When Adam got off the phone from Kim he went in search for Polly who was suspiciously quiet and his daughter and quiet generally meant trouble. He found her in her room and she had pulled out most of the clothes from her drawers. "Wow, it's a bit of a mess in here." She was sitting in the middle of a pile of clothes trying to pull on a pair of leggings; her shirt was already on backwards. Adam laughed. "How about we have breakfast first and then find you something pretty to wear."
Polly settled for a bowl of yoghurt with some fruit followed by toast for breakfast. Adam sat down at the table with her and shared her toast. "What should we call your brother?" She looked at him thoughtfully as she took another spoonful of yoghurt. "Princess."
Why was he not surprised, she was a little princess obsessed lately. "We can't call him Princess. He's a prince. He's a boy."
"Peter Pan." She cocked her head to the side. At least she remembered the book they were currently reading. "Jay, Kevin…." This was going nowhere fast. "Joey, like a kangaroo." She bounced up and down in her seat while Adam just laughed.
Adam grabbed a quick shower while Polly sat on their bed watching one of her shows on the IPad. He managed to convince Polly to put on a pair of denim shorts and a white lacy top, although he lost the fight with the shoes. He always tried to avoid the pink but the frills and lace he had given up on. The best he could do with her hair was two ponytails because he was well aware of how much trouble he would be in if Polly came in looking like a hobo. In car on the way in she decided that he should be called 'Snugglepot.' "That's my favourite."
He texted Kim to let her know they were at the hospital so she could make sure that the baby was back in his cot when they came in and she met them at the lift. Adam barely had a chance to even give his wife a kiss as Polly bounded into her arms.
Polly sat on the edge of the bed and peered into the cot while Adam swapped Kim's dirty clothes for some clean ones. He then picked up his son and settled in for some father son bonding while Kim set about fixing Polly's hair, her clothes almost passed muster. Kim had not been overly enamoured with her rain boots. "I tried to get her into sandals or at the very least her cowboy boots, but I lost."
"Could have been worse." She had seen him dress her in leggings, tops that are too small or colours that would clash horribly. His best effort was bringing her into the District for handover in Pyjamas that he swore were actual clothes. He was also no longer allowed to buy her clothes.
"I asked Polly for some names."
"And?"
"Princess, Snugglepot, Jay and Kevin, Peter Pan, oh and Joey, like a kangaroo….we stopped there."
"I still have no idea. I've tried out so many names on him. Flynn, Archer, Ethan, Leo, Oscar, Angus….."
Adam looked like he was contemplating something for a moment. "I like Angus….." he said it out loud. "Angus Patrick Ruzek."
Kim smiled and nodded. "I like the sound of that. Angus Patrick Ruzek." She repeated. "What do you think Polly? Should we call your brother Angus?"
Polly was busy but she looked up at the sound of her name. "Do you like Angus? Should we call him Angus?" Kim asked her again.
"Yes." For the moment she couldn't care less, she had more pressing matters at hand such as getting the dress back on her doll. "Are you sure?" she asked Adam again.
"Hello Angus Patrick Ruzek." He lifted him up and kissed his forehead.
The OBGYN came in to check on Kim and Adam took Polly and Angus out for a quick walk in the hallway while he examined Kim. Adam had no intention of explaining what the Doctor was doing to Kim; the penis conversation with Polly was more than enough. The Doctor was happy to release her pending Angus's discharge. "Is there anyway of knowing why he came early? Was it something I did?"
"No, in many cases we never know what causes pre-term labour. Some babies, for some unknown reason just come early. Fortunately in your case he seemed to be ready for it and is perfectly healthy. There is just no way of knowing and it remains one of the great mysteries. What is does mean however is that we may watch you a little more closely if you have another pregnancy." Kim snorted and added that it was highly unlikely she'd be back here again.
When the Midwife came in they weighed him he had lost a little more weight. Kim was bitterly disappointed; it was hard not to feel like a failure. Adam didn't say anything; there was no point so he just squeezed her hand. "Does this mean I don't have enough milk?"
