(A/N: Sorry for not posting for a long time! Writing block took best of me. Please excuse the grammatical errors that I might overlooked, I tried my best as I could that I'm a little bit rusty. Without further ado, here's the new chapter! Btw, Happy Holidays!)
This moment, the positive pregnancy test. Emma knew her life had changed forever, "Oh god, Flynn. I have a baby. I know this happening so fast but I'm sorry. I did not mean to get pregnant. I hope you're not too angry."
Flynn proceeds to hush Emma, "How could I be angry. I'm overjoyed!", then he lifted Emma up and gave her a huge kiss.
Emma couldn't help but giggle. She is going to be a mother. A mother. What a beautiful word. All the sudden, she had the urge to lie down which she excused herself, "I'm going to lie down for a little bit. Everything is happening so fast."
"I'm going to get apple cinder. We need to celebrate!" said Flynn with excitement. He can no longer contain his happiness that he will be a father.
Emma immediately touched her stomach which she gave him another kiss, "A kiss for dad to be!"
"And a kiss for you, mom to be." he returned the kiss and went to the kitchen to find apple cider.
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"Hey, Matt. Is there any apple cider here?"
Matt was lounging on the couch with Lucy laying her head on his stomach while she was scrolling twitter on her phone.
"I believe in the refrigerator. What's the occasion?" replied Matt.
"Emma is pregnant. No, she's not faking it because she made me buy the stick then watch her pee on that stick," said Flynn.
"That is the beautiful step of reconciliation."
Lucy immediately moved her body to sit up, "A baby? Oh my gosh, I'm so overjoyed for both you!"
Flynn opened the refrigerator and found the apple cider, "It just crazy to think that one minute we are fighting against Rittenhouse and next minute, I am going to be a father."
"Life works in a mysterious way. Congratulations, by the way," said Matt.
"I'll let you go back to Emma. Don't forget to make an appointment with an obstetrician. Let me know if you need help." said Lucy.
He thanked Lucy and went back to Emma. Emma was laying in the bed, touching her stomach as she is taking everything in the fact that she is pregnant with her first child.
Flynn smiled, Emma absolutely looked glowing which he walked over.
"Welcome to our little home, Garcia Flynn," said Emma with a smile.
He opened the bottle of apple cider and poured in the cup, "For our little family."
Emma tapped her cup to Flynn's cup, "Cheers!"
"Lucy and Matt know we're expecting a baby. Hard to avoid them nowadays."
"Naturally." chuckled Emma.
Flynn gave the loudest yawn which he realized how much he is exhausted. Emma couldn't help but agree with him. She is indeed tired from all the craziness for the past few days.
"Come to the bed. We definitely need all the sleep we need because, in nine months, we won't be sleeping!"
Flynn didn't protest which he just crawled into the blanket and just moments later, they fell asleep.
Couple days had passed since finding out her pregnancy, Emma was in the obstetrician office where she was sitting, waiting for her first ultrasound. Flynn was nervous as he wanted everything to go smoothly that her pregnancy was classified at-risk because of her age but Lucy has assured him that since they conceived naturally, everything should go just fine.
"Hello, Emma. I'm Dr. Madison. I see that it is your first pregnancy. How are you feeling?"
"So-So. Is there a medicine that can stop the morning sickness?"
"Yes but I want to wait a little bit longer to see how your morning sickness going, it will pass eventually." She looked at the forms that Emma had written earlier while sitting in the waiting room, "When is your last period?"
"To be honest, I hadn't been tracking my period."
"No worries. I'll just scan to see how big your baby is then we'll figure out rest. Now, are you ready to hear your baby's first heartbeats?"
Emma smiled at Flynn which he squeezed her hand. The most magical moment of their life. Dr. Madison proceeds to put the gel on Emma's stomach and began scan. After a couple of minutes finding the baby, the heartbeat sounds echoed in the room.
"Congrats. That's your baby's heartbeat!"
Dr. Madison proceed to point the screen which Flynn fought not to cry but Emma had already beat him into crying. Dr. Madison gave them a box of tissue. Smiling, Dr. Madison moved the object to have a better look at the baby, "Ok, it looks like you're about three months pregnant. Can you estimate that far?"
