She had been taken off duty at twenty weeks, gone were her days of working on tanks and things and onto six months of paper pushing boredom. Funny enough, the same day she was taken off active duty was the same day she had learned that she was expecting a baby boy. It was a bittersweet thing. Six months and some change after being moved to desk duty she was back doing what she enjoyed, and it was not the paper pushing.

She and Lucas were still getting used to their sometimes separate and hectic schedules, and juggle having a baby, though as far as all but a select few knew, Meghan was a single parent to Riley and Lucas was just a friend who she could call when she needed help. Least that's what her family thought. Except Lucas was Riley's father. Meg had been back at work for little over a month when she was presented with another kind of job offer, if anything it was a whole new opportunity for her career and the exact opposite of what she and Lucas had discussed over the past seven months. They both agreed that having two parents in a high risk jobs was not what they wanted for their son, they did not want to risk leaving the kid an orphan. 

Yet here Meg was, doing the exact opposite of what they had agreed on. This was going to go over so well. 

Meg pulled her car up to the house she and Lucas shared, even though he still had his address as somewhere else, he spent majority of his time here, especially since Riley was born. Usually she got out of her car and went inside, eager to see everyone, but today she took a moment, her eyes drilling a hole into the steering wheel. After a moment she glanced to the front door, with a sigh she got out of the car and went inside. The house was quiet except for the sound of the tv coming from the living room so that was where she headed, "Little man asleep?" she asked as she walked into the room? 

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2014

Lucas had been home most of the day. He was off for the day. So he’d spent a little time bonding with his son. Meg was back at work. Lucas couldn’t say he was thrilled about it, in his opinion she had gone back much too early. Though it was the military, it wasn’t like you could argue with your boss over what the government said was enough time to be out to have a kid. Lucas didn’t would have let her stay home as long as she had wanted to, though he knew she would go stir crazy but the idea had been one he’d have preferred. Who wouldn’t want a gorgeous Marine officer at home when he got home every night?

Riley was asleep on Lucas’ chest or well had been until Meg came into the room. Lucas started to calm him down and gently rub his back. “He was, then he heard his mommy.” Well, it was the truth. Yep, he was going to blame the woman responsible for all of this accordingly. That was true Lucas fashion.

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2014

Meg was taking off her uniform jacket, making sure to neatly lay it across the back of the couch, when Riley started fussing, while she enjoyed being back at work, she had missed her kid more than she had thought she would.  “He was, then he heard his mommy.” leaning down she unlaced her boots and kicked them off, she could pick them up later, first it was baby time and to break the news to Lucas. 

"I wouldn't wake up if I was napping where he was." Meg said as she sat down on the couch beside Lucas, of course there had been plenty of nights that she had fallen asleep with her head where Riley was now sleeping, it was one of the best places to sleep. Meg reached out a hand and lightly ran it down the infants back, "You'd have a good day with daddy?" Riley was quick to settle back down asleep, Meg wasn't about to move him and risk waking him up. She lightly leaned against Lucas, her eyes on Riley watching him sleep, "I am going to admit you were right about the idea that I should have waited a week longer before going back...by lunch today I was having baby withdrawals." she said quietly to Lucas. 

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2014

Shaking his head he looked towards Meg. “No, no you wouldn’t either.” He chuckled a bit. Though his eyes lingered in Meg’s direction. More inviting her to come join the two of them, that’s when she leaned against him. He wrapped one arm around her and kissed the side of her face.

He couldn’t help but shake his head towards Meg once more when she said he was right. “Is this the part where I get to say told you so?” There was a smirk placed on his face as he said it through narrowed eyes.

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