Morning Sickness
Light creeped into the apartment slowly; I glared through the uneven glass of the windows, reflecting in weird angles. Joey tried to ignore the mornings glare, but didn't succeed. He was fully awake, no chance of him going back to sleep now.
Joey stared at the ceiling, just going over the last few months events. Yugi and Tea had their first child, Jamie, he and Mai were still super busy with their first Haylie, and Serenity was due in two weeks. Indeed, the Kaiba dynasty was branching out, even though he was happy that his sister had settled down, but he was still disturbed that it was with Kaiba.
Mai rustled under the covers, kicking them off her feet. Joey knew she was going to be awake any moment now, he also knew not to interfere with her until she had her coffee. She was hell before she had her coffee, but after a little mocha and kisses, she was all good.
Then, almost on queue, there was a small knock on the bedroom door. Joey rolled out of bed and dragged himself to the door, and there stood Haylie in her little nightie. "Morning, sweetie." He said, scooping her up. She giggled in her little voice; Joey proceeded to carrying his little girl to the kitchen.
"Daddy! I'm not a baby!" She laughed; Joey set her in her highchair. For a three-year-old she was talking a lot, Joey figured she got that from Mai. "What do ya want for breakfast?" Joey asked Haylie, scoping the fridge. "Banana!" She screeched, he shut the fridge and took a banana out of the fruit bowl that sat on the kitchen counter and handed it to Haylie.
"Thank you!" And with that Haylie began eating her banana happily. Joey smiled, life was good. Then the phone started to ring, the annoying ringtone vibrating though his ears. He grabbed the nearest phone, which was on the dining room table, and checked the caller ID. KaibaCorp, it was Serenity.
"Hello?" He answered, just in case it was Kaiba. Not likely, but just in case. "Morning Wheeler." Or this morning, very likely. "Kaiba, what's ya purpose in calling?" "It's at your sister's request, Wheeler." "Well what's keeping her busy?" He heard Kaiba sigh, "Morning sickness, again. She wanted me to call you to ask if you wanted to come to the last ultrasound."
Joey considered his schedule; it was a Saturday, his day off. "Yea, I'll come. What time?" "Eleven, now I should be getting to Serenity. She'll be very pleased to hear you are coming." Joey leaned against the kitchen counter; this conversation was going quite well for so early in the morning. "Anything for ma lil sista, Kaiba." With that he hung up.
At The Kaiba Mansion
"Serenity? Are you sure you don't want anything?" Kaiba asked, talking though the door. "Seto, I'm…" She began vomiting again; Kaiba hated watching this part of the pregnancy. Sure she glowed during the day, but in the mornings, not very enjoyable.
"Joey said he's coming to the ultrasound today, he's going to meet us at the hospital." More gagging, "Darling, are you sure you don't need anything?" "It'll pass." She answered in a muffled voice.
A minute passed; there was no noise from the bathroom. "Serenity?" Kaiba called, "You alright?" He leaned against the door, then it opened almost pushing him over. "I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" Serenity asked, looking pale and washed-out. "I am, but are you?" She nodded numbly, and then leaned against Kaiba, who took her into a hug.
"I forgot how this experience was supposed to be good for me." She moaned, Kaiba chuckled softly. "They lied."
At The Hospital
Kaiba and Serenity sat in the maternity ward, waiting for their names to be called, and for Joey. "Wheelers going to be late." Kaiba muttered, staring at the hospitals clock. "He'll get here." Said Serenity, a protective hand covering her balloon of a stomach.
"Are you feeling any better?" Kaiba asked, breaking the silence, when Serenity didn't reply he nudged her gently. "I'm sorry, what?" She barely whispered. "Are you feeling better?" He repeated, she nodded, "I told you it would pass." Kaiba smiled, he was honestly ecstatic that he and Serenity were about to have a baby. He was even more excited that it was with Serenity, the sweetest, most beautiful girl in his world.
One Year Earlier
"So, what do you think?" Kaiba asked, staring out over all of Domino City. "Amazing, Seto." Serenity sighed, "But you fail to tell me why we're in a blimp." Kaiba was taken back, he had this whole thing planned out in his head, and what she had said was not in the script.
