Title: It's My Life

Part: 25

Author: Mlizhobie

Disclaimer: Don't own House or any of the other characters except for the OC characters.

AN: This is my first time writing any type of fandom – so be kind and review. Thanks to my Beta reader, without whose help I wouldn't have had the courage to even think about posting this.

AN2: Will James ever agree to this?

That night after dinner was finished Lorelai took Nina up to give her the breathing treatment and start getting her ready for bed. James started clearing up the dinner dishes and headed back to the kitchen. This left Jay & Greg sitting at the table, Jay had noticed that his Uncle Greg had been really quiet lately and couldn't figure out why. Greg got up and went back to his bedroom without saying a word to the boy. Jay went and quickly finished him homework so he could have time to talk to Greg.

A half hour later Jay jammed all his books back into his school bag and went in search of Greg. Finding the bedroom door shut, Jay knocked and listened for Greg's response. Greg was sitting in the darkened room quietly contemplating getting drunk when he heard the gentle knock belonging to Jay. He knew it would be a bad idea to get totally wasted in front of the kid and pushed his idea and the bottle on his nightstand aside when he said, "Come on in."

Jay opened the door and he searched around the dark room looking for his uncle. When his eyes had adjusted to the dim light Jay saw Greg sitting on the far side of the room staring out the window. Greg had turned and was now watching the 8 year old take hesitant steps across the room. Reaching behind himself; Greg switched a lamp on and said, "What's up JG?" Jay climbed up beside Greg on the window seat and said, "I wanted to know what's goin on with you. You haven't talked to me in a long time and I didn't know if you were mad at me."

Greg quickly said, "What, no. I'm not mad at you! I've just had stuff on my mind and couldn't really talk to anybody about it." Jay's action looked like something taken from his father's playbook when he got up on his knees, looked Greg in the eye and said, "Talk to me!" Greg grinned slightly and said, "You know you sound just like your dad when you do that?" Jay shrugged and nodded, which made Greg laugh.

He thought for a few moments and then said, "Ok, I'll talk to you, but you have to promise that you won't tell Momma or Daddy about this." The look that crossed over Jay's face was a mixture of confusion and hesitation. Jay hated to keep things from his parents, Lore's honest ways had been taught to the children early. Greg saw the look and said, "Well they do know about it, but just don't tell them what I am going to tell you. It won't help anyone and it will only make your Dad really mad at me. I've just got to accept what he has decided."

Again Jay shrugged, so House said, "Well I had talked to your Mom about maybe having a baby with me. Living with you guys for all these years made me realize that I want my own family, but since I'm a jerk and can't keep a relationship for more than a week – it might be kind of hard to have a family. Besides, your Mom is such a great parent that I wouldn't want anyone else to be my kid's mom. Does this make any sense at all?"

At first Jay said, "You want to have kids? Daddy said you don't like kids, well 'cept me & Nina." Greg grinned at Jay's comment and said, "Well your Dad is right, I don't like most kids. Their annoying and their moronic parents don't make them behave. But you & Nina are good kids, most of the time." Jay lightly slapped Greg's arm and said, "Hey, I'm good all the time!" Greg again raised an eyebrow and said, "You keep believing that kid and one day it might be true! But I talked about this with your Dad and he doesn't like the idea and thinks I'm trying to live his life. I don't want his life; I want one of my own."

James had finished cleaning up after dinner and glanced at the clock. It was getting close to Jay's bedtime and he still needed a bath. He was pretty sure that he had seen Jay head down to Greg's room so that's where James started his search. He knocked on the door and heard Greg's 'Come in' before entering. Pushing the door open James found his best friend & son sitting in the window seat watching the neighbors.

Jay looked over and said, "Hey Daddy." James smiled slightly and said, "Hey little man, time to head up for your bath and then get to bed. Uncle Greg probably has stuff he wants to do anyway, so say good night and come on." Jay nodded and leaned over to hug Greg before jumping down off the window seat and running out of the room. James glanced back over at Greg and asked, "You alright?" Not wanting to get into another argument with the oncologist, Greg said, "Yup, I'm good."

