Whenever Mikey Klebitz got a call from his younger brother or most of his friends, he would either talk them down if they were scared or talk with them for a bit if they called to check up on him and how he was doing.
This was neither… the second that Johnny had told him what was going on with Gionna, Mikey got in his Imponte Ruiner and drove from Alderney to Saint Marks, despite that it had started raining heavily like it usually did before a cold front from Canada hit the Alderney and Liberty areas.
Mikey got out of the car, getting the pizza he got from the nearby restaurant and walked into the house, Gionna looking up at him and standing up, the two hugging after Mikey set the pizza down.
"Damn rain storms. Late September is hell." Mikey says as they let go, Mikey seeing the look on Gionna's face… Gionna wished Dominic was still alive and wishing that she had his support through this. "It's gonna be okay, kiddo… we'll help you, no matter what." He says as they sit down, Mikey noticing a bottle of prenatal vitamins nearby and knew that Gionna had started taking better care of herself for her baby's sake. "So what exactly did the doctor say?" He asks.
"That everything's okay with the baby, no health issues so far… hopefully, this little one won't inherit my Morphine allergy or be born premature like I was. I scheduled a proper check up for later in the week." Gionna says, Johnny returning with some plates and setting out three slices of spinach alfredo pizza on Gionna's plate as Gionna went to go get a glass of ginger ale to ease her stomach as she was still throwing up sometimes.
Surprisingly, Gionna managed to keep her dinner and ginger ale down, lying down on her side and resting her head on Johnny's lap like she usually did when she was calmed down.
Mikey's phone rang, him answering it.
"Hey, Midnight. What's going on?" Mikey says.
"Nothing much, I thought that I would just ring and see how Gionna's doing." Midnight says.
"She's okay… lying down on the couch, resting her head in Johnny's lap as usual and managing to keep her food down." Mikey says.
"That's good that she's managing to keep her food down." Midnight says.
"Say that tomorrow when she's throwing up in the morning." Mikey says.
"Ha fucking ha, Mikey!" Gionna says sarcastically, Midnight laughing.
"Watch your mouth around your little one growing in you!" Packie yells.
"Midnight, you told Packie?!" Gionna asks, a bit embarrassed.
"Yeah, I can't keep a secret with him. But I did tell him that if he tells anyone, he better watch out." Midnight says.
"He better. If Gerry finds out, who knows what he'll do." Gionna says.
"I'll check on you tomorrow, okay?" Midnight says.
"Okay. Be safe, M." Gionna says.
"You know I'll be alright, Gionna." Midnight says before they hang up.
"Must she always be a foul mouthed one?" Packie says.
"She's going through a lot now, Packie. Billy ended up killing Dominic, then Gionna finds out about the baby… who else will find out?" Midnight says, unaware that Gerry had just walked in and heard her. "Gerry, don't you even think about it!" She growls.
"Think about what, that they were careless or that the protection Dominic and Gionna used got fucked up?! For fuck's sake, Gionna just a kid herself!" Gerry says angrily.
"I know she's a fucking kid! But Gerry I swear, you try anything and I mean anything-" Midnight says before walking over and whispering into Gerry's ear. "-I'll hurt you in ways you can't dream about."
"Okay, I just… I'm worried. What if something happens, what if Billy tries something else? Jim already said that Billy slapped Gionna earlier." Gerry says, Midnight's eyes widening in shock and rage.
"Midnight, calm down." Packie says.
"Oh I am fucking calm!" Midnight yells.
"What is going on in here?" Maureen asks after walking in with bags of groceries, Midnight forcing herself to calm down.
"Nothing Ma, Midnight was just a bit pissed off at Billy." Gerry says.
"What did he do now?! I swear, that boy always lashes out and does something crazy!" Maureen says before walking into the kitchen, Gerry going to help her.
"I want to hurt Billy too but we need to stay calm right now. We do not need to get arrested, that would stress Gionna out even more." Packie says.
"Yeah, it would." Midnight says.
Later that night, Gionna was asleep in her bed, Johnny curled up next to her and him hearing his phone ring, answering it.
"Gerry?" Johnny mumbles, Gerry responding in a drunken ramble. "Repeat that again?" He asks.
"Midnight took my keys, I need a ride home!" Gerry says, Gionna sleepily opening her eyes and looking at the alarm clock.
"Why is Gerry calling us at 2:30 in the morning?" Gionna asks sleepily.
"He's drunk out of his mind." Johnny says.
"Gerry, take a taxi and take that drunk ass of yours home! I've got one more day of the weekend left and I want to relax before heading back to school!" Gionna says, startling Gerry, him and Johnny hanging up.
"You need to take it easy, can't stress out and hurt my niece." Johnny says.
"Betting on the gender already?" Gionna asks as Johnny rested his hand on her stomach.
"Yeah. Mikey's betting that it's a boy." Johnny says.
Meanwhile, Billy jumped back as Midnight kicked the door open, charging in.
"For fuck's sake, M! Are you crazy?!" Billy says.
"No, I'm just very, very pissed off with you!" Midnight growled.
"Damn Jim can't keep his mouth shut-" Billy says.
"Don't go blaming him, you're the one who slapped a pregnant teen!" Midnight yells.
"Oh, you're on Gionna's side, huh?!" Billy shouts, Midnight aiming an AP pistol at Billy. "What happened to you using your bow and arrows?!" He asks, backing up as Terry walks in.
"Midnight, drop the gun!" Terry says, trying to calm Midnight down.
"Stay out of this Terry!" Midnight yells.
Terry, acting out of instinct, picking Midnight up and tossing her over his shoulder, carrying her out of the apartment building as Midnight yelled at him.
"Yell all you want but I'm saving your ass here!" Terry says.
"No you're saving his ass! Don't you fucking dare turn this to me!" Midnight yells.
"I'm trying to keep you from losing your mind… now if Billy flips out again, I promise you'll be the first one to take a shot at him." Terry says, Midnight putting the gun in the waistband of her jeans.
"I've already lost my fucking mind Terry!" Midnight says.
The next morning…
Gionna opened her eyes, jumping back when she saw Packie in her room.
"Yikes, Packie! What's with the jump scares?!" Midnight says as she walks in.
"Just checking on her, M… and I found this in her hand." Packie says, showing Midnight the pictures of Gionna and Dominic from the Firefly Island carnival back in pictures of Gionna and Dominic from the Firefly Island carnival back in June.
"I must've been dreaming about that day… remembering it." Gionna says, sitting up as Midnight lightly rubbed her hand up and down Gionna's back.
"Gerry knows about the baby, doesn't he?" She asks.
"Yeah he knows now. He heard us talking about it." Midnight says.
"No wonder he drunk dialed Johnny last night… Gerry's gonna be disappointed in me, I always said I would wait until I was in my late 20s to have kids." Gionna says.
"He'll calm down… Billy's another story." Midnight says.
"Did you threaten to kill him?" Gionna asks as Johnny and Mikey walk in, Gionna's face scrunching up as the scent of herbal tea was taking some getting used to, Midnight knowing that Gionna was missing drinking coffee.
"Got to be caffeine free for the next 8 months, kiddo." Johnny says.
Gionna didn't like that but agreed with it and drank the herbal tea… she wanted to do everything she could to protect the baby that she and Dominic created.