Chapter 20

The rest of the night flew by, with lots of hugs and congratulations being directed the couple's way. Kat watched Erin and Jay talk "I'm glad she's back, even if it's only for a few days. He needs this, and so does she." She felt Antonio's arms wrap around her, and his voice in her ear.

"Can we leave yet? I'm ready to take my fiancée home…" his tone made her flush a deep red.

Kat laughed and turned to face him. "You're the one that planned this whole thing! You want to ditch our friends?"

He grinned and nodded. "If it means I get you alone then hell yes I do." He leaned in and kissed her soundly on the mouth, his tounge breaking past her lips and stroking hers. Kat pulled away from him and she could see the desire in his eyes.

She put him out of his misery. "Yes, let's go home."

The next day Kat and Erin met up for coffee down the street from Kats bakery. When Erin sat down Kat started peppering her with questions.

"So how long are you here? How was it seeing Jay? Will you be my maid of honor? Did you sleep with Jay?"

Erin laughed loudly. "Geeze woman. Take a breath! First off, yes I would love to be your maid of honor . I'll come back for the wedding and be available via text and phone calls for as much of the planning as I can be, but I'm leaving to go back to NY tomorrow. As for the other questions – it was really great seeing Jay. I miss him a lot… He was my partner and best friend for a long time. And that last question?" she pointed at Kat "You don't get the answer to."

Kat grinned. It felt so great having Erin back in her life she almost forgot about all hell she had gone through. "Okay well, tell me this time you won't just disappear on the guy. "

Erin shook her head "No, I will be saying a proper goodbye this time. Now speaking of inappropriate questions…." She glanced at the coffee sitting untouched in front of Kat. "How far along are you?"

Kat looked at her wide eyed "What? What are you talking about??"

"Kat come on. I'm your sister and best friend, you really think you can pull one over on me? You didn't drink last night , you aren't drinking your coffee and I've never known you to NOT drink coffee… so spill, how many months."

Kat flushed a deep red , and held up 3 fingers. "Please do NOT tell anyone, I was planning on telling Antonio last night until he managed to surprise me with the whole engagement party. " She looked down at her ring and tears formed in her eyes. "Oh Er, I'm so happy right now. What if this ruins it? He's already got two kids he adores , what if he didn't want another one …. We never even talked about it…"

She felt Erin grab her hand and squeeze. "Kat look at me." Kat looked up and locked eyes with her, blinking away tears. "Antonio Dawson is one of the best men I've ever met. He's loyal to a fault. He's fierce, strong, and has a good moral compass. If there is ANYONE that you should be able to talk to about this , it's him. He will be thrilled, I know it. " She hopped off her stool and came around to stand in front of Kat. "Now I say you make a special delivery to the precinct and surprise him right there. "

"Really?" Kat knew they hadn't caught a case they are just catching up on paperwork today. "I guess I could bring him this." She reached into her purse and pulled out a sonogram photo.

"Oh my god is that my baby nephew or niece??" Erin grabbed the photo out of Kats hand and stared at it.

Kat giggled "Yes, but it's too early to know which yet. How about we make a copy of this and I give one to Hank too?"

"Yes!" Erin shouted, causing the coffee shop patrons to look at her. "Lets do it!!" she grabbed Kats hand and pulled her from the shop, heading to the car.

At the precinct the team was wishing for a call, something they hardly ever do. "So, Antonio have you guys decided on a date?" Adam broke the silence of the bull pen .

Antonio grinned "No, we didn't talk much last night.." He stated making the entire team laugh.

"I'm volunteering as a bridesmaid, tell Kat!" Kim said.

"Me too!" Hailey raised her hand .

"I'm sure she would love that , I'm just not sure how big of a wedding we are going to have." Antonio had done the church wedding already, but he didn't want to have Kat miss out on something she had dreamed of just because he had done it all before. "You'll have to ask Kat. "

"Ask me what ?" Kat and Erin walked up the steps into Intelligence, each carrying a box.

Antonio rushed over to her and squeezed her tight. "There she is! Hey fiancée, what are you doing here?"

She laughed and kissed him on the cheek. "Hi fiancée. I have something for you and Hank. " She handed him the box she was holding. "Tell me he's here."

"I am." Came his gruff voice from the door way of good office. "What's all this?"

Kat took the box from Erin and brought it to Hank. "A little something for you and Antonio." Her eyes sparkled "Go ahead. Open it." She walked back to Antonio and sat down behind his desk while he stood in front and opened the box.

Inside the paper lay a picture frame with the sonogram photo in it. "I'm so lucky you're my daddy" was written on a note stuck to the photo. Antonio was shocked, and it took him a second to realize what it meant. "You…you're…." he couldn't finish the sentence.

Kat nodded and looked to Hank, who had opened his box. He had the same photo in a frame with the note "I'm so lucky you're my grandpa" on it. Kat could see the tears welling in his eyes. He didn't say a word, just strode over to Kat, pulled her from the chair and wrapped his arms around her.

Antonio sat back against his desk. He was so completely overwhelmed with emotions , he didn't even know which way to turn. It dawned on him the rest of the team had no idea what was going on, so he finally spoke up. "Kat and I are having a baby. " He barely got the words out before the team huddled around him, slapping him on the back, giving hugs and high fives. Then they moved to Kat, who Hank finally let go of.

"That's great Darlin! Congrats!!" Adam gave her a gentle hug.

"Oh my gosh I can't wait to help you shop! I mean, if you want." Kim was super excited for them, and had a hard time keeping it in.

Kat laughed. "Yes I would love that." She glanced at Erin, who was giving Hank a hug then at Antonio who hadn't spoken to her yet. "If you guys don't mind, I think I need to talk to my fiancée. " She held out her hand and waited for Antonio to take it.

