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Chapter 26
Judy waited until Tom rinsed his razor out in the sink before tip toeing into the bathroom and quickly sliding her arms around him. He turned his head to the side to catch a glimpse of her as he shook the water off of the razor. "You finally decide to get out of bed?"
She smiled and kissed him on the back as she smoothed her hands over his abs and then his chest. "Mmm.…umgh," Judy nodded as she kissed him on the shoulder while looking at him through the mirror as he rung out his wash cloth. "I was up and showered before you woke up this morning, but I went back to sleep after I realized how early it was."
"Why didn't you wake me?" He smiled slyly. "I could've helped you pass the time."
"Next time, I will." She dropped her head and giggled before exhaling in an effort to work her nerve back up as she looked back into the mirror. "Baby?"
"Yeah" Tom wiped the rest of the shaving cream off of his face while she continued to hold him from behind.
"I'm late." Judy paused slightly dipping her head, so he could only see her eyes over his shoulder through their reflection in mirror. She felt a thousand flutters in her stomach as the butterflies seemed to go wild.
"Nah" Tom shook his head as he turned around tossing the wash cloth in the hamper and placing his arms around her while backing her up out of the bathroom. "We still have time to eat breakfast and take our morning walk before we have to check in at the Chapel." He smiled seductively as his dimples seemed to wink at her. "Unless, you have something else in mind."
"Actually," She allowed her hands to glide across his body from his lower back, around to his abs where she watched them glide over his torso to his chest and around his neck. She felt him respond to her touch as she left one hand to stroke the back of his head as the other traced from his temple down his cheek to his jaw line and then to his lips where her lips replaced her finger. Judy kissed him seductively as he pressed his body against hers. She eventually pulled out of the kiss as she looked into his eyes. "Baby" She raised her brows. "I'm late." She repeated. He frowned in thought momentarily as he tried to read her. After a few seconds, his eyes widened in surprise after finally realizing what she meant. Tom rapidly shifted his eyes toward her stomach and then back up to her.
"I'm going to be…" Hanson smiled as he a mix of mild hyperventilation and ultimate happiness entered his body as he held her. "We're gonna be…" He pointed back and forth between him and her as she nodded with uncertainty. He was visibly shocked and excited as he slowly stepped back to look at her. "You're pregnant?"
"I don't know." She slowly shrugged. "I mean….I think so….." For some reason at that point in time the word 'pregnant' terrified her, as different thoughts began to race through her head. She immediately felt every emotion rush through her from elation to disappointment. "You know how careful I am about planning everything down to a science." She folded her arms and stared at the ground as she slowly paced. "Well, you also know that I've been feeling nauseated and tired everyday for weeks?" He nodded as she continued. "At first I thought it was a side effect from the antibiotics, and then I thought it was because of the stress and excitement of the wedding and then the honeymoon." She rambled as her speech pattern increased. "I didn't think much of it, but then I've been cramping and I haven't started yet and one minute, I'm happy as can be and the other I'm snapping at people or I'm crying at those stupid hallmark commercials. I'm having all these symptoms and I'm in the middle of a case, I think I screwed up my pills, and I don't want to be on desk duty for nine months, and we just got married a couple of weeks ago and Hanson, I can't…."
"Hey…hey" Hanson frowned in concern as he stopped her from pacing by unfolding her arms and taking her hands in his. "You have to breathe." He raised his brows as he looked in to her eyes. "We're married remember?...And even though we go undercover as teenagers from time to time, it's been awhile since we've been one." He pulled her close by wrapping her arms around him before cupping her face. "Jude, you have a husband who loves you."
"I know" Judy dropped her head and exhaled before looking at him again. "I'm just not sure if I'm ready to be a mother yet." She confessed as Tom rubbed her back. "I've only been your wife a couple of weeks." She burrowed her brows in thought. "I kind of wanted it to be me and you for a few years before we had kids."
"So did I, but if you're pregnant now." He smiled. "Then that's okay too." Tom felt so much love for her at the moment that he thought his heart was going to explode. "Come here." He took her by the hand and walked her to the bathroom. He positioned her in front of him as they looked into the mirror at one another. Tom unbuttoned the bottom of her shirt and opened it up into a 'V' shape and placed his warm hand over her stomach gently moving it side to side. She leaned her head back against his shoulder as she watched a proud smile light up his face. "This" He softly stated in her ear. "Is me and you." Tom saw a smile grace her face as the anxiety began to slowly leave her body. "Give me a little girl with that smile and I'm happy." He looked at her lovingly.
