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StrawberryFairy: welll this was the first chapter to be edited, we hope its ok, and we're sorry that we now only have 3 chapters instead of 4 -bows-

ClippedNinja: Yes, we're really sorry, but we decided that this was becoming a little long winded and that its not fair on you all, so we decided to cut and mix chapters 2 and 3 together sorry and we hope you like reading the edited chapter!

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Chapter 2

It was much later when everyone had left. Infact the clock had only just struck 8pm when Ayako and Bou left; carrying a fast asleep Daichi out the office, bidding Naru, Mai, Madoka and Lin a happy Christmas Eve before closing the door behind them.

"Well that was entertaining." Mai laughed as she and Naru put the last of the boxes away.

"More like annoying, we didn't get any work done today." He replied which caused her too sigh.

"It's Christmas eve Naru, I think we're all entitled to a day or two off." She smiled at him as she placed a hand on his shoulder to which he turned around and pulled her towards him where he kissed her.

It didn't last long as a cough sounded from the other side of the office along with a giggle. Looking up they saw Lin and Madoka watching them.

"We're going to head home now." Lin announced as he went to retrieve both his and Madoka's coat.

"Good night Lin, Madoka" Naru answered with a nod.

"Merry Christmas" Mai added as the two walked towards the door.

"Same to you, Mai!" Madoka smiled as Lin opened the door for her.

After they left, the room went oddly quiet as an awkward silence filled the room.

"Mai, do you want to come back to mine?" Naru asked after a little while. Mai stared at him at and the suddenness of his words, but found she was nodding in reply to which Naru smiled slightly. "Come on then, let's go."

Back at their apartment after they had dinner, Mai walked out of the kitchen holding a tray with two cups of tea positioned on top. The living room was quite dark aside from the amber hue from the flames dancing in the fire place that seemed to paint pictures on the items opposite it. One of them being Naru, who was sitting in the arm chair his attention transfixed on the book he was holding.

Shakily carrying the tray over to him she sat it on the coffee table, missing the side glance she received from him before he returned to his book.

"How are you reading that in this light?" She asked which caused him to smirk and chuckle slightly.

"I've read it before." He replied shutting the book and placing it on the arm of the chair and watched Mai closely as she began to pour the tea into mugs, her hands shaking slightly.

"Mai," Naru asked with a sigh which caused her to stop pouring and look up to him. "Is there something bothering you?"

Mai paused at this, staring at the tea pot wondering how to continue. She sat the pot down on the table again and went over to the sofa that sat next to Naru's arm chair.

"I need to talk to you, I've been meaning to for a little while now it's just…."she glanced up to him as she drifted off, he gave her a look encouraging her to continue and after taking a deep breath she did. "I was scared about how you would react." Her voice came out quietly but looking at him she knew he had heard her.

"What is it?" he asked his concern growing as he got up from the chair and moved next to her on the sofa. Mai took a deep breath and placed her hand on his.

"When I went to the doctors, they did a blood test and I got the results back a few weeks ago, everything was normal except that I'm…" she lost her confidence and looked away biting her lip.

"You're what? You're not sick are you?" Naru asked suddenly feeling worried.

"No." Mai smiled at him "it's nothing like that, but it will change things between us."

"What do you mean…." He asked quietly standing up a slight line of anger on his features. "Are you saying you want to break up with me Mai?"

"What? NO!" Mai yelled in reply as she stared up at him in shock. "How could you possibly think that Naru?"

"You've been acting very strange around me for a little while now Mai almost like your avoiding talking to me, what else does that lead me to think?" he replied as he walked over the fire place where he stood and leaned against it.

"That maybe I'm trying to tell you something, but I don't know how." Mai replied as she looked down again, where she heard a sigh.

"If you want to tell me something then tell me already!" he yelled at her in exasperation, his back still towards her. Anger filled her senses and she looked up to him and did as he asked.

"I'm pregnant Naru!"

