"Grace... Grace honey wake up" Someone's shaking me it's my mom

I let out a big yaw "Good mornin-" I have to run I'm about to barf. I reach the toilet my mom comes in and rubs my back

"Are you ok honey?"

"Yes, what the hell was in that soup yesterday?" I ask

"Are you sure it's the soup?"

I look at her confused "What do you mean?" She has a worried look in her face

"Can it be... that..." She seems to struggle to find the right words "Did you and your "friend" happen to...you know?"

"Mom, I really can't follow what you're saying"

"Honey is it possible that you might be...pregnant"

It hit me... right there... in that moment... in Delbert's guest bathroom... Silver might have left me more than the treasure and the ring... something more personal...it all made sense... the throwing up, the fact that I was late... it wasn't stress or me missing Silver...

I was pregnant.

That has to be it.

I didn't say anything for a full 5 minutes. My face was astonish, my eyes blank. I just can't believe it has never came to me that "that" might be it...

"Honey, Grace are you ok?" My mom had such a worried look on her face... it was comprehensible, her daughter pregnant with an unknown pirate criminal, left alone when her life was finally getting back together.

This was the second time I cried in 10 years... The first one was when I said goodbye to Silver. My mom just hugged me as tightly as she could never stopping rubbing my back and repeating over and over again "it's okay"

Can you hear us? Can you hear me cry and your grandmother comforting me? Can you even hear this thoughts? Are you even real?

I'm sorry that your possible existence made me break down and cry... it's just... I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'll screw up everything not only my life but yours especially. It's not like I was good with my own life let along another one... a helpless half human half ursid baby... I'm sorry...

After I calmed down mom sat me down and handed me a cup of tea... usually I'm not fond of tea but I needed something to calm me down.

"So you think it's possible?" She asks. I can't even look at her in the face.

"It's definitely possible, I'm late too"

"How late?"

"I skipped last month" I take a sip of my tea, I just want to cry some more

It's not because of you, honestly it's because I'm gonna be a terrible mother, I'm gonna wanna finish the academy and you are probably gonna wonder where I'm off to, why I'm never home and you'll resent me...

"I'm sorry mom!" I say almost in tears she just smiles and rubs my hand reassuringly.

"It's going to be okay Grace, first of all we still need to confirm it and second even if you are we... we can handle it I done it before and this time the child will have so much people to care for it"

"Mom, please don't tell anybody, not yet." I plead and she nods.

"HEY JIMMY WHY THE LONG FACE!?"

"Why the long face, why the long face" Oh great that's what I need morph and Ben.

You are gonna have a crazy uncle and cute "big brother" of sorts, your father he loved morph like it was his child, well more like a pet, but he cared very deeply for him.

"Ben, morph, I have a head ache can you keep it down?"

"Oh sure Jimmy sorry." He backs away

Morph just turns into a thermometer that blows up the scale I laugh "Don't worry morph I'm not that sick"

"But we are going to the doctor TOMORROW, to make sure you're fine."

I nod.

I wonder... will you have my blue eyes or his green eyes? My brown hair or his purple hair? Will you look more like him or like me?

"Guys we have exciting news!" Delbert said barging in through the door

"What happened?" I ask. I notice the captain walking behind him she's smiling are they getting married? After 3 months?

"Well... the thing is" She started but was interrupted by an exciting Dr. Doopler

"We're having kids!"

"Wait kids, as in more than one?" I say

"Quadruplets to be exact" Captain says.

"Oh my gosh that's so exciting!" Mom says

Please don't be mad, if you're listening to this enthusiasm and thinking that you're not wanted it's not that, it's just that they are in a relationship, a very new one but still even if they weren't their not alone. Well I guess I'm not either it's just they are capable of giving their kids what they deserve. And I won't even be able to provide a present mother in your life let along dad.

Will you forgive me? For not being able to give you a dad or will you rebel out like I did for the same reason. I'm gonna do my best for you have no doubt, like my mom did. And you need to understand that your dad is NOT like mine, he choose to leave his wife and child your dad... he... helped me, he gave me money to rebuild the inn, he made a promises... and he literally gave up his dream for me and... if he knew about you trust me we would have found a way to make it work, to drop the charges so don't resent him.

"Are you okay Grace?" Mom asked entering the guest room I was staying in

"Yes..." I say as I roll to my side

"Are you still thinking about him? Or it?" She asks as she sits on the edge of the bed.

"Both..."

"Do you think he would have stayed?"

"Yes...It's just what if I can't do it, what if it blames me for the bad things in life"

"It will, there's nothing you can do about until they grow up you are the seed of all evil in the world"

"I never thought that of you!" I say as I sit up.

"No but you blame your father"

I glare "He means nothing to me"

"I understand, I also feel like that, but he did gave me something wonderful, so I can't tell he's such a mistake cause he wasn't if it weren't for him I wouldn't have you"

"Mom, I'm not mad at him, I'm mad that it's not gonna give the life it deserves."

"You are, cause you are gonna love this kid more than anything in this world, and it will understand if you aren't around or if he isn't around trust me."

"I hope you are right"

I hope that you will be happy, I hope that one day we meet your dad again, that will be together... maybe we can buy a ship and raise you there, it would be amazing, you would have so many adventures and learn so many things.

I wonder are you a boy or a girl. I'm getting ahead of myself I don't even know if you exist yet I will discover tomorrow.

The next morning me and mom left before anyone noticed, we ate at a near by coffee.

"Are you ready Grace?"

I nodded and we went on to the clinic. It was an ob/gy specialty clinic. I sat down as mom was making the registry of my entrance.

An alien octopus woman looked at me with a smile and said "Is good to see young boys taking responsibility"

"Grace James Hawkins?" The receptionist called

"That's me ma'am sorry" her face just turned blank as she thought I was boy

Me and mom sat in front of the doctors desk, she was the same species as Captain Amelia.

"Hi I'm doctor Lucy, and what do I owe the pleasure of you too"

"Well doctor... I think I might be 3 months pregnant" I say

"That specific?"

"It's been 3 months since... you know"

"Ok, why don't you climb on the table and pull your shirt up a little so we can take a sonogram"

I did as she said, she put some jelly in my belly, it was cold, she put this cylindrical thing over my belly and started rolling it around.

She was looking in the monitor "Well miss Hawkins you are...