Hey guys! So, chapter 14! Now I understand you're all craving some Brick, I promise you'll get your feeding soon! ;D

Wherever you stop along the way, I hope that the wind blows you back into my life - Every Now And Then, The Noisettes

Blossom

The sun was high in the sky, and it was a scorching summers' day. It was also our birthday. Today, me, Bubbles and Buttercup turned 19. We'd decided to go to Summer Burn beach for the day; it was about 20 miles from Townsville.

Everyone was here, the Professor, my sisters, Tim, Zac, Anna Olsen, a couple of Bubbles' friends, Michelle and Crystal, and Buttercup's best friend Tanya. Me, Bubbles, Buttercup, Michelle, Crystal and Tanya were laid out on blankets in our bikini's, sunning it up.

I wanted to wear a bathing suit but, Bubbles thought my 'bump' was adorable and had insisted I wear it. I barely had a bump to be honest, it just looked like I was a little bloated; a food baby maybe.

Tim had started to rub my tummy, which annoyed me, there was nothing to rub. I let him though, I didn't have the energy to fight it, I made my bed, now I must lie in it.

"So who wants an ice cream?" Tanya asked, sitting up. She was a tall girl, with dark caramel skin, and a massive honey blonde afro. Her and Buttercup had been close friends for years, she'd even got Tanya a job at the gym with her. Bubbles solemnly believed she was Buttercup's 'girlfriend'…

"And don't worry birthday girls, they're on me." She winked.

"I'll get Bubbles'," Crystal said sitting up. A short girl with cropped brown hair and fake tanned body. "as she is my bestest friend!"

"Get me one too please!" Michelle said. She was tall too, dark auburn hair and covered in freckles.

"Get your own! What do you want Bubbles?" Crystal replied. Me and Buttercup had never got on with Crystal, she'd stuck by Bubbles for years though, you can't choose your sisters friends.

"Ooh strawberry, with strawberry sauce!" Bubbles replied.

"Double scoop for you Blossom, as you're eating for two?" Tanya asked with a grin.

I laughed, "No, just a mint choc chip will do, thanks Tanya."

"I know what you want Buttercup, you chocolate fiend." Tanya said as her, Crystal and Michelle headed to the ice cream van.

"19, we're practically pensioners." Buttercup said, sitting up and looking at us both.

Bubbles giggled. "We can nearly drink alcohol legally!"

"I didn't even think of that." Buttercup said, her eyes misting over at the thought.

"I'm not bothered by that, really." I said, adjusting my bikini top.

"No, you'll have a 2 year old to look after by the time we're 21." Bubbles said.

"Yeah, I will. That's a scary thought." I said, sitting up too.

"Blossom, watch you're top!" Buttercup cried, passing me a towel.

"I know, I know. My breasts have just swelled so much." I said, trying to jiggle them into my top. "I knew I should of worn my costume."

"But you're little belly is so cute!" Bubbles said, tapping my stomach.

"There's no belly to speak of yet." I said, looking down. "That's probably just my lunch." Bubbles had a models figure, flat stomach, petite chest, with a slight curve to her. Buttercup had the beginnings of abs and oblique's, she worked hard on her body, and loved to keep fit. And I was just getting bigger. I mean, me and Buttercup had always been the bustier of the three of us, but I'd doubled in cup size already, and my hips swung out a bit more then they already did.

Bubbles sighed happily. "I can't wait to have a baby. With Zac, me and him are going to be together forever."

I felt a pang of jealousy hit me, and memories; it had reminded me of the way Brick and I had been. Naïve.

"I dunno, I don't like this power loss thing. My powers are one of the best things about me." Buttercup said, kissing her biceps.

"You'll change your mind." Bubbles giggled.

"Well, if anything, hopefully I've taught you to play it safe." I said, looking at my belly button. I hope it doesn't turn to an outie.

"Well, yeah, but things happen, ya know." Bubbles said, reassuringly.

"Yeah, but still, go to all the lengths you can, if you get my drift. Long-term partner or not. If you're in a long term relationship and not trying for a baby, you should be on the pill. You should think about being on the pill Bubbles, you've been with Zac over a month now." I instructed.

"Oh I already am."

Buttercup and I turned and looked at her. "Oh."

"Well you kept that quiet." Buttercup said.

"I didn't think I needed to announce it. Don't complain; I'm being safe!" She said, crossing her arms.

"No no, it's good. Good. I don't want you to throw anything away." I said, smiling at her.

"You're not throwing anything away?" Bubbles asked.

"No, no I'm not." I said, quietly, looking at the sea. I turned back to look at the others. Tim and his mother were sat a few yards behind us with Zac and the Professor; Tim waved and grinned when I caught his eye. I gave a small smile back. I was throwing my life away. And that wasn't because I was having a baby, I was happy about the prospect of having a child now. It meant I'd still have a part of Brick with me, whether I hear back from him or ever find him again or not. It was the marriage and the relationship with Tim. It felt more like an awaiting prison sentence.

"Are you happy with Tim?" Buttercup asked.

I turned and looked at her, examining her face. "They sure are taking their time with the ice cream." I mumbled.

"Blossom?" Buttercup snapped. "Don't change the subject."

