hey guys! Here is another chapter for you! I've been working like crazy on finishing this story up, and trust me it is going to be quite a long one! I'm hoping that if you have anything that you'd like to see you'll tell me. I'm looking for anyideas for Jesse and lexa's possible dates, and anything elset hat you want. I would even love to know what you want to see madeline doing...can hardly wait for those reviews!

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"Blake? Lexa asked as she stepped back into the room. "You do realize that his name is Jesse don't you?"

"Blake is my middle name." Jesse explained as he let go of Madeline's hand and reached for Lexa's. "I guess that I never told you that since it was never that big of an issue. You would have found out tomorrow when we sign the marriage license."

Lexa took Jesse's hand and sat down in his lap. "Jesse Blake Kilmartin, I like the way that sounds."

"You two still haven't gotten your marriage license?" Madeline raised an eyebrow. "You got ours almost on the same day that we got engaged. I can't believe this, Blake."

"I just haven't had that much time to get that taken care of." Jesse pulled Lexa closer against him. "Lexa and I have been planning the wedding and trying to run everything around here. If you'll remember it is not an easy job to run things with just two people."

"It helps when you actually focus on the job." Madeline smirked and then gave Lexa a fake smile. "He and I really got to know each other that week while Adam and Shalimar were gone."

Start Flashback

Madeline giggled as she walked up behind Jesse and put her arms around him. "Aren't you ready to take a break yet?"

"We still haven't gotten fully re-dressed after the last break." he swiveled the chair around and pulled the giggling woman onto his lap. He kissed the top of her head and swiveled the chair back around to face the computer again. "Let's get just a little work done and then we can have some more fun."

"You are really no fun when you are around computers." Madeline snuggled back against him. "How much work do we have to do before we get back to our fun?"

"A couple of hours, then I think that we should eat something. I haven't had a singe bite to eat since Adam and Shal left yesterday." he intertwined the fingers of his left had with hers. "I'll need some energy if I want to keep up with you."

"Alright, we can put a couple of hours in at the computers and then we can cook together. Then after we finished cooking and eat," she cupped his face with her free hand and kissed him softly, "you and I can get back into bed. Maybe we can try a few things that I picked up when I was working undercover in Vegas."

"I guess while we cook I'll show you some tricks I learned while I was in Italy. You would be amazed at exactly what the right combination of food and wine can do to a person." he lightly kissed her, barely brushing his lips against hers. "You are really going to kill me you know."

"Now we don't want that." Madeline rested her head on his shoulder. "are you enjoying yourself so far this week?"

"It's been nice. I haven't spent this much time with a woman since my ex-fiancé and I broke up. It is almost relaxing to be with you like this."

Madeline frowned slightly. "You've been engaged?"

"To my childhood sweetheart. She and I grew up together and we got engaged right after I got out of high school. We broke up almost a year ago."

Madeline relaxed slightly. "I'm sure that we are going to have a real good time this week. We are involved in the perfect kind of relationship, all of the fun and none of the commitment." She smiled coyly as she relaxed into Jesse's arms. "Of course we are going to need to figure out how we are going to handle things after the others get back. I get the feeling that Adam is not going to approve of how we are going to be involved with each other."

"You are definitely right about that. Adam is not too fond of the idea of any of the team getting involved with each other. Friendship or a family bond is fine, but you can't move into the area of a physical or romantic relationship."

"Then it is a good thing that this is only temporary." she frowned again as another thought came to her. "Is he OK with us developing relationships that are romantic or physical with people who are not on the team?"

"He doesn't expect us to never engage in a physical relationship. He just feels that it brings too much stress when team members get involved with each other, and our jobs are stressful enough with out adding anything else."

"Well I guess that I can understand that. What would happen if two team members did decide to get involved with each other? Would they be asked to end the relationship or would Adam just kick them out of the team?"

"I'm not sure. We've never had the problem come up before. He might ask them to drop out or he might ask them to break up. For all I know he might even ask them to do something else. He could just do something like warn the couple that their relationship can't interfere with the job, and that if the relationship ended in a break up he would still expect them to be professional enough to work together."

