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Chapter 35

Jason rolled over and found the other side of the bed empty. Looking at the clock he saw it was five. The bathroom door was open so he knew his wife wasn't in there. One of the changes this pregnancy brought was that Elizabeth was now more of a morning person. It was a rare night she was up past ten, but her days were starting much earlier than they used to.

Grabbing his sweats he rolled from bed and went to see what she was up to. The first stop was the studio, which was empty. So was the living room, and that meant she was probably in the kitchen. Walking in Jason found her drinking a glass of milk. "If you were thirsty I would have come down for you."

"You were sleeping. I haven't been up long. I just wanted some milk." Elizabeth said rinsing the glass before putting it in the sink. "I can come back up."

"Okay." He held out his hand and led her back to their bedroom. Since he was up he made a trip to the bathroom. Another change was that they were making love more often in the mornings. Coming back out he saw Elizabeth was already in bed. Shucking his sweat pants he joined her.

Elizabeth cuddled up enjoying how wonderful he felt next to her. "You feel nice."

Jason let his hands roam a bit. "So do you."

When she lifted her head he granted her unspoken wish for a kiss. His hands were still gently caressing her and when they swept across her tummy he stopped. Pulling his mouth from hers he let his hand run across her stomach again. Gently he rolled her to her back at the same time he pushed the blankets down. It was warm in the room so he didn't worry about her catching a chill. For the third time his hand moved across her normally flat tummy. Only this morning it wasn't flat anymore.

His eyes met hers and in them she saw pure joy. Elizabeth smiled at him as his hand rested on the very tiny swell on her tummy. You couldn't even really say she was showing. Once she put on her clothes, the new ones she got last week with Diane, you wouldn't look at her and think pregnant. Mostly because these cloths fit. However when she was naked the change was obvious to her. It didn't surprise her that Jason noticed. He knew her body almost as well as she did.

As she watched Jason leaned over and kissed her stomach. The tears that had been threatening started to fall. He had missed all this with Jake. She had started showing after his memorial ceremony. In fact she had never shared this part of her pregnancy with anyone. When she was carrying Cam she had been alone in the first part. Now she was going to share all the changes with Jason. Elizabeth was only a little worried that he wouldn't like her changing body. She knew that he loved the final stage, she learned that with Jake. But the middle part where all the changes happened was what was making her nervous.

"Our baby." He said on a whisper.

"Our baby." She repeated putting her hand over his. When he looked up again she saw the unshed tears. "What do you want a boy or a girl?"

Jason shook his head. "I want you to be healthy. Both of you." He had told her that before. "Having a girl is still scary, but I can handle it." Another person to love was growing under his hand. His thumb was still gently sweeping over the soft skin. "Do you have any names picked out?" His eyes were taking in the other subtle changes of her body.

"No." Elizabeth said shaking her head. "Do you have names you'd like?"

"Lizzie." He said with a wicked grin. There was no way his wife would go for that.

"I don't think so." Elizabeth knew he was causing trouble. "That is just borrowing trouble."

"You should pick." Jason said looking back at Elizabeth's stomach. "You've done an amazing job with our first two children's names. If it is a girl, I'd like her middle name to be Rose."

"To honor Lila." Elizabeth said running her fingers through his hair. "I like that. Maybe we will use an A name to honor my Gram."

"That's good." Jason said placing his cheek on her tummy. "If the baby is a boy I'd like his first or middle name to start with an A." He didn't have to explain that it was for his dad.

"We could name him Alan." Elizabeth offered.

"No, if AJ has a boy he will use the name Alan. I also don't really like Alan Morgan. It just doesn't work for me." Jason knew he didn't need to explain further.

"I'll go online and start looking at names." Elizabeth offered. "If I pick something you absolutely hate you need to speak up." The mood of the morning had shifted and they weren't going to make love now, but this was just as special. They were spending time bonding with their youngest child.

"I love you." Jason said kissing her tummy. "Your mommy and I both love you. We are so excited that you are a part of our family. You have two big brothers who are going to play with you and help you learn things. You're not getting a dog though. We already have two so you'll have to share one."

Elizabeth laughed out loud. She couldn't help it. "I doubt anyone will give us a dog as a baby gift."

"I want to start reading to the baby. At night." Jason said looking up at his wife.

"I think that will be wonderful." For her too because his voice soothed her, when it didn't arouse her.

"Any requests?" He asked coming back up so that Elizabeth could put her head on his shoulder. He left his hand covering her belly.

"We would love to hear about Italy." Elizabeth told him. He was always so warm. Her eyes were drifting shut. If she stayed still for any length of time she fell asleep. It was normal, her body required rest.

Jason placed his cheek on the top of her head and listened as his wife's breathing evened out. The boys wouldn't be up for another hour so he would just lie here and dream about what their newest child might look like. A little boy who looked like him, a girl who looked like her mother, or maybe somewhere in between. Curly blonde hair with dark blue eye, or straight brown with his eye color. No matter what this child was welcomed, and loved already.

The next morning while Elizabeth was getting dressed she watched Jason peeking at her tummy. It was too cute. He only left the room because Cameron knocked on the door. Their oldest knew not to go downstairs alone. He had a habit of getting into things. Last night Jason had in fact read to them. She fell asleep pretty quickly but he told her that he finished the chapter for the baby. "Okay all set for work." Elizabeth said coming into the kitchen.

