Molly's was hopping! It was packed when the happy couple rolled in. Everyone turned to greet them as the walked by. It was just about 9 when Adam saw Kevin walk in. Kim was already talking to her friend who was to be Kevin's date. "Kevin hey how are you tonight?" Kim came over to greet him before introducing him. "I'm great girl. Nervous for this blind date you planned out for me." Kevin smiled as he spoke. She could see the nerves coming off of him. She waved at her friend to come over. "Kevin this Vanessa Rojas." Kim didn't need to say any more. They locked eyes and it was like no one else in the room existed. They walked off together to find a quiet spot to talk.

Kim returned her attention back to Adam. They swayed closely to the music while spending time with friends. They laughed, told stories, joked around. They thoroughly enjoyed the night. Normally a night where lots of drinks were had by all but Adam chose not to partake instead choosing to help Kim with her sobriety. She had less than 2 months sober again so tonight would be hard so he made sure to be supportive. At some point during the night the girls all made their way to the non existent dance floor to dance together. The guys stood back and watched the scene. Enjoying the view of their girls carefree and happy. It truly was a magical night ringing in the new year. As the ball dropped Kim and Adam made out enjoying each other. Before taking it far they got in the car to head home. Two kid less parents, crazy in love, enjoying a quiet empty home. This was the first and best New Year's Eve they spent together.

A couple weeks later it was Jackson's 4th birthday party. The party was baseball themed, Jackson choice much to Adams delight. The whole unit would be there as well as select friends. All dressed in Cubs Jerseys they arrived one by one. The Halstead's had arrived early to help set up. The food prepared was traditional ballpark food, hotdogs, popcorn, pretzels, chips, burgers. The cake was baseball shape and all the decorations were balls, bats, gloves. They even had games set up for the guests to play. Jackson was having a blast.

When Kevin showed up it caused quiet the stir since he wasn't alone. Apparently his blind date went better than expected and he and Vanessa were now dating. Kim was thrilled to see them together and Adam just chuckled knowing ?Kim would never let them forget that she set them up. They joined the rest of the guests who were playing games in the basement. They were kid games but the adults made a competition out of it. Of course they did! But it led to lots of laughs and some great videos to use for black mail later. It was a great time had by all including Voight who even won a game or two himself.

"Mommy can we open presents now? Or cake? Please?" Jackson was super hyper at this point but he hadn't had sugar yet. He was high on fun. "Sure baby lets do cake first Okay?" Kim offered, he nodded so Adam got the cake and lit the candles. Everyone sang happy birthday while he sat at the table waiting for his chance to blow out the candles. Adam reminded him to make a wish before he blew out the candles. "Did you make a wish?" Adam asked. Jackson nodded. "Perfect. You get the first piece buddy." Adam spoke just as he smashed a piece on Jacksons face. He giggled before running after Adam with cake to smash on him. Kim stood shocked watching the mess they were making. The rest laughed as they took pieces of cake to enjoy. When the boys came back they both had icing in their hair. "You are bathing him tonight and cleaning that mess!" Kim pointed to the mess on the floor. "Of course darling." Adam put icing on her face before licking it off. "Save that for later baby" Kim whispered to him. He gulped and adjusted his pants. Suddenly uncomfortable.

After cleaning up the cake from around the house Jackson finally got open his presents. He couldn't wait to see what he got this year. From Jay and Erin he got Blackhawk tickets, which Kim and Adam knew about so they could get seats for themselves as well. From Dawson he got a remote control police car like the one mom used to drive. Rixton got him a video game that he wanted really bad. Voight got Jackson a motorized Jeep just like his dads. And from Kevin he got a basketball hoop that was kid sized but adjustable so he could start working towards beating his dad. It had been a great dad. By 7:30 Jackson was passed out on Jay as they discussed lord knows what. They always started with one thing and it spiraled into 10 other things. Been that way since Jackson could talk. He had a bond with Jay that couldn't be broken. Jay took him to bed fearing moving him to another adult might wake him. At that point everyone started to leave. Kim worked to clean up the leftovers while Adam took down the decor.

Adam pulled Kim into a hug after all the cleaning was done. No words spoken just her back against his front. They swayed to the background music. Enjoying the quietness after a long day. The calm after the storm, who knows a kids birthday party could be so exhausting. The needed to get to bed early after today but decided to stay like this a bit longer. Though Kim did turn around his arms so she could rest her cheek against his heart. She wanted to stay like this forever knowing he would be on the road again soon and her job is always full on. Adam took her hand and started leading her to the stairs. Kim had told him to save it for later and it was later. They were half way up the stair when there was a knock on the door. They looked at each other realizing neither had any idea who it was. Kim walked slowly towards the door stopping at the hallway closet to grab her back up piece before looking through the peep hole.

