Erin and Jay anxiously stood at the end of a hallway in an open waiting area. The walls of the hall were painted with bright colorful murals of the ocean. Complete with dolphins, fish, starfish, and whales. Their fingers were laced together as they waited eagerly. Each passing second felt like an hour, until they saw a door open at the other end of the hallway, and Micah appear from behind it. With an enormous smile Micah sprinted down the hallway towards them.

Erin crouched down with her arms out anticipating his embrace. He ran into her full speed, and Erin cloaked him in her arms before standing up holding him. Jay came up from behind and inserted himself into the hug.

It was over. Voight had pulled through, Marcus was back in prison, and Micah was officially, legally there son.

They had met Micah for the first time ten months ago. From there it was an unexpected journey of twists and turns, heartbreak and happiness, but they'd finally worked everything out. They were taking Micah home today, and beginning their new life together as a family. The Halstead family.

"Are you ready to go home?" Jay asked the little boy while the three were still all entangled in a hug.

"Yes!" The child cheered.

Jay smiled at his reply making eye contact with Erin. He was taken aback by how beautiful this kind of pure happiness looked on her. There was a light in her eyes, radiance in her smile, and he was drawn to it. He leaned in and kissed her.

"Ewwww." Micah giggled, making them laugh into their kiss.

"How about we go celebrate with ice cream?" Erin asked.

"Chocolate?" Micah quizzed her.

"Yes, you can get chocolate."

"With sprinkles?" He continued.

She laughed. "Yes. Whatever you want."

"Then lets get out of here! I love ice cream!" He urged.

A few Weeks later

"Mommy?"

"Yeah baby?" Erin asked closing the book she had just finished reading him while still sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Can we get me a brother?"

Erin's froze surprised by his question. Then she suppressed a little laugh. "Can we get you a brother? It doesn't exactly work like that."

"What do you mean? I just want someone to play hockey with. I need a goalie for when I practice my slap shot."

She smiled at how innocent he was. "If you did have a little brother he wouldn't be old enough to play hockey with you for a long time. He would be a baby, and would have to grow big and strong like you."

"I wasn't a baby when I came here though."

"You're right you weren't. Daddy and I met you when you weren't a baby anymore. But if you ever have a brother, or maybe a sister, it would be a baby when you first meet them."

"Well if it's going to take a long time for him to get big enough to play we should go get him now."

Erin laughed. "You can't just go to the store and pick up a baby, buddy."

"Well then where do you get one? How do we get a baby?"

Erin rubbed her head deciding what she was going to tell her four year old. "Well, if daddy and I decide we want to have another baby." She paused thinking while Micah hung on every word that exited her lips. "Babe, come in here for a sec." She called for her husband. First off she wanted back up because she was struggling to form an appropriate response, and secondly it was humorous and she wanted Jay to experience it with her.

He showed up in the doorway confused. "Yeah?"

Erin grinned at him mischievously. "Where do babies come from?"

Jay's eyes grew wide is shock. He thought he was being called to assure Micah there were no monsters in the closet or under the bed, or maybe Micah was insisting on another hug before bed. Not in a million years did he think this was the question he'd be getting.

He walked over to the bed. "So you're asking about babies little man?"

Micah nodded. "I want you guys to get me a brother."

"Well, first you need to understand that even if you do have a sibling some day there is no guarantee it would be a boy. You might get a sister."

"Okay, but how do you get the baby? Mommy said you can't get one at the store."

Jay looked and Erin smiling widely. "She's right you can't. You see babies, they grow inside of mommies bellies."

Micah looked at him as though he had lost his mind. Erin and Jay both held back laughs.

"What? Mommy would have to grow a baby in her tummy?"

"Yeah that's how it works."

"How the heck does it get in there?"

"Umm. It…" Jay looked at Erin telling her it was her turn. He had no idea what to say.

Erin thought for a second. "When daddy and I decide that we want a baby umm…" She thought for a second. "Some special things happen and then the baby will be in my belly."

"Special things? Like you sing a special song?"

Jay nodded quickly. "Yup. A song. A very special song."

"How does the baby come out then?"

"It would stay in mommy's belly for awhile and then when it gets big enough, and is ready to come out the doctor helps." Jay replied to his curious son.

"Well this sounds like a lot of work."

This time they couldn't help but laugh. "How about you just go to sleep now? Daddy and I aren't ready to have another baby right now anyways. We have you and you're perfect." She kissed his forehead standing up from the bed.

"Okay, but where did I come from?"

"You came from your other mommy's belly. You grew in her belly before you came to be with us." Jay answered.

"I'm happy I got to come here with you guys."

"We're very happy too. We love you. Now get some sleep, baby." Erin said before turning off his light.

"Goodnight," Jay added in.

Walking into their own bedroom laughing, Erin sat on the end of the bed before falling backwards letting her head hit the soft mattress.

"If you wouldn't have came when I called I was about to give our four year old the full sex talk." She laughed.

Jay crawled over top of her on all fours. "You would have scared the poor child."

"I know." She nodded still smiling. "What can I say? I panicked." He was hovering overtop of her, so she brought her hands up to the sides of his face and ran her thumbs along the scruff of his jaw line.

"So when are we gonna sing that special song, and put a baby in your belly?" He asked with a smirk firmly on his lips.

She moved her hand from the side of his face to his shoulder and pushed him so he rolled off her and was now lying next to her instead. "Oh no buddy. I told you I wasn't ready a few months ago when we thought I was pregnant, and that still stands. At least another year."

He rolled onto his side facing her resting his head in his hand. "A year." He repeated contemplating what she had said.

"Yes, at least. This apartment isn't going to be big enough, and we can't afford anything else right now, and besides I like having time with Just Micah. I'm not ready to give that up yet."

"I agree. But I think we should still practice singing that song right now." He reached his arm around her hip and pulled her waist in closer to his, before matting his lips to hers.

Thank you to everyone that has read this story story and left reviews. I'm so glad you guys have enjoyed it because I've really loved writing it. This is the last actual chapter, but I'll give you a few epilog type chapters that jump into the future and tie things up. Once again thank you! And let me know what you think in a review. :)