Hi, here's chapter 3 everyone. It's a little shorter than the previous one as I had to move part of what I had planned for this one onto chapter 4, otherwise this would have been super long! Hope you enjoy! :)

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And Baby Makes Five

Chapter 3

Sora had woken up that morning feeling a little nauseous. It wasn't like her to get sick, and she initially put it down to the late take out they had ordered last night for dinner. Tai had ended up working a little later than usual, and Sora hadn't been in the mood to cook anything when he had arrived home, so they had ordered dinner from a nearby fast food restaurant. She had ordered a large bacon cheeseburger meal. It wasn't like her to overindulge like that… so maybe that was the reason why she had woken up feeling a little sick…

Sora got to her feet, having spent the last fifteen minutes throwing up in the toilet. She turned towards the sink, turning on the tap, and splashed some cold water on her face. She felt groggy, even though she had slept through the night. The cold water felt refreshing, but it hadn't helped shift her weariness. Now that she thought about it she hadn't been feeling quite right for about a week now. Perhaps it wasn't down to the greasy burger she had eaten last night…

She had been feeling really tired some days. She had been working quite a bit lately as she had an important deadline to meet, but even in the past when she had overworked herself she had never felt as exhausted as she had been over the past week. Also, she had noticed herself turning her nose up at food and drink she normally loved. Only the other day the smell of her morning coffee had almost made her gag in disgust.

Could it be… that she was pregnant?

The more she thought about it, her mood had been up and down as well. The day before yesterday she had snapped at Tai for the silliest little reason of him not stacking the dishes properly after washing them…

Maybe she was… Fatigue and mood swings were early signs of pregnancy...

Sora hastily opened the medicine cabinet above the sink; only to remember she had used her last pregnancy test two months ago. Had it really been that long since the last time she had taken it?

She bit her bottom lip in anticipation as she closed the cabinet; trying not to get too excited over the thought that they might finally be having a baby. She would have to wait until later that morning once the drug store was open to know for certain.

In the bedroom Tai was still asleep; unaware of his wife's absence. The sheets were tangled around his body from the waist down, due to his inability to stay still whilst he slept, and his hair was messier than it usually was.

Sora soon returned, closing the bedroom door quietly behind her. She walked back over to the bed and sat down on her side carefully as not to wake him before watching him for a few moments, smiling a little. He looked so cute and peaceful when he was sleeping. She didn't want to tell him just yet… Her hopes were already raised, so she didn't want to raise Tai's as well until she was definitely sure.

Her cell phone on the bedside table suddenly vibrated telling her she had received a message, and breaking her from her thoughts. She picked it up and saw the message was from Mimi.

'I need to discuss the plans with you. Can you come over to my place around noon?'

The sound of the phone vibrating against the wooden surface had somehow woken Tai, and Sora failed to notice as she replied to Mimi that she would be there.

"Who's messaging you this early?"

Sora jumped a little, not expecting to hear her husband's sleepy voice, and glanced over her shoulder. "Oh it's just Mimi. She wants me to come over later this afternoon." She replied as she set her phone back down on the bedside table. She didn't want to lie completely to him, and she thought by telling him exactly where she was going wouldn't arouse suspicion as to why.

"What for?" he yawned.

"Oh you know, just for a coffee or something. Girl talk."

Tai groaned and pulled the sheets up over the top half of his body as he turned over burying his face in his pillow. "That means you'll be there all afternoon…" he moaned, his voice muffled.

Sora smiled, and leaned over a little closer to him. "So? I don't recall us having any plans today. I thought you were meeting up with Izzy to see that new movie anyway?"

"The babysitter cancelled on him last night."

"You can still go over to his place. Izzy will probably be grateful for the company whilst Kichi's away for the weekend, and I'm sure Jonathon would like someone at the same intellectual level as him to play with." Sora teased. She then found herself quickly jumping back; avoiding the pillow that Tai had swiftly swung at her. "I'm only joking," she giggled. "Besides, Jonathon's intellectual level is higher than yours anyway."

Tai frowned, looking up at her. "Are you saying a seven month old is smarter than me?"

Sora leaned back, resting her weight on her hands as she smiled a little deviously. "Well…"

"Alright, you asked for it." Tai abruptly sat up and grabbed his wife, quickly pinning her down on their bed playfully as he climbed on top of her.

