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Hi! Guess what? After this chapter is baby time, woo! Anyway, I'm most likely going to split the next chapter up in three parts because there is a lot going on, because a lot of people picked option 2 and I'm going to transition into CT. Good news and bad news, whatever way you take it I guess. First is, one of those parts is going to end in a cliff hanger, the good news is that I'm writing all three parts at the same time so I can't flake and leave everyone hanging. Also, this is a happy story! Even with all of it's real life-ness and angsty parts, this is a happy story. I promise. I would never end on a bad note.

That being said, hang on dear readers, if there is a bit of angst, it will get better. I'm an optimist by heart, even if it doesn't seem like so, and I truly believe that everything has a happy ending no matter how bleak.

There you go, life lessons from sailor-elsa.

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kera69love: Aw, it was all in good fun though, lol! I'm sure Minako-chan didn't sell it on the streets like Haruka said, and I'm sure that Chibi-Usa will have a great laugh going through her baby pictures with Auntie Venus and seeing her oh-so-formal papa trying to make her mama feel better. It will be fine!

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Okay on with the chapter! This one is a bit silly :D

(36 weeks)

Mamoru Chiba didn't have a care in the world. To say it had been a good week was an understatement. Since he was finally able to take off for work to prepare for the baby, he had a lot of time on his hand so much so he didn't quite know what to do with himself. To begin, he had finally taken Usagi's advice and left the house for a bit, as did Usagi. He decided to go out with for a round of drinks with Motoki, and another good friend who had agreed to drive them both home in case they overdid themselves. Usagi had went somewhere nice with the girls.

Being able to confide in his old friend about all of his stresses and worries (even though he was *slightly* intoxicated), had been more than nice- and even though Motoki wasn't really well-educated in the 'upcoming father' department, he had given Mamoru his best advice.

In the end they both ended up safe at home, and even though Mamoru had to be helped up the stairs, Usagi was kind enough to put a couple painkillers next to the beside in the morning- and a glass of water.

Mamoru leaned back in his chair, staring up at the ceiling. Now that everything was prepared, his friends were busy, Usagi couldn't travel much anymore.. he was bored. Part of him wanted to go and enjoy the things young-adult Mamoru had taken for granted, and the other part of him really wanted a nap.

He was pulled out of his reverie when Usagi's face appeared above his, he jumped slightly- almost hitting his head on her's. She rolled her eyes and took a couple steps back, so he could sit up and actually look at her.

"Is something the matter, Usa-ko?" He asked.

She sighed, and smiled at him. Even though it wasn't one of those gentle smiles that she gave him whenever he said something cute, or whenever he made her so happy that she couldn't come up with words. No, this was one of those smiles that she had been given him a lot lately. The one that managed to be in love with and utterly aggravated with him at the same time. The one where her eyebrows became furrowed together and she narrowed her eyes slightly, and the her smile looked more like a smirk than an actual grin.

"Something is the matter.." He said slowly.

She nodded. "Yes, something is the matter. I keep asking you to put that bassinet together, Mamo-chan. You know, we only have a few more weeks, and then we're going to bring the baby home- and she's going to be without a bassinet. Our poor child."

He looked at Usagi, and barely contained his amused smile.. because while, sure, she would be without a bassinet they still had a crib. Surely, Usagi was being a bit too dramatic. In the end, Mamoru decided to keep his mouth closed because even though Usagi was very pregnant, he had no doubt she could pick something up and fling it at his head like she was throwing her tiara at him.

"Did you ask? I didn't really remember.."

"Yesterday. Ten-Thirty. You were taking off your shoes and we were getting ready to go to bed, and I looked over and said 'Mamo-chan you still have to put the bassinet together' and you looked at me and said 'okay Usa-ko.. I will get to it tomorrow.'"

Mamoru blinked. He found himself truly impressed and amused at his wife recalling that entire conversation, and he hadn't even remembered a word of it. He shook his head, was he really getting old that face.

"I mean, it was late.."

"I said it again this morning Mamo-chan!"

Mamoru put his hands up in surrender. "Okay, sheesh. I'll go in there right away and I'll put that bassinet together. Don't worry, our baby will not be without an adorable pink bassinet."

Usagi smiled, a genuine smile this time, and kissed Mamoru. "Thank you!"

Mamoru figured he could get this done in an hour tops.

How hard could it be?

In the end, Mamoru was quite impressed with his work. It only took him an hour, and most of the time was spent trying to get the legs attached to the actual the bassinet. He stood and admired it, nodding to himself in pride. He didn't even use the instructions that were lying on the other side of the room. Yeah, Chiba Mamoru was a man far too intelligent for instructions.

"Ooh, very nice!" Usagi smiled, standing beside Mamoru with a bag of chips in her hand- she placed her other hand on his shoulder. "Now, all we have to do is move it.." she paused and looked around, "over there."

"Over there?" He asked, walking towards the pink bassinet and pointing to the corner that Usagi had just chose.

She nodded in response.

Much to Mamoru's dismay, when he went to lift the bassinet up, it fell apart. One of the legs became detached and the bassinet collapsed to the ground; he watched as his hard work (okay, actually just an hour- but it had been a long hour) fell apart right in front of his very eyes.

