Kaori looked at Mac in horror, he had hit her.

The words 'he hit me' ran through her mind over and over again. Mac had stopped attacking and his eyes were fixed onto her with her eyes still filled with fear, it was the first time she had been afraid of Mac and the feeling was horrible.

Sid tried to take this advantage and he tried to attack Mac again but a bystander decided to stop him and he calmly told Sid to calm down.

It worked and Sid walked outside.

The crowd had severed in amounts and Mac still hadn't moved from his position, his muscles had refused to move, his mind was replaying 'I hit her' over and over again.

This had gone too far!

What had gone from a simple street fight had taken a turn for the worst and now he was facing the worst, what will happen now?

Without a word Kaori steadily rose to her feet and glanced away from him.

"Kaori…I..." he started but Kaori looked at him with fear and she walked off to outside.

Mac knew it was pointless going after her; she was only going to attack him with words. He couldn't bare her words cutting him deep yet, he gave her time to cool down and he needed the same thing but it wasn't that easy, he might have ruined their relationship for good.

Kaori had left the club and had walked off wherever her feet took her, the town was up in the bright neon lights and the soft fall of snow was refreshing for hot and sore skin.

She walked into a convenience store and something inside her wanted to take precautions, she purchased a little white box and dreaded it.

No words were exchanged between her and the store owner, none were needed.

She handed the money over and slowly walked home, she was in no rush, she wondered how long Mac was going to take before he went looking for her, but knowing him he would have needed time for him to cool down.

She opened the wooden door and walked into the entrance of her house and was greeted by Sandwich and Pepsi, who were playing a game of tag, Pepsi was the tagger apparently.

Kaori smiled and she walked up to the bathroom, the little white box held firmly in her hand.

Moments later the little white stick was sitting on the bench while she sat waiting in anxiety on the bed.

While she sat there, she heard the engine of Mac's car roaring into the garage and the sudden silence stunned her.

She couldn't have him in the same house right now.

She quickly grabbed the stick without daring to look at it; she ran down stairs and held the door closed as Mac was turning the door knob.

"Kaori! It's me, open up!" Mac protested.

"No, I can't." She began to sob.

"Why not?" Mac asked.

"Mac, you hit me." She cried behind the wooden door.

"I'm so sorry! I never meant to hit you! Hitting you is was the last thing on my mind! Kaori, you know I will never purposely hit you!" Mac shouted.

"How can I believe you?" Kaori asked as she began to slide down the door still feeling the hot stinging tears flow down her hot face.

Mac leaned his arm against the door, he knew he had abandoned her trust, he had to earn it back no matter how many more apologises it was going to take.

"Kaori, I'm not leaving, I promised you that, I'm never going to leave you!" Mac whispered.

"You promised you would never hit me, but look what happened!" She shouted in a mixture of anger and sadness.

"Kaori! You know that wasn't intentional! It was aimed at Sid! Which by the way he claims you guys kissed, is that true?" Mac asked.

Kaori's body froze, why had Sid bragged about it?

"Kaori? Is it true?" He asked again.

"You have to understand…" She began.

"Oh for gods sake! You did! And here you are screaming at me for hitting you!" Mac shouted.

"Mac," Kaori cried her eyes out by this point.

"Look we have been through this before on our honeymoon, you don't love him do you?" Mac asked.

Kaori stood up in disgust.

"NO! It's complicated; something inside me was wanting the life of parties and being happy while loosing myself in the beat of music. Somehow Sid changed my view of 'Happiness' I realise that being married with you is the most happiness I could ever obtain. I never kissed him, he kissed me and he swore I kissed back but every time I pulled away he grabbed me again and tried to charm me but all I wanted was to be in your arms." Kaori cried against the door, with Mac's ears carefully listening on the other side.

"Kaori, why did you lie to me about racing Psymon when it was Sid you were seeing?" He asked.

"Because I knew if I said it was him, you would have objected and something told me to see him. It was as if he had put a charm on me and I had to see what the life of the party really was." She sobbed.

"Kaori, you told me that I was the only one that put a charm over you. Have I lost that talent?" Mac asked still rather pissed off.

"No! You will never loose that talent, I love you and I will never stop loving you. But I realise that you are my party." She whispered.

"Well, it doesn't matter anymore; I think you just may have closed the doors on this party." Mac sighed.

Kaori felt more tears running down her face but then her hand felt the stick lodged in between her fingers, using the bravery she had obtained from Mac she looked at it.

The answer in her hand was overwhelming; she started to cry tears of joy.

"Kaori?" Mac had wondered if he was going to get an answer.

The door opened and he saw her red face, with the dry tears still on her cheek.

