Hey guys, I am so so so so so so sorry! I've been super busy with the musical. I have an insanely hard tap number that I have to do while singing harmonies and I have to do a backflip over a table. Excuse me? So yeah, sorry! I'll try and update sooner next time. And since I felt so bad I made this a longer chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it. Again, so sorry! Please review! Thank you for putting up with me and I shall let you get on with you're reading. YAYYY!:):):):):)

~Isabelle


Chapter 7: Baby On Board, Part One

Elsa POV

I take the last bite of my chocolate-chip pancakes and finish off my glass of orange juice. I pick up my plate and my cup and set them in the sink.

"Anna?" I call out as I walk to my bedroom, "Do you know what time Rapunzel said she'd be here?"

"No, but she can't be much longer. Calm down Elsa, everything's going to be fine. I would've thought you'd be glad to put this off..." Anna replies from somewhere in my apartment.

"I just want to get it over with! I hate lying to them." I say, cutting off her reply by closing my bathroom door. I study my reflection in the mirror and notice for the first time the small, almost unnoticeable bump. I gasp and my hands fly to my stomach. I get closer to the mirror and turn to the side to see my slightly distended midsection. I'm about to go change my shirt when I start to feel sick.

"Oh no," I whisper before I lunge to the toilet seat and lift it up. I start heaving and feel tears sting my eyes.

"Elsa?" Anna starts banging on the door, "Elsa, what's wrong?"

"Morning sickness." I moan. She opens the door and peeks in.

"Oh," She says, "I'd offer to hold your hair back for you, but it's already back so... I don't know what to do." She bounces on the balls of her feet and I sigh.

"Can you get me," I get sick again, "A new shirt?"

"Really?" She squeals. I'm about to nod when I throw up again. "Aw man, I can't believe you have to get pregnant for me to be able to choose your outfit." I grab onto both sides of the toilet seat and lean back on my heels. I suck in a breath and let it out, hoping the sickness was over for now. Satisfied that it seems to be okay, I close the lid and flush the toilet.

"But you didn't get any puke on your shirt? Why do you need a new one?" Anna asks. I turn to the side to show her and her eyes widen.

"Is it that noticeable?" I ask while grabbing my tooth brush.

"Only when you really look." She assures me and I start to brush my teeth to get rid of the vomit smell. Once done, I sigh in contentment and walk out of my bathroom to my closet. I walk inside and flip on the switch, looking through my tops to try and find one to hide my bump. Anna hops in beside me and starts flipping through my shirts.

"While we're shopping we might try to find you some maternity clothes..." She trails off, looking at me to see my reaction when she says "maternity."

"Yeah, I guess..." I sigh and reach my hand out to grab a flowy, dark-blue, three-quarter-length-sleeve button-up. I look at Anna for approval and she nods her consent before bending down and picking up a pair of dark-blue wedges. I glower at her which is returned with a, "What? They're only 1-inch..." before I give up and change into the shirt and shoes.

"Anna," I complain, "These aren't very comfortable. We're going shopping, and I'm pregnant; do I really have to wear heels?"

"Elsa, I've seen you wear higher heels before on a shopping trip. In fact, you wear high-heels all the time so stop complaining! Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean you can't look good. Besides, I know you're lying." She tells me. I frown at being caught and am about to reply when I hear knocking on the door.

"Coming!" I yell and walk to the front door. I pull it open and Rapunzel steps in followed by Astrid and Merida. "Oh, hi..."

"Hey Elsa. Jack told us yesterday and Merida and I wanted to come. I hope you don't mind...?" Astrid says.

"Yeah, it's fine. To be honest I'm kind of glad you're here..." I tell her, accepting the hug she gives me.

"Elsa, everything'll be fine," Merida assures me, slinging an arm across my shoulders, "We'll be here for you, just like we told Jack."

"Thanks guys," I manage to say, my throat tight with tears. Rapunzel gives me a tight side hug which I return gratefully. I sniffle and smile. "Shall we go?" They all nod and I grab my purse before we all walk out the door.

"Do you guys want to hear about how Hiccup and I met?" Astrid asks to ease the silence and we all nod. She launches into the tale as we make our way out of my apartment building and to Anna's car. Anna and I get in the front, Anna driving, and Rapunzel, Astrid, and Merida all squeeze in the backseat.

