The morning sun slowly brought Jen out of her peaceful slumber. A smile crept across her face as she remembered the events of last night…the birthday party…making love to Garret…finally admitting that she loved him. Turning over she expected to see Garret beside her, but was surprised when he wasn't.

Sitting up quickly, she wrapped the sheet around her…her mind raced as to why he wasn't there. Looking towards the bathroom she noticed the light was out. Just as she was about to get out of bed Garret came walking in carrying a tray. The relief washed over her and she immediately smiled, but not fast enough.

Garret stopped at the edge of the bed and looked at her. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing…nothing's wrong…what have you got there?"

Setting the tray in front of her he sat down. "Thought I would surprise you with breakfast."

"Great…I'm starved." As she went to pick up the fork Garret placed his hand over hers. She stared at the plate of eggs…not wanting to look at him.

"When I walked in here you looked worried…want to tell me why?"

"Its silly really…I…I woke up…you weren't here." She felt too embarrassed to even go on. Turning her head completely away she began to blink back the tears. "Like I said…it was silly."

Garret could hear the emotion in her voice and sighed heavily. He knew deep down that it was still going to take some time for her to completely trust. "Why don't you look at me."

His voice was soft, yet commanding. She turned to face him and more than anything she saw the love in his eyes. "I'm sorry…I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. I…"

He stopped her before she could continue. "Don't apologize…ok?" He watched her nod in understanding. "Now…I want you to enjoy this breakfast and afterwards we're going to take a walk. It's a nice day out and although I would much rather spend it in here with you…" Slowly Garret moved in and softly kissed her neck. "I think we should take advantage and enjoy the day." He kissed his way down her neck and across her shoulder. "Now, I'm going to take care of a few things while you eat."

Jen watched as he left the room. She felt foolish for her actions earlier. Shaking her head she quickly grabbed the fork and began to eat.

The following day when they arrived to work everyone noticed something different about them. It didn't surprise her when Jordan cornered her in her office. She more than pointed out how "sickenly" cheerful she was for a Monday morning. Jen knew everyone liked to talk…especially when it concerned Garret and his love life. In the beginning he had warned her that she would probably be teased and she was…Nigel and Jordan loved to stick it to her about dating the boss, even Bug and Lily on occasion, but she didn't mind. Jordan was her strongest supporter and as she left Jen's office that morning she mentioned how happy she was for the two of them.

It now seemed that everything in her life was complete. Her meetings with Drs. Leavens and Stiles slowly became non-existent and her relationship with Garret couldn't have been any better.


After the Fourth of July holiday things became crazy with more dead bodies than the morgue could handle at times. Everyone was working late hours so when she was a little more tired than usual she didn't give it a second thought. When she became sick she just chalked it up to not taking care of herself as well as she should. As the weeks wore on she would have her good days, but then a bad day would soon follow.

She tried to hide how she was feeling from Garret, but it didn't seem to work. When you see someone everyday they are bound to notice. One afternoon he told her to go home…get some rest. Things had been quiet that day so she didn't protest. He had walked her to her car and let her know he would be by after work.

Back at her apartment she stared at the contents of the brown bag she had dumped on the counter. She had made a quick stop after leaving the morgue hoping the suspicions in her head weren't true. The suspicions had been there for days and no matter how hard she tried they wouldn't go away.

Ten minutes later she stood in the bathroom with two white sticks in her hand. Swallowing hard she finally looked at them…a sob escaped and she felt her legs give out as she fell to the floor. Her suspicions…the results…they didn't lie…she was pregnant.