Emma quickly calculated if she is really three months along, that means she conceived in October. Yeah. Sounds about right as she remembered that she didn't have her period by Halloween.
"Sounds like it is. I remember I didn't have a period by Halloween."
Flynn proceeds to gave Emma a look. That night when the baby was conceived, let say that night was eventful. Emma shot Flynn don't you dare say something look.
Dr. Madison quickly calculated her due date then announced, "July 20th. A summer baby for you both."
"Good. I don't have to carry the baby all through the summer."
"Yeah, like half of the summer. Good thing we live in bun…"
Emma gently hit his hand before he could say where they live. Luckily, Dr. Madison was busy printing the pictures. Emma was in awe with the picture that she couldn't stop staring at them.
"Ok. That will be all for today. Everything looks healthy. I'll see you next month."
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Emma and Flynn returned to the bunker only to find Lucy tickling with her daughter. Scarlett stopped laughing when she saw them enter.
She ran over to hug them, "Fifi, Emma!"
Emma and Flynn gave her a squeeze of hug which Scarlett noticed there was something different about Emma.
"You no more sick?"
She chuckled while she took the ultrasound pictures out of her purse and showed to her, "I'm still sick but I will be better soon."
Scarlett busily looked at the picture then asked her what was it.
"It's a baby. It is in my tummy. You will see the baby in July."
Scarlett took the picture and ran to show the picture to her mother. Lucy embraced the picture with all the smiles, which Emma could tell that Lucy wanted another child.
"Give the picture back to Emma. Come on, let's go the library," said Lucy coldly. It was rather unusual for Lucy becoming upset but Emma knew not to ask what is bothering her.
"Is Lucy ok?" she asked Flynn after Lucy and Scarlett left the building.
"That was rather peculiar behavior. I wonder if Lucy and Matt had a fight."
"Sounds about right," she sighed, then hugged Flynn, "I'm going to take a nap. I'm tired already."
"Sleep tight, sweetheart."
Emma was sleeping peacefully one night when she felt her stomach turn. Her eyes immediately flew open upon realizing that she has to throw up. She got out her bed and dashed across the hallway to the bathroom which she threw up. It was a case of morning sickness and this day, Flynn wasn't here. Gone on one of the missions. She along with Lucy weren't permitted to tag along. Rather odd for Agent Christopher that Lucy was furious upon learning that she is to stay behind with her.
"Hey, these saltine crackers will help with your morning sickness. They helped when I was pregnant with Scarlett," said Lucy softly as she opened the door.
Emma was surprised that Lucy is up at three in the morning, which slowly lifted her head out of the toilet which she gave her a small smile as she took the crackers from Lucy's hands. Slowly, she took a small bite and waited for a couple of minutes to see if her stomach can settle which, fortunately, it kept down.
"Thank you. I still don't see how you can be nice to me. I was pretty nasty to you before."
Lucy sighed as she looked for a chair to sit, "Because pregnancy itself is hard without any support system. I would never wish on any pregnant women."
"Wyatt wasn't around?" said Emma with surprise.
"Come on. Let's get out of here and talk in the kitchen."
Emma got up slowly as not to trigger the morning sickness. They walked into the kitchen which to Lucy's relief, there was nobody else is up late this night.
"This is our secret that we kept. I beg you not to tell anyone. Wyatt and I knew each other quite a little bit before we worked here. I met Wyatt at the bar one night that Amy made me go out. We got so wasted that night that we ended sleeping together. We never saw each other until we worked together. Got pregnant with Scarlett after our night together in the 1930s along with Clyde and Bonnie. I was truly alone in pregnancy. Wyatt is too busy with Jessica, my mom, you know…" Lucy let out a light chuckle, "Ended up being a Rittenbitch and Amy vanished."
Emma couldn't help but smile. Now that Lucy is referring to her mother as a Rittenbitch. She feels truly guilty about killing her mother when Lucy needed her the most.
"So about what happened with your mother and Amy. I'm truly sorry."
Lucy shook her head, "I had moved on. My mom is truly a manipulative bitch, so. You're basically no better nor worse. Besides, you're a truly special person in Flynn's life. I mean, he sacrificed to stay with you in the 1880s for a year. That something I thought he would never do. You both do deserve each other and the baby will be the greatest joy."
