Ally and Larry were discussing baby names... in bed.

"How about Sarah?" Ally proposed, leaning her head on Larry's shoulder.

"I don't know...Too common."

"Eva?"

"No..."

"Anna? That sounds so sweet." Ally said, with a sigh.

"No..." Larry replied.

"I like Elizabeth..."

"Yuck! Like Queen Elizabeth. When I hear that name all I'm thinking about is the queen waving with that kind of wig she wears on her head."

"Larry! She doesn't wear a wig, that's her natural hair. When I thought of Elizabeth as a possible name for our daughter, I wasn't thinking about the queen."

"I don't like that name." Larry said, categorical.

Ally sighed and pinched him.

"Ouch!"

"Larry... we've been discussing it over and over and you never agree. Do YOU have any suggestions to make? I personnaly, like Anna... "

He raised his shoulders.

"Since this is OUR daughter we're talking about. Why don't we ask HER?"

Ally raised an eyebrow and watched Larry resting his head on her belly. He often did that which was absolutely adorable. He knocked on it soflty. Ally laughed.

"Hello? Someone there? Hey! Baby? It's daddy... Do YOU have suggestions?"

He pressed his ear against Ally's stomach with a cute smile. He listened a few seconds.

"Wait! I hear something! It's like a burp. Oh! Great... Burp Paul. Original name. Sounds cool!"

"You're nuts!"

Larry started to drop tender kisses everywhere on her belly which made Ally moan. A sexy smile formed on his lips as she led his hand under the top of her pyjama and then up to her breast.

"Hmmmm... Larry..."

He caught one of her breast in his hand and then the other one with surprise in his eyes.

"Gosh Ally... They are so much bigger!"

Ally bit her lower lip, feeling warmth all over her body.

"Do you like them?" she slid a hand under Larry's pants.

"Oh...oh...v...very..." he stammered.

He rolled next to her. Now, he had a hand on her belly and the other one caressing her breast.

"Larry..."

"Hmmmm?" "How about we..."

She didn't finish her sentence, he had already his lips on hers. They kissed deeply, both moaning at the same time. Larry was about to move his fingers under Ally's panties when he felt the baby moving.

"Ooops! Baby is awake!" he said, joining both hands on her belly.

"Oh! It doesn't matter" Ally replied, pulling his hand back to her breast.

"Oh...no...." Larry mumbled, backing off.

"Larry... it's been so long..."

Larry blushed.

"I always believed in chastity before marriage..." he said, replacing Ally's pyjama.

"Are... are you serious?" Ally asked, almost with panic.

"No just kidding... But I've got to go. I have a deposition at 9."

Ally let out a sigh. She was in fact, very disapointed. It had been so long since they had made love. The last time was when they conceived the baby, just before Larry left her and went to Philadelphia.

Painfully, Ally watched him taking off his t-shirt. She tried to focuse on something else... the ceiling, the lamp, the window but her eyes were very attracted to his chest. It was torture.

"Larry..." Ally said. "How about that famous strip-tease you promised me the other night?"

"I'm... I'm just...going to the shower."

He pointed the bathroom door. Ally could swear that Larry was embarassed. He smiled shyly and made his way to the bathroom.

She waited to hear the water running and grabbed the pillow tighty and screamed in it.

"Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!"

"First up... I'm speaking for all of us here. Ally, we're happy that Larry is back with you."

All applauded. Ally blushed and noticed that John was smiling widely. He felt content that "happy Ally" was back.

"And I'm glad that you agreed to work a little on the Johnson's case." Richard added.

"Oh... did...I?" Ally asked with surprise. "I'm not supposed to work on any case. I'm about to take my maternity break and I'm planning my wedding so..."

"Richard thought that you'd be the best person for that case." Nelle explained, reading distractly her file.

"I don't understand..."

"Basically, Ally... You're pregnant! A big belly always brings sympathy." Richard said.

"Traduction" Ling added, looking at the ceiling. "Huge pregnant women bring more money because people feel sorry for them..."

"Poor Ally." Nelle sighed.

"I... I'm not...I am not... huge!" Ally stammered, imagining the ceiling falling on Ling's head. "I'm only six months pregnant."

"It looks like it's eighteen months." Ling said.

Ally cheeks turned red.

"YOU look like you never had a HEART!" Ally yelled at her, pointing an accusive finger.

Both growled.

"Ally. Ling. Please calm down." John pleaded with patience. "Ally, you look great and even Ling could agree with me on that."

"When you like the elephant type." Ling replied with a snob look.

"What the hell?" Ally let out.

"Po...po..po..." John stammered.

Richard bursted out laughing. Ally shoot him a killer look and got her eyes back at Ling.

"How about we go in the unisex and FINISH with each other?" Ally said, between her teeth.

"Something is frustrating you, Ally?" Ling asked.

"Go to hell!" she responded. "Let's move along before I bite your head off..."

"Oh please..." John said.

Nelle could barely hide her smile.

"What were we talking about? Oh! Yeah... the Johnson's case. I don't know about that... Besides the fact that I'm pregnant... why me?"

"I don't mean to pressure you. But Judge Walland is a tough case himself. My sources told me that he's a grandfather." Richard explained. "You just have to show you're belly a little in court, wear a stretched dress if you dare... You don't have to say anything intelligent, just be yourself.

Bygones!" "I am going to kill someone..." Ally let out.

"Just be pregnant and sweet." Nelle added.

Ally caught her breath. This could be her final case before she'd gave birth. She knew that her pregnancy was making her even more convinced to win a case. It would be good also, to set her mind into something else, to not always think about the baby, the wedding and the absence of sex with Larry.

"So..." Richard said.

"I'm horny...huh... I'm on it. I meant... I'm on it..."

She blushed.

"Ooooh! Now I know you'll do a terrific job." Richard agreed.