"The doors can't close on me." Kaori told him while her eyes drilled into his.

"What?"

"I'm pregnant." She smiled.

The words hit him like a bullet, was he going to be a father?

"Real?" the word barely got out of his mouth.

She nodded and held up the stick, the stick was occupied with a massive blue plus symbol on it.

Suddenly all the anger drowned in Mac and the feeling of joy spread over him and she hugged his wife and lifted her into the air, twirling her as he did when they were younger.

"You're going to be a dad!" Kaori shouted.

"A family, it's what's you always wanted right?" Mac smiled.

"A family I started with you." Kaori whispered and the two locked mouths and kissed each other, forgetting all the arguments, forgetting Sid, forgetting everything except for each other.

Most would say it was the perfect kiss, but the two who experienced it felt nothing but love and the feeling of something new, the craving Kaori had wanted.

The closeness Mac wanted to feel with her, sharing something special with her.

Mac looked up in the room, it had been 4 and half months since he found out his wife was pregnant, and her belly was obviously showing it now and he was now sitting in the white waiting room, his patience was in turmoil. He had been waiting for a long 3 hours, without a peep from the doctors.

What was going on?

It was only a simple check-up. Suddenly the nurse that had taken her in approached him.

"Is she alright?" He asked in a rush.

The nurse gave him a slight bow.

"She is fine Mr. Fraser. Would you like to see her?"

"YES!" He shouted.

He followed her to the room and there was Kaori lying on the hospital bed showing her belly to the nurse.

"Would you like to see your baby?" The male nurse asked as he turned the machine on.

"Yes." Kaori replied.

A few moments later the scanner was running and the nurse was running a tiny scanner over Kaori's stomach.

"Well, if you look here you will see your baby's head." The nurse pointed out.

"Oh my god, it's beautiful." Kaori said breath taken.

"I don't see it, it just looks like a big blob of jelly," Mac said.
The nurse rolled his eyes and pointed with his finger the outline of the baby's head.

"I see it now." Mac smiled, he looked at his wife and she was mesmerized by it.

"Oh Mac, we're a family." She whispered.

"It's been awhile but we've made it, I love you." Mac smiled and leaned down to kiss her on the cheek.

"Are you interested in finding put the sex of the baby?" the nurse asked.

They looked at each other,

"I think we should, and then we can decide on names." Mac suggested.

"I think we should wait until the birth then it will be special." Kaori said.

"But, it already will be special," Mac said.

"But this will make it even more special." Kaori countered.

"If I may, you can decide names now for both girl and boy and choose the name for the baby when it enters the world." The nurse suggested.

"Good idea." Mac agreed.

Kaori nodded her head.

"Well, your baby is perfectly healthy and functioning properly, we won't need to see you for another few months yet, Mrs. Fraser," The nurse confirmed as he switched off the machine.

"Thank you very much." Mac thanked as they walked out the door and soon they were on their way home.

"I love you Mac."

Mac looked at her with a big smile.

"What brought that up?" he asked innocently.

"Because it's the truth and because I can say it." Kaori answered.

"Also we need some cat and dog food." Kaori quickly added in.

"That's nice." Mac replied and turned the car into the car park for the local store.

Mac quickly got in and left Kaori sitting in the passenger seat admiring the scenery, the beautiful snow was glistening by the sun; the substance was slowly melting and was probably nearing the end of its life. The fresh new storm forecasted for tonight was going to renew the ground with the sparkling white paradise and Kaori couldn't wait to take on the snow again.

She sensed a sudden discomfort, a presence was watching her, and she quickly turned her head and didn't see anyone there. A seems of paranoia came over her, why would anyone spy on her? What did she have that they wanted? Her baby?

"Mac!" She called and Mac came out of the store with a heavy package of pet food in his arms.

"What is it my darling?" He asked,

"I feel like we are being watched." She whispered.

"Then let's go home." He smiled and he sat down in the driver's seat and kissed her.

Kaori thought she saw a shadow appear on one of the walls but she didn't have time to investigate since Mac was already leaving with her, just the way she wanted it to be.

Being home was more comforting and she sat down in the living area upstairs gazing at the neighbourhood.

She felt a nudge against her foot and found her black and grey kitten named Pepsi purring against her leg.

"Hello there." She said as she stroked Pepsi's fur.

"SANDWICH! PEPSI! FOOD!" Mac shouted from downstairs.

Pepsi suddenly lost interest in Kaori and she ran down the stairs to find the food.

There she met Sandwich, for an Alaskan husky he sure was huge. Pepsi was barely up to his stomach.

Mac watched them, then he glanced upstairs, wondering what Kaori was doing.

