chapter 2

Lion-o and Liosia moved into an apartment near the college when second semester started. Over the next couple of months things were going smoothly. Soon the new year started and Lion-o was in the medical school part of the college.

"How are things going there Lion-o?" Liosia asked.

"They are going great," Lion-o said kissing her. "They are really impressed, I told them everyone on my mom's side is a doctor so I spent a lot of time reading the medical books, I even read medical books in the library." he said.

"They must be impressed." Liosia said.

"Yes, they said I must of really memorized the books word for word," Lion-o said. "But I know there is more to medicine than by the book," he said.

"That's true," Liosia said.

"Well we better get ready for that party, it said just bring soda no alcohol allowed." Lion-o said.

"I know," Liosia said. "We don't drink any way," she said.

They got dressed and went to the party. A couple of guys snuck alcohol in and the poured it into Lion-o and Liosia's sodas. They did it to other too. Lion-o and Liosia drank their sodas without knowing that. The others noticed and kicked the guys out.

Lion-o and Liosia became drunk from it. "I guess those guys spiked their drinks too," one of them said.

"I'll take them home," Bengali said. He drove them home and Pumyra picked Bengali up.

In their apartment Lion-o and Liosia were still drunk. Lion-o and Liosia took off their clothes and got into bed. They started kissing and rubbing each other. They were getting into it. They were making deep passionate love. Normally when they did have sex they used birth control. But this time they didn't, nor did they care. The door was locked and the curtains were shut and it was like they were the only two people in the world.

They woke up the next morning. "Morning," Lion-o said.

"Morning," she said.

"Oh my head," Lion-o said.

"My head hurts too," Liosia said.

They got dressed. Bengali knocked on the door. Lion-o answered it. "Hey, how are you two feeling?" Bengali asked.

"We both got bad headaches," Lion-o said.

"Well I thought you two would be having hangovers because two freshmen spiked you two's soda's with alcohol," Bengali said.

"Good grief," Lion-o said.

"Don't worry they are being talked to by the dean," Bengali said. "I'll take you two to the nurse several other people from the party are there now," he said.

The nurse treated them for their hangovers. After three days they both felt so much better. "I hope we don't go through that again," Lion-o said.

"Me too," Liosia said.

A couple of weeks later Liosia got Lion-o a present for his birthday. It was a kitten of the new pet species that a lab came up with. It was pretty cute. It didn't get very big, normally only weighed almost 24 pounds when full grown.

"Thank you," Lion-o said.

"I'm glad you like him," Liosia said.

"I'm going to call him Snarf," Lion-o said.

A few days later Snarf showed to stay close to Liosia. Mostly she thought it was because she had been vomiting lately. "Liosia are you okay?" Lion-o said.

"Oh my word," she said. She was looking at a pregnancy test she just used. It was positive. She came out of the bathroom.

"You look a little startled are you okay?" Lion-o asked.

"Lion-o take a look at this." Liosia said.

Lion-o took what she had in her hand. It was a pregnancy test. He looked at it and he was shocked. It was positive. He was shocked to say the least.

Liosia saw his shocked expression and was worried he might get mad. But she was surprised when he hugged her. He kissed her face. "We're going to have a baby." Lion-o said. He was so happy. She showed him the four other tests and all said she was pregnant.

"This is the best news ever!" Lion-o said.

Lion-o went to the medical school area of the college to take his classes. "Hey Lion-o you sure took your time," one of the students said.

"Well we are all here now, Pediatric medicine is what you want to go into it's all about treating children," the teacher said.

Lion-o raised his hand. "Yes Lion-o Roarson," the teacher said.

"Does that include babies?" Lion-o said.

"Yes," the teacher said. "Why do you ask?" he said.

"Well I got some news, apparently my wife Liosia who is studying to be a teacher is pregnant with our first child," Lion-o said.

"Congratulations," the teacher said. "Well since you both are in college you are going to need a job to help pay for the things you need for the baby," he said.

"I know, I'm starting to look for jobs once today's classes are over," Lion-o said.

"Tell you what Lion-o my sister is looking for part time student help at the clinic she works at and she is willing to pay for the help, if you're interested I'm sure she will hire you," the teacher said.

"I am interested," Lion-o said.

"Yes and another thing this job will give more credit so you can become a doctor faster," the teacher said.

"Thank you Professor Malter." Lion-o said.

"No problem I'll call my sister and tell her," Professor Malter said.

Professor Malter called his sister and she was going to meet Lion-o tomorrow. Lion-o got ready for it. He went to the doctor's office. "Hello, nice to meet you Lion-o, I hear your wife is pregnant with your first baby," Dr. Malter said.

"Yes," Lion-o said.

"I'm a pediatrician and this job will give you the training you need to graduate early and you will be paid for it," Dr. Malter said.

"I'm studying to be a pediatrician," Lion-o said.

"I know and this job will help you prepare for it." Dr. Malter said.

Lion-o got the job. "Okay get yourself some scrubs." Dr. Malter said.

"Okay," Lion-o said.

Lion-o made it back to the apartment. "I got the job I will get money and training. If I succeed at this job I will graduate early and be a full fledged doctor." Lion-o said.

"That's great Lion-o," Liosia said.

"I have to go get some scrubs." Lion-o said. He bought the scrubs he needed. He got ones with cartoon characters and animals on them. Lion-o got dressed the next day and went out and started working.

Liosia's mother called her to see how she was doing. "I'm doing fine mom don't worry," Liosia said.

"I know but this is your first pregnancy, I just want to check on you," her mother said.

"I know, I have my first prenatal check up next week. I'm sure everything is fine," Liosia said.

"I hope everything goes okay for you well bye," she said.

When it came time for Liosia's prenatal check up Lion-o was given time off work to go with her. The doctor came in her name was Dr. Vix and she started to do the ultrasound. There was a little heartbeat. "Good news your baby is fine," she said. She pointed at the screen. "There is your baby right there." she said. "Right now your baby is no bigger than a pea" she said.

Lion-o and Liosia kissed each other.

They were going to document the growth of her belly. They couldn't wait.