Chapter 03 The reveal
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Info: Nora, Miguel, Yolonda and Linnie belong to MilkyWayGalaxy4567. I did ask for permission and they said yes.
Nora was beyond angry, she poofed herself back home and flew into the living room. Suddenly her ears picked up the sound of someone crying. Was Linnie seriously taking this whole: Not sorted rubbish business seriously?
She left the living room and came into the kitchen, she stared quite shocked.
"Linnie what are you doing?" She demanded mad.
Linnie was shaking as tears streamed from his face. Nora saw Linnie had printed out from Mr Fairywrinkles garbage company the list of what had to be in what bin and he was sorting their rubbish out once more.
"I... I'm so sorry dear. I was double checking that we had everything tidied away as of Mr Fairywrinkles rubbish standards." Linnie quivered, looking at the bin bags. "I re-sorted it all out of this week and I'm very sure that it was just as sorted by the last bin day."
Nora blinked as she saw Linnie checking and re-checking all their bins with Linnie holding the list.
The list was per bin containments: 1) Cans, 2) Paper/Cardboard, 3) Plastic, 4) Clothing, 5) Tampons, 6) Electronics, 7) Garden waste, 8) Food waste.
Linnie had only six of the eight as rubbish in their own home, but it all had been sorted as the last rubbish day was, he was sure of it. There was no way they should have been noticed for anything.
Linnie shook hard, "I'm quite certain that they all had been like this, there is no way I did it wrong, well this week we will have it right... I hope. I'm so sorry dear I-"
"LINNIE SHUT UP!" Nora screamed, she could only hold so much whining from her husband for a short while, but she knew how to calm him down by taking on the blame herself.
"Linnie, I'm sorry. It was my fault by the last bin day." She sighed.
Linnie blinked, "W... what do you mean dear?"
Nora sighed, "One of my hair rollers broke last time. And instead of throwing it into the electrics bins I just tossed it into the plastic bin. I didn't realise they'd noticed it, but they did and that was what the fine was for. I had to pay them $20 fines. But it's cleared now. Linnie, don't worry."
Linnie tilted his head, it doesn't sound like Nora would deliberately break her hair rollers.
"Oh... was that all dear? Ok." Linnie smiled a bit.
Nora felt her guilt coming back up again, knowing the lie had to stick if she didn't want Linnie suspecting anything.
Miguel summoned himself back home after the discussion at the junkyard. He sighed and hung his head. Nora didn't know what they should do with the baby. But they had to decide quickly urgh.
And he still had to confess to his wife that he was expecting the baby. But he decided to do it at the Pointy Crown, as discussed with Nora. He headed into the kitchen and book the table.
He picked his phone up, "Hello, is this the Pointy Crown restaurant?- This is Miguel Big Daddy Fairywrinkle speaking, I'd like to book a table for four adults please, for 6 PM.- Ok thank you very much."
Suddenly a cough caught his attention, Miguel blinked and his face glowed red as Yolonda was seated at the table. This time she wasn't drinking but made a sandwich she was about to eat. His wife raised a confused eyebrow at her husband.
"A table at the Pointy Crown? We haven't eaten there in months dear. Good idea." Yolonda smirked, "But why a table for four? Are Wanda and Blonda coming along?"
Miguel rolled his eyes, "Um no dear... we both... and I invited Mr and Mrs Cosma along too."
"You said it wasn't for Wanda the who-" Yolonda wondered, but then froze over, almost looking confused, "No way. Miguel, are you referring to Nora Cosma and Linnie Cosma?"
Miguel just nodded his head, his stomach feeling like it was doing summersaults and burning him up in pain. Yolonda didn't look too impressed with spending the evening with Linnie or especially Nora urgh.
"Why would you be inviting two: two classed citizens, to one of the most expensive restaurants ever, Miguel? What have you done now with them? And don't give me the fucking rubbish with; They haven't sorted their rubbish out. I know, for a fact, you don't really care how the rubbish is sorted out." Yolonda snapped.
Miguel was feeling hotter and hotter, damn this fetus, damn Yolonda who can see through any lie he'd ever build up, damn that he feels like he has to throw up now. GAH.