During his bath Jay looked across the room to where his father was seated on the bathroom counter and said, "Daddy, I want a cousin." James looked up from the tile he was studying on the floor and said, "You have cousins, Hailey, Quinn, Finley, Keegan…" Jay shook his head, interrupting James he said, "No Daddy, I want cousins that I see all the time. Why doesn't Uncle Greg have any kids?"

James thought back to the conversation that he & Greg had back at the hospital. He instantly felt the guilt return when he thought about his immediate rejection to Greg's idea. He had seen the hope slip from Greg's eyes and a bit of a sparkle go with it. Jay looked up at his father again and saw his idea had worked. Grinning to himself, Jay thought, 'Got Daddy to think about what he told Uncle Greg.' James finally said, "I don't know why Uncle Greg doesn't have any kids buddy. But maybe Momma & I can talk to him about it."

After both the kids were in bed James & Lore were sitting in their room going over paperwork. James couldn't concentrate on anything but the look he had seen in Greg's eyes earlier that day on the balcony. He finally threw the paperwork down on the bed and said, "You have talked to House about having a baby right?" Lorelai closed her laptop and glanced up at James with a questioning look. She had to clear her mind of what she had been reading before she said, "Yeah we talked about it, but I told him we would have to talk about it with you before we did anything."

James lowered his head and said, "He told me about it today at work and I blew up. I accused him of trying to live my life, it wasn't pretty. He won't admit it, but I could tell he was crushed. I have been thinking about it since we got home and I know he isn't trying to live my life – he's trying to get one for himself. And if you're the only woman he trusts to raise his kid then I think that shows how much he thinks about you."

Lore watched James run through his emotions and thoughts about the idea and had to grin. She could see that James had gotten to the same page she was at – Greg was ready to be a parent. Who cared how old he was or that he would technically be a single dad – he would be an awesome dad! It really didn't matter that he would be a single dad, because she would help him take care of the baby – it would be her baby as well.

When James had stopped his rambling, Lore stood up, grabbed James's hand and said, "Come on let's go talk to him about this now." James did stand but said, "Now?" Lore nodded and firmly said, "Yes, when we all get this out in the open it will be better." James rolled his eyes and sighed loudly before following his wife back downstairs to Greg's room.

Greg had gone out the living room and was scrolling through his Tivo menu when James & Lorelai came in the room. Lore took the remote and turned off the television before saying, "Greg we need to talk to you about your idea." Greg felt his defenses fly up as he looked over at his best friend. He had already been shot down once today and wasn't ready to get another Wilson rejection. Lore knew Greg well enough to read his face and said, "Stop it; we aren't going to fight about this."

James sat in a chair across the room and was absently petting Atticus. Lorelai was seated between James & Greg – like always she was the middle ground. Over the years she had fallen into the family negotiator role, especially with them. Looking between the two men in her life Lore said, "Ok we've all talked about this baby idea. And before you start yelling Greg, let me say that James has reconsidered. So if you still want me to, I will have your baby."

Greg had readied himself for another argument and now was speechless. James was studying the carpet like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Lorelai rolled her eyes and then said, "Damn-it you guys, why can't you two talk? You've known each other for almost 15 years and act like this!" Greg quickly recovered and said, "We're guys, we don't talk!" Lorelai looked him right in the eye and said, "And that is why you're always fighting."

For the next month Greg & Lore were in and out of doctors offices being checked and having samples taken for every test imaginable. On the way home from work one evening Greg had jokingly asked James if they could just skip all the in-vitro process and just have sex, but James quickly said, "There is no way in hell I'm letting you sleep with my wife!" From the back seat of the jeep Nina screamed, "Daddy bad!"

