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May yawned as she sat on the front seat of the deep-blue Mercedes Cabriolet they had. Drew had decided he would drive the car, instead of their driver.
"May," Drew asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"Mmm….." May muttered, resting her head on the closed window.
She yawned again.
"May?" Drew said again, "You know that sleeping alongside the driver makes him sleepy?"
"I know."
With that, May raised her head up and opened her eyes.
Drew chuckled. "This pregnancy thing's turning out to be fine for me."
May looked at him with confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, nothing, dear," Drew smiled, "Nothing at all."
May just sighed and slumped her head backwards on the seat.
"Drew?" May whispered, "Do you think we shouldn't have this child right now?"
"What do you mean?" Drew replied with his own question, "We've got at least another, say, eight months, until the babies come along."
"I know that, Drew!" May replied indignantly, "I didn't mean right now. And you're still by the theory of whatever-it-is being 'babies'?"
"I do," Drew replied, "And if ya wanna know, I think us having children in very near future is a wonderful idea. Also, May, our house and income are so big that we could have a dozen kids and they'd still have their own bedrooms. And that is after excluding all the guest rooms. If we include half the guest rooms, we could have a total of twenty babies. You like this idea?"
"Let me make something clear, Andrew Hayden," May said slowly, stressing every word as she went on, "At most, we are going to have only four kids. Do you understand that?"
Drew nodded, chuckling.
"I do. It's just fun to get you mad, Sweetie."
May was about to retort but as Drew braked in front of the L'étoile Elégante Restaurant, May went starry-eyed and looked at the place out of her window.
"We're here," Drew said and got out of the driver seat. He went around and opened the door for May. As May got out of the car, Drew handed the keys to the valet.
The valet nodded and went away.
"Let's go in, Drew!" May practically dragged Drew inside. Drew merely chuckled and allowed himself to be dragged along his ecstatic wife.
They were dressed rather simply, despite of the fancy hotel, with May wearing a white crop top, denim jeans and white flats while Drew was sporting a navy t-shirt and black slacks.
They entered the five star restaurant and went straight to the receptionist.
"Welcome to L'étoile Elégante, Madame, Monsieur. Do you have a booking?" the receptionist said in a thick French accent. If she was mocking it, then she had to have been a very good mimicry artist.
"We do. It must be under 'Hayden'," Drew replied, smiling.
"Hayden….Hayden….." she muttered as she looked on the list of the bookings on the computer, "Ah! Here it is! Andrew Hayden!"
She called over a waiter.
"Bonjour, Madame, Monsieur," the waiter seemed French as well, "I'm Jake. I'll be your waiter for the afternoon."
Drew and May nodded as the waiter led them to their table. Then he gave them the menus. He left them to make their choices and returned a few minutes later.
"May I take your order?"
"Yeah," Drew said, "We'll have two Salmon Sandwiches and a bowl of Ratatouille for main course and two Petits Pains au Chocolats for the desserts. And please make it a bit fast."
"Oui, Monsieur," the waiter bowed, jotted the menu and left to the kitchen.
May smiled at Drew as she fidgeted with her wedding band.
"Remember our wedding, don't cha?"
Drew smiled too. Then he smirked.
"How wouldn't I?" he said, "You were looking as beautiful as a snorlax as you slept after the reception."
May blushed beet red as she yelled, "DREW!"
"I aren't kidding. You did look beautiful."
This made May smile again.
Then suddenly, someone yelled, "MAY! DREW!" loudly enough that the whole Coumarine might have heard it.
"Could that be…..DAWN?!" May turned abruptly around her chair and was only able to see a blurry flash of navy-blue hair before she was hugging her kindergarten friend, Dawn Natalia Berlitz, now Dawn Shinji.
"It's so good to see you!" Dawn squealed, "Been a long time, hasn't it?"
Before May could reply, an arm rested around Dawn's waist, pulling her back. It was Paul Tay Shinji.
"What're you talking about?" Drew asked, as he greeted Dawn with a kiss on her cheek, "We met three months ago only, at Leaf and Gary's engagement, remember?"
May and Dawn just giggled.
"It's a girl thing, Drew," they both said in sync.
