This is my second Sherlolly fic. I am still working on the first one. But I just couldn't help but play with this idea.
"I am pregnant."
Mary chokes on her coffee at her friends' announcement. She looks up at Molly to find her staring resolutely at her lap.
They are sitting at a cafeteria which is at a little distance than Bart's. Molly had called her an hour ago, expressing the wish to talk to Molly about something very important. They had met up here and Mary had silently ordered coffee for them while waiting for Molly to compose herself and talk about what is so important. She had the gist that it might be something very serious, judging by how distraught Molly had sounded on the phone and looked face to face.
Only she did not imagine it would be this serious.
Mary carefully set the coffee cup down and asked slowly,"
"And the father is?"
"Sherlock", came Molly's reply. She was still looking at her lap.
Oh God. Good think Mary had already set the coffee cup down or she was sure she would have ended up spilling it all over her person.
"So you and Sh...Sherlock slept together. So are you to secretly dating or something or was it a onetime sex?" Said Man and her husband were on a case in some unknown countryside right now. They were gone for three weeks.
Wow the whole thing is so unexpected. She knew Sherlock and Molly were really close friends and Sherlock holds Molly in high regard but for once did she not think they were secretly dating. There were times when she had suspected that Sherlock has romantic feelings for Molly, judging by the way he would glare daggers at Tom during Molly's engagement when she was not looking. Then there were also times when Sherlock would stop in the midst of his tirade in the process of insulting a client or one of his patented Sherlockian sulks by getting a single look from Molly, something he never even does for John.
Mary is going through all she knows about Sherlock and Molly's relationship when she hears Molly snort and sees that her friend was finally looking at her."No it was not a one night stand but we are not dating. We are just having many nights, no string attached sex'', Molly says.
Oh God. For some reason Mary finds it even harder to process than Sherlock dating. Really? No string attached sex? She never took Sherlock or Molly to go for that type of thing. But then again both Sherlock and Molly are really unpredictable people. Sherlock is as volatile as a volcanoes and Molly for all her kind, sweet behaviour she is capable of doing really unexpected things that one would not attribute to her character at first meeting at all. Molly also has a hidden violent strike in her –as proved by stabbing her fiancée with a fork and slapping Sherlock three times.
There was a time when in a an attempt to discover Sherlock's feelings for Molly she had casually brought up about Molly's violent streak and Sherlock –to her imminent surprise- had broke into a uncontrollable burst of laughter, confessing that he really enjoyed watching Molly stab Tom. He had also said that her slaps are quite powerful too (''Trust me, I am speaking from experience.), looking almost like a proud parent.
Parent. Oh God Sherlock Holmes was going to become a father.
''Does Sherlock know yet?'', Mary asks.
''No. I only found out yesterday and as you know he has been gone for over three weeks.''
''Ah yes. So... What are you going to do? You are going to keep the baby right? No of course you are. So I am guessing the problem here is Sherlock and what his reaction going to be. Am I right?''
Molly sighs. ''Well, it's Sherlock. I can't imagine he will be looking forward to the prospect of a child, especially when we are not even dating and I doubt even if we were dating he would be. I am imagining he is going to throw a hissy fit when he finds out and might not even want to take any kind of responsibility for the child.''
Mary sighs too. '' Yes he might or might not do that. With Sherlock it's hard to tell. But if he does throw a hissy fit, I assure you, both John and I are going to give him a good lecture. We will make sure that he takes responsibility for what he has done.''
Molly looks up in alarm.'' What? No! No. There is no need to do that. I am going to let this whole children thing be Sherlock's choice. If he wants to be present as a daddy, he is more than welcome, but if he does not, I am not going to force him in to the role. As far as I have support from you guys I think I can manage without Sherlock.''
''Oh, you seem to have already thought the whole situation through. Of course you are going to have our support.''
Molly smiles, then hesitates and says, ''Can you not tell anyone else the news until Sherlock comes back? John too. I don't want Sherlock to hear it over the phone and panic. Well one good thing with Sherlock is I won't have to go through the pressure of how to present the news to the father. He would probably know from the moment he sees me.''
Mary smiles fondly. ''Yes, he would. Did you know he knew I was pregnant with Sherilyn at our wedding and deduced it before John?''Sherilyn is John and Mary's six month year old daughter. They ended up naming her after Sherlock anyway.
Molly's face breaks into a proud grin.'' That's Sherlock for you.''
''Well I should go now. My lunch time is ending. Have to go back to Bart's.
Just then both of their Phones chimes.
Mary looks at her phone and saw John's message.
Case solved. Coming back tonight. Love you.
JW.
Mary looks up at Molly to find a panicky expression on her face.
''What happened?'', Mary enquires.
''It's Sherlock. He is coming back tonight. Oh God I thought I had a few more days before I have to break the news to him. Also I had a date tonight. I have to cancel it now too.''
Mary looks at Molly with interest. ''Wait Sherlock is texting you about his whereabouts? And you were going on a date with another man tonight?''
''Uhh….Yes, yes to both.''
''How long has he been messaging you? And does he text you only when he is out of town or does he text you even when he is here?''
Molly frowns. ''Well he has been texting since we first started sleeping together –''
Mary interjects. ''How long have you been sleeping together?''
''Since he came back from his 4minute exile. Okay so, he texts me both in and out of town. Why do you ask?''
'' No first answer me something. What does Sherlock's text consist of and did he uses to text you before the exile?
'' Well his text mainly consists of science fact or updates on his cases. And he used to text me before the exile but they weren't so frequent and they mainly consisted of his demands for body parts. Again, why do you ask?''
''No it's just not a very Sherlock thing to do, you know, text people about his whereabouts and all.'' Mary is surprised to say the least. Molly thinks they are just having sex but for Sherlock to text Molly frequently and also to inform her on his whereabouts seems like a very boyfriend and domestic thing to do by Sherlock's standard. Mary wonders if her friends are just not going through some sort of miscommunication. With those two, everything's possible.
Mary looks at Molly with a sly smile. ''So you are sleeping with Sherlock Holmes and were about to go on a date with another man tonight?''
Molly scowls. ''Is there anything wrong with that? It's not like Sherlock and I are in a proper relationship and I will break things off with Sherlock if things get serious between me and my date.'' Then Molly sighs.'' Though I don't think I am going to get the chance to see if it's going to get serious. Sherlock wants to see me tonight and he will probably interrupt my date if I don't meet him and spoil it. It's better I cancel it today and see if I can postpone my date for lunch tomorrow. But I don't know if my date will agree.''
''Oh so Sherlock knows you are dating another man?'' Mary wonders if she misread the situation and its only sex from Sherlock's side too.
''Oh…no. I don't think he does. It's my first date since Sherlock and I started sleeping together. But that doesn't mean it will take him long to figure out that I am on a date and crash it just because he wants to shag me tonight. God knows how many dates of John he had crushed and he did not even wish to sleep with John.''
''Oh, who knows, maybe he did.''
They both snigger at that. Everyone knows about the mass speculation of John and Sherlock being gay.
Molly looks at the time and exclaims,'' Got to go. I will inform you what Sherlock says tomorrow. O.k.? Bye.'' Molly walks out of the cafeteria.
Mary watches her go and thinks to herself. Oh this whole ordeal is going to be interesting. Sherlock is going to become a father, as far as she can tell he probably thinks he is in a relationship with Molly and Molly thinks they aren't and Molly is dating other men or trying to. Hmm Sherlock is going to be so jealous when he finds out.
Yup this is going to be very interesting.
So how was it? Should I continue?