The Apartment, Cambridge MA- Monday evening

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Aeryn spent a good amount of time at work today trying to get information on certain things. Mostly all those really boring work things to do with vacation time and insurance and a lot of other stuff she was generally clueless about. Still, no one could say she hadn't been doing her research.

She got home a little later than usual, feeling a little nervous. Which was wrong and that could stop right now, yes.

So for the moment she was busying herself telling Bertram which spots he'd missed in cleaning the floor. It was sort of like a hobby now.

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John wandered in just a little bit later, tossing his bag haphazardly down in the hallway.

"Helloooo, honey?" he called. "You home?"

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"We're cleaning," called Aeryn, who was doing nothing of the sort.

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"Did you hire a maid while I was gone?" John asked, coming into the living room and kicking off his shoes.

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"Definitely not," she said, looking up from the sofa. "Besides, that's why we have a DRD."

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"I didn't think Bertram actually did useful work," he said, flopping down beside her and kissing her cheek noisily.

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"He's capable," she said, watching Bertram get distracted by something shiny. "How was your day?"

Small talk, yes, yay.

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"Not bad," he said, kicking up his feet. "I did well on a test, got through one of my advising appointments and had a slice of pizza with pocket change. It was on sale today."

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"Good start, let's stick with that sort of thing," she nodded.

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"Stick with pizza being on sale?" he asked, smiling at her.

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"Yeah," Aeryn said, turning more with her back to the arm of the chair to face him. "I've been thinking."

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"Okay," he said, focusing back on her. "We're not burning Toasty into metal."

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"That wasn't what I was thinking," she said, though now she was.

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"Oh." He winced. "Sorry. What's up, babe?"

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She pressed her lips together, and just decided to say it. "I think we should do this."

Okay, that wasn't really saying it, but she thought he might know what she meant.

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"Do...this?" He tried to figure out what she meant. "Um. Do you mean...sex?"

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She stared at him. "A bit past that."

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"Okay." He tried to catch up. "You're gonna have to help me out here, babe."

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"The baby," she said, managing not to roll her eyes.

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"Hey! You were being--" He stopped and stared. "You...really?"

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"I can manage at the one job for now," she said slowly. "I've looked into things there, I can get the time off in order to do this, and things are easier to manage over the summer schedule-wise, and your sisters may have lost their minds over baby things yesterday."

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"...you and my sisters did baby things yesterday?" John asked. "Oh my god. Really?"

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"No, they were at some sale thing and called to see if we had a crib yet. And from there it spiraled," she explained.

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"Oh wow." John stared at her and then at her stomach. "So. How? I mean. I want to. I've been wanting to."

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"It would mean going back to my universe," she said. "From there it's a matter of finding a surgeon to release the stasis, and then..."

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"Ooooh." Okay, it was a lot more different than heading down to the clinic. "Okay, so we do that. Ship?"

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"Handwavey," Aeryn explained.

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"Good idea," John said, nodding. "When?"

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"You realize that if we don't do this as soon as possible, I may change my mind," she pointed out. No, she wouldn't.

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"Do you want to go tonight?" John asked. "We can!"

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"We might want to settle some things first," she said easily. "We're not exactly prepared. Make some arrangements, and in the morning?"

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"Okay," he said, nodding. "In the morning. Um. Do my sisters know you're going to?"

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She shook her head. "I wanted to talk to you first." Unlike in canon.

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"Okay." He took a breath and smiled. "Did you want to tell them before we leave?"

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"That's up to you," she said. "And then we may have a crib waiting outside our door when we get back."

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"We can tell them after," he said, moving closer to kiss her softly. "What about...a name?"

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"I'm still thinking," she said simply, with a note that said she would continue to do so.

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"Okay," John said, not pushing it. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

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Aeryn paused, just briefly. "I'm all right," she said. "I probably shouldn't be."

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"It's okay that you are though," John said. "It just means you're ready...or in shock."

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"I think the shock will come later," she said immediately.

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"Okay," John said, nodding. "Want some dinner?"

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"Probably a good idea," she said, now that the nerves were subsiding. Though she was half expecting to wake up in the middle of the night wanting to take it all back.

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"Request?" John asked, getting to his feet.

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"Something quick," she said, since she knew it would probably involve slapping something on bread. Probably a good thing they'd have time to manage fending for themselves foodwise before the baby was on solid foods, and hey there was the nervous again. It'd probably stick around for a while.