Dreams Come True - Complete

[Jen]

“You’re not going to make me wear a blindfold, are you?” Harley asked when they were on their way to their next destination.

“No, besides you can probably guess where we’re going,” he replied.

“Well, I hope we’re going home,” she said as she slid closer to him and kissed his neck.

“Keep guessing,” he laughed.

“Okay, well, let’s see. You wanted me to wear the same dress I wore on our first date, then you gave me the same flowers as that night and we ate at the same restaurant, so my guess is we’ll be jumping the gate at the beach again,” she guessed and Gus nodded and smiled.

“I don’t think we’ll get rained on tonight through,” he replied.

A few minutes later, they pulled into the deserted parking lot of the beach and Gus got out to open up her car door. They walked over to the gate and Gus helped her over. It was a little too early in the year for the beach to be open at night, so it had closed hours before, leaving them all alone. He took of his suit jacket and put it around her then took her hand and led her down a pathway to the same beach they came to on their first date. When they finally reached it, Gus stopped walking and Harley looked at him, before she followed his gaze. Set up on the beach was a blanket and a picnic basket set in front of what would be a small fire as soon as Gus lit it.

“Did you do this?” she asked as she led him over to the blanket and he lit the fire.

“Well, I had some help. We owe Blake and Ross a free night of babysitting,” he laughed.

“Oh, great,” she smiled and sat down on the blanket, pulling him down with her. “What do we have here?” she asked as she peeked into the picnic basket.

Gus pulled out a bottle of wine and a platter of assorted desserts that the bartender put together for him. “Wine?” he asked and she nodded.

He poured her glass and handed it to her then poured one for himself. He got out a fork that thankfully, Blake had thought to include, and held it up in between him and Harley.

“What would you like to try first?” he asked.

“Hmm…that one,” she said, pointing to a caramel apple tart and he dug the fork it and brought a bite up to her mouth. “That is good, really good,” she nodded and took the fork from him to feed him a bite too. “What do you think?”

“It’s good, but you know I’m not a big fan of dessert with fruit in it,” he teased and turned the plate so that the piece of chocolate cake was in front of Harley and she put some on the fork for him. “Now that’s what I’m talking about,” he replied after licking his lips and she laughed.

After a few more minutes, they had tried all of the desserts and Gus had finished the chocolate cake then laid back on the blanket and pulled Harley back with him, moaning and rubbing his stomach.

“I think I ate too much,” he said.

“I can’t believe that,” Harley laughed, “That cake stayed on the plate for a whole five minutes,” she teased. “Want to work it off?” she asked and kissed his neck.

“How?”

“Dance with me,” she suggested and pulled him to his feet.

“We already danced tonight,” he said, holding her close.

“I know, but now we’re alone. How private is this beach anyway?” she asked as she started unbuttoning his shirt.

“Very, very private,” he whispered as she pushed his shirt off of his shoulders and then he helped her take his jacket off.

Gus pulled her back into his arms and ran his hands up and down her back after he unzipped her dress. He hooked the thin straps with his fingers and pulled them over shoulders, making the dress fall to the ground. They had both already taken off their shoes, so Gus stepped forward out of his pants when Harley pushed them down and she went with him as he urged her backwards to the blanket. He laid her down gently and climbed on top of her, kissing her deeply. She ran her hands down his back and pulled at his briefs. He lifted himself off of her and slowly pulled her thong down her legs, following it with kisses, concentrating on the moist center between her legs. When he had tossed the thong away, she pushed him down on the blanket and straddled his legs. She turned her attention to his chest, kissing it and trailed her tongue down the middle of his chest to below his belly button. She stroked him through the thin fabric of his underwear and Gus put his hands on her shoulders, pulling her back up to him. They struggled together to get his briefs off and when he was finally free of them, Harley straddled his hips and lowered herself onto him. She ran her hands up his chest and pushed his arms up above his head and kissed him passionately. She moved above him for awhile until he rolled them over and took control. She lifted her hips in response to his and their rhythm increased until they both cried out in release and settled into each other’s arms, trying to catch their breath.

“We made love on the beach on our wedding night too,” Harley said after a few minutes of silent caressing and kissing.

“I remember,” Gus nodded. “We should make this a yearly occurrence,” he suggested.

“Sounds good to me,” she smiled and snuggled closer into his chest as she got a chill and shivered, even with the fire creating some heat.

He didn’t think to have Blake bring another blanket, so he reached for his jacket and spread it over them as much as he could.

“Guess we’ll have to get dressed soon,” he said and kissed Harley’s forehead.

