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pizza. So I order pizza. Then, when the pizza arrives, she tops it with catsup and pickles.” They were sitting in the office they shared. Since Rafe took over command of the new elite unit out of Quantico, the commute was brutal but well worth it for all of them. Ivy and Marie loved their jobs at Walter Reed while Rafe and Brody loved their careers in the Marines. Somehow, they made it all work and that was what mattered in the long run. While people shattered and fell, either on the field or at the hospital, they managed to stay a tight unit. They were friends who were so close they were more like family.
    Rafe looked at Brody with sympathy in his eyes. “Ivy said it’s Marie’s second trimester and her hormones are completely out of whack.”
    “Did I mention one minute she is rubbing against me like a kitten and the next she shuts down cold and I go to sleep with my boys aching,” Brody said. “I don’t know if I’m walking into a minefield or into a meadow filled with daffodils.”
    Rafe was roaring with laughter by the time he was finished speaking and Brody looked at him sullenly. “Hey, remember Ivy is pregnant now and soon you will be sitting here instead of me, buddy.” In December Ivy told Rafe she was pregnant, and then called Marie, crying in joy. Brody recalled it vividly because Marie was then crying and when the foursome finally got together to celebrate their growing families, at least ten minutes was spent with weepy eyes and constant hugs.
    “Ivy is so thrilled to be carrying that even while she’s feeling crappy she has a smile on her face.” Rafe sighed. “Sometimes she thinks I don’t see her crying, but I do. She is scared that she may miscarry. She is taking a leave of absence from the hospital. Her doctor wants her to be taking it as easy as possible until the birth.”
    “I wish Marie would stay home. At night her back aches and her feet swell and, whatever you do, don’t tell her she has started waddling. She has vowed a cruel death to anyone who mentions it.” Brody grinned. “In happier news, we can feel the baby move—little tiny rolls of movement.
    She is twenty-six weeks today and I am supposed to meet her for the appointment at the midwife center. We find out if she’s having a boy or girl.”
    “Well, then you can see how all the suffering is for the best in the end.” Rafe drummed his fingers on the desk. “Do you want to know the sex of the baby?”
    “Hell yeah. We’ve got a nursery to prepare,” Brody replied. “Speaking of which, what would you think of me asking Marie to move in with me?”
    “Don’t you mean the other way around? Your bachelor pad of a townhouse is no place to raise a baby,” Rafe commented.
    “Good point. If she agrees to moving in together, I could sublet it,” Brody mused.
    “That’s certainly better than being in your complex,” Rafe said.
    “Marie wouldn’t be too happy with the neighbors you have. You know, the ones with the extra short skirts and the stiletto heels.” Brody rolled his eyes. “Like I knew any of that when I bought the place. Still, you do have a point. Marie has such bad juju about her ex that she won’t talk to me about it.”
    Rafe handed him some papers. “Here sign off on these. I’m requisitioning some equipment for training.” He sat back and laced his hands behind his head. “From what I’ve heard from Ivy, the guy came back pretty screwed up from his tour and cheated on her. But that can’t be all there is to it because Marie is as prickly as a pear when she even hears his name. All you can do is wait for her to trust you enough to open up.”
    “Have you met Marie?” Brody asked skeptically. “Fort Knox has nothing on her.”
    Rafe laughed. “Get out of here and go watch your baby wiggle around.”
    Brody handed him the paperwork that he’d signed. “I’ll be back in about two hours.”
    “I’ll be on the range if I’m not in here,” Rafe said.
    The phone rang as Brody got up to