A/N: Thank you for the reviews of the last chapter, they are greatly appreciated. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday.
Maggie walked into her apartment and gasped at what she saw. She found candles lit everywhere and the dinner table set "AJ?"
AJ came out of the kitchen. He was wearing a muscle shirt and sweatpants. He walked up to her and took her face in his hands and gave her a passion filled kiss. "Welcome home." he said before pecking her lips.
"Wow." Maggie smiled "What's going on?"
"I thought we could have a romantic dinner. So go change into something more comfortable while I put dinner on the table."
"Babe, if this is leading to sex, I' gonna have to disappoint you. I'm on my period." truthfully she wasn't on her period. She just wasn't feeling that great and didn't want to worry AJ. She hated lying to him. Hopefully she would start feeling better after she ate.
AJ shrugged. "That's fine baby. We always don't have to have sex. As much as I love sex with you it's not the most important thing. I love you."
Maggie smiled and kissed AJ "You're amazing and I love you. I'll get changed now."
AJ went back to the kitchen and finished cooking the steaks he had. When Maggie joined him, she had on pajama pants and one of his hoodie's. He handed her a glass of wine before taking the potatoes out of the oven.
"Go sit at the table and I'll bring you a plate."
Maggie nodded before taking a seat at the table. She took a sip of her wine as AJ brought two plates of food to the table. He sat one in front of her and sat the other one at the chair across from her. He went back to the kitchen for a minute and came back with a beer for himself.
"This looks great babe." she looked around the table. He had everything out.
"You shouldn't have to cook every night. Do you need anything before I sit down?" AJ asked as he pulled his chair out.
Maggie shook her head no "You have everything out."
AJ sat at the table and they started eating. "I found out today that Ricky is gonna retire and sell the shop. Karl and I are thinking of going in together and buy the shop."
"That could be a good idea. The store does great, right?"
"Oh yeah. We stay busy. I want to make enough money for us so that we can be comfortable when you have to stop working. I want to pay for our wedding, have money saved when we have a baby, get our own house. This is a huge financial decision. I wanted to run it by you, get your opinion before I make my final decision on it."
"If that's what you want to do I'll support you. It will be better if you guys bought it instead of some stranger. You guys already know the customers. When do you have to let Ricky know?"
"The sooner the better." AJ answered. Maggie nodded as the two continued eating.
A couple weeks later AJ and Karl were able to buy the shop from Ricky. They both learned a lot about running a business. Ricky stayed on for a while to teach them what he knew. After the New Year they were on their own.
It was just a few days before Christmas. Maggie was waiting impatiently in the bathroom. She just took a pregnancy test. She hadn't been feeling that great and decided to take the chance. The timer on her phone went off. She reached a shaky hand out and grabbed the test. She looked at it and got tears in her eyes. The test read positive. She smiled as the tears rolled down her face.
"Oh my God!" she yelled, thankful she was home by herself. She picked up her phone and made an appointment to see her doctor to confirm. Luckily she was able to get an appointment for that day and got ready. She called Alexa "Are you alone?"
"Yeah, why? What's wrong?" Alexa was getting concerned.
"Nothing is wrong. I took a home pregnancy test that came out positive. I just want someone with me at the doctor."
Alexa squealed "You're pregnant? I'm gonna be an aunt?"
"I really hope so. Can you come with me?"
"Of course."
"Great. I'll be over in an hour."
Just over an hour later, Maggie and Alexa were in an exam room waiting for Maggie's doctor to come in with the results of the pregnancy test.
Dr. Gold came in and had a smile on her face "Well, Maggie, I have some great news. Congratulations, you're pregnant."
Maggie got a huge smile on her face and started crying "Thank you so much."
"I'm going to write you a prescription for some prenatal vitamins." she wrote on the prescription pad "Lay back and lift your shirt up and we can do an ultrasound."
Alexa came over and stood beside Maggie as the doctor got the ultrasound machine set up and the monitor turned on. "How are you gonna tell AJ?" she asked.
"I have an idea, I just hope I can find the stuff by Christmas."
"Here is your baby." Dr. Gold interrupted.
Maggie looked at the screen and got tears in her eyes for what felt like the millionth time. "How far along am I?"
"It looks like date of conception was just before Thanksgiving."
Maggie started panicking "I've been drinking since then. And I got into a physical fight."
"Everything looks to be fine right now. But we will keep a close eye on the baby and make sure everything is ok. Drinking during the first few weeks of pregnancy is common since women don't realize or know they are pregnant. It's usually nothing to worry about. As long as you do no more drinking everything will be fine. And definitely no more fighting."
"No problem. I don't want anything to go wrong."
"I will print you a few copies of the ultrasound and leave them for you at the reception desk. Before you leave be sure to make an appointment for the first week of January. We will make sure everything is still going well and we might try to hear the heartbeat."
Maggie nodded "Thank you Dr. Gold. I'll see you then." she wiped the ultrasound gel off her belly and pulled her shirt down.
"Have a good rest of your day. And again congratulations."
Maggie stopped by the reception desk to pick up her ultrasound pictures and to make her next appointment.
A/N 2: Maggie is pregnant! How do you think AJ will take the news? What did you think of the chapter? Please review and let me know what you think. I might try to get the next chapter out before or on Christmas.