Author Note: hey guys it's time for another chapter of TCE and I thought that I was on chapter 9 on the last posting but it turns out that I was only on chapter 8. Well this one is chapter 9! I hope that you like it.


Callen was in bed waiting for his wife to come in. He was starting to think that she was never coming to bed. Tonight was their date night and she is about seven months pregnant.

"Honey, are you coming to bed yet?" He calls out for her.

"Yeah. Hold on." She says opening the door.

"Wow. you look amazing for bedtime." He says to her as he watches her climbing into bed.

"Who said anything about going to bed right away?" She says to her husband as she starts kissing his neck.

"I get what you want." He says loving her pregnancy stage. He is just loves that she can get turned on at the drop at the hat. They make love and are careful for the pregnancy.


The next morning, Callen woke up to find his wife still asleep. He need to go pick up their son and go for the run with Sam. By the time that he got home, she was already woke up and making breakfast for them.

"hey, how was your night with Sam and Michelle?" She asked her son.

"we made cookies with the girls and then Sam talked to me about being a big brother to a little girl." He said to his mother.

"and?" She responds to her son. "How do you feel about the baby now?"

"I am looking forward to being a big brother to a little girl." he says to his mother.

"that's good bud." Callen says to his son giving him a pad on the back. "So buddy, Sam and I were talking about going fishing with the boys like Deeks and want to know if you want to come with?"

"Let's go dad!" He says happily. The boys leave and she decides to call up the girls and go shopping. When the girls get back, they aren't surprise not to see the boys.

"I must say that was a lot of fun to do with you girls." Kensi says and Nell nods in agreement.

"I know." Lauren says to the girls as they are sitting down. "Has Callen told you what we are expecting?"

"No not yet." Kensi says while adding. "I have a feeling that it's a little boy."

"Nah, it's a girl." Nell says correctly.

"Who's right?" Hetty adds on.

"It's actually Nell that is right." Lauren says to the girls as they smile at her. "We haven't come up with a name yet."

"Maybe you guys should name her Sophie." Kensi put in a name.

"I don't know. I will have to ask Callen on what he wants to name her. I mean that I got to name Eric." Lauren says to the girls. Around five pm, the girls leave to head home and Lauren is making something some dinner for her only since she did not know when the boys were going to be back. Around eight o'clock, Lauren got ready for bed and the boys were still not home yet. She brushes her teeth and then climbs into bed. She falls asleep and about an hour later the boys got home and head to bed.


The next morning, Lauren woke up to find Callen still sleeping. She looks at the clock and notices it only four in the morning. She decides to fall back to sleep and when she woke up. Lauren woke up about 7:45 and decides to just read her book. Callen wakes up about thirty minutes after her right when their son is walking in for breakfast.

"Good morning boys." She greeted the two men in her life. "What time did you come in at last night?"

"It's around 9pm." Callen to his wife and turns his attention to his son. "Buddy, why don't you go play your game for a bit and we will be down to make breakfast"

"Alright dad" He said to his father as he turns to walk out of the room. Callen turns attention back to his wife.

"So what did you ladies do yesterday after we left?" He asked his wife giving her a kiss.

"We went shopping for the baby. They asked me what we are going to name her." She says as Callen puts his hands on her stomach to feel their daughter moving.

"What did you tell them?" he asked her.

"That we haven't come up with a name for her yet." She replies back to him. "Which we both know that we have."

"Yes we have but I want to keep it quiet for another couple of weeks." He says back to her.

"I know. Now let's go fix our son some breakfast." she responded to her husband as they get out of bed and head down stairs to make breakfast for the family.


That's afternoon

Callen and Eric are playing ball in the backyard while Lauren was doing some laundry. After she is done with the laundry, she heads out there to watch them. They play for another hour outside and then come in and have lunch. They watch movies for the rest of the day and it's bedtime.

"Hey bud, it's time to go upstairs and brush your teeth and get ready for bed." Callen said to his son. Lauren was already upstairs getting ready herself. They all head to bed at the same time.


Nine months pregnant

Lauren was ending her last month of her pregnancy and starting to have contractions that morning. Callen had left for work when her water broke. She knew that she needed to call her husband and have him to come home.

"Hey, it's time and you need to bring Kensi." she says to her husband as another contraction hits her. He is home in about thirty minutes and she is really close to having their daughter. Kensi looks and sees the baby's head.

"Alright it's time to push." Kensi tells her as she starts to push the baby out. The baby arrives about twenty minutes later. "So what's her name?"

"It's Emma Lynne." Callen says watching his wife bonding with their daughter. Kensi helps clean up from the birth and leaves.

"Thank you for giving me another chance and blessing me with this little girl." Callen says to her as he gives her a kiss.

"You're welcome." she responds to her husband when their son comes into the room.

"She's here." Eric said to his parents. He knew that she was coming any day.

"Yes, you want to hold your sister?" Callen says to his son as he sits down next to his mother. Callen hands their daughter over to Eric and let him hold her.

"Was I this small when I was born?" Eric asks his mother.

"Yes you were." she responds right when Emma starts crying since she is hungry. Callen hands his wife a cover to feed her. The family enjoys the rest of the day.


Three Months later

Emma was three months old now and has a very special bond with both of her parents. Today they were having a party for Sam's birthday at Sam's house. It's Emma's first outing besides her doctor check ups. Lauren was packing for the diaper bag as Callen was changing her diaper. Eric was already with Sam and Michelle to play with the other kids. He puts her in her car seat and they get into the car and arrive to find their son missing.

"Hey Sam, where's Eric?" He asks his best-friend. Sam looks around and notices that Eric is missing. "Where is my son?"

"Don't worry G. We will find him." Sam says to his friend as Lauren walks up with Emma.

"Babe, have you seen Eric?" She asks her husband. "I have looked for him for a while."

"Don't worry and we are going to look for him" Callen says as his phone starts to ring.


Author Note: What do you think happen to Eric? Review and let me know what you think about this. Thank you for the reviews on chapter 8 and other chapters. Follow me on twitter: "Carson34ff"