Chapter 4

After Randy and Samantha headed to bed, John stepped out onto the balcony and called Katie. He wanted to hold her in his arms and kiss her, but for now the sound of her voice would have to do. Katie picked up her phone and saw that it was John calling.

"Hello." Katie answered her phone.

"Hey baby. God I miss you." John responded.

"I miss you too. How did things go?" Katie asked.

"I told her everything and she will also be on the first flight back to Tampa to pack up her things and move out of my house. I am calling my lawyer in the morning and filing for divorce. Katie, I want you in my life everyday. I hate not being able to be with you, hold you and kiss you. I especially want to be there for our baby." John answered.

"I miss you too. And I want you to be here for every appointment, ultrasound, birthing class, and especially for the birth of our baby. I don't want to do this alone." Katie responded.

"Baby you won't be alone. After the show on Monday, I am going to fly out to Seattle to be with you." John stated.

"I can't wait. I love you John." Katie responded.

"I love you too, Katie." John stated. "It's been a long day for the both of us, so why don't we get some sleep and I will call you tomorrow."

"Sounds good. Now that you know about the baby and I know that you want to be a part of his or her life, I can finally relax. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Katie responded before hanging up.

John had a hard time sleeping that night. He took off his wedding band and played with it. At one point he really did love Liz, but he never really was in love with her. 6 am came rather quickly and John placed a call to his lawyer. By 8 am the divorce papers were waiting for John in the lobby. Liz's flight wasn't until noon due to delays. John looked over the papers and signed them before taking them to Liz's room.

"John, where have you been all night?" Liz asked.

"None of your business. Sign these." John answered.

"What are these?" Liz asked as she took the papers.

"Divorce papers. Just sign them so we can go our separate ways." John answered. "I expect you be out of my house by the end on next week at the latest. Got it."

Liz really didn't want to sign the papers, but she did anyways. She told John that she would be gone as soon as she could. John took the signed papers and faxed them back to his lawyer who had an appointment to meet with the judge that afternoon to start the process. John headed back to his room after Liz left and just laid on the bed. He wanted nothing more than to have Katie there with him, but he had to wait until after the show Monday night.

Monday night couldn't have come fast enough for John. As he boarded his flight to Seattle, John sent Katie a text with his flight number and time of arrival. Katie said she would be at the airport in baggage claim waiting for him. John turned off his phone, settled into his seat and hoped that the next five hours would go by quickly.

Katie cleaned up her house and took a shower before leaving for the airport. She wanted to get a good parking spot so they didn't have to walk to far. Katie couldn't wait to have John back in her arms again. Katie parked her car and headed into the airport. There really weren't too many people around at the moment and she still had about 2 hours before John's flight landed.

Katie walked over to some of the shops and looked around. She couldn't help but look at the baby clothes. They had a wide selection of onesies with Seattle written on them. Katie had a great idea about some of the baby clothes. She wanted to get a onesie from every city that John has a show in as she figured that after the baby is born she would be traveling with him anyways.

Katie paid for a few items before walking over to a book store. Even though they didn't know what the sex of the baby was yet, she wanted to get a head start on names. After finding a decent baby names book and paying for it, she headed to a little restaurant and got something to eat and drink while she was waiting.

John's flight finally landed about 20 minutes early and Katie was anxiously waiting for him at the bottom of the escalator. As soon as she saw John, she couldn't help but smile. John rushed down to her and pulled her into his arms before claiming her lips in a kiss. After getting John's luggage, they headed towards Katie's car.

"I've missed you so much." John stated.

"I've missed you too." Katie responded.

"How does it feel to be pregnant?" John asked.

"I really haven't noticed it too much. The morning sickness is the worst part, but its not as bad as it was last week." Katie answered.

"I still can't believe that we are going to have a baby." John responded.

"Me either." Katie stated.

"When do we get to find out what the baby is?" John asked.

"Somewhere between 18 and 24 weeks. I'm only 11 weeks now, so we have at least 7 weeks before we can find out." Katie answered as she merged onto the main highway.

"Ok. So when I told Liz everything, she demanded an amnio test. I'm not sure what that is, but she was insistent on getting one done. I personally don't care if you want one done, as I know that this baby is mine and haven't for one moment thought otherwise." John responded.

"Ok. An amnio test is where they take a sample of amniotic fluid to test against two or more possible fathers. It's a prenatal DNA test basically." Katie stated.

"Oh, ok. Well, it's up to you if you want the test done." John responded.

"I'll do it if it would mean shutting her up." Katie stated. "But we have 5 weeks before they will do anything like that."

"Ok. So how much further to your house?" John asked.

"About 10 miles." Katie answered as they pulled off the highway and onto city roads.

Once they arrived at Katie's house, John brought his bags in and Katie showed him to the master bedroom. While John unpacked, Katie went through the bags of stuff that she purchased at the airport. John looked over and saw the onesies and just smiled.

"Already buying for the baby?" John asked.

"I couldn't help it. They are cute and thought that if we get onesies from every city that you go to, when the baby and I join you on the road, the baby can wear the onesie of the city that we are in." Katie answered.

"I love that idea! What else did you buy?" John asked.

"Coffee mugs, a baby names book, and a baby blanket." Katie answered.

"Nice. So what kind of names are you thinking of for the baby?" John asked.

"I don't know. I just thought we could start looking at names and then when we know what we are having we can narrow down the names." Katie answered.

Once the house was locked up and John was unpacked, Katie and John headed to bed. John pulled Katie close to him and just held her. It wasn't long before Katie had drifted off to sleep and John placed a hand on her stomach that held their baby before falling asleep.