"Well.. that's unfortunate." Usagi quipped, as she put another potato chip in her mouth. "Definitely not safe for a baby."

"Don't worry," He said quickly, "I'll put it back to together in no time."

"Sure you will, Mamo-chan."

He grumbled to himself and sat back on the ground, gathering the parts and trying to figure out where exactly he went wrong. Unlike last time, Usagi didn't leave the room- instead she eased herself in the rocking chair with a grunt and placed her bag of potato chips on her belly, suddenly very pleased with the fact she had a place to set her snacks.

He worked quickly, putting the legs back on the bassinet, and making sure it was secure before putting the last one on. Mamoru smiled at his small victory. Soon he would have this last leg on and he would once again be able to sit around and be bored. Hell, maybe he would go rent a movie for him and Usagi to watch.. or maybe he'll get started on that novel he'd been planning since he was sixteen.

All he had to to was snap on the last leg and it would be done..

It didn't snap on.

He frowned to himself as he tried get it to stay, but it didn't seem to latch on like the other ones had. He gritted his teeth as he pressed it down and he could have sworn that he almost had it on and then it..

It broke. Again.

Mamoru yelled out in anger, and Usagi threw her potato chips everywhere in shock.

"WHY IS IT SO STUBBORN?" He groaned.

"Maybe you should read the instruction manual?" Usagi suggested.

He quickly narrowed his eyes at her and she smiled sheepishly.

He didn't need an instruction manual.

"Come on, it's midnight, Mamo-chan." Usagi yawned, coming back to the nursery to check up on her husband who was still trying to put the bassinet together. "I mean, it's not all that important.. I was being a bit over-dramatic."

Mamoru, who at this point had his hair sticking up in odd angles and his reading glasses resting awkwardly on his face, didn't even look up at Usagi. He shook his head in response and looked back down at the instructions. He had given up after the third time and figured that maybe he could use the instructions as his aid. Much to his surprise, the instructions didn't tell him anything he didn't already know.

"Okay.." Usagi trailed off, resting her hand on her belly. "We're going to go to bed then, because I'm tired and you just.. do whatever you're trying to do Mamo-chan and I hope that it will be done by morning."

"It will." Mamoru said simply, frantically looking up at his wife. "It will."

Usagi nodded, and patted Mamoru's head affectionately because leaning down to kiss him didn't seem like something she was capable of anymore. She spared him one more worried yet amused glance before she left the room.

Mamoru stayed in the same position for a few more minutes until he heard the bedroom door shut. After he was sure that Usagi was going to sleep, he made his way to the phone, and dialed the person he knew could come and help him.

It took her a few seconds to answer, and he could hear her mumble and clumsily try to press the phone to her ear. "Mm, hello? This is.. Mizuno Ami speaking what can I do for you.." She mumbled, clearly still half asleep.

"Yes, hello Ami-chan.. It's me.. Mamoru." He whispered, leaning back and looking down the hallway in order to make sure he didn't wake up Usagi. "Look I know it's late but there's something that I need you to help me with."

He could hear her sit up quickly, suddenly wide awake. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes, listen, everything is good." He said quietly. "I just- I need you to help me- It's a pride thing."

She stayed quiet, and he could hear her sigh and he knew at this point she was probably rubbing her forehead in confusion. During this time, Mamoru was still looking down the hallway.

"I'll be there in thirty minutes."

Mamoru waited by the door for Ami, and before she could even knock he had opened the door. Ami had been more than shocked to see his disheveled appearance, and she herself seemed to have hastily put some clothes on and she was nursing a cup of coffee in her hands.

When he led her into the nursery, Ami had almost giggled at the fact that he needed her help on something as simple as putting a bassinet together. That was until she helped him put it together and, once again, the whole thing fell apart when she attempted to attach the last leg. Ami had simply smiled and reassured Mamoru that she must have done something wrong.

That was until the sixth time..

"This makes absolutely no sense." She whispered, more to herself as she ran her fingers through her hair. "It's not even that difficult- the instructions say just to snap the leg on and it should be finished. It's not a complicated set up."

"We're doctors." Mamoru nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we should be able to do something as easy as this." She replied.

She placed her face in her hands and thought for a second, suddenly she sat back up and smiled at Mamoru. "Maybe we need someone stronger? Someone who isn't afraid to apply a little force."

"You mean like.."

She nodded.

Makoto mumbled in aggravation as Ami led her down the hall, and into the nursery. Unlike Mamoru, she had actually informed Makoto that it was something as simple as putting a bassinet together. Okay, maybe she hadn't told her that Mamoru had been working on it for hours, and that Ami had come shortly after and the two still couldn't get it together.

But what Makoto didn't know wouldn't hurt her.. Maybe just them.

Ami and Mamoru worked as a duo to put most of it together, but they left the very last leg for Makoto. The brunette gave them an amused smile. She found it kind of silly that they couldn't put this together. After all, they had both graduated with perfect grades in a top university. Maybe if she was able to put this together she could become a doctor.

Makoto went to put it on and, once again, it fell apart.

