A/N 1: A BIG thanks to fanficgirl18 for helping me come up with ideas, not just for this chapter but the others too!

A/N 2: I know the selected genres for this story are Drama and Friendship, just wanted to let y'all know that other genres included will be Romance, Hurt/Comfort and there is an overall angsty theme. The story is rated T, but for some scenes it is appropriate for kids, while other scenes would be considered 18+ (Rated-M). If you take offense in what you're reading due to the fact that you're not old enough, I would like you to know that I'm hereby warning you if you think this might happen and that I didn't mean to offend anyone.

Prologue:
It Started With A Pregnancy Test

This takes place on Tuesday September 27th 2005.

''Where there is love there is life.'' Mahatma Gandhi

Third persons POV

Andy was pacing back and forth in her small bathroom. Milo was leaning against the sink, watching her pace.

''How long?'' Andy asked.

''30 Seconds left,'' Milo answered while looking at his watch. He started tapping his short nails against the porcelain sink behind him. The waiting, and her pacing, was getting on his nerves as well. He couldn't remember ever having two minutes passing so slowly. He checked his watch again, ''it's time.'' He told her.

Andy gave a slight nod and walked over to him. She picked up the white stick on the edge of the sink. She looked up from the pregnancy test, before reading the results, and Milo gave her a slight smile. She looked back at the test, finally reading the result. Milo heard a sigh of relief come from her before she looked back up at him. ''Negative,'' she stated and threw it in the trashcan.

She walked back out into her bedroom, Milo followed her after a few seconds. Andy looked at him, trying to read the expression on her face. There wasn't much emotion being shown; no happiness, no sadness either. He put his hands in the pockets of his dark blue jeans and looked back at her.

''You look... disappointed,'' Andy told him.
''Well, I was kind of hoping for another result,'' he said, picking up a photo of Jesse and Lizzy from the nightstand.
Andy sat down on the bed, ''I thought you didn't want any children,'' she responded with a frown.

''I thought so too,'' he said, sitting down next to her. ''But lately... I don't know. I was kind of excited when you told me you might be pregnant. I was already getting used to the idea.''

Andy put a few stray strands of hair behind her ear. ''I don't understand, now you suddenly do want to have children?''

There was a short moment of silence between them. Milo put his arm around her and she leaned into his body, putting her head on his shoulder. ''Haven't you ever thought it would be nice? Having a little boy or girl running around the house. Or maybe having a boy and a girl running around?''

''You're getting way ahead of yourself,'' Andy said with a chuckle, sitting back up and looking at him.
''Why?'' He asked with a smile and a slight frown.

''You were together with your ex-wife for ten years and you didn't have any children. We've been together for two years. Besides; we're not even married,'' she said.
''Well, then let's get married,'' Milo said.
Andy got a stunned look on her face. ''What?'' Was all she could get out.

''Let's get married! Right now!'' Milo said growing more excited with every passing second. He stood up, looking like he was ready to just go to city hall and get married right that second. Andy quickly brought him back to reality.

''Where's all this coming from?'' She asked. She put her hand on his arm and pulled him back down.
Milo sighed. ''Remember that I got paged yesterday, right after you told me you might be pregnant?''
Andy nodded, wondering where this was going.

''One of my patients with CHF, she died in the ER,'' Milo said. Pausing for a second.
''I'm sorry,'' Andy said.

''That woman, she reminded me of you. I saw her die and I got this thought: 'What if you die?' What if you die and you never know that despite the fact that I've never wanted children, I want to have kids with you,'' he said looking down at his hands.
Andy frowned slightly and grabbed his hands in hers, ''I'm not going to die anytime soon,'' she said.

He looked back up at her, ''you could. Everybody could die at any time.''
She pulled him closer to her and put her arm around his waist, ''well, let's assume I'm not going to die. As long as I'm alive... I'm not going anywhere.''

He looked back into her eyes, ''promise?''
She nodded.
''Pinky swear?'' He asked, holding up his pinkie.
She started laughing, then hooked her pinkie around his, ''pinky swear,'' she said. Milo kissed her cheek.
''I love you,'' she said and put her head on his shoulder.
''I love you too,'' he said and kissed the top of her head.

Wednesday September 28th 2005.

''So, did you take the test?'' Lu asked as her and Andy walked into the cafeteria together. They both got some coffee and sat down at one of the tables.
Andy nodded, ''it was negative.''
Lu turned around a little bit to look at Andy, ''that's what you wanted, right?''

Andy gave a slight nod, ''yeah, because I thought that Milo doesn't want to have kids.''
''He doesn't want to have kids?'' Lu asked surprised. ''Too bad, he'd make a great father.''
''Well, after it turned out negative he told me that he's changed his mind. Now he does want to have a baby,'' Andy explained and took a sip of her coffee.

