Jessica moaned as her husband gave her a massage. She had woken up earlier than usual from back pain. Jessica was now 30 weeks pregnant and even though it was 10 weeks left before it was time for baby number two to come out it only felt like ten days. Both parents were becoming very excited about the birth now and could barely wait. Kyle complained that it was taking too long and Sophia, well she just smiled and waited patiently.
"We should by one of those massage chairs." Jessica said.
"You think a chair would be better at this than me?" Horatio asked looking offended.
However the twinkle in his eyes told Jessica that he was just teasing her. Jessica just laughed and turned around to kiss Horatio.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" Sophia's voice was heard as she ran towards her mother from the front door.
Sophia had been babysat by her uncle Eric and Aunt Calleigh. Jessica picked up her daughter and hugged her hard, but not too hard. Horatio gave his 23-month-old girl kisses. Eric and Calleigh watched and just smiled. Their friends were happy again.
After Clark had died it had been a tough time for the family. Irene had become depressed and Henry distant. Jessica and Horatio had been the ones to comfort Irene and make sure she ate and slept like she should. The stress had become almost too much for Jessica and when Horatio started to fear for her health and their baby's life, he sent her home to Miami. Jessica and Horatio had then only been in Orlando for a week. While Jessica was at home with Sophia and Kyle; Horatio helped Irene get back on her feet again. He made sure Irene spoke to a therapist and it helped. The problem with Henry however, was still there. Henry refused to talk about what had happened and it worried everyone. Two weeks after Clark's death Horatio came home.
Now several weeks had passed since Clark had passed away and the family of four, soon five, had gone back to their every-day life.
"She was an angel." Calleigh smiled, "Makes us want to get our own."
"Why wait?" Jessica grinned.
It was no secret that Calleigh and Eric wanted children of their own, but that they had decided to wait a year or two before trying. For now they were happy to be just the two of them.
"Mama, baby kick!" Sophia exclaimed as her brother or sister kicked her hand.
"Yeah, he did." Jessica smiled.
"So did we interrupt something?" Eric smirked.
Horatio and Jessica looked confused at him until the realized that Horatio had no shirt on and Jessica was wearing only a skirt and a bikini top.
"Yeah, a back massage." Jessica said.
"Is that what they call it now?" Calleigh winked.
Horatio blushed and Jessica rolled her eyes. The team took every opportunity they could to make their boss blush since it was a rare sight.
"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Jessica asked.
"We'd love to, but we've already been invited to my father's place for dinner." Calleigh smiled.
"Well, some other day then." Jessica smiled, "Oh and thanks for watching over our little rascal." "Anytime." Eric and Calleigh grinned before saying goodbye to the older couple and their beloved angel.
"Ky?" Sophia asked.
"Kyle is still asleep." Horatio smirked evilly, "I should wake him up."
"Oh no, I know that look. What are you planning now?" Jessica asked.
"What look?"
"The look you get when you're planning a prank."
"Oh well, I was thinking about throwing water on Kyle so he wakes up." Horatio smiled, "But now that I think about it, I could just throw him in the ocean."
"Horatio Caine! You are not going to wake up our son like that!" Jessica chided.
Horatio just smiled at Jessica and she looked confused at him.
"What?"
"You said our son."
Jessica blushed.
"Well, I think of Kyle as if he was my own son. I know I'm not his mother, but I still consider him to be like a son to me." Jessica smiled.
Horatio hugged her for a long time. It meant a lot to him that Jessica saw Kyle in that way. Kyle had told Horatio before that Jessica was like a second mother to him, even though he would never call her "mom", she was still like a mother.
"He sees you as a second mother." Horatio smiled.
"He does?"
"Yep. I'm just extremely happy that you get along so well and actually see each other as family." Horatio said.
"Well of course. Kyle has been family since the first day I met him." Jessica grinned.
What Jessica and Horatio didn't know was that Kyle had heard every single word. He had woken up to hear his father talk about throwing water on him. Julia was well aware of the fact that Jessica and Kyle had a mother-son relationship and she supported it. It was important for Julia to know that if something happened to her, Kyle would have another mother-figure.
"Dada…"
"Yes angel?"
"Me good sista to baby." Sophia grinned widely and put her little hand on Jessica's big belly.
"Yes you will be a very good sister to the baby." Horatio smiled.
"Ky good budda, me good sista." Sophia said.
"Exactly." Jessica and Horatio said in unison.
Then suddenly Jessica wiped a few tears away from her eyes and Horatio chuckled and just looked at her.
"This is all so emotional!" Jessica blurted out, "I mean, we're so lucky to have a family like this. I'm so lucky to have all of you in this house."
Horatio gave her a napkin to blow her nose in and Jessica chuckled and sobbed on the same time. Sophia looked confused at her mother.
"Dada?" Sophia asked.
"Mommy is just a bit emotional now sweetheart, pregnancy hormones." Horatio smiled.
Kyle appeared and gave Jessica a whole box of tissues.
"Ky!" Sophia exclaimed and reached her hands out to her big brother who gladly picked her up.
"Oh Jesus, all of these happy family moments make me cry." Jessica chuckled, "I'm such an emotional wreck right now."
"You're not a wreck honey." Horatio smiled and kissed her cheek.
"You know, I'm so happy right now that I don't even care that I'm craving for tomato's soaked with peanut butter and the peanut butter is gone." Jessica laughed.
Kyle grimaced at the thought of eating tomatoes with peanut butter. Horatio just chuckled and hugged his wife as she started to get over her emotional period for the day.
"Peanut buttered tomatoes?" Kyle asked his father.
"It's actually better than it sounds."
"You've tasted it?"
"Yes."
"Oh my god." Kyle grimaced, "It sounds horrible."
"It's not. Maybe not the best food in the world either, but far from the worst." Horatio shrugged, "You should try it."
"No thank you."
"Mama sad?" Sophia asked.
"No, believe it or not, but mommy's happy." Horatio chuckled as Jessica sobbed.
Sophia looked at her father with a disbelieving look.
"Mama sad."
"Happy-sad." Kyle smiled, "Let's go play in your room kiddo."
Kyle and Sophia left and after a while Jessica calmed down.
"Okay, now I'm done." Jessica smiled, "I'm done crying and instead I'm starving."
"Why don't you stay here and I will make you a wonderful lunch." Horatio grinned.
Jessica smiled and lay down in the couch. Thanks to the massage her back wasn't aching so much anymore. As Jessica listened to the waves in the sea and her daughter's laughter from being tickled by her brother she thanked the higher powers that she had crashed in to the red headed Lt. If she hadn't Jessica was sure she would still be single without children. She couldn't have dreamed of having a better life than she now had.
The End! For now…
AN: I'd like to thank everyone who has read and/or reviewed on this story! And be on the lookout for Jessica and Horatio Part 2!
