Chapter 7

Jess was finishing up packing all of her stuff that was at the hospital before she was finally able to leave and only Colin was with her at the hospital, but Nicole and Antonio promised to stop by later. "Jessica are you ready to go?" The doctor asked her.

"Yes, I am." Jess said excitedly.

"Now remember, you need to be on bed rest for about a week, then when you go back to work take it easy for awhile alright?" The doctor asked her.

"I will." Jess reluctantly agreed. She wanted to get back to work so much, but she knew that there was no way Pollock and Nicole would let her get back to work, even though Pollock had said he would put her on desk duty. He had changed his mind so that Jess would relax more and not get stressed.

"Good." The doctor agreed. He signed her discharge papers and a nurse took Jess outside to wait for Colin to get the car.

Colin soon came up to the where Jess was waiting, and Jess had never been happier. "I am so glad to be coming home." Jess said as they rode home.

"I'm glad everything is alright. I'm still a little leery about leaving you though." Colin told Jess.

"It's fine, I just have to keep myself busy for about a week without work. I think I will lose my mind, again." Jess sighed.

"No you won't, you'll do fine." Colin told her.

"I know I will, but I miss being able to work." Jess said.

"You'll be back at work before you know it, and then you'll want time off." Colin joked.

"I know, but you know we're going to a have a baby in five to six months, and everything is going to be so much different." Jess reminded him.

"But it will be different for the better." Colin told her.

"Yeah, you're right." Jess said.

The rest of the ride home was silent. Once they were inside Jess was extremely tired, so she went and lied down on the bed. Colin went and lied down beside her. "I'm going to miss you Jess." Colin said as he stroked her hair.

"I'm going to miss you too Colin." Jess told him tiredly.

They both laid there until Jess fell asleep. Colin watched her sleeping and regretted that he ever let himself take the undercover job for a week but he couldn't back out now, and he knew that Jess was right and that everything would be fine while he was gone. Before he knew it, he too had fallen asleep.

When the two of them finally woke up, it was about 6 that night. "Hey Colin." Jess said as she was waking up.

"You're awake." Colin teased.

"Don't you have to leave in two hours?" Jess asked him.

"Yes, unfortunately." Colin mumbled.

"Aw, come on, it will be fun. How about I fix you some dinner before you go?" Jess asked him.

Colin smiled. "That would be great."

So Jess got up and fixed him one of the best dinners ever since he was leaving. Around 7, Nicole and Antonio stopped by Jess's. "Hey guys." Jess said as she let them inside.

"Jess, how are you feeling?" Nicole asked her.

"A little sore and tired, but doing better." Jess told her.

"That's great." Antonio said.

"Yeah." Jess agreed.

"Hey Antonio, Nicole." Colin said. "Well, Jess I need to be getting ready to leave."

"Where are you going?" Nicole asked him.

"I have to go undercover for about a week. Jess insisted that I go." Colin added.

"Sure." Nicole said. Colin got up and walked back to their room to pack his stuff. "Girl, did you really say he could go?"

"Yes, I did." Jess admitted. "He needs to go to work, especially since he's going to be out for awhile right before the baby is born and right after."

"Yeah that is true." Antonio agreed with Jess.

"Yeah, and he is leaving the office in an hour, so he's got to leave here anytime now." Jess said,

"Oh ok." Nicole said a little surprised.

About 10 minutes later, Colin was ready to leave to go undercover. "Well, I got to go Jess. I love you and if anything happens, make sure you get up with me." Colin reminded her.

"Don't worry Colin, I will. I love you too, and I'll see you in a week." Jess promised. They gave each other one last kiss before Colin left. "Bye."

"Bye Jess." Colin said.

"I'm going to miss him." Jess told them.

"Well, we're here for you." Nicole reassured Jess.

"Thanks you guys." Jess said smiling.

Jess woke up the next morning remembering that Colin had left the night before. She knew she had to come up with something to do for a week, but didn't know what. As she sat down to read the newspaper that she figured out what she would do. She would start looking for a new house for her and Colin.

Since Jess was supposed to be on bed rest and wasn't allowed to drive, she decided to look for houses online. She knew exactly what type of house her and Colin wanted, so she wouldn't have a problem trying to find a nice house for them.

"So what do you think about Colin going undercover while Jess is supposed to be on bed rest?" Antonio asked Nicole.

"I mean Jess did tell him to go, so it's cool. He needed to work anyway, Like Jess said, he is going to be out for awhile here soon." Nicole said.

"Yeah, I agree." Antonio said.

"Still though, I wonder what Jess is going to do for a week without work." Nicole wondered.

"I don't know. Maybe she'll start looking for that new house that she and Colin want." Antonio said.

"Yeah, maybe, but she can't drive." Nicole said. "At least that's what she said the doctor said."

"Maybe you can help her look." Antonio suggested.

"Yeah, that would be fun." Nicole said.

"You should go ask Pollock if you can do that with her tomorrow." Antonio said.

"I will." Nicole agreed.

"Sir, can I talk to you for a minute?" Nicole asked Pollock once they got done giving him an update on the case.

