"Hey guys", I walk into the KT living room awkwardly. I'm really hoping that I've wiped any evidence that I ever had my clothes off upstairs, that I ever had my hair messed up by moving around on Cappie's bed.

"Hey Casey", Beaver nods, grinning suggestively, as I can tell he's trying to keep in his snickers.

Sitting on the couch beside him is Heath who looks similarly to Beaver, nodding sheepishly. They clearly couldn't hide the fact that they could guess exactly what just happened upstairs.

"Yeah hey", Heath puts a hand up to wave.

Suddenly Beaver can't seem to control himself as he breaks out into a snicker, red faced.

"Nothing happened", I roll my eyes then. "Seriously."

"Yeah okay", Beaver says sarcastically. "Are you gonna tell us you two were studying' again?"

Beaver laughs, calling back to that morning in junior year when I'd tried to sneak out of here after my night with Cappie and then had to tell them we were just studying. Which obviously none of them bought. Now 'studying' had kind of become a euphemism for sex in my life. It was me and Rusty's code word for it after all.

"I….", I open my mouth to speak to them, too tired to try to come up with a believable story. I mean… soon enough they would know I'm pregnant anyways. And even though they weren't the sharpest tools in the shed, you'd have to be pretty stupid to not assume what me and Cappie were just doing.

"Sorry Casey, we're just happy you're back together. He's a lot happier when he's got you around", Beaver nods.

I can't help but smile then.

"Really?", I let out quietly.

"Uh yeah", Heath says like it's obvious.

I shake my head then, snapping out of it, not wanting to let them see the way I want to smile at their words.

"Well uh, we're actually not back together, we just had to talk about something… important", I say. "That… pertains to both of us".

I can feel myself stammering awkwardly, never being the best liar.

"And you had to do so with your tongue down his throat?", Beaver snickers.

I just cross my arms across my chest, knowing it's probably futile to even debate this with them. I was going to have to deal with the consequences of my actions.

"Where… where is Cappie?", I let out a slightly annoyed sigh.

"Oh he's outside I think", Beaver grins. "He also gave us the same speech as you did, that you guys were just talking… but he also said that he has something big to tell us so I'm assuming it has to do with a certain couple getting back together for now the third time".

Little did Beaver know that Cappie would be holding a meeting with the KTs to tell them something they wouldn't be expecting I'm sure, and it didn't have to do with our relationship status. Not really.

"Cap also told us not to bother Casey Beav, remember?", Heath gives Beaver a look, something I'm thankful for.

"Right, sorry… I just miss you around here Casey. And we all like to see our president happy", Beaver smiles genuinely. "Plus… we know you've been around lately, you guys don't hide it that well when you spend the night here".

"Aw well… we'll see what happens Beav", I feel myself blush then, realizing these guys are smarter than I'd given them credit for. And sweet too, sweet that Beaver cared so much. "I'm gonna go see if Cappie needs any help".

I give them both a friendly nod, a little touched that the guys here were actually rooting for us. I can't lie, they were honestly really sweet guys, sweeter than you'd expect from a group of stereotypical frat guys. Last year when me and Cappie had dated and I spent so much time here I actually liked that I got to spend time with the other guys too.

I walk out to the backyard to see Cappie in jeans and a long sleeve black t shirt. He'd had to change after I'd stolen his other shirt to wear out of his bed. I watch the silver rings on his fingers as he's focused on flipping the burgers.

"Hey", I approach him. "Need any help?"

"Hey", He looks up and his face softens when he sees it's me, smirking. "And yeah, sure. There is actually one thing you can do for me".

I nod, waiting for him to tell me what to do.

He hands me a paper plate with a burger on it.

"You can eat this Case", He grins.

I give him a sheepish look and then laugh.

"I made it the way you like it", Cappie nods, looking at me sweetly and I'm immediately brought back to that night in junior year when we were working on that project together, the one he'd bribed the TA to put us together on. He'd made us burgers that night too, and gotten a pie. I remember feeling butterflies in my stomach when I realized that he remembered exactly how I liked my burger… and that he'd gotten apple pie because he knew that was my favorite kind.

At that point in time I'd felt pretty disillusioned with love, felt like it was more of a transactional thing, a power thing. That's how it had felt in my relationship with Evan that whole year. So spending that night studying with Cappie... it reminded me that I still could feel that way, feel giddiness, feel excited about a guy even if I thought those feelings were a bad thing at the time. I remember after I'd kissed him on his bed while we were typing up the paper I'd felt that thing I always felt for him, the way I wished so badly I could feel with Evan. And yet I still had gone through with letting Evan lavalier me that night.

