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Two weeks later

Matt walked into the main apartment building. He spotted Spencer being walked by their next door neighbor, Mrs. James. Matt and Sarah had agreed to give Spencer to Mrs. James after they realized they couldn't keep a dog with their crazy schedules. Mrs. James was the lady who lived one floor down from them and reminded Matt of Mrs. Bink- and she lived at home alone and had welcomed the shaggy companion. Matt walked up to Spencer and gave him a scratch on the head. Spencer immediately wrapped himself around Matt begging for more. Matt smiled and gave into the temptation.

"I'm so glad I caught you. Sarah told me to tell you that she's at the library trying to finish a paper," said Mrs. Jones.

"Why didn't Sarah just call me?" questioned Matt- also wondering how Mrs. James knew his and Sarah's business.

"I think she said that she noticed that you left your cell phone on the charger. I really don't know- I just saw her when I took Spencer out this morning," said Mrs. James as she tugged on Spencer's leash. Matt gave Spencer one last scratch and headed up to his apartment. After fixing himself a sandwich, he sat down on the sofa. He realized that the last time he and Sarah had both been home for the month had been two weeks ago. He decided to fix dinner and surprise his wife. He called Sarah and told her that he was at home and would be the rest of the night.

When Sarah entered the apartment, she saw that Matt had set up their dinner. Sarah asked as she hung up her coat, "Why did you make dinner?"

"I figured it would be a nice surprise- since we haven't had a night off since the fifteenth of the month," said Matt as he leaned in to give her a soft kiss on the lips.

Sarah smiled and rewarded her husband with a passionate kiss. As she saw what he fixed, her grin got bigger for she realized her had made what she called the "yankee dinner"- hamburgers, fries and apple pie for dessert. They had nicknamed it that since that's what Sarah and Matt liked to eat while they watched the baseball games when they had the chance.

During the dinner and conversation, Sarah realized that it had now been a month since she had her last menstrual cycle. She made up her mind then and there to wait until the first of February- two days later- to see if it started. If it didn't, she knew she would set up a doctor's appointment. She also decided not to tell Matt since she didn't want to panic him.

Matt's thoughts ranged from dinner to their earlier conversations about children. The two had decided four would be a good number and that they would start trying as soon as they were done with their first year of residency. By then, the two of them would be twenty-eight and married almost six years.

The two spent the rest of the night talking about Sarah's paper and their upcoming assignments in the hospital. After dinner, the two decided that they wanted to do something rare- watch an old movie. The two fixed popcorn and curled up on the sofa, sharing kisses and laughter during the movie.

Preview: Sarah discovers she's pregnant. How does she tell Matt?

Author's note: I always wondered what happened to Spencer. I decided to include him in this.

Also, I went back and did some research and discovered that I needed to do some minor changes in order for her to find out in February.