February 15th, 2003

Week 8

At this point of the pregnancy, it wasn't fun. Lily had been terribly sick lately. This morning she could barely pull herself out of bed. The smell of one of her neighbors cooking breakfast had set her off and sent her off to the toilet. At this rate, she'd be lousing weight instead of gaining.

She still didn't tell Bug. She had been distancing herself from him. She knew he suspected something. Last night was Valentine's Day and she barely spent time with him. He probably thought she was having an affair.

Lily called into work. She just couldn't face another day at work, with all those smells, feeling like this. She curled up on the couch in her sweat clothes and hair up in a ponytail, and turned the television on. Someone knocked on the door. Lily groaned loudly.

"Come in unless you're a murderer and rapeist." She said. Bug walked in.

"Lily?" He looked at her, "Are you okay?"

"Do I look okay?" She asked as she sat up. Bug chuckled.

"Not particularly." He smiled as he held up a bag. "I brought a muffin." He watched as Lily's face turned green, "I'll put it in the kitchen."

"Bug, you shouldn't be here." Lily said as Bug went into the kitchen.

"Of course, I should be. My girlfriend is sick. I need to nurse he back to health." He said. Lily ran her hand through her hair. She had to tell him. She couldn't keep this hidden another moment longer.

"Bug, we need to talk." She said. He walked back in and sat next to her.

"What about?" He asked.

"About us." Lily said.

"About us…What about us?" Bug asked as panic started to swell up in his chest.

"This is really important. You can't freak out on me okay?" Lily said. Bug stared at her with a slight frown.

"Oh God…You're breaking up with me." He said.

"I'm what?"

"Breaking up with me." Bug said putting his face in his hands.

"I'm not…But…" Lily took in a deep breath. This was hard.

"B-But what?" He looked at her with fear full in his eyes. He was so scared that she was still going to break up with him.

"I'm…Jeez…I'm…I'm pregnant, Bug." She finally said. He stared at her as if he didn't believe what she had just said. "Bug?"

"I ah…Are you sure?" he mumbled. Lily nodded. It was a typical man thing to ask that question wasn't it. At least he didn't ask if it was his.

"Yes. I've bee to the doctors. I'm about eight weeks along." She said softly.

"Eight weeks…" Bug whispered.

"I've know for only two weeks. I just…I couldn't have told you, Bug." Lily whispered.

"Why?" Bug asked. Lily's lip began to tremble.

"B-Because you'd freak. We haven't been together that long. I w-was so afraid that you'd leave m-me to do this all myself."

"You'd think I'd do that?" He asked.

"I d-don't know." Lily started to cry. It broke Bug's heart that she thought he'd do that. He would ever never be like that.

"Lily, we'll handle this, okay? We'll get through this. This baby was created from our love and that love will never change. This child is a blessing. All children are…" He had to be brave. For her, he had to be brave. Lily looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"I'm s-so scared." She cried softly. Bug wrapped his arms around her trembling body, drawing her very close to his body.

"Me too." Bug said, "but I'll be here and we'll be just fine. I promise…We'll….We'll be just fine." If he kept on saying it, it would become true, right?

March 1st, 2003

Week 10

Things were a lot easier now that Bug knew she was pregnant. There were no secrets. No extra stress. It was nice. They were discussing about moving in together. They decided Lily's place would be best since it had a room the baby could be in.

The baby. Bug was now getting very excited about becoming a father. He had been buying gifts for Lily and her belly all week every time he left, even if it was just a tiny Mylar balloon or a large stuffed animal.

"Lily?" Garrett knocked on her office door and walked in.

"Garrett, hey." She smiled brilliantly. "Is there something you need me for? I know I've been forgetting some stuff lately."

"No. I just…I heard a rumour." Garrett said. Lily looked at him.

"Another rumour?" Lily chuckled. "What is it this time?"

"That you're pregnant." He said.

"Oh." Lily smiled, "That's not a rumour." Garrett stared at her.

"So, you're pregnant?" He asked.

"Yup. Bug and I are really excited about it." Lily said.

"Congratulations." Garrett said softly, "When…When are you due?"

"October 26th, but I hope I have it on the 31st." She chuckled.

"You love Halloween." Garrett said. "I'm happy for you, Lily."

"Thank you. That means a lot coming from you." She said.

"Yeah. I want you staying out of the morgue then, you know, all those chemicals isn't good for you and the baby." He said.

"I wasn't planning on going in there anytime soon." She said.

"Right…Congrats again." He said backing out of the room.

"Thank you." She chuckled softly. Garrett seemed to be very uncomfortable about the whole thing. He had a while to get used to it.

"Knock knock, Mommy." Jordan smiled walking in. "You up for food?" Lily shook her head.

"No, unless you want me barfing all over you." Lily giggled.

"All right no food. Sickness hasn't passed yet?" She asked.

"Nope. I'm excited for the food cravings to start." Lily said.

"I'll steer clear from you then also." Jordan winked, "Anything I can get you while I'm out?"

"I have everything I have ever wanted right here." Lily smiled tenderly. Jordan chuckled.

"Point taken." Jordan said as Bug walked in. "Bye Mommy and Daddy." Bug beamed proudly.

"Bye." Bug turned to his girlfriend, "Let's go."

"Where are we going?" Lily asked as she stood up.

"Come on." Bug said as he took her hand. She woiuldnt question him. She knew better.

* * *

Bug pulled Lily into a jewelry store. Lily put the breaks on.

"What are we doing here?" She asked.

"Pick something out." Bug said. Lily stared at him.

"Why?" She asked softly. Bug looked at her as he took her hands.

"Because I want to marry you." He said. Lily's eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"You wh-what?" She stuttered.

"I want to marry you. I have wanted to marry you for a long time now and now that we're having a baby together, I want to marry you even more. I love you so much." Bug said softly.

"Wow…" Lily chuckled softly, running her hand through her hair, "That's um…a big step."

"If I'm moving too fast, then tell me, Lily." She shook her head.

"You're moving just right, Bug." Lily said gently, "Any ring?"

"Within reason." Bug chuckled. Lily smiled and started to look through the rings. There were so many to choose from. There were cold bands, silver bands, and white gold bands. There were diamond cut diamonds, Pear cut, princess cut, so many to choose from.

"Can I see this one? It's beautiful. I'm a five." Lily said. The clerk took out a princess cut white gold engagement ring.

"Here you go." She smiled. Lily took the ring and slid it on her ring finger. It fit like a glove. It looked so nice on her slender finger. "How does it fit?"

"Perfectly." Lily whispered. Bug watched the excitement in Lily's eyes. It made him happy to see the twinkle. "I like this one."

"We'll take that one." Bug said.

"Very good. I'll ring it up." The clerk smiled. Bug took Lily's hand and took the ring off of it.

"We need to do this properly." Bug smiled getting down on one knee. He kissed her belly gently before looking up at her.

"Oh wow." Lily whispered, already feeling tear well up in her eyes.

"Lily, you're the love of my life and it would warm my heart and soul to take you as my wife." That was it, tears started to flow from Lily's eyes. "Will you marry me?" He slid the ring on her finger.

"God, yes." She threw her arms around Bug's neck, hugging him, "Yes I'll marry you." Bug hugged her back. They were getting married and having a baby. His mother would be thrilled. Life couldn't get much better than this.