Greg grinned widely and said, "Yeah Daddy bad! No cussing in front of that beautiful baby girl!" James shook his head and flipped Greg off, but made sure that Nina couldn't see the action. Greg scoffed and said, "Now how would that help Lorelai get pregnant if I did that, besides you're not my type at all Jimmy." Again James shook his head and grinned at his best friend.

The following week Lorelai had gone in and had the fertilized embryos implanted. Greg had begged to be allowed to go too, but she had flat out refused to take him with her, so he pouted for an hour at work that morning. James took it upon himself to cheer up his friend, so at lunch he took Greg to get a new video game. It had worked and Greg spent the rest of the afternoon hiding on James's balcony playing the game.

Less than 2 weeks later James found Lore sitting on the bathroom floor fighting the urge to throw up. He really couldn't do anything for her just yet, so he silently stood out of her way. 15 minutes later he helped her up off the floor and handed her a glass of water. She leaned heavily against him and slowly drank the water. Once the glass was empty Lore placed it back on the counter and said, "Looks like we have baby." James kissed the top of her head and said, "Yep, looks that way. Why don't I make breakfast for the kids?" Lorelai groaned and nodded quickly to James's offer.

When Lorelai came downstairs a while later she found her family all seated at the kitchen island eating breakfast. Nina spun around on her stool and said, "Momma want oatmeal," offering up a large spoonful. Lore looked at the oatmeal on her daughter's spoon and again felt the need to throw up. Rushing from the room she sprinted for the nearest bathroom and slammed the door shut.

Greg's movement instantly stilled as he looked over at James with a questioning look. James grinned slightly and nodded. Greg's eyes went wide as his face broke into a huge smile. He was quiet for a few seconds and then said, "Really, wow. That's awesome, I'm gonna be a…" James quickly shook his head and looked at each of the children nervously before saying, "Uh not yet!" Greg understood what James was trying to tell him and nodded.

Lore reentered the room a short time later still looking a bit green. Meeting Greg's eyes she tried to smile, but he shook his head and mouthed the words, 'I'm sorry.' The smile was no longer forced when she quietly said, "Its ok." Nina couldn't have cared less about what was going on, but Jay being more aware of his parents & uncle's activities looked between the 3 adults oddly and asked, "What's goin on?"

Lorelai ruffled her son's hair, kissed his head and said, "Nothing's going on Mr. Wilson, now finish up your breakfast so we can get going." Not fully believing his mother Jay half glared at his father only to have James say, "I saw that look, we aren't lying. Now do as your mother asked and get finished up young man." Jay rolled his eyes and took the last few bites of his breakfast before jumping down out of his seat and heading off to find his book-bag. Nina had also finished by this time and asked, "Daddy you get me down pwease?"

James lifted his daughter off her chair, kissed her head and said, "Go get your bag and jacket baby girl. We need to get going to the hospital, ok?" She nodded quickly and ran from the room. James then looked back over at Greg and said, "Sorry, but I just didn't think it would be a good idea to say anything to them yet." Lore then said, "Yeah today was the first time I have gotten sick like this. So I will grab a couple pregnancy tests today if you want me to."

Greg nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yeah ok, you're right. We shouldn't tell them about this for a while. I didn't think about this part of it, it's going to be weird for them to understand this. Oh and yeah, if you want to take a test that's cool." James turned slightly when he heard one of the children run back in the room and saw that it was both Jay & Nina.

That night after both the kids were in bed Lorelai took the 3 pregnancy tests she had bought that day out of her bag and went to find James. Finding her husband sitting in his office reading through some drug trials Lore knocked on the door frame. James looked up tiredly and shoved his glasses up on his head so he could see across the room as he said, "Hey kid, you need something?"

Lorelai held up the boxes and said, "I'm going to take these now – see what kind of results we get." Unable to stop himself James yawned widely and then said, "Oh ok, come back down when you're done and we'll go tell Greg." Lore nodded and left the room.

