flashback

The next morning Elizabeth awoke early. She saw Catherine was still asleep and she thought about the night they'd had. She thought it was great, but still it wasn't perfect. Whenever she was with Mark it was perfect. It wasn't the first time she'd been with a woman, but she knew this definately was the last time. She wasn't gay, she was straight. Yesterday was a mistake and she hoped Catherine felt that way too. She wasn't that sure though, but she believed Catherine was more straight too.

Catherine turned around and opened her eyes.

"Goodmorning." Elizabeth said and she put on her robe. "I'm going downstairs to make some breakfast."

"Sure." Catherine said. "I'm just gonna get dressed and I'll see you in a minute." Shit, she thought. What did we do last night? Catherine got dressed and headed downstairs. She entered the kitchen quietly and saw Elizabeth making some toast.

"Hey, listen." Catherine said. "We need to talk." Elizabeth turned around and smiled.

"I'm glad you feel that way, I think we need to talk too."

Elizabeth expressed her feelings about the night before and so did Catherine. They both agreed that they'd made a mistake.

"I did like it though." Elizabeth said. "But it's just not my thing, anymore. Medschool was a long time ago."

"Same here, I liked it too, but I feel i'm getting too old for this." Catherine smiled. "Can we be friends? I like us to be friends."

"Yeah, a normal relationship would be fine, but I don't want to hear anything about the case you're dealing with right now. I don't think I can handle that. Rachel is like a daughter to me, okay?"

"Sure, and I don't want to hear about your inflammations and surgeries, okay?"

"Okay." Elizabeth said and she laughed. "I'm gonna take a shower, Ella will be home soon."

"I think I'm gonna hit the road." Catherine said. "I'll call you."

Elizabeth nodded and went upstairs. Catherine walked to the frontdoor and closed the door behind her.

end flashback

Elizabeth was sitting outside in the sun, Ella was running around in the garden and Rachel was laying in the grass. Ella stopped running and sat herself next to Rachel.

"Rach?" Ella asked.

"Ella?" Rachel replied.

"Aren't you scared?"

"Of what?"

"Having a baby?"

"No, I'm not scared. I like having a baby."

"It's not very visible yet."

"That's true, but I'm only 10 weeks pregnant yet." Ella rolled over on her back and she was in the same position Rachel was in now. She was quiet for 10 seconds and then she started again.

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

"Oh, Ella...I don't know yet." Rachel said.

"What do you want it to be?"

"I haven't thought about that yet. But I don't mind."

"Have you thought of some names yet?"

"No."

Elizabeth heard the conversation between Ella and Rachel and she got up.

"Ella, stop it." Elizabeth said and she sat down on the grass next to the girls.

"Stop what?" Ella asked surprised.

"Questioning Rachel." Elizabeth laughed. "She'll be pregnant for another 6 months and you have all the time to ask her questions, but not all at once. Okay?"

"Okay." Ella said and she started jumping and running around again.

"Sorry..." Elizabeth whispered to Rachel.

"About what?"

"Telling Ella you are pregnant, I shouldn't have told her yet."

"It's fine. I like it that she asks questions. But not all the time..." Rachel laughed and sat up. "You know what, Elizabeth? Sometimes I feel sad being pregnant."

"Why?"

"Dad would have been a granddad, do you realize that? And my mom would have been grandmother. It's so strange that moments like this make you think about them more."

"It's not strange, it's beautiful. I often wish your dad was still here, he would have loved being a granddaddy. He often told me how much he hated it that he wasn't around you all the time, he always said he wasn't a good dad for you."

"That's not true. I always loved it, when he was around and I hated it when he left. That doesn't mean he wasn't a good dad, does it?"

"No it doesn't." Elizabeth smiled. "I'm sure you'll be a great mom, Rach."

"I hope so." Rachel said. "And I also hope Nick will be with me when the baby is here."

"Let him realise what's going on. It takes time for him to understand he's actually bonded himself to someone. Because, that is what he did. Right? If you weren't pregnant, he wouldn't have to think about all this commitments. Give him some time, I'm sure he'll be with you soon."

"I hope so." Rachel said and she hugged Elizabeth.