Jade was incredibly fortunate in the fact that her first two pregnancies were relatively easy. Lennon's had been the first that she carried to term so of course the whole journey had been a bit overwhelming for her, but there weren't any major complications until the whole hemorrhage situation at the end. Charlotte's was relatively easy too, although having to chase Lennon didn't make it completely simple, because she knew what to expect. Her third pregnancy however, is proving to be much more challenging.

"I feel like I haven't been able to keep anything down for the past three days." Jade sighs, sitting on the bathroom floor and leaning her head back against the wall "Every time I eat anything, or even smell anything, I throw it all right back up. It's never been this bad before and it's still early on."

She feels terrible. Aside from the fact she hasn't been able to eat, she's sweaty from throwing up and her hair is plastered to her face, and she's exhausted from being on set that day.

"Well, the books do say that each pregnancy is different..." Beck sighs, brushing some of her hair off of her face "But I do think this is something we should bring up at the first appointment tomorrow."

"Agreed."

"Mommy? Are you okay?" Lennon asks

She's standing in the doorway to Beck and Jade's master bathroom, sheepishly hiding half of herself behind the doorframe. Beck had been playing with her and Charlotte when Jade texted him to come to the bathroom and help her, so naturally the five year-old had been curious and followed him.

"Oh, Len. I'm okay..." Jade nods, although her exhausted tone doesn't make her sound all that convincing "I've just got a little tummy bug. Don't be scared, it's alright."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure."

"Everybody gets sick." Beck tells his daughter "Mommy just isn't feeling too good right now, so we're going to make sure she gets some rest and then I'll make sure that she gets to the doctor tomorrow."

With every pregnancy Beck and Jade are always sure to wait until she reaches the second trimester to tell anyone about the baby, just because of what happened the first time. Lennon and Charlotte wouldn't be able to understand what happened if she were to lose the baby, so they want to make absolutely sure the pregnancy is viable before they tell them too. Of course, this can sometimes put them in sticky situations trying to explain away Jade's symptoms in a way that won't scare the young girls.

"I hope you feel better, Mommy."

"Thanks, Len." Jade smiles a bit "Me too."

"How about you go back and play with your sister for a little bit so I can help Mommy get cleaned up?" Beck suggests "Once she's in bed you guys can come in and say goodnight."

"Alright." Lennon shrugs, running out of the bathroom

"How much do you think she saw?" Jade asks her husband

"Enough to freak her out, unfortunately." Beck sighs, extending a hand to her to help her stand up "Wanna wash your face?"

"Yes please." Jade tells him "And I wanna brush my teeth."

Jade is able to walk over to the sinks on her own, but Beck stays protectively a few steps behind her just in case she needs help. She washes her face off and brushes her teeth, then changes into her pajamas and crawls into bed.

"I'm sorry this is already so rough for you..." Beck apologizes as he covers her up with the blankets "I wish there was something I could do to help."

"I'll be okay." She assures him as he bends down to kiss her forehead "You're here to take care of me."

"You bet your ass I am."

The next morning, Beck and Jade leave Lennon and Charlotte with their nanny so that Jade can go to her first appointment. It's a new doctor, since the doctor who delivered their first two is based in New York, so that's already nerve wracking enough.

"Before we get to the ultrasound, are there any questions that either of you have?" She asks the couple about mid-way through the appointment "Big or small, it doesn't matter. I'm here to help you guys as much as I can."

"What causes morning sickness to get worse?" Jade asks "Because with my first two...it was there but I could still function. Now I can barely hold anything down and its starting to effect me at work and when I'm at home with my family."

"Every pregnancy is different." The doctor explains "Morning sickness is unfortunately very normal but usually something that subsides after the first trimester, so we should take a look to see how far along you are. If you get to be ten, eleven, twelve weeks though and it's still that bad, we might need to look into some different options. Should we take a look on the ultrasound?"

"Yes." Jade says eagerly

She wants to see their baby, they both do. There's no comparison to the feeling that comes over them when they get to see their child on the screen for the first time.

The doctor places the wand on Jade's abdomen and begins moving it around. Eventually the familiar purring sound they're used to hearing fills the room, only this time it's much louder than Lennon or Charlotte's had been the first time.

"Wow." Beck chuckles "This one seems eager."

"It sounds different than the last few times." Jade says "Almost like there's..."

"More than one?" The doctor finishes her thought for her as she turns the screen towards her "Congratulations, you're having twins."

"Twins." Jade exhales, exchanging a nervous, yet amused, look with Beck "Of course we're having twins. That makes sense."

"We'll be okay." Beck assures her, squeezing her shoulder reassuringly "We were going to be outnumbered anyways, what's one more?"

