Three home pregnancy tests, a urine sample and a blood kit later, it transpired that Maura Isles was indeed pregnant. Not wanting to wait for the hospital blood tests, she had sent her own samples to the lab and had the results back in less than twenty minutes. Maura stared at her computer screen repeatedly, looking at the analysis that had been sent back to her. Jane had been present when she had taken the pregnancy tests, but they were both full of anticipation and anxiety after their last pregnancy, and they had decided to wait for the blood results before they even thought about celebrating anything.

Her cell bleeped again, the loud noise breaking through the silence and bouncing off the dull gray walls of the morgue. Jane had sent her at least twenty texts since Maura had sent off her sample. Smiling to herself, she stood and headed for the bullpen upstairs. This was not news you wanted to send in a text.

As she stepped into the elevator and the doors closed in front of her, the reality was only just beginning to sink in. Here she was, pregnant with her detective wife's child (well, minus the sperm donor; of course) and she felt her heart flurry with excitement. The lift announced that it had reached its destination with a loud 'bing!' and she could already hear Jane and Korsak jibing at Frost loudly. She headed down a corridor that she swore was shorter last time she was here, before turning in to the squad room. Jane mustn't have seen her enter the room as her back was still turned until Korsak sat up in his chair with a "Hey doc!"

Maura said nothing, electing to just stand in the threshold with a smile on her face. Jane spun around, her reflexes like that of a tiger as she snapped her legs out to stop her computer chair from carrying her halfway across the office with the force of her actions. No words were spoken, as Maura's hand delicately brushed her abdomen as she tried hard not to cry with relief, or excitement or sheer joy.

Jane stood up with trepidation. She looked at her wife, who was beginning to cry, and her eyes lowered to Maura's stomach. Last time Jane had seen Maura doing that was after they had lost their unborn child, and that was the first thought that sprang to her mind. In a moment of blind panic she stepped forward and spoke without thinking. "Oh, Maura..."

Tears were now freely flowing from the medical examiner's eyes, and she almost ran towards Jane, throwing her arms around her neck. "I can't believe it!"

Jane's arms instinctively closed around Maura, and she buried her cheek against her honey-blonde hair. "It's okay," Jane began.

Maura stepped back to look at Jane, her eyes a pink colour. "It's great, Jane. I know we are both wary of this, considering ... but it won't be like the last time. I can feel it. This is meant to be. This," she lowered Jane's hand to her abdomen, "this is the start of our new future as a family."

Jane looked as though she had been smacked in the face by a breezeblock and most of the colour drained from her face.. "Wait, what?"

Korsak and Frost both stood up from behind their desks, seeing Jane's face. "Whoa, you okay there Jane?"

"Jane? Are you okay? Jane?" Maura had taken to shaking Jane to get her attention now, starting to panic a little herself.

"Wait...you are pregnant?" Jane tried to gain some clarification.

Maura laughed a little. "Did you not just hear a word I said?" She cupped her hands around Jane's cheeks before kissing her deeply, eliciting hollers and cheers from the guys in the squad room. "Jane, we're pregnant!"