Chapter 2: The Middle Of The New Beginning
A few days later...
The big hospital seemed even larger in Hamster City as Caitlin and Natsu walked in with Boss and Howdy. They were rushed in through rooms, through x-ray machines, through waiting rooms, and finally into a regular room. The doctor first stood in front of Natsu and began talking.
"Well, it looks like you will have twins: a boy and a girl," he announced to Natsu and Howdy.
"YAY!" Natsu yayed loudly.
"Woot," Howdy wooted.
The doctor walked over to Caitlin and Boss. "You two will be having a baby..."
"BOY?!" Boss shouted.
"...Yes."
"YES! VICTORY! I DID DO IT!"
"...What the crap is he talking about?" the doctor whispered to Caitlin.
"...I don't know," Caitlin murmured under her breath.
"The due date is August 10," he remarked.
"A month before my bday! YAY!" Caitlin yayed.
Once they were released from the hospital, Boss remarked, "Let's go out for dinner. We had to skip lunch, thanks to the hospital." He shrugged.
The group walked into a nice restaurant and sat down at a table inside. Boss was going on and on...and on...and on...about having a baby boy being due. He just wouldn't shut up about it.
"Let's name him Boss, Jr.!" Boss declared.
"That would make you bossy," Caitlin laughed.
"...Shut up," he murmured.
"Ours should be Kaylee and Jayson," Natsu remarked.
"It's your kiddies, Natty, so I think it should be what you want it to be," Howdy responded as he shrugged.
"I don't think that would exactly make me actually bossy if I just said 'we're gonna name him Boss, Jr.', would it?" Boss inquired.
"Yes," the other three hamsters replied in unison.
"...Well, anyway...," Boss murmured, "...did you get that job yet, Howdy? I did."
"At the department store? Heck yeah. Good thing, too," Howdy responded.
"This chat is boring," Caitlin mumbled.
A little later...
"Wow, I'm crazy not to have been in the Bad Hams a long time ago," Kayla remarked as she and Number 1 sat in the living room on the couch. Mike was reclined in his leather arm chair with Stella on his lap, Roger was sitting in another chair, and Becky and Megan were sitting on the floor in front of the fire. Number 2 and Number 3 were playing cards at the card table.
"Yeah, you really are," Mike agreed.
Number 1 glanced over at Kayla. "You're really nice, you know? Well, you know what I mean..."
Kayla blushed. "What do you mean?"
Number 1's cheeks turned cherry red. "I like you."
"Awww," Mike sound-effected.
"Enough with the sound effects, I really like you, Kay-Z," Number 1 whispered.
Kayla blushed. "Like-like?"
"Yeah, I want you to know that."
"Awww," Mike sound-effected again.
"Shut up, man," Number 1 murmured.
"I like you, too, Number 1," Kayla whispered.
"WOO! YAY!" Number 1 wooed and yayed as he stood up and danced.
"You dance like crap, Number 1," Mike condescended.
"Shut up, man," Number 1 retorted as he continued dancing. "...So we're a couple, right?"
"Yes, I guess," Kayla whispered.
"YAY! WOO!" Number 1 continued dancing.
Right then Caitlin and Natsu walked into the living room.
"Our due dates are the same! August 10!" Caitlin exclaimed.
"Grand, that's only two and a half weeks from today," Mike muttered.
"My baby is a boy, and Natsu's are twins, a boy and a girl."
"We're a couple!" Number 1 shouted as he pointed at Kayla. "YAY!"
"Wow, when was the last time I heard him say 'yay'?" Number 2 murmured as he set down his cards.
"So what will be the names?" Mike inquired.
"...Boss wants ours to be Boss, Jr.," Caitlin sighed.
"That's retarded, just to say. Why two? One is stupid enough."
"Ours will be Kaylee and Jayson," Natsu remarked.
"That's pretty good. Kay and Jay?"
"Yeah."
"You do know what it's time for now, right?"
"What?"
"Baby shopping. The funnest fun you'll ever have." Mike shrugged.
"YAY!" Caitlin yayed as she and Natsu ran out of the living room.
"...We won't see them for a while, no?" Mike shrugged again. "That'll give time for me to explain my plan for later..."
Later...
"Man, all the little kids get to have everything," Boss murmured while Caitlin brought in all of her bags full of baby items. "I never had anything; my parents couldn't afford all of this crap."
"Never mind that, Boss, just help me with these bags!" Caitlin called.
"Alrighteh, whatever," Boss mumbled.
The night of August 9...
"Is everything ready?" Caitlin called weakly from Boss's armchair. "For him?"
"Yeah," Boss responded as he leaned up against the back of the armchair. "I think it all is. I can't wait..."
"We're going first thing in the morning," Caitlin groaned as she rubbed her bulged stomach. "I can't take this any longer."
"Hmm... Do you think we ought to just start driving tonight since it's four hours away?"
"Yeah. Be sure to bring the stuff that we'll need."
"Don't worry about that." Boss sighed. "We need Natsu and Howdy-"
"Here already," Howdy called as he and Natsu walked through the clubhouse's front door.
"...That's strange," Caitlin mumbled. "You got everything you need?"
Natsu held up a large bag. "Yee."
"Alrighteh, let's go!" Boss called as he helped Caitlin stand back up. The four hamsters then got into Caitlin's car and starting on their journey to Hamster City...