A silence filled the room as the words seemed to echo and rebound of the walls, replaying in both of their minds. Naru stood as still as stone as he took in his fiancé's words before he turned around slowly to see her looking down to the floor, slowing down her breathing. Naru walked over to her and stood close to her.

"Are you positive?" he asked after a moment or two to which he received a nod.

"I asked them to run it again to be certain and it came back the same, I'm pregnant." She replied and found herself almost instantly in his embrace.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he asked with a smile which grew when she held him in return.

"Because I was worried I guess…"she replied but laughed slightly at having worried for nothing. "I'm sorry."

"Silly" he chuckled letting her go before leaning in and kissing her passionately before they were interrupted by the sound of the clock on the mantle beginning to chime the full Westminster chimes before counting to 12, signalling it was midnight. Mai laughed at this which caused him to frown down at her.

"Merry Christmas Naru." She smiled brightly at him which he returned.

"Merry Christmas Mai." With that he leant in to kiss her again.

As they entered the office later in the morning they were instantly meet again by laughter as the whole gang once again was sat around the lounge area. Hearing the door open they all looked up to see Naru and Mai walk through the doors.

"Merry Christmas!" echoed through the room which caused them both to smile slightly.

"What time do you call this?" Yasuhara asked looking at the clock on the wall that read 10am.

"We slept in as we weren't expecting anyone to be here." Naru replied staring at Yasu who laughed nervously before walking away.

"Merry Christmas Mai!" Daichi's voice called from bellow causing Mai to look down and scoop the little boy up into a hug.

"Merry Christmas, have you had a nice day?" she asked the little boy replied by nodding profusely which caused Mai to laugh and put him back down. "I'll get some drinks."

She began walking towards the kitchen, aware that she was being followed but didn't stop to look around until she was in the kitchen.

"What's the matter Naru?" she asked upon seeing him behind her, he moved forwards and gave her a hug from behind.

"Do they know?" he asked his hands resting on her stomach as indication of what he meant.

"No, only you and Masako." She replied. This caught him off guard and he frowned.

"Masako?" he asked quietly. "how does she know…"

"I sensed it." Masako's voice replied from the doorway. Naru frowned at Masako's words and went to say something to her only to be cut off. "I take it you told him."

"Yes." Mai replied sending the Medium a smile as she continued to serve the drinks.

"Good, then you should know that everyone's waiting for you two so they can start opening presents." Masako replied rolling her eyes which caused Mai to laugh and nod, telling her that they would be right out.

"Let's get out there then" Naru stated with a sigh as he picked the tray of cups off the side and carried it out into the lounge as Mai followed with the tea pot.

"All right, me first!" Bou yelled leaping over to the tree where he was met by a smack from none other than Ayako.

"You idiot, let your son go first!" she yelled, meanwhile Daichi sat and laughed at his parents antics.

"No Mommy, Daddy obviously needs it more than me." He laughed which caused the whole room to do the same, except for Lin and Naru of course but even they smirked.

"Oh really now….we'll see about that!" Bou replied getting up and chasing the little boy, who squealed and ran away laughing hard as his dad chased him.

Everything was going well until the door was swung open and all that was heard was "Ow!" from Bou as he slid down the door, his nose glowing.

"Merry Christmas Everyone." The sound of the voice caused everyone to stop. Naru, Lin and Madoka stared at the door; eyes wide as they watched to people enter the room.

"What are you doing here?" Naru asked after a little while, his voice sounding as shocked as his expression as he watched the western couple enter the room freely.

"Now Oliver, we thought it would be a nice idea to surprise you all with a Christmas Visit!" the lady stated as she walked over to the young man, who was now standing stiffly glaring at the couple, and pulled him into a hug.

"Actually it was your mother's idea; I just went along with it." The man stated as he removed his coat, placing it on the coat rack.

"Nonsense Dear, you were as excited as I was on the plane when we landed." She responded as she let Naru go, albeit reluctantly.

