"I've been wondering" Jason asked, "What made you consider you might be pregnant?"
"My pants don't fit well anymore," Kellie said, "And my belly's starting look like it did when I was pregnant before."
"I can't tell," Jason said, "You don't look. Although I did notice you were using a rubber band to fasten your jeans during the ultrasound."
"Here, give me your hand," Kellie said, taking Jason's hand and putting it under her shirt. She guided his fingers to trace the outline of her belly.
"It's only a slight curve," Kellie said, "So maybe you can't."
"I can feel it," Jason said.
"Oh my gosh, I haven't even asked how you feel about all this?" Kellie said, "Having another kid wasn't supposed to be part of the deal when we started this. A lot of what has happened with me was not what you signed up for when we started doing whatever it is we've been doing."
"Maybe," Jason said, "But I don't regret any of this with you, falling in love with you, marrying you. Sure, another kid wasn't even option as far as either of us knew, she or he is only going to make the life we're building better. When your friend, Sloane, was interrogating me, I realized once the possibility of having a kid was even an option, I wanted that with you. This probably sounds dumb."
"No it doesn't" Kellie said, "I mean I was wishing it was possible when ovarian cancer was the leading candidate. I get it."
"So pray tell what is the new good or bad?" Spinelli interrupted, entering the room "But first.."
Jason stepped out of the way as Spinelli moved to give Kellie a giant bear hug.
"Words cannot express my profound relief that you've been safely rescued," Spinelli said, "Now don't hold me in suspense, are you in fact carrying a StoneCold/Wonder Woman hybrid?"
"Yes, she's pregnant, Spinelli," Jason said.
"This is the best news," Spinelli said, squealing with joy, "A bright spot in an otherwise dismal and …"
"Spinelli, I'm starving," Kellie said, "Could you go to the cafeteria and bring me back a chocolate milk shake and an order of fries."
"Why yes, of course," Spinelli said, " You must be starving after…well. I will make haste and return promptly with your order."
"Spinelli, don't bring her that junk," Jason said. "It's not healthy."
"No, just because I am pregnant doesn't mean you get to start ordering for me," Kellie said, "Before you argue with me about my choice of food, milkshakes have milk in them which has calcium and fries are made from potatoes which are a vegetable."
"She is right," Spinelli said, moving towards the door, "You might want to call Sonny, he was most eager for information on Kellie's condition. He maybe asking Carly for that information as we speak."
"Spinelli heard from my dad?" Kellie asked.
So did I right before I came in here," Jason said, "Dante's with him. I didn't have time to tell him everything before the doctor's gave me the go ahead to come in here."
'"That's good news, Dante's been found.," Kellie said, "Did he say how Dante was?"
"I will ask when I call him back," Jason said, "Is there anything else you need right now?"
"Change of clothes, new guns, and a new cell phone," Kellie said.
"I'll have Spinelli get you a new phone," Jason said, "I will talk to Max about the guns."
"And I've got the new clothes covered," Sloane said, appearing at the door, with several department store bags, "I figured you'd probably want something other the clothes you have been wearing for days on end now."
"Thank you," Kellie said, "If there is a pair of yoga pants in those bags, I will consider you the lifesaver of clothes anyway."
Sloane dug the yoga pants out of the bag and threw them to Kellie, "I thought you might be partial to these. I ran into Spinelli in the hallway. Judging by his delight over the pending arrival of a StoneCold/Wonder Hybrid, I'd say you're definitely in the family way."
"Yes," Kellie said.
"Congratulations to both of you," Sloane said.
"I'm going to go make some calls," Jason said, "Are you alright on your own?"
"I'm good, Jason," Kellie said, "Now go fill my Dad and Dante in on whatever it is they want to know. I'm sure he's tried to call you back a bazillion times by now."
"Five times," Jason said, leaving the room.
"You better let Spinelli through with my food," Kellie said, "And if you see Obrecht tell her thank you for me please or just to come see me."