He was about to go and find out but the sudden ring of the phone gave him a fright.

"I'll get it." Mac shouted and greeted the phone.

"Hello?" he asked

"Hi Mac, how's it going?" Gabriella answered.

"Sup Gabby, its going good, thanks for asking. How's it with you?" He asked.

"Having some relationship problems with JP but I think we'll work it out. He's just a stubborn twit sometimes." She laughed.

"Yeah, men, what will we do to displease you next?" Mac joked.

"I've been meaning to ask, how's Kaori? How was it with the scan?" She asked.

"The baby is perfectly healthy the doctor said. Kaori is doing really well, she hardly ever is in a bad mood, the last time she was in a bad mood was when she accidentally spilt her milkshake all over the floor. Which was no problem cleaning up, the floor is lino." Mac explained.

"I see, can I talk to her please?" Gabriella asked.

"Don't wanna talk to me? Fine. Two can play at that game!" Mac joked trying to sound offended.

"But…" Gabriella started.

"Relax Gabby, I'm just teasing you, here's Kaori." Mac said and he handed the phone to Kaori.

"Hi Gabriella." Kaori always used her proper title for some reason. Maybe she found Mac's nickname shabby?

"Hello Kaori. How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Oh very good, thank you. How's your life?" Kaori asked.

"Well actually, I need your advice." She stated.

"On what?"

"Well, me and JP broke up." She stated.

"Why?" Kaori asked.

"Things just weren't going well and I have my eyes on someone else." Gabriella said.

"You're not getting Mac." Kaori joked.

Gabriella laughed.

"Good heavens no, It's someone who I know you're not particularly fond of." Gabriella said.

"Psymon?" Kaori asked in surprise,

"Actually it's Sid."

"Oh my god, what do you see in him?" Kaori asked very surprised but a little disgusted.

"I see a man who craves affection; He is like how I was a couple years ago, desperate for someone to love and for someone to love them back. I think I'll make it easier for him to reach it." Gabriella said.

"Well, go for it, I don't really like the guy but you have to like him to for this to work. Don't go bursting into his life and then ditch him later. Did you do that to JP?" Kaori asked.

"No, he broke it off with me."

"Why?"

"Because I know he never liked me that much, sure we had some good times but in the end, it was pointless, both of us knew it but he was more intent on ending it. Besides I kept having…uh…fantasies about Sid." Gabriella said.

Kaori giggled a bit, she couldn't imagine anyone having fantasies about Sid.

Now that she thought about, ever since that night she hadn't had much to do with him for at least 4 months, it wasn't really on her mind whether they became friends again or not, it was just a case of having to keep Mac from thrashing him every sight.

But now it was easier now, he was more concerned with his oncoming baby and his loving wife. He cared for their safety and sometimes it was turn on for Kaori, and being pregnant was tampering with her sex life, she had wanted Mac more times than any other time in her life, not that Mac was complaining.

"Well, I'm not getting you two together, cos frankly I don't really want to talk to him. But do what your heart tells you Gabriella; now that your not tied down to JP, you can do what you want." Kaori told her.

"Thank you Kaori, is there anything romantic he likes I could try to get him?"

"He likes plane rides, get really close to him and maybe 'accidentally kiss' him. He did that to me, oh and make fun of it." Kaori added.

"Okay, thanks for the tip; well I have to go now, see you later Kaori." Gabriella thanked and then she hung up the phone leaving Kaori's ears dancing to a beep beep beep.

Kaori hung up her phone and placed it back on the hook downstairs, she saw Mac wrestling with Sandwich, and he was almost as big as Mac, Pepsi was busy grooming herself on the couch above them.

Kaori smiled as she watched her husband wrestle the husky and she opened the cupboard and searched for a drink.

"Hey Mac, what do you think of Gabriella going out with Sid?" Kaori asked and Mac pushed Sandwich off him and stood up.

"I thought she was going out with JP?"

"They broke up, JP broke it for them." Kaori explained.

"Dam, those two were like perfect for each other. So now Gabriella likes Sid?" Mac asked.

Kaori nodded as she took a sip from her drink.

"Well, its her life but she sure as hell ain't taking us on a double date, unless she wants a street fight." Mac sighed.

"You know how I feel about you guys fighting." Kaori told him.

"Yeah, nut you can't stand the guy either." Mac said.

"I know but that's hardly a good enough reason to fight." Kaori said.

"I guess your right."

Kaori smiled and walked over to Mac and hugged him tightly.

"I love you." She whispered.

Mac smiled and hugged her back, while whispering in her ear,

"I love you to Kaori Fraser."

Mac loved it how she shared his last name, it was like they were together, sharing the same life force, filled with love, trust and hope…