Emma looked down the floor. It was the nicest thing that Lucy said about her which she felt slightly embarrassed since she wasn't used to this type of positive attention.
"This is probably a very stupid question, but do you ever love Flynn? Like relationship one?"
"Gracious, no. It too weird, I mean he saved my life when I almost drowned and our relationship has been entirely on work wise. We're good friends, that it is."
Emma looked down on the ground once again, feeling ashamed for asking in the first place which she found herself wondering what happened to Wyatt. She once again gathered her courage to speak up.
"What happened to Wyatt?" she finally asked her.
"Disappeared. After we went to save Rufus, he ignored my advice not to fall into Rittenhouse's trap when Jessica sent him a word that they need a talk. We never saw him again. At first, I thought you held him a hostage but since seeing you had trapped with Flynn so who hell knows where he is at or he's still alive."
"Tell me a little bit about Matt. I can't figure out if he like me or he just had to hold back his temptation to stab me."
It made Lucy laugh, "He's a very complicated man. As right now, he tolerates you but I think he is warming up. He was from Ireland, moved to Boston when he was twelve with his parents and sister. His mother died a year later in the train accident. After graduating from high school, he moved to Chicago to attend an Architect school. He ended up dropping out due to bills and joined the military and that's where he met Ivy. Married a year later and divorced after a year of marriage. Moved to San Francisco and he ends up working for us when they needed a replacement for Flynn and Rufus."
"Looked like the only thing we all have in common is the complicated history. Makes great bedtime stories for our kids, eh?"
"Unfortunately yes. I just hope that we can destroy Rittenhouse for good soon. I don't want Scarlett to grow up in this place and not the greatest place nor the situation to try to conceive a second child."
"So, that why you are slightly upset when I showed the ultrasound to Scarlett?"
Lucy went quiet for a minute which Emma bit her mouth to keep her stomach settled. She couldn't wait to be a little bit further in her pregnancy so she will not feel sick anymore.
"Well… Not because of wanting the second baby. I just… never had pictures when I was pregnant with Scarlett. I was too busy chasing Flynn down."
Emma frowned. She couldn't imagine how much pain Lucy had gone through, not able to hear the first heartbeats nor seeing the picture for the first time.
"God, I thought I would never say this to you but truce? We don't have to be best friends but we can just get along for the greater good."
Lucy smiled, "Only if you promise not to call me Princess again."
Emma muttered for a second then smiled to show that she agreed not to call her Princess again.
Lucy let out a yawn and looked at the clock, it now four in the morning, "I'm going to head to bed and hopefully Scarlett decides sleeps in a little bit. Otherwise, I'll see you later in the morning. I hope you will feel better soon, good night."
"Night," she replied back which Lucy had gone off to her bedroom. Emma had decided that she is feeling fine enough to go back to bed that she has made a peace with Lucy.
a month later
Flynn had received approval permission for a night out of their bunker. Humming in happiness, he began to search for Emma since he wanted to take her out for a fancy dinner, then go to the baby store to purchase some baby stuff. Even though, Emma isn't due for another five months, the time will pass quickly and they didn't want to shop at the last minute. Flynn found Emma sitting on the floor of the kitchen which she was crying.
"Are you ok?" said Flynn alarmed, worrying that there's something wrong. Emma never randomly cries.
"No! We don't have peanut butter! I want a peanut butter sandwich." she sobbed which Flynn searched everywhere the cabinet for peanut butter which just moments later, to his luck, Lucy stepped into the room, "Hey, Lucy. Where's the peanut butter?"
Lucy proceeds to take the peanut butter out of the fridge "We kept that cold because Scarlett loves cold peanut butter and get upset if it wasn't cold." Flynn proceeds to scoop out the peanut butter out of the jar which Emma began to cry even more, "But that's not peanut butter!"
"It is peanut butter, Emma Marie Whitmore," said Flynn while holding the jar up for Emma to see and is getting a little bit annoyed with her crying for nothing.
The view of peanut butter jar just triggered her to cry even harder, "I want Jif, not Skippy!"
Lucy fought to not burst into laughter. It is darn familiar, the infamous pregnancy hormones. Emma is no exception to it. Lucy remembered a moment when she cried when Wyatt refused to let her drink the pickle juice.
