Okay… I absolutely LOVE writing this fic for some reason! But—I don't know how to end it…Should I end it yet? I don't want to.
I'm just talking to myself… Oh well…
Enjoy.
3 weeks later.
Weeks had passed since Sam and Jules got married—the night ending with Sam at Jules' bedside in the hospital. Jessica was still working at the SRU, and had found an apartment downtown. Alexis went between the houses, living with Sam and Jules most the time, and staying with Jessica the days she had an early shift.
"Wake up sweetie." Sam whispered to Jules as the morning crept through the windows in the form of sunlight. He kissed her gently as she opened her eyes slowly. "It's your first day back—we need to be on time." Sam sat on the edge of the bed, lifting Jules up along with him. "Good morning." She giggled, tossing her hand through his hair. "Good morning to you too." He smiled, pulling strands of hair behind her ears for her. When Sam stood up from the bed, Jules dropped to her feet gently, and began to make her way to the dresser to find clothes to wear. "You ready for today?" Sam called out as he walked into the bathroom. "You bet!" She yelled back, almost hesitating—and wasn't normal for her to hesitate before talking about her job. "Good." He said walking back into the room with a smile on his face. "I missed you." He continued.
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"Jess—you ready for work yet?" Alexis called from the kitchen in the apartment. "Yep." Jessica replied, walking towards her. "Hey—Mom said that I can come sleep over there tonight. She said your boyfriend could come over all he wanted as long as you were behaved." Alexis giggled. "Only Jules—only Jules." Jessica replied.
"I cant wait to see Jules back at work today, by the way." Jessica told her sister as they walked out to her car. "I really missed her." Alexis answered, "Me too! She's like the life of the party at work. It's so cool that our whole group is there now." Jessica smiled, "Me too."
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"Um Jules—How many pancakes have you eaten?" Sam asked, walking into the kitchen to grab a bite to eat before they left. "Four—so?" She looked up from her plate. Sam just sighed, looked around, and continued on with what he was doing. She felt like he wanted to say something but was holding back, "Sam—Why do you keep asking me these things?" She tried to capture his attention as she though back to how many times he asked her how much she was eating. He came back at her with a somewhat logical answer, "Jules! You've been off for 3 weeks! When you hang around the house a lot you tend to eat a lot considering there is a whole pantry of food near you. I just don't want you to go to work today and be too heavy to go out with us! You know the weight requirements." Oh shit. I just told her she was lazy and fat. Dammit—What do I say?
"Thanks a lot Sam—real nice bond the two of us have! My damn husband just told me I was fat and lazy!" She yelled, jumping from her seat. "You know what—drive yourself to work." She began to storm off to grab her things as Sam jerked her arm back, "Jules—You know I didn't mean it like that." He sighed. "You didn't mean any of it—That's not what you wanted to say." She told him in a stern voice as she pulled away and continued to walk to the bedroom to get her bag. He followed after her, jerking her hand tightly in his, refusing to let go, "You're right—It's not." Sam said in a sighing tone. "Jules—are you—Are you pregnant?" He asked her, looking straight into her eyes, which were now filled with tears. She threw her face against his chest as he wrapped her close to him with his arms, "I don't know." She told him, crying. Sam brushed his fingers through her hair, "Well—If you are—I think we're ready." He smiled, holding her even closer. She didn't reply—Just stood with her face close to him as he rocked her side to side. "It'll be okay Jules—I mean—We did wait until we were married to start a family." He chuckled. She smiled a bit and leaned up to kiss him gently. "I'll figure it out later—we need to get to work." She sighed, taking his hand as they grabbed their things and walked out to the car.
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"Mom! Dad!" Alexis called out across the parking lot as she and Jessica were heading into the station. "Hey sweetie!" Jules walked up to hug both girls. "We're glad you're back Jules!" Jessica told her as she hugged her. "Me too." Jules smiled, taking Sam's hand tightly as they walked into the station.
