Fairytale Life: Announcements

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"Well, then it gives me great pleasure to tell this to you. Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Grayson, you're going to have a baby"

For a moment, it seemed that all time had stopped for both Kori and Richard. Looks of shock were on their faces and for moment, Dr Wood didn't know whether this was good news or bad news for the couple. After about a minute of no response, Dr Wood tried again.

"Umm, Mr and Mrs Grayson?"

"Well, that's just...brilliant!" screamed Richard, jumping out of his seat and taking Kori into a huge hug. Kori, broken out of the trance, returned the hug and shrieked. She was having a baby. Another baby...The couple thanked the doctor and Kori was handed an ultrasound appointment.

"Don't forget it, OK?" reminded Dr Wood and Kori nodded reassuringly. She wouldn't forget; she wouldn't do anything wrong this time. The two left, hand in hand and made their way back home, eager to tell their friends about the news. They pulled into the garage and quietly made their way up to the common room. The group of friends were all sitting on the sofa watching a movie. Richard cleared his throat as a sign of his presence and the group turned around to face him.

"What's up?" asked Vic. Richard motioned for the group to gather around the table. Gar paused the movie and slowly, everyone took a seat. The group were starting to get anxious; Richard never called for group meetings unless it was something extremely important.

"Well, you all know how unwell Kori's been feeling lately?" began Richard. Everyone's gaze went onto Kori, who was presently clutching her stomach. Their attention swiftly went back towards Richard as he continued talking.

"We went to the doctor's just now and they took a few tests. And they found something," said Richard. The group of friends suddenly felt very nervous as to what it was that they had discovered. They looked over at Kori and Richard's expression. They were both rather solemn looking. This isn't good...thought the others. However, they were all curious so they didn't disagree.

"What was it?" asked Karen, finally letting curiousity take the better of her. Suddenly, Kori and Richard's expressions changed to one of huge happiness. What the heck? thought the others.

"I'm pregnant!" announced Kori. Rachel and Karen shrieked and pulled Kori into a group hug while Gar and Vic hugged Richard seperately. After the celebrations, Richard placed his hand around Kori's waist. They are definetly made for each other, thought the others for the hundredth time in those past few months. Everyone noticed Kori's expression change and she swiftly wriggled out of Richard's hold.

"Excuse me," she replied, hand over her mouth as she ran out of the room. The group had confused looks on their faces.

"Morning sickness," explained Richard, running out of the room to catch up with Kori. The couples left in the room smiled. Suddenly a thought hit Rachel.

"Guys, I'm just as happy for those two as the rest of you and I have no doubt that they'll make great parents," began Rachel. The others didn't like where this was going, but no-one dared stop Rachel. For some reason, they could tell what Rachel was going to say.

"But what if Kori suffers another miscarriage? They say that if you've already suffered one, the chances of another are higher and I don't think Kori can go through that again," confessed Rachel. The atmosphere in the room changed right away from one of happiness and celebration to one of dread and sadness. It was true; if Kori suffered another miscarriage, she wouldn't be able to cope with it. She'd only just gotten her life back on track and it had seemed that she'd only just accepted the loss of her previous baby. It was obvious she still blamed herself, but the group of friends were slowly convincing her that it wasn't her fault. Just then, Richard came back into the room.

"She's just going to take a nap," he said. He looked at the expressions on his friend's faces.

"What's going on?" he asked. The friends led him towards the sofa and asked him to take a seat.

"What's going on?" he asked again, more forcefully this time. The team didn't know what to say; they didn't want to burst the bubble, but they had to be prepared. Finally, Gar spoke up.

"We were just saying what would happen if Kori suffered another...miscarriage" The word rolled off his tongue and the others could all detect the amount of hate he had towards the word; they all felt exactly the same. Richard wrinkled his brow; he had thought about that already. He hated to admit it, but he didn't know. That was the one thing he couldn't control; nature. He sighed and decided to answer.

"I guess, there's nothing we can do. I know that there's a higher risk now because she's already had one, but I still want to try for a baby. Guys, if I thought about that everytime I considered having a child with Kori, then I wouldn't even try would I? I love Kori so much and I know how much she's always wanted a child. This is probably the best thing that's happened to her since the miscarriage. I don't want to ruin that for her now. I know that there might be another chance of it happening, but is it necessary for us to tell Kori that? Can we just not tell her? Please?" pleaded Richard. The group smiled at their friend. He was always thinking about Kori before himself and they looked up to him because of his caring nature. Rachel took his hand into hers and squeezed it gently. Richard looked up at his friends and smiled gently.

"Whatever you want, dude," assured Gar. They heard the door open and all heads darted towards the sound. There stood Kori, dressed in tracksuit bottoms and one of Richard's t-shirts.

"Oh, sorry. I was just going to get something to eat," blushed Kori, who hadn't been expecting everyone to see her dressed like that. Richard walked over to her and dragged her over to the sofa.

"Take a rest, honey" He smiled at her and kissed her gently on the lips. He walked over to the kitchen and started preparing some pasta for her. Kori smiled and looked at her friends, a look of contentment on her face.

"Now why don't you ever do that for me?" questioned Karen and Rachel. Quickly, Vic and Gar rushed to the kitchen to help Richard prepare lunch. The girls all laughed happily and soon, the house was filled with the smell of lunch cooking, the sound of laughter from the girls and the atmosphere of love in the air.