October 6th, 2003

Closer. Everyday was closer to the wedding day. Ronnie was getting very stressed out, but she was trying to hide it. She was starting back at work today and it was very hard for her.

"Baby steps." Danny chuckled as they walked into the school.

"Don't mention babies." Ronnie smiled, "I need to call Martha and tell her to give Christopher his bottle when he wakes up."

"You're not doing anything but teaching." He said, "Martha has it under control." Ronnie sighed softly.

"Can I call her during my lunch break?" She asked him.

"Of course." He kissed her cheek. Ronnie held her head up high and headed back towards her classroom. She was really happy to be getting back into the swing of things.

"You've lost weight." Harvey looked at Ronnie. She chuckled softly.

"I had a baby, Lipshultz." She smiled.

"You had a baby??" Harvey's eyes widened.

"Christopher Daniel on August 23rd." She smiled. Harvey nodded.

"Children had to the world's hunger." He said.

"I feed my child. He breastfeeds." Ronnie smirked. Harvey paled.

"I…I….Have a nice day, Ronnie." He waddled off. She shook her head and walked into the room. She smiled and looked around it. It was still in one piece. Very good. The students started to file in.

"Good morning, Class." Ronnie smiled softly.

"Morning Miss Cook." Sarah bounced up to the desk, "I'm so glad you're back. I was really excited to be on your class this year." Ronnie smiled softly.

"Thank you." She chuckled, "I'm happy to be back." Ronnie stood up as she picked up a pile of papers, "Okay, I've been updated on what you guys have been doing and reading so in my hand I have a pop quiz."

"Oh god." The class groaned loudly. Ronnie chuckled and passed the quizzes out. She smiled softly. This was exactly what she had been missing.

* * *

Ronnie sat at the table grading the pop quizzes. Marla sat next to her eating her yogurt.

"How did you loose all the weight quickly?" Marla asked. Ronnie looked up from the papers.

"Huh?" She looked at Marla oddly.

"How did you loose all your weight?" Marla asked, "I've been thinking about doing that too." Ronnie chuckled.

"I haven't done anything differently other than breastfeed a baby." Ronnie said, "They say that helps a lot." Marla frowned slightly.

"Oh…Well, I can't do that." Marla sighed, "I want to but I cant." Ronnie put her pen down and looked at Marla.

"Why cant you?" She asked.

"Because I'm not married or even with anyone." Marla said, "I need a man to have a baby with." Ronnie shook her head.

"No you don't. Hundreds of women are having babies with out men nowadays." Ronnie said. Marla looked at her oddly, "Marla, you could adopt."

"Adoption is really great and everything, but that's not what I want. I want to feel the baby grow inside of me." Marla said, "That's an amazing experience. Isn't it?" Ronnie nodded.

"The best I've ever experienced." She said, "Well, there's invitro or something along those lines." Marla looked at her. She smiled slightly.

"I could do something like that?" She asked her.

"Of course. Marla, how many more years do you have left before you can't have babies anymore?" Ronnie asked her. Marla bit her lip.

"Not many." Marla said. Ronnie smiled and gathered her papers up.

"Then research it. Single mothers are great." She said standing up; "I need to get home to Chris. Call me if you need someone to talk to." Marla smiled softly.

"Thank you so much, Ronnie." She said. Ronnie shrugged and edged out of the break room.

"No problem." She waved and walked out. Ronnie chuckled to herself.

October 20th, 2003

Ronnie pulled the dog costume over Christopher's head. Christopher burst into a fit of laughter. Ronnie smiled softly. She loved it now that Christopher was laughing. He was like a real person now.

"Doggies don't laugh. Doggies bark." Ronnie said. "Go. Bark bark bark." Christopher laughed harder. Danny leaned against the doorframe watching them.

"Do we have a farm in here?" He asked her.

"Just a dog." Ronnie held up Christopher, "How does he look?" Danny nodded with a grin.

"He's picture perfect." Danny said. Ronnie chuckled and stepped up to Danny.

"I guess it's good we're getting his photos done." She kissed him softly. He nodded as he led his family out. Christopher's first official photos, this was a big-ish moment in capturing his life moments.

* * *

Ronnie and Danny stood in a long line in the photo section of Wal-Mart. They had a one o'clock appointment and it seemed they were really backed up already. Danny utterly hated waiting in lines.

"We should go somewhere else." Danny said. Ronnie bounced Christopher in her arms.

"We're staying here." Ronnie said. Danny groaned loudly.

"The line is going so slow, Ronnie." Danny said looking at her, "Are these pictures a necessity?" Ronnie gave him a look, "Okay."

"Next!!!" The picture woman yelled. Ronnie smiled softly.

"Perfect. It's us." She said bringing Christopher over to the small platform, "This is my son's first photo session." The photographer looked at the baby and nodded.

"I'm sure he'll do fine." She said taking Christopher and placed him on the pillow. Danny stuffed his hands into his pockets

"Mommy and Daddy will be right here, Christopher." Ronnie smiled.

"He can't even see this far. He's a baby." Danny said with a chuckle.

"Oh shush up." Ronnie chuckled. Danny chuckled as he watched the photographer. She squeaked a stuffed duck to try to make Christopher laugh. The baby's eyes started to twinkle as he watched the duck.

"That's right." The photographer said as Christopher burst out laughing. Ronnie clapped her hands. These photos would turn out perfect. "He's a natural at this. He's a very handsome baby and I see a lot of ugly ones in here." Danny laughed softly.

"He takes after me." Danny beamed proudly. The photographer glanced at Danny and shook her head.

"No…. He looks more like mommy." She said. Ronnie laughed smacking his arm.

"More like me." She said. Danny gave her a look as the photographer picked Christopher up.

"Your pictures will be sent to you in a week." She said handing Christopher over. Ronnie nodded as she hugged her little puppy dog.

"Thank you so much." Ronnie looked at Danny; "We can go now." Danny cheered.

"Thank god." He said looking at the parents in line, "I see what she means about seeing a lot of ugly babies."

"Danny!!!" Ronnie blushed deeply and hurried out of the store. Danny chuckled. He liked doing that to her. He also liked not being in Wal-Mart. He was glad that was over. Maybe their photographer could take his Christmas photos at their wedding.

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