Prodigal Son; Malcolm Bright

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3 Months Pregnant

I was going through Gil's office for a book of mine that I wanted to read again. I sighed as I sifted through the pile of junk he had on his desk.

Malcolm: I don't know what you're looking for but if it's small it may be a lost cause

I looked up immediately at the sound of his voice. He smiled and I stood up straight before walking right past him to Gil, who was with Dani & JT. Malcolm had followed behind me.

Celine: He's here why?

Gil: He's our new profiler

Celine: But he's FBI, but you're FBI

Malcolm: Not anymore

I nodded, processing the situation, and sitting down at the table. Gil started presenting our new case, and I realized Malcolm was staring at my stomach.

Celine: Can you stop?

Gil turned around and looked at Malcolm who was now looking directly at me. I scooted myself up closer to the table.

Malcolm: Are you pregnant?

JT: Dude

Malcolm: I can see her bump, it's small but it's there. How far along are you?

Gil: Malcolm, we have a homicide to solve

Malcolm: Right, sorry

After he finished presenting the case, we were heading to the crime scene, and Malcolm had caught up with me.

Malcolm: How far along are you?

Celine: Do you even remember my name?

Malcolm: How could I forget a name like Kadence Celine-Rose Wilson?

I glared at him before walking off. I had prepared myself for a number of things that could happen during this pregnancy, this was not one of them. We were at the crime scene and one of the photographers was currently munching away on a bag of barbeque chips, I watched him in disgust.

Celine: You really think it's appropriate to be eating right now? Look at her dude

I said pointing to the rather mangled body, he looked at me before walking off. I looked to my right seeing Malcolm standing there with a curious expression on his face.

Malcolm: When'd you find out you were pregnant?

Celine: What if I'm just bloated?

Malcolm: No, you definitely fit the profile of a pregnant woman

Celine: *whispers* Is that how you got me to sleep with you? You profiled me?

Malcolm: Celine-

I walked away from him going over to get a closer look at the victim. Edrisa walked over and handed me a coin.

Celine: What's this?

Edrisa: She was clutching it

Dani: Probably grabbed it off of her attacked

Celine: This is gonna be a quick one, I know exactly who did this

I flipped the coin over where 'Elephant Outpost' was engraved on the back. I handed it over so everybody could look at it.

Malcolm: Looks like everybody's a fan of the Elephant Outpost...

He glanced over at me making me roll my eyes. I got a closer look at it seeing some DNA was on it.

Celine: We should get tested to be sure, but I believe we're looking for Jason.

JT: Who's that?

Celine: Bartender, he used to flash the coin to me every chance he got. He always had a pretty hard time with the word no, I guess this girl was the final straw.

His DNA ended up being found on the victim and coin. That was all the evidence we needed so we were about to get in the car to go to the bar. The smell of tacos had filled the air once again.

Gil: Wilson what's the hold up?

Celine: Give me a minute

I walked over to the nearest trashcan and threw up everything I'd eaten that day. I grabbed a piece of gum from Dani before getting in the car.

Celine: Let's go

Malcolm: Does that happen often?

I let out a breath, not answering his question. We got to the bar and Jason was wiping down the bar, which was empty considering he was sloppy drunk. He looked up at us before walking around the bar, I realized he had a knife in his hand.

Celine: Put the knife down Jason

Jason: *slurred*What can I get you Celine?

Celine: Nothing Jason, I need you to put the knife down

Jason: I *hiccup* know what you like

He reached over and started to make a mess while trying to make a drink. He started to step towards me with the half empty glass.

Celine: Jason, no. You need to put the knife down

Jason: You don't want the *hiccup* drink?

Celine: No Jason

Hearing the word 'no' set him off. He threw the glass toward the wall and started to step towards me before Malcolm hopped in front of me.

Malcolm: Wait! She's only saying no because she's pregnant.

Jason: She's not *hiccup* pregnant

Malcolm: Trust me, she is.

He dropped the knife and tried to sit down in a barstool, but he missed and fell to the ground. I shook my head as JT & Dani walked over to cuff him. They took him outside and I took a seat on the steps of the bar, Malcolm taking a seat beside me.

Celine: Yes, I'm pregnant, 3 months and a couple days and yes, the baby is yours.

Malcolm: Why didn't you call?

Celine: You left me a note telling me to take care, didn't really think you'd be interested in hearing from me again

Malcolm: What do we now?

Celine: I was hoping you could tell me, oh here

I reached into my pocket and pulled out the ultrasound and handed them to him. He stared at them for a little before he finally smiled. At that moment, I had hope that everything was going to work out just fine.