"Do you really think that a couple could do that?" Madeline sat up and slid off his lap. She paced back and forth beside the computer. "I know how hard a break up can be if you share common friends, but if you have to work together in a job where you have to trust your team mates with you life, and if you possibly have to live in the same base of operations it would be almost impossible. And what about getting involved with someone outside of the team? Are you going to be asked to drop out of the team if you get serious with that person? Are you going to be asked to keep your powers and your work a secret? Are you going to be required to give up your entire identity to hide from any and all enemies?"

"Madeline, just take a breath and calm down. I don't know how Adam would handle either situation because it has never been a problem. Neither Shal or I have ever gotten involved that deeply with anyone."

"What about your ex-fiancé?" Madeline stopped in front of him. "Why did you break up with her?"

"Alisha and I broke up because I felt uncomfortable with the whole ordeal. I didn't fit in that world, her world; and she would not fit here in my world. The only thing that I could do was break up with her. Now she's got a chance to find her own life with someone who will actually fit in with that life." He reached out and took her hand so he could pull her to stand in front of him. He put his hands on her hips, gently moving her so that she stood between his legs, and looked straight into her eyes. "Right now you've got nothing to worry about. I'm not going to tell Adam what is going on between us, all he knows is that I'm going to take you out and show you around town. He doesn't know that we are going to have a physical relationship, and it is none of his business if we have that relationship."

"I'm just trying to enjoy what we are doing, I really am. It is just hard for me to accept the fact that I may not be able to truly enjoy myself. I don't want to have to give up my fun because of some silly rule that Adam has, but I also know that we aren't going to be able to sneak it around him for very long."

"You would be surprised about what you can get around Adam. I once managed to sneak in a new car and he didn't notice for six or seven months. If he hadn't gone out to the garage he probably wouldn't have noticed for a while longer. Adam almost never comes out of that lab of his."

"And what about Shalimar?" Madeline took a deep breath to calm herself.

"Even if she doesn't see us sneaking around she will be able to tell. We'll both have each others scent strongly on us and I don't think that we can get out of it no matter what we do. Shal wont really care about it. She's pretty easy going about most things. I'll have to reassure her that I'm OK with this, but there won't be a fight or anything."

Madeline smiled slightly and then leaned down and kissed him deeply. "Then we can lock Adam in his lab and explain anything to Shalimar that we need to. Maybe it won't be all that hard for us to have our fun."

"I'll be making sure that we get to have our fun." he pulled Madeline back onto his lap and kissed her. "You know, I think that I could take a break from the computer for a while. We could slip off to my room and have a little time together."

"That sounds great." Madeline smiled as she kissed him. Her pulse was already racing and she could feel her body heating up. "Oh, Jess, you are going to kill me."

He kissed her again, almost devouring her mouth. "You might just end up killing me first."

Madeline slipped off his lap and grabbed his wrist to lead him back to his bed room. "You'll think you've died and gone to Heaven by the time I'm done with you." she gave him a wicked smile and pulled him to her for another rough kiss.

Jesse held her close to him as he kissed her and then led her over to the sofa.

They fell back on the sofa, still kissing.

Madeline tightened her arms around him, enjoying the feeling of his weight over her. She softly kissed him and then flipped them, sending them crashing down to the floor.

Five days later.

Jesse woke up as Madeline kissed him. He smiled slightly as he returned her soft kiss and then pulled her close against him. "It's been a good week."

"I'd have to agree." Madeline answered as she stretched lazily. She laid her head on his shoulder and snuggled closer to him. "I have to go back home tonight."

"Don't remind me." Jesse sighed. "I don't know what I'm going to do with out you around to keep me from getting bored."

"We should have time for one more round." she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her thoughts all went to how happy she was at that moment. "And I'll think of an excuse to get you over to my apartment for a few days."

"That sounds like a good plan. Now, why don't we forget about having sex this time and just spend an hour like this. I think that I might just enjoy holding you in my arms this way for a while."

