Author's Note: No exuses going to be made here, just a very big apology to every who has been following this story. Hope that everyone comes back to this story now that I am back on a roll. Things from here will proceed rather quickly, jumping ahead a few months instead of weeks like my usual timeline. I do let the readers know how far ahead in time it has been at the beginning of each chapter by talking about what has happened in Kat and Jason's lives so it's not hard to follow. It's all part of the plot though, not just some rush to get this done. I have somewhere that I want this story to go and it's getting there. YAY!

Again I am sooooo sorry for the extremely long delay. It's pretty short, hence I have uploaded two chapters at once. Enjoy!

Chapter 38

"That needs to go over there." Kat ordered as Jason and Tommy picked up the heavy dresser once again. Jason and Kat had returned from New York a week earlier. Most of Kat belongings followed behind in a delivery truck a few days later. Tommy and Anna had come up for the weekend to help the couple go through their belongings, since Jason had promised that they could have anything that he and Kat were not going to keep.

"Are you sure this time?" Jason groaned. "We've moved this thing like a hundred times already and we still have the bed to move in."

"Don't exaggerate, you've moved it three times. My bed isn't the same as yours was, that's why we have to find the right spot for the dresser." Kat shrugged. Jason rolled his eyes but helped Tommy moved the dresser to the spot Kat was pointing to.

"Maybe we should hire a decorator like your team did for your apartment." Jason chuckled.

"I know how to decorate Jason." Kat placed her hands on her hips. "I just never did because I practically lived in my office."

"I always thought you had good taste Kat." Tommy grinned.

"Suck up." Jason glared at him.

"I did."

"Thank you Tommy." Kat grinned. "I think that will work just fine. I can't see in the mirror from the bed and the drawers aren't blocked by anything."

"Don't like to watch yourself in bed?" Tommy laughed.

"Tommy..." Kat rolled her eyes.

"We could have just taken the mirror off the dresser Kat." Jason sighed.

"I like the mirror though." Kat cocked her head to the side giving him the 'duh' expression.

"I give up." Jason shook his head. "Come on Tommy, let's go get the bed."

"Are we finally done with the bedroom?"

"Yes." Kat nodded.

"It's funny how you two had the same wood finish on your bedroom sets." Tommy commented.

"That just made it easy to pick and choose which pieces we liked best." Kat grinned.

"I'm just glad that you liked my dressers. I would have hated to move them down the stairs." Jason said.

"I wouldn't want to try and move them up the stairs at my house either. Anna would surely have wanted these." Tommy shuttered.

"Anna sure is taking her time coming back from the store." Jason said as he glanced at his watch. "She's been gone for a couple hours."

"She's been quiet all day too." Kat added.

"She's been that way for a few days now." Tommy nodded. "She won't talk to me."

"Do you want me to talk to her?" Kat asked.

"If you can get her to." Tommy nodded.

"Lunch!" Anna called from downstairs as if on cue, as the door slammed shut behind her.

"Thanks hun!" Tommy called as he rushed out the door. Kat and Jason followed suit. "Chicken! Thanks Anna!"

"Glad you're happy with my choice." Anna nodded before leaving the kitchen. Kat quietly followed her, leaving the men alone with the hot food.

"You okay?" Kat asked from the doorway to the spare room Tommy and Anna were using.

"No." Anna replied as she sat down on the bed.

"What's going on?" Kat joined her on the bed.

"You don't need to hear my problems Kat. You've got a lot on your plate already."

"Anna, you're my friend. If you can't talk to me, who can you talk to? Should I call Dr. Jeffery for you?"

"No." Anna half laughed. "It's not that serious."

"But it's serious enough that you're not talking and hiding from everyone." Kat raised an eyebrow, bringing the serious tone back into the conversation.

Anna gave a heavy sigh and stared at the ground, clasping her hands into her lap. "Kat, I... I don't know how to tell Tommy. My wedding might be ruined now, all this planning and everything might be for nothing."

"Anna, are you thinking about calling it off?" Kat gasped.

"No! Nothing like that!" Anna quickly set her friend straight.

"That's good. I couldn't imagine trying to deal with Tommy if you did that." Kat breathed a sigh of relief.