''So... there's going to be a Morton baby running around in nine months?'' Lu asked jokingly.
''We'll see about that,'' Andy said, giving Lu a look.
''Wait? You're serious about this, right? You two might actually have a baby together?'' Lu asked, kind of wondering when the conversation had taken such a serious turn. For some reason she had never thought that Andy and Milo would try to have a baby. Get married? Sure! Growing old together? Sure! But them having a baby together had never crossed her mind.

''Look, I'm not saying we will have a baby. It's just that... I'm not ruling it out as a possibility. I actually haven't given it much thought until last night, now I can't get it out of my mind,'' Andy said.
''Well, whatever happens; I'm sure Milo will be a great father to your possible son or daughter. And otherwise he'll be a great stepfather to Jesse and Lizzy,'' Lu said as she finished her coffee.

''Maybe...'' Andy started but was cut off by the short, high beep that was coming from Lu's cell phone.
''Sorry,'' Lu said quickly as she got her cell phone out of her pocket and opened it to read the text message. She frowned slightly.
''Is something wrong?'' Andy asked.

''No, Jonas is just asking me to dinner tonight. Some of his friends are in town. I was supposed to meet them a couple of weeks ago but a couple of them had to go out of town at the last minute. You know what business people are like,'' Lu said, looking back up at Andy with a slight smile.
''You can't meet them some other time?'' Andy asked.
''There's always at least one of them who can't make it. Too bad I can't go,'' Lu said as she put her cell phone back in her pocket.

''If you really want to go I can take over all night clinic if you'd like,'' Andy said.
''You would do that?'' Lu asked surprised.
''Sure, I just have to figure something out with the girls,'' Andy said and finished her coffee.
''Maybe Milo can take care of them tonight, proof how good of a father he really will be,'' Lu said jokingly.
They both laughed a little. ''You know,'' Andy said, turning serious again, ''that might actually be a good idea.''

''Are you serious?'' Lu asked, doubting that.
''Think about it: they've never spend time together just the three of them but if we get married or live together that's going to be happening quite often,'' Andy said.
''Kind of like a practice run?'' Lu asked, thinking about it.
Andy nodded, ''exactly!'' She paused for a second, ''now I just have to talk him into going along with it.''

''Ready to go?'' Milo asked Jesse as she was putting on her coat. Lizzy was already standing by the door waiting for them.
''Yup,'' Jesse said as she slipped her arms into the sleeves of her long, black coat and followed her little sister and mother's boyfriend to his car.
''Can I drive?'' She asked suddenly, giving Milo the sweetest possible smile.
Milo stopped in his tracks, thinking back to what Andy had said about Jesse's driving ability's, ''maybe some other time.'' He told her.
Jesse sighed and got into the car, sitting next to Lizzy.

They drove to the restaurant in silence, none of them really knowing what to talk about.
Andy had talked him into spending time with the girls to bond more closely with them. Wanting their first time just the three of them be special he had decided to take them out to dinner instead of just staying in. He had to admit, having to take care of the two girls, and being responsible for their well being, made him a little nervous. Well that, and the fact that he had to ask them a very important thing.

They arrived at the restaurant a little over twenty minutes later. It was quite a big restaurant, but kind of cozy at the same time.
They all ordered and soon managed to break through the initial awkwardness.

It took a well forty-five minutes before there was a silence and Milo gathered the courage to ask them the question that had been burning in his mind. He took a deep breath trying to find the right words.

''Are you okay?'' Jesse asked and looked over at him, taking a sip of her glass of water.
He looked over at the seventeen-year-old, ''there's something I want to ask you two,'' he said, putting on a serious face.
''What?'' Lizzy asked, sitting up a little more straight.

He cleared his throat, ''I want your,'' he looked back and forth between the two girls, ''permission to ask your mother to marry me.'' He said, relieved he finally got it off his chest.

There was a moment of silence between the three of them. Jesse and Lizzy shared a look.
''Aren't you supposed to ask grandpa?'' Lizzy asked.
Looking at the twelve-year-old girl, Milo thought about what she said for a second. ''I've never met your grandfather. But I do know that it's important to your mom that you two are okay with us being together, so I thought it would be better if I asked you,'' he said, explaining his train of thought. ''And I want you to really think about it before you answer me.''

''I don't have to think about it,'' Jesse said, shifting around in her chair a little bit.
''You don't?'' Milo asked surprised, his mind racing trying to figure out if they'd be okay with it.
''No, I'm fine with it.''
''You are?''
''Yeah, she seems happy when she's with you. And besides, you've been together for over two years, it's about time you ask her, don't you think? Jesse said.

Milo looked at her surprised, not expecting to hear that. He figured that they'd probably be okay with it; he just hadn't realized Jesse would have expected it to happen sooner.
He looked over at Lizzy, who just nodded in agreement with her sister.

