"How could this happen?" James was pacing his bedroom. "We used a condom,"
"That doesn't guarantee anything, though," Kerry said. "They only work something like ninety seven per cent of the time,"
"But still. How could a baby arrive in your stomach when we used protection?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'm the next Virgin Kerry, going to give birth to God's son, except I'm going to call him Fred." Kerry said sarcastically.
James frowned. "What if it's a girl?"
"Freddina then," Kerry answered sarcastically.
"Kerry, a baby changes everything, it's a huge responsibility! How many times have you said it yourself: I can barely look after myself, how am I supposed to father a baby?" James couldn't see why Kerry didn't just have an abortion, to save them from a lot of trouble - most likely to save them from getting kicked out of CHERUB.
"I don't care! This is going to be our baby! I'm keeping it, and whether it's a girl or boy I'm going to love it so much, because it's our baby. It will be me and you, together," Kerry said stubbornly.
"Kerry. You are fourteen years old. You cannot look after a baby," James said through gritted teeth.
"So? What does age have to do with it?" Kerry was smitten.
"So?" James repeated. "What do you mean, 'so'? You realise if you keep this baby we might as well pack our bags and go?"
Kerry shrugged her shoulders. That was when James realised that he meant more to Kerry than CHERUB did. He did want to have a baby, but it was a bit soon. But on the other hand, Kerry was keen, and they would love the baby so much, and even if he wasn't responsible enough, Kerry certainly was. He still had some questions to ask, though.
"But, a few minutes ago, you slapped me, and now you're saying you want to keep it?"
"James! Don't refer to our baby as 'it'!" Kerry snapped.
"Sorry. How are you going to keep it from everyone? And what are we going to do when you give birth?"
"You want to have our baby then?" Kerry's eyes sparkled as a huge smile appeared across her face.
James grinned. "Yeah, course. We can have loads, and train them to do our dirty work, like stealing Kyle's homework so I can copy it,"
"James!"
"You're right, that's a rubbish idea. We should get them to dye Lauren's hair bright blue while she's sleeping," James began to laugh.
"James!" Kerry said as she embraced James in a tight hug. "I hope our baby doesn't plan to dye their sibling's hair blue!"
"Now why would our baby do that?"
Kerry smiled. " 'Coz their Dad told them to,"
"You know, Kerry, five minutes ago you slapped me, and now you're practically jumping around the room with excitement. Make up your mind!" James laughed, though he was a lot more relaxed than when Kerry had been angry with him.
"Well, at first, I was lie, 'why did I have to do it with that idiot?', but then-"
"Because you lo-ve me, because I'm se-xy, because- oww!" James' song had been interrupted because Kerry had thumped his arm.
"Anyway," Kerry continued, "But then I realised we are going to make the most perfect baby, ever, because its ours, and we are going to love it so much! And then I really wanted to have a baby, and now I'm so glad I'm pregnant,"
"Me too," James smiled. "Oh, no. We sound so sad. 'I'm so glad we are having a baby, because its our baby…' what are we like?"
Kerry and James had gone into town for the day, and were sitting in the waiting room of St. Marie's Hospital so that Kerry could get a scan of the baby. They had told their mates back on campus that they wanted some private time together, as they had agreed it would be best if no one but themselves knew about the little person growing inside Kerry.
"Miss Chang, please," called a nurse standing by the waiting room. Kerry nodded and stood up, then she and James followed the nurse into the room.
"Have a seat," the nurse smiled. "I'm Sarah, and Dr. Jacobs will be with you in a moment. Can I just check your details?"
"Yes." Kerry said nervously as she sat down. What would this woman think of her? That she was stupid? Immature? Irresponsible?
"Miss Kerry Chang, date of birth, the second of the fourth ninety three?" Sarah flicked through some notes in a file. Kerry answered with a "That's right,"
"To predict your due date, we need the day that you made love?"
James and Kerry exchanged a nervous glance. "Christmas day," James said, as the nurse jotted something down.
"Okay. I take it you're the father?" she looked at James, who nodded. "Er, James Adams. My date of birth is the twenty seventh of the eleventh ninety one."
"Thank you. Before we take a look, do you have any questions?" Sarah's head turned from Kerry to James and back again.
"How many teenage pregnancies do you get?" Kerry asked, partly out of curiosity and partly because she wanted to know what the nurse would think of her.
"Don't worry," Sarah smiled reassuringly, "You're not the first and I'm sure you won't be the last. If there is anything you are unsure about, just ask. That's what we're here for."
"Thanks." Kerry looked at the bed. "Shall I…?"
"You will need to put on these overalls. If you would like some privacy, you can use the bathroom over there." she pointed across the room where there was a door, and gave Kerry some overalls. "And, James, you will need to put on these," she gave James a clinical hat and an overall, slightly different to Kerry's as he could just slip it over his clothes.
When Kerry emerged from the bathroom holding her jeans, she saw that a brown-haired man in his early forties was talking to James. She assumed he was Dr. Jacobs, and when he became aware that she was in the room, he stood up and said, "Hello. You must be Kerry. I'm Dr. Jacobs. Would you like to hop onto the bed for me?" He was an enthusiastic man, but not too enthusiastic, and he was cheerful too. Kerry 'hopped' on the bed.
Kerry was asked to lift her overalls, and reluctantly did so as she wasn't accustomed to having strangers look at her belly. The doctor placed a weird jelly-like substance on Kerry's stomach, then he used the ultrasound to produce an image on a screen, which both Kerry and James could see.
"Right. Can you see your baby? It's a little hard to see at first, but once you've spotted it if you look carefully you can sort of make out a head. Can you see that?" Although the doctor had seen many scans of babies, he still got excited when he saw one. He got even more excited when he delivered the babies. Well, every time a new life began, it was a miracle.
James took Kerry's hand. "Wow. Kerry, that's our baby!" James spoke softly, but Kerry could hear his awe clearly.
"It's so amazing, isn't it?" Kerry felt like crying for joy. "It's ours! Half you and half me!"
"Everything seems to be fine. The heart is beating, and most of the major organs are developed well for this stage. It is hard to see the gender of the baby at only six weeks, but the next time you come, in six week's time, we should be able to see it quite clearly. That is, if you want to know?"
"Yes please, because then we can start thinking of names," Kerry said, "Isn't that weird, thinking of names for our baby?"
"I'll leave you two to have some time on your own." Dr. Jacobs left the room, and Kerry couldn't help but let out her emotions properly. "We're gonna have a baby! We're gonna have a baby! I'm so happy!"
"We're gonna get kicked out of CHERUB!" James sang along in the same tune.
"And do you know what? I don't care because I'd rather have our baby than my CHERUB career."
"You're right. We are gonna be there for that baby, and we are going to love it so much…oh, God, what has happened to me?"
Kerry burst into fits of laughter.
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