CHAPTER FOUR
November 28th
14 weeks
"So, how was everyone's Thanksgiving?" Tori asked as the six friends took a seat at their usual table.
"Great," Beck said.
"Shitty," Jade said, crossing her arms. "His grandmother called me a delinquent."
"You are a delinquent," Tori said.
"No one asked you."
"How was your Thanksgiving Andre?"
"It was cool," Andre said. "Until Grandma started freaking out about my cousin Kendra turning into a ghost."
"A ghost?"
"Her son threw flour in her face when they were baking pies and Grandma thought she turned into a ghost."
"That's... well, that's your grandmother for you."
"When are you gonna put that lady in the bin?" Jade asked.
"Hopefully soon, man," Andre said.
"Andre!" Tori said.
"What? You don't understand what it's like to deal with her. I love her, but it's getting harder to deal with."
"I guess I can't say much... I don't know what it's like. But she's still a sweet old lady. How was yours?" she asked, looking at Cat and Robbie.
"Mine was good," Robbie said. "Lots of kids though. And games. I went to Cat's after dinner was done."
"Awww, you guys are spending holidays together!"
"We didn't plan on it, but Cat had a little bit of a hard time so I went over to calm her down."
"Oh no, what happened?"
"I just wasn't having a good time," Cat said. "I was throwing up all day. Wasn't pretty. I told everyone that came to dinner about the baby. I was judged hardcore."
"I'm sorry... Well, we're not judging you."
"I'm still kind of judging you," Jade said. "But I'm here."
"April punched my cousin in the face," Cat said with a small giggle.
"And I missed it? Why do I always miss the good shit?"
"She called me a slut. And she said my baby was gonna come out retarded because I'm so young. So April punched her right off her chair."
"Way to go, April!" Jade called out to April a few tables away.
"About what!" April called back.
"Giving Kelly what she deserves!"
"You should've been there, it was great!"
"It was great," Cat said. "She's not allowed at the house anymore. Thank goodness. I couldn't stand her."
"No one could, she's more obnoxious than Trina," Jade said.
"Hey," Tori said. "No one is more obnoxious than Trina."
"Kelly is. Just her existence is annoying."
"What is that?" Cat asked, scrunching her nose as Beck opened his food plate.
"Egg salad," Beck said.
"It smells."
"It always smells."
"Her stomach still gets upset with some stuff, babe," Jade said.
"Right - I forgot," Beck said, closing the plate. "Tell you what, I'm not starving and I have free period when lunch is over, so I'll eat it then so Cat doesn't end up blowing chunks all over the table."
"You don't have to do that," Cat said. "You can eat."
"I'll be fine. I can wait. A happy, non-puking Cat is my favorite kind of Cat."
Cat giggled, resting her head on Robbie's shoulder. She picked a crouton out of his garden salad and popped it in her mouth before looking at April as she walked up to their table.
"What's up, losers?" April asked, kneeling next to Cat.
"You eat lunch with Sinjin and we're the losers?" Andre asked.
"Shut up." She put a gift bag on the table next to Cat. "This is from Trina, she was too lazy to get off her ass and give it to you herself. Also, that burrito Mom made this morning is in there, I'm not gonna eat it so you can have it. I have to go make up a test. I'll also be home late, I have detention."
"You always have detention, I'm not surprised," Cat said.
"Well, let Mom know when you get home. And see if you can keep Chris out of my room, will ya? He went through my panties drawer the other day and found my condoms. Then he stacked them together and shoved a fucking needle through them."
The table laughed.
"Okay," Cat said.
"You're not gonna use them are you?" Jade asked.
"Do I look stupid to you?" April asked. "I'll see you when I get home," she said, kissing Cat's cheek. "And I'll wake you up when I get home, maybe we'll get some movement," she said, shaking Cat's belly lightly, only to get her hand smacked away.
"Don't, I don't want it to start moving at school. I don't know if it'll make me sick or not," Cat said.
April kissed her stomach. "Love you, Spawn," she said before walking off.
Cat opened the gift bag and pulled out a styrofoam container, setting it in front of her before digging into the bag again and pulling out an outfit. It was a light green onesie that said 'first homecoming. I'll be hotter at my second' on the front and a pair of white pants with a white beanie and white mittens attached. "Oh my gosh, this is so cute," she said. "Thank you, Trina!" she called out.