"No, not at all. He is only day 2, we expect that they lose weight for the first three days and then he will slowly start to put it on. When you're milk comes in it should be all systems go. Just because he is so small though you will probably stay until you're milk is in and he is feeding well and starting to gain weight. He is doing exactly what we would hope right now. You are doing well." She reassured Kim.
Once Kim's parents arrived Adam took Polly into work, the lure of seeing everyone in Intelligence won out over staying with her mother. She bounded up the front steps and was greeted by a very happy Platt. "Oh there's my favourite girl." She swung her up onto her desk. "How's is that little brother of yours?"
"He cries sometimes." She screwed up her nose. "And he sleeps all the time. He's boring."
Adam leant on the counter and watched Polly and Platt as they discussed her brother. "His name is Angus." Adam added. "Angus Patrick Ruzek. Although Polly here wanted to call him Snugglepot." He tickled her and she giggled. "Come on. We've got some work to do upstairs." Platt helped her down from the counter and she ran towards to stairs.
Nobody was upstairs when they finally got up there so he sat at his desk with Polly on his lap and printed off the report he needed and signed it. Adam heard the gate open and footsteps on the stairs. Polly squealed, which made Adam cringe when she saw Voight appear followed by Al. She jumped down from his lap and ran to Voight. "Hey Polly. You are a sight for sore eyes." Turning to Ruzek. "Wasn't expecting to see you until tomorrow."
"I just wanted to sign off on these." He waved the report. Al came on leant on Kevin's desk while Polly and Voight had disappeared into his office. "Hey, How's Burgess? How's the baby?"
"They are pretty good. He finally has a name, Angus Patrick."
"That's my brother." Polly added.
"We are just waiting for him to start putting on some weight before they spring us. Hopefully another couple of days."
Polly knelt up at the table in the break room eating her lunch while Adam briefly caught up on the current case. He wanted to get up to speed before work tomorrow. He kept one eye on the whiteboard and one on Polly who was happily munching through her sandwich. Suddenly she fell from her chair with a thump. Adam dropped the file on the desk and rushed in.
Polly buried her face in his chest when Adam sat down on the couch with her. She was more shocked than hurt. "It's okay Sweetie. You're okay." He rubbed her back until the sobs subsided and he realised that she had fallen asleep. He closed his eyes and rested his head on the back for a moment. God, he could sleep for a week.
Slipping her onto the couch he covered her with his jacket and closed the door quietly behind him. "Ruzek." Hank called him and motioned for him to come into his office and close the door.
"What's up Boss?"
"You know you don't have to come back tomorrow. Take your leave now."
"I really want to be home when Kim and Angus come home and we don't really know how long they are going to be in hospital, Polly was going to be with my mom tomorrow anyway."
"How you doing?"
"I'm good, it's been a rough few days but I'm good."
"And Burgess?"
"She's pretty tired and stressed out. She just wants him to start putting on some weight. Until that happens they won't let her go. I think she is worried about Polly too."
Voight offered to drop Ruzek off at the hospital and take Polly out for ice cream. There was not much else they could do here today. They were waiting on search warrants and by the sound of the heated conversation Antonio was currently having on the phone they weren't likely to come anytime soon. Mouse also needed to decrypt all the computers they had seized and that was a big job.
It was a little while before Polly woke from her nap and wandered out into the bullpen. She leant on Halstead's leg and rubbed her eyes. "Here's my girlfriend." He lifted her up onto his knee. "Ah Halstead, you might want to check if she needs the bathroom first." Ruzek warned.
He held both hands up in the air. "So not my job." Adam grabbed her hand and led her through to the bathroom before she came bounding back in and this time made a beeline for Atwater. She climbed into his lap and waited for whatever surprise he had in his drawer for her.
"Hey Polly, how about you and I go get some ice cream?" Voight offered as Ruzek packed up ready to head back to the hospital. She clapped her hands together excitedly and was off Atwater's lap in an instant and grabbing Voight's hand to lead him down the stairs. Ice cream would have to be close to her favourite food and she didn't get it nearly as often as she would like.
"You be good for Papa Hank." Adam leant over and asked for a fist bump which Polly happily obliged as Voight dropped him off at the hospital.
