Once again the weekend is here again and that means it's time for the next chapter in this story.

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Joe

It's funny when you look back on things and wonder just when they started to change, its thanksgiving and last year we were just a disjointed group of four male friends well not even that, co-workers would be more like it apart from Jon and I. Last year thanksgiving was with my family this year it's going to be with my friends and their girls, last year this time Randy was just broken up with his then girlfriend, John was still with Nikki, I never thought Jon would have a girlfriend and I was hoping I'd get to spend part of the day with my little girl, since my girl and I had decided to take a break, and see other people.

Rhea has been a really good friend to me, and she makes me really popular with my little princes with all the outfits she creates for her, she's been really good for Jon too. I knew that she liked my friend from the start, I was worried that the fact she fell into bed with him so fast would hurt her chances. However she had got into his head and she had the sense to take things slow, and not give in to her feelings for him when they met up again. Now they are head over heels in love and I have never seen him so happy. He's a good friend and he deserves better than the crap he has had so far in his life, I know Rhea would never hurt him, and he better not hurt her or he will have me in big brother mode to deal with.

I looked around my place and smiled, my girlfriend and I were giving things another go, and she along with the girls was in the kitchen and wonderful smells were emanating from it, we had been banned after John got caught stealing tastes of things. Randy and Jon were sprawled bonelessly on the couch, both of them with a beer in their hands, channel hoping looking for something to watch. John was pleading to be allowed back into the kitchen, and asking to be the official taster, while I was waiting for my little girl to come in and give me a fashion show of Rhea's latest creations for her. It felt good to be home and to have friends here. Mom and Dad were also joining us but were running a bit late and so was my brother Matt, it was going to be good having everyone here.

"John man, leave it." Randy said with a laugh. "They are not going to let you back in there."

John gave a pout, making every one of us laugh, and flopped into a chair. "It's not fair, I was only checking to see if it was okay, I would think they would like an independent opinion on it all." He moaned as I passed him a beer.

"There is a difference between tasting and eating as much as you can get away with." Jon replied with a voice that spoke of experience, someone had been pigging out in the kitchen while Rhea was cooking that was obvious, and been caught doing it.

"Did Rhea rap you over the knuckles?" I asked, thinking about how my Mom used to do that to Matt and I when we were sneaking stuff as boys.

"Yeah and she was holding a knife at the time, I tell you that woman can be scary." Jon told us pretending to shiver. "They call me crazy; they've never seen Rhea when you try to sneak a taste of her cooking."

We all laughed and then my little girl came in, in the latest Rhea fashion, Randy at once turned his attention to her and I wondered if he was missing his own little girl, we had invited her but Sam already had plans for the day, plans that did not include Randy in any way.

"You okay man?" I asked looking over at him.

He raised his beer to his lips and nodded his head, Jon and John looked at both of us, it was like they understood, but had no idea of what to say to him. I turned my attention back to my little girl as she paraded the latest creation around for us smiling to see her so happy. All her little friends were jealous of the designer one of a kind that she had, even though I had spread Rhea's number around, my little one always got something new first, and Rhea never repeated a creation, they were all one of a kinds, though they were always variations on the same theme.

The doorbell rang announcing that arrival of my family and I went to answer the door, soon finding myself engulfed in a hug by first my Mom then my Dad and finally my brother. I hugged each one of them back, glad that they could join us for the day. Once the greetings were over and I had ushered them through to the lounge my little one jumped all over her grandparents and then pretended to spear Matt, he went down laughing before grabbing her and tickling her. I got my Dad and Matt a beer each, while Dad pretended to help my baby girl, but in fact ended up tickling her too, her shrieks of laughter were like music to my ears. Mom meanwhile headed for the kitchen, and I sighed, I would have liked for her to have a break from that stuff for once.

Jon managed to find a pre-match show and we settled down to watch it, by the time the meal was ready it was not long till the game and we settled down to eat in short order. I could not help noticing now the girls were with us, that Rhea seemed to be a little distracted, and she wasn't drinking anything alcoholic, plus she didn't seem to have much of an appetite. I wondered if maybe she was feeling unwell and did not want to put a damper on the festivities by telling us. I watched as she picked at her food. Once the food was finished and we were all pretty much stuffed, John, Randy, Jon and I cleared the table and loaded up the dishwasher, before returning to snuggle with our girls.