I was naive then I suppose, or maybe just cared about my image too much. Things were so different now, my priorities. Because even though I didn't love that everyone was going to know that I was pregnant, I didn't care as much now what people thought of me. I didn't need to be the queen of sorority row, didn't need to be president of ZBZ, didn't need to impress Frannie. I had real people in my life that cared about me for me, Cappie being at the forefront of that.

"Okay thanks Cap", I nod shyly.

"Yeah no problem", He smirks like it's no big deal and then gestures over to the KT's picnic table which is filled with different things for the burgers. "There's chips and stuff too, and drinks on the table".

"Okay cool", I nod, taking a bite of the burger. "Mmm this is really good Cap".

"Good", he looks over at me with a nod and then goes back to grilling the burgers that are currently on the barbecue.

"So uh… you're gonna tell the guys this weekend?", I ask him as I sit down on the picnic table, facing him.

"Yeah I was planning on having a meeting to let them know… if that's okay with you of course", He looks to me to confirm.

"Yeah, for sure, I think you should tell them", I nod and then sigh to myself. "Which means… most people will probably know by the time everyone comes back from Thanksgiving".

It was Thanksgiving weekend already starting tomorrow. It was kind of nice that the campus was much less busy than usual. Basically all the KT guys were still staying here like they often did. Rebecca and Evan were also staying here, she'd told me that... not that she would be seeing him since she was still mad at him, but they had planned to spend it together before they broke up. Now Rebecca told me she's set to spend another Thanksgiving at ZBZ alone, unless I was going to be joining her, which I could tell she actually wanted me to. And Ash was going home to Pennsylvania tomorrow morning.

I'd been lucky enough to tell my mom and dad that I was going out of my mind with school work and absolutely couldn't find any way on earth to come home for the weekend. They were upset but I promised I would come home for Christmas. With me not going home, Rusty similarly used some excuse about how busy his wire was keeping him.

"Yeah… you're sure you're okay with me telling the guys?", Cappie confirms, looking seriously at me. "Because if not I don't have-"

"No, no", I cut him off. "I got to tell my friends… minus Katherine who I really should tell because I know she can feel somethings up with me. So you should tell yours Cap, especially since I think they'll be supportive".

"They'll be happy for me yeah", Cappie nods, letting out a bit of a laugh. "I mean… maybe not happy persay, since getting a girl pregnant is like all of our biggest fear… but I think they'll realize that it's different for me because it's with you".

Cappie's explanation makes me smile a bit as I finish up eating.

"Well they also might be kinda mad at me since… I'm taking away their president", I purse my lips into a frown.

"Yeah but it had to happen sometime", Cappie waves it off. "I've already been talking to Rusty about him taking the house over. Honestly the guys like him as a leader, he was already winning them over back in August when he ran against me. He's smart, knows the way to get the guys on his side".

"By promising them beer and sex?", I put my hands on my hips, speaking sarcastically as the two of us laugh.

"Exactly", Cappie gives me a devilish grin. "I was going to tell you too… I don't love this idea but Beaver and the guys just told me that they're throwing a Thanksgiving rager tomorrow night for all the people still left on campus".

Cappie groans as he puts some more burger patties on the grill.

"You… not wanting a party? Who even are you right now Cap?", I giggle.

He turns to look at me, giving me a playful smirk.

"Well… it's just that I kind of wanted this Thanksgiving to be like last Thanksgiving", He says, taking a small pause. "Meaning… it would consist of mostly just me and you".

Yeah me and you holed up in your bed, I think to myself but don't say it out loud. Because that's exactly how the entire Thanksgiving weekend went with him last year.

I can feel myself go hot as he looks at me, knowing he's thinking the exact same thing I am right now, remembering that weekend. I couldn't help but feel a little giddy around him right now after what we'd just done less than an hour ago. A little nervous too… but a good kind of nervousness, one that made my toes curl when he said sweet things to me like this.

"Yeah… last Thanksgiving will definitely be hard to beat", I smile.

"Well tonight was a good start to the weekend", He gives me a devilish grin, even in the dim lighting of the backyard I'm sure able to tell he's making me blush. He's the first one to bring it up, the two of us having talked out here for a few minutes not having said anything about the fact that we just hooked up without knowing how things were really going to proceed.

