"Ahh! Don't touch it!" Riven had ice on his hand. When Musa had told him the answer the doctor had given her, Riven had slammed his fist on the table.
"Sorry." She stepped back. "Are you going to be okay."
"Eventually. I'd be better if you got me some aspirin."
Musa opened the cupboard in the bathroom and started digging around for Riven's aspirin.
"When's this appointment thing?" Riven called from the kitchen
"June 30th!" She answered. Where was the aspirin?
"Do I have to like come or something?" Riven replied after a long pause.
"If you want. It would be nice if you did. But you don't have to." Musa handed him his aspirin.
"Well...what do they need to find out at it?" He was looking down now. Something was up.
"Well I'm not sure. But probably how old it is. Maybe if it's a girl or a boy. I don't know! I've not exactly an expert on this sort of thing!"
"Crap. Really?" Riven looked up alarmed. Why was his problem?
"What?" Musa narrowed her eyes.
"Well...I was...thinking. What if...what if the...baby isn't from when we're engaged. What's your dad going to think about that?"
God he was right. She'd graduated 2 days before they were engaged. Their baby could easily be from then...the night she graduated.
"God! Riven! I don't know!" Musa wailed.
"Calm down! There's like the smallest chance!" 'Yeah but with my luck...' Riven thought.
"Okay so my dad comes like really soon...like a few hours. So I've decided we don't tell him now. We tell him after my appointment in 3 days. Sound good?" Musa rubbed he stomach. Riven was staring at her.
"What?"
Riven flushed pink. "No...it's nothing just..." he nodded at where her hands were and smiled. "It's our baby. Think about it. Half me half you. Isn't that weird to you?"
"What's so weird about it?" Where was he going with this?
"Well, your freshman year." His face was suddenly pained just remembering Darcy.
"Oh. Yeah it's...a bit weird. What do you want?" She grinned.
"Want what?" Riven adjusted his this ice on his hand.
"A daughter or a son idiot!" Musa placed her hand on his shoulder.
"A son. What about you?" He put his arm around her waist.
"A daughter."
"Why?"
"I just want a daughter is all. Why do you want a son?"
"Oh...um because my father..." He looked at her like 'please don't make me finish' look
"I understand. Don't finish that. We'll find out soon enough which it is."
The phone rang. Musa picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Musa! Hi. Look I'm really sorry but I can't come visit you today."
Yes! "Why not dad?"
"I have to fix this one duke's piano. It's going to pay really well and I really need the money. I'm sorry Musa! I hope you understand."
"Yeah I understand dad. I love you! Bye!"
"I love you too! Bye Musa!"
"Miss Musa? We're ready for you." announced the doctor.
It was the day of Musa's appointment. Riven had also accompanied her for support. Musa had very much appreciated that. She knew he was extremely uncomfortable this the whole situation.
"Hello Musa. I'm Doctor Rosa. I'll be your doctor for the rest of your pregnancy." She shook Musa's hand. Doctor Rosa had long wavy blonde hair and glasses and her smile was warm. Musa liked her right away.
" are?" She held out her hand to Riven.
"Riven. Musa's fiancé." He crossed his arms. Doctor Rosa clasped her hands together.
"Yes...okay then. So I assume your the father of this baby?"
"You assume correctly."
"All right then. Musa today we're going see how old this baby is exactly. Sound good?"
Musa nodded.
"So I need you to put on one of those gowns. Riven you're going to have to wait in the lobby for a minute. I'll call you back in in a minute."
Riven shrugged and left the room.
Several minutes later, he joined Musa back in the room.
"Okay guys. I have some information about your baby. It's not twins or anything. Just one baby."
Riven leaned back in chair and sighed with relief.
"Also the age or your baby is about 4 to 5 weeks. Almost 6 actually. So the approximate birth date should be February 6th. Or around there. Okay?"
"You've GOT to be kidding me!" Riven was still in the back of his chair, hand held to his head. A look of complete disbelief.
"Riven what is it?" Musa smiled at her fiancé,
"Musa does June 6th mean anything to you?" Riven raised his eyebrows.
"Oh my god."
"Tell me about it!" Their baby was older than their engagement. The one thing they had been afraid of. It was too ironic.
"Okay well," Doctor Rosa could sense the sudden tension that had come over the room. "Musa your all done. So you can take off that gown then I'll book you an appointment for next month."
"Yeah Sure." Doctor Rosa closed the curtain. Musa slipped out of the gown and into her jeans and tank top.
"Riven I need you to do my a favor. Make sure Musa doesn't use and magic for the next 9 months."
"What? Why?!" Musa pushed back that curtain.
"Well it could affect your baby. If it, being a girl, would possibly have magic defects in the future. We don't want to risk that."
"If it's a guy?" Musa put her hands on her hips.
"We could find that out in another 2 months if you want. Then if it's a boy you can use magic in small amounts. Do you want to do that?"
Musa looked at Riven. He shrugged. "Do what you want."
"Yes then. I'd like to do that."
"All right. Come back on July 16th for a quick exam. Then on September 5th again. Then on October 17th we'll see your babies gender."
"Thanks." Musa said. Then Riven opened the door and they left until July 16th.
