Chapter 2:
Tony sat and comforted Angela for the next half an hour, until she fell asleep. Tony took her upstairs and put her into her bed. He placed her into onto the bed and covered her up. Tony walked to the door and was about to walk out when he turned around and looked at Angela's sleeping form. That night that they shared, changed their whole lives. Mona was going to be a grandmother again. Sam and Jonathan were going to have a little brother or sister and most importantly, Tony and Angela were going to be parents again. He took on more look at Angela and went downstairs.
He went to kitchen and started to pick up the broken glass on the floor. As he was doing so, Mona came in the back door and saw, "What's happened?"
"I accidently dropped a plate and cup," Tony explained.
"Oh I'll help."
Mona grabbed a broom and dustpan and started to sweep the mess. The doorbell rang and Tony said, "I'll get it."
He left the kitchen and answered the door. Tony opened the door to see a young woman there. "Hi can I help you?" Tony asked.
"My name is Maria, and I just wanted to give you these," she gave Tony a set of keys, "and let you know that I dropped off Ms. Bower's car for her."
"Oh thanks," Tony said. "You know Angela?"
"Yes, I am her secretary at the office."
"Oh."
"How is she doing?"
"She's fine. She just has to relax for the next few days."
"Oh Ok. That's good to hear."
"Well, thanks for the keys, I'll let her know you brought her by."
"Ok." Maria left and Tony closed the door and put Angela's keys on the desk and went back into the kitchen to see that Mona had already cleaned up all of the glass and was now pouring herself a glass of milk.
"Who's that?"
"That was Angela's secretary. She dropped off Angela's car." Tony immediately mentally kicked himself for what he said.
Mona looked up and asked, "Why didn't Angela bring it home? Where is she?"
"Okay...Mona don't get upset." Tony said.
"Is she okay?" Mona asked.
"Yeah...Yeah.. She's fine. But today, at work, she fainted and was rushed to the hospital. Right now she is sleeping her room."
"Why did she faint? Did they find out why she fainted?"
"Yeah, they said that... Mona I think tat Angela should be the one telling you this."
"TONY TELL ME."
"Okay Okay... they said that she has to take it easy because...well..."
"Mona grabbed the color of Tony's shirt. "Spit it out Micelli.."
"She's pregnant." Tony said quickly.
"Pregnant?"
Tony nodded. "That's why she has to relax. Too much work can hurt both her and the baby."
"I can't believe it." Mona said. "Angela's pregnant."
"Uh Mona you can let go of me now?"
Mona let go of Tony's collar and sat down in the chair. "Sorry. Did she tell you two the father was?"
"Yeah. It's me. I'm the father." Tony said slowly not sure of how Mona would react.
"You. When did you guys...?"
"On her birthday last month. Remember you are the only one who knows about that night."
"WOW I'm going to be a grandma again."
"Are you Okay with this?" Tony asked.
"I'm not crazy about the way it happened but I'm going to be a grandma again."
"I just hope she's okay. We have to tell the kids and hope that they take it okay," Tony said sitting in the chair across from Mona. "The hardest part of all will be telling them that we were drunk and this is all a mistake."
"Do you really feel like that? Do you really feel that this baby is a mistake? I know you love her and I know she loves you."
""I love her, but what makes you think that she loves me?"
"Just the way she looks at you. Maybe this will bring you guys together."
"A baby..." Tony said. "This is weird. I'm having a baby with my boss." he laughed.
"How is Angela taking this?"
"She taking it pretty hard. The only reason she is sleeping is because she cried herself to sleep." Tony explained.
"Maybe I can talk to her." Mona said.
"Maybe that'll work."
The kids got home about two hours later and Tony gave them a snack before going upstairs to see if Angela was awake. He knocked on her door and called "Angela?"
There was no answer. He slowly opened the door and stuck his head in to see if Angela was awake yet. She was. "Hey Angela." he said.
She looked up. "Hi Tony. Come in."
Tony stepped in and closed the door behind him and walked over and sat on the bed next to Angela. She was wearing a grey sweat suit and her hair was up in a loose ponytail. "When did you wake up?" he asked.
"About an hour ago. I got changed and decided to look through Jonathan's old baby things." Angela told him showing him a pair of socks made for a newborn baby. "See? These were his first pair of socks he wore in this house. I remember when Michael and I brought him home, these were the socks he was wearing."
Tony smiled remembering when Sam was born. "It's hard to believe that Sam and Jonathan were that small..."
"Yeah, and being totally helpless." Angela whispered as she smiled.
