February 13th, 2007

Week 28

Mrs. Doherty was getting tired. She was tired of waddling. She was tired of having four feet kick her lung. She was utterly tired of being pregnant. What she hated the most was leaving her valentine's Day shopping until the last minute and having to fight the crowds.

"Damn it. I don't know what to get him." Alex said.

"I don't know what to get Manuel either." Kim shrugged.

"A green card?" She giggled softly going into the men's section of the department store that they were in. Kim ignored the comment. "You were married to my husband, Kim. What did you give Jimmy for Valentine's Day?" Kim chuckled.

"A son." She said with a smile, "You're giving him twins."

"Come on, Kimberly. I'm serious." Alex said with a pout.

"Get him a watch so he's never late." Kim smirked. Alex rubbed her belly.

"I could engrave something on it. Something really sweet." She said with a groan. "I think I need to rest for a moment."

"You feeling okay?" Kim asked.
"I'm due to have twins in twelve weeks, Kim. Being on my feet suck. They feel like they're about to fall off." She said. Kim chuckled softly.

"All right. The food court is right up ahead. We'll sit down and I'll treat you to some lunch." Kim suggested. Alex smiled.

"I love when hot women buy me lunch." She winked. Kim could only roll her eyes. Alex got weird when she was pregnant.

"I need to warn you about something." Kim said.

"Uh oh. Are you breaking up with me?" Alex said waddling to a table. Kim chuckled.

"If you keep this up, yeah." She said, "I'm serious, Alex."

"What is it?" Alex asked.

"Well, it's about Manuel and I." Kim said, "Some agents are investigating our marriage now. I think they may ask you and Jimmy something's about us. I already talked to Joey about it."

"What kinds of things?" Alex asked her friend with a slight frown.

"Like, how long have Manuel and I been together?" Kim asked.

"Three years and when you first started seeing him, you wouldn't shut up about him. It was so damn annoying." Alex said, "I thought I was going to kill myself. You went on and on and on-"

"All right." Kim laughed, "What about our wedding?"

"What about it? It was very small, just me, you, him, and the judge." Alex said with a shrug, "But when the two of you got married, I was so happy. You guys deserved each other."

"Well thank you." Kim said. She exhaled, "I think this will go well."

"I know what to say, Kim. Don't worry about it." Alex smiled at her. "Now can you get me some food?" Kim nodded.

"Pizza coming right up, Lardo." She said leaving her friend. Alex sat down at the table with a groan and watched Kim. She knew that this marriage was for a green card, but something was developing. Alex could tell. Every time she mentioned Manuel's name, Kim lit up. Alex was happy. After Kim broke up with her last fiance and had her miscarriage, Alex had been worried about her. Manuel was just what she needed.

February 27th, 2007

Week 30

Jimmy sat at the table staring at Carlos ruin dinner for the boys. How hard was it to make pasta? He sighed deeply. Why couldn't the FDNY give paternity leave? Doc slid into a seat next to him.

"How is Alex doing?" He asked.

"She's fine and getting big. You should come see her sometime. She might really like that, I guess." Jimmy shifted in his seat and looked at Doc, "When can she return to work?"

"When her doctor gives her the okay, I suppose." Doc shrugged. Jimmy sighed slightly, "Is something on your mind, Jimmy?"

"No. I guess, a little." He said.

"What is it?" Doc asked.

"It's stupid." Jimmy chuckled as he leaned back in his seat.

"No it won't be stupid. Tell me." Doc said. Jimmy lowered his voice.

"I'm terrified for Alex to have the twins." he said.

"You've had a kid with her before, Jimmy." Doc said, "It won't be any different...except there will be two of them."

"Exactly. Two more ways to screw up." Jimmy sighed. "I don't know if I'm cut out for it."

"Well, it's too late now to be thinking like that." Doc told him, "The twins could start arriving at any time. You need to prepare yourself."

"I know." Jimmy said leaning back in his seat, "I know."

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Jimmy opened the door holding a bouquet of yellow roses. The house was quiet so the boys had to be asleep. He could hear the TV on in their bedroom. He smiled softly and walked upstairs.

"You awake, Baby doll?" He asked as he walked in.
"Christ, you scared the shit out of me. I'm too close to my due date for you to be doing that. We don't want one of the twins to come flying out." Alex put her pregnancy magazine down and stared at the roses.

"I'm sorry." he said handing them to her. She frowned deeply.

"What did you do, Jimmy?" She asked, "What the hell did you do?"

"Nothing bad." He chuckled knowing where her mind went, "I'm apologizing because I was doubting myself earlier."

"Doubting yourself over what?" Alex asked smelling the roses.

"I was doubting my abilities of being a good father." he said.

"James." She frowned deeply, "You're an amazing father and you will be amazing to the twins."

"I know. I know that now." Jimmy said, "I wanted to thank you for that."

"Thank me?" She looked at him confused, "What for?"

"You've made me into the father I've always wished I was." Jimmy said, "Now that I'm with you, I feel like I'm doing things all right." Alex's face softened.

"You are, Jimmy." She pulled him into a soft kiss. She knew this was normal for him. He was just freaking out that it was getting so close to birth time. Frankly, Alex was freaking out herself, but she wasn't going to tell him that.

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