I’d never seen anything like it in my whole life. I’d seen it happen in books, movies, and TV shows but never in real life. What I was seeing couldn’t be real, right?440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaCFssd9Sz
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“Remy!” I jumped a little and Ms. Millie looked at me with worry. “Are you alright, child?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrCf8gMlv1
“Yes ma’am…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Iu5wDaJnr
“I called you at least four times and you never answered.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0Pb6VerQ6
“Sorry… I guess I must have spaced out…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9vWuIn0Pi
“Some people walked in at Table 6, looks like a big family.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtnYkgDGrw
I nodded and smoothed my apron over myself to go to the table. I walked up to them and was surprised to see the guy from the obstetrician’s office there with what looked like twin sisters and his parents. I grumbled at my horrible luck but walked up.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoAfGxxuhx
“Hello, welcome. What can I get you all to drink?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjHFHwIkKp
The older man looked up and his eyes widened.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWd3fthhJ6
“Oh, uh… A large cranberry juice.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nBc5KV7ZV
“Hmm, some coffee…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzUKwQOicS
“Mom, you can’t have coffee while you’re pregnant.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOZBC8T4tG
“I’m cold though.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU1eASUOYD
“Do you have- Hey, it’s you.” He said with a grin to me.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnf8197hL6
“Yeah… yay…” I said a little sarcastically but I was already embarrassed that his father was looking at me weird and the fact that he was here in general. “Um, we have hot chocolate or hot tea.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0Xd94BRBp
“I guess hot chocolate will do. Ugh, I’m dying for some coffee again but somebody won’t quit getting me pregnant.” She growled, kicking the man in the leg.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfogIS9eEMi
“Don’t blame just me… Perry, you know this girl?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbgDxRCWEF
“Yeah, she went to my school.” He turned back to me. “You never called. Did I do something wrong?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU9Wfl8QIr
“Perry… Not here…” I said, looking at his parents.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0u8XKqDAi
“Pewwy wook! I got a cwayon!” one of the little ones said.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrT33dibEs
He turned swiftly to them and smiled. “That’s great. It’s a pretty blue one, huh?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6LUOKPnfU
“Wike your eyes!” she said with a childish grin and put her hands over her mouth in embarrassment.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mHIgd3cD5
I smiled at them as Perry got the two little girl’s attention.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHQmZaGTBh
“Sapphire, Pink, can you tell the nice lady what you want to drink?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKqWBTanrt
“I want sthweet tea…” the other little girl said.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp0lR1uPFN
“I want spwite!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xATerP9xm
“Alright, a Sprite for you, sweet tea, hot chocolate, and cranberry juice. What about you?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypSJtZ2wvd
“I’ll have hot tea.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmybb0jOyTK
“Okay, I’ll be right back.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5nbowUsNK
I walked to the back and got everyone’s drinks, bringing it back. They ordered and I went back behind the counter where I felt safer and tried to breathe.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPBrcrz4m5
“I hope they didn’t offend you.” I heard beside me and looked over.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSXQ1e1vWt
Perry was looking at me with a worried expression.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbPNKrWuwG
“N-no, I wasn’t offended.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUNNS0RCyX
“Are you sure? The girls aren’t exactly quiet but they’re sweet so they didn’t mean any harm.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrQBMQsIz7
“I know they’re just curious. I’m sure they ask their mother questions all the time… By the way what is she having?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy1fvKR5Rn
“A boy. I think my dad will stop now.” He said with a chuckle as he played with the tea bag. “What about you?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPjVHgg0YP
“A rare boy and girl.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrqxk4gf9c
“Awesome… Did your cousin not give my number to you?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAC8LasL5D
“Um, well, he did but… I thought you were joking.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuTbdmNDhP
“What do you mean?” he asked, turning his head at me calmly.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsclxFCciuX
“Well, seriously, you met me at the obstetrician’s office…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRH7Zzn5J6
Perry played with his lip ring for a moment and with his tea.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFdqrTdEo0
“So, just because I met you at a weird place doesn’t mean I wanna get to know you?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWUUkAzF2J
“It was the obstetrician’s office.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kv38Mi1sW
“Alright, so I have a fetish.” He said calmly, looking up at me with just his eyes. “Pregnant girls turn me on.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1q8MFlsqgG
“Um, that’s great to know.” I said with a nervous laugh.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5YtAj8X0K
“I’m not trying to be creepy and the only reason you think I am is because you think you’re undateable or rather, ugly, right?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp2dX38Cg4
“I never-“440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm07Cave1KJ
“Remember… I’m not trying to be strange or get on your good side. I’m being genuine here. I had a crush on you before when I worked at the police station but seeing you like this… It’s really hot.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy1EOYc8d7
“Order up, Remy.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCxAC7HOU4
“I have to get back to work.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpdcgMOwzn
Perry smiled a little and went back to his seat. I really was kind of freaked out but I was also unsure. I mean, most people don’t come up to you and say that your pregnancy is hot. I felt really bad because I think I offended him…440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6r6QAN6wX