"And he starts dabbing at my shirt, right in front of my date! So my date gets all huffy and starts making fun of him so I'm like 'Dude, you're a loser. Just go.' I'm kidding those aren't the words that I said, but you get the idea. Anyway, so he leaves and Hiccup's like 'I'm a horrible person. I ruined your shirt and lost you your date.' So I say 'You can make it up to me by sitting down and being my new date.' And he was like 'But I'm working.' And it took some convincing but he eventually sat with me and we had a lot of fun and he asked me out again and yeah... That's the story." Astrid says. Anna, Rapunzel, and Merida are all laughing hard by the end of the story and I'm giggling.

"Were you wearing a white shirt?" Anna asks, looking in the rear-view mirror to make eye-contact with Astrid.

"Yeah," She says sheepishly. Everyone laughs and Anna pulls into the mall parking lot.

"Well," Anna sighs, unbuckling her seatbelt, "We're here."

"No really?" Merida says sarcastically. I laugh softly and we all get out of the car and start walking to the doors. Halfway there, I start to feel a sharp pain in my head and make a little sound of pain.

"Are you okay?" Rapunzel asks, rushing to my side with the other girls behind her.

"Yeah, just a headache. Man, if this is how you guys act at four weeks, I'm not looking forward to eight months." I say, bringing a hand to my forehead.

"Here," Astrid says, digging through her purse and bringing out a bottle of Ibuprofen. She starts to hand it to me when Rapunzel karate-chops it out of her hand and shouts, "SHE CAN'T TAKE THAT!"

"Whoa! Rapunzel, calm down." Anna says, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Pregnant women have to consult with their doctors about their medication. Medications and herbs affect the baby!" Rapunzel explains.

"And how do you know this?" I ask.

"One, we learned it in that parenting class and two, I spent half of last night on this great pregnancy website!" She replies.

"Sorry Elsa. Guess you'll just have to deal with it." Astrid apologizes. I wave a hand.

"It's fine." We get to the mall doors and step inside. I locate the nearest directory and try to find a good store.

"How about this?" Anna asks, pointing to a dot on the map, "It's called 'Surprise!' Do you think that has to do with 'punny' gifts?" Anna starts laughing. I shake my head at her lame attempt of a joke while Merida slightly chuckles.

"Okay, now that open-mic night is over," Rapunzel clasps her hands together, "Let's go!" We all start walking past the shops, trying to spot a familiar landmark near Surprise! We pass the food court and I smell seafood.

"Guys," I say slowing down. " I'm starving. Can we stop and eat here?" I point to the giant shrimp sign with the curly dark blue lettering that states its: 'Ahoy Vino's Gourmet Shrimp and Shellfish.'

"Really? It's 9:30." Rapunzel asks, wrinkling her nose. "And it smells so rotten. Is that even real shrimp?"

"Yeah, seriously Elsa. It smells like someone died." Anna says with a sick look on her face. My face falls and I don't know why but something inside just breaks the calm facade I was holding up. I start sobbing and put my head in my hands.

"I- I- just- want- Oh, God!" I say between sobs. Astrid puts an arm around my shoulder to tries and console me.

"Hey, we can eat there. It's fine. Guys, it's food cravings. She's going to want some crazy stuff. And mood swings. She's going to be really emotional so just go with the flow." Astrid says. I look up, and wipe the tears away.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what happened." I sniffle.

"Mood swings." Merida says, "And don't worry. I love that seafood place! It's delicious!" She grabs me by the hand and drags me up to the counter. A bored-looking teenager sits at the counter, flipping through a magazine and chewing bubblegum.

"Welcome to 'Ahoy Vino's Gourmet Shrimp and Shellfish," She says in a monotone voice, "What can I get ye matey?" She sets down the magazine and looks up, resting her chin in her hand.

"I'll get a number five with a Cherry Coke." Merida says. The girl types something into her computer and looks at me.

"Um, can I have a number thirteen with a water? Please?" I ask. She nods and presses a few buttons again.

"Anything else?" She asks.

"Sure, give me a number seven with a Diet Coke." Astrid says, coming up behind me. The girl wrinkles her nose when Astrid orders the fish head and guts but says nothing.

"That all?" She asks.

"Nope," Rapunzel hops up, dragging Anna by the arm, "Two number ones please! Oh, both with sweet teas! Thanks!" She bounces away to find us a table and I pay for our food. The girl brings out the tray filled with our order which Merida picks it and takes it to our table. We sit down and I start stuffing my face with food.

"Mm," I say with my mouth full, "This is delicious." Anna laughs before taking a tiny bite of her food.

