Jessica smiled proudly as she walked to the lab with her 23 weeks pregnant belly. The baby had been kicking and moving around since five in the morning, not that it bothered Jessica very much. It was only hard when she tried to sleep and the baby seemed to want to keep her awake. As Jessica reached the break room she saw Jesse, Frank and Eric making a list and the rest of the lab giving them money to put in a jar.
"Is this what you guys do your lunch break?" Jessica asked as she entered the room.
"We're having a bet." Eric grinned, "Want in?"
"About what?"
"The gender of the baby." Eric said, "15 of us are in on the bet, 10 of us thinks it's a baby girl. The rest say it's a boy."
"And what you do you think?" Jessica asked.
"I'm thinking girl." Eric smiled, "Are you in?"
"Sure, um… I put five dollars on the baby being a boy." Jessica chuckled.
She and Horatio didn't care what the gender was, but being a part of the bet seemed fun. The door opened and Horatio walked in. He gave Jessica a kiss and rubbed her belly softly.
"Are you in H?" Jesse asked.
Horatio chucked. The lab had been talking all week about betting abour the gender of the baby.
"Sure, I bet 20 dollars that it's girl."
"Jessica bet on a boy." Jesse grinned, "Alright so, 17 people, 11 who says girl and 6 who say boy."
Jesse wrote something down on the list. There were two columns and the ones who wanted in on the bet had to simply write their name and the amount of money they were betting with in the right column, either for boy or girl. Then put the money in the jar under the paper.
"Anybody up for having lunch?" Horatio asked.
"Oh yes please!" Jessica exclaimed.
Everyone laughed. Because she was pregnant it wasn't strange that Jessica ate more than usual. The team went with the parents-to-be to a comfy diner. They smiled as they watched Horatio put his hand on the belly to feel the baby kick.
"Kyle knows the gender already." Jessica said, "My doctor told him."
"And he's managed to keep it quiet for so long?" Alexx chuckled.
"Yeah, he just smiles and keeps reminding us that he knows already." Horatio said, "I think he's about to explode of joy."
"Well, it's good that he's happy about having a little brother or sister." Calleigh smiled.
"Speaking of babies." Jessica grinned and looked at Eric and Calleigh, "Thinking about getting any?"
Eric and Calleigh blushed and chuckled. They had taken the step to move in with each other and since Calleigh had the bigger apartment and it closer to the lab; Eric was moving his things to her place.
"One day. We'll see." Eric smiled, "I wouldn't say no to a baby, but we haven't thought about it yet."
"You'd make good parents." Horatio smiled.
"Thanks, no doubt you and Jessica will too." Calleigh giggled, "Are your parents hyper about the baby yet?"
Jessica chuckled and nodded. The team knew that Jessica's father, Clark, had argued about the pregnancy at first, but now both him and Irene wanted to know everything about the pregnancy. They called at least three times a week and asked how the baby was and how the relationship for Jessica and Horatio were going.
"Dad is talking about how he will teach the baby some self defense as he or she gets older." Jessica said, "I told him that the baby had a father, uncles, aunts and a big brother to teach him or her that too."
"Just don't be too overprotective." Alexx smiled, "I've learned while being a parent that being somewhere in between overprotective and not being protective at all is the best way to raise children."
"Well, as they get older they'll make their own choices and if they do something bad than it's on them." Jessica said.
"Absolutely." Frank said, "My oldest girl smoked, fought and drank when she was around 17. We told her that if she does that it's her own responsibility and she has to deal with the consequences."
"Did it work?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah, she eventually stopped and broke up with her friends. She moved to France for a year to be on her own and now she's married to a Frenchman." Frank smiled.
"I can just picture you trying to speak French with him." Walter smirked.
"It's a difficult language, but then again so is English for him." Frank said.
Lunch went fine. As Jessica followed Horatio back to the lab to say goodbye, a woman about her age looked at her as if she was a bug she wanted to step on. Jessica frowned and asked Horatio who the woman was.
"Rebecca Nevins, state attorney and… um, an ex-girlfriend of mine." Horatio sighed.
"You dated women like that once?" Jessica teased.
"She was different when I dated her. It was a long time ago." Horatio said.
"I don't think she likes me."