"I love him Kat, I couldn't do that to him. I want to marry him."

"So what's the problem?"

"Well, you see... I..." Anna stared up at the ceiling and flopped backwards on the bed. "I should be really happy right now, but I'm just freaking out."

"Happy... Anna are you...?"

"Yes." Anna nodded softly as a quiet sob escaped her. "We were being careful and now I am, and I don't know how to tell Tommy. I spent a small fortune on my dress and now I can't wear it, and we haven't talked about children yet. What if he wasn't ready for kids yet? What if I'm not ready? What if..."

"Anna take a deep breath." Kat cut her off. Anna nodded, taking a long slow breath. "I know Tommy well enough to know that he'll be excited. As for your wedding, maybe you can postpone it until after the baby comes so you can use your dress, or step it up. You've got everything in order and your wedding isn't for another five months, so long as the church has an opening you could just do it now."

"You think it's that simple?" Anna raised an eyebrow. "Tell Tommy and just get married now?"

"Yup." Kat nodded. "The sooner the better or Tommy will be able to figure it out. Stop second guessing yourself, and just go with it."

"You're right Kat." Anna smiled. "Thanks, I'm going to tell him right now."

"Now? You sure you don't want to wait until you have privacy?"

"No, if I wait I might not have the courage to tell him. I have to do it now while I'm pumped up to do it."

"I'm right behind you then." Kat grinned. Anna nodded and stood from the bed, heading right for the kitchen.

Tommy was sitting at the table, while Jason was across the room near the coffee pot obviously brewing up a batch. "Tommy, there's something I have to talk to you about." Anna sat across the table from him. Kat moved off to the side, trying to give the couple enough space. But she had to admit that she was curious as to Tommy's reaction.

"What's wrong Anna?"

"Well nothing's really wrong, I just..." she blew out a breath and glanced over at Kat, who gave her a nod to urge her to continue. "What if we got married next month?"

"After all your planning you want a shotgun wedding now?" Tommy asked, surprise evident in his voice. Behind him Jason raised an eyebrow.

"Well, it's either get married next month or put it off for a year." Anna nodded. Tommy still stared at her with his confused expression but Jason's eyes grew wide as his jaw dropped open. Kat nearly laughed at his expression knowing that he had it figured out.

"Why wait a year?"

"Oh my God Tommy! Are you really that dense?!" Jason groaned from behind them before clapping a hand over his mouth. Kat couldn't contain her laughter anymore and nearly doubled over.

"I'm missing something here." Tommy looked at his two friends and back at his fiance. "Why can't we just keep our date? We've had it set for months."

"Because I won't fit my dress." Anna replied. "And I love my dress, I really want to wear it."

"You won't fit your dress?" Tommy scrunched up his face, trying to piece together the information. Jason joined Kat in her fit of laughter, only further confusing Tommy.

"Tommy, really? Honestly, you have no clue?" Anna raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know you won't fit your dress in five..." Tommy paused as the answer dawned on him. His chocolate eyes grew wide as his mouth hung open. "Anna, are you really...? No joke? We're really...?"

"Yes Tommy." Anna laughed. "We're going to be parents."

"This is the best news ever!" Tommy stood from his chair and rushed over to her.

"You're not upset?" Anna raised an eyebrow as Tommy enveloped her in a hug.

"Upset? Why would I be upset?"

"Because we never talked about having kids." Anna replied. The tone in the room suddenly turned serious, Jason moved next to Kat slowly taking her hand in his.

"You were worried because of Charlie." Tommy nodded suddenly understanding Anna's reluctance to tell him. Anna slowly nodded.

"Anna, baby..." Tommy sighed and glanced over at Katherine. She gave him a small sad smile and nodded. Tommy gave her a slow nod and looked back at Anna. "I decided that it was time to let go of him a long time ago. Kat and I are both ready to move on. I just didn't know how to talk to you about I'm it. I was kind of hoping you'd bring it up."

"Tommy, your hopeless." Anna laughed as she hugged him.

"Sometimes he is." Jason agreed.

"Thanks bro, got my back on that one, didn't ya?" Tommy mock-glared at him.

"Always man." Jason grinned.