"Tai!" Sora shrieked, as a little bit of nausea crept over her. She then started to giggle as he began to tickle her. "No, Tai stop it…" she begged before she burst into a fit of laughter. "That tickles!" she cried out. But it worked to no avail as the tickling intensified, along with her laughter to the point where she almost couldn't breathe.

Mimi tapped her pen against her notepad impatiently, glancing up at the clock as Kari watched her; slightly amused from her position on the sofa. A few weeks ago Kari had offered to help in any way she could with the party, so Mimi had invited her over so she could be informed of the plans so far, and of course making Kari swear to secrecy. Kari had happily agreed, saying there was no way she was going to ruin the chance at surprising her brother. They were now waiting on Sora to arrive. "Where is she? It's not like Sora to be late."

"You said 'around noon' Mimi. You didn't give a specific time."

"I know but it's almost twenty five past twelve. 'Around noon' means give or take five or ten minutes. I have a meeting with my manager at three o'clock and I can't be late."

"Relax Mimi; I'm sure she's on her way." Palmon reassured.

As if on cue, there was a soft knock on the front door before it opened. Mimi turned her head from her position in the armchair and rose to her feet when she saw Sora enter the apartment. "Where have you been?"

Sora blinked, a little surprised by the sudden question. "Sorry… I had a couple of errands to run." She briefly explained as she closed the door behind her. She walked over and sat down next to Kari on the sofa, placing her handbag on the floor by her feet. "I'm not that late am I?"

Mimi sighed. "Never mind, now you're here let's get started-oh, do you want some coffee?"

"Uhh no thanks… I'll just have a glass of water." Sora replied. Mimi didn't seem at all suspicious that her friend had just said no to one of her favourite drinks as she headed into the kitchen. On the way over Sora had passed by a Starbucks and even the faint smell of coffee wafting out of the open door was enough to make her feel a little queasy. Sora glanced down at the notepad resting on the coffee table, and saw the top page was full with Mimi's neat handwriting. "I see someone's been busy…"

Mimi returned with the glass of water and placed it down on the coffee table in front of her auburn haired friend. "Hey there's a lot of planning organising a party you know, especially a surprise party." She said as she sat back down in the chair. "I've had to design the cake, create a guest list, and decide on decorations, what food to serve… It's less than a month until his birthday you know."

"I know but this isn't like the kind of parties you used to host in America. I hope you haven't invited the whole of Odaiba. Don't forget our apartment is only small." Sora said.

"Don't worry; I've only invited all of the DigiDestined, and your parents and Tai's parents. I couldn't invite too many people outside of our friends circle as the Digimon will be there."

"Unfortunately Cody can't make it as he's in Italy visiting his in-laws and won't be back until the day after." Kari added.

Mimi nodded. "So far everyone else said they can make it. I made it very clear on the invites that it is a surprise party and warned them if anyone spoils it they will have me to deal with."

Sora smiled. "I'm sure they wouldn't dare. I've not told Agumon about the party. He has a tendency to accidently blurt out secrets. I've told Biyomon though so she'll be able to let you in the apartment to decorate it."

"Speaking of which, how long does this soccer game last for? I need you to keep Tai away long enough so Kari, Joe and I can get everything ready." Mimi said.

"The game itself lasts for an hour and a half. It takes about an hour to get to the stadium by train… So I think we'll be gone for five hours at least." Sora replied.

"Perfect!" Mimi grinned. "I've told everyone to be there for four o'clock so I don't want to see you and Tai before four thirty."

Sora couldn't help but smirk a little. "Yes Ma'am," she joked. Just then her cell phone began to ring. She bent down and got it out from her bag and looked at the caller ID. "Oh sorry, it's my boss calling. She said she was going to call with news about my new designs." She quickly excused herself and headed out onto the balcony to take the call.

Mimi picked up her notepad and began to scribble down some last minute ideas. "Did you ask your Mom for those photos?" she asked Kari.

Kari nodded. "I called her this morning. No doubt as we speak she will be looking through all the photo albums picking out the best, and most likely worst ones she can find."

The bearer of Sincerity's smile grew. "Excellent. There's nothing like a good selection of embarrassing photos at a birthday party. Now I think we have nearly everything sorted. I just need to order the decorations, I have a list of all the food I need to get-oh and I need to organise some party games…" She began to write a few more things down. "I went to one party where they played a game based on an American TV game show but instead of random trivia questions they used fun questions about the guest of honour."