"Elaine. May I speak with you a moment?"

"Of course!"

Elaine sat down in front of Ally and crossed her legs. She took a glimpse at Ally's stomach and smiled.

"Boy! That baby is coming soon..."

"She is not!" Ally replied with anger. And if you want to go through the day alive or walking on your two legs... DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY WEIGHT!"

"Snappish... Okay... Ally, you look in-cre-di-ble!"

"Don't you..." Ally said with a warning look.

"Calm down.. that's a compliment. You do look good. You're glowing!"

"I'm sorry... I'm..."

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh! How am I going to put this? Huh..." Ally hesitated. "How... How... do you do it Elaine? I mean... How do you deal with your sexual appetite without actually having sex all the time you want it...?"

Elaine raised her shoulders.

"When I want sex, I get sex."

Ally shook her head with embarassment.

"I mean... You can't obviously have sex all the time!"

Elaine searched in her purse and Ally gasped when a vibrator emerged from it.

"This is Oscar. My new invention. He's with me all the time... Oscar has thirty different speeds, it also moves by itself... back and forth! Hmmm... Big boy!"

Ally saw Elaine look at the object with affection. She grimaced.

"You want an Oscar, Ally? I've got a few in the drawer of my desk if you need one."

"I don't want an Oscar... I want a LARRY!" Ally exclaimed.

"Oh!" Elaine said, with a smile. "I understand now... You want to have sex with Larry but Larry doesn't want it because all he can see is your belly."

"I'm afraid that you are right..." Ally sighed. "I know that I'm pregnant but..."

"But you want to feel his penis in your vagina." Elaine finished.

"Oh...huh... huh..." Ally stammered, waving her hand fastly. "It's more like... like making love... I want to make love with him..."

"My advice. Play the seduction card. Be direct with him. Men like women with initiative."

"Oh... okay..."

When Larry got home after work, Ally was waiting for him on the couch. She was wearing a cute baby doll she had found while shopping for the wedding cake. She obviously couldn't find any sexy, maternity underwear but she had chosen a cute one with little flowers on it.

"Damn maternity clothes!" she thought. If she could wear anything sexy, she would act sexy.

Larry opened the apartment door and just stood there with a tender smile on his lips.

"Hi sweetie!" he said, softly.

"Hello to you... man of my dreams" she replied, raising up and approaching him slowly.

She flashed a sexy smile at him which he responded to with a half smile.

"What's up?" he asked taking off his coat.

She came closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She softly rubbed her nose on his. He smiled brightly.

"I missed you..." she whispered, in his ear.

"Same here..." he replied, his arms around her waist.

He put a soft kiss on her lips and she deepened it with a groan. He let his hands move from her waist down to her buttock. She felt him shiver.

"Oh... Am I wrong or you forgot to put your panties on?" he asked, clearing his throat.

"I took them off just on purpose."

She got back to the couch, where she replaced the cushion, distracly. Like she was expecting, Larry was following her every move. She bit her finger and turned back to look at him. His brown eyes were sparkling. He loosened his tie.

"How was my girl today?" he asked, trying to set his mind straight.

"Which one?"

"I mean the baby..." he said, taking a few step closer.

"Oh!" Ally said touching her stomach. "She's been fine... a little excited though... I think she's sleeping right now..."

"Oh...." Larry whispered. "Really?"

Now, they were dangerously close.

"Really..." she simply said, taking off his glasses.

Larry bit his lower lip. He was tempted.

Sensuously, Ally whispered in his ear:

"Do we have to wait until the wedding night?"

"Oh...gosh..." Larry sighed.

Before Ally had the time to realise, he had his lips on her and was pressing her against him. He had already his hands under her baby doll. They made their way to the bedroom, touching, kissing, laughing at the same time. They had a hard time not to bump into the walls. They stopped in the door way. Larry pressed Ally on it and ran his lips on her neck.

"This... this is just like old times..." Ally moaned, fighting to remove his belt from his pants.

Larry frozed, tried to catch his breath. "Wait... You're pregnant!"

"So..." she said, now starting to unzip his pants.

"I... I can't..." Larry stammered, his cheeks turning red. "God! I forgot a second..."

He rubbed his forehead. Ally raised his chin with a finger.

"Larry... I am pregnant but that doesn't mean that I don't have any sexual needs," she explained calmly. "I don't know if it's my hormones or something else... but right now, I'm feeling... very attracted to you... Oh! Larry your a hottie!"

He blushed and looked back at the floor. She started to unbotton his shirt with expert fingers. He was trying to resist.

"Ally I don't know... what if..."

She interrupted him with a passionate kiss.

"Hmmm..." he continued, pushing her away gently. "What if while making love... the baby grab my... my... my..."

She laughed.

"You're very funny..."

She pulled him into the bedroom and closed the door with a kick.

"Be careful!" Larry warned her, a protective hand covering her stomach.

"Larry... Stop being over protective! I'm not only a mother... I am a woman and I WANT SEX."

"What's going on with me?" she thought surprised by her own reaction. "Dirty Ally... Dirty..."

"Oh! Okay... " Larry said slowly, almost shocked to see Ally so affirmative. "I'm... not so used with hungry pregnant women... Hungry for food yes... but... for sex..."

She bit his shoulder.

"Hmmm... Larry... I'm going to make one bite of you."

Larry giggled and finally put his arms around her waist.

"Satan!" he joked. "Get out of this body!"

"Now... Shush, Larry"

She pushed him on the bed. He bursted out laughing.

Slowly, she made her babydoll slide down to the floor and stared gravely at him, waiting for his reaction. It was the first time he was seeing her naked since she was pregnant. He smiled tenderly.

"Tell me." she said with tears in her voice. "Am I huge?"

