This was not the response she was expecting, actually she was expecting a response of some sort but he was just sitting on the edge of their bed staring at her mouth agape.

"Huh." He slammed his mouth shut.

Kim held her arms out wide a little frustrated by his lack of reaction. "You said you would've loved to have seen me pregnant. Adam.." she waved her hands up and down her body. "..this is me 6 weeks pregnant."

Slowly he reached out and pulled her closer and buried his head into her stomach, kissing it lightly. "My baby's in here?"

"Yes."

"Oh my God Kim." When he finally looked up at her she could see the line of tears bubbling along his lower eyelashes. She rested her hands on his shoulders as he lowered his forehead back on her stomach. "I…" he stuttered. "..How?"

"How? Really Adam? You know you were there, you've been 'working' on this for…" Adam stood up quickly and crushed his mouth against hers swallowing the rest of her sentence.

"I love you. So much. I can't believe this." He stopped kissing her only long enough to get those few words out.

"So I guess this means you are happy?"

"The last two years of my life have been perfect. You are perfect and I love you. I love Oliver and Daisy." He placed a hand gently on her still very flat stomach. "I love this baby. Isn't that amazing? What I've known for all of five minutes? Is that insane? With Ollie, was it like this, like did you know you loved him the minute you knew he was there? What about Daisy?" he rambled. "Oh God, I love you so much."

Kim couldn't stop laughing. "Adam, Sweetheart take a breath."

"You, are you okay?" He leant back and looked her over. "Can I do anything? Here sit down." He spun her around and sat her down on the edge of the bed. Kim just let him go, it was cute how freaked out he was. "What do we do now? Do you have an appointment or something?"

"Adam, are you going to let me talk?"

"Sorry."

Kim tugged on his hand and made him sit down beside her. "It's cute."

"I haven't done this before."

"I know. First things first, I actually feel like shit."

"Really." He jumped up. "What do you need?"

"I need you to sit down. Adam, what I need right now is a kiss from you." He acquiesced on both counts.

"We have an appointment in three weeks time for a dating scan. I checked your roster and its all good. I feel shitty; I'm tired but nothing unusual. I just need you and some sleep right now."

"Right. Right." He looked around the room for her pyjamas, jumping up to find them. "Let's go to bed."

"You know I love you Adam but seriously if you are going to be like this for the next 7 months I might just throttle you."

"Sorry."

"Baby, it's okay. I really like how excited you are. I am excited too."

"Yeah?"

"Oh God yes. Why wouldn't I be?" she grabbed his hand and laid it back over her stomach and covered it with her own. "I have another piece of you growing in here and this time I get to see you be part of it, and yes I did love both of them from the moment I knew they were there. I am so happy."

"I think it's amazing. I want to see it now."

"Well it's the size of a lentil right now, and wreaking all sorts of havoc on me."

"This scan will we know if it's a boy or a girl?"

"No, too soon." Kim pulled back to covers and slid into bed. It was relief to be lying down finally. Fatigue was kicking her ass the past week. Adam had been working, the kids had been here there and everywhere and Intelligence had been on one case all week. "Do you want to find out?"

Adam climbed in beside her, propped himself up on one elbow and still had one hand caressing her stomach. "Yes." He knew that she did not find out with Oliver or Daisy. Oliver she chose not to so she would have something to look forward to on the day and with Daisy she convinced Steve that the surprise when they are born was worth the wait. "What if…."

Kim put her hand over his mouth to stop him. "No Adam, you are going to be here with me."

"Can we?"

"We can, if you really want to know we can on one condition?"

"You can only tell one person. I don't want everyone to know."

"I will do my best."

"Hmmm, that's what worries me. Also while we are at it, you can't tell anyone until we hit 12 weeks. So you have 6 weeks to sit on this." She did think about not telling him just yet but that wasn't fair and she also really couldn't wait to see the look on his face and see his reaction and it was perfect. He rolled onto his back and groaned. "Let me take your mind off it for a bit." Kim rolled on top of him.

