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?360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSYabScgUW
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“Remy!” I jumped a little and Ms. Millie looked at me with worry. “Are you alright, child?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1siCfn7AZt
“Yes ma’am…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd6o6MJHp8
“I called you at least four times and you never answered.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o5uiW0bnL
“Sorry… I guess I must have spaced out…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH5hhSzFG2
“Some people walked in at Table 6, looks like a big family.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uc5vXidFC
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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkki79kwOE
“Hello, welcome. What can I get you all to drink?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK95hss7Sh
The older man looked up and his eyes widened.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZFQu9XxxQ
“Oh, uh… A large cranberry juice.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfljttj3vy
“Hmm, some coffee…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu95J22LdU
“Mom, you can’t have coffee while you’re pregnant.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3A7yH5tKr
“I’m cold though.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUAQhhieSA
“Do you have- Hey, it’s you.” He said with a grin to me.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrsnokkETL
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrSXNLEfcW
“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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBYsJOKKln
“Don’t blame just me… Perry, you know this girl?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGKQZbVtcz
“Yeah, she went to my school.” He turned back to me. “You never called. Did I do something wrong?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZzrnK8EyU
“Perry… Not here…” I said, looking at his parents.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjtSEaayXm
“Pewwy wook! I got a cwayon!” one of the little ones said.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK7WSGdLyO
He turned swiftly to them and smiled. “That’s great. It’s a pretty blue one, huh?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87htQ6GMW8
“Wike your eyes!” she said with a childish grin and put her hands over her mouth in embarrassment.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtTTp7imxH
I smiled at them as Perry got the two little girl’s attention.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRW544igBs
“Sapphire, Pink, can you tell the nice lady what you want to drink?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqbaHN8Vpe
“I want sthweet tea…” the other little girl said.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHU0CsOoh3
“I want spwite!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGprykNzUW5
“Alright, a Sprite for you, sweet tea, hot chocolate, and cranberry juice. What about you?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wn9gbEh2U
“I’ll have hot tea.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE646lhLmpl
“Okay, I’ll be right back.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi6x92AoA8
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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsHsROmTWn
“I hope they didn’t offend you.” I heard beside me and looked over.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLe1DLY9Tn
Perry was looking at me with a worried expression.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnryZdjAih4
“N-no, I wasn’t offended.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlFoQpJHMb
“Are you sure? The girls aren’t exactly quiet but they’re sweet so they didn’t mean any harm.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZscWHTXXu2
“I know they’re just curious. I’m sure they ask their mother questions all the time… By the way what is she having?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVAgrD8GGv
“A boy. I think my dad will stop now.” He said with a chuckle as he played with the tea bag. “What about you?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvM4P6k658
“A rare boy and girl.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfFlGc3W6q
“Awesome… Did your cousin not give my number to you?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPVVFhuaNY
“Um, well, he did but… I thought you were joking.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ5cCvcBhp
“What do you mean?” he asked, turning his head at me calmly.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWZmE742M9
“Well, seriously, you met me at the obstetrician’s office…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEexefnN3N
Perry played with his lip ring for a moment and with his tea.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeevcaeQq1d
“So, just because I met you at a weird place doesn’t mean I wanna get to know you?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtEYaGeHSr
“It was the obstetrician’s office.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXA29Lwl6v
“Alright, so I have a fetish.” He said calmly, looking up at me with just his eyes. “Pregnant girls turn me on.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG8s16yOg1
“Um, that’s great to know.” I said with a nervous laugh.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQAd1nrpb7
“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?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOUzuW3iTY
“I never-“360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0BHk7XPkX
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGWZ52rCfD
“Order up, Remy.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRe8ma1VpFy
“I have to get back to work.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6DHQaaq4E
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…360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjP9jMGvBJ
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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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAEP2eZObA
“Um…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EIMIJlrYf
“Happy gender-finding-out!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qWPlpN16l
“Uncle Thad, that was like a week ago.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcEUChKgxz
“I know but I didn’t get to do anything for you!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LMy3jly6R
“We’re having a party of three.” Avery said with a sigh. “I was invited because I live here.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7ddwPSR1R
“I figured that, stupid. But seriously, what’s going on?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgINrS2D3Ct
Uncle Thad smiled and put his arm around my shoulders, leading me up the stairs.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIJiw9dt0h
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiTWYKoZSH
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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQapMQkY4n
“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?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9hRKapX09
“It… It’s so thoughtful but… I can’t accept this.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9IhN5BXQt
“Why not?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxToiArwwIP
“I can’t walk in here because everywhere I look I see Jealous!” I cried, bawling into my hands.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWzySjjv8D
Uncle Thadeus pulled me into a hug and stroked my head softly.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKXQm1uCi7
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VvZ20BUiy
I sniffled and nodded but looked at him sadly again.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKNU0tOKtN
“Well, can I make a regretful request?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKOdwxOGe5
“I guess…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOje1Gl93r
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWaj5NhEeE
Uncle Thad laughed. “That we can do. Are you going to keep with naming tradition and give your kids crazy names?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwWtrFAyDy
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8SoqQXGNf
“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.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMtpVGcS64
“You can keep the stuffed Chewbacca though. That’s too adorable.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUaJategVc
We laughed and left the room.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApJEitqFJE
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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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXZMouXwu7
“Hello?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAqIS9E7ez
“Um… is this Perry?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKxlIZ5WKy
“This is his father. Who is this?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL3hvI8RFv
“Um… a friend. Can I talk to him? Perry, that is…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJsUpTxOz2
“PERRY! THERE’S A GIRL ON THE PHONE FOR YOU!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwqSD6SI7E
I draw circles on my tummy and a foot pressed up to say hello. I poked it and it kicked back.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlAVFJGenH
“Hello?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgOQ8p2Flh
“Um, hi. This is Remy… um… I… IjustwantedtosayIwassorry, BYE!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0oUYpSOnF
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.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMLJj37MAl
“He- hello?”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIYJjoZmdo
“You wanna run whatever language that was by me again?” Perry said from the other end with a laugh.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0538PdINA1
“I… I’m sorry…”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ2gtWNlus
“Don’t be. I’m sure that was really weird coming from someone who looks like me.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0KIUWL49Y
“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!”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mhf5mLd9V
Perry was dying on the other end of the phone.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkzpaRtphW
“No, you’re right but it’s still funny.” He laughed some more.360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMib3nqNhl
“I’m not very good at this sort of thing.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuoRjzPctW
“I’m not either.”360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG7oMwjVF1
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… 360Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9hsbYGCrJ
