Chapter 13 "My mind is made up"

It was nice day at the village, everyone doing their chores and some playing outdoors for the nice sunny day but Smurfette was still in her house looking at some clothes she had in her closet. By the size of her belly, she knew she'd need new clothes, so she went with Tailor so he could make her a new wardrobe. When he was finished making her a few dresses for pregnancy she felt more comfortable now, she thanked him for the dresses and gave him a hug, he said it wasn't any trouble and he'd be making her a few more in the next days, she gladly accepted and left to her home again.

3 months passed and Smurfette was more advanced with her pregnancy, her stomach was the size of a small smurfball, she was starting to have a few back aches along with a lot of cravings and mood swings, making it hard for Hefty to handle sometimes. But he really enjoyed it when it was the tender and happy mood swings, because it was a whole lot easier to handle than anger ones.

This morning they were helping Papa out in the lab, but Smurfette could only do the simple chores now, doing something out of her reach could cause some damage to the baby and Hefty wasn't taking any chances with that. When they finished helping Papa, they went for a little walk so they can both be in good shape.

"Hefty, I wanna go for a walk around the forest. It's been a while since we've smurfed anywhere besides the village."

"I know, but I can't risk you in getting hurt or too exhausted"

"Please Hefty; I wanna go out a bit"

"No, I'm sorry but I don't want anything to happen to you"

Smurfette was a little sad about how Hefty restricted her lots of things, but since she was his wife and his main love she knew how to get what she wanted, just the way she's almost always done in her life when necessary. She looked directly at Hefty's eyes and made the saddest but at the same time the cutest eyes she's ever done, she filled them with tears and a few sniffles to make it more affective. Hefty stood there wide eyed, he really tried to resist but he was failing at it. He tried closing his eyes tightly but the sniffles didn't help him at all, he half opened an eye and saw her with a finger on her mouth and blinking a few times to make the tears fall down her cheeks, until he couldn't take it anymore and gave up.

" OK OK YOU WIN! WE'LL SMURF THROUGH THE FOREST!" he said as he had both hands on his head as if he had a horrible head ache.

"Really? OH GOODY!" She said with a sparkling face. Her tears were all dried off like if she never cried at all. She hugged Hefty and took him by the arm, when they walked to the forest Hefty had a defeated look on his face and Smurfette just had one thought on her mind "It always works…"

They walked slowly through the forest looking at the trees and animals passing by, this really reminded Smurfette about her first date with Hefty, she really hoped it also reminded him too, but all he had was a worried face on him, like if he was scared of something out here.

"Hefty, are you okay?"

"Yeah… why?"

"You seem really troubled"

"I'm not troubled, just concerned about you and the baby"

"Why?"

"I don't want anything to happen to you"

"Hefty, you're with me all day and night, how can anything happen to me when you're always there for me?"

"You mean that you want me to be with you?"

"I didn't say that. What I said was that you're there for me, so I know I'm ok"

"Oh ok, sorry about that"

"Don't be"

After a few hours of walking, Smurfette got really tired and wanted to go back to the village for a nice nap, but Hefty didn't want her to get too exhausted for walking all the way back so he picked her up in bridal style and took her back, he didn't have much trouble lifting her even with her extra weight, but he knew he'd need a lot of strength for the baby. When they arrived to the village, he went to the house and laid Smurfette on the bed to get some rest; she gave out a little yawn and fell into deep sleep, while he was there a few minutes he headed out the house so he can do some exercise while Smurfette had some rest.

Back from 30 minute run he went directly home to check on her. When he opened the door and saw her still asleep, he gave a little smile and went out again to do his chores. A few hours later, Smurfette woke up and let out a small yawn and stretched a bit, the reason of waking up was that she was hungry again 'cause of the baby, she got up slowly and thought that maybe she could get some sarsaparilla leaves as a snack. She left the house but remembered immediately that Hefty would die if he didn't see her in the house like he left her, but she'd only be gone for a little while this can't be an exception, but still she had the feeling she should tell him anyway.

She headed to the crops where Hefty was helping Farmer and Miner move some rocks that were on the way. He took a break on a chair he brought in case and before he knew it he had a little sense telling him Smurfette was coming; he quickly turned and saw her coming towards him. He got up with a jump and headed towards her.

"Smurfette! What's wrong?"

"Hefty, I'm alright; I just woke up a few minutes ago."

"Are you sure? You don't feel anything wrong? Does something hurt? Do you need help in anything?"

"Hefty! Hefty! Calm down, I'm ok. I just came because I got hungry"

"Hungry? Why didn't you say so before, what do you wanna eat?"

"Hmm, I want sarsaparilla leaves"

"Sarsaparilla? I think Greedy doesn't have anymore"

"Actually, I never meant with Greedy…"

"…You wanna go… to the forest again?"

She slightly nodded and put her hands together so Hefty could go with her again, she wanted some sarsaparilla and also wanted to go out again, it just really bored her being in the village all the time. Hefty was having a hard time deciding in taking her to the forest again, he worried a lot for her being in this state; he looked down at her belly and thought about how she eats all these things because of the baby, he didn't blame it he only worried that those cravings could get them in danger one day. He slightly looked up at her again and just gave a small nod as in they're going again. She squealed in delight and pulled Hefty so they could go now, besides she was hungry anways.

