--2 weeks 'til due date-
"Just dial it already." Imagin said tossing me the phone for the tenth time.
I sighed and eased myself into a big, comfy chair. "Okay." I said reluctantly. I dialed my old home phone number and waited as it rang. I was about to hang up when I heard.
"Moshi, moshi!" Coming from the other end of the line.
"Otooto-chan(little brother)? Is that you?" I asked in Japanese.
"Onee-san(older sister)?" He replied.
"Hai. How have you been?" I asked. He sounded a lot older then he did when I left.
"Good. How are you?"
"Daijoobu. Is Okaa-chan there?" I said to him, not really wanting to have to get off with him.
"Hai. I'll get her for you." He replied, I heard him yell for our mother, soon I heard my mom's voice on the phone.
"Musume(daughter)! To what do I owe the pleasure?" My mom asked.
"Okaa-chan... I have to tell you something." I said.
"Nan desuka?" She asked.
"Okaa, I'm about 2 weeks away from giving birth to twins." I said, slowly and reluctantly. I didn't hear anything but silence. "Okaa-san?" I asked.
"Musume, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I thought that you wouldn't want me as part of the family anymore." I said.
"We still want you in the family."
"Okaa-san, I have to go. I love you, jaa ne." I hung up when she said good-bye. I turned to Imagin, "well, she didn't disown me."
"That's a good thing. So how soon do you think she'll be out here?" My friend asked.
"Knowing Okaa-chan, we should expect her tomorrow."
"Does she know who the father is?"
"No, I never introduced him to Okaa-chan and Otoo-chan (father), I figured that Otoo-chan would blow a gasket." I said with a smile. Imagin had gotten used to me saying father, mother, and little brother in Japanese now. She was starting to understand the whole system.
"Just dial it already." Imagin said tossing me the phone for the tenth time.
I sighed and eased myself into a big, comfy chair. "Okay." I said reluctantly. I dialed my old home phone number and waited as it rang. I was about to hang up when I heard.
"Moshi, moshi!" Coming from the other end of the line.
"Otooto-chan(little brother)? Is that you?" I asked in Japanese.
"Onee-san(older sister)?" He replied.
"Hai. How have you been?" I asked. He sounded a lot older then he did when I left.
"Good. How are you?"
"Daijoobu. Is Okaa-chan there?" I said to him, not really wanting to have to get off with him.
"Hai. I'll get her for you." He replied, I heard him yell for our mother, soon I heard my mom's voice on the phone.
"Musume(daughter)! To what do I owe the pleasure?" My mom asked.
"Okaa-chan... I have to tell you something." I said.
"Nan desuka?" She asked.
"Okaa, I'm about 2 weeks away from giving birth to twins." I said, slowly and reluctantly. I didn't hear anything but silence. "Okaa-san?" I asked.
"Musume, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I thought that you wouldn't want me as part of the family anymore." I said.
"We still want you in the family."
"Okaa-san, I have to go. I love you, jaa ne." I hung up when she said good-bye. I turned to Imagin, "well, she didn't disown me."
"That's a good thing. So how soon do you think she'll be out here?" My friend asked.
"Knowing Okaa-chan, we should expect her tomorrow."
"Does she know who the father is?"
"No, I never introduced him to Okaa-chan and Otoo-chan (father), I figured that Otoo-chan would blow a gasket." I said with a smile. Imagin had gotten used to me saying father, mother, and little brother in Japanese now. She was starting to understand the whole system.