A/N Wow this jus passed my revu record of 62…lol…anyway thanks everyone hope you enjoy the chap.

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Haruka had been very overprotective the last few days. It was driving me nuts but I knew she was just worried.

"I am gonna go for a walk," I told her putting my shoes on.

"Alone?" her brow creased.

"Yes," I replied, "Alone. I am gonna go see Mako too."

"Want me to drive you instead?" she asked.

"No, I'd rather walk," I told her firmly and left before she could protest.

The days passed by harder and harder now. It was utterly ridiculous. Everyday I woke up and all I thought about was the baby. Haruka had made a comment last night that I was looking thin and gaunt. I had snapped at her but she had for once didn't take it seriously. She knew I was stressed. It had been 2 weeks since we had seen the detective. I was in the start of my 6 month and everyday it felt like my body was getting bigger and bigger. It was odd, carrying this weight around with me at all times. (A/N See my fitness teacher is pregnant too. So I asked her a bit about it and this is what she was telling me. So yeah. I don't know if my teacher is in her 6th month or not though…O_o)

Sighing I told myself to stop thinking about my bloated stomach and think about something else. Like Mako's restaurant. She had already moved into the place for the café. I knew the girls had been helping her with it. And I knew today was decorating/painting day. That's why I was going. The café was barely 15 minutes walk from our place. I was there in no time. I entered to find Usagi and Rei arguing with Minako refreeing. Or trying to refree.

"No we are not making this place pink! Are you out of your mind? Pink! Like a day care centre colour!" Rei fumed.

"Your colour theme is stupid too! Red! Hah! It's not suppoed to be honeymoon central! We want a place that's rated G not rated R!" Usagi shot back. They seemed like 2-year-olds, nither making any sense but arguing nonetheless.

"Guys!" Mina was yelling while Makoto and Ami were going over some papers.

"Hi guys…" I said from the door. No body had noticed me so far.

"Huh…" Mina looked up.

"Michiru-san!" Makoto brightened.

"Ooooooh…" was Usagi's reaction. In two seconds Rei was pulling me in.

"Pregnant lady coming through!" she yelled and Usagi grabbed a chair and pulled me gently on it.

"Can you feel the baby yet?" Ami was asking eagerly. I felt dumb. No, I felt sorta idiotic. Here I came to get my mind off this thing and they were all into it.

"Well…Lets' not treat me like an invalid, okay?" I smiled weakly.

"Oh…"

"We didn't mean to…"

"Oh god we're so insensitive!…" They all erupted at the same time. It was giving me a headache. I wanted to go home and sit peacefully in Haruka's arms.

"What were you guys doing before I came in?" I asked loudly.

"Well," Rei answered, "Trying to decide a colour theme…What would you think is best?"

"Mako what do you want to do the place like?" I asked, getting up from the chair and putting it back.

"Well…I…I mean…" she stuttered blinking constantly.

"Oh come on, you must have had some idea," I said and everyone stared at me. I liked being boss of things but it was Mako's café. She should be bossing around.

"I was thinking a pale blue background with dark blue borders. Very light turqiose table cloth and dark blue napkins to math the wall borders. Maybe some design on the edges of the table cloth with either dark blue or dark green…" she trailed off.

"Sound great, let's write it down and get the colours then!" I grinned and they all started yapping again. It took us 4 hours but me, Rei, Usagi and Makoto got the place painted in the pale blue of Mako's choice and Ami came back with the right colour cloth for the tablecloth. Minako had went off hunting for the napkins and she was back a little after Ami, equipped with a design for the table cloths that she had grabbed from her mother on her way back.

"Oooooh I like that Mina, thanks!" Mako had hugged her and we had decided that we could do the same design on the walls with the dark blue as well, plus the border. Ami promised she would try to find the thread to match the napkins for the table cloths and Rei volunteered to get some girls to set up the place tomorrow. We went home happily. It was nice to do something but stress for once.

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For two months I helped Makoto set her restaurant up. Haruka stopped worrying so much because nothing had happened. Yet anyway. We said this to the detective and he was same as ever.

