I sat on the couch on a beautiful Tuesday morning. The kids were with Shelly. Judd was to be coming back from going to see Mark.
Judd comes in and sits down by me. He kisses me.
"What`s up with Mark?" I ask. It's nice to just be able to talk with him now. During the Tribulation we mainly spoke by phone or email. Sitting face to face with him is something very nice.
"He has been catching up with John a lot. Telling him everything that happened after his death. He has also been hanging out a lot with Janie." Judd says, getting up to get a drink.
"Oh, ok" I will have to ask Janie about that. I hear a knock at the door and look at Judd. No one was coming over today. I go and get it and see an angel.
"My name is Gabriel. I come with great news of great tidings. For you shall deliver a child and dedicate the babe to the Lord. The child shall grow in the path of the Savoir and shall be taught by thy parents, who have been found humble in the site of the Lord." The angel vanished.
I look at Judd, who is as shocked as I am. A child. That must mean I am-
Judd looks at me and stutters, "You`re….you`re-"
"Pregnant" we say at the same time. I can`t be pregnant. It's just- just not possible. I`m still so young. So is Judd! Then again we are about the age Chloe was when she had Kenny.
"We are going to be parents." Judd says, as if he doesn't believe it.
"We already are," I say. And I start to think about Anne and Mico. What will they think about this? What will the rest of the Young Trib Force think? What will our parents think?
"Yeah. But I mean this is our child. Biological. And the child will be so young, and three kids? Do you think we can do this?"
"I don't think God would give us a child we can't take care of. But I am still as shocked as you are. Maybe we should talk to someone-someone like Chloe and Buck."
"Yeah. Maybe we should-and before we tell anyone else."
I nod. I can`t believe this. We are so young. But, if this is what God wants, we will do it. I know Judd is thinking the same thing by the look on his face.
"Anyway, what would we even name a little child?" Judd says.
I laugh. One of us always will have a sense of humor.