Moving Forward (Completed)

Chapter Thirty Three

"Jesus you're huge." Katherine laughed when Amanda not so gracefully sat herself in the chair across from her.

"If getting back up didn't take so much effort, I'd leave you to eat lunch alone." Amanda grumbled.

"No you wouldn't." Katherine smiled, ignoring the glare coming from Amanda. "I can assume everyone at work knows you're pregnant?"

"Even Deputy Chief Dodds," Amanda rolled her eyes, "Liv had been somewhat lenient until he saw me... now I'm firmly stuck at my desk."

"Are you going to Francie Barnes engagement party?"

"Our moms are flying up together." Amanda had a forced smile plastered on her face, the same one Katherine was used to seeing on her face when her mother was around.

"At least we'll have each other." Katherine chuckled.

"Why are they dragging us to this anyway? It's their friends daughter... I think I've met Francie maybe three times total..."

"It's your moms opportunity to remind you you aren't married, and mines to remind me that people celebrate the fact that they're getting married."

"They are nothing if not passive aggressive." Amanda muttered.

"At least they decided to share a hotel room and not stay with their respective daughters." Katherine laughed at the face Amanda made at the thought of her mom sleeping on her couch.

"You know what would help get me through a visit with my mom?"

"What?" Katherine smirked.

"Alcohol." Amanda grumbled.

Their mothers had arrived early on Thursday, while both Amanda and Katherine were stuck at work. They had thankfully not made a big fuss over either taking time off to pick them up, instead opted to take a cab to the hotel. The engagement party wasn't until Saturday, but since Natalie and Beth Anne had travelled together, they decided they could do some sight seeing while their daughters were working and make a long weekend out of the trip.

"You brought Sonny..." Katherine whispered, when Amanda walked into the restaurant's waiting area with Carisi in tow.

"I am not having dinner with my mom, your mom, you, and Barba without some semblance of a date." Amanda huffed back, her voice soft enough that only Katherine could hear.

"Amanda..." There was a disapproving tone to Katherine's voice.

"He knows it's not a date."

"That's not the point. He likes you, of course he agreed to a none date, date. It doesn't make it less mean."

Amanda frowned while watching Carisi as he talked effortlessly with her mother. "We're friends Katherine... partners... you read too much into things."

"Our table's ready." Rafael smiled as he took Katherine's hand forcing the two of them to actually join the others.

"How excited are you for that grand baby to get here?" Natalie grinned as Amanda struggled to scoot her chair closer to the table.

"Very excited, I just hope Amanda has considered how hard being a single mother is going to be." Beth Anne smiled.

"Wait, you mean keeping an infant alive with limited sleep is going to be hard?" Amanda said sarcastically.

Katherine, Rafael, and Carisi stifled a chuckle while Natalie and Beth Anne each gave her a disapproving look.

"Do you even know who the father is?" Beth Anne huffed.