Chapter 13 – Surprises
"Ugh," Kagome moaned, lifting her head. The second day in a row. That made it more than a bug.
Inuyasha knocked on the door. "Kagome, are you sick?"
"No," she drawled sarcastically. "I'm doing this for fun." She threw down her head again.
"Kagome, do you want me to come in?"
She sighed. "Inuyasha, if you loved me, you would bring me a glass of water, two Tylenol, a towel and some clothes, because I'm going to have a bath."
"Kagome!" he whined from outside the door.
"Yes?" she asked shortly. She was in no mood for this. "Was there something?"
Se heard his grumbling fade as he walked down the hall.
She walked downstairs, barely paying any attention to where she was going – something she regretted when she stubbed her toe on the banister.
"Ow! Baka!" she said to herself, and heard someone chuckle behind her. "Oh," she turned, demanding. "Think this is funny, do you?!"
"N-no." Emmett hastily reassured her.
She continued to stomp down the stairs, her mood even worse than before.
"Oh no," she groaned, catching a whiff of breakfast…
Twenty minutes later…
I can't believe I'm going to do this, Kagome thought to herself as she knocked on the door to Carlisle's study.
"Yes, please come in." he called pleasantly.
She took a deep breath, summoning all her courage, and walked in.
"Ah, Kagome," he said, smiling nicely at her. "What can I do for you?"
She took a deep breath. It's Carlisle, just Carlisle. No different from any of those times that Kaede patched you up…
"Can you… can you check me over please? I think… I think I'm sick."
Ten minutes later…
"Ok, so you're sick in the mornings… the smell of food makes you nauseous… periods of random dizziness… would you say that this is affecting your temper?"
Kagome swallowed. "Well, I wouldn't, but Inuyasha and Emmett would."
"O…k…" Carlisle said to himself, deep in thought. He lifted his face thoughtfully.
"Kagome, I'm sorry to ask you such a personal question, but have you and Inuyasha been… involved… in any way?"
She stared at him. "Huh?"
"Have you engaged in sexual intercourse?"
She went crimson.
"Well… yes."
"I see… and how long ago was this?"
"Err… about five or six weeks, maybe?"
Oh Kami. It wasn't. it couldn't be…
"When was the day of your last menstrual cycle?"
"It was… it was two weeks ago. But… it was late."
"How late?" Carlisle asked seriously.
Kagome felt dizzy. "Two weeks."
"And was it… forgive me, but was it particularly heavy?"
"No…" she said in awe. "No…"
Carlisle looked up at her, disbelief written on his face. "I… I think… we should take a test, just to be sure."
"I have one ready!" called a cheerful voice from the doorway.
Doctor and patient turned.
Of course it was Alice.
"The first morning that Kagome was sick, I saw this coming." She babbled excitedly. "I went out to the shops the first chance I got! Oh, I can't wait!" she was literally bouncing with glee.
"The whole house knows about this, don't they?" Carlisle said in a resigned tone.
Alice nodded eagerly. "Except for Inuyasha, and I told Jazz and Emmett to take him out so it didn't spoil the surprise when he heard you two talking about it!"
Kagome was absolutely stunned.
Alice threw a paper bag at her. "So go on, Kagome! Go take the test!"
Three minutes later…
"I can't look!" Kagome moaned.
"It's alright," Esme soothed her. "There's still another minute to go."
Alice literally could not keep still, and all her bouncing around was making Kagome nauseous. Bella was pacing to and fro in front of the Chest of Drawers of Fate, while Rosalie stared pensively out of the window, a look of ancient sadness etched on her beautiful face. Carlisle and Edward, wisely, had gone to find the other boys in the forest.
"It's time!" Alice squeaked. "Go on, Kagome, take a look!"
"I can't! You do it for me!"
Alice didn't even have to look to know the results. She was psychic.
"It's positive!" she squealed. "It's positive, it's positive, it's positive!"
Esme smiled in delight. "Congratulations, Kagome! You're pregnant!"
"Yeah!" Bella enthused. "You're going to be a mom!"
A mom? Kagome thought dazedly, as she was pulled into a smothering hug. I'm going to be a mommy? I'm… I'm going to have… a baby. Me and Inuyasha, we're… we're gonna be parents!
And a huge smile broke out on her face.
I'm gonna be a mommy!
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I hope you're all happy with the way it turned out! I'm sorry if I got some of the timings wrong - I kept making mistakes, then changing it, then changing it back... well, you get the idea C=.
Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think!
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