The Offer

Chapter 4

Seventeen Months Later…

"You can't do that!" exclaimed Jane as she stormed into Patterson's lab.

Kurt followed her into the lab.

"I think you'll find that I can and I did!"

Patterson, Zapata and Reade looked at the two newcomers with confusion. They very rarely had any domestics in the office although in the last few weeks they were more frequent than since they publicly got together, the three couldn't figure it out. Jane walked to the opposite side of the lab as far away from Kurt as possible; he stopped just in the entrance and happened to be closest to Patterson and Zapata.

"Ok, what is the problem today?" asked Zapata with an eye roll

"Kurt is refusing to let me drink my triple chocolate brownie shake!"

Both Zapata and Patterson slapped Kurt's arms in solidarity with Jane; he shot Jane a sardonic look which made her smile.

"How could you Kurt?" Asked Patterson

"I even paid with my own money and he won't let me have it."

"Kurt!" cried an indignant Patterson.

Kurt raised his eyebrow and Jane had a shit eating grin on her face.

"Hold on." Said a pensive Zapata "This is Weller were talking about there has to be a reason. Since when does he treat Jane badly?"

"Seriously? Have you all forgotten the brownie incident of last year?" remarked Jane

"Oh c'mon! I asked you if you were going to eat the brownie and you said 'I'm not hungry'!" said an exasperated Kurt

"Exactly!"

"What do you mean 'exactly'?"

"I said I wasn't hungry, as in that specific moment I wasn't going to eat it, that doesn't translate to 'Kurt please eat MY brownie!'. I was going to have it later."

"I made it up to you anyway, I baked you a whole tray of brownies that you even said was better than the one I ate and I didn't even get any!"

"Ewww guys, TMI!" screeched Patterson

When everyone gave her a weird look she blushed and realised her mistake.

"Oh, oh, you were actually talking about not getting any brownies not about not getting anything else…that usually happens in the bedroom!" said a mortified Patterson

Zapata snorted and couldn't keep a straight face; Reade just looked as if his eyes were about to pop out of his head. Kurt blushed and Jane bit her bottom lip, something she knew drove Kurt mad, to keep the laughter in.

"Patterson, if I ever 'punish' Kurt in that way then I'll be punishing myself, why would I do that? He's very good; I have no complaints in fact…"

"OK, THIS IS NOT THE TIME OR PLACE OR MORE IMPORTANTLY THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS CONVERSATION! So can we please change the subject?" pleaded Reade

Kurt and Jane still had their eyes locked on the other; they both could see the humour in what just happened.

"Why don't you tell the team what you've had already and they can judge if I should give you this triple chocolate brownie shake."

At her incredulous look Kurt became smug. He knew she didn't want to share what she had consumed but she was fighting dirty and he was following her lead, she started it.

"No? Ok, I'll tell them. Well Jane felt like chocolate chip pancakes this morning so we had time and I made them. She was really hungry and she ate a dozen pancakes…"

"Ok, devil's advocate, if I'm hungry I can polish off quite a few pancakes." Declared Patterson

"Oh, I haven't finished yet. Then on our way in Jane just had to stop off for a deluxe triple hot chocolate with two double chocolate muffins. This would be her third shake and it is only 9:45!"

The other three slowly turned to face Jane and they saw her sheepish expression whereas Jane focussed on Kurt's smug one.

"Oh c'mon, is there any reason for Kurt to forbid me from drinking my shake?"

Patterson winced "N…no?"

Zapata was looking back and forth between the two.

"I don't know. I think there is something else going on here."

All three noticed the look that Kurt and Jane shared at that moment.

"Why do you say that?" asked Patterson

Zapata had a thoughtful look on her face.

"Well…" Zapata began by holding up one finger "Kurt isn't a caveman; he would never treat any woman like that let alone Jane." Finger number two went up "When have you ever known Kurt say 'no' to Jane? Never, because he can't!" Another finger was raised "lastly, Jane can take Kurt down…!"

"Hey!" interjected Kurt

"What? It's true!" declared Zapata

"I can hold my own!" replied Kurt

"Not for long." Muttered Zapata but it was heard by everyone.

Jane had a wide smile on her face, Reade and Patterson just looked anywhere but at Kurt and Kurt just scowled at Zapata.

"The only reason why you last longer than me is the fact that Jane doesn't try to seduce you."

"Oh please. At least I'm not easy!"

Reade and Patterson chuckled at this which incurred Kurt's wrath.

"Oh and what are you two chuckling at? I out last the both of you put together!"

