A/N: I hope you all had a good New Years Eve, 2014 is going good for me so far. Maybe you can make it great with some reviews (Hint, Hint)
Chapter 5:
Scotty looked from his desk as he heard his wife's voice entering the squad room. He smiled in her direction as she made her way over to the desk. "Hey Lil, what are you doing here?"
Lilly looked furtively around, making sure she was not overheard "Can we speak in private?"
"Sure, um I think the interview room is free"
Lilly nodded and followed her husband across the squad room and into one of West precincts interview rooms "What's up?"
"I made an appointment with Dr Palmer"
"Why?" Scotty asked curiously
"I just want to make sure that everything is ok and that we aren't going to have any problems getting pregnant again"
Scotty nodded "Alright, do you want me to come with you?"
"If you want the appointment is at 4pm, today"
Scotty checked his watch and sighed "I'll try and get out but we are swamped"
Lilly nodded "Boss gave me some lost hours we are in between cases right now. I'll see you at 4 just meet me at Dr Palmer's office"
Scotty smiled and pressed a kiss to her cheek "ok Querida, I love you"
Lilly grinned back at him "Love you too"
Scotty swore under his breath as he drove over to Dr Palmer's office that afternoon. The traffic was terrible and he only had a few more minutes to get there, find a park and make it up to the fifth floor where Dr Palmer had his rooms. His phone buzzed and he flipped it open, seeing text from his wife.
Where are you? Are you on your way?
Scotty swore again and quickly sent a reply
Stuck in traffic I'll be there soon…I hope
He pulled into the car park and breathed a sigh of relief as he saw someone ahead of him pulling out of their car spot. After a quick jog up the ten flights of stairs he burst into Dr Palmer's waiting room, out of breath.
"Can I help you sir?" the receptionist asked, bewildered.
"My wife….Lilly Rush….has an…..appointment with Dr Palmer…at 4" he panted, clutching the stich in his side.
"Mrs Rush is in with Dr Palmer now, follow me" she replied warmly and she came around the desk and walked down the hallway. Scotty followed behind her, just relieved that he had made it and praying Lilly wouldn't be angry with him arriving late.
"In here sir" the receptionist wrapped on the door and waited for a response, when he heard Dr Palmer's voice telling her to enter she opened the door and stood back, gesturing for Scotty to go in.
"Oh there you are Scotty, come on in" Dr Palmer replied "thank you Becky"
"No problem Doctor" Becky replied and she closed the door behind Scotty.
"Sorry I'm late, traffic was a nightmare"
"That's alright; Lilly and I were just catching up" Lilly smiled at him as he sat down and she took hold of his hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze "I can't believe that the triplets are seven, seems like only yesterday that I was delivering them" he added jovially.
"Tell me about it Doc, they grow up quickly" Scotty replied
He nodded "that they do Scotty, now what can I do for you today?"
Lilly smiled "well, Scotty and I have decided that we wanted to have another baby. I just wanted to know if everything is still in working order"
Dr Palmer chuckled "Well that's great news I can't imagine that you'll have any problems falling pregnant again but we'll take some blood samples and check to see if you're still cycling"
"Alright"
"If everything checks out and you are still having problems then we can test Scotty" Lilly nodded again "take a seat on the bed here and I will go get the kit to draw your blood" Dr Palmer replied as he walked out into the hallway.
"I don't like needles" Lilly announced with a grimace when they were alone.
"I know, we don't have to do this yet" Scotty said "we haven't even started trying yet, there might be nothing wrong"
Lilly sighed "I know but I just want to know that I am able to before we start trying again"
Scotty nodded in agreement and he helped her up onto the bed and she rolled up her sleeve.
"Are you alright Rush" Vera asked his blonde colleague as he saw her check her cell phone for what must have been the tenth time that morning.
Lilly sighed and flipped her phone closed placing it back in its holster on her hip "I am fine, just expecting a call"
Vera smirked "You know what they say; a watched cell phone doesn't ring"
Lilly chuckled "Thanks for your wisdom Vera"
Dr Palmer had said that he would call her first thing Friday morning, and now it was nearly 12 and she was starting to think that something was wrong. To distract herself, Lilly flipped open the case file of their most recent cold job, the 1968 murder of Emma Vine who was found at the bottom of the stairs at her debutant ball. Once thought to be an accidental death until her Mother Lillian Vine discovered a newspaper article implicating Travis Whitman in the death of his wife, who died in the exact same way as Emma had.
Lilly had already interview Mr Whitman, who protested his innocence in both the deaths of his Wife and of Emma but Lilly, was convinced that he was guilty the only problem was proving it.
"You still thinking that Whitman is our doer?" Kat asked as she handed Lilly a cup of coffee.
Lilly nodded "Yeah, too much of a coincidence"
"Oh I don't know seems like Emma didn't wanna be a deb, maybe she argued with her mother before the ball. Maybe Mum got frustrated and pushed her down the stairs" Vera suggested
Lilly and Kat both fixed Vera with a disbelieving look "You've got to be kidding Nick" Kat said as she sat down at her desk "there is no way Mrs Vine killed her daughter"
"It was just a theory"
Will chuckled at his partner "Well my moneys on the deb that missed out on the rose, Sloane Kinney"
Lilly was about to counter when her phone thrilled and she jumped up almost in shock "Excuse me" She replied and she quickly moved out of the bullpen and out onto the balcony.
