The first few weeks of summer flew by. Before Emery knew it August was a week away and that also meant that her due date was 6 weeks away. Sure Emery now looked very pregnant and felt very pregnant but preparing for parenthood was the furthest thing from she and Roman's minds. They spent almost everyday together or with their friends. It wasn't until Ray Whitehill brought it up that Emery realized how soon she was to giving birth. Ray walked downstairs and found Emery flipping through a book on the couch. He glanced at her as he poured himself some coffee.
"So I thought that you could turn the guest room into a nursery."
Emery glanced up. "Really? Thanks."
"Well you might want to start ordering things and painting it."
"I have plenty of time."
"6 weeks. And that is if the baby comes on it's due date. Em you have nothing."
Emery nodded. "I guess I got a little side tracked."
"Well unless you want the baby to sleep in your bed, you might want to get a move on. I put some extra money into your account so you can get things yourself."
"Thank you."
That afternoon Emery and Julia walked into a local baby boutique. Julia started looking through the racks and glanced at her.
"So do you even know what you're having?"
Emery shook her head. "Dr. Cane couldn't tell. It keeps crossing it's legs."
Julia held up a pink tutu and smiled. "How cute is this?"
"It's adorable but what if I have a boy?"
"Boys can rock pink."
Emery rolled her eyes. She ended up getting all of the basic furniture and crib bedding.
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Roman was finishing his dinner with Sophia when Maia came in and set a grey bag down in front of him. He cocked his eyebrow.
"What's this?"
She smiled and sat down. "I figured that you and Emery would need some things."
Roman pulled out a couple baby blankets, burp cloths and some plain white onesies. He smiled.
"Thank you."
Sophia looked and made a face. "When do you guys find out what you're having?"
"We tried at the last ultrasound. The baby kept crossing it's legs."
She laughed. "Nice."
Later Roman set all the things his mom had gotten them in his room. That's when it hit him that he had nothing for the baby. He also hadn't gotten anything for Emery. He walked down to the market place and looked around. They had an extremely small baby section. Not many atrians had gotten pregnant lately. But something caught his eye.
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"Should you be in here?"
"Probably not."
Emery, Julia and Taylor were painting the nursery. Taylor made a face as paint dripped onto her leg.
"So remind me again why we are painting it grey?"
"Because the bedding is grey and mint."
She nodded. "So what are you doing on Saturday?"
She shrugged. "Roman and Drake are doing stuff in the greenhouse so I was just going to hang out in my house."
"Well forget about that. You are coming over to my house."
"For what?"
"Girl's day. No boyfriends or guys of any kind. My parents are out of town so we can party all night."
Emery laughed and motioned to her stomach. "My party days are over."
"You can still have fun."
"Okay, i'm in."
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When Saturday came Emery came downstairs and her father was shocked to see her in a pink sundress instead of her usual tank top and gym shorts.
"You look nice. Where are you going?"
"Taylor's. Were going to have a girls day."
He nodded. "Well have fun."
"I'll try."
He chuckled and handed her a glass of orange juice. She then smiled.
"By the way thank you for putting the crib and dresser together."
"You're welcome."
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Emery drove to Taylor's house and knocked on the door. Taylor answered and smiled.
"Come on in."
Emery walked in and was shocked at what she saw. Taylor had decorated her family room in grey and mint streamers and balloons. Julia, Sophia and Teri were there. Emery looked at Taylor.
"What's going on?"
"Well Sophia and Julia told me that you and Roman have almost nothing for the baby so we decided to throw you a baby shower."
Teri actually smiled and motioned to a small stack of gifts. "These are from Maia and Soroya. How she sent things from Elgida I will never know."
Julia grinned and grabbed a whole bunch of things. "Then these are from my mom, Lukas's mom and Gloria."
Emery sat down and started opening gifts. She was amazed at what her friends had gotten them. By the time she went home she was exhausted but also excited to set the nursery up. Taylor had given her a bunch of clothes for a girl and some for a boy. Emery set those aside and focused on everything else. By the time she finished the nursery looked more like a nursery. When Roman came over the next morning he was equally surprised.
"Wow."
She nodded. "Taylor went overboard as always."
He nodded. "What else do we need?"
"Honestly? The baby."
He laughed. He then looked at the crib. "Well actually we are missing something."
"What?"
He handed her a white gift bag. Emery pulled out a silver and gold star crib mobile. She smiled.
"It's perfect." She handed it to him. "Can you hang it?"
He nodded and hung it into place. He then sat down next to her on the floor and helped fold baby clothes. Emery glanced over at him.
"Do you think we're ready?"
He looked at her. "As we'll ever be."
She nodded. "What if it grows up to hate us?"
"Then I guess we weren't good parents."
She laughed and tossed a stuffed bunny at him. He caught it and smiled.
"I think we need to jump in feet first and pray we don't sink."
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