"Good plan." Madeline relaxed further, letting herself start to fall asleep. "I don't think I have the energy for another round right now anyway."

Jesse closed his eyes and they slowly fell asleep.

Two and a half hours later

Adam and Shalimar walked into the compute lab of Sanctuary, looking for Jesse and Madeline.

Adam was surprised to see that neither of his two computer lovers were at work, but decided not to worry too much about it. "Shal, why don't you go find Jesse and Madeline. It is still fairly early and they still be in bed. If they are wake them up and we'll all have breakfast together."

"Alright." Shalimar left the computer lab and headed to the bedrooms to find Jesse and Madeline. She stepped into Jesse' room and her brown eyes went wide when she saw that both of them were in the bed together. "Jesse!" she harshly whispered.

Jesse woke up at the sound of his name and went pale when he saw Shalimar in front of him. "Oh, damn it. This isn't what it looks like, Shal."

"Right, not only did she decide to sleep in your bed with you she also was crazy enough to decide to have sex with you." Shalimar smirked. "You know that you can't trick me on this one."

"So what if she did." Jesse sat up, careful not to disturb Madeline. "She and I are both consenting adults."

"I won't tell Adam." Shalimar promised as she picked Jesse's clothes up off the floor and handed them to him. "In fact I think I'll help you sneak your little secret around him. I could use a little excitement."

"Don't tell Madeline that you know anything about this. I am going to explain it to you later, but for now I don't feel like getting into this. I'm just too tired."

"I'm sure that you are pretty damn tired right now." Shalimar smiled slightly. "You two need to be in the kitchen as soon as you can be. I'll try to keep Adam from coming in here, but we don't want to make him suspicious."

"We'll be there in a minute." Jesse promised as he pulled on his shirt. "I wouldn't want to upset Adam over this."

"You wouldn't want to get caught in bed with Adam's newest pet project. He's really got some plans for her and her skills with information gathering."

"I'm sure." Jesse sighed. "Now get out of here so I can wake Madeline up."

"See you at the table." Shalimar smiled as she left the room.

Jesse laid down on his side and gently stroked Madeline's jaw line with his fingertips. "Madeline, we've got to get up now." He whispered softly. "Adam and Shalimar are back so you don't get to sleep in this morning."

Madeline shifted slightly and slowly opened her eyes. "Do we really have to get up? Couldn't we just go ahead and tell Adam that we are doing this?"

"Madeline, you really need to wake up. You aren't even making any sense right now. Let's just get you up and dressed so we can get you some coffee."

"Coffee sounds good." she sat up carefully. "We'll get out coffee and then you can drive me back to my apartment. Maybe we'll even have a little bit of fun once we get there."

"As long as Adam doesn't expect me to drop you of and come straight back. He may have some work that he wants me to do for him." he softly kissed her. "Don't count too much on us having any fun because there is normally a ton of work for me to do once Adam gets back from one of his trips."

"Well if he doesn't let you stay for a while when you drop me off, Adam will be getting a phone call from me saying I need your help on something." Madeline decided as she picked up a robe and wrapped it around herself.

"I'm not about to miss out on my fun."

"I can take you out tomorrow night. Late dinner and an even later movie, and then you can have me stay over with you so I don't have to drive back here so late at night."

"You are going to be very good at this." Madeline got up and walked to the door. "I'll see you at the table."

Two months later.

Jesse gently stroked Madeline's back and ran the fingers of his hand through her hair. His head rested against the heavy wooden headboard and Madeline was close beside him with her head on his chest and one arm tight around him. He sighed as he heard his cell phone ring. He carefully reached over and picked it up off the bedside table. Checking the number, he frowned when he saw that it was Adam calling him. "What's going on, Adam?"

"You and Madeline were supposed to be here three hours ago. I understand that you two have been working hard for the last week, and that your flight came in extremely late; but you need to get back here. I don't want to wait any longer than I have to before I we go over the mission and Madeline's performance during it."