Drew sighed mockingly and went to hug Paul. They had been best friends with each other as well as May, Dawn, Ash, Misty, Leaf and Gary since middle school.
"Sup, pal?" Drew laughed at the look on Paul's face as he tried what they called the 'high school accent'.
"Hey, Drew," Paul greeted as they hugged.
"How's life?" Drew asked.
"As usual. Dawn's got a fashion tour here in Coumarine city. She practically dragged me over here," Paul rolled his eyes.
Drew chuckled: trust Dawn to get Paul come on a fashion tour with her.
The large room was again filled with a squeal and Drew and Paul looked over to see May and Dawn in a hug.
"She must have told her," Drew muttered.
"Told her what?" Paul asked, confusedly looking at his friend.
"Eh…" Drew thought of the best way to announce the news but was beaten to it by Dawn as she came towards them and hugged Drew again.
"Congrats, soon-to-be daddy!" she squealed again, and went away to sit with her brunette friend, dragging Paul with her.
"My point entirely," Paul mumbled, smirking at Drew.
Drew sighed and asked the few customers who were now staring at the two couples to resume what they were doing.
As he joined the three, he checked his wrist watch and his eyes widened.
"May!" he said, "We are going to be late for the appointment!"
"Oh!" May exclaimed as realisation got to her, "But what about our food?!"
As soon as she had said the word 'food', Jake came over with the ordered dishes.
"Monsieur, Madame, your food!" he set the dishes in front of them and said, "Enjoy!"
Drew and May nodded and dug in.
"What appointment?" Paul asked, as soon as he and Dawn had finished ordering.
"Appointment with May's gynecologist."
May clipped Drew on the head.
"OWW!" Drew yelled indignantly, "What was that for?!"
"You said the 'word', Drew," May hissed at him, her mouth full.
"So what?!" Drew replied, "I bet Dawn goes to her gynecol….OWW!"
It was Paul this time who had clipped Drew on the head...Hard.
"WHAT IS IT WITH YOU, PAUL?!" Drew whisper-shouted angrily, as to not create any more scenes.
"You said the 'word', Drew," Paul replied nonchalantly as Dawn giggled.
"Don't worry, big brother," Dawn said, "My dear husband's a bit overprotective…..and silly." She added as an afterthought.
Dawn and Drew had declared each other as their honorary sibling when they were in their high school. They really had developed a brother-sister bond between them.
May and Dawn giggled and Drew chuckled as Paul's cheeks went red.
They talked for a while and laughed at their old memories before Drew cleared his throat and excused himself and May for they had to leave for the appointment.
"We'll see you later guys!" May said and stood up.
"By the way, where are you guys staying?" Drew asked as he too got up and left some hundred dollar bills on the table.
"Oh at this hotel only," Dawn replied, smiling.
"Come and stay with us," Drew offered, smiling, "We can invite Ash, Misty, Leaf and Gary too! It'll be like old times!"
"Yeah, what do you say?" May added.
"Well?" Dawn said, looking at her plum-haired husband.
Paul nodded.
"It's decided, then," Drew deducted, "We'll call you when we reach home from the big, bad gynecologist."
May just sighed and clipped Drew again. She then pecked his cheek.
"You never learn, do ya?" she mock sighed again and with a final wave at their friends, left the hotel.
Dawn was watching the scene unfold among her childhood friend and honorary brother.
"They are perfect together, don't you think?" she sighed dreamily, not expecting her usually quiet husband to remain as usual.
"They surely do," came Paul's reply which stunned her, "Just like you and me."
"Aww!" Dawn gushed at him and kissed him on the mouth.
"Dawn," Paul muttered, "I don't know if I ever told you, but I love you."
"Well, you told that to me a number of times, Honey," Dawn replied back nonchalantly, then added, "And I love you too."
Paul smirked and leaned in for another kiss.
"Uh…uh….uh!" Dawn placed a finger on his lips, "Not now, big boy! Let's eat first and then we'll go to the room."
"As you wish, Madame," Paul mock saluted his wife and they both broke into a laughter, remembering their waiter and the receptionist.
"Let's eat and then go to the hotel room!" Paul cheered, "Woo-hoo!"
Dawn just giggled.
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