"Yeah", I nod up and down, averting his gaze now for a moment so he can't see me smile.

"But yeah I uh… I think I'm gonna wait till the end of the weekend to tell the guys. If I tell them tomorrow then they'll probably spread it all around the party", Cappie explains. "So I think I'll tell them on Sunday".

"Well…", I scoff. "They probably won't be super surprised when you tell them you got me pregnant… since Beaver and Heath just informed me that they know I've been staying over here with you off and on the past month".

Cappie laughs then as we share a sheepish look, knowing we're not as slick as we'd thought.

"I'll still tell them we're not together, don't worry", Cappie nods, looking a little more serious now. "I hope Beav didn't bother you too much… he just likes you and he liked it when we were together last year".

"No it's okay, it's sweet actually", I smile. "I like him too, he's cute. I actually got to spend more time with him a couple weeks ago when he helped me try to buy notes for my torts class… and then we went to a nightclub… where it was ladies night aka male strippers".

"Wait what?!", Cappie laughs, abandoning the barbecue to look right at me, taken aback by this. "You went to a strip club?"

"Well I didn't mean to! Obviously", I laugh. "I thought it was just a nightclub!"

"Mmm", Cappie takes this in, licking his lips as he laughs, clearly finding this amusing.

"And I didn't enjoy it!", I giggle. "It's a long story why I was there… I thought Beaver would've told you".

"He was a little busy telling me about how he took a girl's virginity that night and that he was pretty sure that he was in love with her", Cappie says with a laugh. "Which I later found out was Katherine".

"Don't remind me", I laugh. "I just barely escaped running into her here the other morning. When I was walking out of your room I saw her coming out of the washroom but I quickly ran back into your room. Thank god or my cover would've been blown and I'd have to explain why I was here".

I sigh out then, thinking about the fact that Katherine was probably wondering why I'd been slacking on our study sessions so much lately.

"I'll tell her soon though", I nod. "She uh… she's been pretty wild lately so maybe she won't judge too much. She was actually at ladies night with me and Beav… again kind of a long story".

"Wow you've really had some crazy nights this semester Case", Cappie laughs, surprised by this as I cross my arms across my chest, knowing he's loving teasing me right now. "Sorry, it's just funny to picture. You've been pretty wild yourself lately Case, buying test notes, going to strip clubs, getting drunk…"

"Getting pregnant?", I add in with a scoff. "Yeah for some reason my life has kind of gone off the rails in a matter of months".

I shake my head with a laugh.

"Did… did you mean it upstairs when you said you were starting to be kind of happy about this though?", Cappie looks serious, sobering up his expression now. "About the baby?"

"Yeah I meant it", I nod. "I… I feel more and more for it every day Cap, I guess that's just natural to feel as it's… mom. It's sunk in more these past two weeks… and even more today as I've gotten to see it grow and hear it".

I can't help but smile a bit when I see him stifle in a grin.

"Although feeling happier about it will probably be short lived since… in two weeks I'm gonna have to go back to Chicago and break the news to my parents… Have them tell me what a failure I am and that I have no business raising a baby…", I sigh sadly.

"Well you shouldn't have to deal with that alone… Why don't I go with you?", He shrugs.

"What?", I'm a little taken aback.

"Yeah", He shrugs again like it's no big deal. "Case I don't think there's any way that you should be going there to deal with telling them all on your own".

"Well… I'll have Rusty with me to help break the news about the baby", I offer with a shrug.

"Yeah but…", Cappie looks ready to fight me on this. "I'm the dad of said baby so… I feel like I should be there to, you know, own up to it, support you with it. I think it would be much worse if I didn't come with, at least with us together they can see how serious we both are about doing this together".

I take in his words, not having really thought before about bringing Cappie to my childhood home. I'd always tried to keep my personal life here at CRU away from my parents since I didn't really have the best relationship with them sometimes, mostly with my mom. But Cappie was actually making a lot of sense.

"Actually you're probably right Cap", I nod. "Having the dad there would definitely help my argument when they're gonna be mad at me for wanting to keep it... because I can show them I won't be doing it completely alone".

"Exactly, plus there's no way I'm gonna be able to be here in Cyprus while I know you're there struggling", Cappie says. "And I should be around wherever you are anyways, you know, if anything happens with you and the baby".

