Hi everyone! Thanks for reading. I am sorry about my little rant in the previous chapter, but it was necessary.
Thanks for bearing with me, favoriting, following and taking the time. I appreciate it.
So Jules is pregnant! More on the pregnancy and everyone's reactions and support.
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Chapter 9 – Baby Fever
It was another minute before Teresa came in. "Hello, who's ready to see this baby?" she greeted as she came in.
Jules smiled, "Hi Tessy, thanks for fitting me in. I am excited to do this" she said.
Teresa came in and put the chart down, "no problem. I assume you are Johnny?" she turned to him to greet him.
He smiled and put shook his hand, "Tommy Casey" he replied.
"Teresa Callaghan, nice to meet you" she greeted before setting up the ultrasound machine.
Jules leaned back and pulled up the gown to reveal her little baby bump. Johnny was excited. He sat on the chair next to the bed and held her hand.
"This is going to be a little cold" Jules warned as she squirted the gel on Juliana's stomach.
"Okay, there's the baby…wait I think I see something else" Teresa moved the wand around a little more.
Johnny looked to Jules before looking at Tess and back at the machine, trying to figure out what he was looking at. He had no idea what the things on the screen were. Jules was the medical one in the family, not him.
"Tess, what's going on?" she asked as she tried to look at the screen.
Tess moved the wand around in different areas of the stomach. "Do twins run in your family by any chance?" she asked.
Jules looked at her shocked, "yeah, my grandma was a twin" Jules said.
Tess smiled and captured the picture on the screen before pointing to a particular point on the screen, "We found a second a baby" she turned on the sound and they could hear two heartbeats.
"Congratulations, you are having twins. Shy twins by the looks of it" Tess replied.
"But why didn't they see it on the 3-month ultrasound?" Jules asked beyond shocked.
"You know as well as I do that sometimes baby 2 hides behind baby 1. And I believe that's the case here. On the other hand, I do have a clear view of the sex of the babies" Tess stated.
Jules looked and Johnny and nodded at Tess. They talked about it before hand. They wanted to know. "Yeah, we still want to know what we are having" Jules said.
Tess nodded and moved the wand around Juliana's stomach. "Okay, for baby 1 we have a boy and for baby 2 we have a shy little baby girl. Congratulations guys. I'll give you a minute and print you out some pictures" Tess said as she printed out the pictures from the machine and put it in their chart.
Jules smiled at Johnny. She was really excited about having a baby, even more now that they were having twins. "This is great! Johnny, we are having twins, a boy and a girl. How lucky, one of each" she squealed.
Johnny kept looking at the screen and then at Jules stomach as she was wiping off the gel from the ultrasound.
Jules noticed his quiet demeanor and looked at him concerned. She wiped the gel off her stomach and changed back into her clothes, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Johnny, are you okay? You look a little pale" she felt his forehead and cupped his face to get his attention.
"We are having a girl! I'm having a girl" he stated.
Jules smiled and nodded, "yes we are having a girl and a boy" she added.
"Jules, we are having a girl. What am I going to do with a girl? I don't know how to be a father to a little girl? How am I supposed to take care of her? What if she asks me for advice? Oh God, this is a disaster" Johnny was panicking.
"Babe, if she asks you for advice, you'll give it to her. You'll be fine" Jules tried to reassure him.
In reality, she found it all to be quiet amusing. "Well, that's easy for you to say, you were raised a little girl. I was in the woods playing sticks" he rambles as he walked over and stared at the frozen ultrasound picture.
"Well maybe our little girl will be adventurous too and I'll teach her to be strong, independent and think for herself just like my mom taught me" she wrapped her arm around his waist and smiled at the picture.
"See, that's my point Jules. You had a good example growing up. Both you and your mom are strong, independent, powerhouse women and you still got your heart stomped on by self-centered jerks" he sighed.
Jules smiled up at him. "We survived and so will our little girl" she said.
"My little girl deserves more than just we survived. I mean look, she's perfect in there. And then she's going to come out into the world and there's going to be guys lining up to take her out and their going to tell her that she looks good and they like her and all that kind of stuff and the only thing they want is one thing" he was really freaking out.
