A/N: This is probably lowest on my ladder of stories, yet inspiration struck and it is so much fun to write, and I REALLY MISS BRODY! With the season premiere, this is way AU-but isn't that what FF is for? I'll answer that with a resounding damn straight! Also, it's picked up some new followers and I never want to let my peeps down! Yes, I said peeps. Live with it.

A/N: DI is Defence Intelligence - the British Intelligence agency that covers all branches of service.

Chapter Three

Ten minutes later, the four of them sat at the kitchen table, the air heavy with silence. Pride and Brody occupied one side, LaSalle and Percy the other. While Merri looked the color of rancid mayonnaise, she managed to keep down a few bites of toast. Pride and LaSalle wolfed down the beignets, probably to avoid discussion.

Percy had no appetite. She alternately traced and tapped the top of her tea mug with a well manicured finger. Finally, she couldn't hold it in any longer.

"So, we're just gonna sit here and be all 'Young and the Restless' about this?" she spat out.

"Sonja..." LaSalle began.

"No, really" she said crossing her arms. "Me and LaSalle, you two guys, and now you're pregnant! This is some kind of fucked-up."

Pride and Brody gave each other small supportive smiles.

Brody said, "Well, we were first…"

"And yet, didn't share that with the class," Percy snarked.

"Would that have changed the way you feel about Christopher?" Pride asked.

Percy made a face. She could not ask them to hold back any more than she could with Chris.

"No…" she said reluctantly. "But, what are you gonna do?" Then thinking of the unpleasant implications of that question, added hastily, "You getting married?"

Pride reached out and took Merri's hand. "We've talked about it," he said.

"Yes, we have," she affirmed. "But, we're taking it slowly, for now."

Percy opened her mouth, she was going to say something about it being too late for that, but her filter intervened. LaSalle touched her hand and gave her a 'be nice' look.

"So?" she began.

"So," Pride began to smile. "We're having a baby. And, we're gonna to be the best parents we can."

"You going public?" LaSalle said, wiping of his mouth.

"Not right now," Pride admitted. "But, soon, before it's becomes apparent, because..."

"Enquiring minds will want to know," Chris finished the sentence.

"I love this lady," Pride smiled at Merri. "And, I'm not ashamed of that or the pregnancy."

Brody smiled back sweetly and squeezed his hand. She managed to eke out, "Neither am I," before suddenly covering her mouth and bolting again for the bathroom. Her retching started again with the subtlety of a chainsaw.

"I'd better go back in there," Pride said. He got up and turned to Percy and LaSalle, surprising them with a broad smile. "I read that having bad morning sickness is a sign of a healthy pregnancy - means all the hormones are working." Merri punctuated this point by beginning a series of dry heaves. He hurried back.

Sonja held her head in her hands and looked over at LaSalle.

"You know what this means?" she asked.

"What?" he said, still eating.

"One or both of us will have to quit!"

Chris stopped and faced her. "Now how do you figure that?"

"C'mon, four agents, two couples. You might as well tell Washington that one of us is a mole for a drug cartel." When he didn't reply right away, she continued to rant. "I'll tell you one thing, they're not going to be throwing us a double wedding!"

Secretly, LaSalle couldn't believe she even referred to possible marriage, she always shut him down whenever he brought up their future. But, he knew her well enough to recognize that she was being dramatic.

"I know, but this is where we are, and the powers that be will just have to deal," he put his hands over hers and gave her a quick kiss. "Remember, we're all good agents and training new ones is expensive and they hate expensive," he said quoting the words King had said to them just a few weeks ago.

"You channeling Pride now?" she pulled back.

"Wise words worth repeating," he said.

"If he was so wise, then maybe he should've thought to wear a condom," she said.

"I did," Their boss's baritone came from behind. "They're not foolproof."

LaSalle chuckled to himself. He and Sonja had experienced a few malfunctions themselves with the wily rubber, but had been lucky so far.

Sonja turned bright red. "I'm sorry Pride. That was a mean thing to say. I just…"

Pride put a hand on her shoulder. "I know, I know, it's a shock and you're upset." He sighed. "Listen, we'll just take it a step at a time."

Merri came back into the room and laid her head on Dwayne's shoulder. He put a protective arm around her.

"No one is going anywhere. We'll keep working our cases and show them how indispensable we all are," he stated emphatically.

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An hour later, in the office, they were discussing their latest case involving a U.S. Naval intelligence officer suspected of espionage.

Pride turned to Sonja, "So what did they say about Graham at the DI?

Again, Sonja went scarlett. "Oh shit! I never called them. When I came in, I heard Merri and…"

Pride nodded. "You got distracted."

Sonja grabbed her cell. "I'm already on it-It's still only three there."

"Isn't that tea time," LaSalle said, pointing his pinkie over an imaginary cup.

"That's four," Brody said.

"Score one for the Preggo," Sonja said leafing through her contacts.

Merri frowned. This was going to be a long seven months.