At the forest, they arrived at the place where sarsaparilla grows, it was big and the scent was everywhere, they picked a few so they could take some home in case she wanted to eat more at the village and also to not make so many trips, the sarsaparilla bushes were sort of far from the village and they also had to be careful because they never knew what could pop out of the bushes or trees.

They gathered to sacks of leaves and thought it was time to go back home but carefully and slowly, but mostly quietly the sarsaparilla bushes were really close an unwanted person's hollow. Fortunately, they made it to the village without being spotted; it was a big relief for the smurf and the Smurfette. She started to take a few bites off one of the leaves like if it was the best thing in the world. Hefty just watched her help herself with them with her craving; he soon headed back to his duty leaving Smurfette at home again.

4 more months passed and Smurfette was rounder, her stomach was double the size of a smurfball, she couldn't do a lot physical activity due to being on her 9th month, that meant the baby would be here any day now, the only activity she could was water her flowers but she to sit on something. But throughout these months she's been doing something that neither did Hefty or the smurfs knew, when no one was looking she sometimes would escape the village to go for a walk in the forest, she knew that Hefty would flip if he found out what she was doing but she just wanted to have some time for herself and to be in good shape for her baby.

She arrived to a part of the forest where a lot of flowers grew, she discovered 2 months ago and came here ever since, she liked to sit and admire the flowers for their color, smell and shapes, it was like a paradise especially made for her. But little did she know, that there was company, this time she didn't have luck like the other days. Gargamel was watching her, but he still didn't notice she was pregnant the fact that he was watching her from behind. He and his evil cat, Azrael, were watching closely and silently as they got closer with a net with them.

"Look Azrael, there's dinner but shame it's only one"

"Merowww"

When the evil wizard was taking more steps towards the poor Smurfette, he accidentally stepped on a twig making it crack. The sound made Smurfette turn around quickly and saw the wizard right in front of her, she gasped and got up quickly but with difficulty and tried her best to get away from the wizard. He quickly started to chase her, but unfortunately he was catching up with her quick. To try to get rid of him, she took a turn in a bush and waited for him to keep running; she waited a while and didn't hear his footsteps anymore. She quiet for while until she finally came out, she at her surroundings and saw it was all deserted but then a giant net fell on her and was lifted in the air by Gargamel's net, he laughed evilly as he took a look at her, but she covered her belly with her arms so he wouldn't see it, but he didn't.

"Now my dear, let's go home for dinner" he laughed while he took her in his net.

She cried for help but unfortunately no one heard her, she cried softly in the net regretting for leaving the village without Hefty or someone else, she hugged her belly that not only did she expose herself but also her still unborn child. Then out of nowhere, there was a shout out of the trees and out came Wild Smurf, making Gargamel turn quickly. Wild kicked him on the face making him let go of the net that had Smurfette, he swinged his way to her and grabbed her before she hit the ground. She got up and gave Wild a big hug for saving her from a horrible faith.

"Oh Wild, thank smurfness that you were here. Thank you so much for saving me."

Wild blabbed as his way of say 'It was nothing'. He already knew about her pregnancy, so all the times she came to the flower field he was watching her so she would be ok. He picked her up carefully and took her to the village so she would be safe.

When arriving they say all the smurfs were in a rampage, they were all looking for Smurfette since she was gone for an awful long time, Hefty was the one that even more crazy now, he lifted boulders, carts, the fire tuck, everything so he could find, until Brainy saw Wild and Smurfette coming to the village.

"Everysmurf, look, there they are!"

All turned and saw Wild and Smurfette in the village square, they all gathered and were relieved that she was ok. Hefty made his way through the crowd and hugged Smurfette tightly.

"SMURFETTE! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!"

"Yes I am. But I can't breathe…"

He quickly let go so she could catch her air, he turned to Wild how was a little confused about what was happening. He shook Wild's hand and gave him millions of thank you's for finding Smurfette, which quickly made Hefty think of something. He looked at Smurfette with serious eyes; making the other smurfs leave knowing what would happen along with Wild and making Smurfette have a worried face.

"Smurfette… where were you so Wild could find you..."

She had a guilty look and then she didn't have the courage to a look at him directly in the face looked somewhere else.

"Smurfette answer me… where were you so he could find you…"

"I…uh…I was…I was in the forest picking flowers…"

"…Alone?"

"…Yes…"

"And what happened so he could bring you back like that?"

She saw that she had a few spots of dirt and there were some twigs on her hair. "…Gargamel almost caught me…" she said as bowing her head while tears came out her eyes. When she said those words Hefty was completely still, he just looked at her with angry eyes.

"SEE SMURFETTE! NOW YOU SEE WHY I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GO ALONE IN THE FOREST! I TOLD ONCE I TOLD YOU A MILLION SMURFS TO DON'T GO ALONE IN YOUR CONDITION!"

"HEFTY I'M SORRY; I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"

"AN ACCIDENT THAT ALMOST COST YOUR LIFE AND THE BABY'S!"

"I'M SORRY" She said as she sobbed covering her eyes with her hands, she didn't know this would happen, she left the village, almost got caught by Gargamel and now Hefty was furious at her, she didn't know what could go worse.

"You know what?... Do whatever you want. I won't get in your way anymore!"

When he said those words, he stormed off to the fields with the others leaving Smurfette standing there with her eyes full of tears.

"…I'm sorry, Hefty…"