Miguel just waved his wand and disappeared as fast as he could to the bathroom and shot to the toilet, throwing up once more. He threw up and up and up, wondering why this fetus was having an enjoyment tormenting him and making sure he doesn't forget it. URGH!
Suddenly he jumped as Yolonda appeared in the room again, glaring harder at him.
"And you're still throwing up with the fucking stomach bug. Miguel what's wrong! And the truth, please!" Yolonda shouted at him.
Miguel shook his head and Yolonda snatched his phone up.
"Ok if you won't tell me, I'll just ring Mr and Mrs Cosma up and tell them to go on their own, because you're too sick to travel!" Yolonda snapped.
"Yolonda, GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK!" Miguel screamed at his wife.
He threw himself at his wife, forced her to the ground, snatched his phone back, stopped the call to the Cosmas and then ran from the room.
Yolonda froze up and remained to lie in the bathroom... this was so not like her husband... maybe... No way Miguel wouldn't do that to her... or had he?
"MIGUEL!" She screamed back, getting up and running after him.
Miguel blinked, his wife was glaring at him more and more angry. Suddenly Miguel felt his entire body freeze up and Yolonda glued him to the ground, before summoning an X-Ray machine.
"Dear please no..." Miguel whispered, looking down, "Please don't do it..."
But Yolonda was having none of it. She scanned over Miguel's body and he just shivered, knowing his wife could kill him once she sees the fetus inside of him. Yolonda's eyes widened as she looked between the images on the machine and Miguel, back and forth, back and forth. Her mouth opened and closed surprised as to what she saw.
After she released her husband from the hold and Miguel collapsed, she printed the image out and carefully held the X-Ray of the fetus inside of her husband, so careful as if she was holding the declaration of the United States of America. This was so priceless that Yolonda couldn't describe it in words.
"But Miguel. If we're having a third baby... why do the Cosma's need to know about it? And why do we have to see them? Is it about the baby? I don't think they'd care if we'd have our third child or not." Yolonda pointed out, "So what is-"
"It's not yours..." Miguel admitted, looking down and wishing to die at the point... "I wanted to wait until Linnie and Nora were there too to tell you three the same info."
Yolonda felt her mouth drop down, Miguel now wished he hadn't said a single word about the Cosma's, because it didn't take more than two seconds for Yolonda's face to turn from surprised and happy, to furious and angry.
"You mean to tell me." Yolonda sneered glaring at her husband, "That that no god slut of a Cosma has raped you and forced this pregnancy on you? And now you're trying to bargain with her whether or not you're having the baby?"
"I. DON'T. WANT. THIS. BABY!" Miguel screamed.
God all mighty, he wasn't even pregnant for more than two days and already his emotions were up and down. Yolonda blinked and poofed herself and Miguel on two chairs, poofed a blanket up and wrapped her husband inside it.
"I don't want this baby, I don't want this baby," Miguel whispered, whiles being wrapped up.
Yolonda picked the entire body of her husband, sat him on her lap, changed the normal chair into a rocking chair and rocked her husband back and forth and pressed her husband to her chest to try and calm him down.
Miguel felt like the whole world was collapsing, he was certain that Yolonda was now going to leave him, with a third baby it was too much to bear. He suddenly blinked as he felt his clothes morph too. Yolonda had poofed him into a one-piece onesie, in dark blue.
Yolonda didn't let Miguel go as she continued to rock him, hold the blanket around his body and stroke his back and hair.
"Sssssshhhh, Miguel calm down love." Yolonda smiled, "Ssssssshhh, if you're sure you don't want to give birth to the baby, after we've told Linnie and Nora about it we can go to the doctors and get an abortion appointment. Don't worry dear I'll sort it all out."
Miguel looked down at himself, great what once was a high-flying businessman dressed in the best purple suits ever now looked like a giant teddy bear and needed his wife to function halfway like a normal fairy.
"Um yes, dear." Miguel said trying to get up, "Why did you dress me up as a teddy bear?"
