A/N: Ahhh... Another fine finish. This one is relatively short, and its sole purpose is just to introduce primarily. It's very relaxing compared to the rest, and I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 1: The Beginning Of The New Beginning
Boss and Caitlin stared across at each other. Caitlin sat on one of the stools across from Boss while he reclined in his armchair. Natsu and Howdy were also there sitting at the clubhouse table.
Boss cleared his throat. "So, you guys are for sure, Howdy and Natsu?"
"Yup," Howdy replied. "We want kids. How about you guys?"
Caitlin thought for a moment. "I think it would be a new beginning."
"This isn't supposed to be poetry, so don't make it," Boss muttered.
"Screw you, I can make anything sound poetic. Oh wellys, it WOULD be a new beginning. I mean, I think we should both have kids at the same time because we were proposed at nearly the same time, we got married on the same date, and et cetera."
"But why can't we just be a couple for a while?" Boss inquired. "I don't exactly think..."
"C'mon, Boss! It'll be a good experience," Natsu interrupted. "You'll have something else to be proud of if the kid turns out good. It might be a boy..."
"Good point... But how..."
"...Uh... Go ask Mike. He knows everything."
Boss just sort of let his jaw drop. "That's the last guy I'd ask for help even though he knows frickin' everything about frickin' everything..."
"I guess we just experiment...," Caitlin suggested.
"TEST TUBE BABIES!" Natsu shouted randomly.
"Where did that come from?" Howdy asked.
"Uh..."
"We'd need more money, that's what I know, to support the whole family," Boss declared. "But CC, where do you get your money?"
Caitlin stood up abruptly. "I FIND IT ON THE STREET...," she lied as she sat back down.
"I DO, TOO...," Natsu agreed.
"I was a'wonderin'," Howdy murmured. "We guys would still have to work 'cuz the gallies wouldn't be able to just get up everyday with the labor of kids and search for it on the street... I'm gonna go work for a department store!"
"I'm gonna look for a job at a construction company," Boss announced. "I think I'd be really good at-"
"Getting your head knocked off by a big bar. Grand." Caitlin shrugged.
"...Yes, it would be so grand."
"So do we try tonight?" Howdy asked.
"Yes, I suppose," Caitlin responded.
Howdy and Natsu got up from the table. "We can try," Natsu guessed. "Hopefully it might work."
Boss nodded. "Yeah."
"See y'all later!" Natsu and Howdy bade as they walked out the door.
Once Natsu and Howdy exited the clubhouse, Boss just looked up at Caitlin and whispered, "Are you sure you want to do this? I'm cool with it if you don't want to..."
"I really want to do this," Caitlin whispered back. "Why?"
"I'm just...never mind," Boss mumbled.
"What?"
"What if I do something wrong? What if something bad happens? What if someone says something about it?"
"Boss, don't worry about it. Worry is what keeps everyone away from their goals." She got up from her stool and walked over to Boss. "I don't care if you do something wrong, I don't care if anything bad happens, and I definitely do not care what someone else will think of it."
Boss sighed. "Alright, if you really want to..."
The next morning...
"I wonder where CC was last night? She WAS supposed to come to Kareoke Night..." Mike glanced over at Stella. "She never does this without an excuse."
Stella shrugged as she played with her wedding band. "Sometimes we all just need time to ourselves and stay home on big nights."
"But still!" Mike puffed his cheeks up. They were currently sitting in the living room.
Contiguously Caitlin ran into the living room. "Sorry, sorry, sorry I couldn't make it last night!" she apologized as she ran over to Mike. "There was something more important going on."
"Such as...?" Mike inquired as he flashed his chocolate brown eyes.
"...Uh... It's a surprise! You'll see soon enough."
Mike turned pale. "What happened?"
Caitlin sat down on the couch. "It's a surprise."
Mike's color continued to fade. "You DIDN'T..."
"Didn't do what?"
