And here I am with the next installment.

Decided to ignore any remaining writer's block, LOL.

Big thanks, as always, to the readers/reviewers.

"You cannot be serious!" Cait screeched.

Kat sighed as she turned away from her now closed door. 'Now what was it I was doing before? Oh, right! Breakfast. I've gotta finish making my breakfast,' she thought with a nod, then, began heading for her kitchen. She ignored the banging on her door and angry yelling with no problems at all.

After she'd prepared her food, she sat at her table- eating and staring ahead at the wall. Cait seemed to have given up and gone away. A thought danced into Kat's brain then... and her face flushed a little. Should she have told Cait she was going to accept Rocky's proposal? Sure, she'd wanted the woman to leave her alone, but, saying she was going to tell Rocky yes may have been a little extreme.

But, then, a part of her really did want to accept his proposal. Cait may have been one of the reasons, but, she definitely wasn't the main reason. The baby was. Kat absently placed her hand on her belly. She had no doubts that both she and Rocky could give this baby a good life- together. Yes, it'd mean sacrifice... but, this baby was way more important than everything else.

'And Rocky may've been joking and all, but, he was right. I could do a lot worse than him,' she thought with a smile. She looked down at her belly. "What do you think? Hmm? Should I tell your daddy yes?" She laughed. "Don't think Mommy's crazy enough to actually expect an answer." She looked up and began staring at the counter. 'I'll call Rocky over so we can talk.'

She dropped her gaze back down to her stomach. "I'm gonna call Daddy over- not now, though. Because once he spots or smells food, it'll be "Kat who?" she said with a laugh.

Rocky stood outside of Katherine's door a few hours later, shifting his weight from foot to foot. He'd just knocked. Rocky looked around the hallway. His heart would not slow down! When Kat'd asked him to come over, nervousness had chosen to pay a little visit. He was sure she was ready to give him an answer... and that didn't exactly fill him with shining hope. Why had she decided so quickly?

'This can't be good,' he thought for the billionth time, shaking his head. He delivered another series of sharp knocks to the door, then, stuffed his hands in his pockets. 'Man! Feels like I'm about to face my execution or something.' After several long moments, he sighed. What was taking her so long? If she was going to turn him down, he wanted it to be quick and painless. 'Come on, Kat. Don't drag this out.' He began knocking once again.

'Okay, I need to calm down. I don't know that she's necessarily gonna say no. Hell, I don't even know if she's decided yet! I could be here for totally different reasons,' he thought as the door opened.

Kat smiled at her baby's father. "Hey. Come in." He gave her a brief smile and entered the apartment. She closed and locked the door, then, they headed for the sofa together. "I'm glad you could make it, Rocky. I didn't wanna do this over the phone."

"Do what?" he asked as they sat down, keeping his voice light. It was more than a little hard to stay positive right now.

"Give you an answer," she said.

"Oh," he said, unsure of how else to respond.

"Before I get into it, though, you should know that your buddy Cait came over this morning," Kat said, rolling her eyes.

Rocky's eyebrows shot up in surprise, his apprehension forgotten for the moment. "She did? Why?"

"To congratulate me... and tell me to turn you down," Kat said.

His surprise was almost instantly replaced with annoyance and anger. Where the hell did Cait get off? "She also told me that I shouldn't have asked you. She's got one helluva nerve. Cait doesn't even have anything to do with any of this. It's between you and me. I can't believe she came here!"

"She's in love with you and wants a commitment from you," Kat said.

"I'm not all that shocked considering the look she had on her face when I told her I asked you to marry me," he said. He didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but, he wasn't in the same place as Cait. Baby or no baby, Cait couldn't have what she wanted.

"Well, we started arguing and I ended up telling her to leave. She kept pushing for me to reject you. Rocky... she's incredibly selfish. You should've seen her in action over here," Kat said, shaking her head. "She wouldn't stop. I told her that she made my mind up for me and that I was gonna be your wife. Then, I closed the door on her."

Rocky nodded... his apprehension resurfacing. "Well, I can't say that I blame you, Kat. She was getting on your nerves and stressing you, so, you decided to get her off your back any way you could." So, he'd been right. She was going to tell him it couldn't happen.

"I wanted her out of my face and I was so sick of her voice, but, that's not really why I told her that. Rocky, I'm having a really hard time finding a good reason we shouldn't get married. I really love the idea of this baby having a family life and I know you'll be a wonderful father. You're a wonderful man," she said.

Rocky stared at her, hope finally filling him. "So you're saying... yes?"

"Mm-hmm. We both will give this baby all we have... so why not do it as husband and wife?" she said, smiling. The more she thought about it, the more sense it made.

Rocky leaned over and hugged her and before he knew it. "Thanks, Kat. I'm not gonna make you regret this." He pulled away slightly and tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear.

"I know," she said, kissing his cheek softly. They just grinned at each other, then, she thought of something. "When do you wanna tell everyone else?"

"Whenever you want. Can't wait too long, though. If we do, we might as well let the baby tell 'em," he said with a laugh. She laughed as well and nodded.

"I guess we should start spreading the news today," Kat said.

"Okay. These are gonna be real bombshells," Rocky said. It'd even take him awhile to get used to it. He looked at her. "Kat, would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

"First, the Chinese food and, now, you wanna cook for me. A girl could get used to this pampering," she teased. He laughed and she squeezed his hand. "But I'd love to, though, Rocky. Thanks."

It was now a little past midnight. Cait's apartment was totally dark and quiet. She was lying in bed wide awake, her eyes puffy and red-rimmed. She was clutching one of her pillows tightly. Cait had no idea how to even go about verbalizing everything she'd been feeling since Saturday night. She did know for sure that she'd never felt worse in her entire life. She hurled her pillow across the room and an enraged yell escaped her lips.

Cait sat, swung her legs out of bed and stood. The woman was trembling with fury now. She stormed out of her room and into the bathroom. When she caught sight of her reflection in the mirror above the sink, she gasped. She looked so... well, it wasn't her fault. She hadn't done this to herself. No way. A fresh wave of rage crashed over her and her eyes blazed as she gripped the sink and glared at her pathetic-looking reflection.

"Damn him! Damn him!" she shrieked with unadulterated venom. How dare Rocky do this? They would have been good together. How could he not know that? She couldn't believe he was so willing to give up any chances of finding love- all for a random friend he'd knocked up! 'Kat and her little brat's wrecked everything! I just hate her.' Then, she stood up straight and narrowed her eyes a little.

Maybe everything wasn't ruined. Maybe she could stop that ridiculous marriage from coming into existence. A smile appeared on her face. She was positive she could stop them from becoming a happy little family. Yeah. Renewed determination and hope filled her. She could still have what she wanted. The only thing left to do was figuring out how to go about getting it... .