A few days later…
Amanda finished filling out the forms and walked to the desk, handing them back to the nurse before she walked over to Finn and sat down… and he wrapped his right hand around her left one.
"Just stay calm, everything will be okay." Finn replied.
"I'm… I'm a mix of emotions and I know you are too. Worry, anticipation, excited… I don't think it's sunk in yet." Amanda responded.
Yukie had followed them to the OB/GYN clinic and stayed in the background of the waiting room, a pink wig hiding her raven hair and hazel contact lenses disguising her eyes.
'How long does it take to call a patient for a simple exam?!' Yukie thought irritably as she felt like time was dragging on… she followed them to a room but stayed in the hallway, pretending to not pay attention.
Amanda was in a white hospital gown, waiting for the doctor to come back and Finn holding her right hand.
It was when Cali returned that she had a smile on her face.
"Those home tests are very accurate. Congrats, you two." Cali responded before she set up the ultrasound machine.
In the hallway, Yukie's head snapped up when she heard it and walked over to the window of the door… from where she was stood, she could see the tiny baby on the screen and Amanda and Finn smiling as Finn recorded it.
"Oh wow… this is real now." Finn replied.
"It's so tiny… but so strong." Amanda responded.
"What in the great fuck?!" Yukie shouted, covering her mouth and hiding once again.
"Well, someone followed you two here…" Cali responded as she printed up the scans and finished up the ultrasound. "I'm gonna write out a prescription for prenatal vitamins. And from what I could tell Mandy, you're almost 10 weeks along and will be on Friday. Congrats again."
Amanda nodded before she changed back into her regular clothes and Cali wrote out the prescription before she headed into the hallway.
"Hiroki called earlier… now do you believe it?" Cali responded after finding Yukie and making sure that Finn and Amanda had left, Yukie taking the contact lenses out and putting them in her little case before putting it away and taking the wig off.
"Yeah, whatever. I don't care at the moment." Yukie answered.
"You followed them here, hoping to prove them wrong… so you care to that extent." Cali responded.
"So… I'll still act the same after the kid's born. Maybe it's time for me to move out, without them knowing." Yukie explained.
"Go on ahead then, break your best friend's heart! You're that damn angry, you either need to calm the hell down and accept it or you stay angry! The second one will result in you being shut out by your own choices!" Cali replied before she left, Yukie leaning against the wall.
"Like I give a flyin' fuck." Yukie said, before walking away.
It was at a store that Chihiro was picking up cold weather clothes and saw Amanda and Finn in the baby section of the store… and walked over, seeing several onesies and cloth diapers in the basket.
"Oh hey kiddo." Amanda responded.
"Who's having a baby? I wanna know! I wanna know!" Chihiro questioned happily.
"Me and Finn are." Amanda responded, Chihiro hugging both of them.
"Oh, I'm so excited, is everyone happy with the news?" Chihiro questioned.
"Mostly everyone, our families are thrilled…" Finn answered, Chihiro knowing that Yukie wasn't happy.
"Wait… is Yukie happy about it?" Chihiro questioned.
"She's pissed off… she's acting like Finn and I betrayed her." Amanda answered.
"That's nothing like her, she's usually happy over everything." Chihiro explained.
"I think the injury she suffered threw her past her limits." Finn replied before Amanda handed an ultrasound picture to Chihiro.
"He's so cute. I can't wait until he's born." Chihiro responded, thinking that Baby Balor is a boy.
"Same here, we're absolutely excited… but also scared." Amanda replied.
"Any first time parent would be scared. But everything's gonna go just fine." Chihiro responded before she hugged them again and left to go pay for her things.
It was when they were back home after stopping at McDonalds for lunch that they sat down on the couch and Amanda rested her legs on Finn's lap before checking the answering machine… and hearing a voicemail from Seth that was mixed of excitement and nervousness.
"Hey, you two, hope everything went okay at the appointment. Did you record it? Please send it to me."
'Of course he says that.' Amanda thought before she sent the video to Seth… and Finn pressed the button to skip to the next message, which was from Baron.
"Hey, you two, have you seen Yukie? She's getting scarier since she decided to take more of her pills. Damn it, she might be following you to the ultrasound appointment, since she left the apartment with pink wig and showed me the finger. There's something wrong with her... if she comes home acting strange, call me so I can take her with me."
Amanda dialed Baron's number, Baron picking up.
"She did follow us but Cali stopped her… she hasn't come back here yet." Amanda explained.
"I'm home! And I've brought back some sweets." Yukie called out, heading towards the living room. "So, how's it going?" She questioned, opening a box of pocky.
"Does she look strange?" Baron questioned, as Amanda watched Yukie eating pocky before heading into the kitchen.
"She's eating pocky…" Amanda responded, Finn taking the opened box in the kitchen. "Sorry about that, it was making me feel sick." She replied to Baron.
"Just watch over her, and make sure that she stays focused and doesn't play with knives." Baron explained, before Yukie came out with two kitchen knives.
"Hey, I got something to show you two. I never done this in over five years, so… why are you two looking at me like that?" Yukie questioned.
"Put those down, now!" Finn responded, taking them and quickly locking up the knives.
"Baron, get over here now!" Amanda replied before they hung up and Finn returned from the kitchen.
"What's with the locks? I can't get those open and found the two knives under the sink." Yukie replied.
"We started infant proofing the apartment yesterday. What the hell's gotten into you? I thought your Hydrocodone got thrown into the Hudson River." Finn responded, keeping Amanda behind him to protect her and their baby.
"What am I doing?! I just got home and I wanted to relax… and I wanted to show this knife trick that my dad showed me… but I see that I'm not welcome here anymore! I wish I never met you! I wish that Finn would leave me the hell alone! I wish that I'm not your fucking friend!" Yukie explained.
"You're high as hell on pain pills, angry one minute and then you come back here acting like you didn't do anything to hurt us and holding knives like you want to stab us!" Amanda responded angrily.
"This wasn't supposed to be happening. Not to me! Now, I'm getting angry. Really fucking angry-" Yukie replied before she went to lunge at Amanda… only for Baron to grab her from behind and take her out of the apartment with security following them as Finn closed and locked the door before he walked back to Amanda and the two held each other.
"She needs to keep her distance until she's how she used to be." Finn replied as he rubbed his right hand up and down her back.
Outside, Baron threw Yukie in the passenger seat and buckled her in before closing and locking the door… he thanked the security and got in the driver's side before driving off.
"The hell's gotten into you?!" Yukie yelled.
"Me?! I wasn't the one holding knives at a pregnant woman!" Baron responded.
"Alright, I've had it…" Yukie said, after rolling her eyes and used her right foot to break open the passenger side window and yet she did. "Goodbye, asshole!" She said, before climbing out the window.
Baron slammed on the brakes, calling 911.
It was as Yukie had made her way back to the building that she was grabbed and handcuffed.
"Yukie Shirabuki, you're under arrest for causing a disturbance, assault, vandalism and intent to commit aggravated assault!" The officer responded before he read her rights to her and put her in the back of a squad car.
As she was being driven off, Yukie leaned back against the seat in anger.
