Being pregnant was not something Lucille Langston thought she would ever experience. She had trouble conceiving and had suffered two miscarriages before she became pregnant with her miracle baby. When the doctor told her she had made it past the typical miscarriage window, both Henry and Lucille where over the moon and with every milestone, they celebrated. Now, five months later, all they where waiting for was the baby's first kick. Lucille hadn't felt a kick yet, but she knew that five months was when a mother typically felt their baby's first kick.
That day, they where going to have their family over. It wasn't for anything special, just a family dinner. Fred and Barbara where taking one of their famous breaks, so it was only going to be Margaret and Fred. Margaret had offered to cook dinner, so her and Henry where out shopping for various things, leaving Lucille and Fred at the house. Lucille and Fred where close, as was expected considering how close Fred and Henry where. Lucille saw Fred as her little brother and she often found it was easy to share things with him and she loved him more for it. So when she felt a kick for the first time, she ran around the house, looking for her brother-in-law. When she realized he was in the bathroom, she ran over to the closed door and knocked.
"Fred!" she said excitedly. She then opened the door, which hadn't been locked. Lucky for Fred, he was washing his hands. "The baby's kicking," she said when a startled Fred looked at Lucille with a towel in his hands.
"What?" Fred asked excitedly.
"Yeah, come feel," Lucille said as she outstretched her hands. Fred put down the towel and placed his hands on his sister-in-law's protruding stomach. When he felt the soft kicking against the palm of his hands, he looked up at Lucille and just smiled. The baby kept kicking and both Fred and Lucille laughed.
"You have quite a kicker in there," Fred pointed out. "I can't believe you're having a baby," he added. He knew that Lucille always wanted to have a kid and he was so happy that she was finally getting one, but it was weird that his older brother was going to have a kid.
"I know," Lucille said as she placed her hands on the side of her stomach. "We where a little overdue," she added as she looked up and laughed. Fred laughed along and moved his hands off Lucille's stomach. Lucille kept her hands on her stomach and when they both thought about the fact that they where still in the bathroom, they made their way to the kitchen and Fred wrapped his arm around Lucille's shoulders. Just then, Henry and Margaret walked into the house.
"Why are you two so happy?" Margaret asked when she spotted Lucille and Fred walking to the kitchen. They hadn't heard the door open, so they hadn't realized they weren't alone anymore.
"Henry!" Lucille said excitedly. "We felt a kick," she said when Henry looked at her with a confused expression. Henry's face broke out into a huge smile. Then his eyebrows furrowed together. He wanted to feel his baby's first kick and he was a little disappointed that it was his brother who had felt it and not him. He then realized how stupid he was being and his face light up again. He walked over to his wife and placed his hands on her stomach, much like his brother had done. Lucille just laughed at the gesture. She thought it was cute how much he wanted to feel his baby kick and she could tell from the momentary lapse of his facial expression that he was disappointed he hadn't felt it.
"Honey, he's not kicking right now," she said, almost teasingly.
"I know," Henry said and laughed. "Just wanted to make sure," he added. He was glad his brother felt his baby kick, but he still wished it had been him to feel the first one.
"Fred was a little confused when I barged into the bedroom excitedly," Lucille said as she looked at her brother-in-law, who had taken his arm off of Lucille's shoulders. She wrapped her arm around under his arm and attempted to give him a hug. He kind of just limply wrapped his arms around her, not wanting to hurt the baby.
"Honey," she said as she looked up at Fred and laughed. "Honey, I'm pregnant. I'm not dying," she added. Fred just laughed and hugged Lucille back. The entire Langston family just laughed at Fred's not wanting to hurt Lucille or the baby. "You two are so much alike, I swear," Lucille said as she pulled away from Fred. Both brothers looked at each other and laughed. They didn't hear that too often and both believed they weren't alike at all, even if there where moments where they did the same thing, or looked exactly alike.
The rest of the afternoon and evening, the Langston family enjoyed each other's presence, Henry eagerly waited for another kick from his son.
a/n: I know the ending isn't great, but I'm really excited to sleep in my own bed tonight, so this is what you guys get! :D