It had been two days since they found out Maddy was pregnant again and she was supposed to be released today. Everyone was excited but not as much as Zoe was. Zoe had spent the night at the hospital for the past two days. Maddy slowly started waking up and being the mother she was the first thing she done was check on Zoe. "Z are you awake?" she asked quietly just in case she wasn't. Zoe grumbled a little then finally woke up, "Oh morning Mad." "Good mornin-" Maddy was cut off by the need to run to the bathroom. "Stupid morning sickne-" she was cut off again but by Zoe this time.
"Maddy are you alright?" Zoe asked concern clear on her face. "Yeah Z. I'm fine. Can you do me a favor and go find Licia I need to talk to her about something. And maybe Mark is with her too." Maddy questioned. "Sure. I'll be right back." "No, um Z you've been here all night why don't you go find them then go home and take a shower. You can come back by this afternoon when I get released." Maddy said quickly. "Well ok then, I guess. I'll see you later then." Zoe stated as she walked out the door confused.
Zoe had been walking around foro the last15 minutes trying to find Wash and Mark. She had been everywhere she thought they could possibly be. "Wait," she thought out loud, "I haven't checked the Commander's office yet." And with that she took off toward the command center. When she got to the door she heard people talking so instead of just going in like she always done, she knocked. "Comman-" she was cut off by the commander. "Zoe Shannon don't you dare fiish that." he said sternly making Zoe laugh. "Fine, Nathaniel can I come in?" "Now that's more like it, sure come on in sweetheart." he said as Zoe opened the door.
She was suprised to find everyone there. "Hey guys?" she said confused. "Hey Z." her whole family said at the same time. "What's going on here?" Everyone suddenly got jumpy and didn't know what to say. "Um..uh..We all just wanted to come see the commander here." Elisabeth said simply, looking nervously to everyone. "Uh ok then. Licia, Mark Maddy woke up and wanted me to come find you. She said she needed to talk to you." "Oh ok thanks Zo. We will head over in a second." Mark said with a light smile. "K? Well I guess I'm going to head home? See you guys there." Zoe said weirded out by what was happening. "Yes of course sweetie. We will be there in a minute." Jim called after his youngest daughter as she walked out the door.
'That was weird.' Zoe thought. So ever being the cops daughter she decided to investigate. She closed the door but then put her ear to it to listen. She was always told eavesdropping was rude unless there was a reason, and something seemed off with her fmaily so she thought that that was a very good reason. "Oh my gosh that was so close. She almost caught us." Josh said clearly relieved. "How much longer do we have to hide this from her?" Skye asked. "Well Maddy doesn't want to tell her yet. I mean Z was happy about it first time, but was kind of upset the last time it happened." her mother told everyone. "I know. But I can't do this much longer. I mean she's a smart girl she will figure it out sooner or later and then be mad at us all for keeping it from her." Nathaniel said. And with that Zoe walked off. Her family was hiding something from her and she wanted to know what. 'What happened to there are no secrets in this family?' she thought as she walked home.
"Well I still don't like it but Zoe did kind of freak out when she found out Skye was pregnant. So what's going to happen when she finds out Maddy is again. She is going to think that she is being replaced. Just like she did with little Lynlea here." Wash said bouncing the baby on her hip, earning a laugh from the baby. "Yeah I think it's for the best for now, but we should go and see what Mads wants, Licia." Mark said. "Ok guys we will have to talk about this again later and probably somewhere more discrete." Nathaniel said handing Mark MJ, who had been sitting on his lap the entire time. "Hey Licia can you grab Maice for me please?" Mark asked. "Sure thing. Come here princess," Wash said grabbing Maicey from her grandfather, "Say bye bye to that mean old grandpa and come see Auntie Licia." "Bye mean paw-paw." Maicey said earning a laugh from everyone but Jim. "Hey! Wash don't make her call me that! You're going to make my own granddaughter hate me." "Well that's the plan." Alicia said stopping at the door. "Bye Uncle Nate!" the twins said excitedly. "See ya peanuts." he yelled back as the door closed.
"Those kids love you to death commander." Jim stated. "Yeah well how can you not? Just look at me." "And with that we are leaving." Josh said leaving with Skye and their daughter. "I should be going too. I got my morning rounds to do. Bye sweetheart." Elisabeth said kissing Jim on the cheek. "Jim you should probably run damage control with Zoe." Nathaniel told his sheriff. "I think you're probably right. Mind if I use the eye again?" Jim asked. "Not at all, I can cancel all the reservations for the day. But do you really want to go back in there? Last time you were stuck there all day." Nathaniel said with a smile. "Hmm..good point. I'll take her to the orchards." "Yeah good idea Shannon." the commander said as Jim walked outof his office.
Mark and Wash walked into Maddy's hospital room to find an empty bed. As they exchanged worried looks Mark set MJ down on the bed and yelled, "Maddy? Baby where are you?" "Where do you think I am?" she responded back. "Well looks like the mood swings are kicking in fast this time." he said quiet enough for only Wash to hear. "Sounds like it. I got the kids you go get her cleaned up." Alicia told the soldier. He just nodded and walked toward the bathroom door. When he walked in he saw his wife on the floor crying. "Babe I'm sorry I yelled at you. You were just trying to find me to help and I had to go and be rude and mean about it." Maddy apologized looking up from where her head was resting on her knees. "It's fine sweetheart. But look let's get you all cleaned up and I got a surprise out there for you." And with that being said she satrted crying again. "Aww Mark you didn't have to get me anything." she said getting up and wiping her face off and brushing her teeth.
A few minutes later they walked out to find Alicia showing the twins what was on her dog tag. 'Auntie Licia who is that guy?" Maicey asked looking up to a very old picture. "Well Maice that is your daddy. That was his first day on the job and he was scared to death so I decided to show him I wasn't as mean as everyone made me out to be so I took a picture with him. And it's been right here on my dog tags ever since." "Aww Wash. I'm touched." Mark said walking over to pick up his daughter. "Yeah yeah. Hush up soldier." "MOMMA!" the twins said in unison when they spotted her walking over. "Hey my baby's! Are you excited for mommy to come home today?" she asked her two children who she had already picked up. "Yes Momma very much! Can we go home now?" MJ asked snuggling into his mother's side. "Well yes she can monkey." Elisabeth said walking into the room, "Momma is all cleared to go home as of right now." "Yay!" the twins said in unison again. "Hey Licia can you do me a favor and take the kids back to the house while I get discharged and we will meet you there in about 30 minutes? Because I got something really important to talk to you about." Maddy asked. "Sure can. Come on my little minions." Wash said to the children who had already started walking out the door.
Maddy looked to her husband, "Minions?" "Don't even ask." he laughed, 'And Lizzie when did MJ become monkey?" "Oh you should have seen it. That boy was climbing everything in my house last night, and very well I might add." she told them at the memory, "well all you have to do is sign these and get dressed and you are free to go." Maddy took the papers from her mother and signed them quickly, "Alright babe, let's get out of here." It took Mark a good 20 minutes to walk them home, wheelchairs and gravel don't mix well. When they walked through the door Alicia was walking out of the twins room. "Well I just got them down for a nap. Now what is this important thing we need to talk about?" she asked sitting down on the couch. Maddy just sighed and sat down beside her, "It's about Zoe..."
So there is your next chapter I'm sorry for all the point of view changes but I thought it was necessary to get back inside everyones head since its been so long since I've wrote. I hope you like it and I know it's not the best thing I've ever wrote but its going to take a chapter or two to get back in the swing of things. So you know what to do now...review, review, review. thanks guys :)