Chapter 3
What's Going Down in Reef City?
{O} -Yo, yo!
{A} - Aright!
{L} - Guess who's bAAAAAaaaaack!
{O} - Guess who's back with a brand new rap?
{A} - And guess who they brought back at great expense to tell another story?
{O} - Oscar, man. That's who!
{A} - Angie too!
{L} - Don't forget Lenny! Everyone's favourite vegetarian shark!
{A} - Alright, now. This whole 'different style text' thing is getting a little complicated now. So why don't you let me tell the story?
{O} - Ow, Ang. Come on, these people need me. Do you honestly think there gonna see more style from you than me?
{L} - Hey! What about me? I'm the shark here so I'm in charge and I say I'm telling this part of the story!
{O} - Sure, veggie boy(!)
{A} - Look, one of us has gotta tell this story. It can't be all three can it?
{L} - Alright, what about a vote? Hey, you guys reading this stuff! Who do you want to tell this part of the story?
{O} - Come on, you can't possible let this shark-softy tell a story like this?
{A} - Well, let's just see what the readers think, shall we?
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Yeah! I guess this means that I'm the authors favourite character. It's…Lenny!
Well, where do I begin? Two years is a long time and a heck of a lota stuff happened here while you've been away.
First thing's first, I think I'd better tell you about something that's happened to me… I've gotta sweetheart.
That's right! My pretty little Kate. She's a great white like me! Oh, she's so pretty and so much fun. She's got this giggle… and this smile… and… Ahh… I love her so much… and my two little boys…
…Err, yeah. That's another thing… I'm a daddy!
If any of you have read 'No Air' by a lady named 'sharkiefangir94' then you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, I'll just give you a little explanation…
I have a wife named Kate and two twin boys named Sebastian and Sheldon, they're just babies though. They're nine months old! Isn't that cute?
Sheldon can be a little bit of a fin-full at times because he's always upsetting his brother by poking him and Sebastian's often cries for attention. But they're so adorable!…
Err… yeah. Next to tell you about is Angie and Oscar.
You remember that in the last story they got married, right? Well, now they've taken the next step in their relationship…
Angie's expecting!
She's already got a little bump on her tummy where the baby's growing! Oh, oh, it's all been about babies these past two years. First my sweetheart Kate gave birth to twins and now Angie and Oscar are gonna be a mummy and daddy too!
Oh, boy… you can probably guess that because Angie's pregnant she's been on maternity leave. But that means that the Whale Wash has been without her and boy have they been struggling. That place has been falling apart without Angie at reception.
But, Mr Sykes'll just have to cope until Angie returns.
For the time being, that mummy-to-be is staying at home with the daddy-to-be.
"Can you hear anything?" Angie asked her husband.
Angie was cuddled on the sofa as Oscar was listening to her tummy.
"Yeah… Yeah!" Oscar suddenly light up with enthusiasm. "That little dude's kicking around like crazy!"
"I know." Said Angie. "I can feel it and it's making my back ache. He's been kicking his little fins all day."
Oscar took his ear away from Angie's baby bump. "Hey, how do you know it's a 'he'? It's could be a girl, you know."
"Oh, I don't care." Sighed Angie. "I just can't wait until I can hold my little baby in my fins! How much longer is he going to stay in there?"
"How am I supposed to know? I can't keep track of how many months have gone by."
"Seven and a half." Said Angie. "Seven and a half out of Nine. Less than two months to go… and that's not quick enough!" Angie sighed and relaxed further back into the sofa. "Come on, little guy." She talked to her baby. "Grow faster."
"Hey, hey! If it is a guy, what are we gonna call him?"
"Oscar, we've been thinking of baby boy and baby girl names for the past four months and I can't make up my mind."
"Hmm… What about 'Kaycee'?"
Angie sighed pathetically. "No."
"Err… 'Joshua'?"
"No."
"Alright, alright. How about some girls name, eh?" Oscar tried to sound enthusiastic since Angie sounded a little hopeless. "Hey, how about 'Amy'?"
Angie just shook her head. "Oh, Oscar. I'm too tired to think about baby names right now. It's gonna stress me out."
"Alright, alright." Oscar calmly reassured his wife.
Oscar wrapped his fin around Angie as she cuddled him back in response.
It was clear to Oscar that Angie was all tired out. Apparently she practically started to fall asleep all cuddled up to her husband.
Oscar sighed a deep romantic sigh as he placed his left fin on Angie's baby bump. Bump… Oscar felt one last kick from his future child.
It would only be a matter of time until that baby was on it's way. Angie clearly couldn't wait and neither could the rest of us.
Boy or girl?… Only time was gonna tell.