“We probably should anyway. Our luck, some security guard will just happen to come see where the fire is coming from. That would get us into enough trouble, public indecency would not look good for two cops,” she laughed.

“You’re right, but let’s just lay here for a little longer,” he suggested as he ran his under over Harley’s naked body under his jacket while he kissed her. “Happy Anniversary.”

“Happy Anniversary,” she replied and rested her head on his chest.

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“Hey guys, come on in,” Gus said when he opened their front door the next afternoon and let Blake, Ross and their children into the house. “Zach’s out back and us men are on grill duty,” he informed Ross and they all followed him into the kitchen.

Gus and Ross took the kids outside and started the burgers on the grill while Harley and Blake stayed in the kitchen, getting some other things ready.

“Why did we decide to barbeque again instead of just me and you going to dinner?” Blake asked as she got lettuce out of the refrigerator and started making a salad.

“Because it is a beautiful day outside and the kids wanted to play together,” Harley answered.

“Yeah, but I wanted to hear all about your date with Mallet,” Blake whined.

“Blake, it was not a date, please don’t call it that,” Harley rolled her eyes. “Besides, you can ask me questions in front of Gus, he knows all about it.”

“Well, here’s one thing I can’t ask in front of Gus: Were there any sparks?” she asked.

“Between me and Mallet?” Harley asked. “No. Not at all. And to be honest, I kind of expected there to be something, but there was nothing. I saw him and I felt…nothing.”

“You see the guy for the first time in what, eight years and you feel nothing? The first love of your life?”

“Not the first, not the love of my life at all,” Harley corrected her. “I don’t know, I just felt like I meeting an acquaintance. He’s not the man I married, and I’m not the woman he married. I’m not angry with him, and I don’t feel anything for him. Which I kind of feel bad about, I should at least still love him on some level, right?”

“Not necessarily,” Blake shrugged.

“Well, anyway, it was nice. We had dinner, we talked, he came back here and met Gus and the kids, then he went back to his hotel. End of story.”

“He met Gus?”

“Yeah, I think that was good. I think it was important for him to realize where I am in my life and that I am happy and very much taken. And I wanted Gus to meet him, I didn’t want our contact to be a secret or anything. It was really fine.”

“Good. Do you think you’ll see him again?” Blake asked.

“No, I don’t think I will,” she said confidently. “Oh, thanks for helping Gus last night. It was so sweet.”

“Oh you’re welcome. He’s so romantic, I hope you rewarded him well,” Blake winked.

“Oh don’t worry, he was well compensated,” Harley laughed and they joined their husbands in the backyard.

[Jen]

Harley sighed as the warm water of the shower rushed over her skin. It was the Fourth of July and she and Gus had a quiet morning laying in bed, talking and making love. Zach was up late the night before, so he was still sleeping and Katie was content to lay in her crib after she got fed. Right now, Gus was getting Zach up and checking on Katie while she got a shower. They were all going to have breakfast together then Gus and Susan were taking the kids to the BBQ while Harley went to take care of some other things. She just put some shampoo in her hand when the curtain opened and Gus stepped in behind her.

“Hey sexy,” he growled and he buried his face in her neck, kissing her.

“Hey yourself,” he replied as she turned and kissed him. “Is Zach up?” she asked as she lathered up her hair.

“Yes, he’s downstairs with Susan and Katie,” he answered and ran his fingers through her soapy hair, massaging her head.

“Mmm, that feels good,” she moaned as he continued rubbing her head as he pushed her back underneath the water to wash away the suds.

“Do you really have to go to the station?” he asked.

Harley hesitated for a moment then opened her eyes, “Yeah, I do. I won’t be long though, I promise.”

“What do you have to do there anyway?”

“I just have to take care of a few things. I want to get them done this morning so I can relax the rest of the day,” she answered and switched him places in the shower so he could wash off.

“Okay, well I’ll save you a burger,” he said and she felt her stomach flip-flop and she made a face. “What? You don’t want one of Rick’s burgers?” he laughed.

“We’ll see,” she forced a smile and kissed him. “I’m going to get dressed,” she added and stepped out of the shower and into a towel.

Before she got dressed, she sat on the bed and tried to get her stomach to settle down. The past week she had been feeling tired and nauseous and she had a feeling she knew what that meant. She told Gus she had to go into the station for a while that morning, but she was really going to see Dr. Sedwick. She decided not to tell Gus, because she didn’t want to get his hopes up if she wasn’t pregnant, but she felt horrible about not telling him. She thought it was improbable that she was pregnant though, and he would be so excited, she would hate to see him heartbroken. Dr. Sedwick had made a special appointment for Harley that morning since she was on-call anyway. Harley hoped to get to the hospital and know for sure whether or not she and Gus were having a baby before the first burger was flipped.

