I'm not sure if I can get a chapter up on this week's Wega Wednesday, because I'll be visiting a friend before she moves. So I thought, why don't I spoil my readers with three chapters in two days earlier on in the week? (Also I've had part of this chapter edited for WEEKS now so it's easier to get through and publish, haha). Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far, I really appreciate it! I'm so glad other people are enjoying this extension of the show as much as I am enjoying writing it.

Also - Kemper gets stabbed last chapter and y'all just talking about the Wega baby in your reviews come on now. ;)


Wylie's first response was to sit up and blink. "You just really unload the information all at once, don't you?"

She gave a little laugh. "Sorry."

"No," he said, grinning and shaking his head. "Don't be sorry. Don't be sorry." He stood, moving around the table, and she jumped up and threw her arms around his neck as he hugged her. "I've wanted to tell you for like..." she thought back. "Well, about two days. But they have been a long two days."

"Especially with everything else that's been going on," Wylie said. He reached up as if he was going to push hair back behind her ear, but there was nothing to push. He didn't care, he just knew she liked that gesture. They smiled at each other for another moment or two, then Wylie's face changed to one of horror. "Oh my God, the baby knows what we did to the bathroom door the other night!"

Vega burst out laughing, realizing after a bit that she couldn't stop. She kept laughing, staggering backward, reaching for the table for balance, one hand going to her abdomen, where her scar tissue protested the muscle contractions.

Wylie grabbed her arm, helping her stand up, starting to laugh along with her. She leaned against him, taking in deep breaths, calming herself down, still grinning. "A lot is going to change now," she said quietly.

"Yeah," Wylie said, cuddling her close, "but it's going to be sweet."

"Yeah," she said, closing her eyes. "Let's not tell work yet, though, okay?"

"I wouldn't want to tell them. No," he said when she lifted her head to regard him in confusion, "I mean, I want to brag, I want everyone to know that we're going to be parents, I just, I mean...I want it to be our secret for a while."

She smiled. "I like that idea. Though you know you're going to have a Hell of a time keeping this from everyone."

"Lisbon is everyone's standard of a bad liar," Wylie said. "Even with you off tomorrow, I'll be cool. Wait," he said, "are you still off tomorrow now that Kemper is out of commission?"

"I have to be. I'm babysitting Mimi."

"Right," Wylie said. "Well, I'll be cool."

"If you say so," she said, putting her head back on his chest.

"Okay," Wylie said after a moment. "Can we do the thing?"

"I'm already pregnant, Wylie."

He rolled his eyes. "No, the thing, like that big stupid cliché thing people do when they find out that they're expecting. You know what I mean. We used to make fun of it but now that it's us, I kinda really want to do it.

"Oh, okay okay, one sec." Vega grinned, stepping back, then put on a serious face as she stared at Wylie, waiting.

He spread his arms out to the side. "WE'RE HAVING A BABY!"

"WE'RE HAVING A BABY!" she shouted back, throwing her arms up in the air. He wrapped his arms around her, lifting her off the ground. She bent her knees as he spun her around, and then stood securely back on the floor again, grinning up at him. "Okay," she admitted. "That was pretty fun."


"Upsy daisy spider, went up the water spout," Mimi sang, moving her fingers along with the song.

"It's itsy bitsy spider," Vega said, mimicking the hand motions.

Mimi frowned. "Itsy bitsy spider?"

"Climbed up the water spout," Vega continued.

Mimi's face broke out in a huge grin. "Down came the rain and washed the spider out! Up came the sun and dried up all the rain, upsy daisy spider went up the spout again!"

Vega laughed, amused. "Very good, little girl."

Mimi climbed into Vega's lap, looking up at her. "Are you afraid of spiders?"

Vega slid her arms around the girl. "Not all spiders. But the reeeeally big ones, they can crawl all over you!" she began to tickle Mimi, who shrieked and giggled, trying to get away. "No no no!" Vega said, dropping her tone of voice to a more ominous one, "you're not going anywhere, I've got you!"

Eventually, Vega stopped tickling and Mimi stopped struggling, and the two cuddled up together. "Auntie Shell?"

"Hmmm?" Vega rested her chin on the top of the little girl's head.

"Did you ever almost die?"

Vega blinked. "Who told you that?"

"Daddy. Did you almost die?"

"Yeah I did," she told the girl, figuring if Jane was sharing... "Just about five years ago, when your mommy was pregnant with you."

"Were you sick?"

Vega shook her head. "No. A bad man hurt my stomach. She eased Mimi off of her and drew up her sweatshirt, revealing her scars. "See right here?" Vega said, tracing the crudest one, "this is where I was hurt. Then all these scars..." her finger ran over her surgical marks, "are where the doctors fixed me up."

Mimi put her hand over the bullet wound. "Does it hurt?"

"It used to," Vega said. "Not anymore. Now it just looks ugly."

"Mommy has a scar," Mimi said, patting Vega's shoulder. "Daddy says it means Mommy is brave."

"Your mommy is very brave," Vega affirmed.

Mimi looked down, putting her hand on one of Vega's surgical scars. "Can we watch Frozen?"

Vega laughed at the sudden change in topic. "Sure."

She put the DVD in, then returned to the floor. Mimi leaned against her, her hand resting on Vega's leg, her feet out in front of her with ankles crossed just as Vega's were.