"She did an excellent job." Jesse answered, his words laced with a double meaning. "I'll wake her up and we'll be on the way with in an hour."

"Don't bother. By the time you got here it would be time for you to go back to her apartment. You two have to be there when her new neighbor arrives tomorrow. I want to make sure that the relocation goes smoothly."

"I'm sorry that we overslept. I promise that we'll be back to fill you in on all the work during the mission at the very first opportunity that we get."

"You can email the reports to me." Adam sighed. "Ever since Madeline joined the team you seem to be having trouble with keeping up with the time. We will have a serious talk about this when you get back in two weeks. Shalimar will bring you some more clothes for the next trip."

"Have you gotten any word on when our place will be finished?" Jesse shifted slightly and slipped away from Madeline so he could go to the living room. "Once we get that we wont have to be so dependant on commercial flights."

"At least another two months and then you will have to learn how to fly it." Adam took a deep breath. "You and Madeline are both going to have to work very hard if you expect me to allow you two to go on any more missions together. I cannot afford to have mistakes being made."

"This mission will go smoothly, and I promise that Madeline and I won't be late anymore." he sat down in one of Madeline's chairs. "I'll make sure that we stay on time from now own."

"You do that. I have always required a lot from you, and you have always done well. Don't let a woman mess up your nearly perfect record." Adam warned as he hung up the phone.

Jesse put his cell phone down just as Madeline walked into the room. "You get enough sleep last night?"

"Unfortunately." Madeline gave him a coy smile and then sat down in his lap, curling up close against him. "Who was that on the phone and what did they want?"

"It was Adam, and he called to reprimand us because we were supposed to be back three hours ago. He said for us not to bother going to Sanctuary though. We can email our reports to him and he's going to send Shal by with me some clothes for our next trip."

"Where are we going this time? Somewhere exotic or some where cold where I'll have to curl up close to you for heat?" Madeline kissed his neck and closed her eyes as she pressed close against him.

"Nevada, but it is still cool enough that you'll probably spend a lot of time with me, and we are going undercover as a couple again."

Madeline smiled and tangled the fingers of one hand in his nearly shoulder length hair. "I'm getting tired of us just fooling around. I love you."

"I love you too, Madeline." Jesse whispered as he held her close. "I've loved you from the moment that I met you."

"You know that this is going to be practically impossible, don't you? Adam can never know that we've ever been involved, and Shal can never know that you and I truly care about each other. It is risky enough for her to know that we've been involved at all."

"We can make this work, Madeline. I know how to sneak things around Adam, and Shal will never tell anyone anything. She's good at keeping secrets. She's kept several of them for me." Jesse gently stroked her back. "I promise that we will find away to make this work. There are plenty of things that we can do."

"I don't want to loose you, Jess. I promise that I will do all that I can to keep you. I won't let anything or anybody come between us."

End of flashback.

"It was always a struggle." Madeline smiled wanly. "Adam always interrupted our dates, and sometimes he'd page Jesse at really bad moments. We fought so hard for our relationship."

"It was a fight." Jesse glanced at the clock. "We probably need to go to bed now. It is pretty late, and there is still a lot of this story to go over."

"And I've got an early morning appointment to get a manicure and a pedicure. Not to mention that there are still a few little things that I want to pick up for the wedding and the wedding night." Lexa got up and walked out of the room.

"She's totally convinced that you are still going to marry her." Madeline leaned in and kissed him.

Jesse resisted for a moment, but fell into the kiss. His hand cradled the back of her head, and the other hand rested on her waist.

Madeline moved over so she was straddling his lap and pressed herself close against him. "I want to be with you, Blake." She whispered after she broke the kiss. She locked her eyes on his and put her hands on his shoulders. "I want you to carry me off to your bed room and to make love to me for the rest of the night."

"I know you do, Li; but we cant. I'm engaged to Lexa, and she would not be happy if I did that."

"No matter what the hall of records says, you are married to me." Madeline's tone became slightly vicious. "Now, I can forgive you for hooking up with Lexa since you thought that I was dead, but you are not going to tell me no just so you can keep her happy. I won't have you cheating on me."

