This chapter took a lot longer than it should have to finish, and for that I apologize.

I'd like to thank all the people who have reviewed this story, it's you guys who keep me going, especially during the long wait for Season 3 (I haven't gotten around to reading the manga yet, even though I need to)

Enjoy~

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Time passed like crazy after the first week and a half, which seemed to drag on and on. But, eventually, I started getting the hang of getting up early, eating with Taiga, sometimes walking with him to meet Kuroko at the bus stop then mostly trying to keep the apartment clean and trying to keep in contact with my friends back in LA via Skype and Facebook.

After the pass of the second week, I woke up one Saturday and noticed something for the first time. I was growing.

"Taiga!" I called from the bathroom, "Taiga, come here!" My brother appeared in the doorway a moment later, trying not to look worried.

"Look, I'm growing." I said, gently patting my stomach. Taiga laughed and walked closer to inspect my slightly stretched stomach.

"Yep. There's a baby in there." He said, grinning at me. I laughed and shook my head. I shooed my brother out of the bathroom and continued getting dressed. Now that I was growing, I would have to start shopping.

Taiga had tests to study for, so I decided to go wander around town on my own for the day.

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The area close to the apartment didn't have much, a few shops and restaurants. I was told that if I wanted to do any shopping, I'd have to go to the mall, which was a short bus ride away.

I stood at the bus stop, along with a few other pedestrians, and waited patiently. I vaguely heard the almost silent footsteps approach, but was still caught majorly off guard by the sudden voice next to me.

"Good afternoon, Skylar-san." Kuroko said, making a noise come out of my mouth that had everyone staring at me like I had two heads.

"God! Kuroko!" I lightly thwacked the boy in the arm. He flinched and rubbed at where I hit him with a pout.

"I apologize for surprising you." He mumbled, still pouting. I sighed and rubbed my forehead.

"It's fine, I'm still trying to get used to your light presence," I said, giving him a small smile. "So where are you headed?"

"I actually did not have a destination. I was eating lunch and spotted you here on my way home." He said truthfully. "I thought I might keep you company."

"Thank you, Kuroko-kun." I smiled and threw my arm up around his shoulders.

"So where are you going?" He asked

"I need to start looking for baby-related things before it's too late. Taiga said that the mall might have some cool stores I could look at. Wanna tag along?" I glanced at the blue haired phantom, who seemed to think silently for a moment. He didn't answer until the bus pulled up and I started to walk away from him.

"Ah-don't leave me behind, Skylar-san." He called, trying to push around the few people between us in order to jump on the bus. I laughed and sat in an empty seat, Kuroko seating himself next to me quietly.

We didn't talk much on the way to the mall, which was nice. Kuroko was good company when you just wanted to sit quietly and think; only occasionally making a comment here and there.

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The mall was way bigger than the one in LA, and I was taken aback at its utter size. It was about two stories and looked like it went on forever. Kuroko smiled and chuckled quietly at me wide-eyed stare and gently tugged at the sleeve of my jacket to get me moving along before we got separated, or I got run over.

"We're gonna be taking a lot of breaks, Kuro." I said, walking inside the building with him, while he just shook his head, a small smile gracing his features.

The mall was even bigger on the inside, and so beautiful I wish I'd brought a camera to take pictures. I marveled at everything, walking slowly in order to take everything in. I knew I'd get used to it eventually, and see it as nothing more than another mall full of annoying people, but there was no harm in, well, marveling.

Kuroko stayed with me the whole time, going into every store except for ones that made him uncomfortable, which he simply stood or sat outside of until I re-emerged.

Suddenly, I heard a very loud, very annoying voice screech from half way across the mall

"KAGAMICCHIIIIIIII! KUROKOCCHIIIIIIIIII!"

Kuroko's head whipped around and he shot an annoyed glance at a blonde teenager who came bounding towards the two of us, waving hysterically. The boy stopped in front of us and pulled my escort into a bone-crushing hug. The boy looked at me with wide, excited eyes when he seemed to notice something and he frowned, dropping Kuroko suddenly.

"Eh? You're not Kagamicchi." He pouted "But you look just like him! You've got the hair and everything!" I just stared, too shocked by his…enthusiasm to reply.

"Kise-kun, this is Kagami-kun's twin, Kagami Skylar-san." Kuroko introduced me politely, frowning as Kise got closer to my face.

"Wow! You're Kagamicchi's sister? How cool! You're so pretty!" Kise babbled excitedly. I was blinking rapidly, looking for an escape but found none.

"Kise-kun could you please give her some air? Skylar-san isn't well." Kuroko said. I shot the phantom an odd look, but mentally thanked him a million times as Kise squeaked and took a good step back.

"Sorry!" He said, suddenly becoming sheepish. This boy was full of suddens, and I don't think my poor sanity can take it for long.

"It was very nice to meet you, Kise-kun, but I'm afraid I have some things I'm in desperate need for, so I'll leave the two of you to hang out," I retreated quickly, hearing Kuroko politely decline Kise's request to shop with him, and caught up quickly, gently tugging at my sleeve so I knew he was there.

"Wait! Wait! Wait for me!" Kise's chased us and caught up right as we rounded a corner. He panted heavily, as if he'd run a marathon. God what a drama queen.

"What is it now, Kise-kun? Skylar-san and I have some important errands to run." Kuroko asked, sounding as annoyed as I felt. The blond pouted at the bluenette.