"Can I help you?" Kim spoke as she held her gun in her right hand. It was a women who she had never seen before. She was pretty, looked about her age maybe younger. She tried not to feel jealous or worried but she couldn't help it. "Is Adam Ruzek here? I need to talk to him." The women answered. "Um Yeah was he expecting you?" Kim wasn't letting her in just yet. "No but he would want to see me." She responded. "Hey baby. There is a women here to see you. Says you would want to see her?" Kim called into the house. Adam slowly made his way towards them. He felt the cold breeze only then realizing that Kim hadn't let the person in. He knew her cop skills were kicking in. He wrapped his arm around her waist kissing her head before looking outside. "Nicole? What are you doing here? It's been what 14 years?" Adam motioned for her to step inside. Never letting Kim out of his hold. "Adam I missed you. Can we talk?" Nicole spoke. "Nicole there is a reason we haven't spoken in 14 years. Sure we dated back then but you only wanted to be around me because I caused trouble. Broke into abandoned buildings to get away from my family and drank. I wanted to better myself and you wanted nothing to do with that. I moved on a long time ago. There is literally nothing to talk about. Good luck with your life. Good bye." Adam left no room for question. She escorted out if the house before the lock turned and the alarm set.

Once upstairs Kim could tell Adam wasn't phased by that whole encounter but Kim was shook up a bit. He wrapped his arms around her and started to kiss her neck but she was stiff. He could feel the tension coming off her in waves. "Darling what happened?" You are so tense right now?" Adam was so concerned right now. Less than minutes ago she was happy and carefree. "That women, Nicole. I just got so concerned when I saw her. She's pretty. I thought it might be something else, you know like..." Kim didn't finish her thought. "Darling. I love you and only you. Nicole was so long ago and no women could ever compare to you. The love of my life, my soulmate, the mother of my children. I know pregnancy has made you self concuss but you are the most beautiful women to me. Let me show you how much I love you? Okay" He felt her nod as he kissed her long and slow before slowly moving her towards the bed. He was going to take his time tonight. Kiss every inch of her skin. Making sure she could feel the love he kissed into her skin. It was an hour later when they both crashed back onto the bed, tired and sated. But totally in love with each other.

"I hope you know how much I love you. Only you. I can't wait to marry you and I can't wait to meet this little one. I love this life we are living. It's amazing. You are amazing." Adam pulled her into his side. Kissing her head whispering words of love and adoration. "I know just sometimes I get insecure because my body is changing. I'm gaining weight, my belly is getting bigger. I'm afraid it will change how you feel about me." Kim chose to open up about her fears and insecurities. She didn't have to worry or care the last time since she single. "Darling. Yes your body is changing but not in a bad way at all. It's growing my baby in there. Your growing our child. That's the sexiest thing in the world. I love watching your body changing know our child is in there. It's the most amazing thing ever." Kim could hear the love in his voice. "Thank you baby. I love you too. I'm excited for this next stage in our lives too." Kim spoke as she kissed him.

They fell asleep in each other's arms after Adam watched Kim sleeping for a bit. He rubbed her belly, it calmed him. He knew he needed to show her everyday how much he loved her and find a way to ease the insecurities. He knew the hormones would be intense but this he hadn't expected. Although to be fair he hadn't been around a lot of pregnant women before. This was all new to him. He thought maybe calling the guys in her unit might give him some insight into this. Voight, Halstead and Dawson all had wives pregnant at some point and give him advice. He would do that today for sure.

Adam knew one thing for sure they were going away together soon, his little family, to see where Kim is from and see another side of her world. He had hopes that this could let him inside her mind a bit more. Maybe where some of these insecurities stem from. He loved her either way and would move heaven and earth to make her happy. Truth be told he was excited for this trip. He knew it was a different life style out there. What that meant he wasn't sure but he knew she had mentioned it before. One thing he knew for sure was it would be 5 days with out her work calling her in. Maybe the relaxation would help her some. Ease some concerns. He had hope.

