Covering For Yourself
Another month passed. Brook continued to visit Paolo everyday, coming home later and later everyday.
Brook was cheerful all the time now, and the other four were pretty moody all the while she was around.
One afternoon Gust and Flora were out in the valley. Flora was sitting looking at the sky, while Gust flew around above the ground sitting on one of his breezes. Suddenly he called out to his younger sister.
"Hey! Flora! Brook's coming back!" He called as the wind halted and he landed on his feet on the ground.
Flora got to her feet. "She's early." She remarked.
Brook was walking very slowly, but the brightest of smiles on her face. When she saw her two siblings, she ran over, waving her arms frantically. "I'm pregnant!" She screamed excitedly.
Flora fell over and fainted. Gust's jaw fell open. "What?"
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Soon the five sibling were all seated in a circle in the valley. Brook looked excited, while the others looked extremely ticked off.
Brook was grinning wildly. "I don't get the big deal!" She exclaimed. "I'm pregnant! We should be rejoicing."
Blaze growled. "Brook! How can you say that? Father's bound to find out now!"
Brook shook her head. "No he won't."
Gust snapped. "Stop kidding yourself! You're going to have a baby! He's going to notice that you're going to be gaining weight!"
"Sister, how could you possibly let this happen!" Flash moaned.
Brook shook her head. "Look, I'll keep him from finding out. He'll never know, trust me. I have an idea-"
Flora cut her off. "I'm not going to cover for you anymore."
Gust nodded. "Yah, you got yourself into this mess, get yourself out."
Blaze stood up. "We warned you." The three left, leaving Flash and Brook alone.
Brook instantly burst into tears. "Oh Flash! I didn't mean for this to happen! It just did! What am I supposed to do?" She looked at him with pink eyes.
Flash sighed. "Hell if I know." He stood up. "But I'm not going to sneak around behind father's back anymore." He turned and followed his brothers and sister, leaving Brook in the valley all alone.
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Another two months later, the five children and Aziz were eating breakfast. Aziz happened to take into note the change of appearance Brook had gone through.
He poked her in the stomach. "Been putting on some weight I see." He teased.
Brook looked down and grinned. "Oh father!"
Aziz grinned. "I guess you'll have to do a bit of extra exercising to lose it, huh?"
Brook laughed lightly. "I guess so."
Blaze, Gust, Flash and Flora exchanged dark looks.
A/N: I'm not sure if I should bother finishing this...