Okay- so the Pregnancy story is one of my favorites, and I just couldn't let it go! So here it is- A SEQUEL! Just to let you knwo there wont be a new chapter everyday because I have freaking FINALS. GRRRRRR.
Moses had found out about Hazel's pregnancy a mere 24 hours ago. When they got home, Moses couldn't sleep-his thoughts prevented him from getting any rest at all.
'I'm going to be a father...'
' Surely I'm dreaming, right?'
'What will she look like?'
'Will she look more like me or Hazel?'
'What month will she be born in?"
"February.'
'I wonder what she's doing right now..."
Moses kept thinking all though the night, until about 7 am. He gets up to find Hazel looking out the window.
"Good morning, sweetheart." Moses says, full of affection.
"Good morning, Moses," Hazel says before turning back to the window.
"You're thinking about something," Moses says, crossing his arms behind his head.
" Just the baby. What she'll look like. I've been trying to imagine her, but its not really working."
"Do you have an ultrasound picture?" Moses asks.
"Yeah, actually. I'll go get it." Hazel gets up to go get the picture.
'don't cry, don't cry, don't cry!' Moses mentally tells himself.
But by the time Moses sees the picture, it's already too late.
"No no no, Moses, don't be sad! You can barely see anything anyway!"
"I know but...she's just so...tiny and beautiful." Moses says, still crying.
"Woah..." Hazel says, jumping a bit.
"What's wrong?" Moses asks with a face full of worry and concern.
Hazel guides his hand to her tummy.
"I don't feel any..."
Moses is interrupted by the tiniest movement. He looks at Hazel with large brown eyes that threaten to cry again.
"I've noticed that she only moves when you talk, Moses. She loves her daddy already!" Hazel laughs.
Moses cries again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Talking with Ramses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, everything is going well?" Ramses asks. They are sitting on the patio.
"Yeah, so far. It's just that-I'm being more emotional than Hazel."
"What do you mean?"
"Well...Yesterday, I saw an ultrasound of her...And then, I felt her move. The experience was already overwhelming, but then, Hazel says that the baby only kicks when I talk." Moses says, biting his lip to insure the tears don't return.
"Holy crap..."
"I know-Wait. Normally, you tease me for stuff like this...Why'd you stop?" Moses asks.
"That's what I was going to tell you about." Ramses says, scratching the back of his head.
"I'm all ears." Moses says, leaning forward in the chair.
"I'm not sure how to put this..."
"Come on, Ramses, Just spit it out! I'm sure I can take it."
"Uh, well... Miranda is pregnant too."
Moses' jaw drops.
"Oh my God..." Moses falls back against the chair, almost passing out.
"Ha, that's what I said, too."
Moses hugs Ramses tightly.
"Tell me what happened, Ramses!" Moses says.
*Flashback*
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"Can you believe this, Miranda?" Ramses asks.
"Yes, actually." Miranda says, taking a seat on the couch.
"What? How?"
"Her instant change of eating habits, mood, all of that good stuff. Plus, she acted like she was hiding something."
"It's impossible to hide things from you, isn't it?" Ramses asks with a smile.
"Almost impossible. Hazel actually managed to hide my birthday present from me for a solid 72 hours once when we were twelve. I was pretty impressed."
"Where did she hide it?" Ramses was looking for ideas.
"In a bag of dog food."
Ramses laughs.
"Speaking of which, I have to go get something." Miranda gets up.
She is gone for about five minutes. She then comes back with a large blue box and sits it on Ramses' lap.
He looks at her, confused.
"Open it!" She says, joyfully.
Ramses opens it. Inside, there is a note, written in blue writing.
'Hi, Daddy! I can't wait to meet you in February!'
Beside it, there is a blue pacifier and rattle.
Ramses looks at her with a dumbfounded expression.
"I'm pregnant," Miranda says proudly.
Ramses picks her up and dances with her. Then, he puts her down.
"Oh my God..." Ramses says. "I'm going to be a father."
"Congrats to us!" Miranda says, laughing.
Ramses just hugs her again as he takes it all in.
_End Flashback_
"Wow," Moses says.
"I know," Ramses says, smiling again.
"So-we are going to be fathers?" Moses asks.
"Gee, I don't know Moses. What do you think?"
"If our kids end up anything like you or Hazel, the world is in trouble."
"We aren't that bad," Ramses smirks.
"Let's see," Moses says. "You threw a turtle into a lake, You flushed my goldfish down the toilet, and Hazel almost set me on fire."
"Almost! You were way too close to those fireworks, Moses. And that turtle was just fine."
"He was not! That was a tortoise, Ramses! It couldn't swim!" Moses says.
"Well how was I supposed to know that! I was...nine!" Ramses says.
"That poor tortoise probably had a family..." Moses says, thinking of the baby again. "And so did my goldfish!"
"That fish was older than dirt."
"He was not! You flushed him because mom grounded you for having girls over without permission!" Moses says, laughing.
"For the eightieth time, Moses! We were studying!"
"Ha, studying." Moses remarks.
"We were!"
" I'm only stating the facts. Or should I say...the facts of life?"
"MOSES!" Ramses tries to hit his brother, but Moses dodges it.
"Woah, no need to be hostile, Ramses!" Moses says, cracking up.
Suddenly, Ramses thinks of something.
"At least I wasn't jumping out of windows for underage girls."
"Well, at least when I say studying with Miranda, I literally mean studying with Miranda."
"At least people don't have to worry about me jumping out of windows to see Hazel in hopes of knocking her up."
"People don't have to worry about me knocking her up now!" Moses says.
"You already did!" Ramses laughs.
"...I forgot." Moses says.
The two brothers share a laugh, just like they used to when they were little.