"I know that you can be territorial, but this is not up to you. Our marriage was annulled and you are going to have to accept that. I can decide what I want to do. I am going to be sleeping in one of the guest rooms unless Lexa has gone back to her old room."

"Fine." Madeline got up and stormed out of the room.

Jesse shook his head as he watched the woman leave. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed the first number on his speed dial. "Hey, Shal. Sorry to call so late, but I need to talk to you about something."

"Hey." Shalimar answered sleepily. "I just woke up with a craving for some strawberries, so it is ok. what do you need to talk about?"

"You are never going to believe who my informant on Adam is."

"You picked him up?" Shalimar woke up instantly. "Who is he?"

"Special agent Madeline Hart Kilmartin." Jesse answered and gave a weak laugh. "She's not dead, Shal."

"Are you sure that it is really her?"

"Completely. I've never found another woman who kissed me the way Madeline did."

"Asking for trouble, aren't you?" Shalimar took a halting breath. "Madeline is back. That idea is really going to take some work to get used to."

"You're telling me." Jesse leaned back against the sofa. "What in the world am I going to do now?"

"It's not that bad is it, Jess?" Shalimar asked concerned about him. "I know that you love both of them, but you actually worked on developing a relationship with Lexa. When you and Madeline first got involved with each other it was just for sex and fun; there was never any real connection there."

"I thought that you liked her."

"She's alright, and she's always been alright; but I never really liked the idea of you two together. It always seemed like you two were rushing through every part of your relationship, and when you married here it was a shock to me. I never thought that you of all people would let a woman come between you and Mutant X."

"I still care a great deal about Madeline. I still love her a great deal. She was my first wife, and the first woman that I got involved with after my breakup with Alisha. Of course I also love and adore Lexa. She and I have been through a hell of a lot together, and I cant imagine living my life apart from her or the baby."

"What baby?" Shalimar asked, greatly surprised.

"Lexa is pregnant." Jesse shook his head slightly. "I wanted to have kids with her, I fought with her over it until she agreed to consider it, and then I fought with her until she decided that she did want to have a baby. This thing with Madeline is another stumbling block for me and Lexa. How do I tell either one of them that it is over?"

"I don't know, all I know is that I think you and Lexa have a better chance of withstanding the test of time. You know how impossible it can be once you get in a relationship, and from what I can see you and Lexa are far more compatible than you and Madeline are."

"I'll give you that one. One of us always ended up walking out when Madeline and I got into a fight." Jesse smiled as he thought back.

Flashback

Twelve years and two months earlier.

"Blake, I've got more receipts for you." Madeline called as she walked into Jesse's room.

Jesse stood by the computer with his arms crossed over his chest and gave Madeline a very serious look. "You are way over budget. We can't afford a wedding like this."

"I know that we can't." Madeline gave him a bright smile. "My parents can though. Daddy wants to pay for everything, and your father is going to through you a killer bachelor party."

"I asked you to leave them out of this." Jesse answered, not moving an inch. "I gave you a very generous budget and asked you to leave our families out of this."

"We couldn't have had any kind of wedding on that budget!" Madeline's eyes flashed with indignation. "I've dreamed about a big, story book wedding ever since I was a little girl, and it is very important to me! I am willing to accept the help of our parents so we can have this wedding, and you will be willing if too if you really love me!"

"Up until a month ago our families hated each other! I have tried to keep them as uninvolved in this wedding as I could so it wouldn't be ruined!"

"And you never once asked me how I felt about it! Apparently it never once occurred to you that I just might want my parents at my wedding! That I just might want your parent's there!" her voice rose higher. "The problem is that you don't care what I want!"

"No, the problem is that you are a spoiled brat! All you ever think about is what you want!"

"Just forget it! I don't want to marry you!" Madeline pulled off her engagement ring and threw it down on the floor before she stormed out of the room.

End of flashback.

'I can't tell you what to do, Jess." Shalimar sighed. "You are going to have to make this decision on your own."

