A/N: ok, I wasn't planning on updating for like a week, but last night I sprained my wrist. Once again: I am home alone from school, on the Internet typing instead of sitting on the couch and watching Steve. Do you people have any idea how hard it is to type with your left hand in a splint? Besides, I can't really be mad because I just watched the Star Wars special edition DVD of 'The Empire Strikes Back.' This is the last chapter I have written in my notebook, so I need major ideas! Please! This is just a short chapter I had a lot of fun with! I'm taking a lot of liberties and shortcuts w/ Trance and Veghn, so don't hurt me!

vampiregirl081: oh, HOORAY! I'm so happy you like the squadron! you just made my day so much better!

prin69: love you too, girl, even though you have updated 'Home' in ages. sorry it was confusing. when I said there was the sound of the shower turning on I just assumed everyone would realize: 'oh, Rhade went into the bathroom to get a shower.' that's where he was, so don't worry! ha-ha, Jade and Telemachus know each other better than you'd think... Mwa-ha-ha!

Jamieson Z: ok, I'm sorry. I won't do it anymore. and it's not fair! my ear is finally recovered, and then I sprain my wrist! AHHH!

Chapter 13

Gaheris stood across from Trance, fighting hard to keep his jaw from dropping. They were both in Medical, and Trance had just told him something. "You're only going to be pregnant for a week and a half?" he repeated disbelieveingly.

"Two weeks at the most," Trance told him calmly.

Gaheris couldn't help it; his jaw dropped wide open. it had only been four days since...

Rommie ran into the room. Though she had been running hard, her breathing, as usual, didn't change. "You're what?" she demanded, skidding to a stop.

Gaheris sighed. "Here we go," he muttered.

Trance faced Rommie, hands on her hips. "I'm pregnant," she stated calmly.

Rommie gave Trance a hug. "I'm so happy for you!"

Andromeda immediately came on an adjacent viewscreen. "This is entirely against military protocol," she said.

Her hologram also appeared. "What are we going to tell Dylan?" she asked the viewscreen.

"Nothing," Andromeda's viewscreen said. "It's not our problem."

Rommie looked at both versions of herself. "How can you- I- we?" she paused, confused, "-you be so cold? We're going to have a cute little boy to help take care of!"

Andromeda's hologram sniffed. "I'm a warship, not a daycare center."

"Don't you just love how they talk about us like we're not here?" Gaheris asked Trance conversationally. "Trance, Andromedas, Rommie; I'll leave you four to debate about this. I'm going to get something for morning meal." He left, the door hissing shut behind him.

There was an uncomfortable silence after Gaheris left until Harper walked in. "Trance, Andromeda, Andromeda, Rommie!" he greeted all four. "Who died?" he continued at seeing the solemn expressions.

"It's not who died but rather who will be born," Trance said.

"Huh?"

"Trance is going to have a baby in a week and a half," Rommie blurted out.

Andromeda's hologram crossed her arms. "Gossip," she accused her avatar.

Harper had the same expression Gaheris had; his mouth dropped open. He stuttered some gibberish for a moment, then Trance could finally make out one word: "Who?"

"Rhade," she answered.

"But since Rhade joined the crew the only person he's been hitting on is Beka," Harper said, confused.

"Not Telemachus, Gaheris," Trance replied.

Rommie reached over and gently closed Harper's mouth for him.

Gaheris walked back in with a plateful of eggs. "I see you've informed Harper," he noted at the expression on Harper's face. He walked over to Trance, holding out the plate. "Do you want some? You've hardly eaten for the past few days."

Trance shook her head, and suddenly placed her hands across her stomach and fell to her hands and knees. She vomited violently on the floor, shaking.

In an instant Gaheris was down beside her, steadying her as a wave of trembling swept through her body.

"What's the matter with her?" a concerned Harper asked.

"Severe mornig sickness," Andromeda's viewscreen said.

"Emphasis on 'severe'," Gaheris added, gently picking her up and laying her on the medical bed. "Back when my wives would have this, it was never this bad."

"You have wives?" Harper asked incredulously.

"Had," Gaheris corrected absently. "Had wives over three hundred years ago. Trance, I want you to take it easy," he added. "Andromeda, make sure she doesn't get up."

"I'm- fine," Trance protested weakly.

"No, you are not fine," Gaheris said sharply. "You are going to stay on this bed until I say otherwise."

Andromeda had never seen Gaheris so worried, not even when they were in the midst of battle. "Rhade, wh-"

"I'm not taking any chances with my new family," Gaheris announced, looking at Trance. "I don't want anything to happen to you or our son. Please, Trance, do as I ask."

"But what about the patients?" Trance asked, starting to get up.

Gaheris gently pushed her back down, looking around the Med Bay and seeing all the injured beings from when Andromeda had been hit by the Point Singularity Bomb. "There's the rest of the medical staff."

"I can't leave them shorthanded when there's so many injured," Trance protested. "I feel fine now, really. Just... no eggs, okay?"

Gaheris smiled resignedly. "How is this relationship ever going to work if you don't do what I say?" he asked, letting her get up.

"I'm fine," Trance repeated, walking over to check on an unconscious human who looked like he was in a coma. "Could you hand me that injector?" she pointed vaguely at a tray.

Gaheris walked over and handed it to her. Without another word he walked out of the Med Deck.

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"You're really worried about her," Rommie stated, following him down the hall.

Gaheris grunted and nodded, turning a corner in the downward sloping corridor.

"She'll be fine. Trance always pulls through," Rommie told him, coming up to walk next to him.

"I know," Gaheris sighed. "But a week and a half... is that normal?"

Rommie shrugged. "I don't know."

"I never thought I'd hear you say that," Gaheris said.

"There are some things that aren't even in my databanks," Rommie replied. "But Trance is a strong person. She'll be fine."

Gaheris turned and smiled at the android. "Thank you, Rommie. That makes me feel better."

"Good. It was supposed to," she told him, smiling back.

A/N: depressingly short, I know. But my wrist hurts, so I'm going to watch Telemachus Rhade beat up on some bad guys and try to figure out what I'm going to do next in this fanfic. Bubs for a while, probably! I just thought I'd tell y'all how I sprained my wrist: I went downstairs to go look at the Andromeda DVDs I have to try and figure out when S3 of 'dromeda will start re-running on Sci-Fi. When I came back upstairs, apparently my dog had thrown up while I was down there. I didn't know about it and slipped and fell. So there's me lying on the floor in a puddle of dog puke with a sprained wrist. Sucks to be me, huh?