He sat on the bed. He was touched by that mix of sensuality and vulnerability coming out of Ally. He thought that she had never been so sexy and he could have a glimpse, just by the look in her eyes, of the little girl she used to be.

"Ally..." he said softly, his hands reaching the roundness of her stomach, his eyes intensely staring into hers. "You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

She smiled, feeling relieved. Then, he kissed her belly while caressing her back. She put a soft kiss on his hair. Carefully, he pulled her on him and leaned back on the bed.

They stood there a minute, their mouths a few inches from each other. Both smiled.

"So where were we...?" Ally asked.

"Hmmm... maybe the most interesting part..." Larry replied, his fingers caressing her breast.

"Oh... Now I remember..."

She groaned and responded to his kiss with passion. Larry tried to take off the rest of his clothes but deciced to forget about it since Ally couldn't let go of him. She slid a hand under his boxers.

"Wait..." he said, raising a finger. "Let's just be carefull with Anna."

"Oh!" she exclaimed, with a laugh. "You... You! We were arguing for nothing.. You just like to argue... that's the thing!"

He smiled with amusement. She tried to pinch him but he caught her hand in his and kissed it tenderly. That was all that it took to Ally to get passionate again.

Then, they made love tenderly.

3 days before the wedding...

"Larry... noooooooo!" Ally begged, throwing her arms around him as he was getting some clothes out of the drawer. "Don't go please!"

"Ally sweetie! It's only for three days!" he said, kissing her on the cheek. "When we'll see each other, we'll have the rest of our life together... Three days..."

"No..." she repeated this time down on her knees.

Larry laughed. She was just acting like a child sometimes but that was one of the thing he loved about her.

"It's not working Ally..." he said, helping her to get up. "Even if you decide to suck my toes... It won't work. I am going to that hotel room and we'll see each other saturday... in church..."

She rubbed her nose on his and smiled.

"You know I would suck your toes don't you? " she whispered, with a suggestive smile. "I could be your slave.. I could be very dirty..."

She bit a sensitive part of his neck which made him shiver.

"As much as I love the idea... I have to decline. I know how much you care about traditions... that's why I'm doing it, so the morning of the wedding you'll be with your parents and your friends."

"Do you think I really care about it? I always thought that things had to go a certain way but..."

She pointed her belly. She was now seven months pregnant. Larry smiled tenderly. I knew that Ally always wanted to get married before having a child... She probably was planning to get married before conceiving a baby but life had surprised them.

He rubbed her stomach and kissed her forehead softly. Ally slid a hand into his pyjama pants.

"Woah..." he said, with surprise. "I'll never get used to your new appetite!"

"Don't you ever get use to it!" she warned, kissing him.

He responded to her kiss with passion but pushed her gently.

"Hmmm... Larry..."

"Ally... I have to tell you something. I hope you don't mind..."

"What is it?" she asked, kissing his chin.

"Tomorrow night... there's a bachelor party at the martini's bar. Richard and John are planning it... for me..." Larry said. "I wanted to tell you..."

"A...A bachelor party!" she said, with a high voice. "Oh no!"

She stepped back and walked nervously around the room, a hand holding her stomach.

"I... I.... I don't like it!" she stammered. "Guys partying... exotic dancers... alcool... prostitutes..."

"What?!" Larry exclaimed.

Ally sighed. Larry could swear that she was on the edge of crying. He took her in his arms and kissed the top of her head. I was now used with her emotionnal pregnant moods.

"What's the matter Ally? It's just a party..."

"I just remembered Billy..." she said, with tears in her eyes. "When he had his bachelor party, he slept with a prostitute, all of his friends had her and even the judge!"

Larry caught her face between his hands and forced her to look at him.

"Ally... I'm not Billy. Please trust me." he said softly.

"I know... I know..." she managed to say.

He kissed her eyes tenderly.

"Besides..." he added, with a half smile. "What would I go with a prostitute when I already have a hot, hungry for sex... future wife?"

Both laughed and Ally smiled widely.

"Do you really have to go... right now?" she asked in his ear.

"It depends... What do you have in mind?"

She put a sensuous kiss on his lips.

"You know what I have in mind..." she said with her sexiest smile.

Larry noded and she help him to take off his t-shirt. They struggled with it a little, between kisses and laughs. She ran her nails on his chest with a groan.

"Larry you're so yummy..." she mumbled in his neck.

"What? What did you say?" he asked with a laugh.

"You heard me..."

They both fell on the bed... carefully.

The door bell rang and Renee ran to answer. She found Ling and Nelle on the doorstep.

"Hi!" they all exclaimed.

"Where's the future bride?" Nelle asked with a rare smile on her lips.

"I'm already bored!" Ling complained, following Renee and Nelle in the kitchen.

"Ally is in her room, preparing herself." Renee explained, ignoring Ling's comment.

She helped them with the gifts and plates they had. Elaine was already laying on the couch, looking pale.

"What's going with her?" Ling asked with a disgusted tone.

"I'm sick..." Elaine replied weakly. "I have diarrhea."

"Gross! Now we're all going to be sick because of you!" Ling said.

"Shut up Ling!" Elaine replied back. "I just couldn't miss Ally's wedding shower!"

She rubbed her stomach with a grimace.

The door of Ally's bedroom opened and she walked out with suggestive moves. All girls whistled with admiration. She was wearing a sexy nightgown.. almost transparent.

"Too bad Larry isn't there!" Renee said with a laugh.

"You look great Ally!" Nelle admitted. "Is this your wedding night gown?"

Ling was speechless... good thing!

"Yes it is..." Ally said, walking proudly to them.

"Then why are you wearing it tonight?" Elaine asked, paler than ever.

"I heard that there will be a male dancer..." Ally answered winking at Elaine.