"I'll go see where they're at.' Bubbles said, jumping up. "Zac, wanna come get an ice cream?"

"Well?" Buttercup asked, now it was just us on the sun mats.

"What are you talking about?" I murmured.

"It was just you're face," she began, looking at me closely. "when he proposed. You look just as mortified as I was when you said yes."

I forget how intuitive Buttercup can be. She'll see through this whole thing. I may as well tell her now, she'd be madder when she knew I'd lied more than once.

"I," I didn't know what to say. "Tim is like my best friend."

"But he's you're fiancé, Blossom, and the father of you're child. Do you not see him as a 'lover'? There's no point lying if you don't feel anything?" She said.

She seemed to know what she was talking about, and looking into her eyes, I sensed she knew a lot more about love and relationships then she let on. Maybe she'd had a few secret ones herself.

"I can't hurt him, and, this is right on my child – our child. Tim can provide for him or her more than I could alone. And he or she deserves a family atmosphere. I don't know what you're worrying about, I am fine with all this." I said, looking over at Tim and his mother.

"You're lying, I know it. But I won't push it, you'll tell me. I know how much you hate lying." She said, proceeding to bathe in the heat.

I sighed. "I don't know what you're insinuating, Buttercup, I'm, I'm not hiding anything."

"I never said you were hiding anything?" she pointed out, pulling her sunglasses over her eyes and not even bothering to look at me.

In that moment, I almost came clean. I didn't though. She wasn't trying to say that the baby wasn't Tim's, she was hinting that I don't love Tim. While she is right, I don't dislike him. And until that wears off, it will be easy to brush suggestions like this off. Because right now, I don't want to hurt Tim one bit.

The gown I was wearing was thin, and kind of itchy, but I didn't have to have it on long.

I was sat on the chair, waiting for the doctor to come in, and I felt very aware of the fact that I was wearing no pants. I guess I was going to have to get used to this feeling.

I'd managed to attend my first ultrasound on my own. I didn't tell anyone it's my first sonogram, they obviously only think I am 9 weeks pregnant, but I am 12 weeks gone now, and starting to show. I've become very attached to my baby, and my bump. It's only small, maybe like I'd swallowed a small melon, or a large grapefruit.

There were posters and pictures of uterus', fetus' and the female reproductive system all over the walls, even on the ceiling.

The door opened and my gynecologist came in. "Hello, Blossom, how are you doing?" Dr. Mumford said, closing the door behind her as she entered. She wheeled a chair and the sonogram machine beside me, and sat down on the chair, grabbing a clipboard.

"I'm good yeah, thanks. The vomiting has subsided slightly, but my breasts are really tender, and I've gone up two cup sizes. Apart from that I have been feeling a lot better." I said, getting comfortable, as she put the sleeve around my arm and took my blood pressure.

"Good, good." She said, having a feel of my stomach. "So today we are going to see baby for the first time, and have a listen to their heartbeat."

"Okay." I said, excited.

I pulled my gown up, and Dr. Mumford got the Doppler out, and began scanning it along my stomach. Gradually, a whooshing rushed sound, like galloping horses, overtook the room. I felt my throat close up a little as I listened to my baby's heart beating. It became a little realer.

"A nice healthy heart beat, I am hearing." She said with a smile.

"That's great." I said, trying not to cry. Hearing his or her heartbeat was amazing!

"Now we'll take a look at baby, and see how they are doing in there!" She said, squirting the cool blue gel onto my tummy.

She spread it out evenly, and black and white morphed images appeared on the screen.

She began to stick to one area, and suddenly I saw a little white head appear on the screen. Now, you know what a sonogram looks like, it's not amazingly clear, some people can't even make a child or fetus out in them, but this was different: it was mybaby in this sonogram.

Tears began to streak down my face as I saw the small fetus. It was only about 2 to 3 inches long, Dr. Mumford explained. It's head was tucked in, as if its neck hadn't formed yet, and he or she had small little arms and legs.

"And that, my dear, is your baby." She said with a smile. "Would you like a photo?" She asked.

"Oh, yes, please, can I have a couple?"

"Of course."

I stared at the screen for what felt like hours. It was amazing. And this made it even more real. That baby was growing inside me. It felt incredible, and for that whole half hour appointment, I forgot all about the wedding, Tim, the disappearance of my powers, and even Brick, it was all about my baby.

I threw the keys down on the kitchen side as I entered the apartment, still looking at my sonogram picture. I'd gone and got more copies myself, one for the Professor, one for Bubbles and Buttercup, and my own copy. Tim can look at my one, it didn't feel right getting him his own. I will frame it; it can go in the living room.

I sighed as I slumped on the sofa. Tim was at work at Mega Gaming. I'd moved into his apartment about a week ago. To be honest, it wasn't that bad, Tim worked full time, I mostly had the place to myself. Bubbles visited when she wasn't studying and Buttercup come by a lot too.

My due date was 14th February next year, Valentines day, ironically enough, but obviously I had to say it was the beginning of March, I'm just scared someone will try and work it out…

I looked at my sonogram picture again, a soppy grin sticking to my face. I suppose I better call round and give everyone the news. I wish I could call Brick. I wish I could send him a picture of his child.

I wish I could talk to him.

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