"Yeah but I can erase her with a few clicks here and there, can you do that?" asked Patterson

"And I deliberately take it easy on Jane because even though I know she would be fine with me hitting her when sparring, we all know that you would want to 'spar' with me and I would end up with the same injuries as Jane and maybe even more."

Kurt scowled at Reade and Patterson in turn and missed the fist-bump between Jane and Reade. Zapata just carried on with her theory.

"So there must be a reason for Kurt to be this …"

"Suicidal?" supplied Reade

"…concerned. This is over protective Kurt not caveman Kurt!"

"How can you tell the difference?" asked Reade

"Haven't' you been listening? Caveman Kurt doesn't exist so he's being over protective but the question is why?"

The shared looked between the couple didn't go unnoticed by the others.

Zapata carried on speaking her thoughts out aloud.

"It's not as if Jane has to watch her weight, she burns off everything she eats with her workout regime both in the gym and bedroom."

"Tasha!" exclaimed Reade

"What? You think they just read when they go home?"

Reade face palmed himself, both Kurt and Jane were red.

"Exactly, anyway even if Jane put on 50 pounds Kurt would still look at her the same way so it's not that…"

Jane smiled at Kurt for the truth Zapata said.

"He would only get involved for health reasons but what could have changed in the last couple of weeks…?" speculated Zapata

Tasha kept on looking back and forth at the couple then she looked at Jane's midsection then slowly raised her eyes to Jane then turned to Kurt and saw the same look.

"REALLY?" squealed Zapata

"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! THIS IS GREAT, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" exclaimed Patterson

Reade was looking at everyone, he knew he missed something and was trying to figure it out. Both Jane and Kurt had ecstatic smiles on their faces. Patterson was hugging Kurt and Zapata went to hug Jane then they swapped. Once the hugging had stopped Reade needed answers.

"Erm, can someone, anyone please explain to me what just happened?"

The incredulous looks he received made him take a step back in retreat. Zapata turned to Kurt.

"And he's your second, really?"

Kurt shrugged his shoulders while Reade replied.

"Hey!"

"Ok, let's break it down for you, who does Kurt love?" asked Patterson

Reade rolled his eyes "Jane."

"At least you got that one right!" muttered Zapata

"So…" carried on Patterson ignoring Zapata …"who would Kurt love more than Jane?"

"NO ONE! He would never cheat on Jane!"

Patterson face palmed herself.

"Hey genius! Let me be a bit more direct, these two have been together for a while now, they're at it like rabbits and most importantly we're going to have a niece or nephew in around six months if my guess is correct!"

They all watched as Reade deciphered the clues.

"I swear if he still doesn't get it with those clues I want another partner." Whispered Zapata so only Kurt could hear, he nudged her shoulder in response

Reade looked to Jane and took in her happy expression then to Kurt where he the exact same mirrored expression then back to Jane and down to her waist, he looked up in wonder.

"I'm going to be an Uncle?"

Everyone in the room nodded and Reade had the widest smile on his face.

"I'm going to be an Uncle!"

Reade hugged Jane then went to hug Kurt. While the 'man' hug was taking place Zapata snatched the shake from Kurt's hand and drank it to the shock of Jane and the amusement of the others.

"Tasha!"

"What?"

"That was my shake!"

"Nope, I'm not going to let you get my niece or nephew addicted to chocolate, that's our job!"

"Your job?" questioned Jane

"Yep! I'm with Kurt on this, you have to take better care of little 'Dweller'…"everyone looked confused by the use of the nickname "get it? Doe and Weller, Dweller!"

Everyone rolled their eyes but Zapata was not deterred.

"TEAM WELLER!" declared Patterson

All the focus was now on the computer whiz and she had no idea why.

"Erm Patterson, I've been Weller for nearly seven months now."

"Oh, well, TEAM KURT!"

Patterson and Reade walked towards Kurt to show that they were on his side.

"Seriously? No one is going to be on my side?"

"Nope!" said Patterson

"No!" declared Reade

"Not if you keep on eating chocolate like that!" explained Tasha

Jane saw the amused look on her husband's face and the love he had for both her and their child.

"Fine, be like that, Rich will be on my side!"

"Are you sure? He likes both of us and I'm pretty sure he'll be just as excited as the team about the new addition to our family…do you really want to risk it?"

"Fine!" said a defeated Jane

They walked to each other and Kurt captured her mouth in a tender kiss which didn't last as long as they wanted as their family wanted more details on their future niece or nephew.

Isabella 'Bella' Weller was born six and half months later and was doted on by her three Aunts, two Uncles and cousin.