"Legacy"
Ch. 10
3 months later . . .
(Enterprise, Trip's Quarters)
Nicole passed back and forth, making Trip even more nervous than he already was. Nicole is 4 months pregnant. She and Trip hasn't told anyone about the baby yet. The only other person besides them is Dr. Phlox.
"I'm starting to show, Trip. It's getting harder and harder to hide it," she said.
Trip sat down on his bed.
"Calm down." Trip said.
Nicole took a deep breathe and sat down beside him.
"Wait till the Cap'n finds out!" he said.
"And Evelyn and John," she said. "What have we gotten ourselves into?"
Nicole sighed and rested her head on Trip's shoulder. He put his arm around her and kissed her on the forehead.
"We should tell John and Evey first," he said.
Nicole nodded.
(Evelyn's Quarter's)
"What's up?" John asked.
"Good question," Evelyn said. "It seems the Mom and Commander Tucker has something important to tell us."
"I'm 4 months pregnant," Nicole told them.
Her two children gaped at her.
"And you didn't tell us sooner because . . ." John asked
"Because we we're afraid that she might have another miscarriage," Trip supplied.
"We didn't want anyone to know until after my first trimester," she said.
"I take it Captain Archer doesn't know," Evey said.
Trip and Nicole nodded.
"We we're going to tell him after we told you first," Nicole said.
"Good luck on that," John said.
"You hang around Colonel O' Neill too much," Nicole commented. She then looked at Trip. "We should go."
Trip nodded. "Yeah,"
Nicole and Trip walked out of Evey's quarter's. Once Nicole was out of ear shot, John called out to Trip.
"Don't break her heart," John said warningly.
"Be nice Jonathan," Nicole shouted to him.
"You weren't supposed to hear that," he shouted back.
"Feral hearing, remember?" Nicole shouted.
"Right, I knew that," he shouted.
Nicole, Trip, and Evey looked at one another and rolled their eyes. Once Nicole and Trip finally left to tell the Captain, Evey turned to her brother.
"You don't need to worry," she told him. "Commander Tucker loves mom as much as Dad did. And Mom loves Commander Tucker equally."
"You Empath's," John murmured, then orbed out of the room.
Evelyn rolled her eyes and grinned.
(Captain's Mess)
Captain Archer had invited T'Pol, Trip and Nicole for dinner that night. Nicole and Trip had agreed on telling him then.
"I had Chef make something a little easy on your stomach. Phlox says you've finally been able to eat again," Archer said.
"Yes, I'm starting to feel much better," Nicole said. "Thank you."
"I have noticed that we have not spoken to Selmack in some time," T'Pol said.
"I think he's still getting used to being in a woman's body again," Nicole said.
"Cap'n, Nicole and I have something to tell you," Trip said, nervously.
"Oh, yeah, what's that?" Archer said.
"Well, you see, this may come of a shock but, umm . . ." Trip stuttered.
"I'm pregnant," Nicole just blurted out.
Archer glared at Trip and Nicole, apparently lost for words. After several minutes of silence Archer asked Trip, "How far along is she?"
"4 months," Trip answered.
"When did you find out?" Archer asked.
"3 months ago," Nicole said.
"Would this have anything to do with Selmack not making his presence known?" T'Pol asked.
"Yes," Nicole said. "If Selmack would to take over, then the baby would be born immature."
"Fine, but you should have told me sooner," Captain said.
"We didn't want to tell anyone until we it was clear that she wasn't going to have a miscarriage," Trip supplied.
"I didn't want to give my hopes up," Nicole said. "After John was born I had 3 miscarriages."
Archer nodded softly in understanding. They ended that conversation on that note. Instead T'Pol took the baby conversation to a new angle.
"I have heard that Lt. Reed has started a gambling pool," she said.
"What are they gambling for?" Trip asked.
"Whether or not Dr. Allison was, indeed, pregnant," T'Pol said.
The three humans ginned at one another.
The End!
Epilogue
Months later Nicole gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Trip and Nicole named her Lily. After the delivery Selmack began to give the Senior Officer's of Enterprise briefings about the 'good old days' while the SGC was open. Nicole often brought Lily to Engineering so Trip could spend time with them. Trip promised her that they will, indeed get married as soon as their mission was finally over.
(A/N: I hope that you guys enjoyed it! I can't believe that this one is finally over! I have had several writer's blocks through out the entire fic. I think that this one is the longest one I've written to date! Thank you for putting up with me! And again, I hope that you all enjoyed reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it! J )