"Are you sure? This is okay? I'm not going to hurt it?"

"Adam, we are not avoiding sex for the next seven months." She sucked on his bottom lip lightly knowing it was one way to get him moving.

Kim loved how gentle he was. He was in for a rude shock when he discovered how horny pregnancy made her and she hoped to god he got over this irrational fear he had about hurting their baby.

Three weeks later they sat in the Doctor's office and Adam could barely sit still. He was a bundle of nervous energy and keeping him quiet for the past few weeks was nigh on impossible. The kids even asked if Adam was okay because he was acting weird around Kim and made them do twice as many chores as usual.

He had already walked around the waiting room twice, stopping to look at the photo's hanging from the walls. This was all a little surreal to be honest. He stopped and looked at the pin board, which was covered with thank you cards. Some on the names people called their kids made him shake his head. 'Phelony' really someone called their baby that?

"For Fuck's sake Adam, stop it." Kim gritted her teeth and hissed as he sat down and grabbed another magazine, flicking through the pages roughly.

"What?"

"You are seriously giving me the shits, how many magazines have you read?" Kim's morning sickness was currently running at pretty much the entire day and the only relief she got was when she was asleep. Erin had figured it out, probably on the third day when Kim could no longer fob it off as a stomach bug but she had run interference for her.

He threw the magazine back on the table and pulled his phone from his pocket. "How long does this last?"

"How should I know?"

"Well you've been here twice before. I haven't." Adam snapped. "And I am not talking about the morning sickness, I am talking about your bad mood."

"Very fucking funny." This was no joke, the morning sickness was making her miserable and when she threw up in the kitchen sink after dinner last night Adam found her sitting on the kitchen floor sobbing her heart out. He was doing his best, sometimes he wondered if it was enough but in her moments of normalcy she did tell him how much she loved him and that she appreciated all his effort.

Adam swallowed his snarky reply as their name was called. Suddenly Kim had rediscovered her love for him as she grabbed his hand.

The look on his face was priceless as they saw their baby for the first time. Kim glanced at him quickly when the Midwife pointed out the baby and they listened to its heart beating. "I think it's beating as fast as mine right now." Adam whispered and Kim squeezed his hand and saw the glistening tears in his eyes. This was all worth it for the look of pure love and delight on Adam's face.

"Third Baby right? It's still amazing each and every time though." The midwife commented. Adam bowed his head slightly. It didn't happen often anymore but Adam still felt it, the pain of those years he had lost.

"It is." Kim answered. "There is only one right?" probably due to the raging sickness, which had never been this bad Kim was terrified that she was carrying more than one baby. She was not sure she would be able to cope with that, although Adam had jokingly told her 'the more the merrier.' which went down like a lead balloon. She was relieved when they confirmed there was only one.

Kim was happy with her two children and never expected to have another one. She had told Steve that they were only having one and then she was done. While she enjoyed being pregnant for the most part and adored her babies it was hard work and that was six years ago. They weren't getting any younger. It also meant time off work and the financial burden was definitely a contributing factor.

Adam never asked about having a baby but she knew that he wouldn't say no if she wanted too. They had talked about it a long time ago just after they got back together and it was to early to contemplate anything that major and since then it just never came up. When she watched him with Atwater's baby girl, Ruby and then when Jonas's wife had their second child she could see the longing on his face. He would talk to them about holding their babies for the first time and would make a beeline for them as soon as he saw them.

That's why she did what she did and now they were watching their tiny baby on the screen for the first time and Adam looked blissfully happy. If the midwife told him there were eight in there he wouldn't care.

One night they had been cuddled up on the couch watching a movie and Kim had thrown it out there. It was a rare night at home when the kids were both asleep, neither of them was working and they were awake long enough to have a conversation. It was out of the blue and it shocked both of them, it was not like Kim had even been thinking about it. "What would you think if I had my implant removed?"

"Why?"

"Well, why do you think?"

"You want to have another baby? I thought you didn't want any more?"

