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EPILOUGE

Hearing a gurgle behind me, I turned to find Ilona standing against the edge of her play-pen.

"Hey, sleepy head," I cooed. She'd been napping for the last hour, but was now looking very awake and staring at me intently.

Given that she seemed to have inherited my appetite and sleep habits, along with my eyes, I figured it was a safe bet that she'd woken up hungry. So I scooped her out of her play-pen and headed for the Rangeman break-room.

Opening the fridge, I grabbed a turkey sandwich for myself and a jar of strained peas for Ilona. The girl still loved her veggies, so did I for that matter, but not like I did while I was pregnant. No one could possibly understand my relief when I was able to eat a slice of cake a week after Ilona was born.

That had been about ten months ago.

I had stayed on maternity leave for about a month, but spending my days alone at the Batcave waiting for Isa to get home from school and Ranger to get home from work was beyond boring. There was no way I would ever make it as a house wife.

Thinking of house wives, my thoughts flicked momentarily to Morelli. I never had called him when Ilona was born, not because I was breaking my promise, but because I forgot.

Then, during one of my long days alone, I was still opening baby presents when I found one from Morelli. It also had a note. Apparently, his sister, who's a nurse at the hospital, had been on duty when I came in and had called him.

The note began by saying that he had come to see my daughter in the nursery and judging from her skin tone Ranger wasn't the father. My heart had immediately leapt into my throat, until I came to the part of the note that said he wasn't going to fight the custody paperwork he had signed. There was also a nice section where he said he was sorry for how he behaved and for how things had worked out. He ended the note by congratulating Ranger and I on the birth of our daughter and letting me know Jenn had also had a girl. I hadn't heard from him since.

About two weeks after that, Ranger had come home to find me pacing the living room like a caged animal. I had no idea what to do with myself while Ilona was sleeping. Ella was right and I got the hang of baby care pretty quickly and it didn't take me long to realize it wasn't an all consuming task.

That's when Ranger suggested I come back to work. My maternity leave wasn't over, and I didn't want to leave Ilona yet, so he suggested I bring her with me. We had set up a play-pen in my cubicle and stocked the break-room with baby supplies. It had been meant as a short term set-up, but it had stuck. All the guys loved having her there, and Ella was beyond happy to help out. So she stayed.

I had eventually gone back to training and field work, and I was amazed how easily I had gotten back into shape. I didn't forget to thank Emma over and over again, for making me keep with light exercise while I was pregnant. Speaking of Emma, Lester had won the bet with Tank. Bobby was completely whipped and head over heals in love. He was planning on proposing some time soon and was a mess of nerves; the Merry Men were loving it, especially Ranger.

Speak of the Devil, I thought, as I saw Ranger approaching my cubicle. When I had first come back to Rangeman, I still wasn't up to working full days, since Ilona and I weren't sleeping through the night, so Ranger would take Ilona and send me up to the apartment for a nap after lunch. I was done taking a daily nap, but he still liked to take Ilona to his office for a while each afternoon and I figured the time was good for them.

"How are my beautiful girls?" he asked, sticking his head through the door of my cubicle.

"Wonderful," I said, standing and kissing him.

"That's what I like to hear," he said, kissing me back, and then looking at Ilona. "What about you?"

She just gurgled at him.

"Can you say 'Yo' for Daddy?" he asked scooping her up.

According to Ella, she was as close to talking as she was to walking. We were expecting one or both any day now.

"Yo," I heard in Ilona's little voice.

"Babe! Did you hear her?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said smiling and dropping a kiss on Ilona's head. "Good job, Lon. Can you try mommy or daddy now?"

"Yo," she said again.

I just rolled my eyes. I don't know why I even bother some days. The guys had been coaching her on 'Yo' ever since Ella said she was about to start talking.

Smiling, I watched as Ranger left my cubicle with Ilona, and then I got back to work. This was actually the most productive part of my day, so I tried to take advantage of it. I worked hard until about 2:30, and then kept an eye to the elevator. Sure enough, fifteen minutes later, Isa came bursting onto the floor, fresh from school.

She loved living with Ranger and I. I had convinced Ranger to enroll her in public school, rather than another private school like the one Eva had her in. She deserved a normal childhood and eventually Ranger had consented to giving it a try; Isa had adored it. She was in the class between Angie and Mary Alice, and the three of them were fast friends.

I watched as she ran across the floor, skidding to a halt at Ranger's office and running in. Without watching, I knew she was wrapping him in a hug, and then abducting Ilona. Sure enough, I saw her exit the office, holding her little sister and they started their rounds. Isa liked to go around each day and say hi to all the guys working. Once Ilona was big enough to get carted around, she got to go as well. The guys loved it.

"Hi!" she exclaimed, poking her head in so see me once she was done touring the office.

"Hey, Isa," I replied smiling. "How was your day?"

"It was great! Since it was so nice out today we got to go out for recess twice!"

"That's great, Sweetheart," I exclaimed.

"Yeah," she agreed. "And Daddy said Lona said 'Yo,' so I'm gonna go hang out in the control room and try to teach her some more social words."

"Okay, just don't bother the guys," I said, laughing as she and Ilona took off.

I got a few more searches done before being pulled away from my computer by my husband and kissed soundly. "It's time to go home," was all he said to my questioning look.

"Okay," I said, stretching to kiss his nose then logging out my computer.

I was really looking forward to tonight. I had a surprise and it was going to be great. A couple of weeks ago, Ranger and I had finally gotten around to going on our Honeymoon. We had sent the girls to stay with Ella, not wanting to play favorites with their grandmothers, then jetted off to a tropical beach somewhere. I'm still not sure where we actually went, but it was wonderful.

Then, I'd gotten sick and found myself eating Ranger's cereal, so I'd done the only rational thing and gone to Mary Lou's to pee on a couple sticks again. The results were the same as last time. I was telling Ranger and Isa tonight at dinner.

I was pretty sure Ranger knew. He hadn't said anything, but it's hard to hide morning sickness when I had to jump out of his arms in the morning to dash for the bathroom. I was also pretty sure he'd be happy, since he was always wearing a 1000 Watt smile when he asked if I was okay. Oh well, I'd pretty much given up on surprising Batman anyway. At least this time around I wouldn't be the only one off field work for a year.

Isa, on the other hand, had no clue. I had no doubt what her reaction would be. She loved being a big sister and she loved our little family. Even now, ten months after she had come to live with us, she would still look around herself at dinner some nights and just break out in a huge smile. I knew the feeling.

Yeah, life was good.

The End

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