Chapter 10: Ami's News

Duet escorted Ami down the hallway to Duet's bedroom.

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"Is something wrong, Ames?" Duet inquired; a concerned look graced her face; as she leaned against her mahogany dresser.

Ami sat herself down on Duet's king sized water bed. A shake of her head was her response.

Duet mulled over other things that could go wrong in her head.

"Did you get a reading of some sort?"

Another shake of the head.

"Did you read the oracle?" Duet was now even more concerned than before. Anything wrong with the reading from the oracle and they were doomed in a sense.

Ami just shook her head.

Duet's eyebrows formed a frown and she sighed, trying to thinking of anything else.

"I don't understand… what do you want to talk to me about?"

Her sister-in-law's dark pools of sapphires glazed over and she placed her hand on her abdomen for the second time that day. She was staring out the glass doors to the Japanese backyard that Duet, Duo and herself had built. Duet poured herself and Ami a cup of water, but Ami refused it. Duet sipped it slowly.

"I…" Ami began, "…I took one of those test things…"

Duet was puzzled, "What kind of test, Ames? What are you talking about?"

Ami sighed. Finding something interesting on the floor, she stared at it.

"It was positive," she continued as if Duet had asked any questions.

Duet blinked, "Positive for what?"

A frown marred Duet's cream colored face. She had no idea what her sister-in-law was talking about. What kind of test?

Silence consumed the two females. The room was peaceful, yet the silence was overwhelming. It seemed like a lifetime before Ami blurted out, "I'm pregnant…"

Duet choked on her water, then regained her composure. She walked to the bed and sat next to Ami, "I don't know what to say, Ames… I guess Congratulations, huh? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"Twins," was her murmured response. "I'm not sure if they're boys or girls…"

Ami's hands went back to being pressed against her stomach in a motherly fashion. Duet understood that Ami's mother and father had divorced when she was little and Ami had always blamed herself for it. She guessed that Ami was thinking that she was cursed to have this happening to her. She gave Ami her best Duo smile, "I'm going to be aunt! How wicked is that?"

Ami just nodded glumly, "Yea…"

Duet wrapped her arms around her sister-in-law, who wrapped her arms around the other. The two began a sob fest.

"I wish Duo-chan was here…" Ami choked out, tears staining Duet's tank top. "He'd be so proud to be a father…"

Duet nodded, "So do I… he's missing so much…"

Duet rocked Ami back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Until Ami had fallen asleep like a baby in her arms. She slipped out of Ami's embrace and took of the girls' shoes. She tucked her in the way she tucked her own daughter in and smiled, before turning to leave.

"Sweet dreams, Ames…" she whispered to the wind.

Duet wiped her eyes of evidence of tears and walked back into the kitchen. Where she found the kitchen in dismay with Chibi Chibi fighting with her "auty" Minako over Hiiro, who was attempting to make waffles.

She stood in-between two stools and brushed her index finger across Hiiro's nose.

"Strawberry syrup," she murmured as she licked her finger clean.

Hiiro blushed ever so slightly. Minako and Chibi Chibi stopped arguing to look at the new occupant in the room.

"What's wrong with Ames?" Minako questioned her cousin. She understood the death of Ami's husband was eating her whole, but she wasn't sure just why she would pull Duet aside.

"Let's just say," Duet sighed deeply before continuing, looking at all three people in the room before gazing at her daughter, "I'm going to have two nieces or two nephews to help take care of for Ames and Chibi Chibi will have playmates."

SHOUT OUTS/THANKS:

Raine of The Darkness Clan:

Yea, our beloved Taru-chan doesn't make an appearance until Chapter 19, so only nineteen more chapters to wait! I'm sure you can wait that long, right? bows I'm pleased you enjoyed Chapter 9; I had fun writing it! Thanks for the review!

Bunny-chan13

laughs I'm glad you understand that you won't meet Chibi's Dad any time soon, but you're 100 right, just thought I'd let you know! But that whole issue doesn't get resolved until Chapter 46,… sorry you'll have to wait that long, but it's the only chapter I could make it fit in! Thanks for the review!

Flame Ivy Moon

bows I'm so honored to get reviews - I honestly don't care if the reviews are late or not. A review is a review and I'm just happy that people bother to review! bows What? Your father's trying to stop you from using the com? My parents would send me to the insane alyssum if I didn't use the com on a regular basis! After all, I am the Com Queen in our house! grins

Mukyuu Tenshi:

Ah, 'mukyuu' is on the lines of eternity. Interesting. Angel of Eternity? How did you come up with that? grins My penname is too easy to guess, it's Jupiter Angel or Angel of Jupiter, depending on how you read it! Jupiter Angel was my "old" penname in an essence, so I thought I'd toy with it! I believe this chapter just answered what Ami's upset about! Thanks for the review!