Afhjdghfdsbgsdk. YOU GUYS. UGH. I AM SO SORRY! I had such bad writer's block and fhjgbfa. But here you go! I hope you like it, and I hope you still love me! I still, and always will, love you boodles and lots. Kaythanksbye.
"Yo-Yo," I say, holding the phone in between my face and my shoulder, "hey."
"Hey, Pinwheel," my best friend says casually, as if we hadn't talked in an hour, not a month or two. "How's your pervert and his baby?"
"They're great," I say, smiling down at my stomach. I'm showing. A little. "I can't wait until our little baby is born."
"Do you know the sex yet?" Yo-Yo asks. "I want to know if my god-baby is a boy or a girl."
"Why would I make you the godmother?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I'm your best friend," says Yo-Yo. "By the way, Spoon and 'Lulah are mad at you."
"Oh, why?" I ask.
"Because you're having a baby."
"You told them!?" I shriek, sitting up on the bed. The Once-ler steps out of the bathroom at that moment, a towel tied around his waist. He looks at me questioningly as Yo-Yo says, "Of course."
"Why?!" I ask, incredulously. "I asked you not to!"
"Yeah, you did," she agrees. "Can I come visit you?" I slap my hand to my forehead and groan.
"Yeah, whatever," I say. "Fine."
"Cool. Sexy and I will be there in a few days." Without waiting for an answer, she hangs up and I sigh.
"Yo-Yo hasn't changed?" Oncie says conversationally, sitting at the end of the bed. I laugh.
"Not much, but she has a boyfriend now. So it's a bit different."
~!~a week later~!~
"You have a visitor, Ms. Floogenderp," says a voice from behind me. I'm sitting at the kitchen table, stuffing food into my mouth.
"Send them in," I say through a mouthful of ice cream. I swallow the large amount of cold dessert and shudder as I feel it in my chest before I turn around. Yo-Yo walks in.
"Pinwheel!" she exclaims. "This place is huge!"
"Right?" I ask, laughing.
"Left!" she replies. I laugh harder and stand up to hug her. She usually never allows me to hug her. But a month and a half of not seeing or talking is different, and she hugs back. "I see you're getting big," she comments. "Baby wise, I mean." Why, I don't know, but that makes me upset. She shouldn't insult me like that!
"Are you...are you calling me fat?" I ask, obviously wounded.
"Yep!" she answers happily. I laugh again a bit, though I'm still hurt. Things like that have happened a lot recently. Like yesterday.
Once-ler: Sally, you're such a blanket hog.
Me: I-I...I'm s-sorry, Oncie...
Once-ler: It's fine. You just steal all the blankets.
Me: WELL IF YOU THINK SO GO SLEEP ON THE SOFA!
Once-ler: ...what?
Me: I'M SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
Pregnancy hormones are crazy. One minute I'm crying, the next I'm laughing. It's insanity.
"Where's Leron?" I ask.
"He's out in the lobby talking to someone," she replies. "He thinks being social is fun." She shudders and I laugh.
"Silly boy," I chuckle. "Talking to people." I give a fake shudder in return.
~!~the Once-ler's POV~!~
"How long is she staying?" I mutter to Sally, looking at Yo-Yo. She's standing on the sofa in the den, looking out the window and counting the tree stumps.
"Until the baby is born, I guess," she answers over Yo-Yo's "two thousand eighteen, two thousand nineteen, two thousand twenty..."
"How much longer?" I ask.
"Just three months," she says back, placing her hand on her large belly. "Then I'll be a mommy and you'll be a daddy-"
"And I'll be a godmother!" Yo-Yo put in. She looks back out the window. "Aww, I lost count..." She sighs. "One, two, three..." I sigh and look at Sally.
"Three months has never seemed so incredibly long."
~!~Sally's POV~!~
"Yo," I say from my spot on the sofa, "do me a favor?"
"Nope."
"Yo-Yo."
"Fine," she groans, as if I'm asking her to do run to the moon for me. "What is it?"
"Get me a blanket?" I ask, pointing to the blanket across the room. She looks over at it.
"You want me to walk allthe way over there?" she asks, raising an eyebrow. I sigh and begin to reply, but then my eyes go wide. I look down to see my pants, but can't over my big stomach.
"No," I say quietly, "I want you to call a doctor."
"Why?"
"I think my water just broke."
Yo-Yo stares at me. "You mean, you're gonna have your baby?" I nod slowly. "Right now?" I nod once again. "But you're wearing my sweat pants!"
"Yo-Yo!" I exclaim. "That isn't important!"
"Yes it is!" she yell. "I can't get baby stains out of those pants! Take them off! Then we'll call the hospital! And Perv! But first off with the pants!"
"Yo-Yo!" I scream, my stomach hurting suddenly. "Shut the hell up! I mean it!" I lean over in pain. She sighed.
"Fine! But keep the pants when you're done!"