"You never know the time and place, Michiru-san," he had said gently. That had only refreshed Haruka's overprotectiveness and my fear. But we were coping. Now I was 7 months pregnant. We had gone for ultrasounds and it was a boy. I didn't know about Haruka, but I was positively overjoyed. Also I felt like I had blown up like a whale now.

"You look fine love," Haruka would always say and hug me or kiss me. But I had my doubts. Either I was blowing up or someone had distorted the mirror. The latter was highly unlikely.

Anyhow the days passed and the joy of having a child was finally pressing my fear down way deep inside me. Same went for Haruka.

"I can't believe I have to go for this dumb trip!" she was packing her small bag that day.

"I'll miss you," I told her solemnly, "A lot." She stopped packing her bag and came to me, wrapping her arms around me she kissed me. I felt her pulling me even closert and I knew she was gonna miss me just as much. When she finally pulled away I grinned at her.

"Don't you get repelled by my bloated ugliness?" I asked.

"I'd never get repelled by you Michiru," she smiled and sighing went back to her bag.

"It's so stupid you can't come," she said, clearly irritated.

"I'll be fine," I told her.

"I know, but what about me?" she grinned foolishly at me, "What'll I do without you?"

I couldn't help but laugh as I watched her pack. I knew she was truly worried about me. But the doctor said it would be better if I don't go on long journeys. My 7th month was coming to an end soon and the doctor had warned me that at eight month you had be careful of these things.

"It's only a weekend," I told her. But I was reassuring myself too.

"Yeah, I know," she sighed again and suddenly I realized what she was thinking. The last buisiness trip she had gone alone on had ended up getting me pregnant. It was obvious she'd be hesitant about going alone.

"Well to distract myself I'd be down by Mako's place," I told her, "She needs help, and I may even sleep over since it'd be too boring to come back here to myself."

"Yeah," Haruka said distantly, "Don't stay by yourself, stay with them."

"I will," I nodded at her and that was the last we spoke about me before she left.

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I spend all of Saturday at the restaurant. Haruka was to be back Sunday night. I was going to sleep over there again like I had the night before. Makoto didn't mind at all, she insisited as a matter of fact. Said I should never be alone at this stage, which was true. She wouldn't let me work a lot though. She kept me sitting on a chair at a table all day. When I told her it was boring she gave me her accounts and bank papers.

"I hate doing paperwork, and you're a blessing to do it for me," she had grinned, "And this way you don't have to get up either." She provided me free breakfast, lunch and dinner and insisted it was a healthy diet for pregnant women and I'd be breaking her heart by not eating it. So I had no coice but eat and sit and calculate numbers and write replies to banks.

The next day was more hectic. So many people swarmed the place. Groups of high schoolers, families having a family lunch out. Old people discussing old people stuff…whatever that was. Bachelors running in and out for "a cup of coffee to keep them going." Minako and Rei were there as waitresses because the one that Makoto had hired didn't work on weekends. Besides Minako and rei both said they were going to work on Sundays permanently because it was a great way to spend time with each other. The bachelors also liked to stay and flirt with Rei a lot. At one time Minako had to interfere and drag Rei away because there was too much work to do.

I watched all this and did more accounts. Many mothers would stop my way and give me helpful tips on babies. Some would sqeal in delight like school girls and say that pregnancy was absolutely great. Anyway it was hectic but I found myself not getting bored. Mako and the other 2 cooks she had hired were in the kitchen. They would label the food by table numbers and Minako and Rei would just pick and serve.

At one point near dinnertime Rei gave my usual dinner to me. I ate it and in half an hour I felt sharp stabs in my stomach. The last things that I remembered was Minako yelling to call 911 and Mako telling me everything would be okay.

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A/N Sorry guys that I am making the time go so fast. It does seem like the story is coming to an end but it's far from over. : P If I don't keep the time going fast then this is gonna end up in 50 chapters or something and I am hoping to end somewhere at 20. So sorry about the fast forwarding. ^^ R/R plz and thanks for revuing.