She stared at it in horror while Mamoru and Ami simply stared at each other knowingly.

"Did I.. Did I break it?" Makoto whispered.

"No, it's been doing that all night. We were hoping that you could add a bit of, I don't know, force.. maybe you could get it to actually stay together." Ami explained, and Makoto nodded cracking her knuckles.

They had to stop her at her fourth try because she was going to throw the bassinet out the window. She sighed in defeat as she slumped against Ami. It was too late and she was too aggravated and too determined to sleep now. She was briefly reminded of that time when they were fifteen, and had fixed up that car for the sweet widow, it became all of their dreams.

Right now, putting this together and going to bed was her dream.

"Let's call Rei-chan." Makoto said suddenly.

"Rei-chan?"

"Yeah, she's graceful and resourceful, maybe she could get it to stay together." Makoto explained.

"It's worth a shot." Mamoru said.

By the time the called Rei, and told her in a whisper just to come in and go to the nursery, Usagi had already woke up. It hadn't taken her long to realize that Mamoru had yet to put the bassinet together and that he had called upon her friends to help him. Usagi smiled to herself in amusement at just how prideful Mamoru could be at times, and no doubt their daughter would inherit that from him.

Rei and-surprisingly- Minako entered shortly after, shutting the door quietly behind them. Rei jumped when she saw Usagi looking at her from the sofa, and she raised an eyebrow in response.

"They said you were asleep." Rei said quietly.

"Just let them think that." Usagi replied.

When Rei and Minako entered the nursery and saw Makoto, Ami, and Mamoru sitting around the broken object and staring at in pure disgust they both knew they were in for a treat.

"Minako-chan, you came too?" Makoto asked.

"Yeah, she was staying over tonight." Rei nodded.

"Noisy neighbors." Minako explained.

"So what do you need me to do, just put this last part on and then.. go home." Rei said, crossing her arms over her chest and staring down at the half-broken bed in confusion.

"It's not.." Mamoru mumbled.

"Just-Just yeah, that's it." Makoto finished.

Rei and Minako sat down with the others and Rei attempted to get it to stay on, she smiled up at the others when it snapped on and for the first time in hours, they all had looks of hope on their tired faces. Minako patted Rei on the back, and her elbow gently nudged the bassinet and it came tumbling down once more. At that moment, Makoto glared at Minako, Ami buried her face in her hands, and Mamoru fell over.

"Okay, in my defense.. that was clearly not safe for a child!" Minako said.

In order to make up for her wrong doing, Minako tried to put it together by herself the next time. They all watched in anticipation as she tried to ease the last part on... But, alas, it fell apart once more.

"This is like a very intense game of block stacking." Minako mumbled.

"We have no other choice." Ami said quietly.

"You don't mean.." Minako trailed off.

"Yes, we have to call them."

Usagi looked up in surprise as Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru walked in. None of them had changed out of their pajamas and Hotaru seemed to be dead on her feet. Usagi on the other hand, was a few episodes in on her favorite show, with a bowl of popcorn resting on her belly. She smiled at the women as they made their way down the hall.

"Very clever, kitten." Haruka smiled, pointing to the ball of popcorn.

"Thanks, having a ball in your belly comes in handy for this sort of thing." Usagi smiled.

When they entered the room, they were surprised to see that everyone was already waiting for them, and Minako had fallen asleep on Rei's lap. To be honest, everyone was pretty much done. Unlike the times before, there was no explanation; Mamoru simply motioned towards the bassinet and Haruka took that as a her signal to try to finish this. She could definitely do this, she was great with working on cars and such.

No one was surprised when Haruka couldn't do it.

Michiru couldn't do it.

Hotaru couldn't..

Not even Setsuna.

"I never saw this coming." Setsuna whispered.

"I thought for sure I could do it." Haruka responded.

"Oh will you guys just go to bed already?" Usagi snapped, standing in the doorway and glaring at all of them.

"I have to.." Mamoru mumbled. "I have to put it together, Usa-ko."

Usagi sighed and walked forward taking an actual look at the bassinet for the first time. The others watched drearily as she bent over just enough to pick up the last leg, she scrunched her nose a bit, pressed down on it.. and it clicked.

The others looked at it in shock, and Mamoru tilted his head to the side.

"See.." She smiled. "Very easy."

Makoto, who was somewhere between exhaustion and amazement, gently pressed her elbow against the bassinet. Much to everyone's glee, it didn't fall apart or break. Usagi smiled at everyone and nodded. Mamoru fell to the ground, sobs muffled by the carpet; the outers simply gave up and left, Makoto stared on in horror, Ami was very confused as to how a girl who couldn't chew gum and walk could outsmart them, Minako was asleep, and Rei was mumbling to herself.

"I.. I'm going to go home now." Rei whispered, patting Minako's arm in order to wake her.

"How did you do it?" Ami asked, as if she was figuring out some sort of scientific discovery.

"I just didn't think about it." Usagi shrugged.

"I AM GOING HOME NOW!" Rei yelled, pulling a very tired Minako out of the room.

I actually like this one. Yeah, it's a bit more silly but I think it's nice.

Please review.