"Maybe." She sat up and faced him. "We are not getting any younger and I don't even know if I can get pregnant again. The chances diminish with age but maybe we just see what happens."

"Are you sure?"

"Adam, I hate that you've never had that moment with Oliver. I want to see you hold your own baby."

He couldn't believe what she was offering to do. "You would do this for just for me?"

"I would do anything for you."

So either Kim was super fertile or Adam's swimmers were of Olympic standard because it took less than two months. Even when she had the implant removed the Doctor reminded them that the chances of getting pregnant were not as good as they once were and it may take a while for her body to adjust after having the implant for six years. It may even take a while to get her period again. A few days after the implant was removed she had a period, which Adam moaned about. Having the implant had stopped all that so he didn't have to 'tie a knot in it' every month. It was the only period she had.

It was amusing to see how his declaration of his 'Super sperm', as Adam called it made him walk around with his chest puffed out until Kim burst his balloon one night as she hugged the toilet bowl. "If your sperm is so bloody good why are there not more little Ruzek's in the world?"

"I kept it wrapped, this is a special gift just for you." She groaned when she looked at the smirk on his face and she was so close to wiping it off with the back of her hand. This all day sickness had obliterated her sense of humour. "And way to make me feel good about myself Babe." Adam crouched down and handed her a damp washcloth for her face.

"Why should you feel good about yourself when I feel like crap?"

"Because you love me?"

Surprisingly he managed to keep it a secret until they passed three months. Of course Erin and Jay knew, but they tended to know everything about them anyway. As soon as Kim gave him the green light, he exploded over everyone. It burst out of him like a volcano. Oliver didn't seem as excited as he hoped, but Daisy was bouncing with happiness, as long as it was a sister.

"What's up Ollie?" Adam found him sitting on the back deck. He pulled up a chair and relaxed into it.

"Is Mom really having another baby?"

Adam wanted this to be a happy occasion for all of them and he also wanted to make a big deal of it, because it was a big deal for him. Oliver needed to know that it was okay to talk to him about it. "She is?"

"Are you happy?"

"Yes I am, just as happy as I was when I found out about you." It had taken a while but slowly Oliver had learnt that he could talk to his Dad about anything. Adam liked to talk a lot about what he was feeling and experiencing as they developed their relationship, having missed so much he felt he needed to tell Oliver rather than hope that he just knew how he felt. It had eventually rubbed off on Oliver.

"Really? Are you going to love this baby more than me?"

"No." Adam's answer was instantaneous.

"That's what Steve said."

"I'm not Steve." He leant forward in his seat. "I am your Dad, I love you Ollie with all my heart."

"Can we still go fishing?"

"Absolutely."

"Will you still come to my games?"

"Every week, when I am not working. Like now, that's not changing." Adam pulled Ollie's chair around so that he was facing his son. "I love you Ollie, so much. Having you in my life has been the best thing that ever happened to me. I love your Mom and Daisy too. I am excited about this baby because I missed out on all that with you and I am happy. I want you to be happy too. This is good for us."

"You will still love me?"

"Every single day Buddy." Fuck he hated Steve with a passion for all the pain and insecurity he had foisted on his son. He gritted his teeth and tolerated him for Daisy's sake but he had so little time for the guy it wasn't funny.

It had taken Kim awhile to even be halfway civil to him and it had been a rocky road but when she realised how much it was affecting Daisy she sucked it up and did her best. Steve had done Rehab after the bar incident and once the initial sting came out of the cheating revelation it had been smooth sailing. He had now even started a new relationship and Beth, his new partner was lovely and Daisy really liked her. Oliver was civil if he needed to be and together with Adam they avoided him as much as possible.

"Can I tell you something?" Ollie nodded, he was still looking concerned and Adam was desperate to change that. He didn't want to temper his excitement about this baby because of Ollie. "You know how special you are?"

He looked at his father and shook his head. "You know the reason I am here is you. You made it possible for your mother and I to come back together, you did that, and you kept that link between us all those years I wasn't here. We wouldn't be here, excited about this new baby without you. You saved your Mom when she thought I had gone and you saved me. I thought I would have to come back and apologise to your Mom and then leave. I couldn't leave because of you. You Ollie. I love you so much, I owe you so much. You gave me back my life, you and your Mom."

