"Did you forget the key?" The older gentleman asked his wife as she searched through her purse.
Worriedly, the woman stared at him before sifting through her purse again. She looked to be around the man's age. "I remember putting it in my purse, Carlton," she said adamantly.
"Well, I was just checking, Roberta," He assured. "I can only imagine what hell would break loose if we lost the key."
"A-ha," Roberta held the key up victoriously. "I told you I had it."
Carlton simply shook his head and waited for her to insert the key into the lock to open the door. They walked in and Roberta handed Carlton the key, so he could put it in his pocket. She didn't want it to get lost in her purse again. As the entered the apartment, they stared at the place in wonder.
For a fact, they knew that the condominium was worth more than their house and they could see why. The place was spacious and the view was spectacular. After looking at the place a little bit more, Roberta started to walk to a bedroom door.
"What are you doing," Carlton asked as he sat on the couch.
"Waking her up," Roberta said matter of fact. "Today is going to be a big day and she needs to get ready."
"It's a baby shower, not a wedding."
Roberta waved off his response, "Men. If you knew how much work goes into these things, you wouldn't question my actions."
Not a second after she entered the room, Roberta yelped followed by a scream from someone else. Quickly, Roberta closed the door and put a hand to Carlton's chest as he rushed to the door.
"What's wrong," Panic was written all over his face. "What happened?"
"I guess I should have knocked first," The older woman held a hand to her mouth. "Donna was already up, but she was a little…preoccupied when I came in."
Realization dawned on Carlton's face as he stared at the floor.
"How about we wait for her to come out of the room," he offered.
"Good idea," They walked to the couch and sat together in silence.
Meanwhile, on the inside of the room…
ONE MINUTE EARLIER
A few guttural noises came from Donna's mouth as Harvey moved within her. As much as she loved the fact that Harvey desired to fulfill every last one of her sexual needs, she wished he would let her return the favor. Every since she had gotten pregnant, he'd been very reluctant to let her please him and it bothered her. Donna loved when Harvey used to let her take him to the point of oblivion before bringing him back to reality. Now, it was all about her. Most women would love that and, not to say she didn't, but she was a give and take kind of lover. In order to receive ultimate satisfaction, she needed to know that her lover—Harvey—was just as sated as she was. She needed to give him pleasure as well—not simply receive it.
Donna moved her hips and flexed her vaginal muscles. In response, Harvey tightened his grip around her hips.
"Damn, Donna," Harvey looked at his pregnant girlfriend helplessly. "What are you trying to do? Kill me?"
The mother to be grinned deliciously, and then leaned in to kiss her better half. She enjoyed making love to Harvey in the morning. They were people of habit, but sexually, they tried to switch it up. Although, when it came to early morning sex, Harvey always sat with his back against the headboard and Donna would straddle him. It gave her a sense of power, which Harvey didn't mind handing to her.
Harvey's eyes got bigger as if something was behind her and Donna turned around to see what it was.
Her mother yelped and Donna screamed, and then whispered, "Shit."
When Mrs. Paulsen exited the room, Donna got off of Harvey and pulled the covers over her body.
"You have got to be kidding me," Donna rested her head on Harvey's shoulder. "When I was a teen, I managed to have sex in my parents house without getting caught, but as an adult…in my own place, my mother walks in on me."
Harvey laughed.
"It's not funny, Harvey," She hit him on the chest.
"It kinda is," Harvey replied.
Wordlessly, he got up and sauntered around the room nakedly. Donna stared at his ass as he searched for clothes to wear for the day. His ass was so firm and muscular. Once, Harvey playfully told her to kiss his ass after sex. Donna told him, "I got one better for you." She then proceeded to bite his ass hard enough to leave a mark.
Harvey walked to Donna and held his hands out for her to grab. Slowly, the pregnant woman lifted herself out of the bed with the help of her boyfriend. As much as she didn't like it, being assisted to stand up and sit down was routine for Donna.
In order to prevent her parents from waiting any longer, the couple decided to shower together. Donna squirted body wash into her hand, and then reached down and grabbed Harvey's dick.
"Donna," Harvey groaned.
"We were interrupted," she reminded the lawyer innocently. "Besides, when have I ever left you hanging?"
Fifteen minutes later, the two emerged from the bedroom. Harvey was wearing a grey shirt with khaki shorts and Donna was just in her robe. Donna waddled to the couch, and then sat between her parents.
"I wasn't expected you all to get here so early," Donna tucked a loose strand of her behind her ear.