20 minutes later Lorelai was again standing at the door to James's office. He laid the folder full of papers down on the desk and looked up at his wife. Lore was smiling, nervously chewing on her lip. James motioned for Lorelai to come in the room, so she walked over to the desk and sat on his lap and said, "That was the fastest I've ever seen one of these give results and the most definite positive I've seen either. Can't deny that I'm pregnant, these look like neon lights in Vegas or something." Laughing James said, "Alright then. Come on let's go tell Dad."

Greg was playing the piano in the living room when James & Lorelai found him. Glancing up he saw a slight hint of a smile on James's face and that Lore was carrying something. He stopped playing and waited for them to get across the room to him. Lore came over and sat beside him on the piano bench and laid all 3 positive pregnancy tests on the keys. Leaning over Lorelai kissed Greg's cheek and said, "Congratulations Dad." Greg blushed bright red and looked at each of the tests before saying, "Wow, I'm gonna be a dad?" Lore then pulled him into a hug and said, "Yeah you are!" James, who was leaning against the piano, smiled widely at Greg's reaction and asked, "So do I get to be Uncle Jimmy?" Greg nodded numbly while staring at Lorelai's still flat stomach.

Lorelai was sick at least 4 times every morning for the whole next month and asked Dr. Marks if that was normal when she was at her first official appointment. As he looked over her blood work he nodded and said, "Yeah, all your levels are in the normal range. Your weight is down a bit, but that is ok for now. If it doesn't get any better we can get you something, but I trust James & Greg to look over you."

On her way out of Dr. Marks's office Lorelai ran into all 3 ducklings and they questioned why she was there. Lore instantly got nervous and blurted out, "I'm having a baby with Greg." Foreman was first to react and about screamed, "What?" While Chase said, "You're actually helping that man become a parent?" Allison smiled and said, "That's really cool Lore, but I bet James didn't like the idea."

While they all went back to the diagnostics meeting room Lore & Allison talked about the situation and when she would be due. Greg didn't like that Lore had told the team about the baby, but James told him to shut up and quit whining because they were going to find out eventually.

By the time Lorelai hit her third month the morning sickness faded to only 1 or the occasional 2 times a day, but Greg did start noticing how fast she was putting on weight. He was happy that her morning sickness was finally getting better, but he was also really concerned about her health. House didn't want to say anything that would make her cry, because Lore's emotions had been all over the map lately. One night during dinner James had asked her to pass him something to drink and Lorelai had flipped out on him and wound up running from the room sobbing.

So Greg decided to talk to James about it at work so Lore wouldn't even be in the same building when he brought up her weight. After sending the ducklings off to do another round of tests on their latest patient Greg went down to James's office and barged in. Without even looking up James said, "I could have been with a patient!" Greg scoffed, closed the door behind himself and said, "No you couldn't have. I know your schedule." This prompted James to look up and say, "What? No, nevermind I don't even want to know. Who are you hiding from anyway?"

Getting comfortable on James's office couch Greg said, "Do you think Lore is gaining weight too quickly this time?" James shut the patient file he had been reading and thought about Greg's question for a moment before saying, "Yeah, I guess she is showing already. That is strange because she's just at 12 weeks, but maybe she is making up for the weight she lost right at first. But it does make me wonder if Allison has been taking her for ice cream again." Greg looked over at James oddly and asked, "What?"

James then explained, "Lore & Ally have lunch together a few times a week and you know that chocolate ice cream is one of Lore's biggest cravings when she is pregnant. So if she is having it, it would be when she is out with Ally. Where is she anyway, I want to talk to her!" Greg laid down on James's couch before saying, "Call her cell, she's supposed to be down in the lab." James nodded and grabbed his cell from his own lab coat and dialed Allison's phone.

Down in the lab Allison heard her cell phone and rolled her eyes thinking that it was House calling her to yell at her. Sighing she knew she would have to answer it or face more yelling, she pulled it from her pocket and saw that it was James calling and not her boss. Answering the call she said, "Hey James, what's up?" James greeted the younger doctor and asked, "When you get some time could you come down to my office? I want to talk to you about something." She said she would and had to hang up because her test results were ready.

