Disclaimer: see chapter 1
A/N: ahh... Zach... le sigh...

She shuffled out into the living room and smiled at Zach, who had taken off his tie and jacket and was leaning back against the couch, mug in hand.

"Took you long enough."

Kendall looked down at herself and shrugged. "Yeah, well… well, I…" The last thing she wanted to admit was that she had been through 10 outfits in the last 10 minutes, finally deciding to put on a cute little maternity pajama set Bianca sent her a few days ago. "I… I really need to do laundry, I just realized."

"Well, pack it up. I'll have the casino do it all tomorrow and have it back by 5."

"Just like a dry cleaning service."

"Something like that." He reached over to the table and handed her the extra mug as she sat down. "Here, made us some tea." She smiled at him and took the mug, taking a sip, gathering her thoughts.

"So, what's up?"

She just stared at him, unsure where to even begin. Suddenly, a thought hit her. "Oh, Zach, I should have asked – I'm not keeping you from anything, am I?"

He just smiled and shook his head. "Nope. I'm all yours."

"Ahem."

"Just when I thought you'd be chained to Julia for life –"

"I'm all yours again."

"I wouldn't go that far."

"But you do care whether I live or die. Is that going too far, as well?"

"The secret's out. I do care."

She felt something on her hand and looked down to see Zach taking the mug and setting it on the table. "What?" she asked.

He just shook his head. "I asked if you were alright. You seemed to disappear there for a minute."

She ran her fingers through her hair and leaned back against the couch, mimicking his position. "I'm fine. It's just… it's just been one of those days."

"And Lavery was the icing on the cake."

"Man has NO clue how to take a hint." This brought a smile to Zach's face and she loved that she was the one putting it there.

They stopped laughing and just stared at each other. After a moment, Zach cleared his throat. "Well, I just… you look really good Kendall. That pregnant glow still agrees with you after all these months."

"Can I ask you a question? You got this beautiful glow about you. Now, is that because of me, or because you're carrying Ryan and Greenlee's baby?"

"Ok, I'm not sure I'm ready to discuss that."

"Was there a problem?"

"You keep changing your mind about the surrogacy."

"No, I think I made it perfectly clear that I'd back your choices."

"You did it again?"

She closed and opened her eyes again, looking at him sheepishly. "I know, I'm sorry."

"Where'd you go?"

She sighed. "Well, I guess… it's just… you could say that I've been having these flashbacks, or memories, all day long."

"Good memories?"

"You memories."

"So, not so much good as…"

She smiled and threw a throw pillow at him. "Stop it."

"I'm sorry. Go ahead."

She took a deep breath and stared back at him, resolute in what she wanted to do and say.

TBC…