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CHAPTER 2 - home.

As David drove home, Erin could only think about the test she had hidden in her purse.

"What would David think? Would he want to be a father at his age." So many more questions were flying around in her head that she didn't realise that they had arrived home already.

"Are you alright sweetheart? Don't worry about Hotch and Morgan baby. They will come around eventually and they won't tell anyone about us until we gave them they okay."

"Humm... What? Sorry, I wasn't thinking about that. Shall we go inside?" came his wife's distracted reply.

As Erin made her way up to their house David wondered what else could have his wife so preoccupied. Maybe it was the new baby in the family, as he knew Erin felt strange about being a grandmother so young.

Little did David know how close he was to what was actually going on in his wife's head.

"Sweetheart? Where are you? I'm going to make a quick something to eat, do you want anything?" asked David from the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm not really hungry just now. I think I'll just go for a bath and then bed."

"Okay. Looks like its just you and me Mudgie." replied David as he bent down to stroke the faithful dog.

"Two minutes must be up now." Thought Erin as she paced their en suite bathroom. As she checked her watch for the umpteenth time she realised that the time had come to find out. As she reached for the test, she froze.

"I can't do this. I can't believe this is happening to me. So many things could go wrong with a pregnancy at my age. The risks to the child as well - I need David for this." she finally decided.

"David? Could you come up here please. I ... I need you to..." was all Erin could get out before she turned and curled up on their bed.

As David entered their bedroom and saw her curled up on their bed he knew something was going on with his wife. He gently climbed onto the bed behind her and wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong? You know you can tell me anything." Dave whispered to his wife.

"Have you noticed that for the last two weeks I haven't been able to eat any breakfast without being ill and that my emotions seem to be all over the place lately." questioned Erin.

As David tried to figure out where his wife was going with this, he knew if he gave the wrong answer it could end very badly.

"Well, to be honest I had been a bit worried about you but I thought it was due to you worrying over Anna and the baby. Is there something else I should know, baby."

"As a matter of fact, yes. I'm not sure if I'm going through early menopause or if I could be pregnant. It's not like we use any birth control anymore but with my age I thought it would be impossible."

As she let the possibilities of their situation sink in. She turned over so that they were facing each other. She wanted to be able to see David's reaction. Unfortunately his face was blank, almost like he was in shock. Erin decided to just get everything out in the open.

"On the way home tonight, when we stopped at the pharmacy, I didn't get pain killers. I bought a pregnancy test. Ive already taken it but I couldn't look at it without you there with me as we would be in this together... Hopefully."

As David lay there looking at Erin, he could only think about his missed chance with his son by his first wife. Not many people knew that the playboy, David Rossi, had had a child or that he died during childbirth which was one of the reasons his marriage fell apart.

"Am I too old to do this? Would the child survive this time? How would Erin cope with being pregnant at her age? Would I be a good father?" we're some of the questions going through Dave's head.

When he noticed the increasingly scared look on Erin's face he knew he had to say something good to prove he really did want this child, if there was one.

"Sweetheart, I can not tell you how happy I would be if you were pregnant. I have always dreamed of being a father, you know that. It doesn't matter to me about our ages but I know you worry which is why I think we should have a look at that test first." suggested David.

As they both rose to sit on the bed Erin suggested "Why don't you go look at the test and tell me what it says. I'm not sure whether or not I can look. I kind of want it to be positive though."

When David looked to his wife he knew that she had made up her mind that she would have this child and realised there was no way he could not be part of his child's life.

"Honey, I want you to know that no matter what the test says I will always be beside you and that I will never leave you as long as I live. Even god is going to have a hard time taking me from you when my time comes."

As David turned into the bathroom Erin could only nod as she felt relieved that David would be by her side no matter what. She still couldn't believe how much she loved him and all that they had been through together.

"Sweetheart, do you want me to tell you or shall we look at the test together?" asked David as he sat down beside Erin with the test facing down.

"We should look together, as we are in this together." suggested Erin.

"Okay" was all David said before he flipped the test over. Just rip it off like a band aid, no point in hanging about.

As they both starred at the test, David's face broke out into a massive grin.

"Oh my god. This is amazing baby. I can't believe we are going to be parents." said David as he turned to embrace his amazing wife. He couldn't believe that, not only had she put up with him for the past 7 years, she was also going to give him the only thing he felt he would never get. A family.

"So, your okay with this?" asked Erin. She still wasn't sure if he wouldn't run. I mean who wants to become a father at his age. He probably thought he had put that part of his life behind him after James had died and his three failed marriages.

"I couldn't be happier sweetheart. I have always wanted to have a child but Carolyn couldn't bare it after James died and my other ex-wives only married me for my money. Neither of them wanted kids. I am so happy about this news, but how do you feel about it?"

"To be honest. I'm scared but happy. I am happy that I can give you the child you want but at the same time I'm quite scared as I am not as young as I used to be and a number of things could go wrong."

"You can't think like that sweetheart. We have to pray that everything will be okay and the baby and you will make it through this." soothed David as he rubbed his wife's arm to give her some comfort.

"I suggest that we both go to bed now and we can phone the doctors in the morning for an appointment. Hopefully they can squeeze us in so that we have some good news to think about whilst Hotch and Morgan are here in the afternoon." said Dave as he rose to start getting changed whilst leaning over to give his wife a kiss.

"I wonder if they could tell us how far along I am?" mused Erin as she started to get ready for bed.

"I don't know sweetheart. Why don't we try and go to sleep and pray that we could see our baby in the morning." suggested David as he climbed into bed behind his wife.

"Okay darling. I love you and I am so relieved that you are okay with this." said Erin as she spooned up against David.

"Good night sweetheart" David replied as he kissed her on her head. "Sweet dreams."

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