Kim was asleep when he arrived. He slipped into the room quietly and had a quick look at Angus's chart which he knew would tell him what time he fed last. They had only been asleep for about half hour. Gently he picked up his sleeping son and settled into the recliner and spent some time contemplating his life now.
He was now the father of two children but it seemed like only yesterday that he found himself at her door, taking a leap of faith into a new relationship. It had been better than he hoped or even imagined. She had taken hold of his heart pretty quickly and now he had a beautiful daughter who was funny, stubborn and very much a daddy's girl and a son, so small and fragile in his arms. He spent his life protecting others but he would give it up in a heartbeat for these three people.
He looked at Kim and was glad that she seemed to be sleeping soundly and an hour passed in no time. When Kim stirred she noticed Adam in the recliner dozing with Angus in his arms.
"Hey Darlin'." Adam opened one eye slowly. "How long you been awake?" He stood up and popped Angus back in his cot while he was still sleeping and sat on the bed with Kim. She pushed herself up slowly and leant in for a long kiss.
"Not long. Where's Polly?"
"Ah, with Voight. They are getting ice-cream."
"Voight? Really?" He nodded and kissed her again.
Kim grabbed both sides of his face. "I've missed you."
"I know." He tucked a lock of hair behind one ear and kissed her again. "I love you."
'Did you have a nice cuddle? You haven't had much of a chance."
"We bonded. Well I bonded, he slept." Adam laughed. "How's he been?"
"Feeding and sleeping. My mom came by and Amanda." Kim showed him the clothes that they had bought for Angus. They looked so small in his hands as she passed them to him. Amanda had found the tiniest pair of jeans he had even seen.
"You know I am a little disappointed." Adam had a glint in his eye. "With Polly the last month of your pregnancy you were as horny as a goat. I was hoping for a repeat, guess that kinda got blown outta the water. It seems you were right when said it was a boy because it was a troublemaker. Him and I will need to have a chat. He can't be cock blocking already."
Kim slapped his arm playfully. "Really, that's all you are thinking about."
"No." He flicked her ponytail playfully. "But I like teasing you."
They hadn't got around to sorting out the nursery yet and Kim had planned to sort through all Polly's baby stuff once she had finished work so they made a list of things to do before Angus came home. Her father was happy to set up the cot while Adam was back at work tomorrow. That was a job he was more than happy to hand over this time. He'd done it once and that was more than enough.
"Is this your granddaughter? She's adorable." The lady handed Polly her ice cream and smiled as Polly thanked her politely. Voight just nodded. Polly slipped her hand in his as they walked towards an empty park bench. He missed his grandson. Olive and Daniel were doing well but she had left Chicago after Justin's death and he didn't get to see them as often as he would like. Polly had filled that void and he enjoyed watching her grow up and loved being part of her life. She was such a cheeky and loving little girl, all the right parts of her parents.
"Do you have a penis like my Daddy and my brother?" she blurted out. Yep, thought Voight, that's the Ruzek part of her coming out loud and strong.
"All boys do."
"Jay does. Angus does but Daddy's is bigger." Polly continued.
Kim had just finished feeding Angus when they arrived. "We bought Angus a present." Polly bounced through the door with a gift bag before climbing up on the bed next to Kim and Angus.
"Good-o the ice-cream had kicked in." Adam muttered under his breath.
"I almost bought her two, the conversation veered way off course. I quite enjoy interrogations but not from a three year old." Voight laughed. Adam covered his eyes; his worst nightmare had come true.
"She didn't?"
"Oh trust me she did. You and I are gonna have a chat tomorrow." He pointed at Ruzek.
Voight stayed long enough to have a cuddle. "He's a little gem. You've done well Burgess." Polly sat up on the bed, propped up with pillows and had a cuddle while Adam walked his boss out. "Thanks for taking her out for a bit and I am sorry about the interrogation. She seems a little obsessed by the fact that Angus is a boy and what exactly that means."
"It was cute. Although I learnt more about you than I wanted too." He shook Adam's hand and patted him on the back.
