ABC Owns them


Chapter 28

"I think maybe you and I need to discuss things more, more after you're better, I think then we'll both know what we want and how we want to go about things with the way we feel for each other and with the baby"

"Natalie, I know what I want know, I want you to marry me, to be my wife"

"Marry me Natalie, we can have our baby and be a family"

"John, I... I don't know"

"What! You love me, we love each other"

"Yeah, that's right"

"So, what's the problem?"

"I would love nothing more than to Marry you John, have our baby be a family but... but"

"But What?"

"I don't know if I'm willing to give up being a cop, maybe, but I think before we do anything, I mean before we decide to get married we need to know more about each other"

'There you go again with the 'we don't each other well enough' stuff. Our hearts know each other well enough, our bodies knew each other well enough to make a baby, and we know enough about each other to get married"

"Listen, don't get mad, I'm not trying to give you a hard time, I just feel if we are going to get married we need to know a little more about each other first. I've been married before John, I really want to do it right this time, I don't want to make any mistakes this time around, and I want it to last forever, can you just understand that, please?"

" Yeah, I can see your point, but... when, when will we be able to get married, when are we going to know enough about each other, how will we know. I really want us to be married before our baby is born"

"We will be, and as for when will we know enough, we can just wing it, we'll know when we've learned enough, for god's sake John, you haven't even met my brothers or even my father.

" Well I know Bo, doesn't that count for something?" John said and he smiled,

"Yeah, that counts for a lot, but we need to know more"

"Alright, please? I want this to work out as much as you do, lets just be patient a little longer, get to know each other and then we'll know when the time is right to get married and build a family."

"Okay, but as soon as we feel it's time, that we know enough about each other" Natalie nodded yes and she kissed him. She got an idea.

"Why don't we go away some where? I mean when you're all healed, a trip, so we can get to know each other better, no distractions or anything"

"Like a honeymoon?" John said with a sexy smile as he leaned over with his hand an squeezed her boob in his hand

"John! Your brother could walk in or your mom, or..."

"My brothers a Dr remember and well as for my mom.. she's already caught us almost naked so this would be nothing new to her"

"Very funny, no not a honeymoon, a trip, a vacation,"

"Come on It'll be fun, just the two of us, no case, no family to walk in on us"

"You mean the three of us" he said with a smile and touched her stomach,

"Yeah, I mean the three of us" John said and Natalie touched his cheek with her hand, they both smiled at each other.

Four days went by and John was being released from the Hospital, Natalie had spent almost every moment with him over the last few days, she even spent every night next to him scrunched up in his hospital bed. She got yelled at a few times, even got threatened with being thrown out but used the Buchanan name to get her way, she had smiled after throwing it around so freely, that name sure did come in handy for some things, and with little luck she wasn't going to have it for much longer. She would be changing it yet again, but this time, this time she knew once she changed it, it would be forever, she would be Natalie Mcbain, or Mrs. John Mcbain, forever, just how she wanted it, just how just was planning on it, that was after, after they got to know each other better.

Natalie had left him early this morning, the morning of his release to get a few things ready for him coming home, home with him, he really didn't have a home here in Llanview but she considered where ever she was, where ever they were together, it would be home.

Natalie walked over towards his room with a bag with some clothes for him and smiled at her uncle waiting outside his room.

"Hey, what's going on? Why are you out here?" Natalie said as she kissed his cheek.

"Eve's in with John, they needed a little privacy" Bo told her as she got a curious look on her face, she walked over by the window to the room to see in but only saw Eve kissing her son goodbye.

"Looks like they're done, lets go see what that was all about," Natalie said as she opened his door with a smile.

"Hey, you finally made it back" John said as he looked guilty about something, Natalie just gave him a curious look and leaned in and kissed him, she went over and kissed Eve hello also.

"So, what's going on that My Uncle has to wait in the hall about?"

"Nothing, nothing at all" Eve said

"Hmmmmm.." Natalie said not believing her

"Did your uncle tell you?" John said changing the subject quickly

"Tell me what?" Natalie asked still curious

"I've been hired"

"What?" Natalie said with a huge smile forming on her face

"Yeah, John is going to start as my new Chief of Detectives in a few weeks"

"Really?" Natalie asked starting to beam, she knew he said he wouldn't leave her if they started this, if they fell in love with each other, and now with the baby but they hadn't discussed it over these last few days, she was so excited by it. She walked closer to him, she forgot anyone else was in the room and she leaned in and gave him a deep kiss.

Bo and Eve both looked at each other and smiled, then they realized that the two of them forgot they were even in the room, they left quietly when they heard Natalie call out behind them as they left.

"Don't forget, Dinner at seven" she told them and they screamed back that they remembered. John looked at her.

"What was that all about?" he asked confused

"How do you feel?" Natalie asked ignoring the question

"I'm fine, but answer my question"

"They're coming to our place for dinner tonight, along with the rest of my family"

John was beaming, she said there place, as in his and hers, he was so excited about hearing her say that, that he didn't realize she said her whole family till a few minutes had passed.

"Did you say the rest of your family too?" John asked a little shell shocked, he just remembered how many of them there was. There were a lot of them

"Yup, you know so we can get to know each other better"