Jessica let lose with her friends and actually had fun! The kids played with their friends and Danny hung out with the guys.
After a while Jessica became a bit tipsy. She went over to the guys and sat on Danny's lap.

"Excuse me boys! I need some lovin from my big man." She smirked and wrapped her arms around Danny's neck before kissing his lips.

Danny smiled into the kiss and held her back.

"Man.. lucky bastard." One of the guys mumbled. Another nudged him and laughed. "Really though!" He said.

"Well look at you, hot mama!" Danny smiled lovingly at her.

"Yep!" She smiled.

Danny chuckled and kissed her cheek.

The night out did Jessica well.  She drank a bit and had a good time with friends.  However, the next morning she was back to feeling emotional, bloated, and nauseous.  This was the final straw for Danny.  He told her to get dressed because he was going to take her to another doctor.

They dropped the kids off with Zoey and headed over to the appointment.

After calling them back Jessica told the nurse all of her symptoms and what the other doctor said to her.  They then immediately sent her for blood work, which is what the last doctor should have done.

As they sat there waiting for the doctor to give them the results Jessica became very fidgety with her hands.  Danny placed his hand on her thigh and said, "Relax."

"It's not that easy, Daniel."

"I know."

"I'm so nervous."

"It'll be okay.  I'm right here."

Just then the doctor walked in with the results.

"Mrs. Huston, your last doctor got it completely wrong."

"He did?  Am.. am I sick?  What is it?" Jessica was now in full panic mode.

"Mrs. Huston.. you're perfectly healthy.  But you are pregnant."

Jessica's eyes went wide.  She didn't know how to react.

"Pregnant?"

"Yes ma'am."

"See baby?  Everything's fine." Danny smiles softly.

"Pregnant.  I'm pregnant, Daniel!  How?  I can't be pregnant!"

"Well given the date of your last period, you're more than likely in your second trimester."

"What?"

"Why don't you lie back and I'll take a look?"

"Okay.."

Jessica lifts her shirt revealing her small bump that she thought was all bloat.

"The top of your uterus is right here, so you're about thirteen weeks pregnant."

"Holy shit!  Oh gosh, I drank last night, I didn't know!  Also, the doctor proscribed me medication for my menopause symptoms."

"He did?" The doctor asked growing worried.

"Yes!  Could that affect the baby?"

"Well we won't know for sure yet.  I'm going to call in someone to help perform an ultrasound as soon as possible."

Jessica then looked at Danny and he grabbed her hand as fear for their unborn child filled their body.

**

As they waited to see their baby Jessica was almost in tears. "Danny, I can't believe this right now.  What if something's wrong?  How many babies have I had?  I should have known! Our baby.. Danny, we lost our baby because I didn't know I was pregnant. I can't go through that again."

"No, look at me." Danny bent down and looked into her eyes. "This isn't your fault.  Our baby will be okay."

Jessica softly nodded. "Our baby." She laughed with tears in her eyes.

"That's crazy!"

"Yeah.." She said breathlessly.

They suddenly heard a loud thumping sound so they looked up to the screen to see their baby.

"Oh wow.." Jessica said in a whisper.

"This is crazy.  Does everything look okay?"

"Um.. well.." He sighs.

"What?" She asked as the doctor remained silent.

"What is it?!" Jessica raises her voice.

"The baby's heart.. You see this right here? It's still very early but I'm not liking the way this looks."

"Oh my gosh." Jessica says with tears in her eyes.

"I'm going to send you to a specialist that can perform a fetal Echocardiogram test on you. It is a more in depth ultrasound lasting from forty five minutes to an hour and a half."

"How soon can this be done?" Danny asked.

"I'm going to contact the specialist, but for sure not until after Christmas."

"Oh Christ, I can't wait that long!"

Danny rubbed his thumb on the back of Jessica's hand and said, "It'll be okay."

"Yes. It is very important that you do Not stress, Mrs. Huston. I'm going to prescribe you some prenatal vitamins. Please please please take it easy!"

"I will.."

"I don't want to worry you more than you already are, but these are things you need to know. A pregnancy over the age of forty is considered high risk. Meaning you will be making lots of visits to your OB until the baby is born. We just need to keep an eye on everything , and make sure you're okay and that the baby is okay. Gestational diabetes, preterm labor, preeclampsia, all of these things are more likely to happen, BUT does not necessarily mean they are going to happen, okay?"

Jessica nodded and looked down.
Today has been insane. All she wanted to do was bawl in Danny's arms, but she did her best to remain calm.

**

*In the car*

"What are you thinking?" Danny asked Jessica who stared straight ahead.

"I'm thinking that I deserve to go to hell." She answered in a low voice.

"Jessica don't."

"Danny, I hurt our baby! Those pills I took and all those drink I had last night! I hurt the baby's little heart.. If something happens to our baby or if he or she has a heart problem because of me.. I will never forgive myself!"

"Honey, I promise you the baby will be fine."

"You can't promise that, Danny! There's nothing you can do. The damage is done.. and it's my fault."

***

Christmas.

Danny and Jessica have chosen to keep the news about the baby to themselves until after their scan, which is scheduled for the day after Christmas.

Of course telling by the kids on Christmas morning that they are getting a new little sibling would be so much fun. Unfortunately they don't know what this test will reveal and if anything were to happen, they don't want them getting too excited. Especially the younger ones that don't really understand all that's going on.

It was difficult, but Jessica put on a smile in front of her family. Speaking of difficult. It was extremely difficult hiding her growing bump. Jessica is now fourteen weeks pregnant and you can definitely tell!

As everyone mingled with each other Enrique was glued to his grandmother. He laid his head on her stomach as if he knew there was life growing inside.
He was a very sweet boy just like his father. He would softly tap her stomach and rub his head back and forth in it.
He even fell asleep on her bump. Jessica then laid him on the couch and covered him up with a blanket.

She then walked over to the dining room where the older kids and Danny were playing games.

"What's going on in here?" She asks.

"Sam and Tiff brought these jellybeans that taste like shit!" Danny gags.

"Nice." Jessica chuckled softly.

"Yeah.. How do you feel?" He asks in a low voice.

"Good." Jessica said quietly with a soft smile.

"Mom, you try!" Michael says.

"Oh no thanks, guys! My stomach can't take that stuff!" She laughs.

Just as she laughed she felt a tiny flutter across the bottom of her stomach.
Jessica flinched and gasped. She then smiled and grabbed Danny's hand.

"You okay?" He asks.

"Come here!"
Jessica pulled him to the empty kitchen and said, "I just felt the baby move!"

"You did?!" Danny smiles.

"Yeah! It felt strong.." She said with a small but the most beautiful smile.

Danny places his hand on her bump and his smile grows. "That's cause he or she is the strongest little baby Ever! Tell mommy how strong you are." Danny bends down and speaks in a baby voice.

Jessica laughs with tears falling down her cheeks. "Our baby is strong.... and he or she will be okay."

"Absolutely. There's not a doubt in my mind, baby girl."

Jessica looked at him and her lips quivered. Danny then stood up and wrapped his arms around her for a big comforting hug.