Later that afternoon Allison went down to James's office and found her boss sitting with her best friend's husband. She knocked hesitantly and said, "You needed to talk to me about something James?" James smiled slightly at Allison's nervous stance and said, "You're not in trouble Allison, I just wanted to talk to you about Lore." Allison's eyes went wide as she entered the room and she asked, "Is she alright?"

James nodded and House said, "Yeah, she's fine. But we wanted to know if you're smuggling chocolate ice cream to her." Allison spun around and looked at Greg as she said, "What? Why would I do that? I'm not stupid enough to do that again after you both chewed me out when she was pregnant with Jay; besides Chase has taken your stance on letting pregnant women have sweets James." Both men sat up quickly and said, "What?!"

Allison realized that she had let her secret slip and flushed bright red. She knew she wouldn't be able to back pedal so she said, "Yeah, uh Robert & I are going to have another baby." James congratulated her, but Greg said, "Damn-it Cameron you just had to go and steal my thunder by adding to your damn brood!" Cameron rolled her eyes and said, "We don't have a brood – we have ONE child. And yeah that is exactly what we were planning when it happened, ruining your plans! Oh I want to know when are you going to quit calling me Cameron, I've been married for almost 5 years now!" House scoffed loudly and said, "Ok I don't want to hear about your & Chase's sex life thanks and I really don't care if you are married or not – that's how I tell you all apart."

While they were getting ready for bed that night James got brave enough to ask Lore about her weight. He was back in the closet when he said, "Hey kid, um do you think you might be putting on a lot of weight really fast?" Lorelai had been thinking about this too, but didn't want to bring up her concern to James or Greg out of fear that they would both freak out. She walked back out of the bathroom and quietly said, "Yeah, but I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. This is my 4th pregnancy though, that could be why I'm showing so quickly."

James nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yeah that is something that I hadn't thought of, but when do you see Marks again?" Lore checked her date book and said, "I see him on Friday. You want to come with me?" Again James nodded as he said, "Yeah I think I will sneak away and come with you. I want to talk to him about this and see what he thinks."

At her appointment later that week James & Lore both voiced their concerns to Dr. Marks. He did say that her weight was higher than it had been at the same time during her previous pregnancies. James saw something spark in Dr. Marks's eyes and asked, "You have an idea, what are you thinking?" Marks nodded and said, "Let me go grab the ultrasound real fast and I'll see if I'm right." James furrowed his brow as he watched the other doctor leave the room and then turned to face his wife.

Seeing a look of fear sliding into her eyes James said, "Kid, calm down. He doesn't seem like this is bad." Lorelai met James's eyes and said, "How can you be sure?" James had gone over to the small desk where Lore's chart was laying and started reading over it. A few moments later he said, "By the looks of your levels and everything there isn't anything wrong babe. He'll be right back and we'll see what's going on in there."

Lorelai was still scared and pulled James back over to her. James pulled his now crying wife against his chest and said, "Lore, its ok sweetie." Dr. Marks then opened the door and pulled the ultrasound machine back into the room. When he saw that Lorelai was crying he said, "I'm sorry, I scared you with what I said. Let me get this set up and I'll show you what I meant." She nodded, laid back on the table, pulled up her shirt to expose her rounded belly.

A few minutes later Dr. Marks was still moving the scope around Lore's belly and then said, "There we go, exactly what I thought; got a shy one in there." James & Lorelai both said, "What?!" James had taken hold of the monitor and spun it around searching for what Marks had meant. Lorelai saw it first and said, "Oh my God James, its twins." James finally saw the second baby and quickly passed out.

Dr. Marks tried to refrain from laughing, but failed. He pushed the ultrasound cart back out of the way so he could revive the unconscious oncologist on the floor. Lorelai was still in shock about the second baby and totally unaware that James had passed out. When James came to he sat up slowly, leaned back against the wall and said, "I'm gonna kill him."

Next chapter: How will House take this news?