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mason appeared in the doorway then . |
`` 'mon , mommy . |
want ice cweam ! '' |
megan laughed . |
`` okay , let me give your little bad influence back to you , '' she said , handing caroline to aidan . |
she then took mason 's hand and started out of the bedroom . |
`` daddy says i have ice cweam first . '' |
`` did he ? '' |
megan said , as she planned to strangle pesh . |
`` uh huh . |
'cause it 's my 'doption day . '' |
when she met pesh 's eye , she raised her brows . |
immediately , his face flushed . |
`` spoiling him rotten already , are n't you ? '' |
she questioned in a low voice . |
`` i could n't help it . |
it 's a special day . '' |
`` mmm , hmm , and when this special day turns into an all nighter because he 's hyped on sugar , you 're going to deal with him . '' |
pesh grinned . |
`` i will . |
i promise . '' |
megan leaned up to kiss him . |
`` you 're too sweet for your own good . |
you 're always going to have me playing bad cop when it comes to discipline . '' |
`` but you love me anyway , right ? '' |
he murmured against her lips . |
`` so much i was almost ready to reconsider our plan about when we 're starting a family . '' |
his eyes bulged at her response . |
it took him a few moments to speak . |
`` that means a lot that you would do that , but deep down i know how you really feel . |
so , i 'm going to be good and patiently wait ten more months before confiscating your birth control . '' |
`` it 's a deal , '' she replied , before kissing him again . |
epilogue as soon as he finished with his last patient , pesh practically sprinted from the exam room . |
he hustled into the doctors ' lounge , trying hard to keep his head down and not call any attention to himself . |
he wanted to be able to get out the door without anyone calling him back for a consult or to pull a longer shift . |
once he had retrieved his things , he started for the parking lot . |
`` dr . |
nadeen ! '' |
kristi called . |
inwardly , he groaned . |
`` yes ? '' |
he questioned , as he turned around . |
`` you were n't leaving , were you ? '' |
she asked . |
he exhaled a defeated breath . |
`` i was planning on it . |
does someone need me to cover for them ? '' |
kristi winked at him . |
`` thought you were screwed there for a minute , did n't you ? '' |
a relieved laugh escaped his lips . |
`` i did . '' |
she smiled . |
`` i have something for megan . '' |
`` honestly kristi , you did n't need to do anything else for us . '' |
waving her hand dismissively , she handed a pink gift bag to him . |
`` i wanted to do this . '' |
after peeking inside , pesh smiled before he leaned down to hug kristi . |
`` thank you . |
i 'm sure she 'll love it . '' |
`` you tell her we miss her around here . '' |
`` i will . '' |
she patted his back . |
`` now go on home to your girls . '' |
he nodded and then hurried out the door . |
today had been his first day back after taking both paternity leave and some of his many amassed sick days . |
as he slid into the seat of his jaguar , he felt a rush of embarrassment at how he had actually gotten teary on the way to work that morning after leaving megan . |
it had been the longest shift of his entire life . |
he thought he would never be through so he could get home to her . |
even now , the usual ten-minute drive home seemed to take an eternity . |
he anxiously drummed his fingers on the steering wheel . |
he 'd tried not to pester megan with too many calls and texts , but after the tenth , `` how are you guys ? '' |
text , she 'd told him to lighten up and get his head in the game at work . |
that 's why he did n't even bother telling her he was on his way home . |
as he pulled into the driveway , he noticed emma 's suv . |
he was glad to know that megan had n't been alone without him . |
when he pushed through the garage door into the kitchen , emma was at the stove . |
`` hello , '' he called pleasantly . |
whirling around , she gave him a beaming smile . |
`` hello to you , too . '' |
`` how are my girls ? '' |
`` good . |
they 've slept most of the day . '' |
pesh nodded . |
noticing how quiet the house was , he asked , `` where 's mason ? '' |
`` patrick came by and got him , along with noah and caroline , a little while ago . '' |
she cocked her head at pesh and grinned . |
`` although he swore to me that he would n't ruin their dinner , i have a feeling they 're having ice cream right now . '' |
pesh smiled at the mention of his son . |
although he was n't mason 's biological father , the love he felt for him was just as strong as if he had been a part of his conception . |
from the moment he 'd been able to adopt him , he had felt an even stronger bond than before , especially whenever he saw `` mason nadeen '' written on his pre-school paperwork . |
more than anything , he relished being a father . |
he had been forced to wait so long , while desiring it so hard , that it made it all the more sweeter . |
because mason adored baseball , pesh had bought season tickets to the braves , rather than the opera . |
even though pesh had never been athletically inclined , he signed up to help coach mason 's little league team as well . |
every time he heard mason say `` daddy , '' it warmed his heart the same as it did to hear megan say `` i love you . '' |
pesh eyed the dishes on the stove . |
`` it 's awfully kind of you to come stay with megan on my first day back . |
but we certainly did n't expect for you to cook . '' |
`` it 's my pleasure . |
besides , it kills two birds with one stone-i can feed my family and yours . |
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