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After breakfast was over, Harley got Katie’s diaper bag together and a bag for Zach while Gus helped him get dressed for the day.

“Gus!” she called out from Katie’s room, “I have to get going.”

“Okay. But don’t leave yet,” he replied from Zach’s room and she slung both bags over her shoulder as she went down the hall to find them.

“What?” she asked as she leaned against the door.

“I just wanted to give you a kiss,” he replied and stood in front of her.

“Oh, I can do that,” she smiled and he leaned over and kissed her before Zach flew into her arms.

“Aren’t you coming to the barbeque?” Zach asked as she kissed him goodbye.

“Yes, I am. I will be there in a few hours,” she answered and he nodded and jumped out of her arms and took off down the hall.

“I’ll take these down with me,” she told him, motioning to the bags then after one last kiss, she went downstairs and left for the hospital.

“ZacH! Get back up here and finish getting dressed!” Gus called from the top of the stairs and Zach appeared at the bottom, shirtless with an innocent look on his face.

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“Harley, sorry I’m late,” Dr. Sedwick said as she found Harley in the waiting room outside of her office.

“Oh, it’s fine. Thank you so much for doing this for me,” Harley replied as she followed her into the office and took a seat across from her desk.

“It’s no problem. I know how anxious you are to find out,” Dr. Sedwick smiled. “So you haven’t been feeling well?”

“Yeah, just queasy and tired and I’m late…all that good stuff,” she laughed.

“Well, why don’t I take you down to the lab, I’ll get you right in for some blood work, I’ll have the lab rush it and we should have results in a little while,” Dr. Sedwick replied and they left the office.

“I need to check on some patients, the lab is going to page me as soon as they get the results. You can either wait down here or you can go back up to my office. I recommend the office, because you may get some dirty looks down here since I got you at the head of the line,” she teased after the technician took Harley’s blood and they walked back out to the waiting room.

“That sounds like a good idea,” Harley laughed. “I’ll be back upstairs.”

“Okay. It won’t be long,” Dr. Sedwick promised before they took off in opposite directions.

Harley sat upstairs reading a magazine for a half an hour before Dr. Sedwick stepped off the elevator with some paperwork.

“Want to come inside?” she asked and Harley followed her again, watching her face for some sort of reaction.

As they both sat down, Dr. Sedwick’s face registered no emotion and Harley waited patiently. Dr. Sedwick looked up and saw Harley’s face before she broke into a smile.

“I’m sorry. I was doing some math in my head,” she laughed. “It was positive. You’re pregnant again,” she finally said and Harley breathed a sigh of relief.

“Wow,” she exhaled with a huge smile.

“Yes, congratulations. I was just trying to figure out the anticipated due date, but it turns out I still need my trusty computer for that,” she laughed and punched some numbers into her computer while Harley waited with the smile still on her face.

“How does a Valentine’s Day baby sound to you?” she asked and Harley nodded.

“Sounds really good,” she replied.

“Okay, I’m going to get you prescriptions for some pre-natal vitamins I want you to take. Get those filled tomorrow and I’m going to make you an appointment for this week for a full exam, okay?”

“Yeah,” Harley nodded.

“Is Wednesday morning good? I have an opening at eight.”

“That’s perfect,” she answered and Dr. Sedwick typed her in then wrote out a few prescriptions.

“I’ll see you Wednesday,” Dr. Sedwick said before Harley thanked her and left the office.

She stood in the elevator and placed her hand on her stomach, “Your Daddy is going to be so excited to hear about you,” she whispered, smiling.

[Jen]

“Okay Katie, let’s get some sunblock on you so you don’t get burnt, huh?” Gus said as he laid her down on a blanket in the yard and gave her a toy to play with while he covered her in sunscreen. “Do you want to go swimming? Want to put your cute little bathing suit on?” he asked and she smiled up at him over her toy. “Let’s roll over, okay? On your belly,” he said and took her toy, laying it on the blanket and urged her to roll over, which she did easily.

“Here you guys are,” Gus heard John come up behind them and he turned to see him.

“Hey,” Gus greeted.

“Where’s Harley?” John asked.

“Had to go to the station for a little while,” he answered.

“Oh. I didn’t see her there,” John replied.

“Oh,” Gus shrugged. “Hey, have you seen Zach? I lost track of him but I assume he’s with the rest of the kids.”