"How about you help me give Angus a bath?" Kim asked Polly who was starting to fidget with the baby in her lap. She handed him to Adam while she got everything organised and Polly pulled up a chair so she could help.
Adam put his feet up and watched them. "Why is he crying?" Polly asked, her voice wobbling a little when he let out a tiny cry as he hit the water.
"Angus doesn't like his bath. Not like you. You loved it. Daddy always gave you a bath."
"Maybe if Daddy did it he would like it too." Polly looked at him with tears in her eyes and sounded so concerned that Adam jumped up and took over.
"Hey little man." He cooed, scooping warm water over his belly. Polly leant over and gently touched his head. "Shhh baby. Don't cry." Polly started to cry too. "It's okay sweetie." Adam touched her cheek. "Angus is just a little baby, he doesn't know how awesome bath time with Daddy is yet. You'll have to teach him."
Kim wrapped her arms around Polly and kissed her head. Adam lifted him out of the bath and wrapped him in the towel and he stopped crying the instant that Adam picked him up. "See, he's okay now." He started again as Adam lay him down and quickly dressed him.
"So it seems he does not like showing off his junk."
Kim slapped his arm and told him to be quiet. "We have enough of an issue with inappropriate conversations as it is. I do not need her talking about his junk."
"Wait until you have to explain how he got here. You are having that conversation all to yourself."
Adam grabbed his phone from his pocket as he walked up the stairs. It was a message from Kim; he hadn't spoken to her yet this morning. Both he and Polly had slept in and he basically ripped her out of bed and dropped her off at his mother's still in her pyjamas and in a foul mood. He whistled at the photo and chuckled to himself. 'Wow, impressive!' he quickly sent back.
Kim had sent him a photo of her obviously engorged breasts. They had been waiting for her milk to come in which would hopefully mean that Angus would start putting on weight and he could come home. He shook his head as he laughed. How things had changed? One time in his life a beautiful woman sending him photos of her breasts would have got him all excited. These ones did too but for a completely different reason – this meant that they were closer to bringing their son home and that was all he wanted but they did give him a little thrill.
'You like?' she answered quickly.
'I certainly do, they look spectacular and hopefully Angus likes them too.'
She then sent through a photo of him in a milk coma. He laughed remembering how much he loved Polly when she was drunk on milk.
'That's my new screensaver.'
"What's so amusing?" Halstead asked as he came up behind Ruzek and peered over his shoulder at the phone.
"My boy is drunk." He showed Halstead the photo of Angus with his arms spread, eyes rolled back in his head and milk dribbling from the corner of his mouth.
"He looks like you after a night out." Halstead patted him on the back as he headed to his desk.
He slipped the phone back in her pocket just as Voight came out of his office and pulled the whiteboard towards him and slapped a photo in the centre of it. So they had a new case to focus on and it wasn't until nearly lunchtime that he got a chance to give Kim a call.
"Hey, how's it going?" She could hear that he was obviously eating as he spoke. Kim could always tell when he was trying to do more than one thing at a time.
"Good. You got something going on?"
"Yep." He shoved another bite in. "How's Angus?"
"Still hasn't put on weight, but didn't lose any more so that's a positive. Now that I actually have something to feed him he might start putting it on again."
"Hmmm." He mumbled through a mouthful of food. "You seen Polly today?"
"They are on their way in now." He could hear Angus squawk in the background and after a few more minutes chatting she let Adam go and eat the rest of his lunch while she dealt with her desperately hungry son.
His feet barely touched the ground for the rest of the day and it was close to seven when he finished work. Calling Kim on the way home she told him to go and see Polly and then come back to see her and Angus. They weren't going anywhere. Polly was at home with his mother and he had hoped that he would get home to see her before she went to bed. It had been a long day and he was pretty exhausted. He had been on the go since he got up and he wished he had taken his boss's advice and not came back to work, but they didn't know how long Kim and Angus would be in hospital and he really wanted to be at home with them for the first couple of weeks.
Polly, as always was delighted to see her father and climbed into his lap as soon as he sat down. "Have you had a good day?"