I can't help but give him a coy smile then, sort of teasing him, and I can tell he knows that I think he's a little crazy for this.

He rolls his eyes at me then but he's smiling.

"I'm just being cautious Case… for like… the very first time in my life", He laughs. "But if I'm gonna be cautious about something it's gonna be about you and… it".

He gestures down to my stomach as I sit here in front of him.

"Okay", I say just the one word as I smile, because who am I to refuse his help? Not when he was being so insanely good about me being pregnant.

"Okay good", He looks pleased, arranging the burgers onto a large plate for the guys I'm guessing. "And you're still okay after… after tonight?"

He looks over to me seriously still, just the slightest hint of a smug smile on his lips.

"Because in that pregnancy book I'm reading it said that spotting can happen for all sorts of reasons in the first trimester, sex being one of the main causes and-", He starts to explain but I cut him off with a laugh.

"You know what spotting is?", I can't help but giggle.

"Well now I do", He smirks. "I should know these things now if I'm gonna be around to help you".

"Well…", I get up then to slowly walk over to him, giving him a playful smile. "Thank you for caring so much Cap, but everything's fine so far, no spotting or anything since".

I can't help but giggle as I lean against him, feeling his arm go around to the small of my back.

"Okay good", he nods, looking happy about this.

"Which means that… we know we can do it again", I shrug casually and then watch his whole face break out into surprise and then turn into a mischievous smirk.

"Wait hold on…", He laughs as I move away from him to lean against the picnic table. "You can't just throw that out there like that and expect me to not have questions little lady…".

I laugh then at the name he calls me sometimes.

"You're saying… you're saying this is a thing now?", He smirks as he uses his flipper to gesture between him and me. "That this can happen again?"

"Well…", I shrug, knowing my face is probably red. "I think that it's already happened once within the three weeks or so since we've known I'm pregnant so… it'll probably happen again over the next 7 and a half months".

He just stares at me, eyebrows raised, smiling.

"It can keep happening Cappie", I finally give in, letting out a slight groan, knowing that I'm going back on my word and caving. I only ever cave for him… again it's that stupid hold he has over me. "I know I'm going to keep… feeling things for you because of the baby so…"

I shrug then, sort of trying to project everything onto the baby. Using it as an excuse for me having feelings for him.

"Okay", He nods, taking this in as he looks pleased.

"I don't see the harm in doing it sometimes … and you and me are… good at it so…", I trail off then, my face turning hot as I refer to how history's proven to me that we always seemed to have good sex, whether or not we were in a relationship when its happened. We've actually never had a bad time, at least in my book. And I wholeheartedly knew Cappie would agree with me on that.

"Yeah we definitely are", He snickers to himself.

"Let's just take it slow though, okay Cap?", I put up a finger, looking at him seriously.

"Sure, as slow as you want, I'm good with whatever", He speaks quickly, trying to assure me that we can do this. "I guess… I guess this might be a bad time then to ask you to stay over for the weekend?"

He bites his lip as he moves closer to me, leaving the food for a bit, I think this conversation being more important than just about anything else to him right now.

"I was going to ask you even before what happened with us tonight, just because… Thanksgiving was really special for us, and I thought we could do some fun stuff I guess. You could take a break from studying... we could go to that museum you've been bugging me to go to for the past four years", He laughs. "And… I didn't think we'd be doing fun naked stuff, but we can definitely add that to the weekend itinerary too now".

He smirks at me deviously and I fold, letting myself break out into a smile as I giggle at his joking.

"Really? You'd go to the Museum of Fashion History with me? In Cincinnati?", I perk up, pulling his hand over to move closer to me as he stands tall. I grin annoyingly at him now, knowing it's the last place he'd ever want to go.

"Yeah I'll go", he nods, laughing.

"Mmm it's so fun being a girl!", I swing his hand in mine as I bob up and down jokingly. "All I have to do is let you touch my boobs one time and you basically can't say no to me!"

"Well…", Cappie grins his usual joking smile. "You know I couldn't say no to you even before what we just did… but now I really can't, especially when you factor in your pregnancy boobs. Not to mention, you grow the baby, you get to choose the activity, it's only fair".

"Exactly", I grin matter of fact and stand up slightly from leaning against the table, getting up so that I can kiss him right now.

I throw my arms around his neck but before I can meet his lips I hear the door to the deck opening and then a lot of noise, disrupting me and Cappie's conversation.

