Madam Secretary Prompt: Henry only finds out that Elizabeth is (or had been) pregnant when a worried Stevie comes to him and says there's something wrong with Mommy.

OK this was requested by Bluebird-McCord. Now after completing this and rereading the prompt I've realised I've totally gone off piste. Whoops sorry about that…. I have no excuse. Anyway enjoy

"Hey Daddy, something is wrong with mumma."

Henry looked over at his daughter. She was getting so tall now and her face was losing the baby chub. Her young face was clouded with concern and it was not a look that should be on a preschoolers face. Henry stood up from his desk and swept Stevie up into his arms and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"What's wrong baby girl?" he asked her softly.

"Mumma is in bed. She's not very well"

It was a Sunday morning and Henry liked to let Elizabeth have a lay in. She had been fine this morning when he left her and she hadn't called out for him. Feeling puzzled he went to make his way through the bedroom before Stevie squirmed to get down and ran off to get her doctors bag.

"Sshhhhh baby girl, if Mommy isn't well she won't want us being too loud" wincing as he heard Stevie throw half the toy chest out to get the doctors bag. He approached the door cautiously but quickly picked up his pace when he heard Elizabeth vomit in the ensuite. It just kept coming. Time after time after time. He poked his head around the door to see if she was ok.

"Elizabeth?"

"I'll be out in a minute" she replied weakly from the floor of the bathroom.

She felt terrible and it wasn't until Stevie woke her up did she realise quite how bad she did feel. Her breasts hurt, her stomach was cramping and she felt slightly off base. Laying her head down onto the cold tiled floor she took 3 steadying breaths before sitting upright. She heaved again as she thought if the fish supper they ate last night. She could hear Henry and Stevie in the bedroom now so she washed her face and cleaned her mouth, rinsing with mouthwash before going to meet them.

"Hey, babe. What's up? Are you OK?"

"Yeah, I think I've just got food poisoning from that fish last night. I thought it smelled funny but I still ate it."

Henry stood and allowed Elizabeth to get back into bed.

"Good job we have Dr. Stevie here to look after you then" Henry joked as he tucked Elizabeth into bed placing his lips softly on her forehead. Elizabeth smiled a little as Stevie made her way to her to begin her examination.

"Mumma, stick out your tongue for me." Elizabeth complied with her 3 year old daughter, sticking her tongue out as far as it would go. "Now I need to check your ears"

"Could you just get me some water Henry please."

"Yes Daddy, you are the nurse. Mumma needs water"

"Sure thing ladies" Henry topped his imaginary hat to his girls and left the room. When he returned he saw Stevie had moved onto checking Elizabeth's heartbeat with her little plastic stethoscope.

"Does Mommy still have a heartbeat?" he asked the doctor gently. Henry eyed Elizabeth who had her eyes closed and her head resting on the headboard, he could help but feel himself warm at the sight in front of him. He knelt on the floor beside the bed and kissed Elizabeth's hand that was laying on top of the covers. His fingers gently intertwining with hers and they let Stevie act out her little pretend game.

"Yup, her heart is loud in my ears" Stevie giggled as she sat up and pulled the covers down and began pulling Elizabeth's tshirt up, exposing her belly. "Now, I just need to check baby's heartbeat"

Elizabeth's eyes shot open and Henry felt her hand grip ahold of his a little tighter.

"What sweetie?" Henry asked as he watched Stevie place the plastic stethoscope to Elizabeth's tummy.

"Relax Daddy. The baby in Mumma's tummy is ok"

"Darling, Mommy hasn't got a baby in her tummy" Elizabeth spoke with confidence, she was due to start her period soon, besides she wasn't sick with Stevie. She couldn't possibly be pregnant.

"But Mommy's have babies in their tummies" Henry smiled as he saw the trademark Elizabeth pout coming from his indignant daughter.