"I feel like you won't be saying that in a few months..." Jade chuckles "We're going to have four kids."

"It'll be an adventure." Beck tells her as he kisses her forehead "One we'll be on together."

"Does it fit okay?" Jade's stylist asks her as she adjusts her jacket

"Yup." Jade tells her as she examines her outfit in the mirror "Major props to you guys, by the way. You can't even tell I'm pregnant."

"Just a little bit of movie magic." Her stylist smirks "You look great though."

"Thank you." Jade grins

She had already signed on to make the movie she's currently working on before she got pregnant, and the director assured her that she could play the role anyways and wouldn't have to give it up. Her character wears a lot of high-wasited pants, sweaters, or jackets to help disguise her bump, which is growing quicker than her previous pregnancies due to the presence of the second baby. Her schedule is a bit more rigorous than she would have liked, but they've almost finished filming and she hasn't agreed to take any more projects until after the babies are born.

"Jade, they need you on set." An assistant says as he pokes his head into her trailer "Are you ready?"

"Yup." Jade grabs her script off of the table and follows him out the door "I'm right behind you."

They're filming on a studio lot, so there's a golf cart waiting to take her to the right soundstage. On their way, Jade sends a text to Beck to check in on Lennon and Charlotte, who are both taking their before-bed baths, then reads over her script one last time to make sure she knows her lines.

The next scene takes place in a restaurant with Jade and two of the supporting actresses who play her friends. She walks in and takes her seat next to her co-star at the table that has been set up as they wait for the third actress to arrive. Eventually she comes in and sits down too, then the makeup artists to one last touchup on their faces before the director calls action.

"Melissa..." Jade's co-star sighs "Are you sure this is really what you want to do? I mean, the odds are pretty stacked against you winning this case. And do you really want to be known as the lawyer who defended a murderer?"

"I'd only be the lawyer who defended a murderer if he actually did it, and he didn't." Jade says back to her "The man is innocent, and if I don't try to win this case for him...what kind of lawyer does that make me?"

"A smart one?" The third actress says as an actor playing a waiter enters the shot and places their food down in front of them "Thank you."

"Are you not hearing me?" Jade groans "He's innocent! I can't just let him go to jail for life...or worse just because the public has already written him off. It would be like...is that garlic?"

"Mel?" One of the other actresses says, raising an eyebrow at her as she tries to stay in character "Are you okay?"

"Excuse me." Jade says, standing up from the table

She runs out of the shot and past the cameras, over to a trash can near the edge of the soundstage.

"Cut!" The director yells

Jade barely makes it to the trash can before she throws up. At this point she's become skilled at holding it in for as long as she can, and also at making sure she keeps her hair and clothes out of the way so she doesn't ruin them.

"I'm fine." She assures the director when she sees her walking towards her "Just give me five minutes to go brush my teeth and I'll take it again."

"Jade..." The director places a hand on her shoulder "This is the third time today. It's the end of a long week, why don't you just go home for tonight? You can come back rested and ready to go on Monday morning."

"I'm fine." Jade says again, smoothing out her jacket "Production isn't going to get set back because of me."

"It won't." The director tells her "These two can film one of the scenes that you're not in tonight, and then we can finish this one on Monday. Look, I've done the whole working-while-pregnant thing before and-"

"So have I." Jade cuts her off "And I was fine. I'm not going to let it be any different this time around."

"We won't get behind, Jade." The woman reassures her with a smile "Go home and see your husband and your kids. Rest up tonight and tomorrow so that you can come back on Monday at one hundred percent. We're going to need you for those big courtroom scenes."

"Fine." Jade sighs, knowing she won't win "I'm sorry about this."

"S'not your fault." The director says "And I'll talk to props about using potent food."

"Thanks." Jade laughs a bit "I'll see you on Monday."

She takes another golf cart back to her trailer and changes out of her wardrobe outfit, back into the clothes she had come to set in that morning. Beck and the girls had dropped her off when she first arrived, but both Lennon and Charlotte will be getting ready for bed and Jade doesn't want to disrupt that, so she calls their driver to come and pick her up.

"You're home a bit early aren't you?" Beck asks her when she arrives home

He's sitting in the living room, reading a book.

"Unfortunately." Jade sighs, slumping down on the couch next to him and resting her head on his shoulder "I threw up again so they sent me home."

"What do you mean again?"

"It may or may not have been my third time today..."

"Jade..." Beck sighs, kissing the top of her head "I'm so sorry."

"S'alright." She tells him "I went home early tonight, tomorrow is Sunday so I'm off...I'll be good to go again on Monday. Hopefully we only have another two or so weeks left."

"Good." Beck nods, rubbing her arm "You need your rest, it'll be good for you to just take it easy after this."