"Burgers!!!", I hear Beaver yell.

"Well… looks like the guys caught wind of food", Cappie rolls his eyes jokingly as I part from him, not really wanting the guys to see us. "Beaver's sort of like a dog, he's got a real nose on him for meat".

I giggle at his joking, us turning around to see the guys basically falling over each other to grab a paper plate and get a burger before they're all gone.

"See, this is why I gave you yours first", Cappie laughs. "Do you want another? Because if so, I'll gladly brave the war and go in and get you one".

Cappie refers to the way Beaver elbows Anthony Hopkins out of the way, Anthony Hopkins letting out a loud "Ow!"

"No I'm good", I can't help but giggle. "But thanks, that's very valiant of you Cap".

"No problem", He grins and then walks over to talk to the guys.

"Beav!", Cappie shouts out to get his attention. "Just take one for now alright? You can come back for seconds later. And Dumptruck, no putting your hands in the pickle jar again, it's unsanitary! No getting hurt guys, you'll all get one, I made enough for the 19 of us left here for the weekend so… calm down. Especially since we have company tonight, alright? Let's at least try to act semi civilized in front of Casey".

"Are you guys in love again Cap?", Pickle pipes up, speaking in sort of a teasing tone, the guys here really wanting to know what was going on between us.

"No… Casey is just… our guest for tonight. Not that it's any of your guys' business but… we'll definitely let you know if there's any... advancements in that area", Cappie says awkwardly. "Anyways, dig in guys!"

Cappie lets out a sigh then and turns around to look at me. I'm standing with my hands on my hips, grinning, amused with seeing him like this. I'd seen him as president for the past 3 years, he'd been the only leader these guys really had, saved the house from being demolished or getting foreclosed too many times to count now. Not to mention he basically made sure these guys got somewhat of an education… and also didn't die of starvation or alcohol poisoning in the process.

I feel it again, that feeling in my heart, my heart swelling in my body when I think about him being a dad to our baby.

"What?", He laughs as he shakes his head at me, I think confused by the way I'm staring at him with heart eyes.

"Nothing", I quickly snap myself out of it, shaking my head.

"So… about the weekend thing then?", He licks his lips, smiling at me, looking at me sort of pleadingly.

"Yes", I say immediately with a smile. "Yes I'll stay here with you this weekend. Besides… at ZBZ the only person left at the house is Rebecca so… I'd kinda rather be here. Not to mention… you're… kind of alright I guess".

"Mmm I've been promoted to alright?", Cappie smiles, us joking around. "Pretty soon you may even start liking me again Case".

"I already do Cap…", I say quietly, looking up at him right in his eyes, and I know that he knows there's a real air of seriousness to my response.

He can't seem to wipe the smile off his face, nodding as the two of us go to find a seat next to each other while the guys, including Cappie, all eat.

I really hadn't expected this today, any of this. I thought I would just go to my appointment and then continue on like usual with my newfound friendly and professional relationship with Cappie.

But even though this was riskier, not being fully back together but still letting myself be close with him in this way again, it certainly felt a lot better than what we have been doing.

And maybe that was all that mattered.


"So… do you think it looks like me yet?", Cappie jokes as he holds the new ultrasound photos we'd gotten today up next to his face.

I giggle at him as I hit his arm, rolling my eyes.

We're sitting on his bed, now late at night, about to go to sleep.

But I'd taken the photo strip out of my purse so we could fully admire them since… we were a little preoccupied right after the appointment when we initially got them.

"Yeah sure Cap, the resemblance is uncanny", I giggle, speaking sarcastically, crossing my arms at him.

"Well it still kind of just looks like a little blob", Cappie sighs as he keeps studying the photos. "Although now you can kind of distinguish its head so… that's progress".

"I read that around 15 weeks is when you can really start to see it look like a baby", I tell him. "And then we'll know the gender too, which will be awesome! And… at that point I'll probably be showing too so… everything will be super real".

"Yeah…", Cappie nods, thinking to himself, and I can't really tell if he's excited or scared. Or both… I was both.

We hear a knock on the door then, making us both sit up straight.

"Guys? It's me", I hear Rusty's voice. "Are you guys both… decent?"

"Yes Rus", I giggle. "Come in".

Rusty opens the door then to see me and Cap sitting on the bed.

"Hey Spitter, we missed you earlier, I would've saved you a burger but… you know how the guys get", Cappie laughs.