"I know. I just keep hoping that someone else can make it for me though."

"So do we still need to plan on showing up for the wedding?"

"One way or another there will be a wedding. I'll either marry Lexa or renew my vows to Madeline."

"I guess I should warn Bren of the drama that is going on over there. I don't think he ever even heard about Madeline."

"That was not one of my better moments so I never told him." Jesse laughed.

"He's probably going to have a heart attack when he finds out that I was married."

"Bren nearly had a heart attack when you and Lexa got engaged. He is going to want to meet Madeline and ask her a million questions."

"And he's more than welcome to. She and Lexa are both going to make me crazy. Madeline is convinced that she and I are going to get back together and right every wrong that has been made against us; and Lexa is convinced that I wouldn't even think about another woman."

"I know that you loved Madeline a great deal, but you go over her, Jess. You can't abandon Lexa and the baby just to get back with a woman who put you through hell. she faked her own death, never told you what she was going to do. I can't understand why you want to get back with her."

"Shal, I loved her a great deal, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm going to get back with her. I love Lexa, and I'm excited about the prospect of having a baby with her."

"I've got to get some sleep, Jess. Go with your heart on this."

"Night, Shal." Jesse answered as he ended the call. He got up and went to his room to get ready to go to bed. He took a quick shower and changed into a loose pair of black pajama bottoms before he collapsed into bed. He was just about to fall asleep when his bedroom door opened and closed. A thin figure made their way across the room and climbed into bed with him, resting their head on his chest, and wrapping their arms tightly around him.

"I couldn't sleep with out you." Lexa whispered as she closed her eyes. "I know that you probably shouldn't let me stay; but think of the baby. I need to get my sleep if I'm going to give you a healthy baby."

"I don't think that I could sleep with out you either." he wrapped an arm around her and held her close to him. "Just get some sleep."

Lexa smiled softly as she drifted off to sleep.

Outside of Jesse's room Madeline sat on the floor crying.

The next morning.

Lexa woke up slowly and cuddled closer to Jesse. She carefully leaned up and kissed him softly. "Morning, Jess." she whispered. "In forty-eight hours you and I will be married and in Italy."

Jesse woke up to Lexa smiling brightly at him. He slipped one hand behind her head and pulled her to him for a soft kiss. "Please tell me that last night was just a bad dream. You can be pregnant, but at least tell me that you have never heard of Madeline Hart."

"I wish that I could." she settled into his arms with her forehead close against his neck. "Madeline took all of the hot water in the shower. You've got to get her out of here, Jess. She doesn't belong here and I don't want our beautiful wedding to be ruined."

"She's a part of the team, Lexa. I can't ask her to leave. It is her home too, and it wouldn't be right to kick her out." Jesse carefully stroked her back. "If it was the other way around I wouldn't make you and the baby leave."

"You're too nice, Jess. Far too nice." She took a hesitant breath. "I think that we need to talk about the baby. Are you really happy about us having a baby?"

"We've been talking about this for months. I've wanted a family with you for a long time, and I'm glad that we've gotten a start with this baby. You know that no matter what happens I'm going to be there for the baby."

"I don't want to loose you. We've fought so hard to be together, and I don't think I'm strong enough to fight for you again. Not against a woman that you were willing to risk Adam's trust to have." she smiled wanly. "You've made me weak."

"You are as strong as you always have been. I might have to buy that cape now because I think you might just be even stronger than you were before."

Flashback.

Jesse ended the conversation with Lexa's Dominion contact. When the computer cut back to the video feed he saw that Lexa had passed out. "Lexa!" he called as he grabbed his hand held computer and ran to the 'cage.' "Lexa, can you hear me?" he checked her vitals and hit a few keys to open the gate. "Lexa!" He ran in. "Lexa!" he checked her breathing. "Lexa, wake up. Come on!"

"What happened?" Lexa asked as she sat up.

"I don't know." Jesse confessed. "Uh, the implant must have over loaded you some how. Are you ok?"