"I might have agreed to do a three episode arc on NCIS in two months." Jade admits

"Jade!" Beck exclaims, sitting up "What happened to taking it easy?"

"I'll be into my second trimester, the morning sickness will have died down, and it's only three episodes." Jade tells him "Plus, the character is pregnant. So it's not like they'll be spending extra time trying to disguise that or anything."

"Don't take anything else." Beck warns her "I'm not trying to be Mr. Big Misogynistic Husband and tell you what to do or anything like that, but this pregnancy has been the most unpredictable of the three. I don't want anything bad to happen to you or the babies because you've stretched yourself too thin."

"I know." Jade assures him, caressing his face with her hand "You're just like this because you care, and I appreciate that."

"How are they doing today?" He asks, resting a hand on her bump

"I think they're okay." Jade shrugs "I haven't been able to feel any movement yet, but I haven't noticed anything that would suggest anything is wrong."

"That's good." Beck smiles

"Do the girls suspect anything?"

"Nah." Beck shakes his head "The only time they really see you is when you're in a sweatshirt or in your pajamas. If they've noticed anything, they haven't brought it up."

"I hope it's a boy and a girl." Jade admits "I mean, ideally two boys would even it out and we'd be set. But they'll be devastated if they don't get a sister."

"No matter what happens, they'll deal with it." Beck tells her "We'll tell them the same thing we told Lennon when you were pregnant with Charlotte. We can't control if it's brothers or sisters or both."

"Lennon?" Beck calls out as he and Jade walk through the front door and into the foyer "Charlotte? Where are you ladies?"

"Mommy! Daddy!" Charlotte exclaims, appearing at the top of the stairs with a doll in hand "You're home!"

"Hey, Little Miss!" Jade grins as her daughter descends the stairs towards them "Did you have fun with Steph?"

"Yeah." Charlotte grins as Lennon also appears, along with their nanny "But I'm happy you're home."

"They were both angels, as usual." Stephanie tells them

"What do you mean 'as usual'?" Beck laughs "Are we talking about the same kids?"

"Well, you weren't gone that long." Stephanie reminds him

"True." Beck agrees "We'll be home for the rest of the day, you're free to go if you'd like."

"Alright, thanks." Stephanie smiles "Bye girlies."

"Bye!" Lennon and Charlotte both exclaim in unison

"Alright, ladies. Mommy and I have something we want to talk to you about." Beck tells his daughters as he guides them into the living room and towards the couch "It's important."

"Are we in trouble?" Lennon asks

"No." Jade laughs "Not this time."

Beck positions both of his daughters side-by-side on the couch, and then he and Jade each sit next to one of them.

"So, Mommy and I have some important news we want to share with you..."

"I don't want to move again!" Lennon exclaims "I like it here!"

"We're not moving." Jade assures her with a smile as she hugs her daughter "Don't worry."

"Oh, okay."

"What is it then?" Charlotte asks

"Well, in a few months there's going to be some very big changes around here." Jade tells her "Because I have a baby in my tummy."

"Really?" Lennon's face lights up

"Yeah." Jade grins "You guys are going to be big sisters!"

"Charlotte! You get to be a big sister now too!" Lennon tells her sister excitedly

"Yay!" Charlotte claps

"Wait, wait, wait. That's not all." Beck tells them "There's not going to be just one baby...Mommy has two in there."

"TWO?" Lennon exclaims "This is the best day ever!"

"How do they fit?" Charlotte asks, hopping off of the couch and walking over to her mother

"Well, they're really small right now, but you can kind of see them." Jade tells her, lifting up her shirt for the girls to see "See?"

"Oh."

"They'll get bigger though." Beck tells them "Then you'll be able to see them without Mommy moving her shirt."

"Do you know if they're brothers or sisters?" Lennon asks

"Two sisters." Jade tells her, exchanging an amused grin with Beck "That's why Daddy and I had to leave for a bit just now, we went to the doctor to find out."

"There's going to be a lot of girls in this house." Beck adds

"More tea parties!" Charlotte exclaims "And dress up!"

"Uh huh." Beck nods with a smile "Are you guys okay with that?"

"Duh." Lennon nods "But are you?"

"Of course I am." Beck scoffs "I love tea parties and dress up."

This makes Jade chuckle a bit. It's true, Beck does love playing tea party and dress up with his girls. He loves having girls. But she was hoping he could have at least one son to hang out with when tea party and dress up start to become a bit mundane.

"Do the babies move?" Lennon asks her mom "I remember Eli moved a lot when he was in Aunt Cap's tummy."

"They do, but not enough for you to feel yet." Jade tells her "But once you are able to feel it, I'll let you know. Okay?"

"Kk!"