"Luella, Martin what a lovely surprise." Madoka announced, the shock having faded, as she walked towards the couple smiling brightly.

"It's lovely to see you again my dear." Luella replied to the pink haired girl as she pulled her into a hug.

"It's nice to see you all again as well." Martin announced to the rest of the room and it was like someone had pressed the play button. Everyone stood up from their seats and walked over to the newcomers, calling greetings at each other.

Mai stood back and watching with a smile as Naru found himself in another unbreakable hug with his mother. She felt a tug on her skirt and looked down to see Daichi standing next to her, holding onto her skirt. Kneeling down to the child's level she placed a hand on Daichi's back almost as support.

"Mai, who are they?" Daichi asked quietly pointing towards the new comers. It was then it hit Mai that Daichi wasn't old enough to remember the Davies from their last visit; he was after all only a year old at the time.

"That's Uncle Naru's mummy and daddy." She told Daichi who lit up slightly at the prospect.

"And who is this young man?" Luella asked as she walked over to Mai and Daichi. Mai nudged Daichi to introduce himself.

"Daichi Takigawa, miss." He said quietly as he bowed slightly, to which Luella smiled warmly at the young boy.

"My you've gotten big, Martin come here!" Luella called to her husband who was currently talking to Lin.

"What is it dear?" He asked walking over to his wife, apologizing to Lin who simply gave a nod and walked back to his computer.

"You'll never believe who this young man is." Luella gushed indicating to Daichi who was now smiling brightly at the attention.

"My word, is this Bou and Ayako's little lad?" He asked Luella who gave a nod.

Mai took this opportunity to make her way back over to Naru, who was now sitting on the sofa; his eyes closed a look of annoyance on his features.

Looking around the room she noticed everyone had returned to their original activities of course except for Ayako and Bou; who had now walked over to the Davies and were talking, about Daichi Mai suspected. Mai sat down next to Naru and giggled at his expression, which caused him to open an eye and look at her.

"What?" he asked calmly as she continued giggling.

"Just your expression," She replied stopping and smiling at him. He smirked and wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her towards him; where she found herself resting on his chest.

"Right then my dears!" Luella announced suddenly from the front of the room, causing a few of the occupants to jump slightly and face the speaker and her husband. "As its Christmas, Martin and myself have decided to treat you all by taking you to a western restaurant in town, consider it our present to you!"

"Ehh?" the room replied staring at the couple in surprise for the second time that evening.

Before long the gang found their selves standing outside a restaurant that looked like it had been pulled out a movie, the name 'Royal Jubilee' indicating that it was a British restaurant. The group, except Lin, Naru, Madoka, Masako and the Davies, stood in staring in awe at the Ostentatious building.

"Wow…"Mai muttered to which Bou, Ayako, Yasu and John gave a nod in agreement; Daichi just looked up from his mother's arms in confusion.

"Well then let's go inside and eat, I'm starving!" Bou said after a moment or two and lead the small group in. Mai and Naru were the last ones to enter as Naru grabbed Mai's hand and held her back.

"Mai, I think we should tell them tonight….it might get difficult if we don't." he stated and Mai found herself staring at him nervously, thinking over his words; before she gave a sigh.

"Your right…but for now, let's go in before they come looking for us." She replied with a small smile as they walked into the restaurant.

The restaurant itself was very elegantly laid out, the colours gold and white as the theme around the room. The restaurant itself was relatively empty inside except, of course for the large round table in the middle of the room that the SPR team was currently settling into.

"This place is pretty empty…"Yasuhara noted after a little while as he sat next to John, who gave a nod in agreement, and Lin who remained as stoic as ever, even though he was sitting next to Madoka.

"That's because we booked the whole restaurant." Luella said as though it was nothing.

"A-ah….I see." Yasuhara replied slightly taken aback by this.

"Ah there they are what kept you?" Madoka called as Naru and Mai arrived at the table and took the only seats left between Madoka and Luella.