"Jules!" Spike yelled as he and Lou walked through the hall and saw the four of them walk in. "You're back!" He ran up and hugged her until Sam spoke, "Hey Man, get off my wife!" Sam chuckled. Spike defended, "Ah well—It was great while it lasted."
"Hey Jules!" Greg yelled walking up to them. "You ready for your first day back?" She nodded, "I missed this place." As the group parted, Greg called out to Jules, "Weigh-in— today!" She tightened her grip around Sam's hand, dragging him into her locker room. "Sammy—What do I do? I think I've gained weight from these weeks off—Plus, if—If I'm pregnant—Then I'm sure I've gained weight." Sam pulled her close kissing her hair gently, "It'll be okay—we'll figure this out after work. It's a short shift today—only eight hours." He gently slid her away and placed his hands on her shoulders, "I love you sweetie—we'll do this together." She smiled as she leaned up to kiss him gently, and he walked out to go get ready.
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The weigh-in came at the end of the shift.
"Callaghan 145." Commander Holleran called out, checking the scale again to make sure he was correct, "Damn Jules." Ed joked, "Someone packed on the ice cream and cookies." She looked over at him with a death stare, and he immediately shut up. "Jules—." Greg started, she knew he was about to blow her out for getting fat and lazy, "I'm sorry boss, I'll work out harder to get the weight off—I know I need to be in shape." She forced a grin and walked briskly back to her locker room. The guys parted and began to head back to get ready to leave.
"I- I'm going to go check on Jules." Sam told them as he broke apart from the group and knocked on her door. "Jules?" He called out, twisting the door handle the door popped open, as she hadn't locked it. She sat on the bench with her face buried in her palms soaked with tears. "It's okay sweetie—We can get out of here and go see if you really are pregnant." She looked up at him as he sat down next to her, "Sam—I'm only going to get bigger and bigger if I am. They're going to tell me to leave the team." Sam sighed, "Don't worry Jules—they wont." He told her, pulling her into a kiss. He stood up from the bench and smiled, "Let's get out of here—Jessica already took Alexis back to her place for the afternoon. We can go handle this together." He reached out for her hand and grabbed her bag off the counter.
Jules stood outside the guys locker room as Sam grabbed his things. "See you guys tomorrow." He told them as he headed out. "Sam!" Ed called out, grabbing him before he could leave, "Everything okay?" He knew something was up by the way Sam abruptly left. "Yeah—Everything's fine!" He replied with a forced smile, jerking away easily to take hold of Jules' hand.
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"Something's up." Ed told the rest of the guys as he saw Sam and Jules were clear of the building. "Let them handle it." Greg advised with a gentle nod following from each team member.
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"And now we wait." Jules said, biting her lip and crawling next to Sam on the bed. He wrapped his arm around her, kissing her gently. "Sweetie—If you are—We're married—We wanted to start a family anyways. Plus, I'll be right here the whole time." She sighed as she pulled his shirt through her fingers, "I know—It's just—I don't know how Alexis will feel—If I am pregnant." He kissed her once more, "She'd be happy for you Jules—I would be too." She giggled, "Well—I'm still not sure about it—I'm not sure if I'm ready for something like this." Sam smiled and pulled her closer, "I think you're ready."
After about five minutes, Jules took Sam's hand as they walked to the bathroom to see the results. "I can't look." She said, burying her face against his chest. "You check it—I—I can't." He smiled as he wrapped an arm around her tightly and lifted the test from the counter. She looked into the mirror to see him with a bright smile on his face. "What does it say?" She asked as a tear smeared down her cheek. "Well—You aren't a fat, lazy pig." He chuckled as she looked at him with a confused look. "Jules—We're going to have our first baby." He smiled, placing the test on the counter and putting his lips on hers before she could speak. His thumb smeared between their faces as he wiped the tears from her eyes. "Sam—I—." He interrupted her, "Sweetie—I'm so excited. I can't wait for these nine months to watch you grow and our baby grow, and I will be right here with you the whole time." He stroked his hands along her back as she settled against him, looking into the mirror at the excitement on his face, "Im excited too." She smiled, stroking her hand along his cheek before kissing him once again. "Sam—." She began.
