With news of Watkins' hospital stay reaching full fruition on the Twelfth Precinct family's grapevine, it didn't surprise Alexis that she and Shane were barely out of the hospital when she saw Lanie and Beckett on their way in. A quick trade of words and they knew where to find their friend and new family member.

Shane had brought the car from the morgue to the hospital, which made Alexi relieved. She'd lost sense of time waiting for news on Watkins; it came back to her when they arrived home and Petra was beginning to squirm for a fresh diaper along with a snack.

'Okay my sweet little gem, we'll get you taken care of,' she reassured her baby.

'Mimimimimim.'

'Yes, I know, we're all excited that Evie and Brie are okay and their baby too,' Alexis replied, then looked at Shane who had followed her into the nursery. 'It's a good day.'

'A good day?'

'Uh-huh. Things could have gone completely wrong on more than one level for Watkins. Instead she's got her wife back, and she's stepping forward with Brie towards a good relationship with the father of their baby.'

'That's a very healthy way to look at it.'

'It is and I think I'm going to invite Zane for a sleepover tonight so that Lindsay and Adam can be there worry-free for his partner and her family.'

'Uh-huh.'

'I don't know about you but I'm not in the mood to cook tonight so what do you say to some delicious fish and chips from Sinbad's on Fourth.'

'Sure.'

Alexis looked over from where she was setting Petra on the changing table, felt her stomach squelch. Shane was in the overstuffed arm-chair, looking a little shell-shocked. 'Hey, what's wrong?'

'Seeing Watkins like that...it brought back when you were the woman with the baby like that. When I was the one in Brie's shoes.'

'Oh sweetie.'

'It just...snuck up on me.' Shane gave a cough to try and clear his throat. 'I've been in that place Brie was in, where nothing but the welfare of the woman you love and your baby is everything in the world. I've been her and it's so damn scary.'

'I'm sure it was,' Alexis murmured. 'But Watkins is gonna fine. She needs a hospital stay and I doubt Brie is gonna leave her side, and if she does she will make sure Marcus is there. She really wants them to be friends, and it's gonna be a tricky thing to balance it all but they'll make it work.'

'You think so?'

'I do. Brie and Evie love each other, Brie also loves Marcus and Marcus loves the baby. They will fight to make it work, just like we did.'

Shane tilted his head. 'Huh.'

'What?'

'That's the second time I've heard that today, that we had a lot against us and we still made things work.'

'Because we love each other,' Alexis said simply; when it was put like that Shane couldn't argue at all. He lifted himself out of the chair, came over to watch Petra's giggly little expressions while Alexis freshened her nappie. 'May sound cheesy but when it's worth it, you'll go to any lengths to make it work.'

'Very true. Like walking with little miss over to Sinbad's on Fourth

'I knew you were listening. Ooo up we go!' Alexis let Petra grip her thumbs and tug herself up to a sitting position. When she dropped her hands, her jaw fell along with them. 'Shane! Shane, look!'

'Hey, look at you, big girl!' Shane's face split into a wide grin - Petra was sitting up on her own, leaning forward with her palms on the counter near her knees. It reminded Shane of the way Alexis stretched while doing yoga; in fact it was exactly like that. Petra had her little right foot stuck out to the side, the left one tucked by her right knee and was bracing her weight on her palms by leaning forward. He fumbled around a little bit for his phone, to pull up the Skype app. He waited with bated breath until he saw his father's face on screen. 'Papa!'

'Scheine what is it, did something happen?'

'Yeah, look! Petra's sitting up on her own!'

He swiveled the device, heard his father call for Shir as he showed them the images of Petra sitting up like a big girl on her own. 'Oh Scheine!' Shir's voice was thick with joyful tears. 'Oh, she is just beautiful, oh what a sweetheart! Hello Petra, my little cutie, yes you are going to see us a lot more soon!'

'How's the packing going?' Alexis asked.

'Good, I mean, it is emotional. We made our home here for so many years. I always visited as often as I could,' Shir sighed a little, 'but all things considered, I want to be with Chaim and you and Alexis and our grand-baby.'

'It's going to be so different having you around all the time,' Alexis admitted.

'We cannot wait to be there either,' Chaim added, waving at Petra from the screen, 'and we promise we won't be the annoying in-laws Alexis, landing in for a visit whenever we want and expecting you to drop everything.'

'Chaim-'

'No, no, Shir and I want to spend time together, just us. Make our own friends in the city so we can be with you but not hovering.'

'Well right now I'm about to go pick up some fish and chips for supper tonight,' Shane informed his parents, not once taking his eyes from his daughter who was fascinated by the view from her newfound abilities. 'It's been a busy, stressful day.'

'Why?' A line form between Shir's eyebrows. 'What happened?'

'Why don't I tell you,' Alexis jumped in, 'while Shane goes to get our supper?'

'I think that sounds like something we'll get to say more often very soon. What happened today?'