Kat was sitting in the gym with Gracie. The baby was trying to walk by herself. She was actually getting good at standing by herself as long as she had something to hold on to.
Kat was worried. Alex was missing. Had been for some time. People said that maybe he just moved on after what happened with Matt, but Kat felt he wouldn't have left the kids behind. He cared about them too much to do that. She had wanted people to go and look for him, but they also had to protect their home from whatever group Malcolm had come from. She had been told his sob story but she didn't believe it for a moment.
And there was the situation with Nikki and Vincent. Things had backed off between them but Kat had dealt with his kind before. As a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas you see and deal with the mob a lot. Kat had learned to deal the cards and keep her mouth shut, but her eyes and ears had been open to see a lot of things. A man like Vincent was not going to just give up. There would be retaliation and it would not be pretty.
And Kat had another thing to worry about. She was feeling crummy lately, weak and sick. The last time she had felt this way had been right before she'd...

She look at Grace and felt her smile come back. She loved her daughter with all of her being, but bring another child into this world just spelled trouble. How could she get pregnant again, now of all times?
And how was she supposed to find out? Any pregnancy tests would be in the med area where Matt watched like a hawk. She didn't want him to know, just in case she wasn't pregnant.
Would Jenna or Nikki get one for her, under the pretense it was for them? No, she couldn't ask Nikki to do that. Matt would blow a gasket if he thought his little sister was pregnant.

Getting up, she picked up Gracie and went towards the kitchen.
Spying Jenna, she walked over and got a jar of peaches for Grace to gnaw on. [color=00aeef]"Hey Jenna...?[/color] Kat started to ask and faltered a bit, blushing in embarrassment. [color=00aeef]"I have a favor to ask and... god this is awkward... um... look you don't have to do it if you don't want to, but I don't know who else to ask without freaking everyone out, especially Matt. Listen... could you..."[/color] Kat closed her eyes and said it fast and low. [color=00aeef]"Could you go to first aid and get a pregnancy test for me without anyone knowing about it?"[/color]

Before they knew it everyone was yelling. Gracie cried and Kat cuddled her close to shush her. In a crisis, when you were scared, it said a lot about you for who you called for first.
[color=00aeef]"Where's Matt?"[/color] Kat asked aloud as she and others were ushered into the cafeteria.

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