(One month later)

Jeanette was sitting at the kitchen table reading one of her old books. She was pretty bored since she was alone. Alvin was at work and she had run out of things to do. She had gone baby shopping a little earlier that morning and then began to set up the baby's room. It still looked a little empty, but she was going to have Alvin help her with the rest. She yearned to do something. She didn't care what.

Just when she was about to cry out in frustration, her phone rang. She smiled and quickly picked it up to see that it was Eleanor. "Hi, Ellie," she greeted happily, glad she was finally talking to someone.

"Hey, Jeanette. Are you busy right now?" she asked.

"No, I am completely free for the rest of the day. What's up?"

Eleanor sighed. "Could you come to Brittany's house? She and Si had this big fight and now she's throwing a fit," she explained.

"Really?" Jeanette asked, not really seeing Simon as the arguing type, but Brittany did have a tendency to push people's buttons.

"Yeah, listen." Sure enough, Jeanette could hear Brittany in the background throwing a temper tantrum. She chuckled slightly and shook her head. "So, can you come?" Eleanor asked again.

"Sure, I'll be there," Jeanette said.

"Great. See you soon."

"Bye." With that, she hung up the phone and got up to get her shoes and car keys. Once she was set, she went into the garage and hopped in her car. Soon, she was on her way to Brittany's house. "I wonder what they got in an argument about," she thought out loud. "It must have been pretty big if it sent Simon over the edge."

A few minutes later, she parked in front of their house and got out of the car. She went up to the door and rang the bell. It sounded quiet now, so she figured that Brittany had calmed down a bit. A few moments later, Eleanor opened the door. She smiled when she saw Jeanette. "I'm glad you're here. She's calmed down a little, but every now and then, she has a little outburst," she said as she stepped out of the way to let Jeanette in.

She stepped into the house. "Well, where is she?" she asked as she walked in a little further.

Eleanor closed the door. "Oh, I sent her to the sun room to take a breather. Come on," she said and began leading her to the sun room. Jeanette followed behind her, preparing herself for Brittany. She knew that once she asked what happened, she was going to spill everything in an everlasting rant and maybe throw another fit.

Eleanor disappeared around the corner and Jeanette slowed down as she mentally made final touches on her preparation. Then she took a deep breath before picking up the pace and rounding the corner.

Before she could say a word, she was met with a big, "Surprise!!"

Her eyes widened when she saw her family and friends standing in the middle of the room holding gifts. She looked around and saw blue balloons and blue streamers everywhere. There were more presents and most of them were wrapped in blue. She looked up and saw a banner that said 'It's A Boy!' She started grinning, and then laughing. They threw her a surprise baby shower.

She looked at Eleanor. "You," she stated as she pointed at her.

Eleanor laughed as she walked over to her and hugged her. "I'm sorry I lied, but I couldn't exactly tell that we threw you a surprise baby shower," she said.

Jeanette laughed and hugged her back. "Well, it was sweet. Thank you." She looked up at everyone else. "Thank all of you."

Brittany stepped forward. "Aw, you're welcome, Nett," she said as she walked over and hugged her. Then she let her go and began pulling her over to the couch. "Now, get over here so you can open the presents. I guarantee that you're going to love mines the most," she assured her and Jeanette laughed, as well as everyone else.

"I'm sure I will, Brittany," Jeanette said.

"I don't know. Mine might be pretty hard to beat," came Alvin's voice from the doorway. They turned to look and Jeanette smiled when she saw him. He smiled at her and then began walking over to her. "I mean, it is my kid, too."

Simon walked up behind Brittany and grabbed her shoulders. "He's got you there, Britt," he told her.

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

At that moment, Alvin grabbed Jeanette and kissed her. "Hey, babe," he said as they sat on the couch.

She gave him a look. "How long have you been keeping this from me?" she asked.

He smiled slightly. "A week," he admitted.

Jeanette then smiled. "Well, thank you."

"It was my pleasure."

Jeanette looked up at everyone else. "Whose idea was this?"

"It was your sisters'," Theodore said as he came over to sit next to her. "And then they demanded that we help out."

Alvin laughed and nodded. "Yeah, we did not have a say in the matter."

"Not that we minded," Simon said as he walked back over with a gift in his hand. He handed it to her. "This one's from Brittany.

At that moment, Brittany walked up with two other gifts and she put them in front of her. "So are these. I insist that you open mine first," she said. Then she looked at Alvin. "Move, I want to sit next to my sister."

Alvin was going to reply, but instead, he rolled his eyes and got up and let Brittany have his seat. Jeanette laughed and shook her head, and then she began to open her gifts from Brittany. A few moments later, she was surrounded by plenty of gifts. They pretty much consisted of clothes and toys. Jeanette never planned on telling everyone that she was having a boy. She wanted to keep it a surprise, but Alvin was much too excited to keep his mouth shut. She really didn't care though. She knew they were going to find out anyway and besides, it made it easier than getting gifts for boys and girls for the baby shower.

Once all the gifts were open, everyone sat around talking about Jeanette and Alvin's plans for the baby. "What are you going to name him?" one of her friends asked.

Jeanette shrugged. "We haven't decided yet," she said.

Alvin shook his head. "I don't know why she keeps saying that. I keep telling her that she's going to name him Alvin," he said with a laugh.

Eleanor smiled and said, "For some reason, I doubt that."

Jeanette looked at her and nodded. "Thank you, Ellie."

"Have you guys worked on his room yet?" Theodore asked.

"I started it today, but it's far from finished," Jeanette said.

Brittany arched an eye brow. "Why don't you get that thing you call a husband to help you?" she asked and Alvin glared at her. Simon chuckled and patted his back.

Jeanette laughed. "Well, we still have some time to get it done."

"Well, three and a half months will be here before you know it," Simon pointed out.

Jeanette nodded and sighed. "Yeah," she said with a slight smile.

"And we'll definitely be ready for it," Alvin assured them.

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So…? How was it? This was the first…and only idea I got, so I went with it. Hopefully you guys are keeping up with how far into the pregnancy Jeanette is. If you were, maybe Simon helped you out with it. Well, anyway, tell me what you thought.

Jade