Judy reached her arm behind her to touch his face. "Or I could give you a little boy that looks just like you." She sweetly admitted as he kissed her forearm. She felt her chest fill with more love for him than she thought she could handle. Judy loved that she could be carrying their child, but she still felt like there was more she wanted to do before they started a family. "Just not now." She whispered as she dropped her hand as she recalled her thoughts during their honeymoon. "I've had this feeling that I might be after we landed in Maui and I got sick, but I don't know." She looked down at her hands that were clasped together as she swirled her thumbs around each other. "I guess I just kept blowing it off, because I was too scared to find out. Even though, something told me to stop taking my pills that night." She slowly lifted her head up and looked at him apologetically.
"Did you?" Tom rested his head against hers.
"Yeah" She softly replied.
"Listen, I know this is all happening a little fast." He sighed as he hugged her from behind while they continued to look at their reflections. "Baby, I feel the same way." He kissed her on her forehead. "But, this is me and you we're talking about."
"Yeah" She laughed. "Our timing's always a little off."
"This is true." He confessed before dropping his head and laughing as she walked out of the bathroom. Hanson cleared his throat as he pushed his fingers through his hair. "Are you positive?"
"Yeah, it has been ever since we met." She answered as she started to get dressed.
"Baby" Tom rolled his eyes. "Focus" He let out a small chuckle as she looked at him. Hanson raised his brows with slight irritation in his voice. "Are you sure you're pregnant?"
"Oh" She smiled. "No" She shifted her eyes up for a second. "And yes."
"Well" He cleared his throat. "After you finish getting dressed, we'll pick up a test while we're at the store and" He rotated his hand. "You can come back and take it before we go to work." He added as she tossed him the shirt that he was going to wear and he caught it.
"I already took one." She confessed as she continued to get dressed. "Or….three." She grinned.
"Three test?" He turned around burrowing his brows in confusion as she nodded. "And?" Hanson licked his lips and narrowed his eyes as he held out his arm prompting her to elaborate as she tied her shoes. "Judy" He said her name in frustration after waiting for her to answer him to no avail.
"They're in the other bathroom." She finally answered as she pointed. "I took all three of them before I came in here."
"What'd they say?" Hanson asked as irritation turned to aggravation as he spread his arms and shrugged. He was trying to stay calm, because he knew that she was procrastinating out of fear.
"I don't know." She innocently replied as she looked at him with uneasiness while sitting up straight. "I didn't want to look without you." She ran her hands back and forth over her thighs.
"Come here" He offered her his hand. She took it and he guided her to the guest bathroom as she adjusted her clothes while following him. They reached the hallway before the bathroom and he kicked his head to the side prompting her to take the lead. "Go ahead."
She stopped short of the bathroom doorway, shook her head and stepped back. "No, just tell me what it says."
"You sure?" He looked at her with uncertainty as she nodded. He sighed as he walked in to the bathroom. He was in there for a minute or two and she couldn't see his face to read his expression. He walked out and cleared his throat.
"Okay….Tell me." She demanded as her impatience got the best of her.
He lightly ran his right thumb across the left side of his jaw. "They're all clear." Tom watched for her honest reaction as she bowed her head in disappointment. He finally smiled as he strolled over to her happy that her first response was disappointment. "Blue" He added. "They're all clearly blue."
Judy slowly rose her head as her eyes widened in surprise. "Really?" She started to smile.
"Really" Hanson donned a huge smile as he gave her a faint nod of his head. She squealed in excitement as she leapt into his arms and he spun her around. He let her feet land back on the floor as he held her. He leaned in giving her a long slow kiss while she massaged the back of his head with her fingertips intensifying the kiss and making him change his mind about the walk altogether until she gradually pulled out of it.
"We're going to have a baby?" She smiled as Tom combed his fingers through her long brown hair.
"Yeah" He nodded in amazement as he pulled out of her embrace dragging his hand from the small of her back to her stomach while meeting his eyes with hers as if they had a brief yet affectionate conversation of their own without a word being spoken. He unbuttoned her jeans and lifted her blouse to expose her stomach before slowly kneeling down in front of her, eventually shifting his eyes to her stomach which was still basically flat with the exception of looking a little bloated. He moved his fingers over her stomach so lightly that Judy barely felt them as she stood there mesmerized by him. Tom sweetly kissed her stomach here and there before gently stroking it again. He was so gentle and soothing that she didn't want him to stop. He spoke softly to her tummy. "You have just made me the happiest man on the planet, lil' man"
"Or…little girl" She smiled.
