Hello to you! As usual, I changed my mind. This is the first part of a sequel to One of these nights. Hope you'll enjoy this one too…

Review and feedback: they make my day so don't hesitate (please put a smile on that sad face!)

I don't own them (but they use my brain as their private playground!)

Now the story... (this is just a small teaser, the rest will come soon)

Little surprises,life changes…

"Hum Adam can you send someone with the Helix. I've got… a small problem."

"Sure Brennan. Emma will be there within minutes."

"Thanks."

The conversation ended quickly and the elemental looked at the wiggling form he was holding at arm length. This was not supposed to happen. It was just a trip to buy some books. Worried he sat on one of the benches in the park wondering why Emma was taking so long. The little thing he had wrapped in his sweater started to softly cry and panic flooded him.

Emma landed the helix near the location Jesse had given her and spotted Brennan on a bench. The elemental was carefully holding something in his arms. Panic hit her full force as their eyes connected. She ran to him and spotted a tiny moving form in his arms. 'It can't be'. She sat down next to him and pushed the sweater a little bit aside. A baby was cradled in his arms and seemed perfectly happy to be there.

"Bren what happened?"

He looked up at her, a slightly panicked glint shining in his eyes and something she could not quite define.

"I was in that alley near the bookstore when I've heard baby cries. It was lying on some dirty blanket. I couldn't leave it there. And yes, I've checked no one was around."

Emma felt her heart constrict. The people who had abandoned him there didn't deserve the right to be parents. They could at least have left him in a hospital or in a social service office if they couldn't take care of him. Brennan watched her as emotions played across her face. Outrage, disbelief, pain, he had already experienced those feelings upon finding him. It was hitting too close to their comfort zone. Carefully he gave her the baby and the young woman gently cradled it in her arms. He was so little, so fragile. Brennan sensed a strong wave of love drifting his way, warming him. He instantly knew Emma had made a decision. She quietly got up and headed toward the Helix. Brennan watched her for a few seconds then ran after her.

"We'll make a stop to buy some baby supplies and a cradle."

One hour later they had done some shopping for the baby and they were on their way to Sanctuary. Brennan switched the automatic pilot on and turned his seat to look at Emma. She was carefully holding the baby, a tender smile playing on her lips. The little one started gurgling and moving its arms in Emma's direction. Quickly the baby caught her little finger and put it in his mouth with a satisfied noise. The young woman smiled and began murmuring in his ear. The elemental sat watching her for a few minutes completely stunned. He had never imagined that Emma would be so maternal.

Suddenly an image of Emma in a rocking chair holding a baby with two older children playing at her feet popped into his head. The young woman was talking to him but he couldn't hear a word; the only thing he could make out was a warm feeling of love. The room was huge with toys spread everywhere. On the mantelpiece there were pictures of a family, her family. On one picture he spotted her in a wedding dress with a man and a baby; but the man's face was blurred. He tried to move toward her but his feet were rooted to the ground. Her voice finally reached his mind clearing the daydream he was trapped in.

"Brennan? Are you ok?"

He blinked twice, only to find Emma staring at him. What had happened there? She could not have projected such a vision in his mind. Maybe it was just one of the many side effects of their fusion? He would have to ask Adam. Still confused the elemental resumed flying them back home.

"Oh. Hmm, Yeah. Let's go back home."

TBC