Watching the match we all yelled for our favourites and booed for the team we did not support, and some good natured tussles broke out from time to time, but we were all having fun. My baby was curled up in her grandpa's arms asleep, and I thought that really we all had a lot to be thankful for, in keeping with the spirit of the day.

Afternoon turned into evening and we grazed on left overs if anyone felt hungry, on one trip to the kitchen I noticed Rhea sucking on an ice cube, and my earlier worries came back to me.

"You okay baby girl?" I asked making her jump slightly.

"Yeah, I just have some stuff on my mind." She replied.

I jumped up to sit on the counter top and looked at her, good job my Mom wasn't here she would have had a fit at that, seats were for sitting on, not counter tops.

"I'm a good listener." I offered her and was surprised to see that her eyes were slightly damp. "Come on Rhea whatever it is it can't be that bad." I jumped down and wrapped my arms around her pulling her head into my chest. "I'm your friend baby girl, you're getting me worried."

She pulled back slightly looking up at me, and I saw the fear in her eyes, what the hell was going on? Her head bowed back down and she rested in against my chest once more. I decided to just hold her until she started talking to me, prepared to wait however long it took for her to tell me what was on her mind.

"I'm late." Her voice was so quiet I hardly heard it.

"Late, for what baby girl?" I asked, I blame the alcohol I had, had for making me slow on the uptake.

"Late, as in my monthlies." She blushed as she looked up at me again, and it sunk in what she was talking about.

"How late?" I asked, it could be anything I told myself, maybe she had a stomach bug; maybe she was just one of those women who occasionally skipped a month, no biggie.

"Six weeks." Oh great that meant she had missed two.

"Have you done a test?" I asked tilting her head up to look at me again as she looked down and away. "Anyway I thought Jonnie boy always used a condom, he's always been careful like that."

"Normally yes, but there have been times where we have just got caught up in the heat of the moment, and well we haven't used anything." She looked worried now. "What am I going to do Joe, what if he gets mad at me, what if he doesn't want it?"

I sighed holding her close, I couldn't imagine Jon as a Dad, not because I thought he wouldn't make a good one, my own feelings were he would be one hell of a Father, though if he had a daughter she would not be dating till she was in her thirties at least. Jon knew what bad boys were all about having been one and well he would never let a daughter of his get preyed on. What the hell was wrong with me, I already had them with a kid, even before we found out if Rhea was having a baby or not. Letting her go, I took her hand in mine and led her out of the kitchen.

"Come on." I told her softly. "I know there are some test in the bathroom, one of those just in case buys of my girlfriends. "Do you have any other symptoms?"

"My boobs are really sore." She admitted. "And I don't have much of an appetite right now, but that could be cos I'm worried, what if I am Joe, what am I going to do?"

I wrapped my arm around her as I pulled her up the stairs with me. "Baby girl, first we are going to take one of those tests and see what it says, then if you are you are going to go and sit down with Jon and tell him, and then you two are going to talk about it, you'll have all your friends right here if you need them, and I will kick his ass for you, if that's what you need me to do."

She gave me a sad smile, as I opened the bathroom door and pulled her in, locking it against any unwanted intrusions. Rooting around in the cupboard I pulled out one of the tests and handed it to her. She took it before looking at me and flushing again, smiling I turned my back, so she could do what she needed to do. Once she was done I pulled her into my arms again just holding her, for those three minutes, that seemed to be never ending. Finally though the time was us and we looked at the stick together, I realised nether one of us had said a word since we got to the bathroom.

"Oh god Joe what am I going to do?" She cried out as we both saw it was positive.

"You have to talk to Jon and tell him what's going on." I told her as I unlocked and opened the door and walked right into a fist.

"Yeah tell me what is going on." Jon growled angrily, as I stood there feeling my jaw to see if it was still in one piece. "What the hell are you doing all over Rhea, and locking yourselves in the bathroom, are you trying to steal my girl?" The alcohol was obviously talking and he must have seen us heading up here and that imagination of his had obviously gone into overdrive.

He threw another punch and mad as hell I threw one right back, before I even knew it we were going at each other, I was trying to defend myself, well and get in a shot or two of my own for that fist to the face.