Elaine got up in a rush and ran to the bathroom. They heard her throw up in the washbasin.

"Ooops!" Nelle said. "Elaine throwing up when we're talking about erotism... she must be really sick!"

They all laughed.

*Larry's bachelor party at the Martini's bar*

"I can't believe it... this is my second bachelor party!" Larry said, drinking a bloody ceasar. "And the last one!"

Richard offered him a cigar and stared the balladi dancer that was doing a show on the stage.

"I want to get married!" Richard said.

Larry laughed. He knew that Richard Fish wasn't the husband type. John was silent on the chair next to them. He had barely talked.

"Do you ever want to get married, John?" Larry asked, intrigued.

John looked surprised by the question. Larry saw a touch of animosity pass in John's eyes but it disappeared.

"If I ever find the right girl." John said with a sigh.

Richard whisted at the Baladi dancer and pointed John with his finger. She made her way to him.

"Oh nooooo!" John exclaimed. "Po...pokip..."

But the exotic dancer was already pulling him to her. With a shy smile John tried to follow her moves.

*Back at the apartment*

"Hmmm... that cake is really good!" Ally said licking her fingers. "Can I have an other piece... please?"

"An other one?" Renee asked with surprise. "You already had two!"

"Hmmm... I miss Larry."

Nelle and Ling raised their eyebrows. Elaine moaned painfully on the couch. She was starting a fever.

"Ally is hungry for food and for Larry..." Renee explained to the others. "So basically, it's one or the other."

"I had both one time." Ally admitted with a wide smile.

She told them that she and Larry had "fun" with a piece of wedding cake she had brought for trial a week ago.

* Back at the bar*

John was now at his eighth drink. An exotic dancer was sitted on his knees and Richard was taking pictures.

"Do you want to marry me Anasthasia?" John asked to the dancer.

She laughed and kissed his cheek. She moved to Larry and wrapped her arms around his neck. She touched his arms, fell his muscles.

"You're a hottie!" she said to Larry.

He blushed and looked back at John. He had the feeling that John was a bit jealous of him because he was staring at him with harsh eyes. Richard, feeling tension in the air took a bundle of money out of his pocket and hung it to the nose of the exotic dancer.

"Hmmm... Smell it!" He said to the dancer.

Then she sat down on Richard knees. Larry looked at John again. He was drinking again.

*Back at the apartment*

Sexbomb sexbomb
you're a sexbomb
You can give it to me
when i need to come along

All girls were screaming except Elaine who was still laying on the couch. Ally was dancing with the male dancer and singing along.

Sexbomb sexbomb
you're my sexbomb
And baby you can turn me on

Nelle joined them and Ally sat on the couch next to Elaine, exhausted.

"Ally... I am dying..." Elaine moaned.

Back at the bar (in the toilets....)

Larry knocked on the toilets door.

"John? Are you okay?"

John opened the bathroom door and yelled to Larry:

"I envy you and... I hate you!"

Larry entered.

"John come on! You'll be my best man in a few days..." he said calmly.

"You have everything!" John said, his face turning almost green.

John had been drinking way too much.

"You need some fresh air buddy" Larry said, helping John to walk out of the bathroom.

John tried to point a finger at Larry but his hand fell weakly on the side.

"Just take care of her..." John said before passing out.

Ally, Renee, Nelle and Ling were already in the emergency room when they saw Larry and Richard enter.

"What are you doing here?" Ally asked, surprised to see Larry.

She threw her hands around him and kissed him like he had been away for weeks...

"Hmmm...." Larry tried to speak.

"John passed out... too much alcool!" Richard explained. "Too much sexy chicks dancing around can be as much intoxicating. Bygones!"

Ally ignored Richard remark and smiled at Larry.

"Poor John..." she sighed. "I hope he's okay..."

"And what are you doing here?" Larry asked his hand tenderly on Ally's stomach.

"It's Elaine... Appendicitis."

"Oh! That hurts!" Richard said.

The girls raised up to follow Richard. Ally put a soft kiss on Larry lips.

"I missed you!"

He kissed her back.

"I missed you too..." he said, making a way out of her arms. "Two more days... Now.. I have to go."

He walked away and winked at her. She sighed.

"No wonder I'm crazy about you Larry... You always play hard to get!"

He waved good bye and before he got out, she read on his lips:

"I love you, Ally."

She touched her stomach and giggled to herself. She had never felt so happy.

Renee pressed her ear against the bathroom door. She could hear Ally panting heavily. Jeannie McBeal, Ally's mother was walking nervously around the room.

"Ally... You're going to get out of here NOW!" her mother yelled for the thousandth time in the last two hours.

"Ally... Please open the door sweetie!" Renee begged in a more pleasant tone.

"No..." she heard Ally moan.

"Ally! This is silly! You're going to be late for your own wedding!" Jeannie said with exasperation. "I can't believe it!" I can't believe it! You're acting like a child!"

"Could you leave me alone with Ally a minute?" Renee asked her, patiently.

Jeannie Mcbeal noded and went back to her husband who was trying to deal with the impatient hairstylist and photographers. They were all waiting for Ally to get out of the bathroom. The wedding was in less than an hour.

"Ally sweetie... your mother isn't there... please open the door."

Renee heard the door's clic and then rapid footsteps on the floor of the bathroom. She entered carefully, raising her maid of honor blue dress to her knees. Ally was curled up on the floor, next to the bath. She was staring into space, breathing heavily, a hand rubbing distracly her stomach. She was still in her pyjama.

"Are you okay Ally?" Renee asked concerned.

"I....huh... I..." she stammered, waving her hands nervously. "I can't do it! I can't! I don't want to get married anymore!"

Renee smiled. It was just like Ally to freak out on her wedding. She had been waiting for this moment all her life and had high expectations about it. Renee sat down on the toilet.

