Hi guys,

Thank you all so much for your reviews, alerts, favourites and everything on my last two one-shots. It really means the world to me!

Right, so I promised you a multi-chapter and here it is. It is set after my two one-shots, so goes by the same story line as them. It isn't really necessary to read them first- but they may help.

So, this is set after series 2, but ignores the third series (as great as it was- I kind of needed to for this to work!)

Alex paced her flat nervously, waiting for Gene to come up Luigi's. She had excused herself an hour previously and told him to stay there. Not that he minded being told to stay down there, in fact he had seemed rather elated by the idea. She walked back into the bathroom briskly and yet again examined the white stick on the side of the sink. The result still hadn't changed, not that the rational part of her brain thought it ever would. She was pregnant. At first Alex had instantly put it down to a false positive, and proceeded to take three more tests. She looked at them all next to each other on the sink, the lines showing her fate almost mocking her. One test could be wrong, four couldn't be. She was actually having Gene Hunt's baby. Alex let out a small whimper and moved into her living room. She sat on the sofa and put her head in her hands.

Rationally, she knew this was not much of a surprise. They were, after all, still having sex an almost ridiculous amount. Alex, was however, afraid of what the pregnancy could mean for her. She had been with Gene for almost eighteen months now, but she had no idea how he would react to this. What she feared the most was what this would mean for her getting home. If she had a baby in this world, in 1984- would she be able to get home? Would she even want to? Being with Gene had all but cemented her in this world- but she knew if she was given the opportunity to get back to Molly she would take it. No matter how broken hearted it would leave her, Molly needed her- Gene could get over her. But if she had a baby here, she would be leaving behind a family. Alex shuddered as she hoped she would never have to choose between her children.

Since her coma after Gene shot her she had rarely seen her daughter. The dreams she used to have of 2008 were getting rarer- and there were times that she seemed to forget ever existing anywhere else than Gene's world. Alex couldn't help herself, she was consumed by everything about him. At the beginning when she first met him she liked to think of him as the bullet lodged in her brain, something that needed removing. Thinking of him that way had deterred her slightly, until the incident in the vault. When he had tried to reassure her he appeared human to her for the first time. Completely real. She loved him, everything about him. There were times, when she lay in his arms at night, when she wondered how she could ever have doubted his existence. He was as real as her in this world. Her train of thought was interrupted by the flat door opening. She looked up to see Gene walk in. She was pleasantly surprised he hadn't stumbled in and didn't seem as drunk as he normally was on a weekend.

"Alright Bolls?" He asked as he walked towards her and sat next to her on the sofa.

"Yeah," she feigned positivity. "I'm fine." She looked at his face, and realised she had probably been too false. His eyebrow was raised, and his lips formed an almost smug smirk.

"You sure Bolly? You've been acting nuttier than usual this past week." She sighed at his words, she knew they were accurate. She had been avoiding Luigi's so she could avoid alcohol without too much question, and she had been repeatedly made awful excuses to him to cover up her trips to the pharmacy. Could she tell him now? Alex took in a long breath, and thought of a reply.

"I'm ok, just haven't been feeling too well." The look of concern on his face instantly made her feel guilty for telling him that. Not that it was entirely false- morning sickness was probably the most inaccurate term in the universe. She had been feeling nauseous solidly for pretty much the entirety of the past two weeks.

"No shit Alex- I heard you chuckin' up this mornin'." A flash of panic crossed her face before she could stop it.

"You heard that? Why didn't you say anything?"

"Well I was bloody waiting for you to say something'." She looked down at her hands, "And from your reaction Bolls, I'd say this ain't the first time you've tried to hide it from me." Alex looked up at him shocked.

"How did you-"

"They didn't make me DCI for nothing Bolls." He grabbed her hand from her lap and made her him in the eyes. When she finally did he started to speak. "So what's up Bolls? You caught one of those stomach bugs?" He asked concerned. She smiled slightly.

"You could say that." She said wryly.

"Well how long do you reckon it will last? A week or so? Because if it's longer I think CID would fall apart without you." She raised her eyebrow at him. "I mean if you aren't around there is no one to tell me I'm wrong all the time."

"It might last a little longer than that, Gene." She held his hand a little longer.

"What do you mean, Alex?"

"At a guess I'd say about nine months." She immediately avoided his gaze. "In fact- I'd say that's quite accurate." She looked up and saw his confusion.

"What-"

"I'm pregnant, Gene." His confusion was replaced by shock, and her hand fell to the sofa between them with a thump as he let go.

"What...are you sure?"

"There are four positive tests in the bathroom. So, yes. Pretty damn sure." He didn't reply to her this time. Alex looked at him and tried to gauge what he was thinking. He was looking down at the floor pouting. "Gene,-"

"How long have you known?" The coldness of his voice hurt her, and made her falter with her reply. He looked up at her expectantly. "Well?"

"I took the first one two days ago, two more yesterday and the last one about half an hour ago." She knew how ridiculous she sounded. "I wanted to be sure before I told you."

"And you weren't sure enough after three?" He sounded angry, which made her upset. He had no right to be angry with her.

"I didn't want to worry you. And I suppose I was in denial."

"What, my kid not good enough for you?"

"Did I say that?" She asked angrily, standing up from the sofa. "I never said that," her voice broke slightly as she tried to hold back tears. This is not the time to cry. "I didn't know how you were going to react. I was scared." He stood up too, and walked over to her.

"What? Did you think I was going to be angry? Throw you out? I know I'm a bastard, Drake but I thought you knew me better than that." The bitterness in his tone as he addressed her made her recoil slightly.

"Gene- I didn't even know how I felt about this. Let alone try and gauge how you would react." She turned away slightly, running a hand over her face, before turning back to face him. "And for you information Gene- you are angry with me. So, I wasn't exactly wrong was I?" She challenged him with a defiant look in her eyes. Rather unlike him, Gene seemingly backed down.

"How are you feeling about it now then, Bolls?" He asked her, his tone softer than before.

"I don't know." She said honestly, her voice quiet. She moved towards him and put her hand on his shoulder. "But I do know, that I don't think this is a bad thing." She smiled at him, although her eyes were filled with tears. "In fact- I think it could be a good thing." She moved her other hand to wipe a stray tear from her cheek. He stared at her for a second.

"I have a feelin' you may be right, Alex." She smiled at him and kissed him gently, before hugging him and burying her face in his shoulder. She was even more relieved when he hugged her back.

"We're having a baby." She whispered into his neck smiling, suddenly realising exactly how she felt about the situation.

"Yeah, we are." He whispered back, uncertainty in his voice. He wasn't unhappy, at all. He just didn't know what his would mean for them quite yet. They stayed like that for a moment before he spoke again. "Alex?"

"Yes, Gene?" She asked, pulling away from him so she could look at him. She frowned when she noticed his gaze wasn't on her, but that he was looking past the open bathroom door to the sink.

"Why are those piss-sticks laying where I normally keep my toothbrush?"

So, what do you think?

The plan with this is to do a few chapters per month of the pregnancy and an epilouge after the baby is born.

I hope I got Gene's reaction right. I don't think he would throw her out and demand an abortion like he does in many fics, but I also know he wouldn't exactly take it lightly. There will be times throughout the story when his doubt in the situation will show through.

I'll try not to make it fluffy throughout- because it just wouldn't be Galex if they didn't fight!

Review if you want to read more :)

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