I am so glad you guys enjoyed my story! This is the last chapter enjoy!
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(Christmas Day; Murdoch Home)
William and Julia were in bed cuddling when they both woke up and looked at each other.
"Merry Christmas, detective"
"Merry Christmas, doctor"
They kiss and smile at each other, then decide to get up and check to see if Mary was awake. Julia goes to the nursery and there's Mary sitting up in her crib and hugging her blanket that Julia got for her when she was born.
"good morning, my darling. Merry Christmas"
Mary reaches out "mama"
Julia gets her up and cradles in her arms. She looks at Mary and flashes back to what the doctor said. She placed her right hand over her stomach and was shocked she was pregnant and that the baby survived when she was under the icy water. Julia never believed in miracles, but now she is starting to believe. But she was scared what William would think; would he be mad at her for not taking precautions? She was so lost in thought she never realized Mary was crying and William came in the nursery to see what was the matter.
"Julia? Julia?" he says as he places his hand over her shoulder and she jumps
"oh, William"
"I'm sorry, didn't mean to startle you, but Mary was crying and I just was concerned"
"it's ok, William. Just had a flashback of the accident"
"hey" he grabs her "you're here, everything is ok. Now, come on there's some gifts out there for our little Mary"
They head into the living room and begin opening presents, which there was a lot of, but mostly for Mary. The presents included new clothing, a rocking horse, a doll, new booties, and a new bonnet. They were more gifts for Mary but they were from George and Nina, The Brackenreid's, and John but she would be opening them later.
It was time for Julia's gift from William, he goes to the tree and takes out the package that was hidden in the tree and hands it to her.
"here, Julia, this is from Mary and I. Merry Christmas"
"oh thank you, William and Mary" she says and kisses him both
Julia opens the package and it was beautiful red velvet ring box; she opens it and in it was a beautiful gold ring with 4 different color of stones. The colors were of the stones were red, pink, purple, and a shiny one that looked like a pearl.
"William, this is beautiful. But what do the colors mean?"
"red or ruby for July, pink for October, Purple for February, and pearl for June."
"their birthstones, ruby for you, pink for me, purple for Mary and pearl…"
"I know, Julia" he says as he touches her stomach
"how do you know?"
"nurse Sullivan, told me, well accidently told me, due to…"
"due to me falling through the ice."
He nods "and Julia, I am so excited"
"you don't mind, that were having another baby?"
"of course not."
"but William by the time the baby comes, Mary will be only 16 months old. Are you sure, you can handle two babies?"
"Julia look at what the ring says on the inside"
She looks and sees an inscription, "always"
"always and I am sure we can handle it."
"I love you, William"
"and I love you, Julia"
They kiss and hear Mary coo
"well, William it's time for your gift, but it kind of is ruined"
"why?"
"the gift was a way for me to tell you, that you were going to be a father, again"
She hands him the gift and it was a tiny badge with a baby bottle on it. It was pretty much a replica of his badge, but as an ornament.
"it's beautiful; Julia and it will look great on the tree"
He put it on the tree, turns around and gives her a kiss. They spend the rest of the day just enjoying each other's company and preparing for the Christmas dinner, but it almost didn't happen, due to Julia almost burning the turkey but William saved it just in time.
(Christmas Dinner; 6:30 pm)
George and Nina arrived and gave William and Julia a bottle of wine for the dinner, and for Mary a teddy bear and a rattle. The Brackenreid's arrived sometime after and gave William and Julia some rum pudding that Margaret made and for Mary a dollhouse that John and Bobby made from hand. William made a toast and announced Julia was pregnant again and everyone congratulated them. George as well announced that Nina was with child and that they finally bought a house just a down the street from William and Julia. John announced him and Emmy were officially courting and that they would reunite on New Year's Eve. Then the inspector announced that because they found Emmy, Mrs. Goldman is now reunited with her long lost love and is finally for divorce from that bastard of a husband and also that everyone still has a job at the station house.
After this announcement, William said "Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year" and they all tinged their glasses, and William and Julia kissed.
The End