Telling the Grandparents
"Bye honey, remember I want you back here by 4" said Melanie as she waved Jake off to work.
"I know I'll be here" said Jake as he kissed Melanie goodbye
Last night had been their 3 month anniversary. Jake had taken Melanie out for a candlelit boat ride on the lake. They had sipped orange juice and Jake had eaten chicken while Melanie ate pickles and mayonnaise and tomatoes dipped in brown sugar. They had invited their parents round for dinner that night to tell them about the baby. Melanie had managed to convince Bobby Ray and his mother to cook for them because she wanted everything to be perfect but neither she nor Jake could cook.
That day Melanie cleaned the house from top to bottom, she picked out clothes for Jake to wear that night and had ironed them. When she had finished that she went out and bought fresh flowers to sit out, so by the time Jake got home Melanie was thinking she might be able to get used to being a domestic housewife.
"Hey honey look at what I did today, I cleaned, I ironed clothes for you for tonight and I went and got flowers" said Melanie proudly
"Wow impressive you might still make a good little housewife" said Jake
"I know, now go and have a shower and don't forget to shave and don't mess up the bathroom" said Melanie
"What now? They're not coming until 6"
"I know but I still haven't had my shower"
"Then why don't you go first you always take much longer than me"
"Well see I'm not sure I trust you not to mess up the bathroom, so I guess I'll have to join you in the shower" said Melanie as she led Jake into the bathroom.
By 6pm Jake and Melanie were both dressed and ready, waiting for their parents to arrive.
"I'm nervous" said Melanie "should we tell them before or after dinner?"
"It's up to you" said Jake putting his arms round Melanie's waist
"Do you think they'll be pleased?" she asked him
"Their first grandchild of course they're gonna be pleased" Jake reassured her
"I hope so" replied Melanie as she turned round to hug Jake
Just then there was a knock at the door and then Stella, Jake's mother walked in holding a bottle of wine
"awwww how sweet, you still wanna hug him after putting up with him for 3 months" said Stella
"Yeah and I'll still wanna hug him until the day I die" said Melanie pulling away from Jake
"Alright I'm glad to hear it. Now Jake go and open this and pour me and Mel a glass" said Stella handing Jake the bottle in her hand.
"Uh no thanks Stella, I have a Uh meeting in the morning so I can't be hungover" said Melanie politely
"Go on you can have just one glass" insisted Stella
"Okay" said Melanie "go on Jake"
Jake just looked at her and then he made his way into the kitchen saying over his shoulder,
"Honey can you come and help me find the corkscrew?"
"Sure, hold on Stella I'll be back in a minute" said Melanie before following Jake into the kitchen
"What the hell are you doing? You know you can't drink" whispered Jake
"I know I won't but pour me a glass and hopefully my mum and dad will arrive before Stella notices I'm not drinking and then we can tell them okay" Melanie whispered back
"Is something wrong in there?" shouted Stella from the other room
"No we'll be out in a minute" Jake shouted back before whispering to Melanie "Fine but I don't this one little bit"
"I know" said Melanie before she kissed him "don't worry"
Jake then handed her a half full glass of wine and they went back into the living room. Jake and Melanie talked to Stella for about 5 minutes, luckily Stella hadn't noticed that Melanie wasn't drinking. There was a knock at the door and then Melanie's parents walked in.
"Hey Mommia, Daddy" said Melanie as she got up to hug them both
"Hi Earl, Pearl" said Jake who was quite aware that Pearl didn't really like him, but Earl thought of him as the son he never had.
"Jake, Melanie, Stella" said Pearl
"Hi Mel, Jake I saw that new truck sitting outside, very nice" said Earl
"Thanks I'll take you out for a spin after dinner" said Jake
There was a few more minutes of small talk then Melanie got up and went over to Jake who put him arm round her.
"I'm sure you're all wondering why you're here" said Melanie
"I thought it was to celebrate your 3 month anniversary" said Pearl
"You are but there's another reason as well" said Melanie
"We're pregnant" announced Jake
Suddenly there was a lot of noise and everyone got up to congratulate Jake and Melanie. Then they all had dinner and spoke excitedly about the baby and the future. After dinner Jake took Earl out to see the truck, leaving the women alone.
"So how far along are you" Pearl asked Melanie
"How long have the two of you known?" asked Stella
"I'm 3 months now and we've known for about a month and a half"
"Oh" said Stella "Now sweetheart I don't want you to think I'm not thrilled cause I am but are you sure it's Jakes"
"I thought you would ask that. Do you remember about 6 weeks ago when Jake and I went to New York for 3 days?" said Melanie
"Yeah so." said Pearl
"Well we didn't go to New York we went to a clinic in LA that had a machine that can pinpoint the exact date of conception, and there no doubt that it is Jake's baby" said Melanie
"Oh thank god" said Stella as she hugged Melanie
They all talked for another hour or so before Jake and Earl came back with some story of losing track of time even though Melanie, Stella and Pearl knew that they had gone to the bar. They all stayed for another half hour. As Melanie closed the door after them she turned to Jake and said
"Wow that went really well although I had tell our mothers about the clinic, Daddy didn't ask anything did he?"
"No I don't think it even crossed his mind that it might not be mine"
"Yeah but it is" squealed Melanie
Jake went to bed that night feeling happier than he had ever been, he was with the love of his life and they were having a baby.
