I know it's been a long time since I've added to the story still really hectic work schedule and what not. But here is the next chapter, Enjoy. I still do NOT own any of the Burn Notice characters.
It was the beginning of February Michael and Fiona were getting ready to go to their second doctor's appointment. It had been about four weeks since the first one and they couldn't wait to see how the baby had changed. Fiona was sitting on the bed waiting for Michael to finish cleaning up from breakfast; all was quiet in the loft until Fiona broke the silence.
"Michael we need to seriously start looking for a new place to live. We can't bring a baby here; there are far too many ways he or she could get hurt." Fiona said as she looked around the loft.
Michael finished the dishes and dried his hands; he walked over to the bed and sat down next to Fiona. Taking her hand he said, "I know Fi, but the good news is I think I found us a house." Fiona was about to interrupt. "Before you say anything Fi I didn't sign any papers or anything I just went and looked at it one day when you were shopping with Ma." Michael stood up and then helped Fiona up off the bed and they made their way out of the loft.
Once Michael was sure Fiona was comfortably in the car he put his hand on her expanding stomach. "If you like we can go take a look at the house after the doctor." Michael left Fiona in the car long enough to close and lock the gates. When he got back in the car Fiona looked deep in thought. "What's up Fi?"
Fiona turned a little to face him, "I've been thinking Michael, the doctor said a month ago that I was about five months pregnant, so now I should be close to six months pregnant right?" Michael nodded yes. "That leaves three months before the baby comes. So I look like I am six months pregnant? No I don't think so I want to know how he came up with five months. I know I have grown in the past month but I still think he is mistaken. I think now I could be five months." Fiona finished her thought and looked at Michael who seemed to be really thinking about what she was saying.
"Well Fi, when we get there you can ask him or if you like I can ask him. I do agree with you though. I don't see how neither of us especially you could not have realized that you were that far a long."
The rest of the drive to the doctor's office was pretty quiet. Not in an uncomfortable way, but in a way that meant that they were both thinking. Every so often one would look at the other and smile. Michael had been holding Fiona's hand the entire way. When they got to the doctors office Michael opened the door for Fiona. Helping her out of the car.
"You ready to go in Wendy?" Michael asked with a smile on his face.
"Bite me Michael", Fiona replied as Michael took her hand and they walked inside.
They sat and waited the waiting room for their turn to be called back. Michael was clearly uncomfortable just sitting and waiting. He stood up and started to walk around the room. He pretended to be looking at the posters on the wall that showed various stages of pregnancy. Fiona knew that he just couldn't sit still but didn't know why.
"Michael?" Fiona said.
Michael turned around to face her then walked over to her and sat back down taking her hand in his. "Yeah Fi."
"Are you ok? You have been pacing the room for the last ten minutes." she said putting her other hand on top of their hands.
Michael looked into Fiona's eyes so she was able to tell he was telling the truth when he replied, "Yeah Fi, I'm fine, I just don't like sitting around in places I don't know well."
They sat there another ten minutes before a nurse came out and took them back to an exam room. The nurse gave Fiona a gown and held the door open for Michael to leave so Fiona could change. Michael looked at the nurse and said, "I'll stay." The nurse nodded her head and left the room.
Fiona looked at Michael as she started to change, "Thank you for staying Michael."
A few minutes later Dr. Damon came in and hello's were exchanged. "Ok let's get the exam under way." Dr. Damon started up the ultra sound and began the exam. "So I told you last time that you were about five months along, and you didn't seem to believe it. So this time around I am doing a 3-D ultrasound it will give you a better picture of the baby and it will give me a better idea as to exactly how far along you are."
Michael and Fiona looked at each other and smiled. As the doctor was doing his exam Michael had taken hold of Fiona's hand. The doctor stopped moving the wand and pressed a button on the keyboard freezing the image.
"So have you decided if you would like to know the sex of the baby?" Dr. Damon asked.
Michael and Fiona looked at each other and in unison replied "No."
"Ok then just give me a second to change the image so it's not obvious what the sex is." The doctor moved the wand a little so there was a different image on the screen, once a new image was on the screen he turned the monitor so Michael and 'Wendy' could see the image. When they saw the image on the screen they both gasped, they couldn't believe how real the baby looked.
Fiona broke her gaze with the monitor first and looked at the doctor. "So is everything ok?"