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I walked into the house, still feeling really horrible about what happened with Perry when I heard a popper crack and I screamed. I looked over at the living room and saw Uncle Thad with confetti on his head and Avery with a kazoo in his mouth. He gave a pitiful blow.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu63iJkpxk9
“Um…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8Vgz83KX8
“Happy gender-finding-out!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PpACuQSLK
“Uncle Thad, that was like a week ago.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoDPaFBgzD
“I know but I didn’t get to do anything for you!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW50qaACnjC
“We’re having a party of three.” Avery said with a sigh. “I was invited because I live here.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkLTuZJNDW
“I figured that, stupid. But seriously, what’s going on?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef5BABYsjR
Uncle Thad smiled and put his arm around my shoulders, leading me up the stairs.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5In8JZQmhg
“We have a surprise for you.” He pulled me along and then stopped at a door. “Close your eyes.” I sighed but did as he told and he pulled me along for a second. “Alright, open.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCjmQEyxj2
I opened my eyes and my heart fell. It was a nursery… One side was Star Wars themed and the other side was themed in Fruits Basket. I put my hands over my mouth.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIKBEcffCQ
“I remember that you said if you had one or the other you’d want the boy to be a Star Wars kid and the girl you wanted to have a more anime side to her. So, you get the best of both- Remy? Why are you crying?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3hFB7KoMS
“It… It’s so thoughtful but… I can’t accept this.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MqLlpkmMO
“Why not?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQqDObFLBp
“I can’t walk in here because everywhere I look I see Jealous!” I cried, bawling into my hands.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpOzblAJgm
Uncle Thadeus pulled me into a hug and stroked my head softly.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oC98QD0su
“Remy, Jay is gone. Where he went, I have no idea, but you can’t blame yourself for making him leave and you can’t blame him for not being there when you called that fateful night. The best we can do is make do with what we have now and what we have are two little people coming into the world who is going to need their mother more than anything.” I looked up at him and he smiled. “Think of this as a step forward. You can’t avoid everything forever. You’re going to run into things that Jay liked but believe me, Remy, there are worse things.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhhfc0m1ZN
I sniffled and nodded but looked at him sadly again.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbWqnXq8Wj
“Well, can I make a regretful request?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDFhUv61QO
“I guess…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaHnSeQPdU
“Can we just make them both anime babies? Can you exchange or sell this and make the boy’s part Fullmetal Alchemist or Bleach? I won’t be so emotional with that. You know how much Jay loved Star Wars. That’s just a little much.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMZCoHLRhy
Uncle Thad laughed. “That we can do. Are you going to keep with naming tradition and give your kids crazy names?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9XjbewJFH
“Yes and no. More like not really used that often names that just seem weird.” Uncle Thad chuckled and I hugged him again. “I’m sorry.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyIYHgQIAM
“Don’t be. You were so close to him and care for him most of the time. You have every right not to be constantly reminded of him. We’ll see what we can do.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ67Bz1j54
“You can keep the stuffed Chewbacca though. That’s too adorable.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg9fh9BzPu
We laughed and left the room.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxS4X7E5kz
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I played with the little piece of paper that Perry had given me and I sighed. I should totally apologize to him… I dialed the number and waited for the phone to ring.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYNb83cFc7
“Hello?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SX3CFyJKl
“Um… is this Perry?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpNBhyki9I
“This is his father. Who is this?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8526ySaet
“Um… a friend. Can I talk to him? Perry, that is…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0hF8imxiD
“PERRY! THERE’S A GIRL ON THE PHONE FOR YOU!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm7TgZcJWM
I draw circles on my tummy and a foot pressed up to say hello. I poked it and it kicked back.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj5qucQ3Te
“Hello?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i7udoB8em
“Um, hi. This is Remy… um… I… IjustwantedtosayIwassorry, BYE!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42Ls22ADpr
I hung up quickly and squeed, putting my face in my hands in total embarrassment. I could take on four boys to defend my brother but taking on one to talk with like a girly girl? I suck… I screamed when the phone rang again and I turned it on.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWDTLIBfHD
“He- hello?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbCRM2Vmdy
“You wanna run whatever language that was by me again?” Perry said from the other end with a laugh.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eogHXUn4g
“I… I’m sorry…”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AX5UDQpBu
“Don’t be. I’m sure that was really weird coming from someone who looks like me.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqeqAi6Cca
“No. Just weird in general. Actually, if you had looked like you used to, I would have taken it to a different level of weird. Oh god! I’m sorry, I’m horrible!”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw4ABJcdhp
Perry was dying on the other end of the phone.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVRVXaNxUI
“No, you’re right but it’s still funny.” He laughed some more.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAsKrPyEnf
“I’m not very good at this sort of thing.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIU4uvxhEj
“I’m not either.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaXQp38XP7
We talked into the night and laughed about lots of things. I felt happy for the first time since Jealous left. I felt at peace with myself… 440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoL0la3o4DC
