Only two days had passed since Gale gave Dewey the news of her pregnancy. She had made an appointment to confirm the pregnancy and to see how far along she was. Their excitement grew as they realized in a few months they would be parents.

Coming downstairs after getting ready, Gale was greeted by Dewey's sweet face. Gale smiled brightly, Dewey had been so caring to her and it had only been 2 days since she told him about the baby. She could only imagine the type of smothering love he would continue to give her during the rest of her pregnancy.

"Are you ready?" Gale asked

"Honey, I was born ready." Dewey replied, escorting her out the door and into the car.

Gale laughed

"You are so corny."

"Yeah you love it though."

Dewey kindly opened the door for Gale and got in on the other side. She leaned in for a soft kiss and smiled when they broke apart.

"Love you" she said

He started the car engine and replied "I love you too Honey."

The ride to the Doctor was short and sweet. Gale could tell Dewey was just as excited as she was, and he kept looking at her and smiling every few moments which made Gale laugh softly.

They sat in the office for only a few moments before Gale's name was called by the nurse. She sat on the small patient's seat in the office and tried to calm her nerves.

"Okay Mrs. Riley I see you are here for a pregnancy confirmation?" the nurse asked.

"Yeah...I took several tests at home a few days ago and they were all positive. Just figured we could come here for a real idea of what's going on."

"No problem, no problem. We're just going to take a small blood sample and we will let you know for sure about the positive and how far along you are."

"Okay, sounds good."

Dewey held Gale's hand as the nurse took the blood sample. He looked into her eyes and pushed the small strands of hair away from her face. Gale leaned into his touch, he was always so comforting. The nurse quickly took the sample and went to leave the room.

"Okay Mrs. Riley I am going to go test this and the Doctor will be in to tell you the rest."

"Okay thank you so much." Gale said with a small smile.

With that the nurse left and Gale faced Dewey yet again.

"Are you excited?" she asked quietly.

He smiled and leaned down to give her a quick peck on the lips.

"More than you could possibly imagine."

She smiled so big and suddenly all nerves were gone from her body. Of course he could calm her down with just a few simple words.

The doctor walked in with a smiling face and greeted them.

"Hello Mrs. Riley, Sheriff Riley. I'm Doctor Russo. So Mrs. Riley congratulations you are pregnant. You're about ten weeks along."

"Ten weeks? I must have been really oblivious. Isn't that kind of far along?"

"Yes and no, some women just are busy and don't realize sometimes. Plus everyone's body reacts differently."

"Ten weeks means we could probably try and hear a heartbeat. Would you like to try?"

Gale and Dewey both smiled and nodded their heads.

"Absolutely" Dewey replied.

The doctor set up the machinery and soon a small whomp sound filled the room. Gale immediately clasped her hand over her mouth, tears filling her eyes. She never thought she and Dewey would have the chance to have a child and now here it is, the little heartbeat filling the room and causing her so much joy. She looked over at Dewey who also had a look of shock on his face. His eyes met hers and they both smiled at each other. Their baby was growing in her right now, in a few months they would be parents. This appointment just made it so real.

"Heartbeat sounds good and strong. Now Mrs. Riley, because of your age I recommend you try and take things easy. Your first trimester is coming to a close soon so that's a good sign but just take things slow. I'm going to make an appointment for you for two weeks from now and maybe we can try and do an ultrasound!"

"Okay that sounds great." Gale replied, slowly sitting up in the chair. With that the doctor left and Dewey and Gale were alone again. Gale got up from the chair and Dewey quickly gathered her in his arms, kissing her on the lips and cheek, his joy evident on his face and in his energy.

"Can you believe it?" He asked. "We're gonna be parents."

Gale smiled and kissed him again. They walked out of the doctors office together and made the short drive home, talking about which of the two empty rooms could be the nursery. As they drove back to they house they both reveled in the fact that soon enough they would have a sweet little child of their own to love and dote on. Gale knew that this was something so special, something that they never thought they could have, and she planned trying to enjoy every moment of it.