Yolonda giggled and hugged Miguel to her chest again, "Because you are my beloved husband, ok you screwed up badly one time. But I will stand by you through it all. Not only will the abortion cost you a lot of energy and pain, but you will suffer emotional pain alongside it. I will get you threw it love and you will be back to normal in no time."
Miguel blinked and nodded his head, he got back up and poofed his clothes on, "Now we'd better get going if we don't wanna be late for the meeting with the Cosmas. Oh brother."
"If you hadn't screwed with her you wouldn't be facing this problem now Miguel." Yolonda pointed out chuckling.
Miguel nodded, he poofed into his purple business suit, Yolonda summoned herself into a black sparkling dress with a black feathered stole behind her back, matching silver bracelets, necklaces and two diamond earrings.
The two left the house and drove down to the Pointy Crown.
At Cosma's house, Nora got dressed in a dark blue dress and grabbed Linnie, poofing him into a black suit too. Linnie tilted his head, they'd just calmed down from an argument, why was his wife now dressing him up again? To go to a fancy restaurant.
"Linnie... I'm sorry for shouting at you. How about we go out together instead." She smiled.
Linnie hung his head, "Please no Nora... I've already upset you more than enough for today. Please I don't want to worsen your mood."
Nora sighed and hugged Linnie, "Sorry Linnie... just please come... me and... my friend might have to tell you something together."
Linnie felt more tears fall, it wasn't hard for him to guess who this 'friend' might be.
"Is it Mr Fairywrinkle?" He guessed, "The one whom I suspected had fined us for failing to sort the rubbish out?"
Nora felt tears fall and nodded her head, Linnie sighed and hung his head.
"Ok, I'll come... let's see what he has to say. Maybe a new rubbish sorting scene he's decided to update on." Linnie chuckled a bit.
'Oh, how I wished that could be true.' Nora sighed in her head.
Nora and Linnie left home and flew towards the Pointy Crown too.
Miguel and Yolanda reached the Pointy Crown first, and the two were led to their reserved table. A red cloth, silky back chairs, porcelain plates, champagne glasses, silver polished cutlery and a bread basket out of weaves. It all looked high class as it should be.
"Ok, so why do we have to be here?" Yolonda inquired.
"Just wait, they should be here any minute now." Miguel sighed, really wishing not to be here right now.
Shortly after Linnie and Nora appeared, both smartly dressed and Nora asked the waiter where Mr and Mrs Fairywrinkle were seated, they were the two missing Fairies from the Fairywrinkle party.
As Miguel and Nora saw each other, they both made sure not to give anything away just yet, Nora grabbed Linnie by his arm and dragged him up the gangway to the two, before joining them at their table.
Yolonda looked at her confused, "Miguel? Why are Mr and Mrs Cosma now here too? What on earth is going on?"
"We had accidentally sorted the rubbish out wrong and Mr Fairywrinkle ordered us to come here," Linnie explained looking scared at Miguel.
Nora rolled her eyes in her head, "Can we first ditch the annoying last names, hello my name is Nora Cosma, this is Linnie Cosma, my husband. You may call us Nora and Linnie."
Linnie looked at his wife surprised, "But isn't that-"
"Oh be quiet for two minutes Linnie, hello my name is Miguel Big Daddy Fairywrinkle and my dear wife Yolonda Fairywrinkle," Miguel said quickly shutting Linnie up.
"And before you ask if it's rude to address us with our first names Linnie," Yolonda continued, "No we don't think so. We all are adults after all."
Linnie nodded as he and Nora took their places at the table. They picked their cards up and Big Daddy snipped the waiter to them.
"Good evening everyone, what would everyone like to drink?" The waiter inquired.
"I'd have a dark beer please," Yolonda ordered.
Linnie blinked and glared a bit, the waiter nodded and wrote that down.
Miguel himself wanted to order a double whiskey... but knowing alcohol would harm the fetus inside of him it wasn't such a good idea, so he chose something else.
"I'd like an orange and lemonade mix, none alcoholic please." He ordered.
The waiter wrote that down and Yolonda blinked, looking at her husband confused.
"I'll have a whiskey on rocks please," Nora ordered.
