Sorry for the long wait, but here's chapter 9!

Have fun :D

Because I got questions about how old they were in this story, I will say it here and post it again in the opening. :)

Skipper - 18
Kowalski and Rico - between 16 and 17
Private - 15

Marlene - 17

Chapter 9: When Positive Becomes Negative And The Other Way Around

Positive.

Xxx Marlene

His hands shivered. The message confirmed it, his gut instinct was right. And how much he liked to brag about it, this was not the kind of 'right' he was looking for. His friends watched him, waiting for him to give the command to continue their training. He saw Private sneaking curious behind his back to read the message. "What's positive, Skippah?" Skipper quickly turned the phone off. "Nothing. It's classified." Private gave him a begging look, with his large baby blue puppy eyes. "I don't want to talk about it." Kowalski raised his eyebrow and Skipper was sure that he already had figured out what was positive.

With the test still in her hand, she watched her reflection in the mirror. Maybe it wasn't that bad. Maybe it was time to grow up and take it as a real girl, or woman. At least the things they did were things real woman did. She softly touched her belly, there, inside of her, grew their child. A child. A real living thing. It would become an individual. Just like her. What would it be like to have a child? And not just a child, his child. A child made with love. Their love. She smiled at herself, she was ready.

How could he possibly be ready for a child? He wasn't ready to settle himself at one place. He had big plans for the future. Big, dangerous plans. What about getting into the secret agency? What about the marine? He sadly looked at the reflection in the mirror. He had made a fault and he wouldn't run away like a scared kitten. He would stay and be the best father he could ever be, but he also knew that his life would never be the same again. His dreams, they would have to change. His friends, they would probably have to change too. Maybe he had to change too. He wasn't ready for this and he doubted if he would ever be.

Luckily, it was weekend. Time to think, time to talk. They were together in Skipper's room. "How do you think your parents will take it?" Skipper asked Marlene, she shrugged. "They will be angry at first, I think. But they have to get over it. I am a big girl now and I can make decisions for myself." He softly stroke his hand through her hair. "Do you want to have our marriage before, or after the child is born?" He could see that Marlene had to think for a moment.

Did he just propose to her? It had to be the most non-romantic way to propose to someone. It was more like telling her that they were going to marry. Like how he commanded his friends around. But she forgave him, it was obvious that he truly loved her, and she loved him back. Marlene answered him with a wide smile. "After." She slowly pulled him towards her body and lay his hand on her belly. "In about twenty weeks, you can feel our little baby in my belly." He softly rubbed his hand over it.

It was crazy that a baby could grow inside a woman. He had never really thought about it before. Sure he had heard about it, but it got so real now. Kowalski was right, he should have paid more attention to the boring long lectures they got at school. But how could he have ever guessed that he would get into this situation?

After Skipper had been completely silent and almost frozen for an hour, doing nothing else than gazing at a, apparently, very interesting part of her wall, Marlene decided to get him out of his trance. "Skipper, love, are you okay?" Still no reaction. She sighed, maybe she had to contact his friends. Surely they knew how to get him out of this state. She waved her hand before his eyes. Still no reaction.

Skipper stared at the wall before him, deep in thoughts. But how longer he stared, how less he thought. He didn't notice his girlfriend's attempt to get his attentions. He never noticed his friends arriving. But they were there when he awoke from his trance from a slap in his face.

"I am going to be a father. I am going to be married."

Thank you for reading so far :)