Dr. Damon looked at the monitor quickly before answering, "Yes everything is fine, and by the looks of it you were closer with how far along you are then I originally was. The problem with the first ultrasound I did is that it can catch shadows that make the baby look bigger. Now that I can see a 3-D picture I can better judge and now it seems you are 18 weeks along. As of now it looks like your due date is July 11."
"I knew it. I knew there was no way I could be that far along and not realize I had something growing inside me." Fiona said after letting the new information sink in for a moment.
Michael's eyes were still glued to the monitor; He couldn't believe that the image on the screen was his child. Fiona squeezed his hand to snap him out of it. He shook his head quickly to refocus then looked to Fiona. "What?"
"Michael Did you hear a word the doctor just said?" Fiona looked into Michaels eyes and knew he didn't hear anything that was said.
"Umm, no I didn't, I'm sorry, I was, uh-" Michael stopped talking as his gaze went back to the monitor.
Fiona let go of his hand and put it under his chin and turned his head so he was facing her again. "Michael the doctor said everything is fine and that the due date is around July 11."
"July 11?" Michael thought for a second, "That would mean you are what about 18 weeks now and not 23 weeks. So you were right." Michael leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss.
Dr. Damon cleared his throat to bring their attention back to him. "So are there any questions or concerns that you have as of now?"
Fiona and Michael looked at each other and thought for a moment. Fiona answered first, "I don't think so, and I've been doing like you said eating crackers and small meals and I haven't gotten sick since."
"That is great. What about you Michael? You look like you have a question."
Michael looked at Fiona for a second before turning his attention to the doctor. "Well I was wondering how bad second hand smoke is for Wendy and the baby?"
Dr. Damon looked confused by this. "Neither of you smoke are you worried about people walking around the street and smoking while you're near them?"
Michael was about to answer when Fiona took over. "No nothing like that, you see Michael's mother smokes a lot and I have been spending a descent amount of time around her lately getting things ready."
Dr. Damon had a look of concern on his face. "Well second hand smoke is dangerous for you and the baby. There are a few things that could go wrong for example there is a higher rate of miscarriages and still births. Or a risk of low birth weight. Just to name two things. I would suggest doing what ever you can to stay away from smoke of any kind."
Fiona and Michael looked to each other at the same time and knew that they had to talk to Madeline. "Ok Doctor we will stay away from now on." Michael responded.
"Good. I wouldn't want to see anything bad happen to either you or the baby." Dr. Damon replied.
After a moment he asked if they had any other questions. Neither had any other questions so they said there good byes until the next appointment. This time they remembered to get a copy of the ultrasound picture before they left the office.
Michael seemed to be in another world as he drove back to the loft. He never looked over at Fiona and kept his eyes strictly on the road. Fiona knew what he was thinking about and just left him alone to think. Until they got to the loft.
"Michael I know what you're thinking about, why don't you go over and talk to your Mom. I'll stay here."
"Fi we were supposed to go look at the house in an hour, I'd rather not go see Mom now. I'll do it later." Michael got out of the car and unlocked the gate. Once the car was parked he sat for a moment, then got out and opened Fiona's door instead of locking the gate. Fiona looked shocked that he didn't lock the gate right away. Once Fiona was out of the car she headed up the stairs and Michael was right behind her.
"Michael aren't you going to lock the gate?" Fiona asked looking back to Michael
"Nah we are only going to be here a minute, I just needed to grab the key to the house."
Fiona looked at Michael in disbelief. "Michael you said you said you didn't sign any papers for the house."
"I didn't the real estate lady wasn't going to be available to show us the house today and I wanted you to see it. She knows I work for the CIA so she said I could hang on to the key so I could show you the house." Michael grabbed the key out of the suit jacket he wore a couple of days ago. "You ready to go Fi?"
Fiona thought for a moment then bounced up and down a little. "Hold on let me pee first."
Michael just shook his head and laughed to himself.
Five minutes later they were in Fiona's car driving over to the house.
"Fi why did you want to take your car?" Michael asked from the passenger seat.
"Its simple Michael, the Charger doesn't have an air conditioner and its hot outside."
Michael looked over at the dashboard that had the outside temperature on it that read 75 degrees. "Fi, its 75 degrees outside its really not hot out."
Fiona shot Michael her famous death glare and he backed off. The only time there was speaking in the car was when Michael gave directions to the house. When they got to the house Fiona put her hand out for the key. When Michael gave it to her she said, "You wait out here, you got to see the house with out me now I want to see the house with out you first." Michael nodded and Fiona disappeared into the house.