"Congratulations Tommy!" Kat cut in. "You're going to be a dad!"

"Yeah, yeah I am!" Tommy exclaimed as if he had just figured it out. "Anna, we're having a baby!"

"So can we get married next month instead?"

"Anything you want." Tommy nodded as he took a step back from her. His hand instantly went to her still flat stomach. "I'm going to do everything in my power to protect and care for our baby."

"I know Tommy." Anna nodded.

"I'm the happiest man right now."

"I'm glad for ya bro." Jason said. "Now can we finish unloading the truck?"

"Ruin the moment why don't ya?" Kat smacked his shoulder. "Leave the happy parents to be alone."

"But we only have half the truck unloaded." Jason groaned.

"And you haven't eaten your lunch yet." Kat raised an eyebrow. "Sit down and eat, then we can work again."

"I'm only agreeing because I actually am hungry." Jason mumbled as he moved to his chair at the table.

"You keep telling yourself that Jason." Kat grinned.

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"You okay Snowflake?" Jason asked as he walked into their bedroom. Kat was sitting in the middle of the bed with her legs pulled up to her chest and her arms wrapped tightly around her long limbs.

"Yeah, just... thinking." She said softly as she looked up at him.

"What about?"

"Tommy and Anna."

"What's to think about?" Jason asked, a hint of fear edging into his voice. His first thought was that Katherine might have discovered she still had feelings for Tommy and now was upset about his upcoming marriage and baby.

"I just... we never... He..." Kat babbled as she looked up at the ceiling. It was hard to concentrate with Jason watching her with his ever keen midnight eyes, the words were hard to find to explain what she was thinking.

"Are you... Do you still..." Jason stammered as he sat on the edge of the bed. Kat looked back at him quickly, her sapphire eyes wide as she violently shook her head.

"No! It's not that Jason. I don't have those feelings for Tommy anymore."

"So what's wrong?" Jason asked as he visibly relaxed.

"It's us."

"Us?" Jason's body tensed again.

"We haven't talked about... kids." Katherine's voice dropped on the last word as she were afraid of the very word.

"I was... I was kind of waiting for you to bring it up." Jason rubbed at the back of his neck.

"Do you... Do you want more kids?" Kat asked cautiously.

"Kat nothing would give me more pleasure than to have a full and happy life with you. Of course I'd want children with you, but you're not ready or don't want any I can understand. So long as I have you until the day I die, I'll be happy with that."

"Jason, don't tell me what I want to hear, as sweet as that is, I want the truth. Do you want more children?" Kat gently laid her hand on his knee as she stared into his midnight eyes. "Can you honestly see me pregnant with your child?"

"Yes." Jason nodded, hoping that he wasn't saying the wrong thing. "I can picture you standing the kitchen, round and glowing. I can see us with a few kids. I would love nothing more than to raise a family with you Katherine, as many children as your willing to give me and that we can support."

"Thank you Jason." Kat said softly as she pulled her hand away from his knee. "It's good to know what you want."

"But what do you want Kat? The truth."

"I want that to." Kat replied. "Just, not right now."

"But someday." Jason nodded. "I can wait for you to be ready Katherine. I've waited a long time to have you in my life, I can wait as long as you need."

"Well not too long." Kat grinned. "I don't want to be chasing kids around with my walker."

"Of course Snowflake." Jason reached his arms out to her and gently pulled her toward him, cradling her head against his chest. He took in a deep breath, inhaling the scent of her shampoo.

"Oh, all this talk about babies reminds me, Todd sent me a text a while ago. Katie gave birth to a health baby boy this afternoon, they named him Jack. I'm aunt." Kat commented as she reached for her phone. She quickly pulled up the picture her brother had sent of her nephew.

"That's great!" Jason grinned. "Then it'll be John and Heather soon. They're baby is due in what, seven weeks?"

"You do have a good memory." Kat laughed. "I keep forgetting that I don't have to remember everything since you're not Tommy."

"Damn straight Snowflake." Jason grinned. "You'd better be glad that I'm not Tommy."

"Of course I am, I'm very glad that you're you."

"I love you." Jason said softly before he pressed a kiss to her temple.

"I love you too, Jason. Forever and always."