"Ally... Everything will be all right!" she reassured her, stroking her hair. "You and Larry will be just fine!"

"Oh! Oh!" she gasped. "Me and Larry... oh! It sounds so weird!"

"Ally!" Renee laughed. "You've been together for more than a year!"

Ally shook her head in despair and explained her worries without taking the time to breathe:

"I'm.... I'm scared... I'm really, really, really scared right now! What if while walking down the aisle, I trip on my dress and fall on the floor... I can already see people laughing and someone tapping it for that funniest videos crap show... I... I... I'm scared that Larry changes his mind. Maybe when he'll see me he'll think I'm some kind of white elephant wearing a wedding gown. Oh! What's the idea of getting married when I'm almost eight months pregnant? What's the idea of getting married at all?"

She gasped for air and continued:

"And... and you see... I'm not sure that I'm the wife type of woman. I'm not sure that this is a good idea after all... I don't want to get married."

Renee got up and started to undo her hair.

"What are you doing?" Ally asked getting out of her thoughts.

"You want to call it off? Fine! You want me to call Larry for you?"

"No! No! No!" Ally said, giggling nervously.

Renee helped her to raise up. She knew how to make Ally get back to reality. She saw Ally eyes filled up with tears. Renee hugged her with comfort.

"It's just that..." Ally tried to say. "It's too good to be true... Larry is too good to be true."

She smiled through her tears. Renee kissed her on the cheek.

"You love him, he loves you.... that's all that matters." she said, tenderly.

"Yeah..." Ally sighed.

They hugged again.

"Hurry up Ally Paul... Your future husband is waiting for you!" Renee said with a huge smile.

Ally frozed.

"Oh...huh.. huh... I... haven't thought about it..." she stammered, getting nervous again. "I'm... I'm losing my name... I'm losing my identity..."

Renee rolled her eyes. Ally was freaking out again.

"You'll always be Ally Mcbeal to me..." Renee said, suddenly feeling sad. "And you'll always be my favorite roomate!"

Ally started to sob immediatly and threw her arms around the neck of her friend. Renee had just bought a new apartment. She had started to move her things out a few days ago. Both hugged tightly.

"Now... we have to go before you make me ruin my make-up..." Renee said, a tear in the eye.

Larry was walking nervously in the church's aisle. For the third time, the minister was asking about the bride. He could see John staring with concern at him.

For a moment, the image of Sam went though his mind. He could almost imagine him, wearing a cute tuxedo and smiling at him. No wonder, if Sam was still alive, he would be happy to see his father getting married to Ally. Larry got the feeling that Sam was somewhere just next to him... Maybe he really was...

He smiled to himself.

All the friends and family were there. Larry had his mother with him and some old friends. Mostly, the church was full of Ally's friends and relatives. They had been waiting for an hour now.

Larry sat down next to John, with a nervous sigh.

"Do you think that she made up her mind?" Larry asked.

"Ally?" John said with a sweet smile. "Nah... she won't! She's probably just a little nervous... Besides, she's been waiting for this moment all her life..."

"I'm so in love with her... " Larry whispered, almost to himself.

Outside in the limousine, Ally was trembling.

"Sweetie you're going to be just fine" her father said, rubbing her hand gently.

"Get yourself together." her mother said. "It's not like you're about to do bungee jumping!"

Ally shoot a killer look at her mother. She wasn't helping.

"Ally... Larry is waiting for you." Renee added.

Ally raised her head and stared at them with surprise.

"Larry..." she said, in a breath, like she had just remembered him. "Oh... Larry!"

She smiled.

"I am getting married!" she exclaimed.

John and Larry felt some high excitation going through the air. People were starting to agitate in their sets.

"She's here... she's here..." Larry heard some people say.

His heart missed a beat. He raised up, his eyes focused on the church entrance. The bride march started and he suddenly felt very nervous. He had been married before. What a mistake he had made. An other man in the same position, would take it almost casually but Larry wasn't prepared for his own reaction when he saw Ally appear on the doorstep of the church. He understood that she was the one he had been waiting for. It was to be with her that he had always believed in marriage.

Ally was holding her father's arm like she was scared to fall on the floor which Larry found really cute. Ally was just like that sometimes... like a little girl, unsure and scared to face the real world.

But as she was moving forward on the aisle, Larry thought she had never been so beautiful. She looked like an angel to him. She was wearing an empire white gown, her veil falling softly on her shoulders. Larry was delighted that Ally had chosen a dress that wasn't hiding the roundness of her stomach. She was amazing. She had white flowers in her curly soft hair but what made Larry's heart beat faster was her eyes. They were sparkling like stars.

She kissed her father on the cheek and Larry slowly moved towards her, his eyes into hers. When he finally smiled at her and took her hand, tears started to fill her eyes. He noticed that her lips were trembling a little.

"Ally... Are you okay?" he asked softly.

With tenderness, she thought that she would never get enough of that same question he was always asking. She would hear it everyday, for the rest of her life.

"I am more than okay..." she said with the brightess smile.

Ally and Larry were dancing cheek to cheek as people were watching their first dance as a married couple.

"I can't believe I just got married with the biggest ass I've ever met!" Ally said with a giggle.

"Oh!" Larry let out, raising his eyebrows and then remembering. "Okay... Are you talking about my butt or you still see me like the first time we met? Because... If you're talking about my butt, I don't understand it because you seem very fond of it... and sometimes when we make love, you just grab it like it's a lifebuoy.

"You're nuts!" she exclaimed.

"I like that one better..." he replied, kissing her on the forehead.

She smiled.

"Do you remember the big deal about our first kiss?" Ally asked.

Larry rolled his eyes.

"Oh! What a nightmare!" he exclaimed.

"Hey!"

She slapped him on the shoulder which made him laugh.