"We were talking about something." Naru merely stated which seemed to instantly grab his mother's attention.

"Oh really do tell!" she exclaimed, turning to them eagerly.

"W-Well erm-" Mai started having glanced at Naru who urged her to tell them.

"Drinks?" A waiter asked as he appeared behind Martin.

"Ah yes thank you" Martin replied before shooting Mai a look of apology.

Mai just smiled at him before looking nervously at Naru who sighed and shrugged as if to say 'it can't be helped'. The group ordered their drinks and started talking amongst themselves as they waited for their drinks.

"I'm not happy with him having that." Ayako told Bou who sighed.

"Ah come on love, its Christmas let him try it." Bou replied to which Ayako sighed in defeat.

"Oh yes! Mai what was it you were going to say?" Luella asked after a moment or two.

"Ah, well I-" Mai was once again cut off by the waiter returning with the drinks.

"Is anyone ready to order?" He asked the group who each gave a nod and told him their orders.

Mai gave a sigh and leaned against the back of the chair her eyes closed, they opened again quickly when Naru grabbed her hand under the table and gave it a squeeze; she looked over to him and smiled.

The small conversations continued again and before long, the inevitable thing happened when you give a 5 year old a fizzy drink.

"Daichi, sit down!" Bou called to his son who was currently running around the restaurant.

"I told you not to give him that fizzy drink!" Ayako yelled at her husband as she watched him chase their 5 year old son around the restaurant.

"Watch out!" a waiter yelled as the boy aimed straight towards him. The waiter moved away to avoid the collision only to trip over the back of a chair leg and smack into Mai's chair as she was taking a sip of her tea. The cup slipped from her hand and the contents landed on her dress.

"Oh God, I am so sorry miss!" the waiter called bowing low besides Mai having seen what happened.

"No, No it was an accident, no harm done." Mai smiled at the waiter as she started to dab her shirt down with some napkins, while Madoka helped her.

"Could you please get us some more napkins?" Madoka asked the waiter who gave a nod and walked away quickly trying to dodge Naru's glare.

"Right young man I think you've had enough coke for a lifetime." Bou announced having caught the young boy who was looking nervously at his angered father, not even daring to look at his mother.

"Sorry about that Mai." Bou said guiltily as he sat Daichi in his chair.

"Its fine, I'm just going to go to the restroom and try to sort this out" Mai replied getting up from her chair and heading towards the restroom. Naru watched her before getting up as well and following her.

Mai sighed leaning against the sink before she filled the white granite sink with warm water before she started to wash as much of the tea out of her shirt as she could. Lifting it up she noticed her stomach was slightly red from the hot tea.

"Did it burn you?" Naru's voice asked from the doorway making her jump and looked over to see him leaning in the door way.

"Naru! You made me jump." She smiled at him then turned to the hand drier that was by the sink and began to try and dry her shirt. She jumped again when two hands wound around her waist from behind before they landed on her stomach where they felt the small bump that was slightly visible. Naru began to wonder why he never noticed it before then shook the thought away when he remembered she hadn't stayed at his house for a few weeks, before the previous night anyway.

"I'm not having much luck am I?" Mai smiled bringing him back to earth.

"We've had a few setbacks." Naru replied after comprehending what she was talking about. "That damn waiter has bad timing."

Mai laughed at this and let her shirt go, straightening the wrinkles out slightly, before turning around to her fiancé and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Maybe we should wait until after dinner?" she suggested.

"Yeah." He smiled at her before pulling her into a kiss. "Let's go back to the table."

Mai gave a nod and they left the rest room and returned back to the table. Not knowing that it'll be even more harder to tell their friends about her pregnancy than she thought.

And that's the end of Chapter 2 Thanks for reading! Again we're really sorry for suddenly editing it and that you loose a chapter out of it. Thank you for the reviews so far! Please continue to show your support.

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