Just as a reminder I'm taking suggestions for names for one of the twins that Mordecai and CJ are having, (I've got one name already picked out). You can leave your suggestions in your reviews. I promise to reveal who came up with the name in the chapter that I reveal their names.

Regular Show: Surprise

Chapter 9: Let's Find Out and React

Another great day at the Park: sunny skies, no disrupting intruders, catastrophes were at a bare minimum, and the place was (barely) in top shape for visitors to come to. Best of all, Benson had decided to treat the Parks crew to a round of jelly donuts and coffee from the Coffee Shop. Sound good? Well, not for Mordecai and Rigby who Benson had forced to go pick up the coffee and donuts.

It had been two months since Margaret and Don's "date"; which Mordecai was supposed to show up to under the impression of hanging out with Rigby so that jealous tensions would develop between him and CJ, leading to them breaking up. However, the two lovers bailed at the last minute, so the plan had failed, (for now). Since then Rigby had been giving Mordecai the cold shoulder, refusing to work with his buddy, or just talk shit about the blue jay's future family. Mordecai in turn would do whatever he could to stay away from Rigby's annoying, spiteful attitude which made the latter hate the former more. It certainly didn't help that Mordecai was currently thinking of leaving the Park for good to become a fulltime artist/home daddy, which infuriated Rigby passionately. Nowadays whenever Benson wanted to assign the two to work together he had to include Thomas, or someone else, to make sure they didn't fight each other to the death instead of getting their work done. At the moment, the intern rode in the back of the golf cart while Mordecai drove and Rigby gave the blue jay disturbing death glares.

Of course, Mordecai did try to make amends with his best friend, like at that very moment. "Listen, Rigby," Mordecai began to say. Though like every other time Mordecai tried talking, Rigby would just turn his head away from the latter. Regardless, Mordecai always made the effort to keep trying.

"I'm sorry for bailing on you again at the Wing Kingdom a while back. But like I've said a dozen times now, CJs father had just come home and we wanted to make sure he heard from us that he was going to be a grandfather, and not from some random person. You'd understand the feeling if you were having a baby with the love of your life."

And again Rigby was quick to snap. "You know unless you're gonna put me in front of all your dumb baby stuff, don't bother talking to me okay?"

This was the point where Mordecai had had enough and decide to stop talking. They remained silent throughout the rest of the ride to the Coffee Shop. Not a word was spoken until the three of them where greeted by a cheerful Eileen from behind the counter.

"Hey, you two."

"Hmmph," Rigby grunted.

"Rigby, you're not still mad about Mordecai not showing up for dinner at the Wing Kingdom are you?"

"Oh, he is," Mordecai answered.

"STOP TALKING!"

"Look not to sound rude but we have to get back to work, pronto. Eileen, could you get us eight regular coffees and two dozen jelly donuts to go?" Thomas asked.

"You got it, Thomas," Eileen said and went in back to get the order. When she was gone, the front door opened again and someone called out in a cheery voice. "Who wants some sugar?"

Knowing who that belonged to Mordecai turned to face the door and saw his suspicions proved right. "Don." Mordecai smiled when seeing his old friend. Though in an instant it turned to a surprised gasp when saw who Don was with Margaret, and the two's arms were wrapped around each other.

"Hey Mordecai, Rigby, give me some sugar," Don said, already walking over and enveloping his old friend and brother in one of his famous hugs.

When he released them, Don noticed Thomas standing by the counter looking as puzzled. He still didn't know the Parks crew that well, including their relatives like Rigby's younger brother. "And who might you be?" Don asked, not knowing about the intern.

"Don this is Thomas," Mordecai introduced, his attention turned away from Margaret for the time being. "Thomas this is Don, Rigby's younger brother. He's an accountant."

"Hello," Thomas waved.

"And a hello to you too buddy," Don said as he hugged the goat.

"Hi Mordecai," Margaret waved, regaining Mordecai's focus.

"Hey Margaret it's been a while," Mordecai waved back, his eyes watching his ex wrap her arm around Don again. This did not go unnoticed by Rigby who smiled when he saw the awkward look in his friends' face. To him, he saw his chance to take his plan to the next step. Sure, CJ wasn't around, but if he could make Mordecai jealous of Margaret and Don, then the rest would surely fall into place.