“Yeah, I saw him over there with Blake,” John answered and pointed over towards a picnic table where Zach and Clarissa were sitting with Blake with their towels waiting for Ross and Gus to take them in the pool.

Gus looked over and waved back when Zach waved to him. “I’m taking him in the pool. And Katie too, it’s going to be her first swim!” he continued as he turned back to her and saw she was at the end of her blanket on her belly supporting herself with her hands. “Oh my god! Katie! Did you crawl there?” he asked excited and she looked back at him and smiled.

He picked her up and held her over her head after he covered her in kisses, “Mommy is going to be so proud of you!” he gushed then set her back down on the blanket. “This is the first time she’s crawled, obviously,” he explained to John and pulled a video camera out of the diaper bag and went to the end of the blanket facing Katie. “Katie, come to Daddy,” he encouraged her and held the camera to the side, keeping her in the frame.

She looked up at him and didn’t move for a while then he grabbed her favorite toy and held it in front of him while he urged her to come and get it. She thought about it for awhile and finally decided Daddy plus the toy was too good to pass up so she scooted over to him slowly and finally got to him after about five minutes of tape. When she got to him and grabbed the toy, he put down the camera and picked her up, covering her in kisses again. He finally put her down and tried to get her to crawl again but she had had enough and laid down on her back and play with her toy.

“I think she’s done,” John laughed and Gus went back to the other end of the blanket, pulling her with him.

“I think so. Okay, let’s get your back covered so we can go in the pool,” Gus said and rolled her over again to coat her back with sunblock.

He finally got her into her little pink bathing suit with a ruffle across the butt and a matching hat on her. She hated the hat, but it was better than getting her bald little head sunburnt. He and Ross got Clarissa and Zach in the water and let them play while he sat on the steps with Katie, getting her used to the water.

[Jen]

“Hey, you made it!” Blake greeted when she saw Harley come into the backyard.

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss this,” Harley replied, a smile still bright on her face.

“You must have had a good morning at the station,” Blake said, suspicious of her good mood.

“Blake, it is a beautiful day, and all of my friends and family are here. What isn’t good about it? Where is my husband? Have you seen him?” she asked, changing the subject.

“He’s in the pool with Ross and the kids,” she answered, her eyebrows betraying her curiosity.

“Thank you, I will talk to you later,” Harley said and made her way through the crowds to say hello to Buzz, Frank, Amanda and John before she set her bag next to Katie and Zach’s and took off her shirt, leaving her in a blue bikini and white skirt.

“Are we going to have another swimmer on our hands?” she asked when she saw Gus in the pool with his back to her and crouched down next to him when he turned at her voice and made his way over to her.

“Hey, I think so. She loves the water,” he replied as Katie kicked and splashed water everywhere.

“She looks so adorable in this suit. She hates the hat though, huh?” she asked.

“Oh yeah, it’s been a struggle to keep it on,” he answered. “How was your morning?”

“Good,” she smiled, trying to decide whether or not to tell him their news right now. “Actually…” she finally began, but Gus interrupted her.

“Oh! Katie, tell Mommy what you did today!”

“What?”

“She crawled!” he exclaimed as he blew kisses on her cheek and neck.

“She did? And I missed it?” Harley asked, surprised.

“Well, I missed it too, actually. I turned around to find Zach and when I looked back at her, she was at the other end of the blanket. But I got her to do it again and got it on tape. Then she didn’t want to do it anymore,” he laughed.

“Where is the camera? I want to see it,” Harley asked.

“It’s in her bag,” he answered and she went to get it and took off her skirt while she was at the bags before she sat back down on the edge of the pool.

“Come here, let’s watch this,” she said as she pulled Katie into her lap, kissing her as she started the tape.

She and Gus watched Katie crawl towards him on the tape and tears welled up in her eyes. Her hormones were crazy enough as it was, but add in the little girl in her arms that was hitting the screen where she saw herself and she was a mess.

“Are those happy tears?” Gus asked as he reached up and wiped them away.

“Yes, they’re happy,” she smiled and kissed him then turned around and motioned Blake over to them.

“What’s up? You okay?” Blake asked when she saw Harley.

“Yeah, yeah. Can you take Katie for a little bit? Or give her to Dad or John? And can you put this camera back in her bag?” Harley asked.

“Yeah sure,” Blake nodded and put the camera away before she came back and took Katie from Harley, wrapping her in a towel.

“Thanks Blake,” Harley said and watched them walk away before she turned back to Gus.

“What’s going on?” he asked.