"I love you Dad."

He rested his hands on Ollie's knees. "Ollie, I am excited about this baby and I want you to be excited too but it's not going to change my feelings for you. Perhaps I may even love you more when I see what a good big brother you'll be."

"What about Daisy?"

"I love Daisy. She's my girl. I can't help myself; I promise you that I will always love Daisy. She's your sister; she's part of your Mom. I can't love your mother and not love Daisy. It's impossible."

"When Daisy was born, Steve stopped loving me."

"I'm not Steve." He grabbed Ollie's hands. "This is our family and it's getting a little bigger but we all have enough love for this baby, I know we do. This works because it's all of us, together."

Kim was watching them from the kitchen window. She had no idea what they were talking about but she had a fair idea that Adam was trying to convince Oliver that this baby wasn't going to change how he felt about him. That was Kim's biggest concern that Oliver wouldn't be excited because he was worried about what might happen. They had talked about it often and Adam reassured her that he would make sure Ollie knew how much he loved him.

There were still times that Ollie worried that Adam was going to leave and Kim hated that. She never quite let go of the guilt she felt for the rough few years that Oliver had to endure when he felt that no one wanted to be his Dad. For a little over two years now she had watched him blossom under Adam's wing, she'd watched them both grow and Adam was the father she always dreamt he'd be. It wasn't always easy but they were in it together.

Daisy didn't have the same concerns. She was excited although she did have some questions. Kneeling up at the table while Kim was getting dinner ready she furrowed her brow before asking. "Where is the baby now?"

"In my womb, it's a special place that only girl's have where a baby can grow. That's where Oliver grew and you did too." Kim placed Daisy's hand on her slightly rounded stomach, it was just starting to stick out a little particularly at the end of the day, although she had been able to still conceal it at work. "It's very tiny still."

"And it's going to grow big?"

"Yes." Kim showed her with her hands about how big her stomach was going to get. "Remember we looked at those photos of me when I was pregnant with Oliver and you?"

"I don't want to wait."

"I know, but it has to grow big and strong first."

"How did it get in there?"

"Well, Mommy has a special egg in here." She patted her stomach. "And Adam has a special seed, called sperm and when they come together a baby starts to grow."

Daisy's eyes were a little wide with wonder. "How does Adam get it in there?"

Adam had just stepped into the kitchen and when he heard Daisy's question he turned and walked straight back out. He wouldn't have been able to stop himself laughing particularly when he heard Kim's stuttering response. "Um, with his penis sweetheart." No way was he getting involved in that.

"Oh." While she didn't really understand that seemed to satisfy her for now and Kim breathed a sigh of relief. Adam freaked out whenever they talked about telling the kids about sex and the baby. Oliver got it, he'd probably heard most of it at school and he didn't want to know about it because it sounded disgusting. Daisy was pure innocence but Kim wasn't about to fill her head with nonsense.

Unfortunately over dinner she had one more question. "Did you have to eat the sperm?"

Adam actually spat his food out as he laughed, Oliver turned beet red and Kim glared at Adam hoping for some help but he was doing his best to avoid her desperate look.

"No Sweetheart." Kim was trying to stifle a laugh. Adam looked mortified and Oliver looked embarrassed. "Adam and I love each other very much and when you are grown up you spend some special time together. There is lots of love between Adam and Mommy so we decided to join up and make another baby."

She contemplated that for just a moment, the look of concentration on her face was priceless as they both held their breath waiting for whatever might come next. "Okay. So you have to be a grown up?"

"Yes." Adam suddenly found his voice. "Like thirty."

"That's old." She screwed up her nose.

"Yes Daisy." He nodded. "You need to wait until you are old."

Adam didn't get off scott free. When he went in to say goodnight to Oliver he was completely blindsided by him. "Dad, I know how you make a baby."

