AN-hey everybody, sorry for the lack of updates. But with school and everything its hard to update all of the stories. But here you go, remember we are going a few months into the future.
Manny rolled out of her bed, and when I say rolled, I mean literally. She stumbled to her dresser and leaned against it and arched her back.
"Morning" Jimmy walked in with a smile that he had been wearing this past week.
"Hi" Manny pouted
"What's the matter?" Jimmy walked over to her.
"Look at me, I'm fat and I feel like crap, I can barely walk" she motioned to her swollen belly.
"Well the doctor said it would be tough since you were so petite" He pointed out
"Gosh what's with you, the doctor said this, he said that," many mocked
"Nothing, I just want you to be safe and healthy" he smiled. A comfortable silence slipped over them.
These past couple of months had been a strange time period for the two. Their feelings for each other were growing by the day, almost as fast as Manny's stomach. But they were both to afraid to admit it. Paige and Spinner tried there hardest but couldn't get them to own up to it. surprisingly, everyone was getting along well. Manny, Paige, Hazel, Terri and Emma had become a close-knit group of friends who were always there for each other. Which was something she really needed.
"So what are we doing today?" Manny stretched.
"Well, we have to go to the doctors office, then I want to go to the mall, and then we have to come home" Jimmy said as he made her bed, which she was to heavy to lean over and do for herself.
"I know we have to go to the doctor, but is the mall really a good idea, this kid is sitting right on my bladder" Manny said as she walked out of the room and into the living room.
She looked at the calander: April 9, exactly 2 more months to go. And she couldn't wait, being 7 months pregnant was harder then it looked.
"Just get dressed," Jimmy said as she went to he went to his own room.
It was now around 12 in the afternoon; Jimmy and Manny were sitting in the doctor's office. They had made this appointment months ago, and ever since then, they had all been anticipating finding out the sex of the baby. Especially Paige, she had been having a hard time not buying every baby outfit she has seen.
"Manny Brooks?" the doctor asked as he came in and they nodded their heads. Yep, that's right, neither of them had the nerve to correct the health company, cause they liked it that way.
"How are you feeling?" he asked sweetly
"Like a 15 year old pregnant chick" many grunted
"Well that is perfectly normal," all three laughed as he got the sonogram machine out.
"So do we want to know the sex of the baby?" he asked as he rolled jell on Manny's stomach.
"Yes sir" Manny smiled
"Ok" the doctor smiled. Over the past months he had come to know Manny, and take a liking to her, which was why he offered his services as a pediatrician, which they accepted.
"Ok, theirs the head, and the arms" he pointed
"Wow" Jimmy breathed
"I know" Manny whispered
"Well Manny, I would like to introduce you to your...beautiful.... baby girl" the doctor smiled.
"Really? A girl?" Manny was nearly brought to tears.
"Yes, a perfect little girl" the doctor told her as he cleaned her off.
They talked for a bit more and made a second appointment, they were now walking out to the cab the nurse had called for them.
"So why do we have to go to the mall again?" she said as they drove along
"It's a surprise" He stated simply.
"You and your surprises" she sighed
"But you always like them" he smiled and she laughed.
Finally they arrived at the mall. An after a lot of struggling and waddling they finally made it to their destination.
"Kay Diamonds" Manny red.
"Come on" he ushered them in.
"Pick, anything you want" he pointed to the many stands and cases.
"Jimmy, No way! No I wont!" she said sternly
"Do it, it's a late Christmas gift" he said as he pulled her in the direction of the necklaces.
"No, Christmas was 4 months ago, plus you already gave me a Christmas gift. You shouldn't even get me a gift, you've done so much already" she replied. She was talking about the thousands of dollars worth of baby furniture and clothes he had already bought against her will.
"That was for the baby, this is for you," he told her lightly
"No jimmy I wont" she folded her arms
"Well then I'm going to pick you out the ugliest thing I can find and make you wear it" Jimmy pointed to her. She just sighed
"How bout I go sit on that bench and you pick it out so its more special." She told him he nodded with excitement and went to take her seat outside.
She slowly slid down to the bench. She hated being pregnant and as much as she loved her daughter, she wanted her out. She sighed again, her daughter that sounded great. She closed her eyes for a brief moment. An when she reopened them she was shocked at what she saw, Craig Manning, the father of her child heading straight for her. She looked back into the store and saw Jimmy still looking around. So she just braced herself for the worst.
"Hey" he said simply
"Hi" she didn't look at him.
"Can I sit down?" he asked slowly
"It's a free country," she blurted harshly, but he still sat next to her.
"So, how are you and, and...you know" he stammered
"Me and my daughter are fine" she strained as she stared around.
"A...a...girl? It's a girl?" he smiled
"Yea" she played with her hands as she waited for Jimmy.
