"Mom, why can't I craft anything yet?" whined the young dirty-blonde haired boy. He seems around 6 watching his mother craft another canvas for her wide variety of works.
"The table won't quite work for you yet, buddy boy. It will in the future, but now's just not your time." The woman smiles, picking up the empty canvas and placing it in a chest. She would make her next masterpiece later.
"Did Daddy tell you any news?" she asks her son, taking a seat on the bed. Her son joins her, hopping and climbing up as if it were a mountain.
"No, he didn't ma. What was I supposed to hear about?" the young dirty-blonde asks excitedly. By the feel of her aura around her, she seemed to be excited to tell him. And when someone was feeling something certain, he would feel the same way. If someone was laughing, he would laugh even if he had no clue what was happening.
"You are going to be getting a baby brother! Isn't that exciting?"
"A baby.. Brother?"
"It may be a sister, but your father and I would like a brother for you."
"Really?"
"Yes, really! But it will be a while until we get to see him or her..."
"How long?"
"8 more months at the most."
"I can't wait that long!" the young boy's voice drones as he playfully sunk to the ground.
"Well, you're gonna have to deal with it!" came the booming voice of the boy's father as he scooped them both up.
His wife gave a yelp, holding onto her son. "Aiden, that's not funny!" she exclaims, while the kiddo laughs.
"Do it again, Daddy!"
"C'mere." he put down his wife and took his son. He tosses him a few times before stopping. The man set the boy on his feet, as not to drop him. "Alright, alright. You know how a whole day of mining gets to me." he heaved a huge sigh, throwing himself onto the bed.
"Get some rest; I'll roast some steak for you. And bake some potatoes for Liam and I."
"And Lukas!" the young boy, supposedly Liam, grins a boyish grin.
"And Lukas." Aiden agreed.
"And Lukas." Kelly smiles.
"Liam! Where are you?" Aiden called.
"I'm in my room, what do you need, Dad?!" Liam came out. His father approached him with a bow and some arrows.
"Do you remember when I taught you how to shoot with a bow?"
"Yeah?"
"Okay, that's good... I'm gonna need you to run to the doctor at the end of the street and tell him that I said it's time."
"Time for what?"
"Lukas is coming. You have to go get the doctor. Use the arrows to get any monster out of your way. It's the middle of the night. Please go."
A scream came from his mother. "I got this dad." he nods.
"You're a brave little boy. Now go!"
Liam sped out the door, immediately meeting eye to eye with a zombie. He took it down with the extra sword he snuck, before making a right and running for the doctor. A spider tackled him to the ground. He yelps, and managed to kick it off. An older guy, that would seem around 15, killed it with the sword he dropped. "Thanks." Liam got up. He took his sword back and continued weaving through the monsters.
"Woah, where are you heading?" he stopped him, grabbing his shoulder.
"My dad sent me to get the doctor! My mom's in immense pain 'cause she's, uh, pregnant."
"Pregnant?"
"Yes, pregnant! Help me fight through the monsters! I need to get the doctor, and quick!"
"I'll help. The name's Fredrick. Call me Fred."
"Liam. Nice to have a fighting buddy for once."
"Sir, you and your wife now have a healthy baby boy. And your son, a baby brother, of course." The doctor tells Aiden, giving him a bundle of blankets.
Aiden looks at his son.. "I want to name him Lukas." Kelly was asleep next to him. It had taken a while.
Meanwhile, Fred and Liam just talked in the family's kitchen. "So, you got a baby brother now. Isn't that exciting?" Fred asks, smiling at Liam.
"I dunno really... They did tell me that most of their attention will be on Lukas now, and I can see why." he was playing around with his water cup. It tipped over. Luckily, there wasn't much water in it anyways.
"Hey, I actually have a younger brother, around your age. I'll ask my parents to invite you and your family over so you both can, y'know, become friends? I think you two will be good ones at that."
"That sounds good. What's your brother's name?"
"Jack."
"Jack?"
"Yeah. Freddie and Jackie. Our parents like to call us that."
"How's Jack?"
"He's asleep right now. Gotta be." Fred shook his head, chuckling.
"I should be asleep, but I wanna see my brother. I'm gonna give my mom a few more minutes with dad and Lukas. Then I'll at least knock." Liam yawned, stretching as he walked Fred to the door where the doctor was waiting.
"Hm. Sounds like a good idea. I'll escort the doctor home, then I'll head home myself. I'll see you soon?"
"See you soon, Fred." Liam smiles, giving him a nod. The doctor gave Liam a nod. "If you or your family needs any help, medically of course, I'm always open to give a hand." he tells him.
"Same with me." Fred raised his hand. Liam laughs a little.
"Thanks." he smiles, before locking the door behind them. He goes to the room, and opens the door slowly.
"Hey, Liam... 'Bout time you met your brother." Aiden smiles. Her mother was leaning on his shoulder sleepily. She smiles at her boy.
"Come here." she waved him over. Liam walks over and jumps up onto the bed.
"He looks like me and momma. 'Cept maybe he's gonna have daddy's eyes instead." Liam grins at his new brother.
"He probably will." Aiden took an arm from the baby, and put it around his favorite people. "I love you three."