"It's all good, I was busy with a school thing. But I came over and heard from the guys that you were here Case… and heard all about earlier when you guys came in…", He gives us a smirk then and I can't help but be embarrassed.

Me and Cappie just stare at each other awkwardly.

"Gosh you guys are just as bad as sorority girls!", I roll my eyes jokingly at the way me and Cappie kissing when we came in here tonight has now spread like wildfire with the brothers.

"C'mon, I know you didn't want to tell the other guys, but this is me we're talking about! You can tell me if you're back together", Rusty gives us a playful roll of his eyes.

"We're not…", I shrug. "We've just… gotten used to spending more time together again and… are trying to have a good relationship for the baby".

Rusty looks between the two of us blankly, letting us know he couldn't believe us any less.

"Yeah okay guys", He shakes his head, speaking sarcastically. "I have to be honest Case… I know you say you're doing this for the baby, but don't you think that having a relationship that you don't even know what to categorize it as would be more confusing for a baby than just having it's parents together?"

"Well I'm pretty sure a newborn baby isn't gonna be able to even comprehend stuff like that Spitter", Cappie scoffs. "It won't even know what's going on".

"Yeah but babies can still sense things! Even in the womb! I took this anatomy course as an elective last semester and—", Rusty starts but I put a hand up to cut him off.

"Rusty I'm already worried enough about being able to be a good mom for this baby, but you don't have to worry, me and Cappie are on the same page. Our relationship is… healthy right now", I nod confidently.

"Okay, well… at least this baby will have two parents that are getting along with each other… getting along so well that they're lying to each other and themselves about just how well", He gives us both a knowing look, eyebrows raised slightly.

"Well…", I sigh. "You're right Rusty… about the baby being lucky that we like each other, especially since it'll probably help when Cappie comes home with us on Christmas to tell mom and dad".

"You're gonna be coming back to Chicago with us?", Rusty's face lights up then as he looks at Cappie. "That's awesome!"

"Yeah Spitter, I guess I'm gonna get to visit the Cartwright family homestead", Cappie jokes with a smirk. "See where my two favorite people grew up".

"Yeah except… it may not be as great as you think since… my parents will probably want to kill you Cap", Rusty grimaces.

"Well… don't worry, I'm definitely prepared for that", Cap takes a deep breath in. "It's why I'm coming with you guys, so Case doesn't have to take the brunt of the disappointment speech from your folks".

"When are you gonna tell your parents Cap?", Rusty asks.

"Well… I'm hoping before New Years", he shrugs. "I'm uh… I'm not really worried to be honest, they probably won't care much. They're pro choice and very progressive people, but they have never really cared in what timeline I do things in my life. To be honest they'll probably be the most upset about the fact that I'm graduating so early".

Me and Cappie scoff then at the dramatic difference in our parents.

"Plus they really like Casey so I think they'll be okay with us having a baby, even though we're young", Cappie explains.

"Well then you just have to worry about our parents", Rusty nods and then his eyes dart down to the pictures in my lap. "Oh cool! Are those the pictures from today? How'd the appointment go?"

Rusty truly looks excited about it, about hearing everything he can on his niece or nephew.

"It was good", I can't help but smile, holding the photos up as I pass them over to him. "It's grown more since last time and we got to hear its heartbeat which was super cool".

I look over to share a smile with Cappie.

"Wow", Rusty nods as he looks over the photos. "It really has a heartbeat that you can actually hear?"

"Yep… crazy right?", Cappie nods.

"Definitely… things are happening so fast", Rusty nods. "You still don't look pregnant at all though Case".

"Well Cappie thinks I do", I laugh, giving Cap a playful look.

"I don't think you look pregnant Case, I just think… that you look a tiny bit different, maybe only I can tell because I know you so well", Cappie explains as he grins, me accepting this answer from him.

"Well I'm probably gonna go home and get some sleep but this should be a fun weekend, hopefully as good as last Thanksgiving!", Rusty smiles. "Even though you're kind of chickening out by staying here at CRU Case".

"Am not!", I argue. "I'm just… putting it off a bit for two more weeks".

"Yeah okay", Rusty rolls his eyes sarcastically.

"Well Casey's gonna stay here this weekend so we'll probably see you lots Spitter. Beaver and some of the guys are having a party here tomorrow, you probably already heard about it. And then Sunday I was gonna tell all the guys about the baby… and maybe actually have a real Thanksgiving dinner", Cappie smiles.

