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Chapter 21

Natalie awoke when she heard her front door close, she knew he left, she figured with the way he was acting last night that he would just sneak out this morning, her eye's got teary thinking about him being gone, she hoped and prayed that he'd be safe and that he caught Izzy soon. She just wanted him back here with her, she got out of bed and decided to get dressed for the day, she wanted to speak with Harry and see if he knew anything new about this case as well, she knew that Harry was still keeping tabs on things for her, although if John found out she was still some what involved he would probably be pissed at her, she still needed to know, she had already decided to stay out of trying to catch him, she trusted John and when he said he'd catch him for her, put him away behind bars for her she knew he would, but she just needed to keep on top of things, things she knew he wouldn't tell her, things maybe he wasn't allowed to tell her.

Natalie met with Harry and he said he had no more information; Natalie informed Harry that John had left. That it seemed that they had some sort of lead, that was all she said cause that was all she knew.

A month had gone by and John was still on his stake out, he had called Natalie every week to check in and to hear her voice but it wasn't the same as him being here, she was missing him, really missing him, Harry hadn't given her anymore information and she was getting anxious to be with John again, anxious and impatient.

Natalie was at work again; she had been back on the job for the last few weeks, today she was finishing up paperwork when she saw Jessica walk into the station.

"Hey, just came by to see if maybe you want to have lunch with me?" Jessica said as she approached Nat

"You know what Jess, I'm not really up for eating right now, I have no appetite lately" Natalie told Jess and she saw her sister smile, her sister looked her over and smiled again. Jessica leaned into Nat's ear so no one at the station could hear.

"Are you pregnant?" Jessica said and Nat laughed

"No!"

"Are you sure?" Jess said still smiling

"What makes you think I'm pregnant?"

"You're glowing"

"Shut up! People don't really glow when they're pregnant"

"I think you are" Jess said in a sing song voice

"Are you really sure you're not, is it impossible"

"Jess, I'm not!"

"Prove me wrong then, lets go to the hospital so you can have a blood test"

"You are crazy, more crazy than you've ever been"

"Chicken, afraid of a needle"

"Jess...! Alright, fine I'll prove you wrong, I'll make you eat those chicken comments"

Jess and Natalie went to the hospital for a quick blood test. Natalie saw Michael come into her exam room while she waited for the nurse to bring back her test results; Jess was sitting in the chair next to Nat as Michael approached.

"Hey, guys what's going on?" Michael asked looking at Nat's file

"Don't you ever get a day off?" Nat questioned Michael becoming uncomfortable about him being her Dr, she shook her head knowing this was ridiculous, she wasn't pregnant, Jess was just being dippy again.

"Nat thinks she's pregnant" jess said bluntly to Michael while Natalie made a face of annoyance towards jess.

'Jess! You are the one who thinks I'm pregnant"

Michael laughed as the girls bickered back and forth while the nurse came in and gave him the results from Nat's blood tests. His smile deepened when he read the results. Michael had to clear his throat loudly to get the girls to stop talking; they hadn't even realized the nurse had come into the room.

"Nat, I've got your results"

"Good, tell Jess, tell her she's Looney cause I'm not pregnant" Nat said and she even stuck her tongue out a little at Jess, Jess laughed.

"Natalie, Jess is right, you're pregnant," Michael said and Natalie shook her head

"Funny Michael, you almost had me going there for a minute, I'll see you guys" Natalie said and she started to walk out of the room

"Natalie, I'm not joking" Michael said as he walked over to her as she closed the door to the room. Natalie stared straight ahead at the door and never looked back.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"I need to go...I need to be by myself.. Michael you won't tell anyone, will you? And I mean anyone"

"Natalie, You're my patient I can't and I won't tell anyone, this is good news Nat, its really good news."

"I'm not so sure about that"

"Natalie, sis, are you alright? Let me go with you we can talk?'

"No, I need to be alone" Natalie said and she left Michael and Jess in the exam room

John sat in a hotel room facing a room where they had been watching Izzy Foley for a few weeks, his stomach turned every time he saw the sleazy son of a bitch, he wanted nothing more than to ring his neck but he knew it was to important, this case was to important to let his personal feelings get in the way. They had information from an informant that today Martino was finally suppose to be meeting with Izzy, something big was suppose to be going down, something really big, a drug deal or maybe even a weapons deal.

John and Tony waited in silence for Martino to show, for the meeting, John continued to watch and his mind was somewhere else, it was on Natalie, he hadn't spoke to her in a few days, he was to busy, she was working again, and that actually scared him to death, he wasn't there in case she needed his help, incase she needed someone to lean on, he knew how hard it was going to be for her to go back to work, he thought about how much he didn't want to be here at this place at the moment, how much he wanted to be back in Llanview holding her. He came to a few conclusions while he sat and waited, when this case was over, when Izzy Foley was successfully locked away and was punished for what he did to her he would quit, quit the FBI and go back to her and stay there forever. He wasn't sure what he would do, maybe he could become a PI or even ask Bo for a job, but it didn't matter, all he wanted was to be with her and be happy.

"Hey, what's going on in that pea brain of yours" Tony asked as he saw John caught up in serious thought.

"Nothin"

"Yeah, right! I know you're thinking about her, about the wonderful, amazing Red head you've got back in Llanview"

"You know the one that could stop traffic with her body and I'm sure she has"

"Watch it Tony! You're beginning to piss me off again"

"Don't get your boxers in a bunch.. I'm just stating the obvious, I still can't understand how a guy like you got a fine looking specimen like that"

"And what is that suppose to mean?"

"Nothing, it's just.. well.. you're, brooding, serious all the time, I guess she just likes that"

"I'm not discussing this with you Tony, and I'm not brooding, not anymore anyways, not when I'm with her"

"Yeah, I know, I just like to give you a hard time about things, I was wrong"

"About what?"

"When I said she wasn't good for you, she is, I've never seen you happy, and you may not be aware of it but you're happy."

"I know I am, I can't help but be, she's quickly become everything to me"

"Yeah, with that body and face, and lets not forget the hair, I could see how" Tony said as he laughed, John knew he was joking around and he too laughed.

Llanview

Natalie walked into the station, Michael had just told her she was pregnant, pregnant she thought, how? Why? She was extremely confused, she was pregnant with John's baby and although she should be happy she wasn't quite sure why she wasn't. She tried to think some more about it, she wasn't really sure how she felt about it. She went to her desk and sat down to do paperwork and she would think about it later, about the baby, she would figure out why she was in so much shock later.

About an hour later she saw Harry walk in and go to his desk, she wondered if he had any new info on Izzy, she was about to go over and talk to him when Michael approached her.

"Why did you run Nat?" he asked her point blank

"Michael, I don't want to get into this now"

"Natalie, are you going to tell my brother? Tell him that you're carrying his baby" Michael told her and she looked at him. She wasn't the only one that looked at him, Harry had seen Nat's face when Michael started to talk to her, she looked upset so he was on his way over when he heard that she was pregnant with John's baby. While trying to hear more of their conversation Harry got a phone call on his cell phone. He moved away from Michael and Nat so they couldn't hear him and he took his call.

"I understand perfectly, yes, I know I owe you, I'm not sure I know how to get them off your back, wait... I do have a way, expect me later around five, with insurance that the feds back off" Harry said as he watched Natalie and Michael still deep in conversation.