Her mother gave her an uncomfortable smile before speaking, "Well, I explained to your father earlier that you have a big day ahead of you."
Donna shook her head in agreement as she watched Harvey move around in the kitchen. He had put on some coffee and took out the orange juice.
"That I do," she replied. "Umm…you want to go look through my clothes, so we can figure out what I will be wearing?"
"Oh, right," Mrs. Paulsen said in realization; she still a little shell-shocked by walking in on her daughter and her boyfriend having sex and the noises that came after that. It was one thing to know about it and another to actually walk in on it. She supposed it was the flipside of a kid walking in on their parents; she had walked in on her child. "Come on, let's get to it."
Mr. Paulsen asked Harvey about his job and they easily transitioned into talking about sports. Harvey briefly touched on his thoughts about being impending fatherhood as he prepared breakfast. He called the ladies out to eat as he set the table.
Donna walked out the room and Harvey stopped what he was doing. She was wearing a one strap maroon dress that had a flower on the strap. Her hair was put up into a bun with a clip holding it and she wore dangling diamond earrings and a matching bracelet.
"You look beautiful," Donna's heart melted at Harvey's words. Awe was written all over his face as he took her appearance in. "I suddenly feel underdressed."
"No, Harvey, you look just fine," Mrs. Paulsen assured him. "I made Donna dress up since she's been hell bent on wearing nothing, but sweats these last few months."
"Mom, I haven't been in the mood to dress up; I feel like Shamu," Harvey frowned at her words. Donna caught his expression and looked away.
"Donna," Harvey's tone was soft as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Look at me," Donna continued to look out the window as Harvey spoke and he gently grabbed her chin and made her look at him. "Shamu or not, you are absolutely gorgeous." He said seriously. "To be honest, you really haven't gained much weight. Most of the weight you've gained is really the twins."
As Donna thought about Harvey's words, she realized that he was right. She gained about twenty pounds, but the twins had to probably weigh 6 or 7 pounds each, which means she only gained 6-8 pounds. Most people she spoke to say that if they hadn't seen her stomach, they would have never guessed she was pregnant. Everything minus her stomach looked the same as it did pre-pregnancy.
"You're a great boyfriend, you know that," Donna gazed at Harvey. He placed a kiss on her forehead.
"What? You were expecting anything less," Harvey mocked glared at her before the walked to the table together.
Mrs. Paulsen lightly hit Harvey on the shoulder when he sat down. "I was supposed to cook breakfast for the two of you."
"Oh, right," Harvey said with a mouthful of eggs. "I'm sorry about that; I forgot. Next time?"
The older woman smiled at him, and then started eating her food. "Next time and don't you forget it," She fake scolded him.
The day before, Donna's sisters came over to decorate the apartment so they wouldn't have to do it the day of. Vivian and Julie went all out on the decorations. Donna was ecstatic about the twins, but it seemed as if her sisters were more excited than she was, which she told them. In explanation, Vivian said:
"We gave up hope of you ever having a kid," Donna placed a piece of tape on a streamer before looking at her sister. "I mean, before Harvey, you hadn't had a committed relationship in years and you always blew us off whenever we tried to talk about kids."
Donna considered what her sister said and nodded in agreement. "It's wasn't that I didn't want to have any, but I felt so much pressure to have them, you know? I just didn't want to talk about it because, as you said, I wasn't in a committed relationship."
Even though Donna felt confident about her relationship with Harvey, when they first started dating, she was very reluctant to talk about it. When she finally did open about her relationship, it was downplayed so others wouldn't look too much into it. No matter how much she denied the seriousness of the relationship, it was clear as day that she and Harvey were not only committed to one another, but in it for the long haul.
Donna's reluctance to be completely honest about her relationship with Harvey was because she didn't want people telling her what she should and should not do. Yes, they were going at a fast pace, but they were adults. Furthermore, not only did they trust one another, they would do anything for each other. Usually, she told her sister's everything, but at that time, she wanted to enjoy her relationship with Harvey without them worrying about her.
"Well, now you don't have to worry about that," Julie said as squatted down and titled her head towards her sister's stomach "So, how did your little bundles of joy come about?"
Vivian took a scoop of ice cream out of the carton and looked expectantly at her pregnant sister.
"Did you put on some sexy lingerie," Vivian shimmied in a sexual manner pretending to be Donna and with a deep voice said, "And say to Harvey, 'put a baby in me.'"
"Or was it an unexpected surprise," Julie countered as she grinned at her sister. "I bet you two were having kinky sex when the twins were conceived."
