After the disastrous reveal to Mika's parents yesterday, Mika and Bose gave them the day to cool off and take everything in.

"Why I'm i always the last person to know things?" Miles punched the air frustrated when the news about his sister's pregnancy reached him. His emotions were everywhere, his first thought was Ew, his second thought was, Mika and Bose's relationship is moving a little fast, and his third thought was, I'm going to murder Bose.

Which resulted in him blowing up Bose's phone. Bose tried to avoid it but he accidentally picked up once, no matter how much he pressed decline it wouldn't end the call and he received a very detailed reaction of Miles's thoughts about the pregnancy before he managed to end the call he heard, "Anyways I'm happy for you my boy,".

So Miles's final thought was, but the ladies do love uncles.

Mika's parents didn't say she was grounded but thought it would be best to stay home and definitely not invite Bose over. But they've been face timing on their computers since they woke up. "Gosh I'm so sorry Mika, i should have handled that better, and now your parents resent me more than they would have," Bose apologized. Mika sighed, "No, babe you were just looking out for me, i think everyone was on edge so hopefully, my parents have taken it down a couple of notches by now,".

Mika fixed her eye makeup through the camera lens, pulled her sports bra down, and shifted on her bed. Bose went quiet so Mika put her eyeliner down and gave him her full attention when she saw him looking to the side of his room with a bothered expression. "But are you excited for tomorrow?" Mika changed the topic and it made her feel genial seeing the joyful look on his face. " Not really, I've only set ten alarms to make sure i wake up on time," Bose said sarcastically. Mika bit her nails and laughed. She was going to the clinic tomorrow to get an ultrasound and possibly a due date. Mika placed a hand on her uncovered belly and Bose's was melting at the sight, she's never looked more beautiful.

Mika's parents didn't want Bose to come with them to the clinic and when her Mom told her this another argument broke out. She longed to be eighteen already so she didn't have to have parental guardians escort her to her doctor's appointments.

"I booked you a morning appointment for Doctor Murphy tomorrow, so be ready," Mika's mom told her the night her secret was revealed. Mika still had tears in her eyes from earlier when she replied, "Okay, I'll tell Bose where to meet us,". Her Mom crossed her arms and said," No, this is a family matter,". Nothing in her sentence made sense and Mika went off, "Family matter? This is his baby, if anything he has more of a right to be there than you or Dad,".

It irked Angela to hear her daughter talk back to her with such disrespect, "That's enough, i said what i said and-", "And nothing. I will not let you exclude him, either he goes or no one goes," Mika affirmed. After some more banter, Angela had no choice but to give in, slamming Mika's door as she walked away.

"I cannot wait to unofficially meet our girl," Bose beamed.

"Slow your roll there, i thought you were team boy," Mika claimed.

Bose looked at her smugly, " Nope, i want myself a baby girl, i thought it was obvious,". Bose showed her the pink wristbands on his arm.

"Well i would love a baby girl too, but i just prefer a boy first, it's going to be a boy anyways, i can feel it," Mika tapped her stomach.

Bose grabbed a pen from behind his computer, a piece of paper, and started writing. "What are you doing?" Mika questioned, "Nothing just writing your exact words to read to you for when you're wrong in four to three months," Bose responded. Mika laughed again and so did Bose as he kept writing. "I love you," Mika softly told him and Bose looked up from his paper, "Right back at ya,".

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The next morning, Mika sat on the floor of her bathroom leaning against the toilet. She gaged into the toilet and lazily flushed it. She felt more vomit lodged in her throat but it wasn't coming out. Mika gaged into the toilet one last time and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. She got up to wash her hands and mouth. Nausea was the worst, due to her empty stomach; foodwise, she was left starving. Her phone buzzed from the little shelf to her side and Mika reached to read a notification.

College Board: Hi Mika Macklin, would you like to resume your college application?

Mika internally groaned throwing her head back, she looked at the message conflicted. It slipped her mind that she was still applying to colleges and if she wanted to get early admissions to her top school, she needed to start focusing on it again.

But plans had changed, she now had a lot more on her plate than intended and would have to hold it off. "Just for a little while", Mika told herself and swiped the message off her lock screen.

Mika rubbed her eyes and prepared herself for today.

Bose was driving with his Mom and Chapa to the clinic and they couldn't stop going on about how thrilling this must be for him, he agreed but was also nervous. He didn't expect to do this until his late twenties or early thirties. He also didn't expect to be taking Chapa too, but she texted him this morning like it was something that was common knowledge.

Bose found a parking space, then they stepped out of the car. Coincidentally, Mika, Angela, and Miles were coming out of their car from across the parking lot. Miles went to take Mika's hand to help her out, when they saw him they waved and they all came together. Chapa and Miles started chattering as they walked together, "Don't tell me you knew before me,". Mika took Bose's hand while comfortably laying her head against his arm and he kissed the top of her head, telling her good morning. Celia tried making small talk with Angela but she kept it neutral.

