Hi guys! Here's the next chapter and this chapter will mostly revolve around Chris and Elise and how Elise tells Chris the big news. Will Chris accept the news well? Read on and enjoy.

The oven timer goes off. Elise puts on oven mitts, opens the oven door, and pulls out a nice dish of lasagna with the toppings of italian sausage. She also pulls out of the oven green bean caesural. This was one of Chris's favorite dishes. Elise turns off the oven and starts preparing the table. The dishes were set, Elise started lighting the candles, and all she had to do was get dressed for this special dinner and wait for Chris to come home. With haste, she got into her favorite blue dress, fixed her hair, and put on some red passion lipstick. After she was ready, she went into the dining room and dimmed down the lights. About 5 minutes later, Elise hears Chris pull into the driveway, shut the car door, and hears keys jiggling around. She takes in a cleansing breath and waits for Chris to open the front door.

"You can do this Elise, you can do this," she said to herself.

The front door opens and Chris walks in. He was exhausted from helping Dan clean his apartment for his mother. He was ready to go to bed, but as he entered his house, he noticed something was different. As we walked towards the dining room, he saw dinner set up special and the scent of his favorite food entered his nose. Then he saw Elise stand by one of the dining chairs. She was smiling and seeing her made him happy.

"Surprise, I made you your favorite dish by candlelight," said Elise

"This is wonderful and you look beautiful," said Chris

"Well, I have something important to tell you."

"That's right, what was it you were trying to tell me earlier."

Elise grabbed a small wrapped up box and handed it to Chris.

"This is part of it," she said

"Wow, you just love spoiling me," said Chris

"Well, lets eat before dinner gets cold."

"Great, I'm starved."

During dinner, Chris told Elise what was going on with Dan. She was actually surprised to hear that Dan's mother came to visit him.

"This is actually the first time I've ever heard of her," said Elise

"I know what you mean. Dan never really talks about his mother because they're not close and I'm not sure why she's here," said Chris

"Well, as long as his mother is keeping him busy, we can have more time to ourselves. That reminds me, can I see your phone?"

"Sure"

Chris hands Elise his cell phone and she put it on silent. She had a feeling that Dan might call and interrupt her again. She wasn't going to take any chances. She handed the phone back to Chris and they finished eating their dinner. They both got up and went over to the couch with the package Elise gave to Chris.

"Chris, how do you feel about having your own family?" Elise started to say again

"Well, I think it would be nice," he said

"Well, open your present. This will tell you what I'm trying to say."

Chris removed the ribbon and unwrapped his package. Inside was a baby rattle. He looked at it and then stared at Elise. The room was silent for a few moments.

"Elise, what's this for?" asked Chris.

Elise wasn't surprised that Chris still didn't understand. She went up beside him, wrapped her arms around him and rest her head beside one of his shoulders.

"Well Chris, don't you think our baby deserves to have toys?" asked Elise

"Well sure, but I would have go..." Chris started to say but stopped.

His eyes widened and he looked over at Elise. She sat back down beside him as he continued to stare at her. She started to smile as Chris started looking down at the toy rattle in his hand. He then looked back at his wife.

"A baby?" Chris questioned

"Yes," Elise said nodding

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

Chris began to smile and brought Elise into his arms. This actually surprised her because she expected Chris to react differently.

"This is the best news I've ever got in my life," he said

"I'm glad that you're happy. I was so scared...I just didn't know how to tell you," said Elise.

"Why would you be afraid to tell me?"

Chris noticed tears forming in Elise's eyes.

"Whenever we discussed the topic of children, you would always avoid it. I know you don't like children or wanted to be around them. I was so worried of how you were going to react to this," said Elise about to cry

Chris couldn't help but feel shame. He brought Elise back into his arms and stroked the back of her head.

"I'm so sorry Elise. I never meant for you to ever think like that. It's true that there are some kids that I can't stand or don't want to be around, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to love our child. Our child will be perfect," said Chris

"I've never heard you talk this way before," said Elise

"I've changed and hopefully in a good way."

Elise wiped away her tears and felt all of her fears go away. She felt relief and happiness at the same time. Chris started to kiss Elise and even made her laugh when he started kissing her neck.

"So, what do you think we'll be blessed with?" asked Chris

"I'm not sure, but we shouldn't worry about that right now."

"Why not? This is exciting."

"I know it is, but we have to tell our families."

"Oh right."

"What's wrong?"

"I can just imagine what your parents are going to say."

"Chris, you shouldn't have to worry about that. This is the news my parents will be happy with."

"Alright, lets start making calls. I'm sure my dad will be thrilled."

Chris pulled out his cell phone and started calling his dad while Elise used the house phone to call her parents.

*** At Elise's Parents house

"That's wonderful Junior. I'll be sure to tell everybody. Take care of yourself now," said Elise Sr. as she hung up the phone.

"What's going on?" asked Don

"Don, we're going to be grandparents!"

"What!"

The room grew quite for a few minutes. Don didn't seem too happy. Elise Sr. didn't see what her husband needed to be upset about.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Elise Sr.

"Our daughter is having a baby with the wrong person!" snapped Don

"Don be nice. Chris isn't so bad, besides, whatever happened to your speech about not judging a book by it's cover?"

"Well it's different now because the book got my daughter pregnant!"

Suddenly, the front door opened and Ben walked in. He set down his guitar by the door and crashed down on the couch. Elise Sr. walked up to him with a smile.

"What's going on?" asked Ben

"Your sister called," said Elise Sr.

"She always calls. Isn't that called keeping in touch?"

"Well she gave us some news. Your sister is going to have a baby. Isn't that great?"

"I thought you said that fatso was broken."

Elise Sr. kind of flinched at Ben's comment while Don came up to them.

"Chris isn't so bad is he?" Don commented at his wife

"Oh shut up," she responded

Well, that's the end of Chapter 2. I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as I can.