"We kind of started slow..." Larry admitted. "Just like our first night together..."

"Hmmm... yeah..." Ally responded rubbing her nose sensuously on his cheek. "I remember all of it... it was amazing."

She put a kiss near to his lips and their "public" started to cheer up.

"I think they are expecting something..." Larry said in her ear.

"Hmmm... like what?" Ally asked with a shiver.

"Like a passionate kiss between the bride and the groom..."

"And I suppose that you're also expecting it..."

"You're damn right Mrs Paul.."

And through the cheering and the applause, their lips reached into a passionate kiss. They immediatly felt the baby kicking in Ally's stomach. Both bursted out laughing and kissed again.

Later that evening, men were all waiting to dance with the bride. The first one was the best man... John...

"Ally... you did it!" John said, smiling.

"I know..." she sighed. "Who would have thought that I would get married one day?"

"I did..." he said with emotion.

She hugged him tightly.

"I am happy for you Ally... really. You and Larry deserve each other."

Ally kissed him on the cheek which made John blush a little.

"John... did I ever tell you that you are the sweetest man on earth?"

"Huh...no..."

"Deep down in my heart, I know that you'll find someone to love you." Ally said softly.

"I hope so..."

They continued to dance, happy that their friendship was still important to the other.

John caught the garter. He blushed with surprise and started immediatly to look around him like he was searching the room for a possible wife-to-be. On the other hand, "getting rid" of the bouquet was a total disaster. Ally threw it away behind her, as brides usually do. The bouquet led to Ling.

"Waaaaahhh!" Ling screamed with terror.

Then threw it up in the air and Nelle caught it with a disgusted look on her face.

"Yuck... yuck!" Nelle screamed, throwing the bouquet up in the air again.

Renee finally caught it with a huge smile on her face.

Later, Ally took a moment to sit down with her friends. Nelle had been drinking a look but she seemed happy. Renee and Georgia had been singing and dancing, Ling staring at people, wondering what the hell was wrong with them and Elaine was calm, recovering from her appendicitis operation.

"Ally McBeal got married... Unbelievable!" Nelle said.

"Isn't that amazing?" Renee replied.

"I love weddings!" Georgia sighed.

"I'm bored!" Ling said.

"I can't believe it!" Elaine said. "There's this bunch of hunks... and I'm just seating here because of that damn appendis... Oh! I hate to look at the menu without having a little dessert!"

The music stopped and Ally turned to see what was happening. She saw Larry on the scene, discussing with the musicians.

"Oh..no!" she gasped. "He's going to sing and... I'll ruin my make-up!"

Larry sat down at the piano. He cleared his throat.

"Hmm... Ally knows how music is a kind of therapy to me... It is, to most of us, in fact. Ally and I have been through some moments together where only music could allow us to express our true feelings... Well, tonight I may need music..."

Ally shook her head nervously and when Larry smiled at her, tears started to fall from her eyes.

"Oh... gosh..." she sighed.

"Honey... I wrote you an other song." Larry said, with the sweetest smile.

Can I touch you
I can't believe that you are real
How did I ever found you
You are the dream that saved my life
You are the reason I survive

I never thought that I could love
someone as much as I love you
I Know it's crazy but it's true

I never thought that I could need
someone as much as I need you
I love you

Tears were now falling on Ally's stomach where she had a protective hand on.Before she had the time to realise, she was up and her father was guiding her to the scene. She sat next to Larry, her eyes glancing at him with love and adoration.

Can I hold you
Ally your smile lights up the stars
You are too beautiful for the human eyes

You are the dream that never dies
You are the sparkle in my eyes

Ally touched his cheek tenderly and he smiled to her.

I never thought that I could love
someone as much as I love you
I Know it's crazy but it's true

I never thought that I could need
someone as much as I need you
I love you

When the song ended, Larry turned to her and softly kissed her lips. Then he leaned his head and dropped a kiss on her belly. They didn't see all the woman that were crying, they didn't notice that people were cheering and applauding warmly. They only had eyes for each other.

"Woah!"

"I am heavy... am I?" Ally asked, seeing Larry grimacing.

They were on the doorstep of their apartment. Larry was carrying her in his arms.

"No... no... " I tried to reassure her.

"Okay... let me down..."

Carefully, he laid her down on the floor.

"Here we are..." she said.

"So..."

He flashed a sexy smile at her and she immediatly started to undo his bow tie.

"Larry... I just don't know how I did it... You look so fabulous in a tux!"

"Oh really?" he asked, bringing his lips to her neck.

"I wanted to ask you to join me in the toilets of the reception hall..." she added, unbotonning his shirt. "But I am not that dirty am I?"

"Hmmm... no..." he moaned, a hand under her gown caressing her thighs.

They kissed deeply and groaned at the same time.

"Gosh... Ally you were so right... those three days apart were killing me..." Larry sighed.

She kissed him again and slid a hand to his pants. She stepped back with a amused smile.

"Now... You are killing me." Larry whispered, looking at her with passion in his eyes. "You're so sexy in that wedding gown..."

"You haven't seen my nightgown..."

He bit his lower lip and pulled her closer to him. This time, the roles were reversed. Larry looked like the hungry one.

"Don Juan..." she whispered, in his ear. "Just let me put my nightgown on and light some candles."

"Okay..." Larry sighed. "Just don't take to long. I'm dying to make love to you Mrs Paul."

Ally shivered with pleasure. She winked at him and went to her room.

"Give me a minute!"

Larry went to the kitchen. Whistling happily, he prepared to glasses of champagne and cut a big piece of wedding cake that Ally had bought only for them. He smiled, wondering if Ally had a new fetichism with cakes... As long as he was in that fantasy, he had nothing to complain about.

