Nope, still don't own CSI.
Thank you everyone for following and reviewing! And thank you for your patience! Thank you RosePetal7, csinycastle85, your-my-best, Sitting Ducki, FlipChick23, Foxfire 832001,enjoyintheread, TotalCSIfan,and Elislin! Hope you and everyone enjoy this chapter!
How will the team find out? Read and review!
Greg looked as a smile spread across Morgan's face. "We...we're really..."
Morgan smiled and laughed. "We are!"
Jackson smiled at Morgan. "Mama better?"
Crawling into bed and giving her husband a loving kiss, Morgan smiled at her son. "I'm okay, honey. You are going to be a big brother."
A small smile grew on Jackson's face. "Yeah?!"
Greg and Morgan laughed and both embraced their son in a hug. Morgan looked at Greg and smiled lovingly. "I love you daddy."
"I love you mommy," Greg said, giving his wife a tender kiss.
Morgan sighed happily and looked at the pregnancy test stick. They were having a baby.
"What's dat?" Jackson asked, looking at the stick in Morgan's hand.
"Um, this is what told me that you're going to be a big brother."
Jackson studied the pregnancy test. "I don't think it says anything."
His parents laughed gently. Greg hoisted his son onto his lap.
Morgan pointed to the small lines on the stick. "See these little lines here?" Jackson looked and nodded. "Well, when those two little lines show up, it means there's a baby."
Greg placed the palm of his hand against Morgan's stomach. "There's a baby in there, Jacks." Morgan smiled as her husband explained it to their son. "There's a baby in there that's growing and waiting to be born and meet its family."
Jackson looked wide-eyed at Morgan's stomach and placed his own hand on her stomach. "De baby's in dere?"
"Yep," Morgan answered. "Your little brother or sister is in there right now."
Jackson smiled and patted Morgan's stomach. "Hi, baby."
"Hi, baby," Greg said. "We can't wait to meet you."
Morgan smiled at her husband and son. "I'll need to see the doctor to be sure, but everything's telling us 'baby'."
Greg nodded. "I know. How soon can you get in?"
"Well, I can get into the clinic this afternoon. We don't have to be at work until later, so..."
"Okay," Greg said. "Want me to go with you?" Morgan nodded, and Greg looked at Jackson. "You want to come, Jacks?" Jackson nodded.
Morgan smiled. "Okay, let's get ready to go."
An hour later, Morgan was in the doctor's office sitting on the examining table while Greg was sitting in a chair with Jackson in his lap. The doctor came in and smiled. "Congratulations, Mrs. Sanders."
Morgan, Greg and Jackson all cheered. The doctor smiled and pulled out her stethoscope. "You're coming along well, about six to eight weeks. Do you guys want to hear it?" Morgan lay back on the examining table for the doctor to listen for the heartbeat. Within seconds, a soft thump-thump filled the room.
Greg smiled and took Morgan's hand. "That's the heart?"
The doctor nodded. "Mm-hmm. Sounds good."
Morgan's eyes filled with tears. "Wow," She said softly.
Jackson's eyes widened when he heard the baby's heartbeat. "Is dat de baby?"
The doctor smiled at him. "Yes, it is. That's your baby brother or sister."
Everyone smiled, and Jackson placed his hand on Morgan's stomach. "I love you, baby."
After they finished at the doctor's office, Greg and Morgan wanted to tell everyone at the lab about the new baby. Greg called Judy and asked her to meet them at the lab to pick up Jackson, so she and everyone could hear the news at the same time.
Morgan sighed happily and kept her hands over her stomach. She glanced back at Jackson, who was happily looking through a storybook in the backseat. "I want Jackson to tell everyone."
Greg smiled. "I thought you'd say that." He glanced at his beautiful wife. "I love you."
Morgan smiled at her husband. "I love you. And I love our family."
Greg, Morgan and Jackson asked Nick to gather everyone in his office for a family meeting. Judy joined the group and gave Jackson a hug when she saw him.
Seeing everyone plus Mrs. Robbins in the office caused some concern among the team. "I-Is everything okay?" Hodges asked for the group.
Morgan smiled and looked at Greg. "O-Oh, yeah, no one's leaving," Morgan assured everyone, remembering how everyone gathered in the office when Catherine announced her departure.
"So, what's up?" Sara asked.
Jackson took Morgan's hand, and Greg knelt down next to him and whispered in his ear. Jackson grinned and proudly announced, "I'm gunna be a big brudder!"
Cheers and congratulations erupted from everyone. Judy embraced Jackson in a big hug, and Nick and Doc Robbins both patted Greg on the back. Morgan received hugs from everyone, and Nick shook Greg and Jackson's hands.
"Congratulations," David said.
"Yeah, that's great, really." Nick said as he hugged Morgan.
Once Morgan had been hugged by most everyone in the room, her father, Conrad Ecklie walked in. He smiled and hugged his daughter. "Congratulations, honey."
"Thank you," Morgan said, feeling relieved that her father approved of and liked Greg.
When he pulled away, Ecklie shook Greg's hand. "Congratulations, Sanders," he said with a smile.
Greg smiled. "Thank you."
Jackson ran over between Ecklie and Greg. "I'm gunna be a big brudder!"
Ecklie and Greg smiled and laughed. "Yes, you are," Ecklie said. "And that makes me a grandpa, how about that?"
"Wow!"
Greg laughed and scooped Jackson up in his arms. "You are going to be a great brother, Jacks." Jackson smiled widely and nodded.
Clearing his throat, Ecklie said, "You, um, told your mother yet, Morgan?"
"No, we just found out for sure today."
"And we need to call your Nana and tell her," Greg told Jackson.
Morgan walked over and hugged her husband and son. "You think she'll be happy?"
"Your mom or mine?"
Morgan thought for a moment. "Either one."
"Your mom will probably be happy. My mom will be over the moon."
Jackson thought for a moment. "When will the baby get here?"
Morgan tousled his hair. "Not for a few months. The baby's gotta get bigger and grow a little bit before it can be born."
"How did the baby get in your tummy?" Jackson innocently asked Morgan.
Conrad, Doc Robbins and Nick chuckled softly as Greg and Morgan shared a look. "We'll tell you at home," Greg said.
"Is the baby a boy or a girl?"
"We don't know yet," Greg replied. "The baby's still small." Hugging his son closer, he thought about how he wished he could have been there when he was born, and how he hoped Jackson would love the new baby.
Judy walked over to the family. "You know, Jackson, the new baby is going to need someone to help out when Mama and Daddy need help."
"That's right," Morgan replied. "You can help daddy and me rock the baby to sleep and give it a bottle and change it's diapers."
Jackson nodded. "I can do that."
Greg smiled and kissed the little boys cheek. "I love you, Jacks."
"Love you too, daddy. Love you mama."
"I love you," Morgan said as she kissed Jackson's forehead. Kissing her husband lightly on the lips, she said. "I love you."
"Love you too."
TBC...
