Chapter 4:

"What?" Oscar asked, looking down at Rose with an inscrutable expression.

"I'm pregnant" Rose repeated anxiously, squeezing her eyelids together as she felt her heart sink into her spleen.

Oscar stepped backwards trying to gather the information he had just received.

"You're pregnant?" Oscar replied muttering under his breath so that Frank and Vinnie couldn't make out what was being said.

Rose nodded hard and began to stand to her feet with the help from Carrie, looking over at Oscar she tried to decipher the unfathomable look but his hazel eyes were just unreadable.

"What are you all going on about?" Vinnie asked, looking in his new team mates direction.

"Nothing, Rose just needs to go home." replied Oscar, moving towards the water dispenser and pouring himself a nice cool cup of water.

"Yes I think that's for the best too, don't want you collapsing again on mission. I will make sure Agent Stark and the school are notified." Frank added.

"I'll give you a lift home, no need to pay for a taxi when you have got such nice friends ey!" Oscar interrupted, smirking at Rose.

"Hold on, if you leave we will have to reassign the mission." said Frank.

"No, that's not happening! This is my first mission, why do you have to be such a softy. She can get a taxi or even get one of her parents to pick her up for god's sake." Vinnie replied, looking at Frank and then snarling at Oscar.

"Okay, I might be able to get Stark to agree to you and Carrie doing the mission until Oscar gets back." added Frank, grabbing the phone and calling Stark.

"Come on Rose; grab your bag we need to get going." Oscar said.

"Rose!" Carrie shouted.

"Remember to text me okay, keep me updated."

"Definitely, don't worry I will." replied Rose, walking over to her best friend and giving her an emotionally charged hug.

"Where do you think your going without giving me a kiss." demanded Carrie.

"Very well, come here then if you want one." Oscar said smugly.

Carrie walked over and gave Oscar a gently kiss on his forehead and then Oscar gave Carrie a kiss on the cheek while she gave him an enormous hug.

*IN OSCAR'S CAR*

"Okay so now I can ask. How?" Oscar asked, looking over towards his team mate.

"You know how." Rose said shyly and then looked up grinning nervously.

Oscar ruffled his hair vigorously. "Well, obviously," he added, smirking a little despite himself. "But we were always so careful with contraceptives and stuff"

"Obviously not careful enough" She replied, sighing.

"Remember that time about three weeks ago when we had stayed late after a mission?"

He grinned as he recalled that night.

"Yeah, well" Rose said, obviously.

"So you're pregnant then" Oscar replied.

"I'm pregnant, took a test to confirm it." said Rose.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Oscar said with concern, caressing the stirring wheel with his thumb nervously.

Rose shrugged. "I thought it was just the flu. I never thought it'd be-"

"So that's what this morning was all about then, why you and Carrie were so off and quite" asked Oscar.

"Carrie doesn't know, by the way." said Rose, opening the car window to get some fresh air.

"About us.. she knows about the baby but not about us."

"There is no us. It was just sex and now we are in this mess." replied Oscar.

"I know I meant, she doesn't know that you could be the father."

Oscar sighed in relief. "Well that's good."

"Hang on, what do you mean could be?"

"Vinnie..." Rose said hesitantly.