"Sure agent." Pollock said as they walked into his office.

"I was wondering if me and Jess could go and possibly look at some houses for her and Colin to start considering to buy since they will be buying a new house soon." Nicole asked.

"Does Mastriani want to?" Pollock asked.

"I don't know sir, but if she does can I go with her?" Nicole asked remaining hopeful.

Pollock didn't say anything for a minute and that made Nicole nervous. "Of course agent. Mastriani probably has nothing better to do with her week off."

"Thank you so much sir. I will talk to her about it tomorrow and then tell you what she said." Nicole told Pollock.

"Alright agent." Pollock said as Nicole left his office.

Since it was going pretty slow, Nicole decided to go ahead and call Jess to see if that is what she wanted to do tomorrow. "Hello?" Jess asked answering her cell phone.

"Hey Jess." Nicole said.

"Nicole!" Jess responded happily. "What's up?"

"I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to go look at some houses for you and Colin to possibly consider buying tomorrow. I'll come with you." Nicole said.

"Oh, I'd love to. I was actually going to start looking for some online today." Jess told Nicole.

"Great. I'll tell Pollock that you want to so then I have the day off tomorrow." Nicole said.

"Thanks Nicole." Jess said happily.

"No problem Jess. I'll see you tomorrow." Nicole said.

"See you tomorrow Nicole. Bye." Jess said.

"Bye." Nicole said.

Nicole then went back to Pollock's office to tell him that Jess said she wanted to go tomorrow. "Hi sir."

"Did you talk to Mastriani?" Pollock asked Nicole.

"I did and she said that she wants to go looking for houses tomorrow." Nicole said.

"Great. Well then you have the day off tomorrow." Pollock approved.

"Thank you sir." Nicole said.

"No problem, just have fun with Mastriani." Pollock responded to her.

"I will sir." Nicole said smiling as she walked out of his office.

The next morning Jess woke up hearing someone knocking on her door. She had no idea who it could've been since she was still half asleep. She looked at the clock and it was only 8 am. She dragged herself out of bed and answered the door. "Good morning." Nicole said cheerfully.

"Hey Nicole." Jess said sleepily.

"Did I wake you up?" Nicole asked seeing how sleepy Jess was.

"Yeah, but it's fine. I need to get up anyway." Jess said. "Come on in."

"So what do you think about finally being able to go and look for your own house? Are you excited?" Nicole asked excited for Jess.

"Oh am I ever. I hope we find several nice ones to show Colin when he gets back." Jess said as she started making coffee to wake herself up.

"I hope we do too. You deserve this so much Jess." Nicole told her best friend.

"Thanks Nicole. Thank you so much for taking a day off from work to help me look for a nice house today." Jess said.

"It's no problem Jess. I'm actually looking forward to it. Thank Pollock for letting me off." Nicole said. "I was worried for a minute that he would say no."

"I know. I'm surprised that he let you off for the day." Jess said. "But I guess Pollock can always throw surprises at us like he did this time."

"Yep. Now hurry up and get ready girl. We got to go looking for some houses." Nicole said smiling at Jess.

Jess smiled back at Nicole and went to get ready.

"I have about 10 houses printed out that I found last night in the DC metro area and I figured we could start with those." Jess said as she handed Nicole the papers she had printed out.

"That sounds good to me." Nicole said as she looked at the houses that Jess had found. "Shall we get started?"

"Yes we should." Jess agreed with Nicole.

They had visited 6 of the houses Jess had found online so far and Jess hadn't liked any of them that much. But when they arrived at the 7th house on the list, Jess instantly knew this was the house that she wanted. "Nicole, this house is perfect." Jess said.

"It looks really nice and whoever had it, kept it up well." Nicole said.

"I wonder if we could look inside." Jess asked out loud.

"Let's go see." Nicole suggested since there was a car in the driveway.

The house was a small, two-story, brick house with a small garage and a good sized front and back yard. It also had a moderate sized screened in porch in the back. Jess and Nicole got lucky since the car in the driveway was the realtor's car and she gladly let them have a look inside.

Inside the house had a living room with a gorgeous fireplace, a kitchen that attached on into the dining room. Upstairs there were 4 bedrooms, and the master bedroom had the largest bathroom attached to it. "This room is great for the nursery." Jess said as she looked around the second smallest room. "And this will be mine and Colin's room." Jess laughed as she looked all around the master bedroom and bathroom.

"Of course, you wouldn't have it any other way." Nicole teased.

"This is the house that Colin and I have to have. It's just the right size and in a good neighborhood too." Jess emphasized.

"I fully agree with that Jess. Once Colin gets back you should bring him here and see if he likes it too, which I know he will." Nicole agreed.

"I know he will too." Jess smiled.

Thanks so much to all of my reviewers! I didn't mean to fall so far behind but with the holidays, school, and more I've just been almost too busy to write. I'm currently writing chapter 8 now, so it will probably be a couple weeks before I get it up. Please R&R! 4 reviews and I will try to put chapter 8 up. I will try to update my 2 other stories soon. Lexie