"Yo Don, Margaret, you gonna tell Mordecai about you guys or are you gonna leave him hanging," Rigby said.

"What? Oh... Oh excuse me, where are my manners," Don said. "Mordecai, Margaret here is now my new girlfriend."

"Yeah I figured something like that when I first saw you guys together," Mordecai said, shoving the awkwardness he felt aside, and even starting to smile.

Ironic, as Mordecai became more comfortable with the situation, Margaret was starting to get nervous. Despite agreeing to this plan, knowing that a confrontation with Mordecai was inevitable, she hadn't thought once what she would do when this "meeting" happened; she'd been more focused at the time of getting Mordecai back from CJ. So as a result, she just started mumbling a bit in a vain attempt to appear like nothing was going on. "Well um… I mean uh… Sorry! Very sorry. I just didn't… get a chance to… tell you about us…"

"Well, you might've been able to do so sooner had you not been so busy getting ready to become a daddy to notice that your ex-girlfriend, the one you once had a crush on for years, is now dating a highly respectable and successful accountant like Don here," Rigby interjected.

"Why thank you, Rigby," Don said with sincerity, failing to notice the sharp tone in his brother's voice. "Oh, that reminds me, Mordecai my boss loves the portrait you painted for the office last week. Really ties in the room together. And also, on behalf of everyone at Greatest Accounting Inc., and from me as a personal friend, congratulations to you and CJ on soon becoming parents."

"Thanks, dude," Mordecai blushed. "So uh, how did you and Margaret meet each other by the way?" he then asked.

"Rigby set us up," Don answered, surprising Mordecai.

"Really?"

"Yeah a blind date two months ago at the Wing Kingdom restaurant. It was so much fun. We shared stories about our work and personal lives, enjoyed delicious chicken wings, and had a romantic walk home. I swear I have not had so much fun on a date before in my life."

"Yeah, your first date is the one you'll never forget. That's how I feel when I think about my first date with CJ," Mordecai said dreamily.

Okay, things were not going according to Rigby's plan. So the raccoon (the older one), decided to take action. "Oh please, Don's first date was way better than yours. No one almost died. Heck, it was so great that he and Margaret have gone out over a dozen times in the last two months. More dates than you've ever been on with either Margaret or CJ or any other girl you dated for that matter. Right, Margaret?"

She didn't get a chance to speak. "Uh, guys I don't mean to be rude," Thomas, who was balancing a box of donuts, and two trays containing four coffee containing in each, interjected, "But we should get going now or Benson's gonna kill use. Perhaps worse if we come back with spilled coffee and ruined donuts."

The two park employees knew the intern was right. Benson's temper could make him an unforgiving boss at times, even with little mess-ups. So, Mordecai and Rigby, (with reluctance from the latter), each grabbed a drink carrier from Thomas who kept the donuts, paid Eileen, said their goodbyes to everyone and left the shop.

As they headed back to the cart, Rigby took the opportunity to attempt to plant the seeds of doubt in Mordecai's mind. "Bet it pissed you off to see Margaret dating a guy who's a thousand times better than you."

"Augh, Rigby not now dude," Mordecai answered, not hiding his annoyance with the raccoon. He didn't feel jealous of Margaret's new relationship, it was the part of Rigby trying to make him feel uncomfortable about it that bothered him

"C'mon Mordecai surely it must've pissed you off?" Rigby asked again.

"Not really dude," Mordecai said.

"What YOU MEAN NOT REALLY?! I saw you looking at them cuddling together."

"Well I admit dude it felt a little strange at first, but after less than a minute I got over it," Mordecai said, being truly sincere as he spoke. "I mean we broke up like two years ago now. I've learned to move on. And you joking about it isn't funny anymore; if it ever was."

"But what about when Margaret dumped you at the steak house? You were devastated for like a month."

"I repeat dude, that was two years ago and I'm over it. Besides I'm gonna be a father soon with CJ, the woman who I really, really love. Plus, Margaret's got your brother now. They're a good match in my opinion with a promising future like mine and CJ's. We can't obsess over the past when the future is just around the corner with potential for great joy."