Guffaws escaped Donna's mouth as she looked at her sister's and made a noise indicating that the were both wrong.
"Oh, really," Vivian was intrigued. She walked over to Donna, put her arms around her sister, and pulled her to the couch. Julie trailed after them and sat on the arm of the couch. "Tell us how this miraculous event occurred."
"No," Donna shook her head and smiled. "I am not going to talk about that."
"Come on, Donna," They coaxed. "You know how our kids were conceived."
"It's not that I don't want to tell you," Her sisters gave her confused looks. She didn't know how to explain why that night was just about sacred for her. "I just…."
"Donna?"
"I've always wanted kids, but I just never found the right guy," Donna began.
"That's because you were just friends with the right guy at the time," Julie said.
"She's talking about Harvey," Vivian interjected stating the obvious on purpose. For years, Donna's family asked her why she and Harvey weren't dating. They were never satisfied with the answers Donna would give them and insisted that she should date Harvey.
Donna smiled at them and continued what she was originally saying. "Then, Harvey and I began to date and everything was right, everything was perfect. I wanted to have kids with him, but I wasn't sure because we hadn't been together that long."
"But, you've known him forever," Julie replied.
"Yeah," Donna agreed. "But, it's one thing to be friends with a person and another to date them. I didn't want to rush anything."
"So, what changed?" Vivian held her sister's hand. "What made you decide to take the big jump?"
"Harvey," Donna smiled at the thought of him. "It was his idea. Out of nowhere, he just suggested it and said if I wanted to have a kid, he was on board. I mean, he really thought the whole thing through and even though he was putting the ball in my court, it was clear that he wanted to have kids as well."
Julie grinned at Donna. "It doesn't surprise me."
"Really," Donna stared at her incredulously.
"Donna, I don't know why it took the two of you so long to get together, but one thing was clear to everyone in the family: Harvey has always been crazy about you. It doesn't surprise me that he was the one that suggested it even though I would had never thought he would do it," Julie explained.
"Yeah," Vivian chimed in. "For years, you would talk about how Harvey 'didn't do commitment', but I always have felt he was waiting on you. Before you two started dating, whenever all four of us went out together, he had eyes for only you."
"Crap," Donna bit her lip, and then started waving at her unshed tears. She never doubted Harvey's feelings for her, but was it that obvious to everyone? His love ran impossibly deep and not only did she see and feel it from him, others could as well.
"Face it, girl," Julie wrapped her arm around Donna. "Harvey's had it bad for you for years."
"Donna," The woman in question snapped her head and looked at Harvey.
"Yeah," She took a sip of her orange juice. Her insides warmed at the thought of the previous day.
"Is something wrong," He poured a large amount of syrup on his pancakes before pouring some on hers. It was cute how worried he looked.
Donna smiled at him. "No," she bit a piece of her bacon. "Everything's great."
"Just checking," he smiled at her. "And to be clear, I don't want to hear you calling yourself Shamu anymore."
Hours later, the condo became increasingly crowded with people as they sat baby gifts on the table and congratulated her and Harvey on their impending parenthood.
A few co-workers had stopped by—the ones Harvey actually liked. Jessica, Mike, and Rachel all decided to help out with the shower, which Donna thought was nice of them.
Someone came up from behind Donna and placed a wet kiss on her cheek. "Hey Big Red."
"Bryce," Donna hugged her brother tightly. "You finally made it."
"I wouldn't have miss it for the world," The two siblings walked to the kitchen together to find Vivian and Julie. Bryce pointed at the two women and said, "You two owe me money."
"For what?" Vivian raised an eyebrow at Bryce. He pointed to Donna's stomach and held up his palm. Bryce took his left index finger and pointed to his right palm.
"I want my money now," Bryce said jokingly, but they knew he was serious about his money. "Pay up."
"You guys made a bet on me," Donna was mildly shocked and amused. "What was it about?"
"It was a long time ago—years, in fact." Julie made a face at her brother.
"Doesn't matter," He moved his fingers together to indicate he wanted the women to give him his money. "A bet is a bet—we didn't set a timeframe."
Julie and Vivian both pulled out twenty dollars and handed it to Bryce.
"What was the bet?" Donna asked again.
"If ever you and Harvey dated, how long would it be before you got pregnant," An odd expression came over his face. "Ten more dollars each because I called it being Harvey's idea."
They two woman groaned and gave him the money. "How the hell did you even know that?"
