Liu Kang dropped Kung Lao off and drove off. Kung Lao took a long deep breath and put his hand on the door when Rebecca opened the door and hugged him. He caught her, eyes wide in surprise.
"Hey it's good to see you too. Rebecca, what's with the sneak attack?" He asked.
"Well I'd thought I'd surprise you."
"Well you did a good job." He was thankful she was in a cheerful mood. "Can I come in now?"
"Oh sure you can." She said stepping aside for him to pass. She stopped inside and shut the door behind her.
"Can we sit down for a minute? I need to talk to you."
They walked into the living room and sat down on the couch.
"So what's up?" She asked.
"Well I, and a few significant others have noticed that you had quite a few more moody days than usual."
Rebecca nodded. "Right and I apologized on those days."
"I know but that's not the point. Do you remember that night a few weeks ago when I carried you up to our bedroom?"
"Yes. I remember it very clearly."
"Well that's when I noticed it started to happen, not that I'm saying it's your fault."
"Ok." She said slowly, slightly confused.
"Well…while Liu was giving me a ride home today, Raiden appeared and suggested I should buy this." He handed her the bag from the drug store.
Rebecca pulled the coloured box out of the bag. "It's a pregnancy test."
"Yeah Raiden said we should give it a shot. I didn't do it to offend your or anything."
"No, no, it's fine. In fact, I've been wondering it myself; I just wasn't sure how to ask you."
"Wow we have to work on asking questions." He said laughing.
Rebecca laughed too. "Yes we do. I'll just take this later." She got up and went upstairs.
'Wow I'm glad that's over.' He thought.
Kung Lao decided to read a book before making dinner tonight. It was his turn, as he and Rebecca decided each would rotate making dinner every three days. This routine came about when they were still newly weds and had a small fight on which of the two would cook that night. Eventually, the contest came down to rock, paper, scissors, to which Kung Lao lost, but both decided to make a chart that would allow both of them to cook evenly every week. This was a good thing considering Rebecca had to get up early for work early in the morning and was too exhausted to cook. At five thirty he began making stir fry when the phone rang. He picked it up quickly.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kung Lao, it's me Liu."
"Hey, Liu, did you call to see if I'm still alive?"
Liu laughed. "Something like that. How'd she take it?"
"She took it really well. She was in a really cheerful mood."
"That's good to hear."
"You didn't call just because of that, did you?"
"You know me too well. Raiden hasn't dropped by has he?"
"No why do you ask?"
"Well because I know he'll probably drop by, and Kitana's looking for him."
"Why is Kitana looking for him?"
"She wants to give him a scolding after she came home from picking up Liana and found that he had tie dyed a couple of her shirts while she was doing the laundry. I figured it would be better if I asked instead of her." He paused for a moment.
"That thunder god! If I ever see him again I'll kill him!" Kitana yelled in the background.
He continued on. "Of course Liana doesn't have a problem with the colour."
"I'll bet, but if I see Raiden, and I probably will, I'll pass the message on. My guess is that he's avoiding your house because he knows he won't every leave."
"I wouldn't be surprised. I'd better go though. Maybe I can find a sedative for Kitana or something."
"Good luck." Kung Lao said before hanging up.
He nervously began stirring al the meat and vegetables in the hot pan. He accidentally spilled three pieces of vegetables on the ground.
'Dang, come on, Kung Lao, get it together. Don't be so nervous focus.' He thought to himself.
He decided to turn on the radio that was always placed on the kitchen counter top next to the fridge. The music soothed his nerves as he slowly began to relax.
'That's better.' He thought.
When he finished cooking, he covered the pan with a lid and turned the heat on the stove down to low to keep it warm and decided to go upstairs to check on Rebecca.
'I haven't heard from her in awhile. Maybe she's upstairs.'
As he approached the stairs he stopped and listened for any movement. He walked up the stairs slowly and continued to walk quickly to the bedroom. He opened the closed door slowly and poked his head inside. Rebecca was nowhere to be found. Confused, he began to turn when he saw Rebecca out of the corner of his eye. She jumped on his back as he tried not to fall forward on his face.
"Rebecca you scared me again for the second time today." He said.
"Sorry. You know when I get excited I have to express my energy." She said.
"What do you mean excited? I thought you were sleeping?"
"I was for about half an hour then I woke up. Then I remembered the pregnancy test so I decided to take it."
"You did? What did the results say?" He asked nervously.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" She said handing him the test.
He held it up and examined it closely. Inside the two small rectangles was the colour blue. Kung Lao looked at the instructions: pink for negative, blue for positive. He stared at the blue rectangles for a moment before it finally sank in.
His eyes widened. "No way, do you mean?"
"Yes! I'm pregnant." She said squeezing his neck tightly.
For that moment time seemed to stop completely. The words faded in and out of his mind. His mind wandered off for a moment or two before he realized it was caused not just from the news, but from the lack of oxygen to his brain.
"Honey, you're choking me. I can't breath." He said gasping for air.
"Oh I'm sorry!" She said immediately letting go.
"That's ok." He said breathing heavily.
"I can't believe it's true. We're going to be parents!"
"You're telling me." Kung Lao said still staring wide eyed. "Oh man the stir fry!" He said remembering the diner that was still keeping warm. "I forgot I made stir fry for dinner and it's on the stove right now."
"Which reminds; I'm starving!" She said.
"Then let's eat." He said following his wife downstairs.
"Don't forget about tomorrow night." She said.
"I know, dinner at Johnny and Sonya's."
