A/N: HUGE thanks to Gaelen and DTD!!
The doctors, the team, her family, Danny and Lindsay all agreed that it would best if she stayed in the hospital until she was safely past her first trimester and she was more mobile by herself. She had begun physical therapy, not pushing herself to go to fast and hard, letting her body heal. She still couldn't put too much weight on her hip for an excessive amount of time, but she was healing. Able to use crutches when needed, and able to use a wheelchair.
Finally a month after being admitted into the hospital again, she was being released today. She was lying on the hospital bed waiting for Danny to come in with the nurse, with her discharge papers and wheel chair.
She had her shirt pulled up to reveal her more pronounced nearly 4.5 month bump, and she was concentrating hard on it.
"Montana, what're ya doin'?" Danny asked as he walked in, his eyes falling on her beautiful belly.
"I look like the guy on the first Alien movie," she complained, "I feel like any second my belly is gonna bust open and our baby is gonna be an alien running around."
He laughed a little, "You're beautiful. You'll even be beautiful when your belly is so big, you can't see your feet. Messer babies are big ya know," he teased leaning down to brush a kiss on her forehead, but she shrunk back.
"You just say that..." she said softly, "because you have to, not because you want to."
Sighing he closed his eyes a minute. Another fun day, oh goody, he thought sarcastically. He just had to keep trying. They had good and bad days. Some days she let him in, some days she would yell at him, or ignored him completely. Some days she would tell him to go away. He just had to keep trying. Keep letting her know he loved her, and was going to be there...no matter what she said, no matter how many times she pushed him away, he was going to be there - for her, and their baby. He liked to think she was so snippy because of her hormones, but he knew that just wasn't it. He screwed up bad.
Leaning down to whisper just above her ear, "I love you, Montana. I know you've got it in your head that I'm only here for the baby. I screwed us up, and I'm gonna do my damndest to make you see I'm here for you AND our baby."