Okay people...here's the next chapter. I'm going to try and get this done as soon as I can, but there are several ways this story can go and I'm not exactly sure yet which way it's going to go, so please bear with me on this...


Nick worked with Kinsah over the next few days along with Daniel to get a basic idea of the planet's history and traditions. Once the dance code had been recorded, the archaeologist and ethnomusicologist were able to make a kind of dance "dictionary". The two men discovered they had much in common and were quickly becoming great friends.

Lena had still not been able to find a good time to tell Nick about his impending fatherhood and was almost ready to put it off until Janet threatened to tell him herself which galvanized the dancer into action.

Poking her head around the corner of Daniel's office, she found him working alone. "Hi Nick...can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked casually.

He looked up at her, and a brilliant smile lit his face. "Lena! Of course...come in and have a seat!" he replied, rising to his feet and clearing off one of the chairs that held a stack of Daniel's various papers.

Smiling at the disarray around him, she seated herself on the edge of the chair and clasped her hands in front of her. Nick set his papers down and focused all of his attention on her. "What did you need to talk to me about?" he asked softly, seeing some unease in her posture. Sighing, she fidgeted for a few moments before she finally looked up at him and said simply, "Nick, I'm pregnant."

His eyes widened and he gaped at her for a few seconds before a beaming smile spread over his face and he leapt out of his seat, grabbing her hands and pulling her up out of her chair as well. He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up off the ground, twirling her around. "Whoa there...I'm a pregnant lady and therefore am kinda dizzy." she teased gently.

"I'm sorry!" Nick said anxiously. Reaching up with one hand, she gently touched his cheek. "I'm fine Nick-and so is our baby."

"Our baby..." he whispered, resting his forehead against hers.

Daniel walked in just then and saw them together. "Did you finally tell him?" Daniel asked, a twinkle in his eye.

"Dan!" Lena said protestingly.

"Oh, so everyone else knew about my child before I did?" Nick asked in a mockly wounded tone.

"Well, not everybody...the only reason I knew was because I walked into the infirmary when Janet and Lena were talking about it." Daniel answered.

"Ahhh..." Nick replied. "Then I guess you're forgiven." he said to Lena with a saucy wink.

She turned a slight shade of red and Daniel asked mockingly, "Shall I leave you two alone?"

The two of them gave the archaeologist a look and he replied quickly, "I think I've got something to do in the...infirmary...yeah..."

As he turned and began to walk out the door, Nick muttered, "Yeah, Janet."

Daniel's scandalized cry came from the hallway and the Kosovichs looked at each other. "Don't you just love the sound of a scarred Daniel in the morning?" Nick said sentimentaly. Lena laughed and disentangled herself from Nick's embrace. "You need to get back to work." she admonished. "Don't forget that you're taking Kinsah bowling tonight."

"How could I forget?" her husband replied dryly. "He's only been talking about it for 2 days!"

"He's excited, Nick...he really likes you." Lena told him.

A shadow passed over Nick's face, wiping the smile from his face for a moment. This had been happening more and more lately and Lena was beginning to wonder if she would ever know what was causing this to happen. She could see him shake himself mentally and he offered her another smile. "He's a great kid." he replied simply.

"Yeah, he is. I'll see you later for lunch." Lena replied.

And she walked out the door and turned back to see Nick bend down over his papers again, she hoped that one day, Nick would tell her what was bothering him.


Janet looked down at the test results in her hand. Ever since the incident with Kinsah, she had wondered why her moods were so out of sync with her normal way of conducting herself and now she knew why.

Sam entered the infirmary and found Janet staring at the piece of paper in her hand. "Janet, is everything okay?" Sam asked, concerned.

The doctor looked up at her. "Is there room for one more in the pregnant women club?" she asked, sounding like she had been hit by a semi.


Mwahaahaa! Yes, I know I am probably evil incarnate, but I had to stop somewhere and that seemed like a good spot to me! Please read and review so I know what you thought of it. Thank you for reading!