"Jon, Joe, stop it." Rhea got between us and he pushed her out of the way.

I watched in horror as she stumbled and reached out to grab her, only to have Jon hit me in the face again. I stumbled back looking at Rhea who was still clutching the positive test in her hand and thankfully seemed to be okay. Then I saw a look of pain come onto her face and her hand went to her stomach.

"Jon for fucks sake stop it Rhea's hurt." I pushed him away and pulled Rhea away from the wall. "What is it baby girl what's wrong?" Jon growled angrily at us and I glared at him. "You ass hole she's pregnant with your baby." I spat at him indicating the test in her hand. "She was scared, big fucking surprise there seeing how you are acting now."

The colour drained from his face and he reached for her, only to have her pull away. I wrapped an arm around her supporting her and glared at him, before leading her to my bedroom and sitting her down on the bed, Jon trailed after us and once she was sitting down, knelt in front of her.

"Rhea baby I'm so sorry, oh god are you okay, did I hurt you, I didn't mean to, I just thought I was losing you, I love you so fucking much Rhea, you've been so distant for the last couple of weeks, I thought you found someone better than my dumb ass." I could see just how upset he was and I couldn't stay mad at him, I just hoped Rhea wouldn't either.

"My stomach it hurts." She whimpered as he reached out and gently rubbed it. "I'm so sorry Jon."

"Hey." He reached up with his other hand wiping her tears away. "It takes two right, I mean no immaculate conception or anything going on here, so it was just as much me as you." He had a slightly dazed and shocked look on his face. "I think we better get you checked out, just to be on the safe side, Joe can you call a cab, none of us are in any fit state to drive."

I nodded practically running down the stairs and calling for a cab, by the time I had done that everyone wanted to know what was going on. I wasn't about to announce the news that they were having a baby, that was their news to tell, so I just said that Rhea was not feeling so good and left it at that. Jon walked into the room with her in his arms and sat down with her cuddled on his lap, there were tears running from her eyes and he kept kissing them away. I guess the shock from the news had sobered him up, he was handling her like she was made of glass and I had to smile as I remembered my own reaction to knowing I was going to be a Father.

When the door bell rang Rhea looked pleadingly at me, and I nodded my head understanding that she wanted me to come with them. Promising I would let everyone know what was going on as soon as we did, I followed them out of the door and watched as Jon carefully placed Rhea on the back seat, before sliding in next to her and holding her close, his hand hovering protectively over her stomach.

The drive to the hospital seemed to take both forever, and no time at all, and it seemed like seconds later that Rhea was being loaded into a wheelchair and pushed to the prenatal unit, while Jon and I followed along behind.

"Sorry about punching you." Jon told me softly. "It's just, I had no idea what was wrong, then I saw you two together, and I thought you were her friend back when I was being a total ass, what if you two decided you wanted to be more than friends." He looked at me. "Then you were upstairs, and the door was locked and I was going out of my mind, I love her so much Joe, she's the world to me, I don't think I could take it if I lost her."

"She loves you, you idiot, but she was scared to tell you, she only just told me, and that was because I spoke to her and asked what was wrong." I told him giving him a good natured punch on the arm.

We followed the Nurses and Rhea into a room, and came face to face with the doctor who would be examining her.

"Okay so you think you are pregnant and are having some stomach cramps?" He asked.

Rhea nodded and I added. "She did a home pregnancy test and it came back positive, she's probably about two months along"

Jon had moved to her side and was holding onto her hand his eyes locked onto her face.

"Okay well these things are pretty accurate so I think the first thing to do is get you an ultra sound to have a look and confirm things, and then see if we can find out what is causing your cramps." He replied before gesturing to the table.

Jon helped her up, and I had to smile at how gentle he was with her, yes he had, had a shock, but he seemed to be coping with it well. The doctor pulled her top up exposing her stomach and opened her jeans, which I realised were a little tight on her, pushing them down slightly, before grabbing some gel and squeezing on her stomach. Jon's eyes were on her face as the doctor moved a wand over her stomach preforming the scan. My eyes were focused on the screen that would show the baby, and I found myself smiling as I saw the little shape come into view.

