It's deja vu, all over again. - Yogi Berra

It wasn't as though she weren't expecting this.

Evelyn knew that when she and Rafe had been successful in her getting pregnant again she was probably going to have morning sickness. It had been her least favorite part of all of her pregnancies and it was not something she was looking forward to again.

She lay on the bed and tried to get her stomach to calm down. She had found out that very morning that her last child was coming and she wasn't sure if it was nerves or morning sickness that had her in her bathroom as soon as she got to the bedroom. She sighed and waited for Rafe to come home.

She hadn't told him about the doctor's appointment. Even though she knew she was going to have a baby before the doctor confirmed it, she hadn't wanted to get Rafe's hopes up just in case she was wrong. So after the doctor gave her the news, she called him at the base and asked him to come home as soon as possible.

"Everythin' all right honey?"

"Everything is fine Rafe, just come home."

"I'm on my way."

Evelyn was scared. The last time she was pregnant, she'd miscarried within a week and she didn't want to lose this one too. She had voiced her concerns to her doctor and knowing her history reassured her that he would monitor her very carefully. "I want to avoid putting you on total bed rest Mrs. McCawley, so we'll keep a close eye on you and see how the pregnancy progresses."

"Could I miscarry again?" She asked him quietly.

Her doctor sighed. "Frankly Mrs. McCawley I don't know, but you do have two good things in your favor. You had two full term healthy pregnancies before the miscarriage and your overall health is excellent. I still don't know exactly why you miscarried the last time and I don't want to tell you that it won't happen again. What I will tell you is that I will do everything I can to make sure that it doesn't."

Evelyn knew that that was the best he could give her, so she went home and called Rafe.

She sounded panicked and Rafe was worried. Had something happened to one of the kids, had something happened to her? Evelyn never asked him to come home in the middle of the day if it was something she could handle until he got home, which she usually did.

When he pulled the car into the drive, Barbara had both kids by the hand and Martha was behind her with their overnight bags. He jumped out of the car and ran up the walk, now he was scared. He crouched down in front of the kids to look them over and they looked fine. "Ev asked us to take the kids tonight. She wanted to have some time alone with you." Barbara explained.

Rafe looked up at her. "Is she all right?"

"She says she's fine but needs to talk to you."

Rafe kissed each of his children goodnight, told them to mind the girls and they both nodded. He grinned, They probably don't understand. And he kissed them again before he stood up. "Thanks Barbara."

She smiled. "I'd take advantage of this free babysitting service while you can."

"Have you gotten new assignments?" He asked.

"They Navy is sending us back to New York to the veterans hospital there. A lot of the boys are being shipped back for rehabilitation and they feel we'll be of more use there." Martha told him.

"Does Evelyn know?" Rafe frowned at the news.

Barbara shook her head. "Not yet. We haven't had the nerve to tell her."

"Do you want me to tell her?"

Martha also shook her head. "She needs to hear it from us."

"All right." He stood and watched the girls load the kids into their car and he waved at them as Barbara pulled the car away from the curb. He sighed and turned toward the front door.

It's too damn quiet when the kids are gone, Rafe thought to himself as he went looking for Evelyn. His first stop was the back porch because it was her favorite spot to be when the kids were taking a nap or after they'd put them to bed. It was her place to relax and have some quiet time. She wasn't there.

She wasn't in the kitchen or in the kids' rooms, so he made his way to their bedroom and found her curled up on the bed. He wasn't sure if she was asleep so he sat down and took her hand in his. "Evelyn, you awake?" He asked softly.

She opened her eyes. "I'm awake, just resting."

He brushed a lock of hair off of her forehead with his other hand. "Are you all right?"

How do I tell him? Evelyn thought before she took a deep breath. She looked at him and took another deep breath.

"Evelyn you're startin' to scare me. What the hell is it?"

"I didn't want to say anything until I was absolutely sure." She took one last deep breath and this time she smiled. "We did it Rafe. We're going to have a baby."

He wasn't sure that he'd heard her right. "Did you say what I think you just said?"

She laid a hand on his chest. "You heard me right."

He sat there staring at her because he was suddenly very scared and took the hand on his chest into his own. "Are you all right? Is the baby all right?"

She understood his concern and nodded. "We're both fine and the doctor said he'll monitor us both very carefully."

"We've been talkin' about this and tryin' for this since I came home for good and now that it's happened..." His voice trailed off.

Evelyn sat up and put her arms around his waist before she put her head down on his shoulder. "I know you're scared about this Rafe, so am I. The doctor can't guarantee us it won't happen again, but he's going to do everything he can to try and prevent it."

"I wish there were somethin' I could do."

She smiled and then she flushed. "You already did do something Captain McCawley." She laughed softly.

Rafe shook his head and grinned. "The way your mind works."

Evelyn lifted her head to look at her husband. "That's what I'm supposed to say."

"Not this time Mrs. McCawley." And he kissed her.