"That sounds pretty fun," Kari agreed.

"Oh no…" Mimi suddenly groaned, as her pen stopped working. "My pen's run out of ink. Do you have a spare one I can borrow?"

Kari shook her head. "Sorry."

Mimi briefly scanned the living room; looking on top of surfaces to see if there was another pen nearby. "Maybe Sora has one in her bag…" she said. She glanced in the direction of the balcony to see Sora was still in deep conversation with her boss. A little impatient, she bent down and picked up Sora's blue coloured bag, resting it in her lap.

"Mimi, should you be really searching through someone else's bag?" Palmon questioned as she watched her rummage through.

"Oh it's fine. It's only Sora, I'm sure she won't mind. I doubt Sora is going to have anything in here that will come as a total shock to-" Mimi suddenly stopped.

"What is it?" Kari asked.

Mimi withdrew her hand from inside the bag; holding an unopened pregnancy test. She looked over to Kari with a stunned expression, as the younger woman just stared back at her.

"What's that?" Palmon asked innocently.

"Mimi!"

Mimi and Kari both jumped at the sound of Sora's voice, having not realised she had stepped back inside from the balcony. Mimi looked up at her auburn haired friend, still holding the pregnancy test in her hand. "I'm sorry! I was only looking for a pen…. Sora, are you pregnant?"

"No! I mean-maybe… I don't know. That's why I've bought the test." Sora replied a little sharply.

Mimi bit her bottom lip as she tried to contain her excitement, but she soon found herself grinning widely. "This is unexpected!" she almost squealed. "We could have another new arrival on the way! Is that why you were late getting here?"

"Mimi I don't know if I'm pregnant yet. It might be a false alarm."

"Then go and take the test."

"What? Now?"

Mimi nodded. "Yes." She almost jumped up out of her seat and thrust the pregnancy test into her friend's hand. "Go on," she urged. "Admit it; you've probably been dying to find out all morning, and I'm sure Kari's eager to know if she's finally going to become an Aunt."

"But Mimi-" Sora tried to protest.

"No buts," Mimi interrupted as she gently ushered Sora in the direction of the bathroom. "Do you really think I'm gonna let one of my best friends keep me in suspense over something like this? Now go."

"So where is Kichi anyway?" Tai asked as he leaned casually against the breakfast bar.

"It's her cousin's bachelorette party. They've gone to Kyoto for the weekend." Izzy replied as he fed his seven month old son a spoonful of pureed food. He was seated at the dining table in front of Jonathon who was in his high chair. "Sorry our plans got cancelled. The babysitter has a habit of cancelling at the last minute. I think it's time I found a new one. My parents would have looked after him but they're away visiting a relative."

"It's alright," Tai said as he picked up one of the jars of baby food; turning his nose up in disgust at the green mush pictured on the label. "I'm sure Sora wouldn't have minded looking after Jonathon for a couple of hours but Mimi invited her over for a coffee or something which means she's going to be there all afternoon."

Izzy fed Jonathon another spoonful, to which the seven month old happily accepted and getting most of it around his mouth, before he looked up to see what Tai was doing. "Tai, if you're hungry there's some snacks in the fridge." He half joked. "Those are for Jonathon."

"Ha-ha, very funny." Tai replied sarcastically as he put the jar back down on the counter. He then looked across to Jonathon, who was staring back at him. "He looks a lot like Kichi." He commented.

"He definitely has Kichi's hair and eyes." Izzy replied. He went to feed another spoonful to his son, but the young baby turned away, shaking his head. "Oh you had enough now huh?"

Tai stepped forward and peered over his friend's shoulder. "Hey, there's still a plenty left in there. You'll not grow up big and stronger than your Dad if you don't finish all your food." He said playfully to Jonathon; but the black haired baby just stared blankly back at him.

Izzy got to his feet, heading over to the kitchen counter where the baby wipes were. "He eats well Tai. Unlike you he doesn't eat everything in sight."

Tai shot his friend a look as he sat down in front of the baby. He picked up the spoon that was resting in the blue plastic bowl, scooping a little food onto it. "C'mon Jonathon this…green mushy stuff looks really yummy. You don't want to waste-" he was forced to stop as the contents of the spoon suddenly ended up all over his face and shirt as Jonathon had swatted the spoon away with his tiny hand.

