"What is all this?" Schmidt asked standing in the entryway to the Loft still holding the groceries with his mask on.

Jo stood up from where she was in the middle of assembling the crib and waved the screwdriver at him. "Have you ever committed a felony or crime of any nature?"

"No, no, of course not, I've never even had a parking ticket," Levi said, dropping the groceries and holding up his hands.

Jo realized she was still waving the screwdriver at him and dropped her arm to her side.

"Good, because I need you to pass a background check and this place needs to be baby proofed," Jo said looking around the Loft.

"Holy shit, are you pregnant?" Levi said his eyes going wide as he looked around the room as well.

"What, no of course not," Jo said as she started laughing so hard that she held her stomach.

"Well forgive me for asking. It's just when you show up with all this baby stuff I kind of assumed that there's a baby," Levi said not joining in on her laughter as he picked up the groceries and went over to set them on the counter. "Is there a baby Jo?"

Jo's laughter died down as she put down the screwdriver and walked over to help Levi unload the groceries.

"It's Luna, I want to adopt her."

"Wait Luna, Luna Ashton Val's baby?"

"Yes, she's all alone now and she doesn't have any parents. Her Mom died and her Dad doesn't care about her and she needs somebody. She needs somebody to look out for her and I can't let her go into the foster care system, not when I have a home that could be hers too."

Val had a few friends and distant family that came forward and arranged a funeral. Even with Covid Jo met them over Zoom and told them about Luna and about Val's last few days. Jo asked if any of them could take Luna but none of them were in a position to do so. One of Val's particularly nasty aunts wondered why anyone would bother with a baby the size of a soda can, that was probably going to die. Jo got so riled up at that comment that she wanted to scream. Instead, she ranted off about Luna's stats and the fact that she was doing well even on the ventilator and how much progress she had been making now that she's gained two whole pounds. The nasty aunt shut up after that. A few of Val's friends give Jo their contact information to keep in touch. Later when Jo called to tell them about her plans to adopt and they wished her luck.

"Wow, you must have really fallen in love with her?" Levi said as he paused to smile from where he was putting away the groceries.

Jo froze as she was holding a bag of chips about to put it away in the basket. At first, Jo just told herself that she was doing this for Val, because Val would have wanted for Luna to be somewhere where she was safe and taking care of. Jo doesn't think of Luna as her baby, Luna is Val's baby and Jo wants to make sure that Luna doesn't forget her mom. So she put up Val's picture next to Luna's incubator. She wrote down everything Val ever told her, little details like when Val mentioned that sweet potatoes were her favorite potato, and what color of shirt she was wearing when she came into the ER.

In the past few weeks, Jo had realized that she did love Luna. A part of her was terrified to admit it as the last person she loved walked out of her life. Luna already had a mom who loved her and Jo didn't want to replace her. Plus there was no guarantee that Luna would be placed with her. The Loft wasn't set up for a baby and the neighborhood wasn't the best in Seattle. There were probably a dozen other foster homes that were better for Luna and Jo didn't have much to offer her, but she knew that she could do right by Luna.

Jo could give her love and safety and comfort and support and everything she needed in life. When she was a child Jo had always hoped that someone would reach out and be there for her. She never got that, yet she could do that for Luna. She could provide them with a safe home, where she could grow up knowing she was loved and cared for. Jo had been around plenty of orphaned babies in the hospital, but Luna was different. From the moment she looked at Luna this tiny little baby had wrapped her finger around Jo's heart and Jo didn't want to let her go.

"Yeah, I do love her," Jo whispered as she looked back at the half assembled crib.

"Okay then why don't I get started on dinner and then I'll help you assemble the crib," Levi said, pulling out a pot and grabbing the ravioli from the grocery bag.

Jo let out another laugh as she put the chips away. "Of all the guys I thought would help me assemble a crib, you were the last person on my list."

"I never expected to be on that list either," Levi said with a laugh.

Jo went back to all the baby things and pulled out one of the little onesies that she bought. It was this adorable little romper with frills and strawberries all over it. Even though it was way too big for the barely three-pounds Luna. Jo couldn't resist it. Just a few months ago she and Alex were shopping and as they passed the baby section Alex picked up this little red dress with strawberries all over it. He had smiled at her and said that if they ever had a little girl he'd dress her in something like that. It made her smile to think of having a daughter with him, yet here she was, on her own with a strawberry dress for a little girl who wasn't Alex's daughter.

Jo took a deep breath and instead pulled out the blue blanket with little stars all over it and a little Moon stitched into the corner. Jo held the blanket close and pressed her lips to the soft fabric. It would be perfect for Luna. Luna didn't have any blankets other than the regular NICU blankets. If Jo washed this blanket, brought it into work, and put it in a bag, then after 72 hours, they could place it on Luna's incubator and she could have something of her own. Jo looked around the space set up for Luna, she still has her hand on the bags full of diapers and blankets and clothes and the tiniest socks Jo has ever seen, all of which seem too big for her Little Moon.

Apart from the crib Jo also had bags of preemie baby clothes, toys, and diapers, along with bottles, and burp cloth, and outlet covers, and corner covers, and door covers. She was still trying to figure out what to put around the kitchen, but basically, she bought out every baby related thing at the baby store she went to. She needed to be prepared for when CPS did their home study. Which according to her lawyer could happen faster than she ever imagined, even though Luna was still in the NICU and would be for several more weeks. Jo had gotten everything Luna would ever need or want, yet she knew that Luna needed love too and Jo would happily give Luna all of her love.