"Both tastes exactly the same, Emma," said Flynn who tried to be rational.
"No, it is not! I want Jif peanut butter!" yelled Emma as she began to stomp on the floor.
Lucy stepped in to diffuse the meltdown, "Hey, Emma. I'll get you Jif peanut butter."
Emma proceeds to hug Lucy, "You do understand that Jif and Skippy taste different!"
Flynn had confused look on his face which Lucy chuckled, "Your girlfriend is pregnant, you should know that her hormones are off the charts."
"Dammit. I'm out of practice."
Lucy chuckled as she patted Flynn's shoulders, "It only the beginning, bud. You have many months left dealing with her hormones." She stifled her laugher then left to buy Jif peanut butter for Emma.
Flynn proceeds to sit down on the floor with her and let her cry over the wrong brand of peanut butter.
The alarm for the landing of Mothership went off in just time Lucy's return with a jar of Jif peanut butter in her hand. She did not have time to hand the jar as Agent Christopher had already blocked her way.
"Mothership landed on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia. What happened on that day?"
"Girl Scout was founded."
"Not the sinking of Titanic?"
"Not for another month"
Emma walked out from the fitting room where she was wearing Edwardian dress with a big bow to hide her small baby bump. Flynn and Matt appeared just moments later. Lucy proceeds to give her the peanut butter, which Emma thanked her and was about to walk back to the kitchen to make her a sandwich but Agent Christopher had told her that it is no time. She shooed all them to the Lifeboat.
"Oh, you can't bring your peanut butter."
Emma became angry and is at verge for another meltdown but Lucy jumped into the situation, "She's pregnant and had a meltdown earlier this afternoon over Peanut Butter. Let her. A jar of Peanut Butter won't dramatic alternate the history since it has already invented by then."
Agent Christopher sighed, "Fine. Get moving."
They all climbed into the Lifeboat and time traveled to 1912.
"So, what you think the reason of Rittenhouse stopping Girl Scouts in the first place? Seem not a big deal," asked Matt upon climbing out of the lifeboat.
"Maybe Rittenhouse wanted to sell their cookies?" suggested Flynn with a smile.
Emma just rolled her eyes, "I was a Girl Scout. That how I got into science in first place. However, Girl Scouts also taught me a lot about leadership. So, I suspect they don't want girls to become a leader."
"Hey, I was a girl scout too. Well for only two years before my mom pulled me out because she thought it was distracting from my schoolwork," replied Lucy.
"So, Rittenhouse trying to stop you from becoming leaders?" asked Matt.
"This probably the main reason, but it doesn't matter now. We need to save Juliette Low before it too late!" replied Lucy.
They began their trip to the downtown to seek for Juliette and save the piece of history from wiping out. After seeking for her whereabouts for thirty minutes, Emma spotted Juliette entering in the building which they chase her down.
"Emma, no! Stop!" Matt grabbed her arm before she could run into the building.
Emma was about to kick him into his stomach but she did not since the building had exploded and now is blazing with fire. It was nothing but pure chaos. People were running and screaming.
Lucy screamed in disbelief. The future needed Girl Scouts and now it is all gone because Rittenhouse stopped from happening.
"Come on, we have leave before Rittenhouse spotting then kill us. Especially that now Emma and I are fugitives," said Flynn.
"Yes, we'll think more clearly how to save Girl Scouts. You told me once when Alice Paul was killed and Grace Humiston saved the history. We can do that again. " replied Matt who is comforting wailing Lucy.
His words had comforted Lucy that she now stopped her crying which she wiped her tears away, "Let's split up so Rittenhouse can't get us all at the same time. Emma and I will set up Girl Scout. You and Flynn go find the sleeper."
Emma didn't want to stay behind with Lucy and recruiting girls but she knew that she had no other choice. The girls' mother wouldn't permit their daughters to join if they see a man tagging along.
"Hey Ems," said Flynn as he touched her small baby bump, "I just want to tell you I love you so much that I don't regret anything. Be careful."
Emma let a smile which she hugged him, "I promise. Now you be careful because I want you to hold the baby in your arms."
Flynn gave Emma a kiss on her cheek then they split up to complete their mission.