"I miss that." Tony said looking at the baby clothes.
"Yeah." Angela said. She looked up and looked at Tony. "Tony?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank you." she said.
Tony looked up confused. "For what?"
"For being here, staying with me. I know that some of the guys I know wouldn't take any part in this pregnancy." Angela said with a tear coming down her cheek. "I want to thank you for being strong because that is the last thing I am right now."
"Hey you are strong." Tony said. "Don't think that you're not because you are."
In reality Tony wasn't strong. He was pretending to be strong for Angela. But to tell you the truth, he was a wreck. He didn't know if he could handle it. "Thank you Tony."
Angela reached over and gave Tony a hug which he returned. "You were right," Angela started. "I really think that we can get through this in one piece. We just have to tell Mother and the kids."
"Just the kids. Mona already knows."
"You told her?"
"Yeah. She forced it out of me."
"How did the subject come up?"
"Well your secretary Maria came by and gave me your car keys because she brought your car over. And Mona wanted to know why she brought your car and not you."
'Oh Ok. What about the kids."
"They got home around 5 minutes ago." Tony said. " I was thinking that we could tell them after dinner. But we should leave out some details."
"What details?"
"Like we were drunk." Tony simply stated. "Let's just tell them that we have been secretly dating for a while and now you're pregnant."
"Do you think that they will buy it?'
"Hopefully." Tony said. All of these arrangements are going to be hard though."
"What do you mean?"
"Well like where is the baby going to sleep?"
"I've been thinking about everything. We buy two cribs. One for your room and the other for my room. We can switch every other night."
"That works. And so we can just buy two of everything." Tony finished for her.
"I've been thinking about all of this. I've been doing a lot of thinking, about us mostly."
"Us?"
"Yeah. Like where are we going to be 1, 2, 3, years from now? I have no idea how things are going to turn out. What happened if things don't work out between us? What if you move out? I don't want our baby growing up in two different houses. I don't want us to be separated."
"Me Neither. Bu let's not think. Let's just take this one day at a time."
"One day at a time," Angela whispered.
"And we will make it."
Angela smiled and continued to show Tony some of Jonathan's old baby clothes. Tony stayed for a few hours until he had to go downstairs to make dinner. He made some of his grandmother's pizza and everyone loved it. That's when Angela and Tony decided to tell Sam and Jonathan about the baby. Mona was there for support. They were watching tv in the living room while Tony and Angela were in the kitchen. "So you want to tell them now?" Angela asked.
"It's now or never." Tony said.
"Okay then I choose never." Angela said nervously.
"Angela I think they're going to know in a few months, when they see you have gained a few pounds."
"I'm sorry Tony. I am just scared. How dowe know they won't get mad?"
"Angela they won't get mad."
"How do you know. They're kids."
"Come on Angela. Everything will be okay."
Angela stood up and reached up and gave Tony a big hug before they headed out into the living room. Tony turned off the tv and Angela sat down in the arm chair. "Hey we were watching that." Sam said.
"Guys, we have to talk to you," Tony said in a serious tone.
Sam noticed this. "What is it dad?"
"Okay, first of all we want you guys to know is that Tony and I have started a relationship a few months ago." Angela said.
"So you mean, you guys have been dating?"
"Yeah," she answered.
Tony and Angela had a trouble getting the next words out and then Sam spoke up. "Guys?"
"Yeah," Tony and Angela asked.
"It's okay. We already know about the baby." Sam said.
"You do?"
"Yeah. Grandma told us." Jonathan said.
"She did/You did?" Angela and Tony asked at the same time in somewhat of an angry tone of voice.
"Yeah," Sam said. "She's been talking to us for the last hour and she explained things to us."
Angela smiled and looked at Mona. "I knew it would be hard. Explaining everything to them. So I took care of every thing."
Angela stood and walked over to Mona and hugged her and so did Tony. "How do you fee about this?" he asked the kids.
"We're okay. The idea of a baby will take some time getting used to. But I'm happy." Sam said standing up.
"Me too." Jonathan said.
Sam and Jonathan went to get ready for bed and Mona went home to study for a test she was having the next day. A few hours later, they were tucked in and Angela and Tony were still awake. "So what to do now?" Tony asked.
"Well I took the next few days off. So how about we watch a movie." Angela suggested.
"That sounds good." Tony said.
They sat on the couch and covered themselves up and they fell asleep halfway through the movie. Tony had his arm around Angela's shoulder and she had her head resting on his shoulder as they slept.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
