Chapter 2: I'm what?!

"The doctor will see you now." The woman said. Niki was barely awake. Her eyes where closed and she was breathing heavily. Ed carried her to the doctor's office and put her on the examaination table. The doctor examained her and told them that only one thing was wrong with her.

"I'm what?!" Niki yelled.

"Pregnent." The doctor repeated.

"How?! I've never had...you know...that." Niki said.

"Well, you are infact, pregnent. You can choose to keep the baby, or not."

Niki thought for a moment. "I'll keep it. I might not know how I got pregnent, but I know the baby is a part of me, and I can't kill part of myself, or rather, I won't." Niki said. She put her hand on her belly.

"What?! You're only 15! How do you expect to take care of a baby?" The doctor asked.

"I've been on my own for six years, I know how to take care of myself. I'm very resposible." Niki replied. She smiled down at her belly. She looked over at Ed, who smiled at her, and smiled back. They left and went back to the apartment. Niki went to the phone and called central.

"Hello, this is Roy."

Yo, Flamey, how are ya?" Niki asked.

"Good, why?" Mustang replied.

"Well, I got some news for ya...I'm having a baby." Niki said.

"WHHHAAATTT?! How the...whatever, I don't want to know. How far along are you?"

"Doctor said about a month and a half..." Niki replied.

"Oh...well, Sansu wants to say hi." Roy said.

"Okay, put her on." Niki said.

"Hey, Niki-baka. Whats up? How far along with what?" Sansu asked.

"Hi , Sansu. Roy was asking about my baby. I'm a month and a half along."

"What?! How? Who's the father?!"

"I..I dunno...I guess...I guess I'll call Ed the father, even though he's really not..." Niki replied.

"Why are you sayind Ed is the father if he's not?" Sansu asked.

"It's easier then 'It doesn't have a father. I just woke up one day pregnent.' isn't it?" Niki shot back. Niki could hear Roy in the background saying something about 'how the hell can she not know who the father is?!' Niki laughed. "Tell Roy to shut up."

"Kay. Hey, do you know if it's a boy or girl yet?" Sansu asked.

"Yeah, it's a girl!" Niki replied. The exitment was evedent in her voice.

"Aww!! You got a name for her yet?" Sansu said. Something in her voice said that she wanted to help pickout a name.

"Haha. Nope. But I like the name Nina, you know, like..." Niki cut off. Ed's face told her that he still remembered Nina Tucker. "Never mind...hey, I think I'm going to take a brake and come back to central for awhile, we'll talk then." Niki said. Roy in the background said 'No! Your going to finish that mission Niki!!' Niki smiled. Niki said goodbye and hung up the phone. She turned to Ed who was sitting on the couch. "We head back to Central tomorrow morning. Pack your bags and get to sleep. We're olny going to be in central for one or two days, the weekend." She said.

"Huh? Why only two days?" Ed asked.

Niki put her hand on her hip. "I got to be back in time for school don't I?" Niki replied.

"What?! You want to go to school like this?! What about your morning sickness?" Ed exclaimed.

"I'll deal with that when I have to." Niki said in her 'thats the end of that' voice. "Besides, what do you care?"

Ed shifted on his feet. "I dunno, my mission was to keep you save..."

"Eddy-bay, I'm hardly going to die from morning sickness. Think about it." Niki sighed.

"DON'T CALL ME EDDY-BAY, CHIBI-SAN!!" Ed fumed.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PUNY RUNT, EDDY-BAY!!" Niki yelled. They spent the next hour fuming at each other then finally Niki passed out. Ed lifted her and placed her in her bed.

She never did get to packing...neither did I... Ed thought. He noticed that Niki hadn't even unpacked. He went to his room and packed his suitcase. Ed walked back by Niki's room, turning her light off as he walked by. If only she know how I felt about her...what do I feel for her anyway? I never felt this before...stupid Chibi-san... Ed thought. He went to bed, mind racing with thoughts.

