Thanks for all the reviews, plus the criticism, but, I do have one thing to say. Relikiea, I know that there's no way of telling that early, but only for about two weeks. But this would be a pretty boring start, ne? So I had to rush things a little. I'm working on adding a little humor, but it might take another chapter or so before I can do that. It's a little hard to bring humor to this kind of story this early. Please enjoy this chapter and keep the reviews coming!

Chapter Four-Symptoms and mood swings

After the night Jimmy and Rachel told Richard and Eva, Rachel's morning sickness got worse and worse by day. Jimmy had to do his laundry almost every few hours, because what do you know? She only got sick when he was around.

Fortunately, everytime they tried to call Booker and Vivian, they couldn't get ahold of them. So it was really surprising one day in Rachel's fourth month, when there was a knock at the door.

Before they could even make it to the door, Booker and Vivian let themselves in. "Hey Jimmy!" They called. "We came to visit you!"

Jimmy rushed into the room. "Oh, hey..."

"Oh hey? Is that all we get?"

"Oh..." He walked over and hugged them.

The three of them talked for a while, until Rachel, figuring that they were gone, walked in, holding her oddly large stomach and talking a lot about how she looked in maternity clothes.

"Jimmy, do you think this one makes me look fatter than I should?"

She was wearing a huge, but tightly-fitting shirt that said, "Baby" all over it.

Then she looked up. Jimmy looked frozen in his spot. Rachel flinched at the sight of Jimmy's parents.

"Hi, Mr.Kudo, Mrs.Kudo..." She mumbled whisperedly.

"Oh, Rachel!" Vivian was smiling, but she had an odd look on her face. "What happened, dear? Who was it?"

Silence filled the room and Jimmy could swear that he heard crickets chirping in the background. The two eyed each other and then eyed her stomach.

"Um... Jimmy..." She mumbled to the floor more than to Vivian.

"Who dear?" She walked over to Rachel and Rachel whispered in her ear, "Jimmy..."

She looked very surprised for a moment. Then she smiled weakly and sat back down next to Booker. "Well..." She closed her eyes and mopped the sweat off of her forehead. "It seems that we're going to be grandparents then..."

"Do you have a problem with that or something?" Rachel started to cry. Then she ran out of the room, leaving a deafening silence over Jimmy and his parents.

Finally, Vivian said something. "Jimmy, when was the last time she's been to the doctor?"

"About... 3 months ago, why?"

"And how far along is she?"

"4 months."

"Just as I thought... She's too big to be normally four months. You ought to have that examined."

"By the way." Booker finally said something. "When the baby's born, you might want to open up the spare room right next to yours... We're going to stay a couple of extra days to make sure the two of you don't... try anything..."

Jimmy blushed. "OK... well then... I've gotta go make sure we're not inevitably making her mood swings worse... See you guys later..."

And the two of them left. Jimmy crept cautiously into the room that Rachel was in. He sat down next to her. "Rach?"

"What?" She sounded dull, and sort of sullen.

"They're gone..."

"Well what are you telling me for? I don't care! Go get me a pickle and mustard sandwich... and some ramen..."

"Er, yes ma'am!"

And he rushed out of the room smiling to go and feed the pregnant lady...

Did that chapter seem kind of... off... to you guys?