He looked at her and nodded, putting the box down on his desk. He took her hand and they walked to the locker room. He waited until they were alone before pushing her against the lockers gently and kissing her.

"So you aren't mad at me?" Kat asked in between kisses .

"Mad? I would never be mad at you baby." He said, kissing his way down her neck. "I was just in shock is all."

"So you're happy about this?" Kat pushed him back from her to look into his eyes. "I know you have two kids, and we need to talk to them about this. I don't want them feeling left out."

Antonio's eyes lit up . "I love you so much, for caring about my kids , for surprising me with this… you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I can't wait to be married to you , and start our family." He leaned in again to kiss her.

"Why wait then? Let's get married now." She grinned at him. "Antonio I love you. I don't want to spend another minute not being your wife…"

Antonio paused "But, you've never been married before. You sure you don't want a big ceremony?"

"Who says we can't have a big ceremony? I know the firehouse has been the site of a wedding or two, or Molly's . Either one will work for me, as long as Hank can walk me down the aisle and you're at the end of it then I will be the happiest woman in the world. " She kissed him softly.

Antonio responded with a more intense kiss before they heard a knock on the locker room door. "Sorry to interrupt but we caught a case." Jay poked his head in.

"Its okay, you go, I'll talk to Chief Bowden and ask to use the firehouse. I think they will have more room for everyone. Then reception at Molly's ?"

Antonio nodded . He still couldn't believe how lucky he was to have had this woman walk into his life. "I'll be back soon." He kissed her again and walked out of the locker room.

Jay grabbed her arm as she walked past. "Congratulations Kat, truly. You are going to be an amazing mom. " He leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.

"Thanks Jay, I really hope you're right. Do me a favor? Watch his back please." She looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Always." He nodded and walked away.

Kat left the precinct with Erin. After filling her in on their plan to get married ASAP, Erin called her boss in NY and asked for extended leave. There was no way she was missing this. Erin went back to Hanks house and Kat went to the firehouse to talk to Chief Bowden.

Firehouse 51

Kat walked up the driveway to the firehouse and tried imagining it decorated for a wedding . She knew it had risks, if they were called out everything would be interrupted, but she couldn't imagine a more fitting place to have her ceremony. She heard the squad members arguing over something in the truck bay, so she made her way to them.

"Kat! Hey what are you doing here?" Kelly got up to give her a hug. "Where's Antonio? I mean, we are allowed to hug you now that you're engaged right?" he teased causing her to bump him with her shoulder .

"Of course you are. He caught a case, but I needed to talk to Chief Bowden if he's around?" she waved to Cap, Tony and Cruz who were sitting at the table .

"Yeah he's in his office . Everything ok?" Kelly looked at her questioningly.

She grinned at him. "Better than ok!" she leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek, and made her way to the chiefs office. She knocked once, and waited.

"Come in." He rose from his seat and waved her in. "Kat, what can I do for you today?"

"Well Chief, I need to use your firehouse . " she smiled at him.

After they discussed the details Chief Bowden and Kat made their way to the common room where the team was all sitting. "Listen up, we have a special announcement." He bellowed then gestured to Kat.

"A couple of things. First off, I wanted to thank you all for being so supportive over the last 10 months. I have never had such amazing friends like I found with you all. Which is why I'm going to ask for a favor. Antonio and I want to get married here, as soon as possible. " her comment was met with resounding cheers. "Also, Otis, Christopher Stella… can we have our wedding reception at Molly's?"

"Of course sweetheart! Anything you want. I'll order more scotch for the occasion." Herrmann got up and pulled Kat into a hug.

"Well, you don't have to order any extra for me." She subconsciously laid her hand on her stomach, and she heard Sylvie gasp.

"You're pregnant?!" she jumped up and gently pushed Herrmann out of the way so she could hug Kat.

"I am." Kat laughed "3 months." She gave Sylvie a squeeze and continued to talk . "We don't need the wedding to be anything fancy, just you all to be there."

The crowd gathered around her, giving hugs and congratulations. She slipped away when she saw Matt and Kelly standing towards the back of the room and went to talk to them.

"I hear I'm not the only one who deserves congratulations… Captain Casey." She grinned and leaned up giving him a kiss on the cheek.

He shrugged "Not as exciting as your news. Mine means more paperwork… yours means…"

"Dirty diapers? " Kelly finished his thought and the three of them laughed.

"I want to thank you both, for everything you've done. I never would have made it this far without you two, and I want you to know I'll never forget it." Kat gave them each a hug and kiss.

"We care about you, just glad everything worked out. " Matt smiled at her. "So when is this wedding?"

"As soon as you guys can fit us in." Kat smiled back at him. The alarm bell rang and they all filed out. Kat thanked the Chief one more time as he was leaving and took off towards Hanks.

Erin was at Hanks, looking through the attic. She knew Camille's wedding dress was there somewhere, and she wanted to have it remade for Kat as a wedding present . She heard a noise downstairs and Kat yelling for her, so she gave up the search and came down to meet her.

"What are you doing up there?" Kat sneezed from the dust Erin had kicked up.

"Bless you. Sorry I was in the attic looking for something." Erin walked to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water, then poured one for Kat. "Drink up. You need to stay hydrated. "

Kat rolled her eyes "Is this what it's going to be like from now on Auntie Erin?" she laughed "You're worse than dad."

Erin laughed "Where do you think I got it from ?" she heard her phone buzz and checked the ID before answering "Jay?"

"Get Kat, meet us at Chicago Med. " His voice was full of panic.

"What is it? What happened?" Erin was already pulling on her shoes and motioning for Kat to follow her.

"Antonio, he's been shot."