Juliana couldn't help but laugh, "okay, but she's still in the womb. You won't have to worry about that for a very long time" she reminded.
"Juliana, you don't know how bad guys can be. As bad as you think I was, I was a million times worse and actually proud of it" he was totally serious.
Jules smirked, "I am sure you're probably an expert in that stuff" she couldn't help but tease.
"Oh I am. If any guy comes to our house to take our little girl out, any guy like me, I'm going to put her in a convent and I'm going to kill him" he said.
Juliana laughed and cupped his face to give him a kiss. "Babe you need to relax. We still have a long way to go before she starts dating. Besides, she has a brother that's going to be there for her every step of the way" Juliana tried to reassure him.
He put his arm around her shoulders as they walked out. "All I am saying is that any guy who wants to date my daughter is going to be put through the ringer" he stated.
Jules couldn't help but laugh and kiss his cheek, "I love you lieutenant" she said.
Johnny smiled and tilted her head up to kiss him, "speaking of that, how would you like to be Mrs. Lieutenant Casey?" he asked.
Jules looked up at him shocked. "What?" she froze.
Johnny faced her and cupped her face, "I want to do this right. You and those babies, you are the most important things in my life. All of you mean more to me than life itself. I want you to be my wife" he explained.
She smiled and wiped her tears. "Of course, I do" she wrapped her arms around his neck to kiss him.
Johnny smiled and pulled the ring out of his pocket. He put it on her finger and gave her another quick kiss before they made their way to Molly's.
They knew that everyone was going to be waiting for them. At Molly's everyone was anxious. They knew that Jules and Johnny were going to find out what they were having.
"What do you think babe?" Gabby asked Matt.
He took a chug of his beer and shrugged, "I don't know. I know that they are both really excited, no matter what they have" he replied.
"Oh, party pooper! I just want them to have a cute little girl so I can spoil her rotten" Sofia, Johnny's sister squealed.
Matt laughed at his daughter, "you do realize that it's not actually your baby, right?" he teased causing everyone to laugh even more.
When Johnny and Jules got there, they could barely get through the door without being attacked. Matt, Gabby, Kelly, Sofia, and Stephanie stood at the front of the pack. "So, what are we having?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah, a boy or a girl?" Sofia added.
Matt laughed and put his arm around the girls, "calm yourselves ladies" he teased.
Jules looked up at Johnny with a smirk before turning to the group. "Calm down guys, the twins will have enough love and energy for all of you" Jules said.
It took them a minute to realize what she said. They all gasped and squealed when realization hit them.
"TWINS!" the girls squealed all at the same time.
"Yeah one of each. A boy and a girl" Johnny added.
A wave of cheers and congratulations went around the room. "Otis, drinks for everyone on me. It's payback now that Johnny's having a girl to torture him like he's been torturing me with my sister" Andy announced.
Johnny laughed and shook his hand as everyone stepped up to congratulate them. Johnny had his arm around his sister watching as Andy faced his. "I love you so much. I am so proud of you. You are a great person and you are going to be a great mother" he said as he pulled Jules into a hug.
"Thank you" she whispered in his neck, smiling through tears, "I love you too Andy" she pulled away kissing his cheek.
He smiled and rubbed her back in comfort. "Don't worry about your little boy. His Uncle Andy is going to make sure he's going to be a great firefighter on Squad" he teased, looking at Johnny.
The Truck lieutenant smirked, "yeah I don't think so. He's going to take after his dad and join Truck" he said as he wrapped his arms around Juliana and pulled her into his chest, away from Andy.
Jules couldn't help but laugh. She cupped her tummy and smiled, "don't worry baby, you can be whatever you want to be and we'll still love you" she said to her stomach.
Otis handed everyone a drink and a water with lime for Jules. "I would like to propose a toast" Johnny got everyone's attention.
"To my beautiful fiancé and our babies, may they be born healthy and our family be together and happy forever together" he clinked glasses with Jules as everyone raised their glass to the toast.
Jules turned and gave him a kiss. "Thank you baby. I love you" she replied.
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Things were finally starting to look up for Johnny. Jules was in pregnant bliss. She was enjoying being pregnant. Johnny wanted to do things right by her. He already asked for the Severide's permission so he had that covered. The only thing he had left to do was start getting them a nursery and a new place to go.