“I have something to tell you,” she started and he waited for her to continue. “I didn’t go to the station this morning. I went to see Dr. Sedwick.”

“Why? Is something wrong?” he asked, worried.

“No, no, actually everything is very right,” she smiled. “I’m pregnant,” she finally told him, quietly.

“You’re what? You’re pregnant? Already?” he asked and she nodded.

“Oh my god!” he smiled and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into the pool in a tight embrace.

“I can’t believe this! Why didn’t you tell me? I would have gone with you,” he asked.

“I know, I know you would have and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. It’s just, I knew you would be excited and I really didn’t think I was going to be pregnant, so I didn’t want you to be disappointed if I got your hopes up. I’m sorry,” she said again and he covered her mouth with his hand.

“Shhh…it doesn’t matter,” he said and covered her lips with his in a deep kiss. “Is everything okay? With the baby I mean?”

She nodded, “Well, I think so. I have an appointment on Wednesday, but I’m sure everything is fine. I’m due around Valentine’s Day,” she told him and his eyes lit up.

“That sounds perfect. I still can’t believe this – am I dreaming?” he laughed.

“Nope, this is definitely happening. Ready or not!” she smiled.

“I’m ready! Are you? I mean, I know this is sooner than we were planning on, but you’re happy right?” he asked.

“Yes, I’m very happy. I can’t wait!” she nodded.

“Good,” he replied and kissed her again. “I’m having a hard time keeping my hands off of your stomach,” he teased. “Are we going to tell people?”

“I don’t know. It’s bad luck to tell before the fourth month, but it’s so hard to keep it quiet. Plus, I think some people will guess right away,” she laughed as she saw Blake and Amanda watching them intently and she waved.

“Do you really believe in that bad luck stuff? We’re happy – let’s tell everyone!” he suggested and she nodded after a slight hesitation.

“But, Susan first,” she insisted and they got Zach out of the pool and grabbed their towels before going to find Susan.

“Already?!” Susan exclaimed when they told her they were having another baby and she hugged them both. “Was this planned?”

“Not this soon,” Harley answered.

“I think it’s great. Congratulations,” she said and hugged them again.

“Zach, what do you think? Do you want another little brother or sister?” Gus asked him and Zach nodded.

“Can it be a brother this time?” he asked and they all laughed.

“Well, we’ll just have to wait a see,” Gus smiled and hugged him.

Five minutes later, practically everyone knew that Harley was pregnant again and Rick took care of letting the rest know in his pre-lunch speech.

Later that afternoon, Gus smoked a cigar with the rest of the guys and Harley looked longingly at the bottle of cold beer Blake was drinking as she sat at a picnic table with Amanda, Blake, Cassie and Reva.

“So when are you due?” Blake asked as Harley fed Katie a spoonful of baby food.

“Around Valentine’s Day,” she answered.

“Everything okay?” Cassie asked.

“As far as I know,” Harley smiled and kissed the top of Katie’s head.

“This one was a little easier than Katie, huh? Or have you been trying?” Blake asked.

“Oh, no. Not really. I mean, we were planning on having another baby, but we weren’t trying, we weren’t being careful either though,” she replied. “That’s okay, this is fine. We’re ecstatic.”

“Well, I know Gus is. He hasn’t stopped beaming since he found out. Look at that face,” Amanda laughed as they all looked over to Gus who was quietly listening to Frank talk, but still had a smile on his face.

“I know. He is so excited, he loves having babies.”

“Gus…Gus?” Buzz repeated and finally hit Gus’s arm to get his attention.

“What?” Gus asked.

“Do you want a beer?” Buzz asked again.

“Oh, yeah thanks,” he replied and took the bottle from Buzz.

“I know you’re excited, but try to stay alert,” Buzz teased and Gus laughed.

“Sorry,” he replied shyly as Rick came up to the group.

“Egg toss time,” he announced and they broke into teams for the annual games.

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“Come with me,” Gus whispered into Harley’s ear after he gave Katie to John later that night while they were waiting for the fireworks to start.

“Where are we going?” she asked as he led her out of the backyard to a secluded area of the lawn.

“I just wanted some time alone with you,” he replied and took one of her hands in his as he pulled her into his arms and they started dancing.

“I was thinking that this year might even top last year,” he said quietly, his breath rushing over her bare shoulder.

“I think so. I’m so happy Gus,” she smiled. “You make me so happy.”

“You make me happy to. Happier than I ever thought I could be. Thank you,” he said and pulled her closer.

“I love you, Gus,” she said and lifted her head towards his.

“I love you too,” he replied and closed the distance between them with a deep kiss.

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The End