Holly knocked on the office door, "Gloria?"
"Leave me alone, I'm fine," shouted Gloria from the other side.
"Gloria, you're clearly upset and need to talk," said Holly. Gloria opened the door and moved aside to let Holly into the room.
"You won't understand," said Gloria wiping the tears from her eyes with the tissue Holly had handed her.
"That the crazy pregnancy hormones can strike at any time, I'm only a week ahead of you, I think I know," said Holly.
"No it's not that," said Gloria, "Although they are wreaking havoc with my life right now. No, it's just that…" Gloria trailed off to gather her thoughts, "It's just that this baby is extremely unplanned and unexpected. And while we were both willing to remarry and work things out, I don't think either one of us are really ready for a baby. And now here I am, pregnant by God's Will, not knowing how things will go. We were just learning to manage our finances as a couple and now we'll have another mouth to feed. And considering what happened with Penny, sure Hector's happy now, but what happens when I'm all pregnant and huge, or when I'm screaming at him in the delivery room, or after the baby's born, or…"
"Gloria!" Holly shouted over the rambling mother-to-be, "Believe me, Tim and I wanted a baby so badly. But once we both saw the positive pregnancy test, we were both terrified. Excited but terrified. It was only one thing that made us both know we could handle it." Holly pulled something out of her purse and handed it to Gloria. Gloria smiled at it knowing that she would have one in a little less than a week.
"That's your baby?" asked Gloria excitedly with tears in her eyes.
"Yeah," said Holly starting to cry as well, "Seeing our baby, hearing it's heartbeat…I promise you, you will never fall in love faster than you will once you see your baby on the ultrasound. And you also need to tell Hector how you feel."
Gloria smiled and handed the ultrasound back to Holly, "Well my ultrasound is this upcoming Monday, so this makes me a lot more excited." Suddenly Gloria felt like she could handle anything and couldn't wait to see her baby for the first time.
"Cruz, Truman," shouted Quincy from the distance, "Clean your weapons and then report to barracks for briefing at 1300 hours."
"Yes Corporal," they both said before they started cleaning their weapons, "So how has life been at the Truman house and finding out about the baby?" asked Hector.
"It's been pretty good," answered Tim, "We got to see the baby on the ultrasound yesterday," he said pulling it out of his ACU pocket and handing it to Hector.
"Nice," said Hector, "It'll definitely be an experience with both of our wives pregnant at the same time."
"Wait a minute, Gloria's pregnant?" asked Tim surprisingly.
"Holly didn't tell you?" asked Hector.
"No, you're the first person of heard it from honestly," said Tim, "Congrats man," Tim chuckled lightly.
"Thanks," sighed Hector a little nervously.
"What about the wedding?" asked Tim.
"Well she's seven weeks along, a week behind Holly, and the wedding is August 13, so that'll put her at 12 weeks," Hector stated as he did the math in his head, "So it'll probably only be a small bump once the wedding date actually arrives."
"Oh," said Tim, "Well congrats, I'm happy for both of you."
"Time for bed baby boy," Kat cooed at Connor as she wrapped the blanket around him and handed him the bear he loved to cuddle. She turned on the mobile and just watched Connor sleep for several minutes, which she found extremely comforting. She shut off the light and headed to her own room. she decided to read a few minutes before bed, but it wasn't long before Connor had already awoken, "I'm coming honey!" she shouted as she made her way to the nursery. Kat was a little confused considering that she had just fed and changed him before she put him down for bed, "It's okay baby boy," she said softly picking him up and rocking him in her arms. Once she calmed him down, she put him back in his crib.
Suddenly she heard the nursery door open and she froze fearing the worst, "You need some help with him?" the voice asked. Kat turned around slowly, not believing she was actually hearing that voice. She slowly walked over and turned on the light before she saw who she thought it was standing in the door frame. He smiled his familiar smile and said, "Hey baby."
"CHRIS!" she shouted excitedly throwing her arms. She finally let the tears spill lose as she felt Chris's arm her, though he grunted in pain. Kat quickly pulled back when she realized she had hurt him, "Sorry."
"That's okay, it's a good kind of pain," he said. The couple kissed before Kat examined him. His arm was in a sling, he had a few cuts and bruises on his face, but he was still as handsome as ever.
"So how are you feeling? How's your arm? And how did you get home?" she asked.
"The cast should be able to come off in six weeks. And Delta came a few days ago. I just told General and Mrs. Holden not to tell you because I wanted to surprise you."
"Well that you did," she chuckled. Connor started to babble. The couple walked over to the crib but Connor started to shy away from Chris, "Aw don't cry little man it's Daddy."
"Well, I've certainly missed you little man," said Chris.
Kat lifted Connor into her arms and she let him observe Chris for a few moments before he gave his famous toothless grin and reached out for Chris, "No Daddy can't hold you right now buddy."
Chris kissed the top of Connor's head and then he kissed Kat again, "I've missed you both so much."
"We did too, but you're here. And you're safe. And that's all that matters," said Kat grateful to God that Chris was home safe and sound.
