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Chapter 25

John woke to a nurse in the room taking Natalie's pulse, Nat was still very much asleep, and he gently not to wake her took his arm out from under where she was resting on it. He motioned to the nurse that he would be right back as he left the room to go get some coffee.

John closed the door behind him and he turned briefly to look thru the window on the door and see her still asleep. He sighed as he stepped close to the wall leaning against it and closed his eyes.

He breathed in and out a few times just relaxing, just trying to figure out what was next for them, for all three of them. He knew what it was he wanted to be next for them, he loved her and even the baby growing inside her, he would marry her without even blinking but... but he worried that might be something she didn't want, maybe not now, maybe not ever even. He stood there for a few more minutes trying to figure out how to play this out. Did he ask her to marry him, did he ask her to live with him, would these things push her away? Although she was really being pretty open about things, not just to him but to everyone, but...he was still so confused. He stood from the wall, looked back inside the room again thru the window, he saw she was awake; he forgot about his coffee and went back into the room.

"Hey, you're up" he said as he entered the room and the nurse exited it.

"Yeah, just woke," she told him as he came forward to sit next to her.

"The nurse said Michael will come in, in a few, but everything looks good, I should be able to go home sometime today" she told him and he smiled, she saw the look on his face, something was on his mind.

"What is it?" she asked and she saw him look taken back a bit, he didn't expect her to pick up on what he was contemplating inside.

"John, I know there is something you want to tell me or ask or get off your chest, what is it?" she told him and he decided they should talk about it.

"We need to talk," he said as she pulled her hand that he was holding out of his reach, he looked at her, her first response was to hide, but then she softened a bit. She placed her hand on top of his.

"I'm sorry, usually when you hear those words it means something bad, what do we need to talk about" she told him and he smiled at her, she smiled back as he intertwined there fingers

"The baby... you...me... us, what happens next. How do we go about things, life? What do you want to do about things, about us and our baby? Do you wanna get married, and be a family, do you want to just raise him or her jointly or --"he was talking, asking his questions so fast, her head was spinning, she cut off his last word.

"I want a family for my child, our child" she said as he reached in before as she barely finished the words and he kissed her deeply, catching her by surprise

"Good, that's settled then, we get married and raise our child together maybe have a few more" he said and she shook her head no.

"What?" he asked her

"John I never said anything about getting married, not right away anyways" she told him and he was taken back a bit. No. Taken back a lot.

"What are you talking about? We love each other, we're having a baby, we should get married and before the baby comes along to" he said and she looked at him all serious like.

"We do love each other, and we are having a baby, but... we haven't known each other that long, we need to make sure. I can't go thru another messy divorce again," she told him and he looked away from her for a minute. He was feeling a bit hurt.

"John, look at me, look. I just want us to make one hundred percent sure, okay? I know I love you, I know you love me, but we just need to make sure we can stand the little things, like the everyday things. Those annoying things, traits that people have that drive the other crazy" she told him and he softened a bit again

"Well...how do we go about figuring it out?" he told her and she smiled, she knew what he was getting at.

"You can move in with me," she told him; she asked actually, his smile got bigger.

"Yeah," he said flirty and she nodded her head

"And then when things seem right when we know we can do this, hell when we even get to know each other better, then we can get married, you do remember we haven't known each other that long?" she asked the last question and he nodded.

"So is that a yes, cause I didn't hear you" she told him joking,

"Yes" he said and he kissed her again.

"Good, now that, that is settled, how do we go about things at work?" she asked and he jumped at that question

"Work doesn't matter. You won't be working anymore, you're pregnant," he told her and she put her hand up to his mouth.

"Of course I'm still working, woman work till they are just about in labor," she told him and he got a bit stubborn

"No woman carrying my child"

"What the hell? Who the hell are you and what did you do with Lt McBain," she said not believing he would say something like that.

"Its to dangerous for you to work" he told her and she rebutted back "no its not" the two of them were arguing back and forth like children when Michael walked into the door.

"What 's all the bickering about guys?" Michael asked and John turned to him

"Tell her Mikey, tell her it's to dangerous for her to work while she is pregnant, tell her Mikey, now!" he said a bit loud and demanding

"No Michael tell you brother that it is perfectly fine for me to work till its time for the baby to come out, tell him what a jerk he is being" Natalie told Michael in almost as a demanding voice as John.

"Guys...guys... listen" Michael said as they started bickering again as Michael stood in the middle of them.

"Cool it the two of you!" Michael screamed as they both turned to look at him.

" Great now that I have your attention, first things first, Natalie, both you and the baby are fine, I don't for see any problems, you can go home today even. Second... John, there is no reason why Nat can't work during pregnancy, most woman do and it's fine."

"But...But Mike--" john started to tell him but stopped when he saw her look of satisfaction. He also turned and looked at Michael.

"Fine, we'll have to figure out how to keep our private lives out of work," he said and she smiled. She moved over slightly to the corner of the bed closest to him, brought her hands to the back of his neck, and started to kiss him. John participated in the kiss continuing to kiss her as they both forgot Michael was in the room.

"Okay, leaving now, will have your discharge papers in a few minutes..." he said as he started to walk out the door of the room when he stopped and looked back at them. Michael smiled, as his next words made them both turn quickly and look at him.

"Oh, and no love making or Monkey sex for a week, doctors orders" he almost ran out of the door knowing they would both be ganging up on him from those last statements.

Natalie turned her glare from Michael when he walked out the door to John, she was confused and looked into his eyes.

"What did he say about Monkey sex?" she asked as John laughed and took her lips again before she demanded an answer.