"Wow, um...I'm
glad" he stated,
"An why is that" Manny finally looked up at
him.
"Cause I saw this, and I had to buy it." He said as he handed her a gift-wrapped box.
"What is it?" she asked him
"Open it" he smiled. She sighed but opened the box.
Manny could hardly breath. In the box was a beautiful white, satin christening gown for a girl. It was very expensive and very elegant. Manny loved it, but she knew she count take it.
"Thanks but no thanks" she shoved him the box.
"What you don't like it, cause I could return-"
"Its not the dress, It's you" she said harshly, and was pleased when she saw the look of pain cross over his eyes.
"Manny, she's my daughter too" he said
"No, no she's not" many said coldly
"You can't keep her from me" he shouted as he stood up
"You wana bet? Cause I'm sure I could" she pushed herself off the bench.
"OH, cause they're really going to give a new born baby to a poor 15 year old homeless girl" he yelled
"She's not poor, nor homeless. An I'm pretty sure her high powered lawyers could come up with something a bit more believable" they both turned to see a very angry Jimmy standing next to Manny.
"Jimmy, how are you?" he held out his hand and Jimmy just stared at it.
"We, are fine" Jimmy emphasized the we part.
"Look, Jimmy, I want to thank you for keeping Manny safe, but I can take it from here" Craig stated but Jimmy laughed out loud.
He was laughing so hard people were starting to stare but then he abruptly stopped. "You can take, your sorry ass, home, and away from Manny, and the baby. An you better stay away." Jimmy got into his face. Craig nodded and went to turn around.
"Craig!" Manny yelled, shocking both Jimmy and Craig. He turned around and Manny held out the box. Craig looked down at it.
"I know that you don't want me anymore, and that you don't need me. I now realize that I should stay away, and I will. Just, Just keep it, ok?" he said softly
Manny looked back and Jimmy who shrugged. She nodded and with that Craig turned and left. Manny practically burst to tears, and Jimmy was right at her side ushering her to the bench.
"I have something that will cheer you up," he said lightly
"Ok" she whimpered. He handed her a large black velvet box.
She lifted the lid and revealed a shining, large, gold cross. It was so perfect that it stole her breath she literally grasped her heart. She had to admit, she herself, thought it may not seem like it, was a very religious person. And had never missed a Sunday, she had even started to drag Jimmy along.
"Does that mean you like it?" he asked with a tint of excitement
"I love it, thank you so much" she hugged him tight.
Jimmy wore a wide smile as Manny held on tight to him. He had fallen in love with her over and over the past 3 months. there was no denying the sparks that flew between them whenever they were together. Finally they pulled away, and Manny handed him the cross to place around her neck.
He watched as she turned around and she lifted her shiny hair and he placed the gold around her neck. She turned around and smiled up at him. "Thank you" she whispered.
"Your welcome, now come on, I bet you're tired," he said as he helped her to her feet.
"I'm exhausted, it's a good thing that we are on spring break, cause I don't think I could go to school. My feet are killing me," Manny moaned as they stepped out of the elevator.
"Jeez, 7 month pregnant women sure do complain a lot" he laughed as Manny sent him an evil look.
"Crap, I forgot my keys, you got yours?" Jimmy asked. He couldn't wait for her to open that door.
"Sure" Manny pulled her keys from her purse and unlocked the door. She swung it open.
"SURPRISE!" The large group of people in their apartment screamed. Paige came barreling at them.
"I told you, one day, you were just gona walk in on your baby shower" Paige whispered as she hugged her best friend tightly.
When Paige let go and ushered them into the living room Manny gave jimmy a questioning look. "What, I'm just as surprised as you are" he laughed, Manny just shook her head.
The party was going great. Everyone was getting along.
"Present time!!" Paige cheered and everyone agreed as they sat in the living room.
"This is from me and Spin" Paige handed Manny a big box.
Manny tore off the paper and smiled at the baby swing. "Guys its perfect" Manny squealed as she got up and gave both Paige and spinner a hug.
"An this is from me and Marco" Dylan handed her another large box.
Once again she ripped off the tight wrapping paper. "An the matching high chair! Thank you guys!" she hugged Marco and Dylan.
"This, is from me and Terri" Hazel handed her once again, you guess it, a large box.
But it was slipped in a bag so she tore down the bag and smiled.
"You guys are awesome! The matching travel set" she squealed
"What's a travel set?" Jimmy looked over her shoulder
"Car seat and carriage" many told him as she hugged Hazel and Terri. "To bad we don't have a car" Manny and everyone laughed.
"We will next week, my parents are sending me one for my birthday, which may I add is in 3 days" Jimmy pointed out and they all laughed
"From me and Chris" Emma held out a held out a group of smaller boxes that contained cute baby clothes that everyone ooohhed and ahhaed at.
