'Hey Jim,

I really don't want to fight but I can't stay here any longer… I'm at the store. We NEED to talk about this later. I'll be back in 2 or 3 hours. Please don't be mad cause I had to do it.

I love you,

Melinda '

Jim was stunned. He couldn't believe that she really did it against his will and without saying goodbye to him face to face. He decided to call Delia to watch for Melinda. Delia promised to take care about Mel and the baby. Now he understood that he couldn't keep his wife off work. He had to confess that it wasn't such a bad idea that Melinda would work until the baby would come. Because he didn't know what to do he cleaned the house a bit. Two and a half hours later he heard Melinda coming home.

"Hey Jim, I'm home."

"Hi Melinda" he answered a bit pissed.

"What's going on?"

"Nothing… everything's just fine."

"Come on… I can tell that something is clearly wrong… You are pissed that I went to work, aren't you??"

"No, I'm not. I just understood that you won't stay here the whole time. It wouldn't matter to you what I say..."

"Jim, I was off work long enough. Why don't you want to understand that?"

"You didn't let me finish my sentence. I totally understand you know… I mean I was alone the last two hours and didn't know what to do first. If I think of you being here all day alone I totally understand that you don't want to do this. And if you'd stay here you'd probably do things you shouldn't do, too, wouldn't you?"

"Well, yeah…"

"So, go to work but promise me that you won't overstrain yourself, okay?"

"Promise… I could always go to work when you have your shift. So you won't miss anything…"

"Great idea…"

"You know, I hate fighting… Especially now, this should be the best time in our lives… Nothing could go better and what are we doing? We're having one argument after the other. I can't do this anymore. I don't have enough energy for that…"

"Hey, hey, hey… I understand. I'm so sorry that I've been so… Dunno… Strange the last days."

"Don't be… it's not your fault."

"Neither it's yours…"

"Are we having another argument now about whose fault the others were?? That's really childish."

"Why can't we be childish??"

"We're gonna be parents… Do you think that this is the behaviour I want to teach my daughter?"

"Your daughter?" he smiled.

"Our…" she smiled back.

"Hey, I've got an idea… Why don't we try the URH??? We still have enough time till your mom arrives" he grinned like a bad little boy.

"Let's do it…" she answered quickly. They switched the URH on.

"Gosh… Sooo cute" Jim couldn't get his eyes off the screen.

"Wow… That's much better than TV."

"There's nothing like it."

"I could sit here and watch her the whole day. I hope she looks like you…"

"Why?? I want her to have your cute ocean-blue eyes."

"Cute?"

"Yeah, cute…"

"Okay. But I want her to have your lovely hair."

"We'll wait and see. We can't change her anyway…"

"She'll look like an angel. I'm so excited to see how she'll handle her gift…"

"Who knows if she'll actually have my abilities?" Melinda asked.

"Well, all in your family have it. Why shouldn't she have it??"

"Dunno… What if she doesn't want it like my mom??"

"We'll handle it. Let's wait and see."

"Okay… What time is it?"

"3.50pm."

"My mom will be here at 4pm… So we should get ready now."

"But I don't want to switch off the URH… I love to see our little girl."

"Me too… But we have to go now…" she kissed him.

So there's just one more chapter to go… Please review!!!