Emma, Jen, Jonesy's father and Jonesy all stood in the darkened room. It was February 14th, the most romantic day of the year. Nikki was twenty weeks and two days pregnant, and it was now time for the anatomy scan. The ultrasound tech put that cold goo on her stomach, and placed the scanner on her stomach. Instantly, a silhouette of a head showed up.
"Awww it's sucking it's thumb!" The tech, whose name-tag said M. Harrison. Jen and Emma oh'd and aw'd. "Okay now let me take measurements…." she smiled.
Jonesy took Nikki's hand and bit his lip. "And here is the moment we've all been waiting for! A baby Nikki or a baby Jonesy!"
"Oh God…" The girls all slapped their foreheads in unison.
"Hold still…." M. Harrison said. "Okay here is the moment." She placed the cold wand on Nikki's stomach and everyone looked intently on the screen.
"Oh well I know already." Emma laughed. Nikki raised an eyebrow.
"Me too." Jonesy sighed. "Miss Harrison, there are three lines. I'm having a girl."
"Yes! Congratulations dad! It's a girl!" M. Harrison smiled. Jonesy squeezed Nikki's hand and beamed from ear to ear "I'm having a daddy's girl!"
"Yey…." Nikki smiled, exasperated. "A daddy's girl…" Emma and Jen both glared at her.
"Nikki…" Jen sighed. It was hard enough living with a ghost, but when the ghost tried to ruin her step-brothers happiness it was almost too much. "Don't rain on our parade please. You are having a baby girl Nikki!"
"I'm sorry… I really did want a girl. I'm just still mad about my parents…" M. Harrison kept on taking measurements.
"Okay well dolls, your daughter is measuring 21 weeks!"
"But I'm only 20 weeks and 2 days!"
"Yes! She's measuring ahead!"
Emma and Jen both smiled, and Jonesy looked so relieved. "See Nikki! I told you it would all be okay!" He leaned down and kissed her mouth.
Mr. Garcia just stood, he kept his eyes on his grand-daughter. "I see my grand-daughter sucking her thumb already. She's beautiful."
"Yes Grand-dad, she is!" M. Harrison smiled.
Jen and Emma held hands as Jonesy cleaned the gel off of Nikki's stomach.
Nikki put her hand on her stomach as she felt her daughter move around inside her. Jonesy still couldn't feel it from the outside yet, but Nikki sure could. It felt like her stomach muscles were spazzing out. "Jonesy you really don't feel this!" Nikki glared, and placed Jonesy's hand on her stomach for the 80 thousandth time.
"Umm…." Jonesy laughed awkwardly.
"JONESY!" Nikki realized that as soon as Jonesy's hands were on her stomach, baby girl stopped moving. "Just stay here with your hand, as soon as your hand goes on my stomach she stops moving." Nikki grumbled through clenched teeth. They waited for twenty minutes.
"Oh my God I felt it! I felt her move!" Jonesy laughed.
"Yes!!! She just did! Good job dad!" Nikki laughed and kissed him.
"Nikki you name her. I will give you names I like at the moment and you name her! I like Joanie Marie Garcia, Joanne Marie Garcia, or Joanna Marie Garcia." Jonesy beamed.
"Um Yeah…. No. I'm sorry Jonesy. Her name will either be Violette Evelina Wong-Garcia or Violette Eva Wong- Garcia."
"Wong-Garcia!" Jonesy moaned, "What that means is that you don't think we will be together forever! The Psychology of Baby Names told me so! Awww Nikki!"
"What? No! It's not like that!"
"If its not then the names are Violette Evelina Garcia or Violette Eva Garcia."
"Fine! I was just saying Wong-Garcia because we aren't married. But it's fine, you just have to marry me as soon as you turn eighteen." Nikki smiled, sure it would work.
"Um, Nikki I was planning on it anyway. Come on now I wont let our daughter's birth go in vain." Nikki shuddered again, and frowned. "What?" Jonesy pouted
"Nothing I just feel that naming a child's last name solely after its father's last name is so male chauvinist. I put in all the work and she gets your last name?"
"Nikki it's tradition. Just give me this I will give you anything else!" Jonesy asked in desperation.
"Anything? Fine you win. But you mean anything. So you will give me anything."
