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Discovery
Nebula and Jhun landed lightly on their feet in front of Nebula's Eagle Nebulae home with Nebula's many shopping bags occupying both hands. Nebula opened the door and she and Jhun set the bags next to the coat closet; some of them stumbling over because of their weight.
"Raven?" Nebula called.
Raven came down the stairs wearing all black and Nebula's red slipper socks. Nebula knew automatically what she was trying to accomplish.
"Rae, you probably gained five pounds since last month. Relax. You're not fat yet," Nebula joked.
"Very funny, Nebula," Raven said angrily. "You wouldn't be laughing if you threw up three times this morning."
"Morning sickness?" Nebula asked.
"Big time," Raven replied. She looked at the floor. "What's all that?"
"Nebula went shopping when she was supposed to be searching," Jhun replied.
Nebula glared at him. "A starter kit," she answered. "I got a crib, some sleepers, blankets, a couple of bibs…" Nebula then picked up one of the bags that had Raven's stuff from Titan's Tower in it, "I got your potions, spell books and your meditation mirror from your room. You know, just in case. And I also got a picture of us and the Titans we took a couple months ago. Give you a little piece of home."
Raven took the picture from her and looked at it clearly. He then started to get teary-eyed and ducked into Jhun's arms. Jhun looked at Nebula unsure of what to do. Nebula hugged herself as a signal to him to hug her.
"It's all right, Rae," Nebula comforted patting her back.
"Yeah, don't cry," Jhun added unsure.
Raven hiccuped and looked up at Jhun and Nebula. "I'm sorry. It's just… I'm not crying because I'm sad…"
"Your hormones are just screwed," Nebula finished. "And you miss the Titans."
Raven wiped away her tears and nodded. "Very."
Three months passed and the Titans search for Raven died down giving Jhun and Nebula time to relax. Raven on the other hand could never find the time to relax. She was constantly worried about her baby's health even though Nebula and Jhun took her to the doctor every month like they were supposed to. Even though Raven was in the middle of her pregnancy, her stomach would prove otherwise. She looked as if she was at the end. Nebula debated about asking her about the baby because Raven was an emotional wreck already. She blew up five pieces of furniture within the last three months because her emotions went haywire.
It was the early morning and Raven had a doctors appointment at noon. Nebula got up and made breakfast while Raven sat sipping her tea. The tea seemed to calm Raven's nerves which made Nebula very happy because she wouldn't have to worry about things blowing up.
"You want to help me put the baby's crib together?" Raven asked Nebula. Raven sipped some more of her tea.
"Yeah, sure, we can do that when we get back," Nebula replied. She heard the front door open and close.
"Hello?" Someone called.
Nebula automatically knew who it was. "The kitchen, Jhun!"
Jhun came in smiling at the girls. "Hey, Nebula." He then turned to Raven and made his voice go real deep. "Hello, Big Baby."
Raven looked at him sternly. "Hi," she returned and went right back to sipping her tea. Nebula put a bowl of grits in front of her.
"Time to feed baby!" Nebula said in a baby-ish voice.
"Do you need help with anything before we go, Raven?" Jhun asked.
"Yeah, tell me if my shoes match," Raven said. Jhun looked at her feet and saw on white cloth boot and one black cloth boot.
He smiled. "Yeah, if you're half innocent and half evil."
Raven scoffed at him and told him to one of the other boots down. She then wolfed down her bowl of grits and asked Nebula for a second helping.
Gotta remember. She's eating for two, not one, Nebula thought remembering her last monstrous grocery shopping trip. Nebula sat down another bowl of grits in front of Raven as Jhun came down the stairs with the other black cloth boot. Raven allowed him to replace her white boot with the black one.
"You talk to the Titans, Nebula?" Jhun asked.
"Yeah, they're gradually going down," Nebula said. Raven sighed as she finished her second bowl of grits. Jhun helped her from her chair and stared heavily at Raven's stomach.
"You know, Raven," he began, "you are growing a little faster than I expected. For four months, you could pass for eight."
Raven looked at him hurt. She then began to cry and random things started floating around the room. "You don't think something's wrong, do you?"
"Way to go, Jhun," Nebula sarcastically as some of her dishes started breaking.
After they brightened up Raven's mood, they all went to Spirit City which was thirty miles away from Jump City. They walked up the stairs of the doctor's office and went through the glass doors. After about fifteen minutes of waiting, the doctors could see Raven. Raven asked Nebula and Jhun to come in with her. Nebula went in proudly while Jhun looked like he wanted to run away.
A nurse instructed Raven to lay on top of the table. Raven did as she was told and the nurse left the room.
"I hate this," Jhun said. Nebula looked at him angrily about to say something when the doctor walked in.
"Hello, Raven," she said.
"Hi, Dr. Thomas," Raven returned.
"You seem to have gotten a bit bigger since the last time you were here."
"Tch. Ya think?" Nebula asked as the doctor washed her hands, lifted Raven's black shirt from over her belly, rubbed gel on her stomach and gave her an ultrasound. Raven held Nebula's hand as she heard her baby's heartbeat and watched the black and white screen. Nebula suddenly received a strange vibe and couldn't shake it off. Dr. Thomas noticed her first.
"Ms. Nebula, are you okay?" she asked. Jhun and Raven looked at her. She nodded and spoke telepathically to Jhun.
What's wrong? Jhun asked telepathically.
I'm getting mixed signals from Raven. Something has changed, but I can't say what…
Nebula telepathically was broken by a gasp from the doctor.
"What?" Raven asked anxiously. Jhun and Nebula quickly looked up.
"It looks like you'll need another crib. You're having twins," the doctor concluded. Raven's heart stopped and Nebula just nodded.
That would explain my vibe, Nebula thought.
"Aww," Jhun began, "Raven's having twins."
Nebula looked at the screen again. "Hey twin babies!"
A long blush spread across Raven's face.
When they left, Raven was hungry (again) so they stopped at a pizza place across the street. Jhun was reluctant at first, but gave in after remembering that Raven was eating for three instead of two. They ended up ordering two large pizzas. Raven ate a little over three quarters of one and Nebula and Jhun ate half of the other one by themselves. They ended up taking a doggy bag for the last of the pizza.
After the pizza palace they went into a nearby baby store where Jhun was made the baggage carrier. Nebula and Raven bought another crib as well as some other baby necessities. They then went into another store to buy some maternity clothes that fit Raven's dark style. Raven looked at each piece of clothing with disgust and imagined herself wearing them.
"They're…huge," Raven hesitated to say.
"Well, yeah, they're maternity clothes," Nebula said. "Raven, come on! How hard is it to choose a few shirts and a couple pairs of pants? You have the benefit of us putting your shoes on since you can't see you're feet!"
"Easy for you to say," Raven pouted. "I'm getting fat!"
Jhun and Nebula sighed hopelessly. It will be a long five months, they both thought.