"Liesl Obrecht's not here," Sloane said, handing Kellie her new clothes, "Gibbs has her for questioning. The paramedics didn't see the need to bring her here. If you want to change clothes, I can wait."
After Kellie had changed, she came out with the clothes she had been wearing tied up in one of the bags.
She tossed the bag to Sloane, "I don't ever want to see these clothes again."
"I will burn them," Sloane said, "How are you doing? I mean really doing."
"Damned if I know, Jackie," Kellie said, "It's not like there's any one or two emotions I'm feeling right now is all of them; relief, anger, hurt, shock, disbelief and I'm sure there's more."
'What you really need is a punching bag right now," Sloane said.
"I'd probably pulverize at least one," Kellie said.
"You're also still in shock," Sloane said, "There's a lot of emotions that are just waiting to just drop on you when you don't expect it."
"Great, and throw in a side of pregnancy hormones," Kellie said, "I'm going to be a hot mess for months, maybe years. I was finally feeling like I was finding my new normal. Now I feel like the ground got pulled out from under me. He took me to the cabin where…Thank god Obrecht was there to piss the hell off out of me. I thought I was going to lose it."
"But you didn't," Sloane said, "You and Obrecht got yourselves out of there. I have to admit burning the cabin to attract attention was pretty ingenius."
"It was pretty spectacular," Kellie said.
"How do you feel about Garrett just going to prison," Sloane asked, "Gibbs mentioned you really wanted to…"
"Wouldn't you?" Kellie replied, "after all that shit he's done."
"Fair enough," Sloane said, "Are you okay with prison as his punishment."
"I have to be," Kellie said, as Spinelli came back with her milkshake and fries.
Out in the hallway, Jason called Sonny back.
"I can't quite believe I'm about to say this, Jason," Sonny answered, "Please tell me you got my daughter pregnant."
There was a moment of silence as Sonny's words weren't the response Jason was expecting.
"I did," Jason said, not entirely sure how phrase the response.
Sonny breathed a sigh of relief as Robert muttered in the background, "And now she's firmly entrenched in your lifestyle if the opportunity to walk away had presented itself. Not that I'm not relieved that she doesn't have cancer."
"Scorpio, shut it," Sonny said.
"If it wasn't for the fact I know you knocking my sister up was unintentional," Dante said, in the background, "I'd be taking shots at you. Consider yourself lucky in that regard."
"I take it you talked to Carly," Jason said.
"She explained the situation with Kellie's tubes and thinking she had cancer," Sonny said, "The last thing Kellie needed was cancer. Do you know if there's any complications with the pregnancy?"
"None," Jason said, "and no IUD to worry about. But the doctors are keeping her overnight for observation."
"Good, how is she taking the news?" Sonny asked.
"About as expected," Jason said, "Shocked since we all thought she couldn't have kids, but relieved it's not cancer. That's all mixed in with everything that goes along with Garrett kidnapping her."
"Can I talk to Kellie or is she out for the night?" Sonny asked.
Jason peaked into the room to see Sloane and Spinelli eating fries with Kellie.
"She's awake," Jason replied, "one of her agent friends is here and Spinelli brought her a milkshake and fries."
"Don't tell me she's doing that thing were she dips her fries in her milkshake," Sonny said.
"She is," Jason said.
"I will never understand that," Sonny said, "Before I speak to Kellie, there's one other thing. Carly said you had Max put guards on her."
"Yeah, I did," Jason said.
"We haven't needed guards like that for years," Sonny said.
"And then Ryan Chamberlain abducted her," Jason said.
"But you rescued her," Sonny said.
"Meanwhile Kellie was sick in the hospital and Garrett had gone after Alyssa," Jason said.
"Instead of being with Kellie, his wife, he was chasing down Carly," Dante said, "who if she had had a guard could have left Jason free to help Kellie and Alyssa sooner."
"Shit," Sonny said.
"The guards stay," Jason said, "I can't be in two places at once, especially now that Kellie and I are having a baby."
"What Jason said," Dante replied.