"We went to the park and to the shops." She was already in her pyjamas and ready for bed.
"Did you see Mommy and Angus today?"
She had and told him about what Angus had done, which was nothing according to his three year old daughter. He was still a little boring apparently.
Adam read her a story and tucked her into bed but Polly had cried and clung tightly to his neck when he told her that she was going to stay here. "I want Mommy."
"I know Sweetie, so do I. How about I sleep here too and we can have breakfast together?"
"Pancakes?"
"I promise I will cook you pancakes." He lay down next to her until she finally drifted off to sleep.
He sat for a few minutes and had something to eat before heading back to the hospital. It was well after nine before he got there. "You look tired." Kim rested a hand on his cheek as he leant in to kiss her. "You shouldn't have come."
He let one hand run down between her breasts. "And miss these? No way." Kim slapped his hand away. He tugged on the neck of her shirt and peered down at her expanded boobs. "They look good."
He sat on the edge of the bed. "So, what's new today? Apart from the obvious."
"Nothing really. They were happy that he had stopped losing weight and that my milk has come in. I was hoping to come home tomorrow if he gains weight but apparently I need at least three days of weight gain to be released."
"So Sunday or Monday maybe." He picked Angus up out of his cot. "I can't wait to get you home."
"I am so bored, sitting around here all day and I miss Polly." Kim was running her hand over his thigh. It was another thing she missed. Just being with him. "How was Polly tonight? She didn't want to leave this afternoon."
"Grumpy. I am staying at mom's tonight and making Pancakes for breakfast." He ran his finger down Angus's cheek loving the feeling of his soft skin. "The boys want to go out tomorrow night to celebrate Angus."
Kim raised an eyebrow. "I suppose it makes sense. At least I won't have to put up with your hangover all day. So I won't see you tomorrow? Is your Mom okay with Polly?"
"Of course you'll see me. I think Ellen is coming over to take her home after lunch. Mom has a dinner or something tomorrow night." Angus started to squirm and stir in his arms, eventually opening his eyes. "Hello my little man." He kissed his forehead. "It's good to see you." Adam changed his diaper before handing him back to Kim for a feed, which he took to with great enthusiasm. "He obviously likes your boobs as much as I do."
"Like father like son." Kim laughed but it sounded hollow.
Sensing Kim's mood he added. "You know she is doing okay." Being away from Polly for so long and knowing that everyone was running around trying to sort her out and dropping her off here and there was worrying Kim. Polly like routine and to be settled and really she just missed being around her.
"I know." She sighed softly. "I just really want to be at home with all of you. I miss you, I miss Polly."
His mother was still up when he got home. "How's Kim and the baby?" She poured him a scotch.
"Good. Hopefully they will be home by Sunday or Monday. Angus just needs three days of weight gain to be sprung. It's killing Kim being away from Polly and I get the feeling Polly is starting to struggle a little." He took a mouthful of his drink. "Has she been alright?"
"Not a peep." Adam gulped down the rest of his drink. He gently moved Polly over to the other side of the bed but doubted that she would stay there, she was quite good at taking over the whole bed and she stirred a little as he climbed in. Adam rested his hand on her back, rubbing small circles until she went back to sleep. When his alarm went off at six Polly was almost vertical across the bed and he was perched on the edge. "Daddy." She whispered.
Hey Sweetie."
They dozed off again for a few minutes before Polly tapped him on the face. "Daddy?" Adam opened one eye.
"Pancakes?"
Adam groaned, told her to go to the bathroom and then come back and get him. "Daddy get up."
He rolled out of bed, grabbed a quick shower while Polly sat up in bed and watched a video on his phone before they headed downstairs and cooked pancakes.
"You go to work Daddy?" She was perched up at the kitchen bench watching Adam make breakfast. He was trying to drink his coffee, cook pancakes and entertain Polly all at once. Multi tasking was not his thing.
"Yes and Grandma is coming to take you to see Mommy and Angus."
"Don't go to work."
"I have to Sweetie." He leant across the bench and kissed her cheek. "But I promise tomorrow it'll be you and me and we will do something fun."