At this point, Izzy had turned back around after picking up the wipes, just in time to see the food fly off the spoon and all over Tai. He laughed. "You can't force him to eat it if he doesn't want to. Here," he pulled out a wipe before tossing the pack over to the bearer of Courage. "You've made more mess than Jonathon."

Tai frowned and wiped his face clean before moving down to try and wipe the green mush off his shirt; only to end up making it worse by smearing it. "It wasn't my fault." He grumbled.

"You know, I'll admit I'm a little surprised you and Sora haven't started a family yet," Izzy said as he gently wiped his son's face with a wipe.

"Uhh… well we've talked about it…" Tai said a little hesitantly. He stood up and walked over towards the kitchen, throwing the used wipe into the rubbish bin. "… It's just not happened yet."

Izzy lifted his son out of the high chair, holding him in his arms. "Don't worry about it. You've still got plenty of time. Just enjoy the peace and hours of sleep whilst you can." He joked.

Tai smiled slightly, resuming his position against the breakfast bar. He watched as Izzy put Jonathon down inside his playpen that was situated in the middle of the living room. Surprisingly, the uncomfortable conversation he'd had with his mother a few months prior was still fresh in his mind. As much as he tried he couldn't quite shift the feeling that his mother, in her crazy way of trying to help, might be right. What if there was an underlying problem? He didn't have to nerve to go actually go through with seeing a doctor; just in case it did turn out he was the reason why they had been struggling for so long to start a family…

There was a soft knock on the bathroom door, and Sora looked up from where she was sitting on the edge of the bathtub. "It's okay, you can come in." She said. The door opened, and her sister in law stepped inside closing it behind her. "I wasn't going to get myself out of that one was I?" she half smiled; referring to Mimi's persistence.

Kari walked over and closed the lid of the toilet before sitting down. "I think she's close to announcing she'll be organising your baby shower soon." She joked.

"I don't even know if I am yet." Sora sighed. She glanced down at the test in her hand. Still nothing had appeared on the small screen…

"You must have a feeling you might be if you've bought another test."

Sora slowly nodded. "I woke up this morning feeling a little sick. I thought it was the burger I had eaten for dinner last night at first… but then I realised I've been feeling really tired lately, my moods have been up and down, and I suddenly can't stand the smell of coffee."

Kari smiled. "Have you told Tai?"

Sora shook her head. "No not yet. It was hard seeing the look of disappointment on his face in the past when it's been negative. I didn't want to tell him until I was certain… It would make one hell of a birthday present though wouldn't it?" she added, briefly glancing at her sister in law smiling slightly. "Hey… do you-"she began, an idea suddenly striking her. "Do you think it I should wait a little before telling him?"

"Huh? You mean tell him on his birthday?"

"Yeah," Sora nodded. "His birthday is only two and a half weeks away… We've been waiting so long to start a family I'd love to tell him in a special and memorable way, and what better way than to surprise him on his thirtieth birthday?"

"I think that's a great idea." Kari agreed. "Do you think you can hold off from telling him for that long though?"

The bearer of Love laughed a little. "It'll be difficult… two and a half weeks doesn't sound all that long, but in this situation it sounds like a life time… but a part of me will feel guilty that I'll be keeping it a secret from him for that long, especially now you and Mimi will know. I know you will keep it a secret, but Mimi does have a tendency to blurt things out when she gets excited about things."

"Well let's worry about that once we know for certain," Kari said light-heartedly, motioning to the test in her sister-in-law's hand.

Almost forgetting the reason why she was sitting on the edge of Mimi's bathtub, Sora looked down at the test still in her hand. She gasped, holding her breath as the result had appeared on the screen. "…I'm pregnant."

In the living room, Mimi was growing a little impatient as she paced up and down between the living room and kitchen. She had never been a patient person and faced with the prospect of possible exciting news didn't help matters.

"How long does the test take?" Palmon asked, watching her human partner pace back and forth.

"Only a couple of minutes," Mimi replied, checking her watch. "She should know by now. Why haven't they come out yet?" she added a little keenly.

"You seem pretty excited. Have you and Joe thought about having one?"

