Chapter 8

Sportacus shook Stephanie out of bed. She jumped into the shower while he called Robbie.

"Can you guys make it here in about forty-five minutes?" he asked.

"I think so. I was just about to go over to the Mayor's house." Robbie told him.

"Great. See you then." Sportacus said. He hung up the phone and turned around to see Stephanie coming into the kitchen in her bathrobe.

"Hey baby. How you feeling?" Her husband asked.

"Its not my stomach bothering me, its my chest. What did I do yesterday?" Stephanie asked him.

"That is something you're going to have to fix yourself. Robbie is bringing Amanda over and you too are going to talk while I talk with him." Sportacus explained.

"I just hope that she's in a listening mood." His wife responded. Sportacus smiled and said he was going to take a shower.

Stephanie fished around in the fridge and found the milk. Upon opening the lid she was knocked over by the stink.

"Ohh that's no good anymore." Wrinkling her nose up as she washed the foul liquid down the sink. Then the phone rang.

"Scheving residence, Stephanie speaking."

"Stephanie, hi. This is Dr. Feels Good. I have your test results."

"Great! It isn't anything serious is it?" She asked.

"Well not exactly. More like congratulations. You're pregnant." He answered. There was a long pause over the phone.

"Stephanie? Are you still there?" The doctor asked.

"Uh yeah. Thank you, Dr. Feels Good. Bye." Stephanie hung up. The doorbell rang and she didn't move.

Robbie and Amanda stood on the other side of the door. After a couple of minutes went by Robbie knocked on the door. Finally, it opened.

"Is everything all right?" Amanda asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Ready?" Stephanie asked.

"If you are." Amanda said. Her friend smiled and promised to be right back. Sportacus came out of the bedroom dressed for the day. His wife told him that they needed to talk later. He nodded and said hello to Robbie.

"All right. See you guys later." Stephanie half-smiled and closed the door as she and Amanda left.

Once outside the two, started their walk. At first, neither one knew what to say or even where to start. After ten minutes, Stephanie finally spoke up.

"I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean to make it sound like I don't trust Robbie." Amanda stopped her.

"I know what you were trying to do. I understand but I just wanted your approval. It's not to going to happen right away. Robbie was telling me that he wanted to fix his place up first. I tried to convince him that I didn't care what shape it was in but he insisted that everything be perfect." Amanda said.

"Really? I'm happy for you guys. I am. Lately, I've been real moody and I'm sorry. But there is a reason for it. I…" she didn't get a chance to finish. Amanda looked at her and saw that something was wrong. That's when she saw the three men standing behind her friend.

To Be Continued…