"Kurokocchi, can I shop with you guys? Please please please? I wanna get to know Kagamicchi's sister!" The boy begged, practically getting on his knees. He looked at the two of us with bog, pouty hazel eyes, which were starting to water with fake tears. Kuroko sighed and looked over at me for an answer.

"As long as you promise not to be too annoying, you can tag along." I said, putting my hands on my hips. Kise's eyes lit up and he pulled me into a hug

"Yay! I'm so happy!" He squealed.

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Kise drug is into every store he liked, ignoring our protests about wanting to just continue on with our mission. I ended buying a few cute things I wouldn't be able to wear for a while, but hey, it's something to strive for I suppose.

Like I had warned Kuroko much earlier, I had a moment of exhaustion, and had to sit down and rest for a few minutes, letting Kise drag the poor boy into other shops near where I was sitting.

Everything hurt, and even though I knew it was normal, it sucked. I hadn't bought anything of any importance, and it was getting frustrating. I decided that the next store we went into would be a department store, so that I could look for clothes for myself, as well as for my baby (gender neutral colors, obviously) and maybe for Taiga as well.

Once I felt like walking again, I hunted down the boys and we were off once again.

Kise whined when I told him the kind of store I wanted to go into, but begrudgingly led us to one anyway, grumbling the whole time about how 'stores like that are so bor-ring!'

When we arrived at the large department store, I told Kuroko and Kise that they didn't have to walk around with me, and if there was somewhere in the store or nearby they wanted to go, they could.

"I'll be in here for a while, probably," I said "I've got a lot of stuff to get."

"I'll stay with you, in case you need any help." Kuroko offered. I simply nodded and glanced at Kise, who loudly agreed with Kuroko that he'd stay too.

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I told the boys that if they wanted to help, they were going to look at boy clothes for Taiga, because I never know what to buy for him. They nodded and Kise skipped off, dragging Kuroko along by the hand.

I wandered around the junior's and women's clothing, picking out some stuff that was too big, but was bound to fit here in soon. Mostly a lot of Yoga pants and long tank tops. I also found some shoes that were seriously comfortable.

Once I was finished looking for myself, I moved on to start looking at baby clothes, positive that the boys were too occupied with shopping for Taiga to bother me.

I circled the baby section a few times before working up the nerve to actually wander through the racks.

Kuroko approached with some t-shirts for Taiga, and after putting them into the cart I had commandeered, left again without a word.

I found myself going a little overboard with picking out every gender-neutral colored item of clothing I saw. It was all too cute for me to pass up, and it wasn't like I couldn't afford it. Though I made the decision to go back through everything I had before I was done and put back what I didn't really need.

Kise popped up out of nowhere with more clothes for Taiga, making me a bit nervous as I looked at a bundle of bibs. He gave the item in my hands an odd look, then looked up at me. I thought he was going to ask why I was buying bibs, but to my surprise, he simply pointed at another bundle of bibs, these having cute little sayings on them, and said,

"I like those better!" Before bounding off again.

Standing there, I half expected him to have some type of question, and yet he never seemed to bat an eye. Maybe he thought was buying them for me? Or was his silence a way of showing me that he knew? The kid's actions were giving me an unnecessary headache, and I would be glad to finally be rid of him.

I added Kise's suggestion to the cart, then backed away from everything, to sort through what I had picked out.

I walked out of the store with a bunch of clothes for me and Taiga, a few big bundles of onesies, the bibs Kise picked out, a pack of pacifiers with silly things painted on them and two teenage boys who were more than happy to carry the bags for me.

I informed the boys that I was too tired to do any more shopping, and that I was going to go home. Kuroko took the bag that Kise had been carrying for me and said a quiet goodbye.

We were almost out of the mall when the blonde came flying towards us yet again.

"Wait! Hang on! I've gotta ask you something!" Kise cried, abruptly stopping in front of us.

"Well, spit it out." I crossed my arms over my chest, an irritated glare marking my features.

"Okay so, I've been thinking about stuff I noticed about you today. When Kurokocchi said you were unwell, I thought to myself, 'that can't be right, she looks fine,' but walking around with you, you seemed to get really tired and I heard you mention feeling like you were gonna be sick a lot, but I still couldn't figure out why, because you look absolutely 100% fine, but then in the department store, you were looking at baby stuff and at first I thought you were buying stuff for someone else, but you just got here right? And Kagamicchi doesn't know anyone who's pregnant so I'm just gonna ask you this and if I'm wrong please hit me and never talk to me again, but are you gonna have a baby?!"

"Oh my fucking god, could you be any fucking louder?!" I yelled at the boy, who flinched away from my words and looked down at his feet shamefully.

"I'm sorry…" He borderline whispered, then back up at me, his hazel eyes still waiting for an answer to his question.

"Jeez," I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. I shot a few glares at people who stopped and stared at the three of us, frightening most of them away, then turned back to the blonde in front of me.

"Look, Kise, if you're going to ask someone that kind of question, you've gotta do it a lot quieter than you just did. Now, I'm going to answer your question now, but only if you promise not to yell or cry, got it?" I asked. He nodded profusely.

"Yes, Kise. I'm pregnant. No, Kise, I did not do anything stupid while in America and no, Kise, I will not tell you what happened. Not yet. I have to go home and sleep for the next million days. It was nice meeting you. Bye."

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