** How about a double dose for your Friday!!!!??

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A little over three weeks have gone by and things have not gotten any better.

Patch/Patches, Kirstie, Tim, Adam, Kevin and Tori could all be having a good time. But the minute Jenika walks into the room, it felt as if a wet, heavy blanket covers the room.

Tim has been sleeping in the guest room in order to keep distance between him and Jenika. Just being in the same room with her changes his entire mood.

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"Ain't you guys getting tired yet?" Tim asks with a chuckle as he throws the frisbee.

"NO!" Adam laughs as he and Patches run to catch the frisbee.

"NAAAA!!" Patches giggles as he stumbles and falls to the soft sand.

"Well, I am. My arm feels like it's fixin to fall off." Tim says as he rubs his shoulder.

"Jut one moe time." Adam grins as he brings the disc back to Tim.

"That's what you said an hour ago." Tim laughs as he throws the frisbee again.

"Ti, mmm tur." Patches says as he still sits on the sand. (thirsty)

Tim could tell that he, too, was getting tired.

"Me too, Buddy." Tim says as he reaches for Patches's hand to help him up. "I'm thirsty, hot, tired and in bad need of a shower. I have sand in places that I didn't know I had."

Adam and Patches look at each other and then at Tim giving him a puzzled look.

"Nevermind." Tim says, shaking his head. "Let's head to the house."

"Tim? Are you alright?" Kevin chuckles at the exhausted looking man. Kevin was relaxing on the front porch with a glass of ice tea.

"The next shift is yours." Tim says as he takes Kevin's tea and hands him the frisbee.

"YAYYYY!!" The boys cheer.

Tim walks into the house drinking Kevin's tea.

"Playtime over?" Kirstie smiles as she looks up from the book she was reading.

"I'm not as young as I used to be." Tim says as he wipes the sweat from his forehead. "And I'm not in the best of shape."

"Where're the boys?" Kirstie asks.

"Outside with Kevin. My shift is over. Shower time." Tim says as he heads for the elevator. "Oh, by the way, Little Bits is thirsty."

"I'm on it." Kirstie smiles as she lays her book down and heads to the kitchen to get the boys a juice pack.

Tim heads to the guest room and takes a shower to wash the sweat and sand from his body. Getting out of the shower, he realizes that he did not get a change of clothes from his bedroom.

Wrapping a towel around his waist, he makes his way to his actual bedroom. He quietly opens the door and peeks in. Not seeing Jenika, he figures she was probably out by the pool in the backyard.

Tim grabs a pair of boxers from his dresser and slips them on. Heading into the closet, he gets a pair of jeans and a tee shirt. He works as quickly as possible to get dressed. He definitely didn't want her to walk in finding him half dressed in their bedroom.

He stands up to fasten his jeans when he hears a noise coming from the bathroom. The sound of vomiting. Slowly reaching for his tee shirt, he slips it on as he cautiously walks toward the bathroom.

Yeah, they were having their problems and he was pissed at her but you just can't turn off love like a light switch. Down deep inside he still cared very deeply for her.

"Jenika?" Tim calls as he sees her sitting on the floor next to the toilet. "What's wrong?"

"Must have been something I ate." She answers as she gets up and washes her face at the sink.

"Get dressed, I'm carrying you to the doctor." Tim says.

"I'll be fine, Tim." She replies with a slight roll of her eyes.

"Humor me, ok? I'm still your husband." Tim says as he turns to leave the bathroom.

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The doctor begins to ask Jenika a series of questions as he checks her heart, blood pressure, looks in her ears for any sign of ear infection. They took blood and a urine sample for analyses.

Out of all of the questions, the doctor asked, one of the questions caught Tim's attention.

"When was your last period?"

'Oh, my God' he thought as he turns his eyes to his wife.

The doctor left the room saying that he would be back shortly.

"It was probably those tacos that Kirstie fixed last night." Jenika says as she nervously straightens the gown she was wearing.

Tim never answers, only stares at the floor in front of him. Silently praying that the thoughts in his mind were wrong.

The doctor comes back into the room carrying Jenika's chart. Sitting down on his stool as he looks over it.

Tim bounces his leg nervously as he awaits the doctor's findings.

"Well, it's not food poisoning." The doctor says before looking up from his chart. "Jenika, you're pregnant."

Jenika's jaw drops as Tim slowly turns his head and glares at his wife.

"But...But how...how is this even possible? My husband is sterile." Jenika says.

"Oh?" The doctor raises his eyebrows as he looks around at Tim. "When was the last time you were checked, Mr. Foust?"

"Uh, maybe ten years, I guess." Tim shrugs.

"And you've only been checked that one time?" The doctor asks.

"Yeah." Tim nods. "When I lived in Texas."

"Well, I'd like to do another check. There have been cases where the man builds up enough sperm count over the years to actually be able to impregnate a woman." The doctor says.

"Oh, my God." Jenika smiles as she rubs her stomach. "I'm pregnant? Tim, we're going to have a baby."

"Yeah." Tim nods with a solemn face.

"Congratulations." The doctor smiles. "Jenika, you can get dressed now. Tim, if you'll come with me, we'll get you an appointment set up."

Tim follows the doctor to his office. He took the liberty of asking a few questions himself. Yes, he and Jenika had made love the night before leaving for Texas. Could it be possible that the baby was his? A miracle, maybe? He asked the doctor if there was a way to narrow down the exact timing when the baby was conceived.

The doctor gives him a puzzled look before answering his question. He gets up and closes the door before sitting back down at his desk.

"Tim? Is there a reason why you are asking me this?" The doctor asks softly.

"Immaculate conception only happened in the Bible. I don't think you'll find any change from my last check-up." Tim says as he shakes his head with a sad look on his face. "I believe very strongly that the baby is not mine. But I'll do your test just for the truth."

"I'm so sorry, Tim. Maybe, just maybe, we can prove you wrong." The doctor says.

"That will take a miracle." Tim says as stands and shakes the doctor's hand. "See you in the morning."

The drive home was very quiet.

Jenika stares out her window, deep in thought. She was actually going to be a mom. But there was one thing that worried her.

Tim was also deep in thought as he stares at the road ahead. Was there a slight chance that Jenika was carrying his baby? The doctor had given him some vital information about the timing of conception. From what he could figure in his mind, without a calendar in front of him, the timing wasn't looking good.

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