"And there's baby." The doctor told us all, Jon's eyes snapped to the screen and a smile came over his face, his hand moved like he wanted to reach out and touch it, a feeling I remembered only too well.

"Oh my god Rhea a baby, we're having a baby." He turned his face to her again smiling and she smiled back at him.

The doctor wiped the gel off her stomach and adjusted her clothing before Jon helped her off the bed and sat her down her hand tightly gripped in his.

"Well I would say you are eight weeks three days along." The man went on smiling at us all. "I'm going to prescribe you some vitamins and other things, I don't think the stomach cramps are anything to worry about, a bit of stress, possibly a little dehydration, but you do need to book in with your own doctor when you get home."

Rhea mumbled out a thank you to him and took the scrip he offered her, before the three of us headed out of his office and out of the hospital. I pulled out my phone to call for another cab and tried to give them a moment alone. Glancing at them I saw he was smiling right before he kissed her and held her close to him, her smile grew stronger as he appeared to whisper into her ear. Having called for the cab I walked back over to join them, Jon now had a goofy grin on his face, he seemed pretty happy with the news, now he was over the shock of it. His hand rested gently on her stomach and he turned to me, he still looked a little dazed, and again I knew how he felt, it was a lot to take in.

"I'm gonna be a Daddy Joe." He told me as if I had not been with them for all of this, then he turned to look at Rhea again. "Why didn't you tell me you were late baby?"

"I thought you would be mad at me and want me to get rid of it, or leave me alone to look after it." She told him looking up at him.

He nodded his head, like he was saying he understood and pulled her closer to him kissing her on the top of her head. "I'm not going to say this hasn't been a shock Rhea, I mean I've never even stopped to think about being a Father, it's not something I ever thought I would have, or be, I don't even know if I can be a good Dad, I mean I never had much in the way of a role model." She looked sad now and he tilted her head up so he was looking into her eyes. "I do know that I want to try though, and if I'm going to have a baby with anyone, I'm so glad it's you, I love you Rhea, and I love our baby, and I promise you I will be the best Dad I can to our baby."

I smiled as he kissed her passionately, she wrapped her arms around him and clung to him, and this time I knew the tears running down her cheeks were ones of happiness.

The cab arrived and we piled in the back, Jon and Rhea spent most of the ride kissing each other and I was pretty sure what they would be getting up to tonight. Oh yuck, I did not need to think about them having sex in my house in the guest bed, tomorrow I was gonna burn that bed. Once we got back to the house I let them go in first to face our concerned friends. Everyone crowded round wanting to know what was wrong; I stood back a little waiting for the reactions.

"Rhea's fine." Jon told them with a smile on his face. "She's better than fine, in fact in about seven months there is going to be a little Good joining us." I could not help grinning at the look on their faces as they tried to understand what he was saying.

"Oh my god." Callie got it first. "Congratulations you two, I hope you know I am going to spoil my honorary niece or nephew rotten when it's born."

"That's great news." Randy added. "Congratulations guys."

Everyone else added their congratulations even my little angel, though she wanted to know why we had to wait so long for the baby to come. I could not help but notice that John did not seem quite as enthusiastic as everyone else; still the guy did not want kids of his own maybe he found it hard to get excited about them. I grabbed a bottle of champagne and opened so that we could toast the parents to be, and Jon told us he was taking us all out to dinner after the show the next night to celebrate the news.

Eventually we all settled down and agreed it was time to call it a night my little angel was asleep in my arms, so I carried her up to bed and put her down in her own little bed. Funny how it's the simple things that you miss when you are on the road, putting you kid to bed playing with her, reading her stories, all the little things most Father's probably take for granted, when I was home I couldn't get enough of them.

The last I saw of my friends was Rhea and Jon heading into one of the guest bedrooms, their eyes fixed on each other smiling tenderly and Jon being oh so careful of her. She was going to kill him if he tried to keep that up for the next seven months, I had been there and done that, they get pissed at you. I smiled and closed my own bedroom door seeing my beautiful girlfriend laid out on the bed waiting for me. I couldn't help thinking as I advanced on her that maybe it was time for another little one of my own.

Okay guys so there you have it Jon and Rhea are having a baby. What did you think love it, hate it? Please leave me a review and let me know.