"I'll be at the hospital in time for your appointment. If I'm running late I'll tell Milo to take you the office and I will meet you there." Jason told his wife giving her a kiss.

"You don't have to come to this one." Elizabeth said fixing herself a mug of herbal tea. "It won't be exciting. There isn't even an ultrasound scheduled." She didn't want him feeling guilty if work kept him away.

"I'm the cheering section, the pep squad. I have to come and tell you how great you are doing." He said smiling wide.

"Is that right. Are you going to wear a sweater with a giant M on it and carry a bullhorn?" She asked him.

"What color would this sweater be?" He asked playing along.

"Green of course." Elizabeth put the lid on her travel mug.

"I look horrible in green." Jason said shaking his head no. "What about blue?"

"Hmm. I love you in blue." Elizabeth said stretching up and kissing him as the house phone rang. "Milo is here. I'm sure he will be glad when the afternoon sickness stops so he doesn't have to play chauffeur."

"Milo doesn't mind driving you." Jason assured his wife. He had checked and wasn't surprised by the younger man's answer. Milo preferred having Elizabeth, and the boys when it was necessary, in his truck. It kept them close and made it easier to protect them. Elizabeth in her own car was a risk. "See you this afternoon."

"This afternoon." Elizabeth kissed both her sons before walking to the front door. Jason was dropping them off at AJ and Keesha's place. The two nannies had been happy to take a temporary pay raise to watch the boys. Cameron's guard would pick him up for school in about an hour. Elizabeth agreed the arrangement could stay in place until they found a nanny of their own. With a new baby coming she wanted her own child care provider. Newborns were a lot of work, and it wasn't fair to expect the ladies to do more than they already were.

Jason was whistling as he walked into his office. "Good morning Mel."

"Good morning Jason." Mel replied. Her boss was in a good mood, which was nice because she was in a great mood. "Your mail is on the desk. I forwarded a few emails that you will want to look at before you leave for your appointment at the hospital. And I made sure Mr. Davenport knew that you could not be held up this afternoon." Mel let Jason know.

"Great. Thank you." Jason said taking off his coat. Gina had been right Mel was a great fit.

"Jason." Mel waited until he looked up.

"Yes." He said giving her his full attention.

"I wanted to say thank you. Not just for the job, but for the introduction." Things in her personal life were looking up.

"The date went well?" Jason asked smiling wider.

"It did." Melissa tried to keep from giggling. "We are going out again in a few days. I've never had a boss play matchmaker before."

"I figured I'd save my wife some time." Jason shrugged. "I want you to be happy with your decision to move here and work for me." Happy employees caused less grief.

"Well so far I have no complaints." Melissa promised him.

"Wait until the next snowfall." Jason said laughing.

"I heard the same thing from my date." Melissa said before returning to her desk. Although with someone to cuddle with, snow might not be such a bad thing.

Elizabeth was on the table in her gown when the door opened and Jason walked in. "I'm so sorry." He said a bit winded. He had ran through the hospital. "Did I miss anything?"

"No, Joyce hasn't even come in yet." Elizabeth told her husband. "You didn't have to rush if your meeting ran late."

"It didn't. It finished early. I went back to the office to see Mel, and got hung up." Jason had time so he wanted to drop off the contracts. While he was there Ritchie had dropped by to tell him about a problem at the warehouse. He did put the issue to rights quickly, but it needed Jason's immediate attention because Francis was at a meeting.

"Oh." Elizabeth didn't really know what to say to that. Her husband was late because he was with Mel. Her feelings about the other woman hadn't changed. There was something about the blonde she didn't like. "If you need to go back I'll be fine."

"No, I'll go right back to the office to see her when we are done here." Jason shrugged his coat off. Mel would have the information he requested on the client that was causing the problem by the time he got done. "You have my undivided attention."

Joyce knocked and walked in. "Hello Morgans."

"Hi Joyce." Elizabeth said stretching out on the table.

"So everything looks good. You are back to the weight you were on your physical which I liked seeing. Still getting sick?" The doctor asked as she began her exam.

"Yeah." Elizabeth answered.

"That should stop in a few weeks, but it doesn't always." Joyce cautioned. "In your first two pregnancies it did so that is a good indicator it might. I see I was right about when you would start showing."

"It's like you've done this before." Elizabeth said being cheeky.

"A time or two." Joyce replied laughing. "Want to have a look?"

"We get an ultrasound?" Elizabeth asked surprised.

"You certainly do. If Kelly keeps you at high risk you will get one every other examine." Joyce squirted on some gel and placed the wand on Elizabeth's stomach.

This picture was easy to see. A clearly defined oval shaped sac with a darker center. "The baby." Jason said holding Elizabeth's hand in his.

"It's still too early for gender identification, but everything is looking good so far." Joyce loved this part of her job. "Today you get pictures." She said pushing a button. "You'll have to help most of your friends with what they are looking at, but your family will get the drift." Because they were medical personnel or had babies of their own. "Okay, so I'm going to say four weeks back."

Elizabeth smiled wide at that. Joyce was confident that things would stay calm. "I'll make the appointment."

"It's been a pleasure having you as a patient Elizabeth." Joyce wanted the nurse to know that.

"I knew I was in good hands." Elizabeth told her colleague. Joyce stepped out and Liz looked over at Jason who staring intently at the ultrasound images. "Can you make it out?"

"I can." He said his heart filling with love. "Our baby is beautiful."

"Oh Jason." Elizabeth just had to kiss him for that. "Our baby is." She agreed.

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