A few minutes later, joined her to their room. There were candles all over the room. Larry could barely hide a laugh when he saw Ally. She had fallen asleep on the bed, a delighted smile on her lips. She was wearing a very sexy nightgown which made her look very desirable to him. He sighed, thinking that he would have to wait to caress those curves he was seeing through the fabric.

He laid down behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He let a hand rest on her belly, feeling how it was warm and soft. He felt the baby moving a little and tears of happiness came into his eyes... He burried his nose into her hair and tightened his embrance.

"I love you Ally" he said tenderly.

A few weeks later...

Ally was half asleep, dreaming of Larry, smelling Larry, feeling Larry's hand rubbing gently her arm... Larry was everywhere in her dreams, in her bed...

She smiled and felt his embrance. Her eyes closed, she put a kiss somewhere... Was it on his shoulder or on his neck, she didn't know. She burried her fingers through his hair. She heard him mumble a "hmmmm" and felt his lips on her forehead. Half way between dreams and reality, they began to kiss first tenderly but then with more intensity. Larry's "Hmmm" sounded more like a groan than anything else. Ally slowly awake and opened her eyes for a second only to notice that Larry was capturing her lips again. It was like paradise...

Suddenly, the alarm clock started with a joyous tune:

"Deck the Hall with bougs of holly
Fa la la la la la la la la
This the season to be..."

Larry pushed the off button with a sigh. Ally kissed his shoulder and look up at his face. He was now staring at the ceiling.

"Are you okay?" she asked with concern.

"Yeah..." he mumbled.

For weeks, they had been avoiding the subject of Christmas. Ally had decided to put aside how much she enjoyed the holiday season by respect and love for Larry. So there were no Christmas tree in their apartment, no decorations. She remembered the last year, when Larry had Christmas blues because he wasn't near to his son. Now, it must felt terrible to him...

"Do you miss him?" Ally asked softly, knowing already the answer.

Larry noded with tears in his eyes. She pulled him to her and hugged him tightly. He started to sob on her shoulder and she rubbed his back gently. It was the first time in months he was letting himself showing some sadness about the death of his son.

"Sshhh... Larry... It's okay... " Ally said softly kissing the top of his head.

She could feel his tears falling on her skin. She tightened her embrance and started to rock him softly.

"I'm here with you Larry... you're not alone..." she whispered, leading one of his hand to her stomach. "We are with you..."

Larry noded again. She caught his face between her hands and kissed his lips tenderly. He smiled weakly but Ally could see some hope in his eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck. For a moment, she felt Larry's hand caressing her belly gently like the baby's presence was comforting him but soon, he fell asleep. Ally ran her fingers on the red marks he had on his cheeks. She covered his hand with hers and felt the baby moving.

The following days, Larry became even more depressed. He took a few days off from work, taking most of his time to watch tv with an absent look on his face. Since Ally was on maternity break, she could witness how sad he was. He didn't shave, had troubles sleeping and sometimes, he would fall asleep on the couch, his arms grabbing the cushion. Ally had a bad feeling about this. She was feeling helpless and alone. Her pregnancy was at it's end and she was more impatient and insecure. Larry was still caring with her but she knew that he was going through a rough time.

"Okay that's enough!" she said one night. "I am not going to let you like this, Larry..."

"I'm just going through a bad patch... Christmas time... you know..." he explained with a weak smile.

"But Larry... Christmas is in a few days. I know that we are trying to act like this isn't happening but..."

He raised up and faced her.

"What do you expect Ally? You want us to sing Christmas carols like we did last year? Fine! Let's go!"

He led to the piano and sat down on the bed, with a sigh of exasperation.

"Huh... huh..."

She shook her head nervously.

"You really do think that everything can be settle like magic. It just can't work all the time! Ally... Sometimes, your just thinking like a child!"

Ally's cheeks turned to red.

"Are... are you criticizing me?"

"No..." Larry said, approaching her. "I'm sorry if it sounded harsh... that wasn't my intention."

"Don't touch me!" she yelled, walking to her bedroom. "And... and go back to Philadelphia!"

"What?" Larry exclaimed, astounded. "Ally..."

She slammed the door behind her. Larry understood that he had to sleep on the couch again.

She woke up in the middle of the night, sweating. She touched the other side of the bed. Larry wasn't there. She got up, a hand on her back.

"Larry?"

She went to the living room, checked into the kitchen. He wasn't there either. She started to panic.

"Larry? Larry?"

She already knew that she would have no answer. She sat on the couch and bursted into tears. She had never been so worried.

"Where is he? What if something happened to him? What if he had decided to leave?" she kept asking with despair.

She thought of calling Renee but it was 3 am. She laid down on the couch, she just couldn't sit because her back was aching too much. She looked at the clock and told herself: "If he isn't back at 7 am, I'll call the police." Sobbing and panting, she finally fell asleep and had nightmares in which Larry was dying from a car crash and was commiting suicide.

"Ally... sweetie... wake up!"

She felt a soft hand caressing her hair and opened her eyes. Larry was there, shaved and looking in good shape.

"Wh... Where were you God damn it?" she asked with a mix of relief and anger.

"I just went for a walk." he explained.

"In the middle of the night?" she asked, raising up careffully. She looked at the clock, it was 5 am. Larry hadn't been gone for long.

"I... I was so worried." she cried.

He took her in his arms and rubbed her back softly. He kissed the top of her head.

"Honey... I just needed to take a walk and think about stuff."

Stuff meaning... Sam.

"I was worried!" Ally repeated again, stepping back. "I... I am really mad at you now!"

"Ally, it was just a walk!"

"Don't you ever do that again, Larry Paul!" she warned him, a finger pointed at him.

"What? Going for a walk?"

"You know what I'm saying..."

"No... I don't!"

She rushed to the bathroom. "Where are you going?" Larry asked, following her.

