Wow, you made it this far. Congratulations :D

This chapter completely died, I'm afraid. I wrote it at about 3 in the morning after too many Pixy Stix (Hell yes, we get them in the UK :D)

Still own nothing.

'Good morning, Mommies and Daddies. My name is Cheyenne and I'll be guiding you through the next eight weeks. I'm going to teach you all about breathing techniques, ways to relax and most importantly, helping one another through the miraculous, although challenging ordeal that is childbirth.'

'That's comforting.' Jane muttered into Maura's ear.

'Shush, she's talking.' Maura whispered back.

Jane, Maura, Cassandra and James were all sat on the floor of the local leisure centre, surrounded by at least ten other pregnant women and their partners. Jane had dreaded the birthing classes but being able to massage Maura's back without getting her hand bitten off would definitely be the silver lining to her cloud. Maura was sat cross legged on a hideous orange cushion, her back upright and her hands resting on her knees.

'Before we move on, I'd like to you all to introduce yourselves. It's good to get to know each other in this type of class. We'll start with you.' Cheyenne pointed at a couple to their left, who grinned at each other.

'I'm Claire and this is Jordan. We're twenty nine weeks pregnant with our little Natalie. She's our third.'

'Excellent. And you?'

'My name's Amy and this is Jasmine, my best friend. She's here to support me today. I'm six and a half months pregnant with my first child.'

'Congratulations.' Cheyenne smiled. 'You?'

Maura looked up and realised the lady was pointing directly at her. She glanced over at Cassandra who stepped in for her. She really wouldn't have known what to say.

'I'm Cassandra and this is my husband James. This is Maura, my friend and our surrogate. And this is Jane, Maura's friend.'

'That's wonderful. And how far along are you, Maura?'

'I'm thirty one weeks pregnant with their twins, a boy and a girl.'

Maura was thankful when, after several further questions, she decided to move on. The woman seemed to be a little too interested in their special circumstance for her liking.

'God, I'm going to tear my ears off in a minute…'

'Jane, will you shut up?'

'What? Her voice is really getting to me.'

'Me too, but-'

Maura was cut off by Cheyenne returning to the point of the session.

'Okay, Daddies are going to start by massaging Mommy's back..'

Jane gave the Vaughns a questioning look, which she noticed they returned. Man, this was going to be a long two hours…

'Oh that's so nice.. Oh… Oh wow.. Little bit harder?'

Jane grinned and did as she was told. 'I'm so glad Frost and Korsak aren't here..'

'Honestly Jane, get your mind out of the gutter. That was perfectly innocent.'

'Uh huh. Is this better?'

Maura thought for a moment. 'You're not doing it harder, you're just digging your nails in.'

'My nails are cut right back.'

'Well, something's digging in.'

'I'll dig something in if you don't shut up.' Jane grumbled, shuffling away. 'Cass, you want to take over? She's giving me a headache.'

Cassandra chuckled. 'She does have that affect on people. Let me try.'

'I hope you'll be able to please her better than me.'

'It's okay, Jane.' Maura said, a slight smirk on her face. 'You can rest assured knowing that no one can get on my nerves like you can.'

'Oooh, meow. Put those claws away.'

'Before I scratch your damn eyes out.'

Jane couldn't help but laugh. 'I've never heard you like this before. Something crawl up your butt, honey?'

'No, two things crawled into my uterus and made themselves at home. Speaking of my butt, it's going a little numb..'

'Does that mean you're going to stop talking?'

Maura glared. 'Are you trying to piss me off?'

'Like I'd do a thing like that. I'm sorry, sweetie. You know me, I don't know when to stop.'

'Mmm. Well, next time you decide to insult a pregnant woman, you may want to wait until she can't hear you.'

'Nah, it's more fun this way. Do you still love me?'

'Of course I do.'

Cassandra grinned, massaging Maura's lower back. 'You two really make me laugh. You're like an old married couple.'

Jane smiled. Being married to Maura.. That was food for thought. If her idiosyncrasies didn't drive her to murder, she imagined that it wouldn't be entirely unpleasant.. She wondered what it would be like to wake up every morning next to her, to see her golden curls splayed out on her pillow and to be there when she woke up. Suddenly, she wanted all of that. She wanted to kiss her goodnight, to make her pancakes and to spend rainy Sunday afternoons watching the cheesy films that Maura loved so much.

She was so caught up in her daydream that she completely missed half of what James was saying. Not that she minded; James was certainly an acquired taste and he wasn't exactly hers.

'Don't you agree, Jane?'

'Uh.. Yes, definitely.'

Maura frowned. 'You think they should paint the twins' room yellow? Really?'

'Well, it's a unisex colour I suppose. Maybe, uh.. cream would be better though.' Jane prayed that she had saved herself but the look in Maura's eye told her that maybe she hadn't.

'Cream would work. We could put a border up or stencil something on the walls?'

'What kind of border? You don't want anything too gender specific. Teddy bears?'

'Teddy bears.. Maura, you're a genius.' Cassandra moved her hands up to massage Maura's shoulders. 'You're so good at this.'

'And you could stencil moons and stars on the ceiling in fluorescent paint.'

'I love it. James, can we adopt her? She's so much easier to agree with than you.'

The man sighed and kissed his wife's head. 'Maybe, but I bet she won't ever be able to love you as much as I do.'

But she would. One day, Jane resolved as she watched as the couple teased each other and giggled like children. One day.