The next morning Kim woke first and started to get up she had work today so she needed to start moving. "No don't leave. This is too comfy for you to leave." Adam groaned out. "Babe I have to go to work today. Especially since we have a vacation in a little over a week. And then when we get back we get announce our baby to everyone. So I have to get going. But I love you!" Kim spoke quietly. Hoping he would fall back to sleep. Seemed he needed it today. "Fine but give me a kiss first." He knew she couldn't resist. Kim leaned over to kiss him quickly but he had other plan. She squealed as he pulled her back on to the bed flipping them so he was hovering over her. He started with her lips before moving down her neck to her collarbone. Kim knew she couldn't stop him now. She wanted this just as much as he did. She eventually made it the shower running behind schedule but she couldn't find it in her to care.

At work she was running in to make it on time. It was worth it but it still sucked running behind. "Morning Skinny Britches. I need a favor. A young girl came in with your card asking to see you. I put her in the conference room." Platt was always straight and to the point. Kim loved that about her. "Thanks can you let Voight know I'm here." Kim asked and Platt nodded. "Good morning. I'm Detective Burgess but you can call me Kim. Sergeant Platt said that you needed to speak to me?" Kim had no idea who this girl was. Never seen her before. But she had given out her card many of times at scene in case someone remembered something. "Yes um I'm Jennifer. I got your card at a clinic in Austin. They said you could help me report a rape." Jennifer cried as she got the words out. "Yes I can help you. Give me a minute to get my laptop to get the report started. I will just be a minute." Kim ran upstairs to grab Lindsey and tell Voight the short version.

"Okay So this is Detective Lindsey she also helps out at the clinic in Austin. We will both be the leads on your case. Can you start by giving us a detailed account of what happened to you?" Kim asked Jennifer as they sat in the conference room. They spent the next hour going over her statement. Every detail, every smell, every thing she saw. "We want you to know that we both know what you and your family are going through. We will do everything we can to find who did this to you. I know it might not sound like much but we do intend to get justice for you." Erin assured her. "Thank you. But how do you know what we are going through. I don't understand?" Jennifer questioned. "Well my sister is a rape victim and I helped her through the recovery process. She is still not healed but we are hopeful. And Erin here is a rape victim herself. That's why we help at that clinic. To help those who don't have access to help or those who generally aren't believe because of their lifestyle. We want to help all of them." Kim answered Jennifer. "Do you have someone you can stay with for awhile. Support you?" Erin asked. "My sisters. I will go there. It's safe there." She answers. "Perfect. We will talk to you soon." The ladies all left. Erin and Kim headed upstairs to start work on the case.

"Boss we have a report of rape brought to us this morning. She went to a clinic in Austin this morning to get the rape kit done and get the morning after pill and antibiotics. We need to get a warrant for the kit so it can be tested for DNA. They won't hand it over otherwise even though they told the victim to call me." Kim informed the team. "Okay Halstead work on getting the warrant, Lindsey work on looking for similar cases, Rixton look at pod footage from around the area of the crime, Burgess and Dawson go door to door in the area to see if anyone heard or saw anything." Voight gave the orders. This needed to be done quickly to make sure it doesn't happen again.

It took several hours of knock and talks to find absolutely nothing. Luckily the pod footage was much more helpful in finding a suspect. And the DNA found on the rape kit happened to be a match for the suspect who had only been out of jail for a brief time after serving 10 years for a previous rape. Seems he didn't learn anything in prison. The arrest warrant was signed by the time Burgess and Dawson returned to the bullpen. Everyone suited up knowing he would put up a fight about going back to prison. As they drove to the LKA for the suspect Dawson decided to ask a question that had been bothering him for weeks. "So Kim when do you plan on telling everyone your pregnant?" Dawson smirked while asking. Knowing he was catching her off guard. "What are you talking about? I'm not pregnant!" Kim tried to lie to push it off. Only 2 more weeks, she had to make it. "Kim you suck at lying when it comes to me. We all know it, we just keep waiting for you to say something about it. What's going on?" Dawson asked more sincere, more caring this time. "Fine I'm 10 weeks that's why I haven't said anything. I just wanted to get through the next two weeks before I said anything. How did you guys figure it out?" Kim confessed. It did feel good to talk about it. "First you turned green at several crime scenes, that doesn't happen. Second you have been eating more often and way healthier. Third you gained a few pounds in your chest area which is hard not to notice. And fourth the looks between you and Adam was enough to give it away all by itself." Dawson finished and saw Kim smiling so wide.