"Joke's on her, our baby isn't going to homecoming," Robbie said.
"You hush, there's still sixteen years between now and then."
"Is it a girl?" Tori asked.
"I don't know. I haven't gone to the doctor to see yet. I go next week to find out since I'll be at the fifteen week mark. There's no promising that we'll be able to tell, though. The baby has to be in the right position."
"What are you hoping for?"
"I dunno yet. A girl would be fun."
"We'll love it either way," Robbie said. "As long as it's healthy."
"What if it's twins?" Jade asked. "You'd be screwed. One of them would for sure end up a little April."
"It's not twins," Cat said. "When I had my first ultrasound there was only one."
"Just saying. With you being a twin, it's a high possibility."
"I'm barely dealing with the fact that I'm having one. Don't jinx me."
December 7th
15 weeks
"Alright, Cat," Dr. Wilson said, rolling the remote over her stomach. "Baby's in a really good position. Would you like to know the gender?"
Cat smiled and nodded. "Yeah."
Dr. Wilson maneuvered the remote over her belly and turned the monitor towards Cat and Robbie. "Congratulations, it's a little girl."
Cat's grin widened and she looked at Robbie taking his hand. "We're having a girl."
"She's already as beautiful as her mom," Robbie said, kissing her lips.
"Everything looks good," Dr. Wilson said as she wiped Cat's stomach off. "She's growing like she should, she's got a strong heartbeat, and everything looks visually correct. I'll just get these scans printed and have them taken to the front desk. Don't forget to pick them up."
"Can we get copies too?" Cat asked.
"Absolutely. I'll do that for you."
"Thank you."
As Dr. Wilson left the room, Robbie helped Cat down from the exam table and grabbed her jacket before helping her put it on.
"So, lunch period starts in about fifteen minutes. You wanna go through somewhere and then eat at school?" Robbie asked.
Cat nodded. "Yeah. Inside Out Burger?"
"Sure. I've been craving their onion rings."
"Are you sure you're not the pregnant one? You get a lot of cravings."
Robbie shrugged. "Sympathy cravings," he said, opening the door.
Cat giggled as they walked down the hall together and exited a door. She walked up to the front desk and gave the nurse a smile. "Hi. I need to pick up my ultrasound scans."
"Name?" the nurse asked.
"Caterina Valentine."
The nurse typed her name into the computer and rolled over to a filing cabinet, pulling a folder out. She took out a manila envelope and rolled back over to the desk, opening the envelope and checking the name. "This is it. You have extra scans in here too," she said as she closed the envelope and handed it to Cat. "Congratulations, see you next month."
"Thanks," she said.
Fifteen minutes later, Cat and Robbie were taking their seats at the group's lunch table.
While Robbie got their food out, Cat handed copies of her ultrasounds to Jade and Tori.
"It's a girl!" Cat said.
"Yay!" Tori said. "I knew it, I had a feeling."
"Great," Jade said. "Now I have to buy something pink."
"It doesn't have to be pink, just not too boyish," Cat said as she ate a french fry.
"Have you thought about any names?" Tori asked.
"No, not yet. Well, none that we've discussed, anyways. We still have a while before we have to name her though."
"I suggest Victoria."
Cat giggled. "That sounds like your name. Vic-tori-a."
"That's because it is her name," Jade said. "If they're named that kid after anybody at this table, it's me. We've been best friends since preschool."
"We don't know if we're gonna name her after anybody," Robbie said. "We haven't talked names yet, so when we decide then we'll let you guys know."
"Yeah, I don't want you guys fighting over it," Cat said as she bit into her hamburger.
"I think you should name her after me," Beck said.
"How would we do that? You're a boy, she's a girl."
"My name is gender reversible. Beckett could be Rebecca, Oliver could be Olivia. Rebecca Olivia or Olivia Rebecca. Yanno. Has a nice ring to it."
"Yeah, it does..." she looked at Robbie. "What do you think? Olivia Rebecca."
"Hey! No fair," Tori said.
"If you're not naming it after me, you can't name it after my boyfriend," Jade said.
"I think we should go through names later," Robbie said with a laugh. "Obviously we have a couple toddlers over here that are getting jealous."
"Might be for the best. Wouldn't want any bloodshed," Cat said.
"With Jade involved, there'd be bloodshed."