"I just figured that what I'm about to ask you was really important." Serenity spun around, staring right at Kaiba. "What was so important?" She slowly walked over to him, smiling. He was really nervous now, it felt like his heart was going to jump out of his throat.
'No, you're bigger than that, you don't even know what being nervous is.' He told himself, then he looked down at Serenity, who was he kidding? She was the only thing that could ever get him nervous like this.
"Are you going to answer my question?" She asked him with a certain look of innocence in her brown eyes. He took her hands into his then went down on one knee, Serenity's jaw dropped.
"You walked into this exact blimp six years ago," Kaiba began, Serenity's eyes started tearing up. "Ever since I saw you then, I was intrigued. I saw how you were so close to your brother, and I was hooked. Through Battle City, the whole virtual nightmare ordeal, everything, I didn't want to think that I could've ever fallen in love."
Now Serenity had tears running down her cheeks and was bouncing on the balls of her feet I anticipation. "But I did, and I did with you. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, will you marry me?"
Serenity had tears falling from her face, and she was looking at the ground, but she didn't answer. "Serenity?" Kaiba asked, he was terrified. What if she said no? What if he went too fast?
"Yes." She whispered, "Yes, I will." All the tension was gone with those three simple words. Kaiba scooped Serenity up and kissed her full on the mouth. "I love you."
Present Day
Serenity grabbed Kaiba's shoulder, "Joey's here, sweetie." He came out of his little day dream and saw Joey walking up to them holding Hailey, who was screaming "Auntie!" "Hey sweetie, how's my little cutie?" Serenity replied enthusiastically, kissing Hailey on the forehead. "Hey Ren, your looking good for an extremely pregnant woman." Joey said, giving her a one-armed hug. "Umm… Thanks, I think." She laughed, "We should be called in any moment now."
Kaiba stood up behind her, "Glad you could come, Wheeler." He looked at Hailey, "You too, mini-Wheeler." Hailey giggled and nuzzled her face into Joey's shirt.
"Kaiba, Serenity." A feminine voice said, Serenity tuned around to see a nurse standing at the doorway of the ultra-sound room. She took a deep breath and Kaiba grabber her hand, "One last time?" He said hopefully, she nodded, "One last time."
In The Ultra-Sound
"So Mrs. Kaiba, you are how many months in?" The ultra-sound technician asked. "Thirty-four weeks in." She replied, she was lying down on an uncomfortable hospital bed, her shirt pulled above her stomach. Kaiba sat in one of the visitor chairs, Joey sat next to him with an entranced Hailey on his lap.
"Well, the baby looks alright. There's the face," The technician could've gone on forever talking but all that Serenity cared about was her baby. She could see the little face, the little hand and feet, she was already in love with her/him. "Would you like to know the sex?"
Serenity glanced at Kaiba, almost asking permission. He shrugged, "I'm not the one that's gone through nine months of discomfort." He said. Serenity took a breath, and shook her head, "I've waited thirty-four weeks, I can wait two more." The technician nodded and continued to probe Serenity's stomach. "Do you want to hold the scanner sweetie?" The technician asked Haylie, who began jumping on her dad's knee at the question.
"Yes!" She squealed, Serenity smiled and Joey carried Hailey over to where the technician was seated. The technician passed the scanner to Joey who put Haylie's hands under his own. He slowly led her hands around Serenity's stomach and giggled, Serenity smiled at Joey. "Your doing god sis, your doing good."
1 Week Later
Seto navigated his way through the busy streets of Domino City, they were driving at about ten miles per hour due to the joy of rush hour. Serenity was staring out the window lucently, probably exhausted. She had been up all night dealing with stomach pains, many times Kaiba mistook them for being in labor, Serenity just shook her head and kept pacing, "It's just a little cramping."
Now she was practically passing out whenever she sat down. "Damn rush-hour." Kaiba muttered under his breath, Serenity nodded in agreement. "Mokuba's going to be waiting for a while." Serenity nodded again.
Than almost on queue, Kaiba's cell phone rang. "KaibaCorp." He answered in a monotonous bored voice. "Seto? Where are you two? The testing is going to start any minute now." "Not without me, your not. We'll be there in ten minutes."