Kyle would have told his 21-month-old little sister what gender the baby was if he wasn't afraid of her letting it slip. She was after all a young child and she didn't understand the point of keeping a secret. Jessica was 22 weeks pregnant and Kyle had just gone with her and Horatio to the doctor to see his sibling and to be told what the gender was. Kyle had guessed wrong though. He had thought the baby was the opposite gender, but he was still excited about getting another sibling. He didn't care what the gender was.
Jessica's belly was quite bigger than normal, but the doctor hadn't seen any signs of there being twins in the belly. However, the twin-gene was something Horatio was carrying through his grandfather who had a twin sister.
"What if it is twins?" Kyle asked excited as the family of three was on their way to pick up Sophia from kindergarten.
"It's not. The doctor couldn't see a twin." Jessica said, "It sure feels like I'm way bigger than before, but not so big that I'm actually carrying twins."
"I hope not. We don't have things for two babies. We only have one crib, one baby chair." Horatio said.
"We'll have to buy another chair. Sophia still needs hers once the baby arrives." Jessica said.
"If you gets twins all you have to do is buy a second crib." Kyle said, "And probably move to a bigger house after a few years."
"Why? You'll move out by the time the kids get old enough that they want their own rooms." Horatio smiled.
"I know." Kyle chuckled, "Poor Sophia dealing with annoying little brothers or sisters."
"Sister or brother." Jessica laughed, "Don't get hung up on this whole twins-thing. If the doctor says it's only one baby inside my belly, then there is only one."
Horatio just smiled and stroked Jessica's hand affectionately. Once they arrived at the kindergarten Sophia ran towards them and hugged her parents and brother.
"This is your little brother or sister." Jessica smiled as she showed the ultrasound picture to Sophia.
"Ooh!" Sophia exclaimed and pointed at the baby on the photo, "Sista!"
"You think so?" Horatio smiled, "Maybe it is."
"Sista." Sophia smiled.
"She's made it very clear what she wants." Kyle chuckled.
Sophia giggled and held on to the picture on the way home. She pointed at the photo and repeated "sista" to Kyle, who just smiled. As much as he wanted to be able to call the baby by the names chosen by the parents, he couldn't. If Horatio and Jessica wanted it to remain a surprise then he wouldn't spoil it for them.
When the family got home they got a surprise none of them had expected. The team was there with gifts. They had put together a baby shower.
"Surprise!" They exclaimed happily as the door opened and the family of four stepped inside.
"You almost gave me a heart attack!" Jessica grinned, "Aw guys, you bought all these things for our baby?"
Jessica was touched as she looked at all the gifts that their family members had bought for them.
"Of course." Alexx smiled, "We bought some more boy things though since you already have a lot of girl clothes and this may sound old-fashioned in your ears, but babies can wear hand-me-downs."
"It's true." Natalia smiled, "It's they it worked in my family. As we got older we got our own clothes of course, but as babies we inherited some clothes but also got new things."
"I guess Kyle knows the gender now?" Jesse asked.
"Absolutely. If anybody wants to know I'll be sitting on the couch." Kyle smirked and sat down.
Jessica and Horatio started opening the gifts and the baby got clothes and toys. Frank and Ryan had chosen to also prepare the parents with diapers and as Horatio opened three gifts with diapers, every laughed.
"Now you won't have to buy your own at first." Ryan blushed, "We did buy other things too."
"But this is good, when Sophia was born both Horatio and I had completely forgotten about diapers." Jessica smiled, "Kyle reminded us and then went out to buy it for us."
Everyone chuckled and as Kyle blushed a little. When the gifts were open and everyone had been thanked, Jessica and Horatio were surprised with lunch cooked by Calleigh, Natalia and Walter.
"Wow! You guys didn't have to do all of this for us." Jessica smiled.
"It's not a problem." Calleigh smiled, "A baby shower is supposed to be the time when the parents don't have to do anything and the family does it all for them."
During lunch a lot of childhood memories were shared by everyone as well as memories from when those with kids had their children. Jessica and Horatio were reminded of how fast flies by and all they had to do was to look at Sophia and see how much she had grown in such a short time.
"I can still remember the first time I held her." Horatio said later that evening when he and Jessica were lying in bed.
"Me too. It's amazing to think how much you can love another human being as much as you love your own child." Jessica smiled.
"It's amazing to see her grow every day. From a baby to an adult. Maybe one day we'll be grandparents."
Jessica smiled in agreement and gave her husband a kiss.
"It's also amazing to think that a car crash can lead to a love as strong as ours." Jessica grinned.
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