They arrived to the suspects address and Kim watched as Dawson nodded to the team, probably confirming their suspicions. The team got in place Halstead, Lindsey and Rixton went to the front door while Burgess, Dawson and Voight took the back just in case he ran. They knocked on the door shouting "Chicago PD open up!" They heard running so the kicked the door in and called out back to warn them. Dawson kicked in the back door, Burgess right behind him slowly walking into the house clearing the rooms as they went. Voight noticed the basement open so they proceeded down the stairs. Kim stayed towards the back just in case. The suspect got the jump on them knocking Voight off balance before hitting Dawson. Kim couldn't take a chance and shot him in the leg. He did assault two officers and was running. He dropped to the ground as Dawson and Voight recovered enough to cuff him and called for an ambo. It had all worked out. At the hospital the the suspect was stitched up and sent to the district to be Interrogated. They really didn't need his confession but it would help to prevent the victim from having to testify in court.

He tried to lie and refused to talk for hours before his attorney showed up. His attorney asked to speak to the DA to make a deal. He finally agreed to 25 years for the rape and assaulting the two officers. Justice was served and Jennifer didn't have to testify. It was a win for everyone. Erin and Kim decided to call Jennifer together to share the news. "Good evening Jennifer. It's Detective Lindsey and Burgess. We have news about your case." Lindsey spoke first. "Hello Detectives. What kind of news?" Jennifer asked nervously. "We got him. He's going away for 25 years. You are safe now." Kim spoke this time hearing tears of relief on the other end of the call. "Thank you so much! I can never tell you how much I appreciate this." Jennifer was crying but relieved at the same time. "You are so very welcome. I'm so happy we were able to bring you justice. Good luck with your future." Lindsey offered. They said good byes and hung up.

"Baby I'm home. Sorry it's so late but we had a case." Kim announced when she walked in. "Hey Darling. It's all good. I assume it was not a great case since it's so late." Adam spoke as he pulled her into a hug. "It was ugly but all rape cases are ugly. Just happy we were able to get justice for her. Also thrilled to be home. I do need to tell you that Dawson called me out on being pregnant today. He said they all know and are waiting for me to confirm it. It was actually funny." Kim laughed as they moved over to the couch to snuggle up for a bit. "Well maybe it's better they know. Keeps you safer. I actually wanted to talk about that. Do you want to make a public statement about it when the time comes?" Adam was curious how they would tell people, if they would tell the public. He was a public figure. "Well I don't mind if people know but I'm not sure I want all your fans knowing. The few posts that have mentioned me haven't exactly gone well. Your fans have verbally attacked me. I don't want them to harass our baby or our son." Kim explained. She needed to protect the kids from the crazy fans. "I totally understand. Should I assume you feel the same about us getting married?" Adam wanted to know how see felt about all of this. He didn't want to make a mistake or put them at risk. "I don't care if they about that. Just no details. I don't want the paps trying to get photos of our wedding. That is a definite no." Kim hadn't put much thought into it just going with her gut feeling. "Sounds good to me. But first we will need tell our families that we plan to get married. We can put it off for a bit longer but we need to come clean about that and the baby." Adam reasoned. "I know. Trust me I know. I just don't want drama if they don't approve. You know? We are happy and excited about all this and I wish our families would be too." Kim hoped he understood. "I totally get it. Let's head up to bed okay?" Adam held out his hand for her to take it. They moved to the bedroom.

Kim checked on Jackson before heading to the bathroom to take a shower. She started the water and got undressed while Adam watched on. Deciding he was going to join her. He stripped off his clothes and stepped into the shower coming up behind her and kissed her shoulders. He heard her sigh and then relax into his touch. He washed her head to toe paying special attention to her belly. Before getting out of the shower Adam dropped to his knees to kiss her belly. He turned off the water and helped her to step out wrapping a towel around her body. After drying himself he dried her off as well and then rubbed cocoa butter onto her belly. She was barely showing and only at night. As he rubbed the cocoa butter onto belly he spoke to their baby. "Hi baby. I'm your daddy. I can't wait to see you again. You are growing big and strong. I know because mommy is glowing and getting a small belly so you can start moving around. I can't wait to feel that. I can't wait to feel you kick and squirm. I can tell you that I love you so much already. And you are going to have the best big brother ever. And your mom is a rock star. It's just amazing and I love her and your brother so much." Adam kissed her belly before covering her in a shirt. "Adam I love you too. So much. I really can't wait to see them again too. It makes it more real." Kim kissed him before settling into his arms. They feel asleep within minutes.