After the visit of the strange guests, Walter and Barbara were in a slightly agitated state of mind, and didn't really know what to think about the whole thing. Well, but the matter had been taken care of and the guests had left and at least for now it was peaceful. Eventually one thing led to another and they had a great time testing the comfort of Walter's bed. But it didn't happen without consequences. Because a few days later Barbara noticed that something was not right with herself, so she decided to investigate the matter. And since the symptoms pointed in a certain direction, she went on a shopping trip to the pharmacy. Later, she took several tests to make sure. And since they all looked positive, she had to accept the fact that she was pregnant. She didn't really know what to think about it, because this wasn't really planned and since Walter had said that the replacements couldn't have offspring, they had assumed that this couldn't happen. Well, now it had happened and Barbara had some pretty good news for Walter. It would be another matter how Walter would react to that. Barbara was half excited and scared and she was nervous when she finally walked up to Walter with the test stick in her hand, "um.. so what, I have something to tell you," Barbara started a little uncertainly and felt her face start to redden. "So?", Walter asked confusedly and looked at Barbara whose cheeks were flushed red and who was twirling something in her fingers. "So, how can I say this now, but... so what... I'm pregnant," Barbara finally managed to say, "I wasn't sure myself at first, so I took quite a few tests and they all came back positive," she added. "W..WHAT!", Walter gasped and looked at Barbara with wide eyes, "it shouldn't be possible... so when... I can't, it's impossible," she fumbled, breathing heavily. "Believe me, it seems possible and I've definitely never been with anyone else but you," Barbara said and began to doubt a little whether Walter wanted to be a father, "and I thought I'd keep this, it doesn't matter if you're with me or not, I've already raised one child once, so it'll work out the second time too," he finally said decisively. "No, I'm not leaving you, I'm going to be with you always, I'm just worried about you and how this will affect you, because people like me, changelings, can't have children, usually, so I don't know how challenging this will be for you," Walter finally said, because he definitely wouldn't leave Barbara to her own devices, he wouldn't be like Jim's father, who had just left and never returned. Barbara was silent and looked at Walter who still had a look of fear, confusion and happiness on his face. Finally he stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Walter, hugging him tightly, "thank you, darling," he breathed and felt a great wave of relief and emotion pass over him. He had been afraid that he would have to be alone again, but now he knew that Walter would always be by his side and that made him happy. And maybe the hormones were exaggerating his feelings a little. "Well, well, it's okay," Walter said and returned the hug, realizing how much this really affected Barbara and that she didn't want to be alone, "huh, I'm going to be a father," he breathed, moved and feeling happy. He spun Barbara around once and they looked at the test stick together again, which looked positive. "And now we have a lot to do," Barbara laughed and lightly stroked her stomach, where nothing was visible yet, but in a few months, she definitely would. Walter placed his hand on Barbara's hand and looked into her eyes, full of warmth and love. A few weeks later, they had an ultrasound because they both wanted to monitor the pregnancy closely, just in case, because it was so unexpected and of course Walter wanted to keep Barbara safe.
