ONE WEEK LATER
"Hey babe Elizabeth and Peter invited us over for dinner!" Sara called from the bathroom.
Neal just let out a short laugh knowing full well Peter had nothing to do with those dinner plans. "I think Peter has seen enough of me for one day, maybe we can stay here…"
Sara stepped out of the bathroom in just a towel and smirked teasingly at him. "I'm sure you would love that, but I already accepted our invite, besides Peter says he has something important to show you.
Neal's mind snapped from Sara to whatever Peter had, Neal's first thought was it was something against himself. He wouldn't deny that he and Peter did have a complicated friendship, but he knew Peter would always keep a close eye on Neal, and whenever something was nabbed that Peter thought Neal would show interest in, he was always the first to get questioned.
Neal didn't even get halfway through the door before Peter grabbed him and tugged him aside to another room. "Neal he's back."
"Who?" Neal looked at Peter in utter confusion.
"Anthony, he wants what he stole back."
Neal shook his head and sighed deeply. "What is he holding against us for it?"
Peter didn't answer but instead pulled a folded piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to Neal. "He left this for you."
Neal unfolded the paper and began to read it aloud. "I want it back. So I will take something dear to you until you deliver, I'm after your little partner. –A" Neal dropped the paper and looked at Neal with worried eyes. "Oh god Mozzie! I have to warn him!" Neal bolted for the door before Peter could even think about trying to stop him.
"What's with Peter? He just grabbed my man from me." Sara laughed as she began to help Elizabeth cook.
"I don't know, he didn't tell me." Elizabeth shrugged then smiled. "So you and Neal are doing well I take it."
Sara began to glow then. "We are… can I ask you something and have you be totally honest with me?"
Elizabeth stopped chopping and set her knife down on the counter. "If you think he's cheating I assure you he's not. He loves you Sara, even if he hasn't admitted it yet."
Sara let out a nervous laugh and shook her head. "It's not that, I was going to ask if you could see Neal as a father…" Sara looked up at her nervously.
"Oh my god… Are you pre-"
"Yes! But you can't tell Neal, I want to wait for the right moment, I don't know how he will take it and it's soon its much too soon for us, but I'm happy… I'm just worried he won't be."
Elizabeth squealed with happiness and ran over to Sara and hugged her. "This is so great! We have to tell Peter! And you have to let me plan your baby shower!"
Sara giggled and nodded. "Of course I wouldn't trust any one else with my event planning… But you never answered my question."
"It will freak him out, but Neal would make a great father, I have faith in him, and you should too."
"I'm sorry to cut our evening short but we ran into a little problem." Peter said as he walked through the kitchen to kiss his wife.
"What happened?" Sara looked around for Neal then to Peter.
"We think someone is after Moz, Neal went to get him…"
"Oh well I could have saved him the trouble, I'm right here…"
Peter looked at Mozzie confused "Why are you here!"
"I invited him over I thought I told you that Peter..." Elizabeth and Sara were both completely confused now.
"Why is someone after me?"
"Because you helped Neal with out last case…"
"No. I tried to but Neal objected."
"But the letter I got." It clicked then. All this time Peter thought it was addressed to Neal. But it was addressed to him. "Oh no… Caffrey, I have to find him."
Sara reached for the folded letter on the counter and read it. Her heart sank, her arms folded around her stomach as she sat down in the chair, Elizabeth bit her lip and walked over to her husband and pulled him aside. "You get him back Peter, you cant let anything happen to him."
"I wasn't planning on letting anything happen to him, but why do I have the feeling there's something you're not telling me…"
"Neal is going to be a father, he just doesn't know that yet…"
Peter grabbed his keys and rushed out the door before Elizabeth had a chance to finish her sentence.
Again I'm sorry this sounds so awkward, this is my first shot at a White Collar fanfic.
