Disclaimer: I may have borrowed a line from Juno….kinda
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"I'm late," DG said to her reflection with a shrug.
Her reflection looked unimpressed.
"Guess what! It wasn't the stomach flu!"
Now it was confused.
"Remember that night you got back and we were really…rushed?"
Embarrassed.
"You know how you love playing with the cook's children?"
Skeptical.
"So have you thought about being a father again?"
Bug-eyed.
"Remember how we were told you could never have children again?"
Defeated.
"My egg-o is preg-o…"
Un-amused.
"I'm pregnant!"
"I gathered that…" Cain's surprised voice cut off her tirade.
Not alone!
She spun around with a hand covering her mouth to see him standing in the doorway. With her favorite flowers.
Daisies.
"Wha - ?" she stopped herself, gaping at the flowers.
Well this was awkward.
Then the door was pushed farther open to reveal Az.
"What do you mean you're pregnant?" she asked slowly, her mouth small, eyes wide.
This was no longer just awkward.
"You have to have sex with someone in order to be pregnant. And you have to be seeing someone in order to be having sex. And you have to be a terrible sister because this is the first I've heard about it!" Az exclaimed, getting louder and faster as she went. Then she slapped Cain's arm with the back of her hand, laughing incredulously. "Did you know about this!"
Cain, for his part, look surprised, concerned, and had no idea what to say.
He glanced sideways at DG before giving up. He shrugged non-committaly. At her blank stare he raised his eyebrows in a 'really?' kind of way, before raising the flowers to in front of Az's face, giving them a slight shake.
Her smile was wiped clean off as she put 6 and 14 together, glancing between the flowers, Cain, DG, and back.
"Sweet Ozma!" she said, awestruck.
Now his shrug was slightly embarrassed.
"Could you…give us a minute, Az?" DG asked, shifting uncomfortably by the mirror.
Az snapped out of her daze, startled. "Yes! Youuuuuuuuu need a minute. Or eight…" she moved out into the hallway. "I'll just be…" she pointed behind her and closed the door.
When Cain looked back to her he still looked a little concerned but now there was just a hint of wonder.
DG struggled for the right thing to say. Still.
"Surprise?"
Cain let out a breath and broke into a small smile.
"I'll say…"
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A/N: I'M SORRY I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT POSTING THIS SOONER! I have it dated as before thanksgiving for crying out loud! I guess I was hoping I could make it longer….instead, will accept another update in short order? Thought so…