is going on?'

'Wait and see.'

'Surprise', Lisa, Kelly, Nicola, Josie, Sophie, Lissy and some of Jessie's other female colleagues she worked closely with burst through her office door with armfuls of presents.

'What the hell is going on?', Jessie asked again.

'This is your surprise baby shower', said Kelly, piling yet more presents on the top of her desk.

'Jessie, we never know when you are going to be home and its far easier to track you down at the office. That's why we sent Cynthia up first to check you were still here.'

'But Cynthia, all that stuff you said?'

'Its true every word of it. But I also wanted to give you this surprise, so I got together with your best friends to do this for you.'

'But do you guys realise its gone seven and I'll be getting lectured about working late and overdoing it when I get home?'

'No you won't Jessie, we've thought of all that. Our husbands were in on it too Zack, Slater, Darren, Screech and Paul have all gone to play squash at the leisure centre, Screech no doubt just as a spectator', Kelly explained.

'It sounds like you had it all planned out.'

'We sure did', Lisa said putting a huge boxful of girls baby clothes down on the floor. 'I made them all myself and they are all exclusive one off's. None of them are in my new baby wear range that's hitting the stores soon. There's outfits in there that will fit her from new born up to when she's about two years old.'

'Wow Lisa, thanks. Don't you ever stop?'

'No, do you?'

'No.'

'There you go then, come on, open the rest of your presents.'

'I asked Slater and his Mum if there was anything you hadn't got yet, so these are all from the Morris family, practical stuff you can't live without.'

A few minutes later Jessie's desk was strewn with presents from the Morris family. There were feeding bottles, a bottle sterilisng unit, tins of formula, a changing bag and mat, packets of diapers and a carrycot.

'Thanks Kelly, you must have spent a fortune.'

'Its not everyday one of your best friends has a baby.'

'And you've saved me a shopping trip too. We were going to go and get all this stuff at the weekend and to be honest I don't feel much like spending the weekend traipsing round the mall.'

'You can have a nice relaxing weekend instead.'

'You must be kidding. The big divorce trial is three weeks away. I'm going to be going over that every night between now and the start of the trial.'

'Well tonight you are putting your feet up and enjoying yourself, even if it is here in your office. Here open this from our family', Nicola handed her a small box.

'A subscription to one of the new parent magazines, thanks Nicola that I am sure is going to come in very handy. To be honest with you, I've never really been surrounded by children and I'm kind of scared I won't know what to do. Does that sound daft?'

'Not at all Jessie. No one knows what to do at first. Darren and I didn't . You just learn as you go along.'

'Thanks Lisa, but you know what I'm like about failure.'

'Jessie, just relax about it. You are going to be a great Mum and I bet Crystal will just love her new playmate.'

By the end of the eveing one corner of Jessie's office looked more like a baby care store.

'I should start getting all this stuff down to the car. I can't have my office looking like this, its unprofessional. I got a big meeting in here on Monday morning.'

'Jessie don't you dare lift a thing. We did say we had this whole evening planned out. Slater will be here to take you and all the presents home at eleven.'

'I have the best friends. No matter what I've done, good or bad, you are always there for me.'

By half past ten there was only Jessie, Lisa, Kelly, Nicola, Sophie and Josie left in the office waiting to be picked up. At eleven, even the cleaners had gone home and apart from the security guards they were the only ones left in the building, until their husbands showed up to take them home as promised.

'Hi, who won the squash?', Nicola was curious.

'Yes, don't keep us in suspense , who won?' Jessie also wanted to know.

'Me', said Paul proudly 'First I slaughtered Zack and then I slaughtered Slater. I didn't play Dad, that would have just been too easy.

'So what is everyone up to this weekend?', Kelly asked.

'We are putting Kevin the robot back together. We finally got all the parts, you will all have to come and see him when he is finished.'

'We sure will Screech. We had some laughs with Kevin. Come on Kel, we better make a move we are going to go down and visit Ben at school tomorrow.'

'Bye Jessie, Slater.'

'Bye and thanks again for all the presents.'

'We got to get going to if we are going to work on Kevin.'

'We had better come too, you can help me get all this lot in the lift', Slater picked up the first box.

The time they had the lift loaded Jessie was pleased to see her office had been restored to its former glory.

'You ready Jess?'

'I just need to make sure I got all these notes. I'm coming in late Monday morning but I want to get some work done at home before I come in.'

'There's a surprise waiting at home for you too.'

When they got home, Slater opened the door to the now finished nursery.

'Mum and Dad finished it today while we were at work. They've done a fantastic job don't you think?'

'They sure have. I love the alphabet stencils on the wall with the teddy bears around them. I didn't realise just how many hours they put in on this.'

'They said they really enjoyed it. It gave them something else to think about and now they will probably be looking for things to do during the day.'

'Now it just needs for this little one to arrive in the world to enjoy it and then she can kick out at her cot bars all she likes instead of kicking me in the ribs', but as painful and uncomfortable as it was at times now, Jessie still managed to smile as she looked round the nursery once more.