A Strong Family Chapter 2: A Baby?, a speed racer fanfic

Chapter 2: A Baby?

The next morning Trixie opened her eyes earlier than usual; feeling Speed beside her in their bed. It was so early that it was still dark outside. Very slowly she sat up not wanting to wake her husband. Glancing down, she had to smile at him so deep in his sleep. His beautiful blue eyes were hidden under his eyelids away in dreamland. She then leaned over him and just barely brushed his cheek with a kiss; not making him stir at all.

Succeeding in not making a sound, Trixie got out of the bed and slipped into her robe. Just before exiting the room, she looked at the sleeping figure in the bed and smiled again. As quietly as she could, she closed the door and then walked down the hall to one of the spare bedrooms.

Opening the door to it, she then flipped on the light switch so that she could take a look around the room. After deciding the room would be perfect for a baby, she moved further into it and began looking at some of Speed's trophies that were occupying it at the moment. "We'll have to find another place for these," she whispered. "I would say the den but we already have a ton of them in there." With that thought in mind, she suddenly remembered the last race Speed had won as she looked at the trophy from it. She'd never forget the excitement experienced after that race.

Speed had raced against the Zodiacs in the race she was thinking of. They were a new and very aggressive racing team. During the race it seemed the Zodiacs were going to win; however, at the end Speed pulled ahead to win as if it had been the easiest thing in the world to do. The Zodiacs were furious and very sore at losing to Speed. To make matters worse, they caused a scene when Speed accepted his award. Speed in turn was disgusted by the way they had acted, because though he rarely lost a race, when he did he never acted sore. He always showed respect to the winner.

The Zodiac Leader had stated out loud that if his team would have won, they would have used the prize money to build a car so great that Speed would never win a race against them again. Speed knew it wasn't the Mach 5 alone that made him win races so his temper took over and he announced that he was donating all of the prize money to charity. Normally Speed and Trixie didn't tell anyone when they made a donation because they didn't want people to think they were doing it for publicity. They never, ever wanted to brag about it as if trying to make themselves out to be more generous than anyone else. It was something they chose to do between them and God.

When Trixie heard Speed announce that he was donating the prize money to charity, she quickly ran their financial situation through her head and realized they would be more than alright without it. The crowd cheered but Speed still looked upset. He hated that he had announced what he was doing with the prize money but he was extremely aggravated with the Zodiacs because they played dirty the whole race. During it Speed had stayed behind them - watching them run other racers off the course. At the very end he used his talent to drive the Mach 5 quickly ahead of the Zodiac team just at the finish line to win the race.

At the award ceremony, the Zodiac leader was very upset at Speed's announcement of donating the money so he yelled, "You're only doing that to piss me off!"

"You think you're upset now!?" Speed roared with anger towards the man. "Wait till I beat you in the next race!"

"Or maybe I will," Rusty; another driver who was a friend of Speed's, said.

"Or me!" Doug, yet another driver yelled. "You tried to kill half of us!"

The leader laughed and then said back very seriously, "You two can't even beat your stupid, friend Speed!"

"You are a serious jerk!" Speed yelled moving right next to the man.

When someone put their hand on Speed's shoulder, he turned to the person and received a punch right in his face. Because the Zodiac driver unfairly hit Speed; a huge fight erupted. Racer X was there in seconds to defend his brother while just about all of the racers got into the fight as well. Trixie and the others who weren't fighting just watched in fear until security guards had broken it up.

Now still standing in what could be a baby's room one day, Trixie realized that it was the bad memories that she just had that had kept the trophy from that race hidden in the room.

Putting that nightmare out of her head, she was already trying to think of ways to decorate the room for the baby. After about twenty minutes she told herself it was crazy to be thinking about decorating the room when she wasn't sure if she was even pregnant. She knew it would be hard to wait till 8:00 AM to call the doctor to schedule an appointment, so she decided to go back to bed.

Quietly, she tiptoed back into their bedroom and saw that her husband hadn't moved an inch. After slipping herself out of her robe, she slid back under the sheets. Instead of sleeping, all she could do was lie there and stare at the man asleep next to her. Smiling, she imagined telling him that she was pregnant, and then she found herself moving closer to him. To her surprise; in his sleep he mumbled her name and then draped his arm around her. The sweet girl then closed her eyes, and forced herself to go to sleep. She knew it wouldn't be that hard in the comfort of her husband's embrace.

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Right at 8:05 AM, Trixie hung the phone up in their bedroom with a big smile on her face since she had been able to make an appointment that very day with her doctor. Luckily someone had cancelled their's that morning just before she called. About a half hour later she very happily announced to Speed that she was going to work - while practically dancing around the kitchen, and then she left.

Sparky had witnessed her excitement since he had been there talking to Speed about an upcoming race.

"Man," Sparky said looking at Speed. "Is she always that happy in the morning?"

Speed knew she was acting differently and said, "No. Actually she doesn't like waking up early."

