Beca was not thrilled for the early appointment time, but it beat having to go to school even earlier. Jesse made sure she was up and ready on time. He even made her breakfast because he felt bad she couldn't have coffee.
"Are you two excited?!" Aubrey enthused when they got in her car.
"Shut up and drive, blondie," Beca teased.
"I'll take that as a yes," Aubrey concluded, before turning back to the wheel.
Aubrey dropped the two off and told the two to call when they were finished, so that she could take them back to school.
They walked into the office, being the only ones there because Stacie offered to do it before the clinic opened for the day. Stacie was waiting for them by the door that led into the ultrasound rooms.
"Thank you for doing this for us, Stacie," Jesse greeted.
"Anything for you guys," she returned.
"Alright. Let's do this," Beca said nervously.
Stacie led the way into one of the rooms. She instructed Beca to lie down on the examining table and to lift her shirt. She did as she was told. Jesse took the seat next to the table offering his hand to Beca, which she gladly took.
Stacie spread the cool gel across Beca's tiny stomach. She began to move the wand around, causing the room to fill with their baby's heart beat. Beca's eyes rimmed with tears.
Stacie pointed to a small spot on the screen. "There's your baby. You can see their nose, hands, feet, and I'm 95 percent positive I know the sex. Would you all like to know what you're having?"
Jesse looked at Beca with puppy dog eyes. Beca nodded.
"Yeah," she responded.
"Well like I said I'm not a hundred percent, but it looks like you're having a little girl," Stacie told them.
This time, Jesse's eyes filled with tears. Stacie wiped the gel off of Beca's stomach.
"It looks like you are about 14 weeks along," Stacie told her. "That makes your due date October 15. But Beca, because you're so small, this is a high risk pregnancy. Jesse make sure to take care of her, and that she takes her prenatal vitamins. You should be just fine. I know your a fighter Beca."
"Thank you, Stacie," the couple said in unison.
Jesse helped Beca off the table and to her feet. He kneeled down to get level with her stomach.
"Hey little girl," he spoke gently to her stomach. "It's daddy. I just wanted to let you know how much mommy and I love you already, and I'm sure our love will only grow. Be good to mommy. Please don't make her too sick," he finished and pressed a kiss to her stomach. Beca had soft tears streaming down her face.
"Let's call Aubrey," Jesse suggested.
"Hello," Aubrey greeted.
"Hey Aubrey. It's Jesse. We're all finished at Stacie's, so can you come pick us up?" Jesse asked.
"Omg did you find out what you are having?" Aubrey squealed.
"Yes, but Beca wants to wait and tell you when you get here, so hurry up," Jesse joked.
"Already almost there. Be outside," Aubrey told him.
"Alright thank you. Bye," Jesse said as he hung up the phone.
He grabbed Beca's hand, and led her outside. They made it outside right as Aubrey was pulling up.
Jesse opened the back seat door for her. He slid in after her.
"So, what are you having?" Aubrey demanded.
"I think Jess and I need to get back to school," Beca replied.
"Becaaaa," Aubrey whined.
"We want to tell everyone later. Okay Bree?" Beca asked.
"Fine."
When they got back to school, they signed themselves in and went to homeroom which they conveniently had in rooms right next to each other. Their teachers didn't care, so Jesse often joined Beca's homeroom class. Today was no exception.
They walked into Peats's room and sat down.
"So what about names, my beautiful?" Jesse asked her.
"I like Piper. Or Bella," she replied.
"I like Bella too. What about Aria? It means sweet song," he suggested.
"It's pretty. What about all three?"
"Like Piper Aria Bella. Or Aria Piper Bella?"
"How about Bella Aria Piper?"
"Yeah. I like that too," Jesse agreed.
"So like how are we going to tell people, such as our extended family and friends about our conundrum?" Beca asked.
"We can make an announcement card and stick it with our wedding invites," he stated.
"That's good, but what type of announcement card?"
"Well I've seen some that's the guy holding two bags of ice and the girl making a heart over her stomach."
"Yeah, no."
"Umm we can do "Hi my name is" stickers," he suggested.
"Better."
"Ribbon and the date hanging off like a name tag on a present. That's about my last suggestion," he said.
"I like the "Hi my name is" stickers, but instead of just having one we should have a bunch. Like Mimi says I'm sweetheart. Daddy says I'm love bug. Grandpa says I'm uh oh. Pawpaw says I'm cutie pie. Mommy says I'm a boxer. And then on top of all of them it'll say "Hi my name is Bella Aria Piper.""
"That's a really good idea," Jesse said pressing a kiss to her temple.
What they didn't know was that the schools biggest gossips, Fat Amy and Chloe Beale, were sitting right behind them.
By lunch, everyone had heard the latest gossip story. They could hear the whispers as they walked in the hall. When they sat at their usual lunch table, all their friends asked them if it was true.
They didn't really have to tell them the truth. School was out in two weeks, and Beca probably wouldn't be showing that much. But because they were friends, they felt obligated to tell then the truth.
"Is it true that you're pregnant?" Cynthia Rose asked Beca.
"Yes," Beca sighed.
"Oh that's so exciting! Do you know what you're having yet?" Benji asked Jesse.
"A girl. And we're getting married on Saturday. You're all invited," he replied.
The rest of the day was fairly normal. Except when they were both pulled out of class to talk to the principle. They took a seat nervously in his office.
"So I heard a rumor going around that you are pregnant, Rebecca. Is that true?" He asked.
"Yes it is, sir," Beca replied. "And please call me Beca."
"What are you going to do about your schooling? I can't really have pregnant teenagers running around here. It will ruin our image."
"With all do respect sir, we are both seniors. We are both eighteen. We will be done with school in a few weeks, so if you just want to deny the rumors to other people the. Go ahead. She won't be showing by the end of school, and if you make her go, I go too," Jesse replied cooly.
"I see how this is. Ms. Mitchell, you may stay with us until the end of the school year," the principal replied.
"Oh one more thing. I'm Mrs. Swanson now," Beca told him abruptly before walking out of the office.