"Back when Tina and I had Oliver," Bryce stared a Donna for a moment. "I already knew Harvey had it bad—that much was clear as day. But, man, the whole time he held Oliver, he wouldn't take his eyes off of Donna. I knew then, if ever Donna gave him a chance, he wouldn't waste any time knocking her up. Besides, we all know, Harvey would give Donna the world without her asking."
As if there was a fire, Donna took off. Harvey watched Donna approached him with determination reeking from her pores. She grabbed his hand and pulled him into the bedroom.
"Did I do somethi—" Donna cut off his sentence by crushing her lips against his. Instinctively, Harvey deepened the kiss and pulled his girlfriend's body close to him. "What was that for?"
"Loving me," she said cryptically. "That's for loving me."
Harvey looked confused, but he said, "Always."
Later on, Mike watched as Donna and Harvey had a serious conversation. He didn't know how serious it could be since they were having it in the hallway and the content didn't seem to be about them. Harvey rubbed Donna's stomach and she put a hand over his. They smiled at one another as if was just the two of them in the world.
"Mike," The associate jumped as he turned to face Jessica. "Did you tell them that it's time to open the presents?"
"Uhh…" Mike scratched his head. "I was just about to do it."
He hurriedly walked away from Jessica and towards the couple. Jessica terrified him.
"Harvey and Donna," Mike called to get their attention. "It's almost time to open the baby gifts."
Harvey looked at him. "Okay." He turned to Donna and nodded to the bathroom.
Donna walked over to Mike and noticed his bewildered expression. She raised an eyebrow at him as she slowly approached him.
"What's wrong?"
"Uh, nothing," He answered quickly. "Harvey just seems so…"
"Normal?" She provided.
"Yeah, normal," Mike nodded and said seriously, "I didn't even think he owned anything besides suits and tuxes."
There were times where Donna questioned Mike's intelligence with remarks like that. She gave him a face that said 'you gotta be kidding me'.
"Mike, I'm going to give you a friendly piece of advice," Donna put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't broadcast every thought that crosses your mind; some things are better left unsaid."
The younger man nodded his head. "Got it."
Harvey said that they didn't need to have a baby shower; he could buy everything the twins needed. Out of habit, Donna ran her fingers through his hair and explained, "A baby shower is a way family and friends bond with the baby before it is born."
Now, as she looked at a basket mixed with baby clothes and lingerie, she wished that she had let Harvey buy everything like he originally offered. She tightly closed her eyes and thought to herself, 'It can't get any worse." And, of course, it did.
"Umm…I don't think the twins will be wearing this for a long, long time," She joked. The guests uncomfortably laughed. If this had happened early in her pregnancy, Harvey would have laughed. But, since the twins' dues date was around the corner, Harvey glared at the lingerie. He knew it was for Donna, but he was already in daddy mode. Donna mouthed to him, 'Lighten up."
Harvey put on a smile and faked laughed.
"Oh no," Her college friend Cindy said. Donna cursed herself for forgetting why no one ever invited Cindy to anything. She was the queen of giving or saying inappropriate things. "That's for you, Donna; for when you two start having sex again. You don't have to tell me, I know from experience that when you get this far along, the sex just vanishes."
Mrs. Paulsen looked at her husband and commented, "Considering I walked in on them having sex this morning and all that moaning they were doing in the shower, I would say their sex lives are still alive and thriving."
Donna and Harvey were mortified.
"Kill me now," Donna said dramatically as she stared at an invisible spot on the table in front of her.
The baby shower didn't end soon enough after the lingerie incident. Harvey quickly, but efficiently separated and stored everything.
He kicked off of his shoes and sat on his bed against the headboard. Donna rested her head in his lap and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Cindy is prohibited from all future parties, soirees, shindigs, get togethers, celebrations, night outs—to simply put it, wherever three or more people are gathered, she is not invited," Harvey said tonelessly.
"You read my mind," Donna replied before she met up with the sandman.
THE END
A/N: I decided to continue this as a one-shot series. The series will be listed as completed because; despite the fact that the stories are connected they are self-contained. There isn't an overarching story or plot to be told. If there are any errors of any kind, you can let me know.
I'm unsure about if Donna clarified in canon if she had siblings or not, if so, how many and if they were boys and/or girls. As far as Donna not gaining that much weight, one of my sisters gained a good amount of weight and never lost it. My other sister is currently pregnant and she looks exactly as I described Donna. My mother was even small when she had my twin and I. I guess it just depends on genetics.