Niki sat up and yawned. No morning sickness...thats good. She thought. She changed, placing her school uniform in her suitcase, and walked out to the living room. "Morning, Eddy-bay."

Ed just sighed. "Morning Chibi-san. You ready to go?"

"Yeah, how 'bout you?" Niki asked. "You never got around to packing last night."

"That's what you think...I packed after you fell asleep." He said, smiling.

I wonder if I should tell him how I feel about him... "Oh, okay. Well then I guess we should head down to the train station." Niki said. Ed nodded and they left. The train ride was dull, and Niki fell asleep almost as soon as they got on. She leaned on Ed's shoulder.

Lazy pipsqueak. Ed thought, smiling. Ed woke her up when the arived in Central. "Wake up Niki-san, we're here." He said.

Niki got up, but she was only half awake. She leaned on Ed as they got off the train.

"Is she sick?" Nik heard Sansu ask.

Ed grinned. "If being tiered and lazy is isck, the yeah." He joked.

"Shut up, Eddy-bay." Niki yawned.

Ed sighed. "Telling you not to call me Eddy-bay isn't do any good anymore is it? And You are being lazy."

"Try having something growing inside you, then tell me how much energy you have!!" Niki shot back. They all laughed and started for the pick-up car.

"So, it's a girl, right?" Sansu asked. "And as far as eny one else knows, Ed's the father and I'm the aunt."

"Wait, what will we tell the baby when it's old enough to ask?" Ed asked.

"The same that we told every one else; your the father." Niki said as if nothing could be more simple.

"I really don't not telling the truth..." Ed said.

"Nither do I, but it has to be done." Niki replied. She yawned and put her head on Ed's should, falling asleep.

Ed laughed quitely. "See what I mean? She's been like that for the last two or three days! When she's not yelling at me, hitting me with frying pans, or eating, she's sleeping."

"Just let her be...she has to take care of two people now...it must be tiering...don't you think?" Sansu said. She grinned at Ed. "You know, since everyone thinks your the father, your going to have to help take care of the baby..."

Ed made a face. "I know that!! Of course I'm going to help her take care of the baby!"

Niki's face scrunched up. "Hey, Ed? Can you give me a blanket? I'm kinda cold." She said.

Ed looked at her, not sure if she was sleep-talking or not. "Yeah.." He said. He took of his trench coat and put it over her.

"Thank you." She yawn, falling back to sleep. The rest of the ride to the Central Comand Building was silent. They pulled in and Ed woke Niki up.

"Niki, get your lazy ass up." Ed said.

Niki opened her eyes, but closed them again. "Leave me alone!!"

"We're her Niki-baka-san!! GET UP!!" Sansu yelled.

Niki got up and grumbled something. "I'm going right back to bed the moment I get to my appartment."

"Fine, just make sure you make it to your appartment first..." Ed said.

Niki growled and made her way to her appartment. "Why the consern? I could..I dunno..I could just go out to a bar and pass out there." Niki said.

"You wouldn't...I know you wouldn't, you care about your baby too much." Ed replied to that with quite a bit of acid in his voice.

"Don't try me Eddy-bay." Niki shot back, raising her eyebrow in a threatening way. Ed open his mouth to talk, but decided it was best to let it drop. Niki smiled in victory and made her way to her appartment. She placed her suitcase on her bed and walked back out to the living room. "Hey, why don't you two stay for a bit?"

"Well, I guess we could...hey, I thought you where going to go back to bed the moment you got in your appartment." Ed replied.

"I was." Niki said. "But I'm not any more."

"Ed and Sansu sighed. "Okay...hey, let's talk about what your going to name her." Sansu said.

"Niki sighed and smiled. "I really think thats for me and the 'father' to decide..."

"Hey! The 'aunt' has a say in the matter too!!" Sansu whined.

Niki laughed. "Okay fine. So, anyone have names?"

Sansu piped up, "How 'bout