"Oh," Sparky said ready to act goofy after Trixie had. "So you're the one who usual dances around the kitchen every morning."

"Oh, yes," Speed said looking at Sparky like he was crazy. "Right before I start tap dancing on the counter top."

"No way," Sparky said laughing.

"You should see it," Speed said trying to act serious. "It's pretty good."

"I wish you did," Sparky said laughing hard. "I'd love to see it."

"Wait a minute," Speed said changing the subject. "Trixie didn't kiss me good-bye before she left for work."

"I think you'll live," Sparky said as he stopped laughing.

"I know," Speed said folding his arms. "But she always gives me a kiss before she leaves. She's up to something."

"You want me to give you a kiss?" Sparky joked in a pouty voice as he held his arms out.

"Don't even think about it," Speed said walking out of the room.

"Come back!" Sparky called behind him. "I didn't get to see you dance on the counter yet."

About a half hour later, Trixie was waiting patiently in the doctor's office to speak to him. She had just gotten through the routine check up with him and the nurse. Quite a few minutes passed by as she began to feel like she had been sitting in the doctor's office forever until the door finally opened.

"Mrs. Racer," Dr. Ducote said walking in with a smile on his face.

"Yes," Trixie said nervously; sitting across from him at his desk.

"You are right. You are about two months pregnant."

Trixie felt her eyes fill up with tears. "Oh...thank you so much, Dr. Ducote."

He smiled back as she stood up to leave. "Remember," he said standing up as well. "Don't forget to schedule your next appointment for next month. And here's a prescription for vitamins." He handed it to her and told her to call any time she had any questions.

"Thanks again," she said just before dashing out of the room feeling so very happy.

Meanwhile, Speed was driving Sparky and himself to the track when he said, "Hey. You never told me what you wanted to tell me at my house."

"Oh, yeah," Sparky said remembering Trixie interrupting them in her excited state. "I wanted to talk about the race that you're going to be in with the Zodiacs."

"You mean the one in about seven months?" Speed asked thinking that the Zodiacs were a bunch of jerks.

"Yes," Sparky said. "There's a rumor that the course is changing."

"How did you find that out?" Speed asked since he hadn't heard.

"Racer X told me yesterday, and I forgot to tell you. That's why I came over early this morning."

"They didn't start changing it yet. Did they?" Speed asked wanting to practice on it.

"Racer X said they did," Sparky said again wondering why the Masked Racer was always watching out for Speed.

"Let's go check it out," Speed said wanting to be prepared for the race. "We can get Trixie to take us up over it in her helicopter."

"Cool," Sparky said as the Mach 5 started to head to the small airport.

However, when they arrived at the airport, Trixie was no where in sight. Speed eventually found her boss and asked him where she was and was told that she called in to say she had something personal to take care - so she would be late.

"That's weird," Speed said looking a bit confused. "I wonder what personal thing she had to take care of."

"And she didn't kiss you before she left," Sparky said playing detective.

Speed only looked at his friend as they stepped away from Trixie's boss.

"And...she was very happy to leave you today," Sparky said as he recalled her dancing around the kitchen.

"What are you trying to say?" Speed asked folding his arms as he stopped walking.

"Maybe she's...having an affair," Sparky said not really meaning it.

"Sparky," Speed said knowing better than that. "If I were you, I'd get away from me."

"I was just kidding," Sparky said holding his hands up as he jokenly backed away from Speed.

"I hope she's not in trouble," the worried husband said; unfolding his arms as he turned to walk back to the Mach 5.

"Speed! Speed!" Trixie was heard calling out as she pulled up in her car. Quickly she jumped out and began running to her husband.

"Trixie?" he said with a puzzled look.

"I can't believe you're here!" she exclaimed smiling as she ran up to him; throwing her arms around him.

"Are you alright?" he asked as if she had flipped out.

"Oh, I forgot to kiss you before I left today." With that she planted a big kiss on Speed's lips.

Speed kissed her back as Sparky rolled his eyes and said low, "Not again."

"Speed," Trixie said after the kiss. "I wasn't going to tell you till later but because you're here, I can't wait!"

"Tell me what?" he asked sounding anxious as she took his hands.

"I just came from the doctor," she said trying to control her excitement. His face was questioning but before he could even guess, she said, "We're going to have a baby!"

The expression on Speed's face was priceless. "You're pregnant?" he asked as his eyes widened with surprise.

No. You are, Speed. Sparky thought; his better judgment making him keep that to himself.

"Yes! I'm pregnant!" Trixie cried out.

"Alright!" Speed exclaimed pulling her into his arms to hug her tightly.

"I'm so happy, Speed," Trixie said sounding on top of the world.

"Me too," he said. After another long hug, he let her go and exclaimed, "Sparky! Did you hear?"

"Yes, I did," Sparky said walking over to congratulate them.

Speed smiled back at his wife thrilled.