"To the bathroom! Do I have to ask your permission TO PEE?" she asked back, yelling. "Now... leave me alone!"

She slammed the door and Larry sighed.

"Ally..." he said, after a deep breath.

"Aaaaaahhh! Damn it! Damn it! Give me a break!!!" she screamed behind the door.

"Ally... You're overreacting!"

She opened the door with full force, a hand on her stomach.

"My... my... my water just broke..." she said weakly.

Larry smiled tenderly.

"Okay... this is it."

She shook her head.

"No! No! No! This is not IT! Be... because right now I'm supposed to be mad at you... So I'm just going to slam that door back and sulk a little. Okay?"

"Ally, sweetie..." Larry said, calmly. "I have to take you to the hospital right now."

"Oh!" she gasped.

They were in the hospital for about three hours. Larry was rubbing her stomach gently.

"I can't wait to see her!" he said, dropping a kiss on her belly.

"I love you Larry..." she whispered.

"I love you too!"

Ally pushed his hand away and grabbed her stomach with both hands.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" she screamed. "What the hell was that?"

"A contraction." Larry said, raising his shoulders.

"And how do YOU know?" she screamed. "AAAAAAhhh!"

"Huh..."

Two hours later, Larry was massaging her back.

"Lower... lower... hmmm... there! Larry you're so sweet!"

He kissed her cheek and she immediatly got tense.

"AAAAHHHHH! It hurts!" she screamed.

"Are you okay?" he asked with concern. "Is it an other one? A stronger one? Okay breathe with me!"

"Shut up Larry!"

"Okay..." he said, with a smile.

He continued to rub her back.

"AAAAAAAHHHH! Get your hands off me PIG!" she screamed.

"Okay..." he responded with patience.

Ally pulled him back to her and started to cry in his arms.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry. It just hurts too much."

"It's okay..." he said softly, kissing her forehead. "You're doing just fine!"

"Larry..." she moaned. "Larry... I want to go homw. Take me home please. Maybe it could wait a little. I'm not ready for it... AAAAAHHHH!!!""

In the delivery room, a few hours later:

"Push Ally! PUSH!" Larry was repeating over and over, a hand stroking her wet hair.

"AAAAHHHH! I can't! I can't... I want to go home! I want to go home!"

Larry kissed her forehead.

"Larry... I... I don't want to have a baby after all. I don't need to be a mother to be happy. I've got you."

Larry half smiled and rubbed her stomach gently.

"Hmmm Okay..." he said, with a nod of the head. "I understand but... will you bite me if I'd tell you that it's a little too late to change your mind?"

"Okay... Mrs Paul. Push!" The doctor said.

She pushed again, holding Larry's hand. He grimaced with pain when he heard his own fingers craking.

"AAAAAAhhhhhhhhh!"

Ally grabbed Larry by the collar of his shirt.

"This is what I get for one night of esctasy with you Larry Paul. AAAAAHHHH!" she screamed. "Well... listen to me YOU JERK... Don't expect to have sex with me AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH... AGAIN!"

"Push!" the doctor said again and to reassure Larry he added: "Don't worry they are all saying that. A month after the delivery, they are all asking for sex!"

Ally pointed a finger at the doctor.

"I am going to sue you for that reply!" she screamed. "AAAAAAAAHHH!"

"Ally..." Larry said, covering her mouth with a hand.

"An other push... Good!"

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Okay.. I see the head." the doctor said.

"I am want to see her... I want to see my baby!" Ally cried.

"One more push and that's it!"

Ally pushed again, her face turning red by the effort.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! SHIIIIIIIIIIT!"

They heard silence for about two seconds and then a small cry made it's way to their ears. Larry kissed Ally on the temple. His tears mixed with hers as they looked at their daughter. She was agitating her little arms with energy. The nurse quickly cleaned her and wrapped her in a soft cover. A moment after, she was in her mother's arms.

"Hi Anna..." Ally said softly.

She put a little kiss on her forehead and noticed that she had Larry's dark hair and his nose. She turned to look at him. He could barely hold back tears from his eyes. He touched her little hand and she immediatly grabbed his finger.

"My girl..." he whispered, with a soft smile. "Thank you Ally..."

He kissed her though his tears. There were no words to describe how they were feeling at this moment. She leaned her head on Larry's cheek and they both looked at adoration at the little life their love had created. Then Larry said something that meant a lot:

"We are a family."

Three days later, Ally and Anna got out of the hospital and went home. Larry opened the door of the apartment with an excited look on his face, holding his daughter with the other arm. Ally entered and gasped.

"Oh! My..."

There was a giant Christmas tree in the middle of the living room. Under it, many presents were there. She looked at the kitchen. The table was settle and she could see a big turkey on it. She turned to Larry. He was dropping soft kisses on Anna's forehead.

"Larry..." Ally sighed with contentement.

"Wait." he said, slidding the baby to Ally's arm. "Give me a minute."

He went to the bedroom and Ally bursted out laughing when she was him coming back a few minutes later.

"HO! HO! HO!"

He was wearing a Santa Claus costume and had a bag on his shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Ally laughed.

"Anything for my girls." he said, behind his white beard, as an explanation.

Both looked at their daughter. Anna was doing a little pout. They laughed.

"That thing she does with her lips... that's exactly you, Ally... when you're manipulating me."

"Nah!" she replied, slapping his shoulder.

She pulled down his beard and kissed him softly.

"I love you Santa!" she said tenderly.

"I love you Ally." he whispered kissing her back and then, leaning to the baby. "And I love you Anna."

Ally giggled and looked at the Christmas decorations.

"You didn't have to do this, Larry. Really... Anna is too small. She won't remember it."

Larry pulled down his beard again and flashed a bright smile at his wife and his daughter.

"I will." he simply said.

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