"More than just turkey flavoured bourbon?", I give him a look as I cross my arms across my chest accusingly.

"Yes more than just that", Cappie plays along with me. "Maybe we'll get a real turkey… you can cook those things on a barbecue right?"

"Yeah totally", Rusty nods with a smile. "I'll help you Cap!"

"Awesome, we can put pledge Spidey to work on it too, he looks like he can cook", Cappie shrugs and I laugh.

"Well see you guys later then", Rusty nods, giving us a wave.

"Goodnight!", Me and Cappie say in unison.

Once Rusty's gone we sit in silence for a moment as I look down into my lap, thoughts racing through my mind.

"Cap…?", I look over to Cappie who nods, giving me his attention. "You don't think Rusty is right, right? Do you think what we're doing is bad for the baby?"

"No", Cappie shakes his head immediately and then puts his hand on my bare knee. "Look, it's our baby Case, just ours. So that means we call the shots. And sure, we're gonna make mistakes but I don't think that doing what we did tonight will ever be one of them".

He smiles at me then, smirking a little bit as he runs his hand up and down my leg.

"Okay", I nod shyly, unable to help but give him a coy smile. "I just feel like Ash and Rusty are really judging us for not… figuring out what we should be. Whether we should just be only friends or whether we should be boyfriend and girlfriend again".

"Well… you know what I think about it", Cappie looks up at me, letting me know without so many words that he has always wanted to be with me, that that hadn't changed.

"Well we've… tried the friends thing", I laugh slightly.

"Yeah we have", He scoffs. "Case... just friends don't typically do what we did earlier tonight".

He smiles devilishly as I turn red, giving him a smirk of my own.

"Honestly Case… I just think that you and me know what's best for us, we know our relationship best and… we're never going to be able to just be friends", He gives me a serious look then.

"Well", I look in my lap for a second before looking back up to his eyes to give him a sheepish smile. "I guess friends also don't typically get friends pregnant".

We both laugh then.

"Once you have someone's DNA growing in you maybe you have to switch over to more than just… friends?", I shrug, leaning into him a bit as I make my eyes wide.

"So… we're more than friends then?", Cap meets my eyes, his face lighting up a bit as I can tell he knows I'm giving in to him. Even if it had taken me 3 months to do so. 3 months since we'd come back here in mid August and he told me he was going to turn my 'maybe' into a 'yes'. 3 months, one drunken hookup, a bunch of positive pregnancy tests, and now a fetus that actually has a heartbeat.

"I… I don't know what we are yet Cap", I sigh out, only inches from his lips now.

I look up the short distance between us to meet his blue eyes, those of which are just begging me to say yes, to take this chance on us.

"But I know that I want to do this…", I whisper and then lean in to kiss him.

This seems to satisfy him as I can feel him moan out slightly against my lips, as if he's sighing of relief at the fact that we're doing this again. That earlier this evening wasn't just a one time thing to savour and then go back to keeping things cordial and friendly.

Even though I'd leaned in to kiss him first it's him who deepens the kiss, his hand wrapping around my back to pull me into him. Eventually he leans in to move overtop me and I let him, laying onto my back.

"Mmm", I let out finally as we part, his hand on my cheek, me a bit out of breath.

"So uh…", Cappie let's out nervously as the two of us stare at each other, a smirk taking over his face slowly.

"So… friends with benefits then?", I say, him moving off of me now to lay beside me.

"Yeah… yeah okay", Cappie nods up and down.

"Just for now", I add quickly. "For now while we see how things are gonna work with the baby… and with maybe getting an apartment together".

"Okay", he smiles. "Well as long as I can kiss you anytime I want, I'm in".

I can't help but let out a giggle then, giving him a playful roll of my eyes.

"Okay well…. goodnight Cap, I'm really tired", I yawn.

"Okay", He nods, moving forward to turn off the lamp on his bedside table so we're left in the darkness. I feel him move onto his side towards me. "I'm really happy you're here this weekend Case".

He says it quietly, almost in a whisper. His words are so sincere, so genuine.

"Me too Cap", I smile and move to turn onto my side and then scooch back so I can spoon against him. He takes my cue, pulling me into him gently.

I start to drift off into sleep against him, almost lost in dreamland, but not before I feel his hand travel down my body. Even though I'm barely conscious for it, I feel him find his way down to my lower belly, resting his palm against it as we fall asleep that way.