"Or, little girl" Tom smirked giving her tummy one last kiss before slowly standing up and fixing her clothes. He continued to look down.
Judy didn't think it was possible to love Tom anymore than she already did….until now. She touched his face prompting him to look up at her. "I love you, baby"
"I love you too" He smiled as he watched her walk over to pick up the cordless phone.
"Who do you want to call first?" She faced him as she lifted her brow and gently tapped the phone against her hand.
"My mom." He chuckled. "I don't need to hear the same speech she gave me when we didn't call her after we got engaged."
"Done" She laughed as she dialed and he ran to get the other cordless.
"Hello?" Margaret answered in a sleepy voice.
"Good morning" Judy happily greeted her. "How's your morning going so far?"
"Well, sweetie…" Margaret sighed as she looked at the clock. "It's 6:37 in the morning and I'm awake after a late night at work." Judy could hear Margaret stretching as she spoke. "I had to send one of your employees home last night, because he was sick as a dog. So, I was at the bowling alley until" She yawned. "About 11:30 last night."
"Mom," Judy shook her head in frustration. "Why didn't call someone else to come in and work an extra shift?" Judy exhaled. "We'll pay them for the extra time, if we need to."
"It's fine, honey just don't tell Tommy." Margaret groggily replied. "He'll have a fit."
"She doesn't have to." Tom answered in exasperation. "Mom, I told you that I don't want you up there that late."
"Tom, don't start with me." Margaret scolded him. "It's too early and I am too tired." She huffed. "Does this call have a purpose other than to fuss at me about the hours I keep?"
"Actually…" Tom started. "Wait….the hours you keep?" Tom frowned. "What kind of hours are…"
Judy cleared her throat to cut him off. "We wanted you to be the first to know…"
"That you don't need to be out until 11:30 at night. Why didn't you call someone else to come in?" Tom reprimanded her. "I didn't ask you to Manage the place for you to…."
"Baby" Judy snapped her fingers at him as he scowled at her and she mocked him.
"We called to tell you that you're going to be a Grandma." Tom informed her as his mom started to laugh.
"A Grandma?" Margaret laughed. "I'm going to be a Grandma?" She yelled in excitement. "I'm so happy right now! I have to call Delores! We're having a baby!"
"You can't call Judy's mom." Tom quickly interjected. "We want to call them."
"I have to call all of my friends." Margaret added as put her hand to her chest. "I'm going to be a Grandmother…..Oh, my God that is going to be the most beautiful baby!" She touched her hand to her face. "How far along are you?"
"We're not sure." Judy turned to look at Hanson. "Maybe five or six weeks." She shrugged.
"We just found out this morning." Tom interrupted. "We'll call you and let you know after her first doctor's appointment."
"Alright" Margaret laughed. "I'm so happy right now, I love you guys."
"We love you too." They both spoke in unison before hanging up. Judy waited for the dial tone before calling her parents.
"Hello?" Mr. Hoffs answered.
"Good morning," Judy greeted him. "How are you?"
"I'm good." Tony paused to figure out why Judy was calling so early in the morning. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong" Judy frowned. "Does something need to be wrong for me to call you?" She sweetly asked.
"It's what?" He looked the clock. "Nearly 7am where you are?" His voice deepened as he folded his arms while resting the phone in the crook of his neck. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Judy scoffed. "I could be calling to tell you something good." She was starting to get an attitude.
"Hey Dad" Hanson interrupted as he cut his eyes at Judy, because he could tell she was getting annoyed.
"Hey Tom" Tony held the phone as he tilted his head back in concern. "What's going on?"
"Nothing" Tom cleared his throat. "We're just calling to tell you that you're going to be Grandparents, but other than that." He shrugged. "Not a whole lot going on."
"You're kidding?" Tony chuckled. "I'm going to be a Grandpa." He stood up straight as he adjusted his belt. "I have to make sure I stop by the bank today to get rolls of quarters, because Grandpas always have change when they see their Grandchildren." He laughed.
"Well," Hanson scratched the back of his head as he smiled. "Dad, you do know that she's only five or six weeks along. I think you can hold off on going to the bank for awhile." Hanson laughed and Tony did too.