"I know a lot of the Mommy's at preschool have them in there but your Mommy does not" Elizabeth confirmed for Stevie and Henry who was now staring at her. She could feel his eyes burning into the side of her face and it made her feel uncomfortable. "Henry, I'm not pregnant"

"OK" holding his hands up in defeat after Elizabeth snapped a little. "All I'm saying is our daughter could be a little psychic. We could make a fortune with her on the TV"

"Henry!" Elizabeth swatted his shoulder and couldn't help but laugh.

Later on in the afternoon, Henry had taken Stevie to the local drugstore to pick out a new toothbrush. As they walked up and down the aisles wasting time Stevie stopped in the women's health section and noticed the babies on the packets of multivitamins.

Grabbing a box she ran back to Henry "Daddy, shall we get Mommy's baby some of these"

Henry caught the box of multivitamins as Stevie thrust the box at him. "Stevie, Mommy does not have a baby inside of her. Where did you get these from" She ignored him as she twirled about in the aisle watching the material of her dress rise up as she span around. "Stevie…. Stevie, listen to me please. Where did you get these from"

Henry scanned the shelves deciding not to pick this fight and he located the empty space where she had grabbed the box form. Above was the pregnancy tests, all sitting innocently, just waiting to be bought and provide an answer. He hesitated and grabbed one off of the shelf, turned to get Stevie to follow him before turning back and grabbing another, just to be safe he thought.

"Come on Stevie. Let's get home to Mumma. She has a test to take."

All the way home Stevie fired questions at Henry from the backseat about what test Mommy was going to take, was it a hard one? Would she get a star? By the time Henry had barged into the house he was a bag of nerves. She had assured him that she wasn't pregnant would she be mad at him for wasting their money on a test?

"Hey honey we are home" he called out to her, hoping she was awake. Bending down in front of Stevie and passing her a test he said "Dr Stevie, go and give Mommy the test and ask her to take it"

She squealed excitedly and ran towards the bedroom with the test clutched in her hands.

"Mumma, we have a test for you"

"A test?"

"Yes. Daddy said I can help"

Elizabeth picked up the blue box that had been dropped into her lap and rolled her eyes a little before looking up at Henry, who was stood in the doorway.

"Hey don't get mad at me. This has been ordered by little Dr McCord here."

"Henry… I"

"I know what you are going to say" cutting her off by speaking over her "but just do it for us. It's not going to hurt is it?"

Huffing "Okay" Elizabeth pulled back the covers and went into the bathroom rolling her eyes as she walked past Henry. Her heart was hammering in her chest as she closed the door. Her fingers fumbled with the wrapper, the adrenaline pulsed through her body, am I ready for another baby?

Meanwhile Henry sat on the bed with Stevie, holding her close. Waiting for Elizabeth to emerge. His stomach was tied up in knots, are we ready for another baby? What if it's positive?

Elizabeth's voice broke him out of his reverie "Well, I'll be damned. We are having another baby"

"You're pregnant!?"

"I'm pregnant"

"We are having a baby!"

Elizabeth nodded her head slowly, tears forming in her eyes. "Stevie, you were right Mommy has got a baby in her tummy"

"Yeah I know. That's what I said" Stevie huffed like it was old news to her. She promptly got off the bed and walked out to play with her toys leaving her parents alone.

Henry strode over to Elizabeth and embraced her in his arms. Wrapping her up before placing kisses along her jawline up towards her ear before whispering "Our daughter is a genius, we are going to be rich!"

Elizabeth couldn't help but laugh "Not if we keep having babies though"

"We just need enough to keep us going in our old age Mrs McCord"

"Henry, we are having a baby" she spoke softly, meeting his eyes. She saw him smile before his lips met hers in a gentle embrace. His lips were soft against hers at first, gently moving together before Elizabeth pressed herself into him. They both portrayed love and adoration in their private celebration. "I love you Henry"

"I love you Elizabeth and Lord knows I love our tiny baby that you are growing inside of you."

THE END