"What do you suppose that is about?" Vera asked the rest of his colleagues "she's been acting weird all day. Do you think it has something to do with that doctor's appointment that she went to yesterday afternoon?"
Kat shrugged "No idea, but I doubt she's gonna tell us"
Lilly stepped outside onto the balcony and flipped open the phone "Lilly Rush"
"Detective Rush, this is Becky at Dr Palmer's office"
"Oh hello Becky"
"We have your test results, I am gonna put you through to Dr Palmer so he can tell you about them"
"Thanks"
After a few seconds Lilly heard the familiar voice of Dr Palmer "Hello Lilly, sorry that it took some time to get back to you but we've got good news for you" Lilly breathed a sigh of relief "Everything appears normal and you are still cycling so there shouldn't be any problems with you falling pregnant again."
"That great, thank you Dr Palmer"
"It's no problem Lilly, if you need anything just call Becky and make an appointment. I'll look forward to the first ultrasound"
She smiled "We will thanks again" Lilly flipped closed her phone and slid it back into its holster, now it was all up to her and Scotty.
Scotty opened the front door, sighing as he shed his coat and scarf "Lil, kids, anyone home?" he called out into the dark house. Lilly's car was definitely parked in the driveway, but the house appeared to be empty and dark. Being that it was only 7 he doubted that everyone was asleep "Lil?" he called out again.
He was stowing his gun in the lock box in the cupboard when he heard the creaking of the stairs. He whipped around and his mouth fell open in shock "Lil?"
His wife was standing at the top of the stairs, wearing nothing but a lacy blue negligee, her long blonde hair resting lightly on her shoulders. "Hey detective" her voice was sensual and Scotty could feel himself reacting to her.
"Lil, what are you doing….what about the kids?"
Lilly merely smiled as she walked down the stairs towards him "Laura is staying the night at her friend Serena's house and the boys are at their friend Andrew's slumber party" she reached the bottom of the stairs and slid her arms around his neck.
"And you let them go?"
Lilly shrugged "Well it is Friday night"
Scotty grinned "So we're alone?"
"Uh-huh" her slender hands slid under his suit jacket and it fell to the floor. Scotty chuckled, his hands came to rest on her hips "And you know what else?"
"What?" Scotty asked her, pulling her even closer to him.
"I got a call from Dr Palmer today, everything is ok and then on the way home I stopped by the pharmacy to buy an ovulation kit so we could check and see when I am ovulating and…." She her fingers tugged at the knot in his tie "….I am"
Scotty's smile widened "so this is why you're greeting me in this….." he chuckled "….in this very sexy negligee"
"Part of it"
Scotty's hand rose up and brushed her hair off one shoulder and leaned in to press his lips down her neck "Then maybe we should take this up stairs then"
Lilly cupped the back of his head, her fingers threading through his hair "Or we could just take this to the couch, its closer"
Scotty chuckled and shook his head "That couch is crappy, I can testify to that"
Lilly grinned, allowing her hands to slip down his neck and slowly unbutton his shirt "I was hormonal when I made you sleep on the couch, I was 6 months pregnant at the time"
Scotty pulled back slowly "you know that the rug in front of the fireplace is pretty comfortable, especially when there is a roaring, hot, fire" On the word hot, Scotty wiggled his eyebrows at her and Lilly caught on to his double entendre.
"Well why don't you go light a fire and I'll pull out that bottle of champagne that we have in the fridge"
"Sounds like a plan" Scotty whispered.
He chuckled happily to himself as Lilly retreated into the kitchen and he walked into the living room to light a fire.
Lilly shivered, despite the heat coming from the fire and Scotty tugged the blanket he'd pull off the back of the couch around both of them. "That was perfect" Lilly murmured, settling back in Scotty's arms.
Scotty pressed a kiss to the back of her neck "yes it was, I miss making love to you in front of a fire"
Lilly grinned "Maybe we should put one in our bedroom then" She sighed contentedly and hugged his arms around her pressing her lips against his hands "how was your day?"
Scotty nibbled on the lobe of her ear "better since I came home"
Lilly turned her head slightly to look him in the eye "Same here"
"I hope that we made our baby tonight" Scotty replied and pressed a kiss to her lips
"Something tells me that we are gonna have to do that a few more times to make our baby"
Scotty frowned in mock disappointment "what a shame" he replied sarcastically.
Lilly nodded "I know, must be torture for you" she teased
"Oh it is, but I'm willing to make the sacrifice"
Lilly giggled "do you wanna make it again?"
"Try and stop me" He rolled her over, pinning her underneath of him.
Lilly and Scotty made their way up to the bedroom a little after midnight, leaving the embers to burn out. Scotty fell asleep almost instantly, Lilly lay awake a little while longer her head resting on his chest. It had been a long time since the two of them had been completely alone, at least over a year. It was also the first time in a long time that they didn't have to be quiet when they were making love, and she for one had certainly made up for it.
She traced her fingers over the taunt muscles of his chest, remembering them cover in sweat and flexing as the moved over her. She sighed contentedly and closed her eyes, allowing herself to be lulled to sleep by his steady breathing.