"Nonsense," He shook his head. "I need to be prepared to spoil this child rotten and send him or her back home to you." Tony laughed. "It's called paying for your raising, son."
"Huh" Tom smiled and bobbed his head. "Alright then, proceed."
"My little girl is having a baby." He shook his head and smiled. "Delores!" Tony stopped and corrected himself. "Grandma! Get in here!" He yelled. "Tom, you and I will talk later. I have to teach you how to bob and weave when those mood swings start coming at you."
"That's real funny." Judy sarcastically added. "Daddy, please don't corrupt my husband."
"He won't" Hanson smiled. "I do a good job of making you mad all by myself."
"Tom ….Judy, you just made me a very happy man. Now, Judy go get some rest." Tony instructed.
"I will" Judy laughed. "I take it you want to tell Mom?"
"Yes, and we'll talk to you both later." He smiled. "Thank you for making my day. I love you both….a Grandfather." He shook his head and smiled in disbelief before hanging up the phone.
"Jude, I was thinking and…" Tom put his phone on the end table before strolling over to Judy and taking the phone from her. "You know" He shifted his weight as he glanced up at the ceiling for second before looking at her again. "This means, you're on desk duty." He put her phone on the coffee table.
"Don't start with me Thomas." She warned as he watched her disappear into the bedroom to fix her hair and make up before they left while he followed in preparation for battle. "I'm in the middle of a case." She added while Hanson calmly entered the room leaning his shoulder against the doorway. Judy noticed the expression on his face and she knew that he wasn't going to back down. "Look" Judy exhaled. "Just let me get through the first trimester before we tell Fuller."
Tom shifted his eyes upward as he scratched under his chin and cleared his throat. "No"
"What do you mean no?" Judy frowned as she put the finishing touches on her hair and make up. "I couldn't be more than five or six weeks along, I can still do my job."
Hanson put his hands in his pockets. "You're on an arson case." He frowned.
"I know that" Judy quickly replied before sauntering up to Tom on her way out of the bedroom. She placed her hand on his chest and quickly kissed him. "We'll be fine." She used a soft reassuring tone.
He followed her out. "Jude, I'm telling Fuller this morning and he's going to pull you out." He sympathetically informed her. "I hate to be the one to tell you this, but keeping a baby from everyone is a little different than keeping a relationship a secret." Tom sarcastically added. He took his hands out of his pockets as he entered the kitchen to help her with breakfast. "We're talking about a baby." He raised his brows as she looked at him. "Our baby" He shook his head. "I don't want you…"
"Do you honestly think I would do something that would put our child's life in danger?" Judy huffed as she slammed the refrigerator door.
"No, not intentionally, but" He quickly answered.
"Not intentionally?" She narrowed her eyes as she tilted her head and placed her hand on her hip. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Judy, we're cops!" He snapped. "Our job is dangerous….that's the point."
"So, you think I can't handle carrying our child and doing my job safely?" She started to go into interrogation mode as her temperature started to rise. "Are you questioning my abilities as a cop or as an incubator?"
Hanson rapidly shook his head and looked at her like she'd lost her mind. "What?" He huffed. "Look, I'm just saying that there are some things you don't have control over and smoke inhalation is one thing you can't control." Hanson started to raise his voice again as he narrowed his eyes at her. "And this arsonist has a habit of setting fires when classes are still in session. How would you feel if…." He couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence as poured the milk into the cereal bowls.
She poured the orange juice while tapping her fingers on the counter trying not to get more upset. "Don't even say it." After she put the juice back, she sat down and watched him sulk for several minutes. Judy used her spoon to push the cereal around in the milk in between bites. "How about I call Rachel later this morning to see if she could get us in to see the doctor later today, that way she could tell you that I'd be fine to work at least until the end of my first trimester."
Tom chuckled as he spoke through a mouth full of cereal. "I don't care what she says." He swallowed. "I'm putting you on desk duty."
"You can't put me on desk duty, Hanson." Judy frowned. "I'm your superior officer."
"Yes I can, Judith." He looked at her like she was crazy. "I'm your superior husband." He smiled sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"You're my superior nut." She smiled. "And I'm finishing the case."
"You love me and you're not."
"We'll see" She challenged him.
He scoffed as he spoke through a mouth full of cereal. "You'll see."
