September 28th, 2004

Faith was going back to work. She was terrified to go back to work, but she refused to tell anyone that. Just because they had arrested members of the Ravens, it didn't mean Faith's safety was better. Being a police officer was a dangerous line of work, but it was Faith's life. No matter what happened to her on this job, she would love being a cop. But right now they had a party to attend to. Vincent was a year old. Their baby boy was a year old. They couldn't believe this year had gone so quickly.

"Hey buddy, come downstairs. You're having a party." Bosco picked Vincent up out of his crib.

"Daddy. Daddy." Vincent giggled. Bosco brought his son downstairs. People were already there and Faith was desperately trying to entertain them. Her voice was almost back to one hundred percent. When she got upset, she tended to squeak which made Bosco laugh at her and made Faith more mad.

"There he is." Faith smiled taking Vincent from her husband; "Everyone is here to say happy birthday." Bosco glanced in the living room. Emily and Justin were giggling on the couch.

"Why is Mr. Backstreet wannabe here?" He asked.

"His name is Justin and I said Emily could bring him if she wanted." Faith said, "He's her boyfriend."

"She's not old enough for a boyfriend."

"Let's forget about that." Faith said, "Our boy is one." A smile spread across Bosco's face.

"This year has gone too quickly." He said as he put Vincent in his highchair.

"Hey there." Ty looked at Vincent. "How's it going?"

"He's one, Ty. Not twelve." Bosco chuckled.

"Yeah. I know that. I just never believed in all that baby talk stuff." He said, "Babies are humans. They should be talked to like humans."

"The kid does have a point." Sully said leaning against the counter.

"You guys have kids?" Bosco asked with a chuckle. The men held up their hands in defense.

"Get Emily and Justin. It's time for cake." Faith said. Charlie grinned form ear to ear. He was a proud big brother. Bosco walked out into the living room to find Emily and Justin kissing.

"Separate now." Bosco said. Emily groaned and stood up.

"Cake time?" She asked.

"You read my mind, little lady." Bosco said, "Kitchen." Bosco gave Justin the most evil look.

"All right." Faith lit the candles on top of the cake. This was one of her most favourite motherhood moments: The first birthday party. She put the cake in front of Vincent and they all began to sing.

"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear, Vinny. Happy birthday to you." They all cheered. Faith helped Vincent blow out his birthday candles. Vincent clapped his hands and pounded them into the chocolate cake. Bosco laughed loudly.

"A boy after my own heart." He smiled. Faith kissed her son's pudgy cheek.

"Happy birthday, Son." She whispered.

December 17, 2004

Finally, Bosco had a day off. The past two months he had been working fifty hours a week if not more. His family needed the money. Vincent was growing like a weed. So was Charlie. They needed new clothes; it seemed, every week.

Bosco was being the good husband that day and he was doing chores. He had volunteered to clean the upstairs bathroom just because Faith's birthday was two days ago and he didn't really get her a good present. He poured the trash into a bigger bag and something fell on the floor. Bosco bent down and saw it was a pregnancy test. It was positive.

"Oh my god." He whispered. Bosco smiled softly. A positive pregnancy test. Faith was pregnant. "I'm going to be a father again." A tingling feeling coursed through his body. He tossed the test back into the bag and went downstairs.

"There you are. I'm going to make some hot coca. Want some?" Faith said.

"Sure." Bosco grinned. He watched Faith as she poured some hot water in a couple of mugs. "I love you, Faith."

"I love you too, Baby." She chuckled putting the coca powder in the water. Bosco walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

"I really really love you." He said.

"I really really love you too." Faith giggled softly, "Why are you being so lovey?"

"I know." Bosco said.

"You know? You know about what?" Faith asked.

"I know about the baby." Faith giggled softly.

"What did Vinny do now?" She asked.

"Not that baby, Silly." Bosco said. He caressed her stomach, "The baby in here?" Faith pulled away with a frown.

"What are you talking about? I'm not pregnant." She said.

"I found the pregnancy test, Faith." Bosco said.

"Pregnancy test?"

"Yeah. In the bathroom. It was positive." He said.

"Bosco, I never took a pregnancy test. I'm certainly not pregnant." Faith said. Bosco stared at her.

"I don't understand." Bosco said, "How did that test get there then?"

"Mom, dad, I'm going out with Justin and Amber to the movies now, okay?" Emily slung her purse over her shoulder. Both of the adults heads slowly turned and stared at Emily, "What?" Neither of them said anything for a moment. Finally, Faith was able to.

"No. You're not going out." She said.

"Mom! Why?" Emily asked.

"Because…We need to talk." Faith said.

"Can't we do this after he movie?" She asked.

"No. We need to do this now." Faith said. Emily sighed deeply.

"Fine." She turned on her heals and left. Faith looked at her husband with large eyes.

"I swear to god, Bosco. If my baby is pregnant, she's gonna get it." Faith said, both searing mad and awfully sad.

"I know, but neither of us can go up there pissed off. Yelling won't do any of us any good." He said.

"Oh but yelling feels very nice." Faith growled.

"I know." Bosco sighed; "We need to talk to her though…" Faith took in a deep breath. She left the kitchen and went up stairs into Emily's room. Her baby was sitting on the bed. She could just see her little girl in pigtails and pink overalls sitting on her bed playing with her Barbie dolls. Faith's lips trembled.

"Mom?" Emily looked at her. Faith sat next to her daughter. Bosco closed the door behind them so the boys didn't hear.

"We, um, we found the pregnancy test, Em." Faith said. The colour drained from Emily's face.

"I can explain." Emily said.

"You better." Bosco said. "And don't say it's Amber's."

"Just don't yell at me." Emily said.

"Tell us the truth, Emily." Faith said softly. She was on the verge of tears, "Are…Are you pregnant?" Emily hung her head, sitting there in silence for a moment.

"Pregnancy tests can be wrong sometimes right?" Emily whispered.

"Oh Emily." Faith said softly.

"I'm sorry, Mom." Emily whimpered. Bosco closed his eyes tightly.

"We, um…" Faith could barely form words, "We need to make an appointment to make sure. I'm so…so disappointed in you. I thought I raised you better than that." With that, Faith got up and left. Emily started to cry. Bosco watched her.

"You don't even know where Justin has been." Bosco said, "You could have gotten an STD also."

"We used pr-protection, Dad." She sobbed, "It j-just didn't work. This isn't m-my fault."

"You're thirteen, Emily. You'll be fourteen in two months. You shouldn't be having sex in the first place." He said.

"Justin and I love each other." Emily said.

"You're too young to know what love is yet." Bosco said, "We'll make an appointment for you in the morning and then if you really are pregnant, we'll decide what to do." Bosco left the room and went into his bedroom. Faith was crying on the bed, "We'll figure this out, Faith."

"She's my baby. Sh-She can't be pregnant." Faith sobbed.

"We'll figure something out. Don't worry." Bosco said, rubbing her back. They were both terrified that the test would be accurate. How could they get Emily out of this one? They couldn't. This was Emily's mess.