March 1st, 2004

Week 20

Jing-Mei pulled her hair up into a ponytail as she walked into the nursery. Greg had painted it an adorable shade of rose petal pink. She was going to put up the border. They were going to have a Mother Goose theme. Of course it had to be some kind of books.

"Hey, Sexy." Greg said as he opened up the window. It was winter out, but Jing-Mei was already starting to get hot flashes.

"Hey. Border time." She said pushing the ladder to the wall.

"Let me do it. You just sit down and act sexy." Greg said to her. Jing-Mei pushed him away from her with a soft giggle.

"No. I'm not going to break. I'll be fine, Stupid." She as she climbed the ladder. Greg stood right next to the ladder. He didn't like having her that high up while pregnant. Jing-Mei began to put up the border, "You think the baby will like this?

"Oh yes. She will love it. She's a Pratt. She'll love Mother Goose." He said. Jing-Mei smiled softly.

"I can't wait until she comes." Jing-Mei stood up on her tiptoes.

"Careful." Greg said.

"Oh shut up. I am, Gr-" Jing-Mei gasped with wide eyes as she slipped. The ladder crashed to the floor with a loud bang. Greg cursed. He reached out and grabbed Jing-Mei before she fell.

"Are you all right?" He asked as he held her in his arms.

"Y-yes." She whispered. She was shaking. Greg carefully put her on the floor and smoothed out her hair. He looked at her with concern. Jing-Mei ran her shaking hand through her hair.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"I think you should finish the border." She said. Greg nodded.

"I'll be done in twenty minutes, all right?" He asked her.

"I'm going to go take a shower." She said, "I'm hot."

"You sure you're all right, Baby?" He asked again.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Don't worry." She said walking out of the room and down the stairs. Maybe she should have listened to Greg the first time. He could have easily finished the border himself without her help. He was a handy man. She walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on. Jing-Mei slowly peeled the clothes off of herself. She got in the shower and closed her eyes.

Okay maybe the slip had spooked her more than she thought. She was so thankful that Greg was there and caught her before she hurt her precious baby and before she frightened her water into breaking. Greg walked into the bathroom.

"I'm coming in, Jing-Mei." Greg said removing his shirt.

"Whatever." She said softly. Greg sighed softly and stepped into the shower. He slid his arms around her slick belly and kissed her neck softly.

"Portia is all right." He said. Jing-Mei bit her lip and nodded.

"I know she is." She whispered, "But…I just scared myself."

"I know you did that's why I'm in here." He said as he kissed her neck again, "I finished the border." Jing-Mei glanced back at him.

"All ready? You work fast." She said. Greg grinned.

"You sleep with me. You should know that." He said. She smacked his hands that lay on her belly playfully. He could be so crass sometimes, but that's one thing that she loved about him.

March 15th, 2004

Week 22

Greg stared at the baby blanket in front of him. What he was doing was so gay and he knew it. If Carter caught him doing this he would never hear the end of it. Greg growled as Susan walked in.

"Ah, Pratt, Mr. Shovels is asking for you." She looked at him and chuckled, "What are you doing?" He looked at her.

"I'm trying to stitch Portia's name into this blanket." He said, "I'm getting all confused and it's coming out so shitty."

"It's not too hard." Susan pulled up a seat and looked at the blanket; "I made one for my niece. Is Portia set in stone?" Greg nodded.

"Yeah it is. It's Portia Pratt." Greg chuckled to himself. "Portia Juliet Pratt. Our little P.J." Susan laughed softly as she shook her head.

"It's cute." Susan said looking at him, "Want me to start it for you?" Greg nodded as he handed the blanket to her.

"I wanted to do something nice for her, but I couldn't do it with out screwing up." Greg said, "You're doing a good job."

"Thanks." Susan smiled, "It's not really hard. Just pay attention."

"I am." Greg watched her, "So, you have no kids?"

"Oh no." Susan smiled, "I never went down that road. I took care of my niece, Suzie for awhile, but never any of my own."

"Suzie? Was she named after you or something?" Greg asked.

"Yeah. Cheesy huh?" Susan smiled. Greg shook his head.

"No. It's kind of cute. I want my son to have my name for a middle name if me and Jing-Mei have a boy." Greg said. Susan nodded.

"I think that's a fine idea." Susan said as she worked on the 'I'.

"How long have you been a doctor?" Greg asked.

"Oh. Way too long." She chuckled.

"Why do you stay here at county?" Greg asked, "You could go somewhere else."

"Dr. Greene. His memories are here." Susan smiled, "You would have really liked him if you had the chance to get to know him."

"I hear a lot of stories about him around here. I see his little girl around her with Corday sometimes. She's pretty cute." Greg said, "You two were good friends weren't you?" Susan nodded slowly.

"Best friends." She said softly. Greg sighed slightly.

"Well, I'm sorry for your loss then, Susan." He said.

"It's all right." Susan said and the she smiled "There. How is that?" Greg looked at the blanket and smiled brightly.

"It's perfect, Susan. Thank you." He said.

"I hope Jing-Mei likes it a little." Susan said. He nodded.

"She'll love it." Greg said.

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Jing-Mei eased herself down in the lazy boy recliner. She loved this thing lately. It felt so good on her sore back. She heard Greg pull up into the garage and walk up the pathway.

"Honey, I'm home." He called out. Jing-Mei laughed.

"I'm in the living room." Jing-Mei said. Greg walked in with a package in his hands. Jing-Mei smiled, "What's that?"

"Something I made…Well, I had help making." He said, "It's for the baby." Jing-Mei sat up.

"Gimme. Gimme." She said. Greg chuckled and handed it to her.

"I hope you like it, Babe. Susan helped me with it." He said. Jing-Mei opened the box and pulled out the pink blanket.

"Oh! It has her name on it!" She said, "You embroidered it on there?"

"I did the 'P', but Susan did the rest. I was messing it up." Greg said. Jing-Mei looked at the crooked 'P' and smiled softly.

"It's perfect, Greg. Thank you." Jing-Mei placed it over her belly. The baby moved within her, "I think Portia likes it."

"Good." Greg said. He kissed her head. "She showed me how to do it so I will try to do it again sometime later."

"Whatever you want, Sweetheart." Jing-Mei ran her fingers over Portia's name. This was a perfect present even with the crooked P. That crooked P showed so much love. Greg obviously loved his daughter so much.

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