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Chapter Fifty-Three:
Five Months Later:
Today is the appointment where AJ and Punk will find out the gender of the baby.
"Why can't I go with Auntie and Uncle to the hospital?" April asks disappointed.
"Oh no turn that frowns upside down." Lily quickly requested not liking her upset. "You have to go to school. The appointment isn't until the early afternoon." Her mother explains her reasoning.
"I can tell my teachers that I have an appointment and they can pick me up." She proposes.
"What about Randy? You don't want to leave him alone by himself at school, do you?" She tries not to have her daughter miss school.
"I can tell him that we are finding out the gender of the baby; he will understand." She smiles as she has an answer for everything. Yesterday, Lil' Randy helped her strategize to convince her parents to join Punk and AJ for the appointment.
"Umm…Roman, would you like to give it a shot." She pouts towards him.
"Okay, I will do my best." He kisses her cheek. "Baby girl, Queen April." He speaks to her.
"Yes daddy." She says innocently using her cute charms on him. It is still a bit difficult for him to resist it. He looks towards Lily for encouragement. She smiles brightly as she mouths 'you can do it.' "April, how are your grades and attendance in school?" He starts.
"I get mostly B's and my attendance is perfect." She says proud.
"That's good, so you haven't been sick and the Mickie situation happens on a weekend, right?" April nods. "Is there an award for perfect attendance?" He hopefully hopes to help his point better.
"There is, but my grades aren't good enough for it." She sulks. "There is another girl in my class that gets A's and has a perfect attendance too." Roman now feels bad that he brought it up. "Well, if you stay at school and bring it up your grades you can get it. I will help you." He tickles her stomach to make her smile.
"You will help me with my grades?" April repeats.
"If you go to school today, yes I will help you." He tells her thinking he has got her.
April ponders her options keeping everyone is suspense. "Daddy-"
"Yeah-"He smiles hoping it is a yes.
"Sorry, I'm still going to the appointment." She says firmly. They all sulk because they thought he had her to go to school.
"It is okay sweetheart." He puts on a big smile. "I am still going to help you anyways." He kisses her head.
"Thanks daddy." She hugs him. "I hope I didn't ruin my chance to be part of the proposal." She whispers.
"Of course not." He whispers back. "If you are not part of it, there is no proposal." He tells her.
"Okay, it is our turn." Punk gets ready to convince her to go to school.
"Ah, save the best for last." She turns, in Roman's lap, to face them. "Uncle Punk, do your worst?" She crosses her arms as she waits.
"Get ready for the master of words." He goes behind AJ to hug her. "Ms. April Brooks, you love your Auntie AJ, right?" He starts.
"Yup I do. I love both of you and the baby." She responds.
"You don't want anything to happen to both of them, right?" He continues with a smile.
"Yup, nothing bad will ever happen because you will protect them, right?" She fires back still confident not phrase by anything yet. She truly is Punk's niece.
Her confidence doesn't phrase Punk either as he continues. "That's right, so you won't be asking questions if you do come with us. You will not interrupt the doctor and will stay quiet, right?"
"Umm…" April is unsure if she can do that. "I can do that." She responds still unsure.
"Do you promise?" He questions knowing she is losing some of her firmness.
"Why do I have to stay quiet? Can you give me a reason?" She tries to stay up at Punk's level.
"Sweetie, we will be nervous already." It is AJ's turn to talk. "We will be nervous about the gender. If it is a girl then you will be happy; we love to see you happy. If it is a boy then we need time to figure out how to fill you in on your plan being different." She smiles innocently not trying to trick her anymore, but not telling her the truth.
"Oh, so you don't want me to come with you at all?" April upset that they don't want her there.
"No sweetie." She breaks the news to her with sympathy.
"Okay, that is fine then Auntie AJ." She says quietly. "I am going to brush my teeth for school." She gets off Roman's lap to walk to the bathroom.
"I'm going to talk to her." Punk follows her.
"Queen, are you okay?" Punk asks already in the bathroom.
"I will be Uncle Punk." She express with toothpaste in her mouth.
"Oh, my niece is tougher than that. She will never give up on anything. I bet you have a plan to convince us to come with us. You just need a few minutes to regroup." He puts faith in his niece.
"Actually, I don't Uncle Punk. As much as I am like you I am not." She spits the toothpaste out.
"April, you are only seven. You have a lot more years to fulfill that. I bet when you get to your twenties you will surpass me. You will be outsmarting all of us all the time. I will feel bad for Randy when you two are a couple."
"You really think he is a good match for me." She washes her mouth out.
"I know we don't like his father that much now, but he did raise a polite boy. If you do date, then I wouldn't mine." He secretly informs her.
She jumps to him as he catches her. "You're the best."
"I know, but you will be better." He takes a towel to wipe some water she missed. "Plus, you can make your creative sign or card to give to us when we pick you up." He carries her back to the others.