He walked into Andy's office with a plan in mind. "Hey, what's going on?" he asked.
Johnny inclined his head down towards the chief's office. "Are you ready for this?" he asked.
Andy smiled and nodded. He got up and followed Johnny to the Chief's office. They wanted to set out a united front.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Chief, can we talk to you a minute? Johnny stuck his head in the doorway.
"Sure, come one in, have a seat" Chief Adam stated.
They walked in and each took a seat. Chief Adam looked at them curious. "What can I do for you?" he asked.
Andy looked at Johnny and nodded. It was his show. Johnny smiled and let out a nervous breath. "Well, you're the first we have to ask. But as you know, Jules and I are engaged" he started.
Chief Adam smiled and shook his hand, "Congratulations, that's great" he said.
"Thanks Chief" they sat back down. Now it was time to get serious.
"So the real reason we are here is to ask a favor from you" Johnny started.
Chief Adam nodded and indicated for them to continue. "You know that Jules is pregnant. We want to get married before the babies come. I was hoping we could set it up with the department chaplain and we could do it here" Casey said.
Chief Adam looked at his lieutenant thoroughly. Johnny has made a lot of changes since he's been with Jules. He turned to his squad lieutenant for his take. "I am 100% in favor of this. He makes my sister happy and that's all that matters to me" he added his input.
Chief Adam took a minute and nodded. "I'll make a call" he said.
Johnny let out a breath of relief. He got up and shook the chief's hand, "thanks chief, I really appreciate it" he turned to go. Now he had to just tell Jules.
"Casey" Chief called him back, "I'm proud of you for stepping up and taking responsibility," Chief stuck his hand out.
Johnny smirked and shook his hand, "thanks Chief, I am pretty sure that Jules would kick my ass into gear" he replied causing all the men to chuckle.
They all walked out and into the common room. Everyone looked at the three of them curious. "What's going on guys?" Gabby asked. She got the call from her son to have the parent's meet at the firehouse. He said that they had a plan.
"As you all know, Jules and I got engaged and we need everyone's help" Johnny started…. once he let everyone in on the plan, they were super excited. They were all for it.
"We'll take care of everything here" they said.
Johnny smiled and nodded. He knew that they would help him out. He knew that they would all rally together.
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When Jules and Stephanie got off work, they met Gabby, Matt, Johnny and Kelly at the baby store. they all walked into the store and started looking at different clothes for the baby.
It was really sweet to see Jules get excited about the frilly little outfits for the baby. She went through racks and racks of baby clothes for the girl and the boy. It was fun, not that you could get the firefighters to admit it.
"Okay Jules do we need anything specific or are we just looking for things for the kids that we like?" Johnny asked. He had no experience with these things.
Julie smiled up at him, "No nothing specific. I just want to get an idea of what's out there for now for kids. We have the big stuff from old family stuff, but I want to get a feel for the new style. I want my kis to be fashionable" she replied.
Johnny smiled, "Okay but you do know that you don't have to be fashionable to get into the fire academy. Our kids are a shoe in. With me, Andy and their grandparents being a Severide and Casey. Legacies and pretty much legends in the fire community, they are pretty much set" he stated.
Juliana just shook her head. Ever since they found out she was having a boy, every male in her family was trying to plan ahead and plan her babies' future.
"Can we not get into this today? Our little baby is going to do whatever he wants to do and we will support him no matter what. Besides, there are more in the world besides t-shirts, button downs and jeans. I want our kids to be fashionable and keep up with the latest trends" she replied.
Stephanie saw her sister's explanation wasn't getting through, so she decided to step in and help. "Hey Johnny, I have an idea. Why don't you go into the boy's section with dad and Matt. Pick out some clothes and stuff that match for the baby boy. We'll worry about the girl stuff. We are going to spoil this little girl so she's in nothing but pink and as girly as possible" she teased.
"Yeah, we need some more girl power in this family" Sofia added.
"Girl power huh? And what about me?" he asked.
"Well lucky for you that Jules is pregnant with twins and one of them is a boy. It'll even out the score" Stephanie replied for her sister.
Jules laughed at them, "guys be nice. He's just getting used to having to be a dad to a little girl. It's a lot different growing up with all boys" she defended her husband.
