When Rachel was fourteen and had looked at that positive pregnancy test, she thought her life was over. She knew her life was over.

But she had gotten through it, and had a beautiful baby girl.

But at twenty six, looking at the pink positive sign on the stick in her hand, she knew her life was far from over. That baby, boy or girl, would only add to the joy in her life.

"Jake", she called, wandering out of the bathroom. The rain had led to her husband having the day off, and the pair had spent most of the morning curled up together on the couch, watching movies. "Jake, oh my God, guess what?"

"What's up baby?" Jake called from the kitchen. "Do you want chicken on your sandwich? Chicken or ham? I can't decide".

"Jake, I'm pregnant".

There was no sugar coating it, no beating around the bush. She told him how it was.

"Excuse me?" Jake's eyes widened, and he set down the loaf of bread. "What did you say?"

"I said I'm pregnant".

"Are you serious?"

"Yes".

"You're pregnant?"

"Yes".

"As in, with child?"

"Yes".

"You and me are going to have a baby?"

"Yes Jake. Pregnant, knocked up, up the duff, bun in the oven. However you want to say it, we're having a baby together". She beamed at Jake, thrusting the positive pregnancy test at him. Jake reacted quicker than she expected him to, picking her up and swinging her around.

"We're gonna have a baby!" he whooped. "I'm gonna be a daddy again!"

(The way he said 'again' made her heart soar; because he was the only man she wanted to parent Ruby.)

"Ruby's gonna be a big sister", she added.

"Oh my God, can we tell Ruby? Do we tell Ruby? When do we tell everyone?"

"Of course we're going to tell Ruby, I can't exactly hide a pregnancy from her", she chuckled. "They say not to tell anyone until you is past the first trimester- so twelve weeks, but I told people when I was pregnant with Ruby. Scrap that, I told my family when I was pregnant with Ruby. There's more chance of a miscarriage in the first twelve weeks, which is why it's best to wait".

Jake was quiet for a moment. "Let's not tell our parents yet".

"No, not yet", she agreed. "They're busy trying to get Ben to move out!"

(Every family had its baby- and in theirs, it happened to be Ben, their middle child, Julie had quipped the last time they had visited Carrs Park. With Nathan newly married, Dave's next mission in life was to get Ben out of the house.)

"Let's tell Ruby". Jake's eyes shone. "No! Let's do something really special to tell her she's gonna be a big sister. We can get her a shirt!"

"With a matching hat!" Rachel laughed in agreement (realising, as the words came out of her mouth, that she was more like her brother Ben than she had ever realised), and Jake abandoned the sandwiches he was making in favour of grabbing the car keys.

"Let's go".

In the end, Jake couldn't find a shirt with the words 'big sister' on it. And Rachel couldn't find a matching hat.

So, they bought a cake from the grocery store (Rachel's baking skills not having improved since Ruby was little), and dropping Rachel off at home, Jake continued along to pick up the smaller blonde.

"Hey Jake", Ruby said brightly, climbing into the passenger seat of the car.

"Hey Rubes", Jake said just as cheerfully, before pulling back onto the road. "How was school?"

"Good- we got to watch Nemo because of the rain".

"That sounds like a great day".

"What are you grinning about?" she demanded to know.

"Nothing, nothing". But Jake still smiled, as they drove home in virtual silence. Ruby bounced into the house ahead of Jake, as she flew into the kitchen to hug her mother.

"Hey Mum!"

"Hey Rubes- want some cake?"

The chocolate cake sat on the kitchen table on their favourite cake board (reserved solely for birthdays and celebrations of such), and Ruby nodded eagerly.

Plopping down at her usual seat, she eyed the cake, and her eyes grew wide.

"Congratulations big sister", she read the white frosting in her mother's writing, and Rachel almost laughed at the comical way her eyes grew to the size of saucers. "A baby?" Ruby's saucers sparkled with excitement, as the news registered. "I'm gonna be a big sister?"

"You're gonna be a big sister", Rachel confirmed with a grin.

Leaping up from her seat, she threw her arms around both Rachel and Jake at the same time, squeezing them tighter than she ever had before.