"Mom—Dad—I'm home!" Alexis yelled as she closed the front door back. Jules giggled to Sam as she grabbed the test and tossed it towards the trashcan under the counter. They left the bathroom to find Alexis digging through the pantry. "Hey sweetie." Jules smiled, walking up to hug her. "Hey Mom! So—How was the first day back?" Alexis asked as she hugged her mom gently and went back to digging for candy in the pantry. "It was fine, what are you looking for?" Jules asked, looking over her daughter's shoulder. "Candy! For some reason it's all gone!" She complained, slamming her hands on her thighs. Jules looked over to Sam who followed behind her closely, "Sorry—I was hungry." Alexis giggled, "I should have known it was you Sam!" As Alexis gave up and went to her room with a banana in her hand, Jules turned to Sam smiling, "Thanks." She whispered as Sam kissed her gently.
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Alexis sat in her room for a while watching TV while Sam and Jules sat in their room. Jules laid on the bed, searching the internet on her laptop while Sam sat beside her, stroking her back gently. "Jules—stop looking at that stuff—You're going to freak yourself out." Sam whispered to her as he saw she was already looking up stuff about pregnancy. "Sam! This says I could gain over thirty pounds! Sam! I'm going to be bigger than Greg!" She whispered anxiously wanting to scream. "Sweetheart—You wont be bigger than Greg." He chuckled, massaging her back as she continued to look through websites.
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Alexis walked through her room, searching for her perfume so that she could read the label to order more online. "Crap—Where is it?" She asked herself, throwing things to the ground from her dresser. She walked out of her room and straight to the bathroom, but before she could walk into the room she saw something lying on the floor. She lifted it and saw two dark blue lines formed on a pregnancy test. Mom. She immediately froze, biting her lip to hold back her emotions. Should I tell her I know? Why didn't they tell me? She went with her first instinct and within seconds was standing at Sam and Jules' bedroom door that was wide open.
"Mom?" Alexis asked in a muffled tone. Jules immediately sat up, looking over at Sam. "Alexis." Jules whispered, not moving from the bed. When she saw the pregnancy test in her daughter's hand she knew that A- She needed to work on her trash-tossing aim, and B- She had let her trust level down. "Don't even talk to me." Alexis cried, throwing the test to the floor and running to her room. Jules leaned over, placing her hands against her face as she cried. "I-I'll go talk to her." Sam offered. Jules stopped him with her hand, "No—I—I need to." She told him, closing her laptop and standing from the bed, heading out of the room. "Do you want—?" She shook her head no as she needed to talk to her alone.
"Alexis? Sweetie, It's Mom—Can we talk?" Jules spoke, easing the bedroom door open. Alexis had her face buried into her pillows as she cried. "Sweetie—I'm really sorry." She told her, sitting down next to her and placing her hand on her back. Alexis rolled over to her side to see Jules. "I—I—I'm happy for you two." She forced a smile. "No you're not." Jules giggled, reading her emotions like a book. "I don't blame you—But—I would really like to have another girl around while I go through this, I don't think Sam will understand." Alexis looked at her with a smile, "Sure thing Mom." She smiled, wrapping her arms around Jules and hugging her tight. "I love you Alexis—Don't you ever forget that. I love Jessica too. If it wasn't for you two right now—I would be freaking out. Taking care of you girls has given me more strength than ever—I just hope its enough strength to carry thirty extra pounds." "Thirty?" Alexis asked, shocked. "Maybe more." Jules sighed.
A knock sounded from the door. "You two good?" Sam asked with a smile. Alexis smiled as she jumped from the bed and ran up to him, "Sam's going to be a daddy." She giggled as she hugged him. Sam smiled as Jules walked up beside the two, "All I know is—No family photos for nine months." She laughed, kissing Sam gently as the three held tight in a group hug. "I love you guys." Alexis whispered, just loud enough for them to hear.
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