"Thank you!" I exclaim.
"Now let's go! And you're SO gonna buy me a new pair of sweats after this!"
"It'll be at the top of my to-do list," I hiss at her through teeth clenched tight in pain. "Now hurry!" She helps me to my feet and leads me out of the room. I'm dizzy from the pain in my head.
"Yo-Yo," I whisper as we reach the elevator. "I can't...I can't do it."
"Sure you can," Yo-Yo says. "All you gotta do is press the 'open' button and step inside."
"Not that!" I exclaim in a whisper. "I can't make it all the way to the hospital."
"Sure you can, it's a thirty minute drive."
"I can't do it," I whisper, weakly. "I can't...I can't make it all the way." Yo-Yo groans.
"Fine, I'll take you down to the employee lounge and we'll call the doctor, alright?"
"Alright," I say weakly. "That's...that's good." I nod. "Get the Once-ler for me...please. I need him."
"Alright," she says as the elevator doors open. Her boyfriend, Leron, stands there. "Sexy! Go get Perv! Pinwheel is in labor!"
"Where is he?"
"He's in a meeting, sixth floor," I whisper as Yo-Yo leads me into the elevator.
"I'm on it." Leron pushes the 'close doors' button. I quickly press the first floor button and the three of us stand there as the music plays. No one says anything. After a pause, Leron says, "My epic quest to get your boyfriend would have been a lot epic-er if I took the stairs."
~!~the Once-ler's POV~!~
I stare down at my boots, lightly kicking a a wadded up piece of paper back in forth between them. I'm not listening to whatever my publicity guy is saying. I just want to get the meeting over with so I could go eat lunch.
The door bursts open. "Once!" Leron exclaims, breathless. "You...y-you need..."
"I'm in a meeting, Leron," I say, still kicking the paper around. "It'll be over soon."
"No!" he exclaims. "No! We need you now!"
"Why?"
"Sally! She's going into labor!"
My eyes widen. "Oh. Oh! Well let's go!" I jump from my chair, my hat falling off in the process. I leave it behind as I race out of the doors after Leron. "Where are they? In the hospital?" I ask hurriedly.
"I...I don't know," he says honestly. "I think they're still in the building, I'm not sure..."
"Dammit!" I say loudly. "Fine! You check this floor, I'll get the next one. Go!" We both run in different directions.
~!~Sally's POV~!~
"Where is he?" I whisper from my spot on the couch. "H-he should b-be here."
"He's coming," Yo-Yo assures me. "I promise you, he's coming. He'll be here." I nod shakily.
"Right..." I hold out my hand. "Yo-Yo, can you hold my hand?"
"No."
"Please."
"No."
"Yo-Yo, please just l-" I shut my eyes tight as another wave of pain runs through my belly. "I'll make the baby your god-kid!"
"It's already my god-kid."
"I'll let you pick its middle name!"
She pauses. "Fine." She takes my waiting hand. I sigh in relief and squeeze it as I shut my eyes from pain. She yelps. "Ow!"
"Sorry!" I gasp, opening my eyes and breathing heavily. A man rushes into the room in a few minutes.
"Let's see how you're doing," he says, obviously the doctor. He sat down in front of me and looked in between my legs. "Oh, you're fully dilated. We need to start now."
"What?" I yelp, my eyes widening. "No! The Once-ler isn't here!"
"I'm sorry, miss, but we can't wait for your husband."
"Boyfriend!" I snap. "And we need to wait!"
"We can't," he says firmly. "Now I'm gonna need you to push." I sigh and shut my eyes tight, doing as he asked. I scream.
~!~the Once-ler's POV~!~
"Did you find them?" I breathlessly ask Leron as we meet up in the lobby. I'm panting from running all over the top floors. He shook his head.
"N-no. They must be on this floor." I nod.
"Right." I start to walk towards the hallway. "How long have we been looking?"
He checks his watch. "About half an hour." I groan.
"Sally will kill me if I miss the birth!"
"You won't," Leron promises. "Labor can take hours."
I nod. "Yeah, you're right." I pinch the bridge of my nose and take a deep breath to calm myself. "I'll make it on time."
~!~Sally's POV~!~
"And...and...it's a boy!" Dr. Braff yells, holding up a small purple baby. It's screaming and waving its little fists around. Though I'm in so much pain, I smile. The ugly little boy is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Dr. Braff washes the baby and hands him to, wrapping him up in a shirt Yo-Yo ran and got for me. He'd stopped screaming, and he slowly opens his little blue eyes. I smile more.
"Hey," I say softly. "Hey, baby. I'm your mommy." His hand wraps around my finger and holds on tight. My baby's got a grip. The doors burst open and someone breathlessly says, "I-I'm here!" I don't look up, still staring at my baby. The person who ran in, who I know is the Once-ler, walks over to the couch and crouches beside me. Neither one of us say a word until I look at him and say, "Can we name him Cooter?"
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