Prompt: Alison was conceived just a few months after the Ugandan bombing, and Elizabeth still wasn't in a good place.

Elizabeth stood with her hands bracing herself on the counter in front of her, the positive pregnancy test in front of her. A baby. Another baby. An innocent life for which she shouldn't be responsible. She shouldn't be responsible for it. A baby? After her failure in Uganda? Impossible. It just wasn't possible. It was bad enough that she was responsible for Stevie. Another life? No way.

"Babe?"

Henry appeared in the doorway, a quizzical look on his face that bloomed to a grin on his face when he took in the sight of his wife and the positive pregnancy test. But then he caught Elizabeth's eye, and his smile faltered.

"Elizabeth?"

She stared at him with her mouth opening and closing, but no words leaving her throat. She couldn't speak the disappointment and failure to Henry. She just couldn't. What would happen if she did?

Henry walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, placing his hands protectively over her stomach.

"Babe? Talk to me, please?"

Elizabeth stared at him in their reflection. She didn't know how she was going to be responsible for another little life. Not with the guilt just eating at her. But she did know that Henry was going to be as good a father to this new baby as he already was with Stevie.

"I just…" she finally started.

Hearing her voice settled something in Henry. He heard the brokenness and the guilt, but it didn't sound like disappointment to him either.

He pulled away from her, gently grabbing her hand as he went. "Come on. Let's go celebrate. You want to go to that new noodle place that opened up?"

Elizabeth nodded. Maybe she could do this. Even if she couldn't, she doubted Henry would let her mess their child up too badly. "Let's go get noodles. And we should tell Stevie too."

Suddenly, Henry's hazel eyes were in front of her. "We're having a baby!"

The weight of the words struck her with clarity. They were having a baby. Laughing slightly, she gave Henry a peck on the cheek. Time for noodles.