Sorry for the delay, this chapter was a little confusing to do. Anyways I hope you like it. :)

Dedications: surburbs- (because I love her to death for being awesome and no matter how many times I say thanks, it's really not enough and because the credit for the heartbeats thing goes to her). WeFallForever( because she she reviews so wonderfully everytime. Thanks dear)

Playlist- because I noticed I have a few songs on repeat when I write. Jem- Come On Closer, Eminem- Sing For The Moment.

Dont own CR.

Tess drove to the hospital, humming one of Connect 3's songs. It had been two weeks since Jason had come back and all through those two weeks they had nothing but fun. They had watched tons of movies and eaten even more gummy worms. Also, in-between all of that a good amount of making out had been thrown in.

She giggled thinking about the time they had gone to the album launch. Jason had introduced her as his girlfriend, and to say that jaws had dropped would be an understatement. Caitlyn and Nate had walked up to them and congratulated them, while Caitlyn had given Jason a grin which had turned him an adorable tomato red. She would have to ask him about that later on. She knew Jason and Caitlyn were pretty close but Tess was secure enough about herself not to feel jealous about Jason being friends with other women. She knew that Caitlyn had probably known about them because Jason had told her.

Shane and Mitchie had been a bit more obvious about their confusion but congratulated them anyways. She had spent the rest of the night dancing in Jason's arms, and for her the night had been nothing short of blissful.

She soon reached the hospital and after parking the car in she got out of it and made her way to the hospital.

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Tess sat in the hospital room, tapping her feet impatiently against the white tiled floor. She was anxious. On one hand, she just wanted to get her ultrasound over and done with, but on the other hand she couldn't wait to see the first picture of her baby. Well her baby and Jason's baby. Jason…she still hadn't told him, though she was going to do it soon. She just needed to get used to the idea- that she was going to be a mother –first.

She looked around the room; there were a few other women sitting there. Some of them were heavily pregnant and some of them were barely showing like she was. There was also a scared looking teen sitting there chewing her nails. Tess felt a wave of pity wash over her for the girl. The poor thing looked like she was going to burst into tears anytime. Tess could sympathize, sort of. It was scary becoming a mother, but it was even scarier when you were still a kid yourself. Tearing her eyes away from the girl, she picked up a magazine and began flipping through it.

She was just reading some article about Brangelina and their big brood of kids when she felt some against her leg. She put the magazine down to see a chubby toddler, grasping her leg with his little hands, trying to balance himself. He then happily babbled something

Suddenly the little thing sat down with a plop, and Tess smiled. The kid was simply adorable. She reached down and lifted him onto her lap. The child climbed into her lap willingly and began babbling once more. A young woman came running, clearly searching for the child but when she saw the child sitting happily in Tess's lap, she heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on one of the chairs.

Tess held the baby in her arms, enjoying the feeling of warmth this wonderful little thing provided. She stroked the baby's cheeks marveling at its softness. She pressed a small kiss to its cheek and the baby in turn gave her a little kiss and a one-toothed grin. Tess played with the child, talking to it playing with its little legs.

The child for its part babbled along, happy to sit in a comfortable lap with a nice lady who was clearly entranced by him. His mother looked at them from a distance and smiled. Her son was turning out to be quite the charmer. She then sighed; she could already envision the problems that would arrive in the years to come.

All of a sudden Tess couldn't wait for her own baby to be born. She was ready to accept it diapers, tears, giggles and all. Her name was called and after giving the baby a hug and a few kisses she handed it back to its mother and walked to the ultrasound room.

Already she missed the warmth of the baby in her lap.

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The lab technician greeted her with a smile and asked her to lie down on the bed. She lifted her shirt up and stared at the blank screen on her right side. The lab technician came and stood next to her. She took a tube and squeezed out some gel onto Tess's stomach. The gel felt cool and almost weightless. The technician then took a wand and gently moved it over Tess's stomach, especially on the area where she had applied the gel. She then motioned to Tess to look at the screen.

Tess watched in wonder as the screen came to life and something began moving. That was her baby, her baby moving inside of her. There was life inside of her, and it felt incredible to see it. Tears began to form at the edge of her eyes and they dropped onto her face.

"Aw…hon…don't cry" the technician said as she smiled at Tess. Tess smiled back at her wiping away the tears. She saw the woman press a button and noticed something slide out of the machine.

"This should cheer you up" the technician said. She put down the wand and picked up another item, pressing it gently into Tess' abdomen. Tess looked at the woman, clearly puzzled. All she could hear was a muffled softly thumping noise. Then it dawned on her, and she gasped out loud. That was the baby's heartbeat.

It reverberated around the room, not loudly but softly, with a steady rhythm. Tess broke into a big smile. She had just heard her baby's heartbeat and the feeling had been simply amazing.

Wonder coursed through her veins. Till now she hadn't exactly liked what pregnancy had to offer, which had been a lot of morning sickness. But now she realized all the morning sickness and anything else this pregnancy might throw at her would be worth it.

She got off the bed slowly, even more aware of the baby, just having seen it on the screen. She took the tissue which the technician handed to her and wiped off the remainder of the gel. Thankfully it had only been a water based gel, and as the technician had promised it wasn't sticky.

The lab technician then handed her a big manila envelope. An ultrasound of the baby was inside it. She smiled at Tess.

"You should be 8 weeks along now, so you should be due right around mid-August. When you are twelve weeks along we'll do another ultrasound, andyou can see the baby again. Have a good day dear"

Tess smiled back at her and thanked her.

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Tess walked out of the clinic a spring in her step and on the way out she passed the little baby boy and blew him a kiss and gave his mother a friendly smile.

She then made her way to the car, all the while humming a happy tune. She got into her car and drove away. When she reached her house she noticed a sliver convertible parked outside and guessed Jason was there. She parked her car and walked up the driveway to find Jason sitting on her front steps, looking forlorn.

"Miss me much?" she asked her eyes twinkling.

"Tess! You're back!" Jason said leaping up from the steps. She walked up to him and sat down on the steps, pulling him down too with her.

"Where were you?" Jason asked as he wound an arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. Tess looked at her feet guiltily. Why did everything come down to reminding her that she had to tell him soon?

She looked at the flowerbeds before answering vaguely, "Just had some stuff to take care off". Thankfully Jason believed her and did not question her further. She only felt guiltier and sighed.

"So Tess, I have decided we need to go on our first date?"

"What?"

"You know, date – when two people who like each other go do something together." Jason said mock glaring at her. Tess rolled her eyes at this.

"I know that silly. But why this sudden need to go out on a date?" she asked him taking his hand into her smaller one.

"So that I can announce to the whole world I love Tess Tyler!" Jason said before clapping his hand over his mouth horrified.

Tess stared at Jason, shocked at his admission. For a moment neither said anything.

"Jason?"

"Yeah Tess…" Jason had taken his hand off of hers and was looking nervous and scared - like the sky was going to fall on him at any moment.

"I love you too, and I will go out on a date with you." Tess said smiling at him joyously.

Jason did not say anything; he simply pulled Tess closer and kissed her soundly on the lips.

"Tess, I think I love you more!" Jason said smiling down at her as he stood up and pulled her up with him.

Crap- now she was definitely going to have to tell him. Why did such a nice event have to be followed by such a potentially terrible one? There was truly no rest for the wicked, or as Tess liked to say for the weary because wickedness was simply over-rated.

She sighed. She would tell him tomorrow, right after the date. She only hoped that after everything Jason wasn't going to hate her. Forever.

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