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Kat POV

Oh yuck! I'm not feeling so good. I know its not any pregnancy symptoms, it's too early for that. I won't know that, for another week or so. This is the stomach flu kind of yuck. The kind that has me running to the bathroom at an ungodly hour of the morning.

Dry heaving into the toilet bowl at 4am is never a fun experience. "It's ok baby." Jethro's rubbing my back softly. "Just breathe deeply. Just breathe." He soothes. "Still not feeling well Kat? Can I call Ducky now?" Geez, he has wanted to call Ducky since this evening. After dry heaving again, I concede the point.

Gibbs POV

"Ducky speaking." He answers sounding groggy and I instantly feel bad for waking him up.

"Hiya Duck, sorry to wake you. But can you come to the house? Kat's unwell."

"I'll see you soon, you better pop on a cup of tea."

Kat's gone back to dozing in and out. Which is good she has been on and off since last night. Ducky makes good time from Mallard manor to our house.

"Where is she?" He whispers entering the house.

"Upstairs." I go to follow up. "Stay here. Busy yourself, I tend to doctor solo."

Ducky's upstairs for what seems like hours, but it's only mere minutes before returning downstairs. He was smiling from ear to ear.

"If you would be so kind Jethro, Katherine said I could get some sleep on the fold out sofa"

"What happened upstairs Ducky?"

"I came to the same conclusion she did. Jethro you have to remember that Katherine did go to medical school too, before she specialised in paediatrics she was a general practitioner. It's a simple, slight gastro bug. Her dr will confirm in the daylight."

"What causes it?"

"There are a number of causes, but in Katherine's case. She probably caught it from one of her patients. Now good night Jethro."

Ducky POV

This is actually a very comfortable sofa bed. Looking around the room, I never noticed it the other times I've been here. But this is very well decorated for Jethro. Either he hired someone to do it or Katherine's had a very good influence on the mans style choices.

"Uncle Ducky." There is a run of blur and activity. Which stops short of the bed. "What you doing sleeping on the sofa bed?"

"Sleeping Zoe." I peak one eye open and guess, hoping I'm right.

"It's morning. Time to get up. Granddad and Grumps go home today."

I hear Lucy's footfalls on the staircase and decide on pancakes. I remembered that they love pancakes from a previous visit. Michael and Jackson come down stairs followed by Jethro.

I set to work, with pancakes while Jethro cooks some scrambled eggs and bacon for the adults.

"Where's mummy?" Lucy asks suddenly looking up and noticing Katherine's missing.

"Baby," Jethro soothes. "She's not feeling well. She has a stomach flu."

"Maybe I should stay a few days more. You know help out until she's better." Mickey offers politely.

"You're getting on that plane, if I have to put you on it myself." Katherine threatened entering the kitchen. "Besides, I must be feeling better because I'm hungry."

Looking around the table everyone seems very content. Katherine however is only picking at her food. The twins are conspiring together, now if I could only work out what their conspiring to do.

"Daddy, can Uncle Ducky babysit us while you and Mum take granddad and grumps to the airport?" The twins ask with the sweetest smile and my heart melts.

"If it's ok with your parents, then it's ok with me. " I concede.

"Then it's settled." Zoe adds.

"Grumps, granddad. We love you lots but the airport is too far away." Lucy explains.

Everyone packed up and left, leaving me with Lucy and Zoe. Jethro discretely mentioned a visit to Dr Borelli on the way home. So far they've done their homework and cleaned their rooms. I started a load of washing for Katherine knowing how unwell she's feeling.

"Uncle Ducky, look at this." Lucy brings over this massive photo album. "It's mum and Dad when they were little."

Flipping through the pages their love story begins forming in my head. Two inseparable best friends who make an error in judgment once and are blessed with double trouble. Despite all the odds, they both maintain strong careers and perfect parents to two amazing little girls.

Coming in quietly, I realise they're back. Without a word, Katherine is ushered upstairs to bed and the girls following to see their mum. Moments later, Jethro returns down stairs. "How were they?" He asks. He has a massive smile on his face and they more I look, the more my heart melts. "They're generally pretty good, but when Kat's sick they've been known to play up a bit."

"They were perfect. They've done their homework and cleaned their rooms. We've also hung a load of washing on the line."

"Thanks Duck." Again all smiles.

"What's wrong Jethro? You're smiling." I ask. I've never known Jethro to be this happy. This isn't the Jethro I know. Sure, I've seen him happy. But not like this.

"Shhh." He looks around and listens, I assume it's to make sure the twins are with Katherine. "Kat's pregnant. Very newly pregnant. About 5 weeks along."

"Congratulations Jethro. I'm truly very happy for you both."

(A/N: I know people don't get always get pregnant on the first try. But some people do. Some people get pregnant without trying and others without knowing until a baby appears)