"She doesn't like anyone that is a part of my family. I guess she still hasn't gotten over our break-up." Horatio sighed.
Jessica shook her head and gave Horatio a kiss. She waved goodbye to him as he walked to the lab and she walked to the car. As she drove home, Jessica could understand why Rebecca looked at her so angrily. Horatio was a good man. A man nobody wanted to lose. Jessica was pretty sure that she would have been quite angry as well if Horatio had broken up with her. But then again, it had been years ago. At some point she had to move on.
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Jessica wasn't the violent type of girl, but when she saw Rebecca putting her hand on Horatio's shoulder, she was ready to kill. Of course, she was running high on pregnancy hormones and one should never mess with a pregnant woman. Jessica and Horatio were going out eating after his shift and it was when Jessica walked out of the elevator that she saw Horatio and Rebecca by the receptionist's desk. He was just picking up some messages and she was flirting.
"Come on, Horatio, it must be a little boring to sit at home with a pregnant woman." Rebecca smiled.
"Rebecca you know how much I love children, so it's far from boring sitting at home with the woman I love and who is carrying our child." Horatio growled, "Now, remove your hand!"
Rebecca didn't remove her hand, instead she let it slide down to his waist. Horatio sighed heavily and pushed her hand away.
"I thought you were more in to dark-haired women. Not a blonde like that girl, um, Jenny?"
"Jessica." Horatio said, "And I don't care about the colour of her hair."
"Right, it's all personality."
"Exactly."
"Well, you once said to me that I had the most sexy hips you've ever seen." Rebecca grinned.
"That was a long time ago." Horatio sighed, "Now stop these attempts to get me back! I am happy with Jessica."
Rebecca sighed and was about to say something when Jessica decided to intervene. She walked up to Horatio and kissed him hard. Rebecca watched as the blonde woman made out with the man that she was still in love with. Walter and Ryan were standing not far away and they gaped at the scene in front of them.
"Wow!" They both said.
"Ms. Nevins is it?" Jessica greeted, once she parted from Horatio.
"Ms. Stanley. What a shame to be pregnant when you're not even married." Rebecca said.
"Old fashioned are we?" Jessica asked.
"I feel sorry for the kid to get a mom like you." Rebecca smirked evilly.
Jessica gasped and punched her right on the nose! Rebecca yelped and held her nose. A small amount of blood appeared and Jessica smirked.
"Whoa!" Walter and Ryan gasped, "H got himself a terminator-girl!"
"I feel sorry for your mom having a kid like you!" Jessica growled.
Horatio grabbed Jessica's hand and then lead her to the elevator.
"Calm down sweetheart." He said.
"You're just going to let her say that to me?"
"No, but the best way to get back at her is to ignore her." Horatio said, "How's the nose Rebecca?"
"I can press charges!" Rebecca yelled.
"Based on what?" Ryan asked, "Nobody here saw anything and the surveillance cameras aren't working for the moment. They're being switched out to newer ones."
"Horatio!" Rebecca growled as Horatio and Jessica stepped closer to the elevator.
"Rebecca, move on." Horatio sighed, "And yes, I did say your hips were the sexiest I've ever seen. But I was wrong, Jessica's hips are sexier and she does not only have sexy hips, she has a sexy belly and butt too. Not to mention she's better in bed than your were."
"Horatio!" Rebecca gasped.
"Oh and one last thing, our child will have the best mother in the world. Not many mothers would hit a woman like you before the baby is even born." Horatio smirked and stepped inside the elevator with Jessica.
Rebecca growled and threw her purse at the closing elevator doors. Inside the elevator, Horatio kissed Jessica hard.
"That was the sexiest thing I've ever seen!" He grinned, "I can only imagine how sexy you would look with a gun in your hands."
Jessica chuckled and kissed Horatio softly, "Well, she had it coming sooner or later."
Back in the lab, Walter and Ryan were still shocked at what they had seen. They watched Rebecca leave towards the ladies room to clean up.
"Hey, the surveillance cameras are working." The receptionist Anna smirked.
"We know. Now we got the whole thing on tape. Jessica punching Rebecca and H saying some great words." Ryan said, "Wow… I guess now we know what will happen if we ever piss Jessica off."
"Let's go get that tape from the cameras." Walter grinned.
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