Johnny smiled and pulled her into his chest for a hug, wrapping his arms around her to cage her in. "This is why I love you" he teased as he tilted her chin up to press his lips against hers.
Before they could deepen the kiss, Kelly pulled on Johnny's shirt to pull him back and away from his daughter.
"She's pregnant, she needs all the oxygen she can get right now" he teased, causing everyone to start laughing.
They were in the middle of shopping when it happened. "Well, if it isn't Juliana Severide" a bald man said as he came towards the group. He grabbed Jules and pulled her into a hug.
Johnny stood at alert. He didn't like how this guy was holding his girl.
"Tell me you're not preggo girl" he laughed at her.
Johnny tensed and pushed his way through the racks and towards their group. He needed to be there to kick the guy's ass if he touched his girl again.
Johnny immediately stepped between the two, busting up the hug and pushing Jules behind him.
"Johnny Casey" Johnny extended his hand, "and you are?" he asked.
"Dr. Scott Alder" the man spoke with a sense of arrogance that only a doctor would have.
Kelly recognized the name right away. He remembered his daughter telling him all about the good doctor when she was in medical school. He hated the guy. He knew what the guy did to his daughter and he knew how things ended between them. It wasn't exactly pretty. Jules ended things, tried to keep things civil, but the guy didn't get the hint.
Things got so bad with the harassment that Andy and Mike went up and staid with their sisters for a little while, giving the message for the good doctor to back off. It worked, because he didn't bother the girls after that.
Kelly was glad that his boys weren't here to see this. They would be going off the rails. He leaned over to Matt, "this is going to end badly" he whispered to him.
Matt nodded, "tell me about it" he agreed.
It was coming back to Johnny now. The light bulb clicked. This was the guy that Jules went out with when she was still in medical school. Andy told him about how Dr. Desperate was trying to get into his sister's pants. He knew that Andy and Mike had to go up to New York to stay with Jules and Stephanie so they could give the guy the message to back off their sisters.
"So, are you the guy who tamed this one? She was a wild one in Med School" she said not taking his eyes off Juliana.
"Scott please don't. I am trying to have a nice day with my family. Please don't do this right now. What we had is in the past and that's where it needs to stay" she tried to defuse the situation before it got started.
Johnny shook his head, "No Jules, it's fine" he said to her before turning to the doctor in question, "I'm the lucky guy who she's having the baby with. Nice meeting you, but we've gotta get a move on," Johnny said moving Juliana in the opposite direction. It was taking all he had not to pummel the guy.
"Lucky?" scoffed the doctor under his breath.
Gabby had been holding Matt and Kelly back with the girls. They were ready to pummel the guy. How dare he say that to Juliana. If it wasn't for the girls, they were going to launch at the guy.
Johnny couldn't let that go. No way. Not when he said that to his girl.
"Did you say something?" he asked, getting right into Scott's face.
Scott felt his hand turn into a fist, watched as his arm pulled back and was a little shocked when his fist first met Johnny's face sending the lieutenant to the floor. Johnny popped back up and jumped on the doctor sending both of them over, knocking into the clothes and bins of stuff.
Jules and the girls were screaming for them to stop. Kelly and Matt were yelling at him too. "Get him Johnny! C'mon, kick his ass" he encouraged, the two women looking at him with disgust.
"Johnny stop" Sofia yelled.
"You two stop it" Stephanie added.
"Johnny this is enough, stop it" Jules yelled.
The yelling went over the guy's heads. They were too worried about beating each other to a pulp. Johnny punched Scott in the face to get even. He added another because of the way the arrogant doctor looked.
They were all over each other, rolling on the floor, before they were getting arrested.
The police officers called to the scene recognized Jules right away. They knew that she was the sister of Det. Mike Severide of vice and that she was connected to Sgt. Voight of the Intelligence Unit. They all knew not to mess with anything related to Voight. They called the detective right away.
When Mike got the call, he couldn't help but laugh. He made his way over right away, knowing that he would have the same reaction if he were there.
The girls were standing outside the shop looking at the scene before them. It was complete chaos. Both Johnny and Scott had clothes stuck to them at different angles.
