(Dec 22; Murdoch's)

It was 7:00 in the morning when Julia woke up with severe nausea and ran to the bathroom and spilled her guts out in the toilet. She tried to be as quiet as she could to not wake William, as she wanted to surprise him on Christmas that he'll be a father. As she was puking, she felt a furry paw on her knee, and whinnying.

"Morning, Lady. Mama is ok, nothing to worry about."

Lady snuggled into her chest and Julia smiled, knowing she knew what she had said, "want to know a secret, Lady?" she whispered into the puppy's ear

Lady looked up at her, "you're going to be a big sister"

The puppy wagged her tail and licked Julia's cheek, "yes, mama has a baby in her tummy. But we can't tell daddy yet, deal?"

Lady wags her tail faster and lets out a little bark.

"Good, why don't you go wake up daddy, while mommy brushes her teeth,"

As Lady leaves, Julia flushes the toilet, brushes her teeth and cleans her face, making sure she didn't have puke anywhere.

When she finished, she went into the bedroom and saw the most adorable scene, William's arms around Lady and snoring. Julia laughed and crawled back into the bed, "Lady, you were to try to wake him up, not snuggle with him"

Lady whines and looks down, "oh, its ok, sweetheart, you're not in trouble." Lady looks up at her again and wags her tail which was going back and forth, side to side on William's nose.

"What the…" William said and sneezes

Julia let out a huge laugh, "morning, detective. Our little Lady, was trying to wake up her daddy."

"I see" he said stretching, "what time is it?" he asked with a huge yawn

"7:30"

"Have you looked at your vanity, this morning?"

She looked for at her vanity and saw a white rose and a giftbox, she opened the box and read the clue, "Thanks to Oscar, I had help with this gift…but the place where this gift is hidden is closer than you know."

"Closer than I know, must be the clue word?"

"It is" William said as he was petting Lady.

"Closer than I know…" she said as she looked into her closet and looked everywhere

"Julia, if you want another clue…you are luke warm"

Julia closed her closet and went to the left towards the door, "colder," he said as she decided to move back to the right, "warmer, warmer, now you're hot"

"I know I am, William. So are you"

They both laugh, "I meant you were closer to the gift"

Julia laughed again, "William, I know. Just teasing"

"Ok, still hot, I mean very warm." He said as she got closer to her vanity, "very warm, hot, lava," he said as she bent down to her jewelry drawer, opened it, saw the giftbox and open it, "William…it's my locket. The one I used to wear when we were courting"

"Yes, I found it in one of our storage bins. It was slightly broken so I asked Oscar for help and he knew a good repair man to make it look new. There's also a photograph inside"

She opens the locket and sees a mini version photograph of Lady on one side and on the other side, a photograph of them having their first kiss as husband and wife.

"Oh, William, it's perfect" she says with happy tears and give him a passionate kiss, when they were interrupted by Lady's barking, which made them laugh.

"I think, our little Lady, is hungry and so is her mama"

"So is her daddy."

"Well, William you have to work in an hour, so why don't you get ready and I'll make breakfast."

"Ok, but please don't try to burn the toast…again"

She gives him a punch on the shoulder, as he laughed, Lady went in front of William and barked at Julia, "oh, Lady, sweetie, its ok, mama didn't hurt daddy."

"See, Lady, I'm ok"

As Lady wags, she gives William a lick on the cheek, "ok, Lady, time for breakfast"

Lady barks, jumps off the bed and follows Julia to the kitchen to have their breakfast.