"Huh?" Mimi suddenly froze, a little taken back by the question. In honesty the thought hadn't really crossed her mind before, and Joe had never mentioned anything. They'd only been married a couple of years, and with her cooking career just taking off, and the hard work Joe had been putting in regarding his medical profession they hadn't really talked about having children… "Well uh…" she began hesitating a little, but she stopped when she heard the bathroom door open. She spun round to see Kari walk out first followed by Sora. "Well?" she asked eagerly, completely forgetting Palmon's question.

Sora walked over. She nodded, her smile growing.

Mimi squealed with delight, clasping her hands together. "Congratulations!" she exclaimed. "This is so exciting!" she pulled her friend into a hug.

"Thanks, listen Mimi," Sora began as she pulled out of the hug. "I need you to do me a favour; you can't tell anyone that I'm pregnant, at least not for a couple of weeks anyway."

"Huh? Why not?" the bearer of Sincerity whined.

"I want to surprise Tai on his birthday and I don't want anybody else finding out before he does."

Mimi's expression softened. "Aww that's a really sweet idea," She gushed. "I hope he's ready to handle all these surprises he'll be getting." She added with a giggle.

Sora smiled a little. "So, do you two think it's a good idea? I still have a tiny doubt at the back of my mind I shouldn't be keeping it from him." She felt a little stupid asking the question again after both Kari and Mimi had plainly made it clear they liked the idea; but she just wanted to be absolutely sure she was doing the right thing.

"Of course it's a good idea!" Mimi declared. "It's probably going to be the best birthday present he'll ever receive."

Kari nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you're keeping it from him for a good reason Sora. Just imagine the look on his face in a couple of weeks when you surprise him."

Later that afternoon around four thirty, Sora returned home. After leaving Mimi's just before two o'clock she had taken a slight detour before going home, and headed to the mall. She had still felt excited, and needed to calm herself down before going home otherwise Tai would know something was up. She had done a little 'window shopping', knowing in a few months time she would need to buy some new clothes.

Walking into the apartment Sora could hear the television from the living room. She found her husband sitting on the sofa with his feet propped up on the coffee table with a can of soda in one hand, whilst Agumon was slouched back sitting on the floor; both of them watching a sports debate programme. "Hi honey,"

Tai briefly glanced over his shoulder. "Hey." He greeted, before returning his attention back to his programme.

Sora walked over, sitting herself down next to him. "You two haven't been sitting here all day watching TV have you?"

"Agumon has," Tai replied. "I went to Izzy's."

"Hey I have not!" the rookie Digimon protested. "Just ask Biyomon!"

Sora giggled a little. "I'll take your word for it." She then noticed the green stains on her husband's shirt. "What's that?" she queried.

"Huh? Oh Jonathon threw his food all over me." Tai replied. "I tried to help him finish off his dinner but he decided to repay me by knocking the spoon out of my hand and showering me in green mush."

"It could have been worse; he could have thrown up all over you." Sora teased. She then looked around and noticed the absence of her own Digimon partner. "Where's Biyomon?"

"She went out to stretch her wings a little. She said she wasn't flying too far." Tai replied before taking a sip of his soda. "Have you been at Mimi's all this time?" he asked, briefly glancing at his wife.

"No, I left just before two as she had a meeting with her manager and then I just went to the mall for a bit." Sora replied. She cuddled up to him a little bit, and Tai draped his arm across her shoulders. "Oh, my boss called me today whilst I was at Mimi's. She likes my new designs and she said there are a couple of buyers who might be interested in them. She's going to set up a meeting with them in the next couple of weeks."

"That's great honey." Tai smiled, kissing the top of her head.

The couple fell silent as Sora rested her head against Tai's chest; making herself more comfortable as she began to watch the television.

She smiled to herself slightly as it didn't take long for her attention to drift a little from the sports show. By the end of the year their apartment was going to be a little more crowded.

After all the years they had been trying, now it was actually happening she felt a little nervous at the thought of becoming a mother. It was a big, and a life time responsibility. It was probably a natural feeling to be nervous about becoming a parent for the first time, but it was a good nervous feeling mixed with excitement.

She tried to tear herself away from thinking about it too much, and tried to concentrate on watching the sports programme. She knew if she thought about it too much she would only excite herself to the point where she would end up telling Tai right there and then. Whilst in the mall it had given her time to think up how she was going to tell him on his birthday, and the more she had thought about it the more she fell in love with the idea rather than feeling guilty that she was keeping it from him.

All she knew right now though; May 19th couldn't come soon enough…

To be continued…