Safety Net 》Reuban Finch

Pregnancy

First Child
Full discovery
Jia had been moving into the world of Stunt Coordinating, so she and Reuben had decided it might be a good time to maybe start a family.

They weren't exactly planning for anything, mostly just going with a 'if it happens, it happens' mentality.

A few months after they started but didn't start trying, Jia was feeling sick.

To be fair, there was a bug going around the movie she was working on. So she had just assumed she caught whatever it was and that it would go away in a few days.

It was when she was still throwing up a week later that she got suspicious.

Jia brought it up to Reuben that night. "I think I might be pregnant."

He almost dropped the mug he was holding. "You think? Do I need to run it and get some tests?"

She shook her head. "I'm grabbing some tomorrow morning. I don't have anything tomorrow."

Reuben looked at her. "Do you want me to call off? I don't know if I want you doing this by yourself. I want to be there if you need me, no matter the results."

Jia smiled gently at him, leaning up to press a soft kiss to his lips. "I love you for that, but it's okay. I promise I won't take the tests until you're home."

And she did.

Reuben pulled in as early as he possibly could. He didn't even change before looking at his wife.

She could only laugh, trying her best to keep her own nerves down.

But they went to the bathroom, Jia taking the tests and setting the timer for five minutes.

The two sat on their bed, wondering just how long five minutes could take.

But the timer finally went off, Jia standing nervously in front of the tests.

"I'm scared."

So Reuben came to stand behind her, taking her hand in his own. "Together?"

She nodded, and they both moved their hands towards the tests.

Flipping them over, the tears started flowing.

"We're pregnant!"

Cravings
Jia got so incredibly lucky that she had all the usual cravings.

She wanted pickles, salty food, and chocolate. And her staff knew it, as they had the set stocked up with anything she could possibly want.

Reuben got off pretty easy as well, not having to run out at all hours of the night for something.

They didn't stop the couple from asking Mickey or Benji to pick things up because they just didn't feel like it, and the two men were competing for godfather.

(They had yet to realize there was always going to be two godfathers.)

Last month
Jia's last month of pregnancy was interesting, to say the least. She had been officially moved into coordinating as soon as she notified her bosses that she was pregnant.

Sitting behind the cameras, Jia was watching as stunts were performed to perfection.

Her team was incredible, always able to roll with the punches. Her maternity leave happened to hit just as the movie shoot ended, so she was all set to have plenty of time off for her baby.

Delivery
Reuben had been able to get the week before Jia's due date added to his paternity leave.

Jia was happy he was home because she really couldn't do anything herself anymore.