I'm not gonna launch into yet another apology about how long it's been since I've updated because I sound like a broken record. What I still AM going to do is thank all of you who are still reading, an extra gracious thank you to everyone who is reviewing (reviews on this fic are particularly special to me) and another thank you to those who have been telling me, here and on Tumblr, how much you're still enjoying this fic.

I was going to wait until Wega Wednesday to update again, but then I figured hey, anyone still liking this story has waited long enough.


"Do you think we should tell Cho?" Wylie asked.

Vega turned around in her chair. "Tell Cho about what?"

"You know." Wylie glanced around the bullpen as if terrified that Cho – who they knew was an hour away in a meeting – would overhear. His voice dropped into a stage whisper. "About Summer."

In all honesty, their workload had been so crazy the past two days that Vega had completely forgotten that their ultrasound technician had been an ex – girlfriend of Cho's. Or rather, she hadn't forgotten, but it wasn't at the forefront of her mind, especially while what Theo would call "balls deep in paperwork." Vega shrugged. "I don't know, I mean...Cho hasn't seen Summer in a long time, it might be cool for him to know that she was the person we saw."

"Yeah, but what if it makes it awkward?"

"I mean, what if he still has feelings for her?"

Vega frowned. "Jay, it had been years."

"I'd still be into you if it had been years."

"Okay one, in all honesty you do not know that," Vega said, "and second of all, this is Cho. He's never really been all that interested in that stuff."

"He's mentioned her a couple of times – and Lisbon has mentioned her more than a couple of times. She was really important to him." Wylie dropped his voice again. "Lisbon thinks he was in love with her."

"She told you that?" Wylie nodded, and Vega frowned. "When?"

"Well, that was a long time ago. It might have even been before you joined the team the first time. But she's definitely mentioned a Summer that Cho used to date fairly regularly, in passing. I think she was somewhat important to all of them." Cho shook his head. "You know, sometimes I think I've heard a lot about the Red John days. But that period was...it was years long. It was an era, when Jane was at the CBI. There's always going to be layers to it that we don't know and couldn't possibly ever understand."

Vega shrugged. "I mean, I don't disagree with you. But if it ever comes up, I don't think it'd be a problem to mention to Cho that our technician said she knew him." She put a hand on her stomach. "Junior here just started going crazy. I wonder if he's agreeing or disagreeing."

"You know," Wylie said, "people are going to be asking us if we know if the baby is a boy or a girl. We should probably talk about if we're going to tell them."

"I don't want to."

Wylie cocked his head. "You...don't want to...talk about it? Or you don't want to tell people?"

"I don't want to tell people. Because they'll start imposing all these expectations on him before he's even born. They'll get him onesies that say "ladies man." They'll only buy him trucks and dinosaurs. All the gifts will be blue. I mean I don't want to have a shower or anything but people are going to send gifts anyway and I don't want them all to be blue. Gender roles gave me so much trouble growing up and he's going to be subjected to them soon enough. He should not have to deal with that when he's still a fetus, for crying out loud."

Wylie nodded. "I agree. I mean, sure I carry a gun and stuff, but I've never been the tough guy that people expected me to be when I was growing up. I don't want people putting all those expectations on him when we don't know what he's like yet."

Vega rubbed her stomach lightly. "Well, he's already opinionated, that's for sure."

"You're gonna have a fun time once you really get big and he starts kicking you in the ribs."

"Oh I know," Vega said. "I'm enjoying this phase. Where we can tell I'm showing but he's not making me pee every ten minutes yet."

"You look super cute."

She grinned. "Okay now," she said playfully. "I gotta get back to work. And you should too."

Wylie shrugged. "We have a lot of time. We've made some good time this morning and no one will be back for hours."

"So you want to make out in the break room?"

Wylie blinked. "I mean, I was going more for the we – can – keep – talking – for – a – bit angle here, but if you want to make out in the break room..."