"Yes anything my doll." Jonesy smiled.
"Okay, but that means for life, and right now I want some lovin." Nikki laid down on the bed and smiled.
"Oh yeah?" Jonesy grinned and turned off the lights.
"Oh how cute Jonesy!" Caitlin blurted "A little daddy's girl!"
"Yeah dude… a baby Nikki to join the crew…. Sweeeeet…" Jude acknowledged.
"When I saw that ultrasound Jonesy, my heart melted! She was SO beautiful!" Jen shrieked.
"Yeah Jonesy, you did all right." Wyatt slapped him on the back.
"Thanks guys!" Jonesy smiled.
"Have you guys decided on a name!" Caitlin chirped
"Yeah I think I have," Nikki snuck up, "Violette Evelina WongGarcia. I kind of like it." She said the last name very fast, hoping Jonesy wouldn't catch it. He glared at her.
"Violette Evelina Garcia." He responded, still glaring.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! VIOLETTE!" Caitlin jumped "How cute!" Jonesy just smiled.
"Yeah, and I also felt her for the first time last week! She jumped for her dad." Jonesy put his arms behind his head proudly
"Puh-lease!" Nikki sneered "you had to keep your hand on my stomach for twenty minutes before she would move for you. Daddy's girl my butt. Jen felt her right away two weeks ago!" The rest of the gang snickered. "My placenta is anterior, meaning at the front of my belly and not the back, so she's harder to feel from the outside. It's not his fault he's not in tune with his sensitivity like a woman is." Nikki leaned down and kissed Jonesy on the cheek. "Well I'm off. I'm headed home. Bye guys!"
"Bye Nikki!" Everyone chimed in.
"Dude…" Jude smiled
"21 weeks and not even showing!" Caitlin clamored
"No, she is a little." Jen notified, "I mean this is her first pregnancy."
"Eeeeeeeeee!" Caitlin Squealed, "I'm so excited! Let's plan her baby shower!!!"
"Yeahh…" Jonesy uttered "I think I'm gonna head home…."
"Okay Jonesy!" Caitlin laughed.
"Bye dude!" Jude grinned.
"Bye Jude!" Jonesy grinned back.
"See ya buddy…" Wyatt laughed calmly.
Nikki sat awkwardly in her physics class, Violette wouldn't stop moving and it was very uncomfortable. Plus her brain just wasn't focused like it should be. "Now I know how Jonesy feels…" she laughed to herself. Emma told her it was just because all her brain cells were with the baby, but it didn't make Nikki feel better or even smart.
"Miss Wong?" Mr. Mathews asked "Is everything okay? Perhaps you need a bigger desk?" The class all laughed, and Mr. Mathews gave them all the eye until the quieted down.
"No, no Mr. Mathews, I'm just uncomfortable. I'll be okay!"
"Okay. So now lets go over the methods of charging static electricity. Mrs. Wong you go first. Name one."
"Ummmm…." Nikki trailed off, giving Mr. Mathews a lost gaze. "Charging by friction. Where the atoms of one thing come in close proximity to another and if the electron affinity is right, then static electricity will charge." Nikki smiled, happy that ALL her brain cells weren't with the baby.
"Good job!" Mr. Mathews smiled. "Natasha another one?"
Nikki trailed off into a day dream about how great it would be if her mother would have accepted her pregnancy with open arms. They could have gone shopping together, she would have been so proud to get a baby grand daughter. They could have stayed up late eating ice cream while her mother told her it would be all right, they would go through this together. Jonesy was great and all, but no one's approval could replace her mothers. "I gotta talk to her…" Nikki thought, but before she could come up with a plan, the bell to go home for the day rang. Nikki gathered her things and sighed. She promised Chrissy she would go to work at five today, but she was just so tired.
"Twenty-four weeks today huh Nikki?" Caitlin said from behind her. Nikki turned around to look at her
"Yeah how did you know?"
"Jonesy has a ticker on his myface." Caitlin beamed.
"Oh joy, now the whole world can document my pregnancy!"
"Nikki be nice to him! He's trying his hardest and actually succeeding at something! Jonesy is!"
"You're right, but I just wouldn't be me if I couldn't say things like that would I? I gotta keep my edge if I want to keep my sanity" Nikki smiled. 24 weeks today.