When she first walked into the house she saw that the sitting room was to the left and a dining room to the right. A stairway in front of her that curved up to the second floor. She walked through the dining room into the large kitchen that had a large breakfast bar. Looking out the window she saw an in ground pool. She smiled at that. Walking from the kitchen into the living room which had a fire place and sliding glass door to the deck. She was imagining how furniture would be placed in the room. After a few minutes she walked back through the little hallway from the kitchen to the entryway. She headed up stairs after peeking out the window to see what Michael was doing. He was sitting on the stairs waiting for her to come out. Once she was up stairs she headed for the master bedroom. It was huge, had a large en suite bathroom with a hot tub. Not to mention the biggest closet she had ever seen in her life. Once she felt she had a good feel of that room she went down the hallway to the other bedroom. Turns out there were three bedrooms down that hallway. They were all roughly the same size. She decided she had seen enough and wanted Michael to explain why they needed so many rooms. She went back down the stairs and looked out the window before she opened the door. She noticed Michael wasn't sitting on the stairs anymore. She went outside to look for him.
"Michael?" she called out.
"Over here Fi." he called over from the garage.
Fiona walked over to him and found him playing with a basketball. She had not noticed the basketball hoop when she pulled up. "Where did you find a ball Michael?"
Michael took one last shot before putting the ball back where he found it on the side of the driveway. "It was laying right there. You were in there so long I needed to do something Fi."
"Its fine Michael, you don't have to explain yourself, I was just curious where you found the ball." They walked back towards the front door of the house.
"So do I get to go inside with you this time?" Michael asked.
"Yes Smart ass you do. I have a few questions for you inside." They walked into the house hand in hand.
"Ok Fi what questions do you have?" Michael asked not knowing what she would say.
"Well for starters Michael, Why do we need something so big?"
They walked into the kitchen and stood at the breakfast bar. "I don't know Fi, didn't really think about that."
"I mean really Michael, a sitting room and a living room. Why? Don't get me wrong the house is beautiful but it just seems so big. Plus it has what four bedrooms. Michael we are having one child."
"I know Fi, but you never know what the future holds." They started walking down the hallway to the entryway when Michael stopped at a door that Fiona figured was just a coat closet. "Fi wait a second did you even bother to look behind this door?"
Fiona turned around and walked over to the door pulling it open and seeing stairs going down, instead of a closet like she thought. "I thought this was just a closet I didn't realize it led downstairs. Or that there was a downstairs for that matter." They walked down stairs to see what could either be a giant play room or a giant workshop for various things. "Wow, this is huge Michael. Are you sure you can afford this?"
Michael looked around with Fiona, "Yep Fi I am sure." They started to walk up the stairs to the main level of the house.
"Fine Michael you can afford it, but seriously what are we going to do with all this
room? At most I can see three out of four bedrooms being used. Ours, the baby's and
maybe a room for Sam for when Elsa kicks him out." they walked upstairs to the
bedrooms.
"Fi you haven't said anything about the four bathrooms. There would be no waiting to
take a shower, or whatever else it is you do in there."
Fiona gave Michael a little push away but he came right back to stand behind her as they stood in the master suite. "Michael I love the house, I still think it's big for us but I'm sure we will fill up the spaces." She turned in Michaels arms and kissed him on the lips.
"So does that mean we are getting the house?" Michael asked when they separated. Fiona nodded her head and smiled. They started to walk back downstairs.
"Michael I saw that there was an attached two car garage but how do you get to it?" Once they got to the bottom of the stairs Michael took Fiona's hand and led her through the dining room and the kitchen to a door Fiona never even noticed. Opening the door Michael led her through to a laundry room that was already equipped with a washer and a drier. Another door led to the garage. Fiona was speechless.
After a few more minutes roaming around the house they made there way out the front door and Fiona locked up the house. When they got back in the car Fiona looked over to Michael and said, "You realize once this kid starts moving around we are going to have to do a lot of baby proofing."
Michael just shook his head and looked out the window thinking about it. Fiona started up the car and drove away from what would be their new home soon.
That is it for now. Next chapter will have Michael talking to Maddie about the move and the smoking. Should be fun. I would love some reviews, I love to read them they make me smile. I would also like to say that I have never been pregnant and am doing massive research to try and get the pregnancy stuff right.