"You COULDN'T have..."
"Couldn't have done what?"
"...In about three or four weeks, right?"
"Yes, I suppose."
"Aha! You just admitted it." Mike flashed his sparking eyes.
Caitlin paused. "...Gah, I hate you. Wellys, yeah. I'm hoping to be pregnant in three days. I just wanted you to know because it may interfere with Bad Ham business. Natsu is, too."
"...Natsu too?" Mike leaned back in his leather chair and sighed. "This is crap! Who can I get to replace both of you?"
Caitlin grinned. "I know exactly who."
Later...
"Where am I going?" Kayla inquired Caitlin, Natsu, and Megan as they dragged Kayla toward the Bad Hams Place.
Caitlin flashed her sapphire eyes. "You'll see."
The three double agents dragged Kayla through the front door of the Bad Hams Place and down the stairs and through the front room and into the living room. Kayla and Megan already knew about Caitlin and Natsu's plans, so they knew the deal. Well, Kayla did not know she was being asked to be...
"A double agent for the Bad Hams?" Kayla asked Mike as sparks grew in her eyes.
Mike nodded. "Sure. Since CC and Natalie will be busy enough... You know? Well, I don't, but meh."
Kayla nodded eagerly. "Of course, I'll be a double agent!"
"Great, you can start today. I don't really have any plans, but I need you and Dilla to help me in a new plan for later in the year... Now, Kayla, first comes first though: what will be your alias?"
"Kay-Z!" Kayla shouted.
"That's good and cool with me," Mike responded. "Now, CC and Natalie, you can leave."
"Fine then!" Caitlin retorted as she and Natsu walked out of the living room.
Kayla glanced around the living room. "This is a nifty little place... I thought it would be decorated with bars and chains and crap. IT'S WARM!"
"...Okay?" Mike shrugged as he leaned back in his leather chair.
"WHERE DID MY WEIGHT LIFTING VIDEO GO?" Number 1 yelled as he walked into the living room.
And one look at Number 1 was enough to send Kayla bouncing off the walls. Everything seemed to sparkle and shine around him. Kayla's eyes grew ruby red hearts in her eyes as she whispered, "Hi, who are you?"
Number 1 glanced over at Kayla and blushed. "Oh, sorry, new Bad Ham? I'm just looking for my video; I think Number 2 took it. I'm Number 1, and you are...?"
"My real name's Kayla, but my alias is Kay-Z."
"Ooo, pretty gallie, are ya? You just join a few minutes ago?"
"Yes, I did." Kayla blushed and rubbed her forehead.
"You can help me find my video. Let's go beat down Number 2 and get it back from him!"
"Alright." Kayla blushed as she followed Number 1 out of the living room.
Mike watched them exit and then laughed. "I can already tell they're gonna be together. I might wanna watch how she'd beat down Number 2... Maybe I should." He then got up and exited the living room after them.
Megan glanced around the living room. "...I'm gonna go hang out with Stella, then," she remarked as she walked out of the room to find Stella.
At the clubhouse...
"I think I did good," Boss commented as he and Howdy sat at the clubhouse's table.
"I think I did, too," Howdy announced. "When 'r' you gonna go to the doctor's office?"
"I guess in two days, I suppose."
"It'd be freaky if their due dates were on the same day."
"Yeah, yet it'd be awesome, Howdy."
Meanwhile...
"OW! Stop that!" Number 2 shouted as Number 1 and Kayla kicked him while he was on the ground. Mike was standing back and watching how Kayla beat him down. Megan and Stella were laughing, and so were the rest of the Numbers.
"Gimme back my video!" Number 1 demanded.
"Alright! Good God, just stop kicking me!" Number 2 stood up when they stopped kicking him and walked over to a shelf. He pulled out the Weight Lifting Video and gave it to Number 1. "There, take your frickin' video. I don't need it anyway!"
"Yay!" Kayla yayed.
