Chapter Twenty-Five
The Lucy Factor
"How'd you found out?" Ruthie asked setting down her fork and turning to look at her sister who was turning bright red with anger.
"Mrs. Beaker's granddaughter, Bailey told me." Lucy replied.
"Bailey Beaker." Ruthie said with a laugh, "Now that's funny!"
"How can you laugh?!" Lucy screamed, "You're pregnant!"
"Pregnant people laugh." Ruthie said looking at her insane, crazy, nutty, wacko, off-the-wall, sister.
"Not teenage pregnant people or kids or whatever you are!?" Lucy said rambling as she yelled like a loony tune, "And why am I the last one to know?!"
"Last one to know what?" Matt asked walking in the back door.
"The last one to know that Ruthie's….THAT RUTHIE'S…..PREGNANT!?" Lucy screamed.
"I don't know." Mary said coming down the stairs, "We all know and Simon knows."
"Even the boys know!" Matt added.
"The twin's even know?!" Lucy yelled slamming her fist on the counter, causing her to become louder if that was even possible, "OWWWW!"
"Be careful," Annie said, "and calm down, Lucy."
"I'm calm. I'm very calm." Lucy said gritting her teeth.
"Yeah your very calm, Luce." Mary said rolling her eyes, "You're never calm."
"I'm calm now!" Lucy said smiling idiotically.
"Lucy?" Ruthie questioned, now very afraid.
"Ruthie?" Lucy said still smiling that smile that she always put on before she blew up.
"Breath." Annie said.
"BREATH!?" Lucy said screaming once again, "THAT'S A LABOR WORD! RUTHIE'S GOING TO NEED IT NOT ME!?"
"Yes she is." Matt said in a voice that was meant to calm Lucy but it had no affect on the insane woman.
"SHE'LL BE HAVING A BABY AND SCREAMING!?" Lucy said, "SHE'LL BE SEVENTEEN AND HAVING A BABY!? SHE'S HAVING A BABY AND NO ONE TOLD ME?!"
"Hello?" Eric said walking into the kitchen.
"Hey Dad." Mary said, "Lucy knows!"
"YEAH I DO, DAD!?" Lucy said and then her face changed, "DAD? DAD? DAD?"
"What?" Eric asked setting down his briefcase.
"WHO'S THE DAD?!" Lucy screamed, "PLEASE TELL ME IT'S NOT TODD?!"
"It's not Todd." Ruthie said.
"WHO?!"
"Martin." Ruthie said with a shrug.
"Martin?" Lucy questioned as she began to calm down.
"Mental patient." Mary said under breath.
"What did you say?" Lucy asked turning to look at her.
"Nothing…um…um….Mint Tatient…it's a coffee." Mary said, she lucked out because Lucy had already turned back to Ruthie and was burning holes into her sweatshirt with her eyes.
"Lucy? Luce?" Ruthie said trying to smile as best she could.
"How could you not tell ME?!" Lucy said and then she turned and charged out the door.
"That's scary!?" Carlos said coming down the stairs, "I was to scared to come down while she was here."
"Me too." Sarah said coming in from the living room, "She's crazzzy!"
"That was worse than I thought it was going to be." Ruthie said as she resumed eating, "It can't get any worse can it."
"She's pregnant, Kevin!" Lucy yelled at her poor husband. she'd been repeating the same sentence over and over again for about an hour she was begin to sound like a broken record player.
"I know." Kevin said, "I know."
"You know?" Lucy said with a laugh, "You know?"
"I know, Crazy Woman!" Kevin said turning and trying to get away from Lucy with no luck because she followed him straight up the stairs.
"Do you not care?" Lucy questioned him, "And why aren't you upset?"
"I have a plan." Kevin said.
"Are you gonna kill him? Hire a hit man? Bury him in the back yard?" Lucy asked leaning in closer to him.
"NO!?" Kevin said, "I'm gonna make him marry her and if you keep talking like that there gonna commit you."
"Who's gonna commit me?"
"I am!" Kevin said and smiled.
"Very funny." Lucy said with a frown.
Author Note: I'm going to start regularly updating this is story on Mondays. My other fics will soon have a day I will update on. Bare with me.