"Where should we go first?" asked Lucy. She truly had no idea where to start.
"If I was Daisy Gordon Low, I would go find girls. So our best chance is to go to her house to see if we can convince anyone."
Lucy quickly smiled then grabbed her arm, "Let's go. We don't have much time left." Together they ventured to find Juliette's house. It took them a while to find it due that her house was quite hidden away.
"This it is. This is the moment that the future will see differently," said Emma while catching her breath.
"Whenever it happens, I will ensure that we will see the future strong female leaders. Rittenhouse won't win. They haven't and they will never." said Lucy as she squeezed her hand.
They looked at each other and silently agreed let's save the future! Then walked toward to her house where they gasped in surprise to see the woman cleaning up in the carriage house. It was nothing else but Juliette Gordon Low.
"I thought you were in downtown so how did you escape?" blurted out Emma before she could stop herself.
It startled Juliette for a second as she wasn't expecting anyone at this moment. She collected herself then smiled, "I was going to then I realized why need to host a first Girl Guides meeting in town when there's plenty of space here," Then she offered her hand to shake, "I'm Juliette Gordon Low. Are you here to help to recruit some girls?"
Lucy smiled and shook back, "Yes, we're here to help you. I'm Jan Brady and this is my cousin Marcia Brady."
"Delighted to meet you. Well, as now you're here, we can go recruit the girls now. Give me ten minutes to refreshen myself. Feel free to explore the grounds while you wait."
"Great. We'll be around, just take your time," replied Emma. After Juliette went back into the house she lowered her voice, "We need to keep our guard on when we go into the town. It's a high chance that Rittenhouse sent their sleeper agent posing as a girl."
Lucy soon had a dizzy spell which she sat down on the trunk.
"Are you ok?" asked Emma worriedly. Lucy had time-traveled so many times that the side effect was rather odd.
"I think I will be fine. Just give me a moment," replied Lucy softly. They sat in silence for a minute until Lucy recovered, "Emma. Please don't tell Matt. I don't want to give him false hope."
"I won't. Whatever you mean about false hope?"
Lucy looked around to make sure that there's nobody else within earshot, "Matt and I are trying for a baby. We don't have much luck yet but I think I might be pregnant this time around but it's too soon to tell."
Emma gave Lucy a hug, "My lips are zipped. You will eventually if it ends up a false sign today. Come on, let's look for the guns."
Lucy gave Emma a sad smile which she shook it off quickly as there was no time to waste. It wasn't that difficult to find guns since nearly everyone owned guns in this time period. As true to word, Juliette came back, all dressed up and ready for the recruiting session.
"You ready to go and recruit excited girls?" she said cheerfully. They started on their trip back to downtown.
"So, how did you find out about that I'm setting up Girl Guides?" asked Juliette while they're walking back to the town.
"Rumors. I'm friends with a friend who is friends with Agnes Baden-Powell," replied Lucy who's master at history.
"It sounded very appealing to us. I wanted to gain and build the skill that I can use in the future. I wanted to pass to my unborn child." added Emma.
"You're expecting? Congratulations! I'll know that your child will be skilled in these areas."
Emma couldn't help but smile. To get praise from Juliette was a big thing since she had admired her for setting up Girl Scouts so she could study science.
"Aunt Daisy! Over there!" shouted a young girl which Juliette turned her head and smiled, "Daisy Doots!"
Daisy Doots tottered over to Juliette which they had a quick hug, "What brings you to the downtown?"
"We're seeking girls to recruit for Girl Guides. Remember I told you that last week?"
Daisy Doots pondered to recollect her memory then brightened, "Oh yes. I want to join! Where can I sign up?"
Juliette smiled which she handed the paper to Daisy Doots to sign up. After signing up, Juliette shook her hand, "Congratulations, you're the first person to be Girl Guides in the United States. We're looking for more girls so go spread the word. I'll be right here."
"Marvelous! I'll go fetch my friends." She ran off to seek her friends.
"I just witnessed the founded Girl Scouts in the history. That is amazing," whispered Emma to Lucy.
"Yes, I think this going to be my favorite piece of history. I'm surprised that it went off with no incident."