"Bu… but…"

Thomas nodded his approval to Mordecai's defence, interrupting Rigby before the raccoon could continue this discussion further. "Wayda go bro. Guess future fatherhood is maturing you, Mordecai."

"Thanks, Thomas," Mordecai said.

"Anytime Mord. But seriously, we should get back to the cart. C'mon guys," Thomas said picking up the pace towards their parked vehicle.

Mordecai followed the interns' example and also began making faster pace for the cart; while Rigby stood there with a furious look on his face. Seeing his plan not going the way he wanted it to, really pissed him off.

"Sonofabitch!"

Upon returning to work with coffee and donuts Mordecai, Rigby and Thomas returned to the daily work of maintaining the Park; throughout which Rigby kept talking about Margaret and how much closer she was to Don than Mordecai ever was.

True it'd annoyed Mordecai, but because it wasn't the part about Margaret being happy with Don. It was knowing that Rigby was doing this to annoy him on purpose that pissed off the blue jay. But over the years, Mordecai had become familiar with this sort of teasing from Rigby. Instead, choosing to simply ignore Rigby's obnoxious behaviour and focus on getting his work done. By the end of the day, after failing to get any hint of jealousy out Mordecai, Rigby got tired of trying to annoy him and gave up. Plus Benson threatened to fire him if he didn't stop annoying Mordecai about Margaret's new relationship.

After that Mordecai continued working until it finally came time for him to quit and return back home to his and CJ's place, and spend some quality time with his six-month pregnant lover.

"So, Margaret's dating Rigby's younger brother huh?" CJ called out from the bathroom beside hers and Mordecai's bedroom.

"Yeah apparently it happened while we were telling your dad about our upcoming kids," Mordecai, who rested comfortably on their shared double bed, said.

"And you're okay with that? Your amazing ex dating an incredible guy while you're stuck with a girl you knocked up by accident?" she asked, coming into the bedroom wearing a light blue bathrobe that failed to hide her growing baby bump. "I mean I know how much you loved her and…"

"Relax CJ you have nothing to worry about," Mordecai interrupted. CJ had always felt like the second choice when it came to Mordecai's love life, something that the former was well aware of, and didn't like one bit. It made CJ feel depressed and made Mordecai in turn feel guilty, seeing her in such a state. And now with her being deep into her pregnancy and her emotions in a constant state of an outbreak, Mordecai couldn't allow his love to suffer. "I've told you before, the feelings I had for Margaret are gone. Thrown into the fiery sun and disintegrated. The closest I'll ever see Margaret now is as just, repeat, as just a friend. Nothing more, nothing less. You on the other hand have always been more to me than that. And conceiving our kids may have been an accident, but I wouldn't change it for anything else."

"You... you really mean that?" CJ asked tearing up.

"Yes, I do. You make me happier than I've ever been with any and all my past girlfriends combined, (Margaret included). In my mind, I got a better deal with you than Don has with Margaret." Mordecai then took a moment to rub CJ's pregnant belly, which carried two little joy bundles inside. "No debate there."

CJ was touched by Mordecai's words. It lifted her spirits sayings things. "Well, that's good to hear. Perhaps I should get to know those two a bit better. Especially Don since I've never met him before," CJ suggested. "Why don't we invite them, along with Rigby and Eileen to go to the carnival happening next week. Besides that, you know how badly Eileen's been wanting all of us to hang out together."

"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean your over halfway into your pregnancy and with twins don't you think-"

CJ shushed her lover with a passionate and very loving kiss. "I just won't go on any rides. Besides, I can still handle the carnival games, six months pregnant or not. And I've got some massive cravings for greasy carnival food. Oh, and speaking of cravings," she said in sexier sounding tone while taking off her bathrobe, revealing a very see-through, lingerie, light blue nightgown, "I got one that only you can satisfy. If you're up for it."

"Uh... I uh..." Mordecai said, a bit mesmerized by CJ's outfit. "I think I can manage," he eventually said.

Afterwards, CJ snuggled into bed and Mordecai turned off the lights.

Well, that was an interesting chapter. And tuff to write. Went through countless rewrites before settling on this final version.

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P.S. I'm already working on chapter 10. So stay tuned.