"You guys are the best I have everything I need." Manny beamed.
"Well, there is two more gifts" Spinner looked down at the floor.
"Ok" Manny said sweetly
"But, just don't get mad ok?" Paige told her
"I wont" Manny laughed.
Dylan and Spinner left the room, and when the returned they had a beautiful rocking chair, with a padded seat and it was made of gorgeous oak wood.
"Wow," many breathed "who's it from?"
"Its from Ash, she sent this with it" Paige handed Manny the card.
Manny read to herself:
Dear Manny,
Hey, well I guess if your reading this, they gave you the rocking chair. I hope you like it. I know it doesn't make up for much but, consider it a forgive me please gift. I really hope things turn out for the best. And I wish you lots of luck. I'm really sorry.
Ashley.
Manny folded the card back up and put in the envelope and she stared at her friends.
"Everything ok?" Jimmy whispered
"Perfect" she said as she whipped a stray tear.
"So what's my last present?" Manny laughed
"Well, we don't know, Jimmy mentioned he had the perfect baby shower gift, picked out months ago, so jimmy, it's all yours" Spinner motioned for him to take the floor.
"Oh ok, well then everyone come this way." Jimmy led all of the guests to the hallway.
"Manny, remember when you first moved in and Spinner told you the only rule was to stay out of this room?" Jimmy pointed to the door in between Jimmy and Manny's room.
"Yes, I do" she nodded.
"Well throw the rule out the window, open" Jimmy pointed to the doorknob.
"Ok" Manny giggled as she linked arms with Paige. She carefully opened the door. Everyone gasped.
It was a small, but comfy room. Painted a light pink, the beautiful white changing table, dresser and crib were all positioned around the room. The room was a cloud theme, except instead of blue and white it was mostly pink and white. There were perfect little baby toys and blankets all around the room. And plenty of bottles and other baby stuff. Manny turned around and looked at Jimmy.
"You did all of this?" she whispered
"Yea, do you like it?" he asked
"No" she shook her head and Jimmy looked down.
"I love it!" she squalled. An all 135 pounds of her jumped into Jimmy's arms. He caught her and they hugged tightly for a bit until they finally released each other.
A little bit later after everyone had left Jimmy and Manny were just sitting on the couch. Manny had her legs up in Jimmy's lap and he was reading the directions for the baby swing.
"Thanks so much Jimmy" she nudged him slightly
"For what?" he looked at her oddly
"For the baby room, for the necklace, for everything! Especially for the baby shower" she smiled
"What? I didn't plan the baby shower" he quickly pulled away
"Jimmy, the cake had pineapples on it!" Manny squealed
"So?" Jimmy avoided her gaze.
"Only guys who live with pregnant girls, know how good that tastes" they both laughed.
"I did not plan the party" he laughed
"Its ok I know you did, and I'm glad you did" she smiled
"Really?" he smiled
"Really" she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Would you totally hate me if I went to sleep?" he asked
"No way, your probably exhausted" he looked over at her
"Ok, ill see you in the morning" she kissed his cheek and headed to her room.
After she changed she slipped into the bed and hugged her comforter. She thought about the past 7 months of her life. She spoke with her brother and sister rarely. She made a whole new group of friends, who loved her. She had met one incredible guy. That guy was Jimmy. And lately she had been seeing him as more then a friend. She didn't know if it was wrong, but she saw Jimmy as a possible boyfriend, maybe more. Whenever she was around him, she felt like a better person. He gave her the one thing she really needed, love. He loved her with all of his heart, and everyone could see that. But lately she was having trouble deciding if it was a friendly love, or more then that.
Jimmy sat and red the directions and finally started to assemble the baby swing. The whole time he couldn't keep Manny's smiling face out of his mind. That was one thing he always loved about her, she was always smiling that beautiful smile. He was so excited about the baby coming in just two months. Its like when your birthday comes, and you have been waiting and waiting and finally its here. He to thought back to the past 7 months. He thinks back to the time when Manny wasn't in his life. It was pretty damn boring if he did say so himself. There was never anyone to share his love and achievements with. What good is scoring the winning basket, or getting the lead in the school play, if you have no on to share your happiness with. And now he finally had Manny. But seeing Craig today scared him, especially when she called him back. Was it possible, that Manny could slip away? He hoped not, cause he didn't want to go back to the old Jimmy. he didn't plan on it. As a matter of fact the only thing has been planning besides the birth of the baby, was his speech to Manny, to let her know about his true feelings. It was going to be perfect.
AN pt2- hey guys, I know I'm dragging this out but the Jimmy/Manny relationship is coming soon! Don't worry!