"No, Jess, I'm not." Having someone inside my head, knowing he can make me do whatever he wants. I feel so powerless right now."

"Hey, you are about the least powerless woman I know. If you were anymore powerful I'd have to buy you a cape."

Lexa laughed.

End of flashback.

"You have always had far too much faith in me." Lexa kissed him softly and then startled when she heard a scream. "She just had to ruin this morning."

"Stay here, I'm going to check it out." Jesse instructed as he got up and ran in the direction that Madeline's scream had come from. He found the woman with a vase in hand, ready to throw it at Brennan. "He's a friend, Li." Jesse laughed as he too the vase from the woman. "He's a member of Mutant X and he's married to Shal."

Madeline blushed slightly. "Sorry, I thought that you were an intruder."

"The alarms would have gone off if I was an intruder." Brennan laughed. "You really know how to pick them, Jess. She is really something else."

"You should have met her when I did." Jesse leaned against the door frame. "What are you doing here? I thought that Shal was going to keep you at home or with her until the baby gets here."

"Shal's married and pregnant?" Madeline raised an eyebrow. "Now that's hard to believe."

"No harder to believe than the idea that Jesse was married to you at one point." Brennan carefully looked the girl over. "Hard to believe that you managed to pull him away from his computers. You're pretty enough; but there are times that I don't think even a supermodel could turn his attention."

"If you can't beat them, you join them." Madeline gave him a cool smile. "I'm a bit of a computer fanatic myself. I joined him behind the computers, and eventually he joined me in bed."

"Just look at this happy gathering." Lexa said as she walked into the room. "I guess Madeline thought that Brennan was a burglar or something."

"Anyone could make the mistake." Brennan shrugged. "You feeling alright this morning or has the morning sickness even set in yet?"

Lexa shot Jesse a look. "Did you tell them?"

"I told Shal." Jesse reached for Lexa's hand and pulled her to him. "I called her last night so I could talk to her. I was talking to her about everything and I accidentally slipped up and mentioned the baby. I didn't mean to, and I never would have if I had known that you wanted it to be a surprise."

"It's alright." Lexa gave him a soft smile." "You are under a lot of stress right now and I can't expect you to be perfect."

"Why don't we make breakfast and chill out for a while." Brennan suggested. "I'm looking forward to talking to Madeline and Lexa can get a bit of a break from all of the stress while she goes and does her final stuff for the wedding."

"I really don't understand why everyone thinks that Lexa will be the one getting married tomorrow." Madeline turned on her heal as she walked out of the room and headed to the kitchen.

'She really thinks that she'd going to get you back, doesn't she, Jess?" Brennan laughed. "She has yet to meet with the true wrath of Lexa Pierce."

"She's going to be alright, even after Lexa gets through with her. Li could beat any of us up, even if we all tried to take her at once." Jesse smiled slightly and then kissed Lexa. "I am going to figure this whole mess out some how. Just give me a chance to think."

"I'm going to make sure that Madeline hasn't blown up the kitchen yet." Lexa whispered as she left the room.

Jesse took a deep breath and then slowly let it out. "I am really in the middle of trouble this time."

"I just can't get over the idea that there are two women about to get into a cat fight over you." Brennan laughed. "I guess that I now know the real Jesse Kilmartin." he quickly sobered up. "You really don't know what to do with them do you?"

"I love both of them. When I lost Li, I thought that I would never get over it. She had been my life for a longtime. I went completely against my character so I could be with her, and now she and I are over. I thought that she was dead for the last twelve years. I got over losing her and did my best to make a life with Lexa. I'm supposed to marry Lex tomorrow afternoon, and I can not understand why I feel the way I do."

"You're always been very serious when it came to relationships. I don't expect you to change now." Brennan sat down in one of the chairs. "I guess the conviction is over how you are going to have to choose between them. If you actually manage to make the decision you'll have earned a ton of respect from me. I don't think that I could make that call."

"So what would you do? Go off and find another woman altogether?" Jesse looked down at the floor for a moment. "If you had been forced to choose between Shal and Em what would you have done?"