"You are going to pick me up this time, not Uncle Randy." She is excited, even though she likes to ride with Lil' Randy.
"That's right. The family is going out to celebrate the announcement of the gender of the baby. Do you know what else?"He inquires.
"What?"
"You get to pick the place." They join AJ, Roman, and Lily in the living room.
"Really?" He nods. "That's great."
"Is my niece happy now?" She nods with excitement for later. "Then let's put your jacket and shoes on before Randy gets here.
Punk and AJ are waiting for the OB to arrive. They have been informed that they are running a bit late.
"So, you are still hoping for a boy?" Punk asks holding her hand.
"Yup, I want a boy to protect his siblings. I know a girl will do that, but I would like to have a girl to be a daddy's girl. If we have two girls they will not be good for you. Either way I will be happy to know it is healthy and from you." She kisses him.
"Yup, we have created something beautiful from our love.
After ten minutes, the new OB arrives with their file. "Sorry for the wait Mr. and Mrs. Brooks." She steps up the monitor and reads their file. "This is your first child, correct?" They both nod. "I'm impressed with how you kept up with the changes during pregnancy. Usually in their first pregnancy they forget to eat enough nutrients or calcium. Or they eat or drink too much of the bad foods, but you have been on top of everything.
"Yup, not to be rude, but where is our regular OB?" They were told that they were behind, but only thought that they overbooked which lead them to be too busy.
"Sorry about that, your original OB is at home right now. Her son has the chicken pox and her husband can't stay with him. The husband has an important surgery that he has to do. They just found out today, so we couldn't get a warning. She should be here for your next check up." She notifies them.
"Oh thank you." AJ relieve that nothing bad happen to their regular OB. Her pregnancy so far makes her more cautious of other people.
"You're welcome. Now, I assume you want me to shut up to find out the gender." She proposes as AJ and Punk look at each other in embarrassment. They were both thinking that. "You two don't have to worry I do talk a lot, so I don't mind. My co-workers always-"
"Umm… doctor the baby." Punk interrupts.
"Right-" She puts the gel on AJ's stomach after she lifts her shirt. They didn't have to wait long for the sound of the heartbeat to fill the room. "Nice strong heartbeat which is good. Now, we need to find out the gender of the baby." She moves the wand more to get the correct position to find out. "Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, you have a perfect healthy baby boy. Congratulations on that." She moves it a bit more to confirm herself. "Yup, it is a boy. I will give you some privacy."
"A boy that's perfect." Punk is happy that their baby is the gender that his wife wanted mostly. He knows she would have accepted a girl, but deep down she always wanted a boy first.
"A boy; he is going to be our perfect little son. He is going to be just like his father." AJ express to him.
"It will also be the biggest momma's boy ever. He will cling to you when you are around." He includes.
"I don't know about that, but if he clings like you do then he's perfect." AJ grabs a tissue to wipe the gel off before Punk helps her down.
Punk and AJ pick up Lily and Roman from home before they all pick up April.
"So, what is the gender?" Lily asks not wanting to wait for them to tell everyone.
"I would tell you, but you know our Queen she likes to be told first." He stalls preferring to say the news when everyone is present.
"Oh come on please." She pouts like her daughter does.
"Sorry, we have to wait for April." Her pouts do affect him, but not as much as AJ's and April's.
"Damn, I can never pout as well as AJ or April." She crosses her arms.
"Actually, it depends on who you are pouting at. If you pout at me it is not effective than if you pout at Roman. You see Roman loves you, so it is easier for him to cave to make you happy. However for me, I do want to see you happy and do I love you, but I can make decisions that suits me or AJ or both." Punk explains.
"Yes I know. I just wish Roman can find a way to get me the answer I need." She pouts again this time to him.
"You two plan this, didn't you?" They nod as they chuckle. "You don't want to tell her so I would be the bad one if I don't get the answer." He figures it out quickly. "AJ, how do you deal with these two?" He questions her.
"It took some time and now they can't do that to me. Trust me they have tried, but I always catch on early. Little tip, catch them at the start because you will not have an opportunity after that." She advises.
"Thanks JA, so Punk, are you happy with the gender?" He starts to try to question them to find out the gender.
"We are happy on whatever the gender is. As long as it is healthy then we don't care." He knows already what he is trying to do.
"But didn't you two want a boy to protect his siblings." He continues.
"Yup, we wanted one, but having a girl is fine too. If we say we want a boy doesn't mean we get a boy." AJ this time responds.
Roman thinks of another way to trick them. "Any more questions Roman. You know you have to keep asking questions to keep us off guard to tell you." He advises him along with busting him.
"What? I was not trying to do that." He is astonishes that they caught onto his plan.
"See, this is a perfect example of what you need to do." AJ speaks up. "You need to figure what the other person's plan is in the beginning. Now Punk is in control if he wants to tell you or not. The deeper you go the harder it is for you to get out." AJ reveals the secret.