"Huh," She says and puts another forkful into her mouth, "This is good. Rapunzel what is this?"

"I'm not sure. It's just what my mom always ordered me." Rapunzel shrugs.

"You realize that's shark, right?" Astrid grins. Anna and Rapunzel both stop chewing and drop their forks.

"Oh my God!" Rapunzel starts fiercely wiping her tongue with a napkin and gulps her tea. Anna stares at her plate for a moment before picking up her fork again.

"Hey, it's good. And besides, Astrid's eating fish heads." She says. We all giggle and continue eating with the exception of Rapunzel.

"Yeah, did you see the look on that girl's face when you ordered it?" Merida laughs.

"If it's so gross then why is it on the menu? Don't knock it til you try it people." Astrid defends herself. I finish my oysters and push my plate to the middle of the table.

"So, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but... Why did you go home with Jack?" Rapunzel asks. She shoots a glance at me as if worried I might start crying again.

"Um... I don't know." I shrug and take a sip of my water, "It's just, I needed to do something other than... safe. I guess you could call it my late teenage rebellion. It just felt like... almost like fate. Except instead of riding off into the sunset with my prince I'm waking up at sunrise to throw up because I'm carrying some guy's child." I rest my chin in my hand and sigh. They all nod and I'm suddenly overwhelmed with how thankful I am that these people are in my life. I start tearing up and I wave my hand in front of my face. "I'm sorry, I don't know why I'm crying."

"Hormones." Rapunzel says before turning to Astrid, "And while we're on the topic of people's love lives..."

"Hey, I already told you guys my story." Astrid say, holding her hands up.

"Oh, did I say love lives? I meant sex lives." Rapunzel smirks.

"Well mine is nonexistent." Anna grumbles, giving me a look.

"Don't worry, so is Merida's." Rapunzel says. Merida turns as bright as her hair at that comment which doesn't go unnoticed by Rapunzel.

"Oh, my, God. Have you had sex before?" Rapunzel shouts.

"Rapunzel! Of- of course not. That's ridiculous, why would you think that?" Merida stammers.

"Because your entire head is currently the shade of a tomato." Astrid says, "Come on, who was it? When was it? It wasn't during Rapunzel's wedding too, was it? Sorry Elsa."

"It was- it was... It was a few moths ago... With," Merida takes a deep breath and mumbles something incoherent.

"Excuse me?" Rapunzel asks.

"Mjbfhuwf" Merida mumbles.

"Excuse you?"Anna jokes.

"Ugh, fine!" She growls, "I had sex with Kenny Macintosh." Rapunzel does a spit take which gets all over Anna.

"What?!" Rapunzel yells, "You mean the guy you call Kinky Macintosh? Is that why you were avoiding him at the wedding? And you know, getting drunk?"

"Hey, I get drunk everywhere!" Merida protests.

"Okay, I think that's enough girl talk for now. Let's go shop." I say. We all stand up and throw away our trash before continuing on our way. We finally get to Surprise! and I'm pleasantly surprised at how adorable it is. It seems to be a store dedicated to funny and random sayings on every surface imaginable. I walk over to the mugs, thinking I might be able to find a couple mugs that say the basic '#1 Grandma/Grandpa.' Instead, I find mugs that say things like, 'Say it to my face bro, I DEER you!','Don't judge me. I was born to be AWESOME, not PERFECT.', and other silly sayings. I feel the smile on my face start to grow as I look along the shelf. I stop when I get to a mug that says, 'Keep your head up Princess, your tiara is falling.' I pick it up and examine it more closely. It's one of those mugs that gets thinner as it goes down and it's a beautiful sky blue. It's got some of the princesses signature items spread out all over the mug in black, gray, and white: Cinderella's shoe, Snow White's apple, Belle's rose, and a fork. It takes me a minute but I finally figure out that it's supposed to be Ariel's dinglehopper and I turn it back to where the lettering is. Printed behind the words is a delicate tiara in a magenta color and I grasp the handle more tightly, holding the mug to my chest. I walk over to where Astrid's examining snow globes.

"Hey, find anything?" I ask.

"No, but I found this cool snow globe that has little dragons flying around. I was going to get it for Hiccup." She answers, showing me the little glass sphere.

"You should totally get it." I smile and show her my mug, "Look at the mug I found."

"Oh my goodness, it's adorable! This store is too cool!" Astrid says.

"Elsa, look!" Anna runs up and shows us a bumper sticker that says 'Baby on Board.' "I found the perfect thing for you! We can stick it on your stomach!"