The whole scene was a scene out of a movie. It was unreal. They stood there watching as Mike was standing by his squad car talking to Johnny and getting the story from the other police officers on the scene.
Johnny was pissed. He was sitting in one squad car and the doctor in another. The cops weren't stupid. They knew that the guys needed to be separated if they didn't want WWIII.
Johnny was fuming at the guy. He knew he was in trouble when he got back to Jules. She was going to tear him a new one for sure. At least he had the guys on his side. They were cheering him on as the was pummeling that asshole to the ground.
"Get out Rocky" Mike said with a grin on his face as he opened the door to the squad car. "You're really lucky that I'm a cop and I love my sister" he whispered to Johnny as he took off the handcuffs.
Matt and Kelly made their way over, patting him on the back in comfort. "That was the best display of someone getting their ass kicked they deserved I've seen in a long time" Kelly grinned looking back at Gabby and Jules who were standing with their arms crossed.
"Dad, you better reign it in. Jules and Stephanie are gonna demonstrate some more ass whipping when you get home" Mike warned, also giving Johnny some more pats on the back.
"You're letting that asshole go?" Johnny asked Mike.
"Yeah, but I feel like he'll be getting a hailstorm of tickets coming his way. Going too slow, too fast…just enough to let him know he better stay the hell away from my sister" Mike stated, Kelly patting his son on the back.
Johnny glanced at the girls sighing, "I better go get my own ass whipping right now" he said heading over to his fiancé.
Before he could even say anything, they rounded on him. "As the father of my grandchild and my son, I would except better behavior from you, I am so disappointed" Gabby stated.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Don't even start with me on defending my honor, I can defend myself and you know it. Did you even think about what would have happened if Mike wasn't here? That was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in my life" Jules yelled at him.
"I know. I know" Johnny started. "I'm sorry princess, but that asshole had that look on his face…I couldn't stand by and ignore the insult! I'm sorry but that's who I am and if you are going to marry me, you are going to have to deal with it. I already told you before, you and those kids, you are my life and I am going to protect you. He had that coming. He deserved it and you know it" he said.
She didn't know if it was the hormones, but she couldn't help it. She started crying, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. Johnny deepened the kiss, pushing his tongue to battle with hers as he pulled her into him, smiling when she moaned.
Mike shook his head and came over, hitting Johnny over the shoulder, "Look I get that you are in love and all, but that's still my sister" he warned.
Johnny pulled away laughing as he wrapped Jules into his chest. He was going to protect her and those kids no matter what. He was always going to be there for them.
"What can I say man, I guess I'm just infected with the fever" Johnny said.
Jules looked up at him concerned. "What are you talking about?" she reached up to check his temperature.
He smiled down at her, "the baby fever babe" he teased, smiling when he saw her smiling.
Mike laughed at them, "you are so corny" he groaned as they began to kiss again.
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It was week after the baby shopping incident when Johnny walked into Juliana's apartment. He practically lived there now so she wasn't surprised to see him. He's gotten a little over protective since she found out she was pregnant.
He walked in to find her in the kitchen making breakfast. He walked in, dropped his bag off in the front room in the closet and crept into the kitchen.
He walked right up to her and wrapped his arm around Jules. "Hi babe" she greeted him with a kiss.
"Hi princess, how was your shift? You feeling okay?" he asked.
She smiled and caressed his cheek. "We are all good. Work was good. We had a couple trauma's come in, so I got to get my hands dirty, and you know how much I like that. How are you? Why are you so chipper?" she looked at him curious.
"Andy and I talked to the chief. He's going to put in call to the department chaplain for this week. Hopefully in two weeks, you will officially be my wife" he kissed her.
Juliana smiled and gave him a huge hug before walking over to the chief and hugging him, "thank you so much. I really appreciate all your help" she said before turning to her brother who was standing in the doorway of the kitchen, "all of your help" she said.
Andy walked in after him and wrapped his arm around his sister, "you know we are all your family here. We want you to be happy. Besides, Johnny knows that if he doesn't treat you like a queen, I am going to kick his ass" he added.
Jules smiled and leaned into her husband to be. She was really lucky to have such a great support system. She knew that people would be there for her and for their kids. She was happy that they were going to have a big family, it's what she always wanted.