Now that he had their approval there was just one thing left: popping the question. Even though he had been nervous about asking Jesse and Lizzy he knew that he'd have sleepless nights from this part. He had to come up with a great way to ask her. He wanted to give her a beautiful moment, a very romantic moment for just the two of them.

Friday September 30th 2005.

He glanced over at Lu and she smiled at him, her eyes telling him that so far things were going according to plan. He was the only one he had told about his plan, he hadn't even planned on telling her but he needed someone to let him know how things were going in the RWHC and who could cover for Andy. Nobody else had to know yet, for now it just had to be something for the two of them. He may not be good at the whole romantic thing but he knew that it was a bad idea to tell everybody about the proposal before he asked her.

He turned around when he heard Andy come out of her office, carrying a pile of patient files. He quickly took them from her and put them on Lana's desk. ''You're not supposed to carry heavy things if you want the whole pregnancy thing to work out,'' he told her quietly in her ear before he softly kissed her lips.
She looked up at his face and chuckled, ''you've been reading, haven't you?''

Lana looked over at Andy and held up a patient file, ''last patient for the day.''
Lu walked over to them and just as Andy took the file from Lana, Lu took it from her. ''What are you doing?'' Andy asked surprised.
''I'm covering for you,'' she said with a smile.

''Why?'' Andy asked. She noticed the short look Lu and Milo shared and she looked back and forth between the two.
''So we don't miss our flight,'' Milo said.
Andy frowned, ''what flight? What's going on?''

''What's going on is that I'm going to watch Jesse and Lizzy for the weekend and you two are going... somewhere else,'' Lu said, looking satisfied with the way she described it.
Andy looked back at Milo, ''where are we going?''

''Wouldn't you like to know?'' He said with a big smile.

Saturday October 1st 2005.

''Maui! Who would've thought,'' she said, her feet sinking away in the white sand. She couldn't believe she was actually in Maui.

The day before they had left the clinic and driven to the airport. They had flown to the Honolulu airport where they had taken another flight to the Kahului airport. They had arrived in Maui a little after one a.m., exhausted and thankful they could finally go to the hotel and get some sleep. Right now they were at the Kanaha Beach Park taking a walk, hand in hand, on the beach while watching kite surfers.

Milo looked at the smile on her face. ''Does that mean you like the surprise?'' He asked, already knowing the answer.
Andy gave him a look, ''of course I do! I love it,'' she said.
''I never thought I'd hear you say that,'' he said.

She chuckled, ''so... why are we here?'' She asked curiously. She had wanted to ask that question ever since they got there.
He took a deep breath, not wanting to tell her the real reason right that moment. ''For now, let's just say I thought you could use a weekend away.'' He said. ''Away from the beepers, the cell phones.''

''The silly white coats,'' Andy added with a smile, remembering what he had told her when he first asked her out.
''Right,'' Milo said, laughing a little bit. He pulled her closer to him and put his arms around her waist, ''it's nice to have some alone time... together.''
She gave a slight nod in agreement and laid her head on his chest. She could hear his heart beat, something that always made her feel come. Hearing that sound let her know that he was there... that she was safe, and that he'd keep her safe.

Andy closed her eyes, enjoying the peace. She felt him pull her a little closer and put her arms around him. As she took a step towards him she felt her upper leg hit something hard.

''What is that?'' She asked, confusion written all over her face.
''What is what?'' He asked slowly, not even realizing what had just happened.
She took a step backwards, ''there is something in your pocket,'' she said. She knew it wasn't their keys, since it was to flat for that.

Andy looked at Milo as he looked down, his hand going to his pocket, ''it's nothing.'' He said, trying to brush it off.
She playfully took a grab at it and he quickly took a small step backwards, looking around a little bit at the other people, or, in this case; lack of other people.

''What's going on?'' She said chuckling. The whole trip had been a surprise, now she wanted to know what the next surprise would be.
Milo looked back at her and grabbed her hand. ''Well, this wasn't planned to happen right now but I guess it's a good a time as ever to do this,'' he said as he got down on one knee. He got the black velvet box out of his pocket and opened it, inside was a beautiful yellow diamond engagement ring. He held Andy's hand in one of his own, he held the box in the other and took a deep breath before looking up at her face.

The look on her face quickly changed from kind of laughing - wondering what the surprise would be -, to... shock. That'd be the best way to describe it.

''Milo, what are you...''
''Andy,'' he started, a big smile on his face even though he had never felt more nervous. ''I love you with all my heart and want to spend the rest of my life with you. So... will you marry me?''

Andy felt tears well up in her eyes but wiped them away with her one free hand before they could fall. She swallowed past the lump in her throat and finally said the word he had wanted to hear, ''yes!''

Milo took the ring out of the box and put it on her left hand ring finger before standing up and giving her a kiss.
They broke the kiss after a couple of seconds and just stood there, embraced, not wanting to let one another go. ''Of course I'll marry you,'' she whispered in his ear.