Dreams Come True, Chapter 5

Lt. Colonel and Dr. Sheppard walk into their hotel room, John already shrugging out of his jacket.

"You know, that's the second time in a month I've had to wear my dress blues," says John, draping his jacket over the back of a chair.

Elizabeth goes over to the dresser and starts taking the pins out of her hair.

"You make it sound as if you don't like the reaction you get when you wear your dress blues," she comments with her back to him. "Our waitress tonight was practically drooling, along with all the other women in the room."

John walks up behind his wife and meets her eyes in the mirror. Elizabeth takes the last of the pins out and drops her arms.

"There's only one woman's reaction I'm hoping for tonight."

He runs his hands softly up her arms, to her bare shoulders, and down her back. He slowly lowers the zipper on the back of her deep blue gown and watches as it pools at her feet. John grins when he sees the familiar garter belt.

"So that's why you got dressed in the bathroom tonight."

Elizabeth turns to give him a sexy smile.

"Well, we need some surprises after five years."

In a flash, John swoops down and picks Elizabeth up in his arms. She lets out a little squeal of surprise. He lays her on the bed, then removes his tie, before stretching out next to her. He starts to kiss her senseless and she finds it hard to concentrate on unbuttoning his shirt. Elizabeth frees him of his shirt and John pulls back to take it off completely.

As he looks down at his beautiful wife, a sudden urge overcomes him and he can't help but place a tender kiss on her still flat tummy. John places his cheek against where he knows the new baby is growing, still a little stunned at the good news. Elizabeth had a miscarriage about a year after the boys were born. They haven't been doing anything to prevent another pregnancy since, but after 3 years, he had thought there was no chance for third child.

Finding out about the twins had been a mind-numbingly frightening experience. They had talked about having kids before the wedding, but neither of them had expected parenthood to come so soon. The fear was tempered by the amazement of watching Elizabeth's body grow and change. Knowing she was carrying his children had only made him love her more. That love expanded over the months of pregnancy and threatened to overwhelm him when the boys were born.

John had walked into parenthood the first time with fear and a desire to be the best father in the world. This time, he's a little more aware of what being a good parent really means. There's still a little fear, but all he wants now is to hold the new baby in his arms and share the love already building inside him.

There's a sniffle above him and John looks up to see that Elizabeth has tears in her eyes. He smiles, remembering how sappy she got during her first pregnancy. Those old long distance commercials used to have her bawling. The sudden tears are definitely a mood killer, but he can't blame her, he knows he started it.

John move back up the bed, level with Elizabeth, and gathers her into his arms.

"I'm ::sniff:: sorry ::sniff:: . But you ::sniff:: looked ::sniff:: so happy."

"That's because I am happy." John pushes some hair away from her face. "This is going to sound silly, but I just know the baby is going to be a girl. She's going to have your hair, your eyes, and your smile. She's going to be beautiful and spirited and I...well I'm going to need to get really good with a shotgun."

Elizabeth laughs and John pulls away to look at her.

"I'm serious. I don't know how your dad did it, but I'm going to make it perfectly clear to all of her boyfriends that I have ready access to several weapons."

"John, all we know right now is that we're not having twins again."

"Which is good only because it would be difficult to have both of them followed when and if I ever let them date."

Elizabeth laughs again. "You'll be a wonderful father to the baby, whether it's a boy or a girl. And I really hope you're kidding about the shotgun."

John shrugs. "I'm not making any promises."

"Then I hope our daughter is blessed with angelic patience."

Elizabeth leans over to kiss him once and then again. Two kisses later and he feels her hands unbuckling his belt. Oh yeah, he remembers this side effect of her pregnancy too.

TBC...

Some minor notes:

The Broadmoor is a real hotel in Colorado Springs, I looked it up and it looks gorgeous!

From what I can tell from pictures online (Gateworld), both Joe Flanigan and Torri Higginson have green eyes.

I don't have kids, let alone twins, but from what I could find online, they split very early. I'm just making the assumption that a doctor's office would be able to tell in an early ultrasound.

I seriously thought about making it triplets (which is very common in multiple birth families), but decided against it at the last minute.