"I get it now. Thanks I'll work on it." He now knows the secret. All that he needs to do is master it.
When they get to April's school, both Randys are there to wait for them.
"That is them, thank you for waiting with me." She hugs both of them.
"You're welcome April. We will see you tomorrow." Randy waves bye.
"See you tomorrow, Lil' Randy." She kisses his cheek. Afterwards, she giggles a she skips to the car.
"Ooo… my son got his first kiss." He teases as his son feels his cheek in shock.
"Daddy, stop." He blushes. "I don't tease you when Auntie Kimberely kisses you." He says in defense.
"What do you mean, you always do." Randy shots down his defense.
"Right, so we are hanging out with her again today?" Randy and Kimberely have been getting quite close in the past five months. Their connection keeps getting deeper, even though they are not officially a couple because of his consequence.
"Of course, you like her don't you? You have crush on her." He teases again.
"Yup, she is not going to date you she is going to date me. You are just my wingman that's all." He chuckles turning the teasing around towards his father.
Randy is in shock of his sons' retaliation. "Get in the car smarty pants." He orders with a chuckle.
"Carry me daddy, my legs are sore." He rubs his legs for added affect.
"I don't know." He ponders. "You have been a bad boy."
"Okay, I will tell Auntie Kimberely that you let me suffer." He walks to the car with his arm cross and head held high.
"Fine you win this round." He picks him up when he catches up to him. When Lil' Randy doesn't get his way sometimes, he goes to Kimberely. They both get to tease him together depending on the situation.
"I love you dad." He says so cute.
"I love you too, son." He carries him to their car to have one of their fun days with Kimberely.
April picks Boston Pizza as the restaurant to celebrate the gender of the baby. AJ and Punk are on one side of the booth while Roman, Lily, and April are on the other side. Roman is taking care of the check also to celebrate their first outing as a family.
"You guys get anything you want, I'm paying." He tells them.
"Are you sure, I don't mind?" Punk asks for security.
"Yes Punk, I am paying for the meals today." He repeats for assurance.
"Thanks daddy, I can get dessert too." She is excited because she is usually limited to what she can order.
"Absolutely, you get to have two desserts." He kisses her head.
"Yeah!" She yells out a bit too loud.
"April, your volume is too loud." She warns her.
"Sorry mommy." She sits back in the booth.
"Oh don't put our daughter down, she's excited." Roman sees her all quiet now.
"Okay, but her volume was too loud." She tells him.
"Yes it was." He kisses her cheek.
"I think it is time for you three to have a family picture." AJ requests
"Definitely." April cheers up loving to take pictures. She gets in between her parents with them both holding her. Roman wraps his arms around his family for Punk to capture the moment. Now, just take a picture with daddy and then just with mommy." She requests. Roman and April capture funny pictures while Lily and April capture sweet, cute pictures.
After ordering, it is time for the gender announcement.
"So, what is the gender of the baby?" April asks her Uncle and Aunt.
"Well, it is not what we all wanted." Punk starts.
"Oh boy, it is a boy isn't it?" April interrupts.
"How did you know?" They are shocked she figured it out quickly.
"Am I right?" She asks a bit surprise herself.
"Yup, it is a boy. I'm sorry sweetie I know you wanted a girl." AJ smiles at her.
"It is okay Auntie AJ the next one will be a girl." She is being positive with the situation.
"Yup it will be and if not then will try until we get one, isn't that right baby?" She looks at her husband.
"Of course, trying is always the fun part." He brings her in tight.
"Wait, how did you figure that out so quickly?" Roman is amazed.
"Well, you have to figure it out in the beginning or else you second guess yourself." April explains to him.
"She knows the secret." He looks around at them for the answer.
"Actually, we never told her, she is just born with it." Punk informs him.
"Wow, I really need to catch up."
"Don't worry daddy you will catch up." She comforts him.
"Thanks sweetie."
When they get their food, they start to give ideas for baby names.
"How about Charlotte for the name, I like it?" April suggests eating her French Fries.
"Queen, that is a girls' name." They all chuckle.
"Oh I thought we are coming up with the second baby's name." She lightly thumps her forehead. "How about your real name, Uncle Punk, it can be a mini you in name and personality?"
"I don't know I think one of him is enough for his world." Lily jokes.
"I think you are right Lily." AJ joins in.
"It won't work this time I have Roman here. He is going to back me up, isn't that right?"
"Umm…" He is unsure.
"Come on Roman, the men versus the women." He is surprise.
"Umm… if I do disagree then Lily will be mad. She might not give any love if I do." He is leaning towards not supporting him.
"That's right, Roman won't get-" She whispers in his ear. "Then he will forget because I'm not doing-" She whispers again.
"Sorry man I can't not have any of that." He gives in as Lily pecks his cheek.
"Don't worry about it, I get it. I don't think I can last not touching or loving my wife." He agrees.
"Good husband, I've taught you well." AJ kisses him.
They continue to eat until they have to go home.
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