I'm so sorry for the delay (and for not proofreading, if I do I'll never publish it). I just had so much stuff to do ! Anyway I hope you'll like that chapter. Don't forget to tell me what you think of it !

One month had gone by. The opening on Broadway had been amazing. Everyone had just been perfect and the audience had remained standing and applauding for a really long time. The critics weren't all good but you can't never satisfy everyone and most of them were only saying amazing things. The audience loved it and that was what mattered. Every night the room was complete and everyone was leaving with a gigantic smile on their faces. The duo Levitt-Houston seemed to have come up with a smash, once again.

Julia could still remember that night. Her doctor had told her to stay calm, so she had tried to focus on all the good things and it had really made that evening special for her. Usually she would just have worried about what everyone would think of the show, but not this time. This time she had enjoyed it. She had been sitting next to Tom, both of them admiring their respective lovers on the stage. They had laughed together, cheered together and let go of some tears at the end together.

Then, she had run into Will, Jack and Karen. She could still remember what Karen had told her. The gays loved your show, honey. As for myself I have to say well done with that Joe DiMaggio ! I might even get jealous, if you had more money, that is. It had been a really long time since the last time she had seen Karen and it was like nothing had changed. By some miracle (or probably some talented doctors) she hadn't aged a bit, and she was still that same drunk drug addict she had always been. Somehow it was reassuring to see that some people never changed.

Derek had also been really nice. His attitude had changed a little bit since he had found out she was pregnant. He was more caring, more protective. He had always been saying that kids were perplexing him, but she was beginning to think that it wasn't true. Of course nobody had understood that change, since nobody knew. The pregnancy was a secret for everyone except Michael and Derek.

A few weeks after the opening she had told Leo too. He was worried because she was still sick in the mornings, something only him could see, and sometimes Michael but since Leo had moved in he wasn't spending the night very often. She wanted to make it as easy as possible for Leo, and she had noticed that seeing Michael at the breakfast table was making her son quite uncomfortable. However she was hoping he would be okay with it soon because she was never happier than when she had the both of them at her breakfast table.

When she had told him about the pregnancy, he had remained silent for a long time. He had seemed stuck and she hadn't dared to move. Eventually he had probably realized that there was nothing he could do anyway, that that baby was going to come no matter if he wanted it or not, because he had mumbled "congratulations". They had never really talked about it since, but sometimes she was catching him staring at her belly and smiling slightly, even though he would never admit it. For now, she wasn't asking for more. He still had seven months to get totally used to the idea.

Everything was going fine, except she still hadn't told Tom. It was like a giant elephant in the room that only she could see whenever she was with him. She didn't know why she still hadn't told him. She should have been really excited to share the news with her best friend but something was keeping her from telling him and she had no idea what. Maybe because it would become even more real than it already was. Or maybe because he knew about the miscarriages, because he had been there for every previous ultrasounds, and, unlike Derek and Michael, he would worry more than he would be happy. With Michael's excitement she had almost forgotten all the bad things that could happen and she preferred it that way.

But her first ultrasound was in two days and she needed Tom to be there. That's why today she had gone to Tom's apartment with the intention of telling him. She let herself in, as always, and found him sitting at his piano. Even if they were on break for now, he could never get away from the piano and she loved him for that. She came close to him and he noticed her as he raised her eyes. He stopped playing and looked at her.

"Tom, I have to tell you something."
"I'm listening."

She was still standing and he was looking at her from his seat. It strangely looked like that time she had confessed her affair with Michael and it made her a little bit nervous. But that time she didn't have to feel guilty. Her divorce with Frank was final and she had every rights to start a family with Michael. However the words wouldn't come out of her mouth. He was still staring, starting to frown, so she just blurted it out. "I'm pregnant."

He widened his eyes, like every time he was surprised. "You are ?"
"Yes, I am."
"How far along are you ?"
"Two months."
"Two months ? And you're only telling me now ? Do I get the right to be angry ?" He was half-joking, half-serious. She knew she should have told him sooner.
"Please, don't be. I need you to come with me to my ultrasound in two days."
"What about Michael ? Shouldn't he be the one going with you ? Have you at least told him you were pregnant ?"
"Of course I have, he was the one who made me take the test. But..." A shadow crossed her face, suddenly she seemed a little bit sad. "I might cry, and it won't be from joy. You're the only one who will understand. Michael will just think I'm weird, or I don't know what. I don't want to ruin the first moment he will see his kid. I had a hard time convincing him but he finally agreed that he would go to the next one, when I will only be happy because I'll know we actually have a chance to see that baby growing up one day. So will you come with me ?" She was looking at him with begging eyes.
"Of course I will, honey. I'll always be there when you need me, I'll be drying your tears with my sleeve."
They both laughed and she leaned to hug him.

She was afraid he would be more upset with her not telling him earlier, but somehow she could feel that he had understood why she hadn't told him sooner. He knew her way of thinking and it didn't really matter how and when he had found out. Now he was just happy at the prospect of becoming an uncle again.

He started playing softly on the piano. It sounded just like a lullaby.
"It's for the baby."
She would have understood it even if he hadn't said it. He wasn't the only one to understand the inner working of the other. She started making some lyrics up, leaning her head on Tom's shoulder. She was glad that he finally knew.

I just wanted to say that I may have borrowed the idea of the lullaby from theatre is love31 who is playing Tom in an awesome Smash RPG here on fanfiction. By the way if you'd like to join us, you're welcome, we could use some more people ! Just go to the forum called "Smash RPG Season 2" in the Smash forums to see it, and you can PM me if you have any questions. Anyway, thanks for reading this chapter and I'll try to put the next one more quickly.