"Anna that's a bumper sticker. You put them on cars, not people." I tell her. She walks away, mumbling something along the lines of "You're going to be as big as one," which I pretend not to hear. Astrid and I continue looking along the shelves and my phone starts ringing.

"Hello?" I answer the unknown number.

"Elsa? Hi, It's Marian. Listen, I'm sorry I had to cut our appointment short the other day. We were overbooked." Marian says.

"Oh it's fine. I didn't realize that hospitals could overbook." I say.

"Neither did I." Marian laughs, "Anyway, I was hoping I could ask you a few questions. And I calculated your due date also."

"Really? When?" I ask.

"You're due June 31st. Of course, that's not a guarantee." She says.

"Yes, I know."

"Now, I need to ask you a few questions about your life."

"Okay, ask away." I say.

"Date of birth?"

"Don't you already have that? Whatever, it's December 22nd."

"Where do you live?"

"Tribeca Bridge Tower, room 7E on 450 North End Avenue."

"Do you have a partner?"

"No."

"Do you have sex often?"

"Uh, no."

"You know, most of these questions are pretty basic. I assume you practice healthful habits everyday?" She says.

"Yeah..." I answer.

"Okay, if I need any other questions answered I'll call you. Sorry to take up your time."

"It's no problem. I'll see you November 23rd." I say before hanging up.

"Oh my goodness Elsa, I just found the most adorable way to tell Aunt Cami and Uncle John!" Rapunzel says as she bounces up behind me, clutching a book.

"How?" I ask.

"Okay, so I was talking to the cashier guy-"

"That would've been a smart idea at the beginning..." Astrid laughs. I bump her shoulder and laugh with her.

"Anyway, so I asked if he knew any cute ways to tell your parents you're pregnant and he started naming off ways and eventually he said this one thing that I just knew you would love! So basically we're going to buy this book, 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish' by Dr. Seuss because it was our favorite book when we were little and we're going to write something along the lines of 'Hey Grandma, you can read this to me in blah blah blah.' What do you think?" Rapunzel says.

"I love it." I take the book from her and examine it, smiling at all the memories it brings back. "It's perfect. Come on, let's go pay for all the stuff. Anna! Merida!" They both come and we all walk up to the cash register. We give him Astrid's snow globe, my mug, the book, and several shirts that Anna got. We pay and walk out of the store, making sure to remember where it's located because we all loved it so much.

"What do your shirts say?" I ask Anna.

"Oh, I only got two shirts. One for me, one for my new little niece or nephew. I also got two onesies and a bib. My shirt says 'I'm the crazy aunt everyone warned you about' and the other one says 'Because... Aunty said I could." The onesies say 'I get my ninja powers from my aunt' and 'My aunt is hotter than yours.' And then the bib says 'I love my, insert picture of ant.'" Anna smiles. I shake my head at how Anna can bring her crazy antics into pretty much anything and smile at her.

"Come on Elsa. Let's run into the maternity store and get you some new shirts and a pair of pants or two. Just for now." Astrid says. We run into the maternity store and pick up some new clothes for me. As soon as we're done we leave the store as quickly as possible, stop for some ice cream, and finally leave the mall. Anna gets in the driver's seat and Astrid and Rapunzel drag me into the backseat. Merida gets in the passenger side seat, but quickly turns around to watch as I take out the book. I laugh softly as I look at the familiar and comforting cover.

"When should I give it to them?" I ask.

"I told them we'd be over for dinner tomorrow. Aunt Primrose and Uncle Thomas are going to be there. So Rapunzel, obviously you and Flynn are going to be there so you guys will get to see their reactions. Yay..." Anna says, glancing at me with a nervous look. I sigh.

"I guess the sooner the better." I say. Astrid hands me a sharpie and I flip open the book cover. "Okay..." I can't bring myself to start writing and I guess Rapunzel notices.

"What's wrong?" Rapunzel asks me, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't know. I know it's already confirmed and Jack already knows and I've been having the symptoms but I feel like once I write it down... It'll be real. I'll really be pregnant."

"It's already real Elsa. This is just one of the last steps. You can do it." Astrid says encouragingly. I nod and take a deep breath. Uncapping the sharpie, I write:

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

This used to be Mommy's favorite book. You can read it to me in June(July if I'm late.)

Love,

Baby


So what did you think? Adorable right?:) I chose "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" because I love Dr. Seuss and that's my favorite book of his. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, please review!:) Again...

~Isabelle