"Keep your guard up. It's too suspicious for Rittenhouse to be that quiet."
As like it was on cue, Flynn and Matt came running toward them. It was no time for a joyous reunion. It was for only one reason, a sleeper agent is nearby. The agent would strike any second right now.
"Lucy! Emma! Do you have your guns with you? The agent is somewhere!" exclaimed Matt.
Emma and Lucy touched their guns that were hidden in their coat. Matt interpreted their action that they have guns, ready to shoot when it is needed.
"Hi, this is the place where I sign up to be a Girl Guides?" asked a girl who approached Juliette while everyone else was distracted. She couldn't be more than twenty years old.
"Yes. Your name please?"
"Louise Gretty," she replied. Juliette proceeds to write her name down and when she looked up, Louise had the gun pointed to her. Emma turned her head in just right time which she quickly pointed the gun toward her, ready to shoot her right in the face. Before she could shoot, Juliette had taken her gun out of her coat and immediately shot her in the face. Everyone else had a shocked look on their face. Nobody had seen this coming at all. Who knew the history remembers her as sweet old lady turned out a pretty badass woman.
"Listen, whenever your real name is. I know about Rittenhouse. This why I set up Girl Guides in the first place. I wanted the future generation of girls to fight Rittenhouse. History isn't meant to be played with."
Lucy gasped in surprise. She couldn't believe that a sweet leader and founder of Girl Scout knew about Rittenhouse. It seems like Juliette knew that they wanted more explanation, "My former husband was a member of Rittenhouse. Let's say I learned about Rittenhouse through going their parties. It's not hard to figure out what their ambition."
"That was just awesome. An alliance from the past," said Flynn cheerfully. It was still strange for him that only just thirty minutes ago, he and Matt had a showdown with Louise and only to win when a famous historical person stopped it.
"My name is Emma Whitmore and I was a Rittenhouse member. I personally apologize for all the damages that they caused to you."
"No, Emma. Don't apologize. I'm thankful that Rittenhouse exists because if not for them, I won't establish Girl Guides and I may or may not had traveled to a future couple of times but you, Emma. You make me proud."
Emma soon remembered when she was a teenager and had a bridging ceremony where she was greeted by a slightly old lady which she had assumed that it was a head director of Girl Scouts, "Wait… That was you? You came to my bridging ceremony and wished me the best of luck."
Juliette nodded her head which Emma let out a little squeal of delight, "Thank you for your encouragement and support. I did become a scientist."
"I knew you would. You're very welcome and I hope your unborn child will grow up just like you. Now scat, I need to hide this sleeper before the police find the body. Besides, you all have a task to stop Rittenhouse!"
They had quick goodbyes.
"Oh, Emma. One more thing, don't trust or listen whatever your grandmother said. She's the most manipulative person."
Emma soon frowned. Her grandmother died when she was quite young so she doesn't really remember her too well.
I'll keep that in my mind if I ever ran into her. She shook off her thoughts since there was no time to dwell over it.
And they were off to the Lifeboat and traveled back to 2019.
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Emma had changed into her PJs and lying in the bed when Flynn came into the room with a bowl of popcorn.
"Thought you might be hungry that now you're feeding for two."
Emma let out a soft chuckle which she gave him a quick kiss on his cheek.
"How was 1912? Juliette completely surprised me."
Emma soon groaned, "I really don't want to talk about time traveling. I just want to take all the moments with you before the baby comes."
Flynn soon climbed into the bed which he soon cuddled her, "You're right. We have all the time to talk about time-traveling but the moments like this is scared."
Emma just smiled and embraced his love.
"Emma, you know. I promised to take you out for a dinner and that never happened. I apologize."
Emma just laughed, "I know this isn't fancy dinner but this is a perfect date night."
Flynn smiled in an agreement which he kissed her once again. He hoped that he will never stop kissing her. It quickly escalated to a session of makeout.
My grandmother may tear us away but she will never tear this moment away from my memory.
Come on, Emma. Your grandmother can come in and rip you away from Flynn any time now and you're worried about it. You learned long ago that these moments are too short lived.
Emma looked upon Flynn who was watching the TV and eating popcorn peacefully. The moment was far too sweet that she quickly forgot about the warning and cuddled him until the next mission arises.