They had a very engaging discussion the other day about everything. Celia claimed it was an accident and she needs to go easy on them because they were just kids. Angela pointed out that yes, they were kids, which is why this wasn't something to go easy on. She added that it could have been Ceila's fault because it most definitely didn't happen under her roof. Clearly, they took opposite stances on the state of affairs.

"Can we have a little space?" Dr. Murphy gestured around the room because currently everyone was squished up next to Mika as she laid on the cot. Everyone but Bose started making excuses as to why they should be close by.

"Oh but I'm her Mom,"

"And I'm I'm his Mom."

" As the uncle and her twin, i think it's only fair that i stay where i am."

"I'm the honorary aunt, not to mention their best friend,"

Dr. Murphy tight held the probe, "Okay how about everyone but the mother and father exit the room please," she said in annoyance, and everyone else besides Mika and Bose was forced to leave.

Dr. Murphy turned her attention back to Mika and Bose then smiled, "Okay, now that that's all cleared up let's have a look shall we?". "Yep," Mika gave her a nervous thumbs up as she went to retrieve something. Bose leaned against the cot while sitting next to Mika. "Hey, you're doing great," Bose nudged her and Mika nodded her head. "I'm just kind of anxious," she said as she started lifting up her shirt to show her bump. She was overthinking that they would discover something wrong with the baby or her and she wasn't sure she could take it. Bose took her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, getting on his knees so they were face to face, and said "Me too,".

They watched as started applying the cold gel to Mika's bump and placing the probe on it. On the sonography, they saw a figure of a fetus in black and white. "Woah," Bose said in awe, and Mika's chest heaved in disbelief.

"Wow, they're big," The doctor smiled looking from the screen to Mika and Bose. "They're...there," Mika said in gleeful surprise. She couldn't look away from the screen, so that's what was going on inside of me. "So far your baby looks happy and healthy," Dr. Murphy informed and Mika was relieved. She felt that flutter again in her abdomen, the one she's been feeling for some time now. She watched the screen to see the figure of a fetus moving around, "Look at them go," Bose whispered in amazement.

They made an effort to look away from the screen and each other instead, the pure bliss in their eyes was unmatched. Bose cheesed at her and Mika grinned. "Listen," Dr. Murphy insisted pulling them out of their moment.

That's when they heard it, the heartbeat, and that's when Mika become sentiment, even more so. Small tears started to fill her eyes and she quickly wiped them away, "It sounds perfect,".

"So perfect," Bose agreed, he instantly felt bonded to this child. It was satisfying to hear the palpitating of the tiny heart. It was life. Bose brought their intertwined hand to his lips to place a hard kiss on Mika's, and she rested her head on top of his. This point in time was dreamlike.

"Would you like to know the gender?" Dr. Murphy asked. Mika and Bose peered at each other again and Mika chewed the inside of her cheek, "What do you say? You wanna know now?".

Bose thought about it, "I wouldn't mind it being a surprise. Can you wait three months?".

Mika glanced at the sonography and happily sighed, "I can wait three months,". Bose gave her hand a tight squeeze and Mika felt warmth.

"Would you like pictures?" then asked, "Yes," They quickly said in unison.

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Bose wiped the gel off of Mika's bump as put the technology aside and took her gloves off. She went over to her desk, took the pictures printed from the sonogram, and started putting together some papers. Just then Angela walked in with a small smile on her face, greeting everyone. "So how'd it go, everything okay?" She questioned the doctor. "Everything is fine, i ran a few tests and gave her a possible due date," Dr. Murphy explained. "And we got pics," Mika added sitting up. "Alright then," Angela shrugged.

Bose moved to sit on the cot with Mika while Angela and started talking. They were just covering the basics, like what medication Mika needed to be taking, what she should and shouldn't be eating, and how to deal with contractions.

But the conversation took a turn when Mika's Mom asked, "May we get a pamphlet about adoption agencies?". Mika and Bose's heads snapped to each other. Her question left them incredulous. Bose swiftly stood up from the cot, "Excuse me, Mrs. Macklin i think you forgot to fill us in on some stuff,". "We already told you, we're keeping the baby," Mika declared. stood quiet, feeling uncomfortable.

Angela turned to them, "That's what you think now, but trust me you're gonna want backup options,".

"Oh my gosh, Mom do you even hear yourself, you don't know what we think, for goodness sake, you won't even listen to us," Mika voiced.

"No offense, but it's not your place to make 'backups' for us," Bose tried to be civil but his tone said otherwise.

Mika believed her mother had no right to ask what she did, and in doing so she ruined what was a perfect memory for them. "You know what, i can't be here right now," Mika carefully stood up from the cot and stormed out of the room. Bose rubbed his temples to stop a headache from coming. "Can we please get the necessary forms so we can be on our way?" He asked . She unclipped them from her clipboard giving it to him and one to Angela to sign Mika out