The waiter wrote that down too and Linnie rolled his eyes, he should be used to his wife drinking, but it doesn't mean he has to like it at all.
"Um... I'll just have some green tea with milk, please. In a teapot and cup." He asked smiling, "Thank you."
The waiter nodded and wrote the last drinking order down, he left and the table turned to Linnie confused.
"Why didn't you order a proper drink rather than this grass shit Linnie?" Yolonda inquired, "We don't mind footing the bill for it."
Yes, alcoholic drinks in Fairy world are very expensive, just one bottle of whiskey can cost up to $300.
Linnie shook his head, "I don't drink alcohol and I don't like the look, smell or flavour of it. I only have ever drunk it one time and that was as I met Nora, and since the hangover from the one drink alone I'd avoid it at all cost."
"Plus he'd get very forgetful and not know his actions even after two glasses," Nora sneered, "It was by one of such evenings we had accidentally created Schnozmore."
Linnie sighed, "His name is Darren dear."
"Darren, Schnozmore, what?" Yolonda asked confused, "Is he one of your children? And why two names?"
"After Darren was born," Linnie said looking a bit upset, "Me and Nora had a huge argument over what he should be called. I wanted to call our first son Darren, after one of my favourite authors, but Nora wanted to call him Schnozmore after an alcoholic beverage. So I had to agree to it. Darren became his first name and Schnozmore his middle."
"And the name Cosmo of our second son was my idea." Nora smiled, "The only decent man in our family."
"Ha as if." Linnie sighed shaking his head, "You always try and get Cosmo to move back home just so you can continuously baby him and poison his relationships with everyone! And yet as he was a baby I was told from Darren that he had to raise him and his sisters on his own whiles you went out every evening after your job to go clubbing!"
"I have a right to relax after a hard 11-hour shift, Linnie!" Nora snapped, "You only had to work-"
"13-hour shifts at the nursery, before the accident!" Linnie sneered, "Sometimes even longer if the parents have to work overtime and I have to keep an eye on the kids. which I do gladly thank you! And then more shifts if I get called for a babysitting job."
"I only have about 9-hour shifts, if all my staff are there to do their jobs, too," Miguel said shrugging his shoulders.
Yolonda knew the job question could fall on her any minute, but she knew how to avoid it.
"Wait Linnie," She pointed out after her husband said what he works as, "If you work 13 hours in a nursery and then plus hours as a babysitter, you won't have time for the child at all."
'Shit.' Linnie thought in his head, he didn't mean to let that slip out urgh.
But Linnie then had an idea, "At the nursery at the Fairy world college where Nora works as a teacher, they have a second quiet room for the even younger children like babies. Whiles the toddlers are in the nursery I can keep an eye on the baby from there and have a baby phone on me too. Once it goes off I can take care of it whiles on my job too. True I might have to ring my employer to inquire if I am allowed to do that, but I'm sure to manage."
"Still." Miguel smirked, knowing what his wife uncovered, "You just admitted yourself you have a time-consuming job, so you won't have time to take care of the baby as you thought you did. And if you think I'm going to accept that the baby will be forced to live 13 hours unprotected, starving, full of stinky diapers and crying its eyes out then the abortion idea is still the better one not to let it suffer so much neglect in the first place."
'No, no, no, not over my dead body!' Linnie thought glowing red and getting angrier. "Ok yes, it's true that the job is so long. But like I said I can inquire about enrolling the baby into the same nursery and look after it there with the other children. It's still the better alternative than having it killed!"
Miguel, Nora and Yolanda all sighed, Linnie was really not letting the discussion go. And he was again right. After finishing his drink, Linnie's hunger for food was gone and he left back home.
Before going he summoned Miguel to him and looked at his 'wife's boyfriend'. "Don't think I will give up on it. Seeing as you still can't decide I'll take it even further. You can bet on it."
Linnie left then, Nora, Miguel and Yolonda didn't feel hungry either and everyone left home.
Miguel got a little scared as he and his wife went to bed together, what was Linnie up to? And what now? Have the abortion or don't? And what does Linnie mean with, he'll take it even further?
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