"Okay." He stuttered and quickly glanced at the door wondering if he should make a run for it. "And?"

"It sounds a bit disgusting."

Adam sat on the edge of the bed. He so did not want to be having this conversation. "I used to think so too, trust me. When you get older it doesn't seem quite so terrible. In fact it's an incredible feeling when you are with someone you love as much as I love your Mom."

"So do you only do that when you want a baby?"

Okay, Adam was willing himself not to sound like a complete hysterical idiot. "No Ollie, most of the time we do it because we love being that close to each other but remember every time it happens you have the potential to get a girl pregnant but there are ways to make sure that doesn't happen."

"Condoms right?" Adam did take comfort in the fact that Oliver looked just as embarrassed as he felt.

"Yes. Every single time."

"So you and Mom use condoms?"

"Not anymore. When we first got together we did, all the time but now we don't need to. Your Mom is the only person I have sex with so we don't need them anymore. It's not just about preventing pregnancy and I am sure they have told you that at school, right?" He saw the blush creep up Oliver's face with the mention of the word sex but he did nod. Adam did remember spending a lot of time giggling with his mates about that word when he was Oliver's age. "Your Mom also had a thing in her arm." He showed Oliver where it was. "And that stopped her being able to get pregnant. We had that taken out a few months ago because we wanted to try and have a baby."

"Does it hurt the baby?" He couldn't look at his Dad. "You know, when you do that?"

"No, it doesn't. The baby is safe." Adam smiled a little because he remembered having that same reaction when Kim first told him she was pregnant. Luckily that wasn't the case otherwise that poor baby was having a torrid time lately.

"What if it makes another baby?"

"That's not how it works. Now that Mom is pregnant her body doesn't let her release any more eggs. We can't make another baby now." Oliver nodded. Adam did like that he seemed concerned about the baby. That surely had to be a good sign?

"Thanks Dad." Adam was relieved that it was over and bent down and kissed his son's head.

"Anytime Bud, anytime you have a question you can talk to me okay? Remember I was right where you are now once."

Kim had already gone to bed when Adam came in; she crashed pretty early these days. "Well that was a fun evening." Kim stirred when he stripped off and climbed into bed.

"You didn't say anything."

"I just talked to Oliver, which by the way just got way more intense than I imagined."

"What happened?"

"Oliver wanted to know about sex, because it sounds disgusting. He wanted to know if we only do it when we want a baby? He asked about condoms, if we use them and if we do it will it hurt the baby?"

"Oh." She laughed and Adam couldn't help but laugh with her. When they decided to have a baby this did not even enter their heads. "At least that was easier to deal with than Daisy. Oliver at least understands some things. Daisy just thinks penises are to help boys pee."

"God help us if she ever wants to know how the whole process actually works. I am so leaving that to you. I mean we spend so much time telling her that people are not allowed to touch her there and suddenly you need to tell her it's okay that I stuck my dick up you." Kim frowned at him. She really hoped he didn't use that language with Oliver. "Anyway Daisy is your department. I'll deal with the boy things and you can deal with the girl things."

"What are you going to do if she gets her period and I'm not home?"

"She's six." He almost screeched at her. Why was she doing this to him? This wasn't even mildly amusing anymore. "Can we not talk about that, please?"

Kim rolled over and snuggled into Adam's arms. "Honey?" she cooed sweetly.

"Hmmm." He mumbled.

Kim nibbled his ear, much to Adam's delight. The past week had got extremely good for him and he was certainly making the most of it. "Got anymore sperm you want to get rid of."

"Do you want to eat it?"

Kim slapped his bare chest. "Don't be disgusting."

Adam laughed as he rolled over and slipped one hand under her tank top. "Sorry baby, but that was funny."

"Can't wait until we have to tell them how the baby comes out." Adam started kissing her neck. "Maybe you can do that?"

She moved her head to give him better access. "Nope, I've done my job. I put it in there."

Kim moaned as he found that sweet spot just below her ear. "Adam, Baby. Less talking, more doing."

A/N: Are you happy?