"Aw look at that waddle! How cute!" Kristen screamed
"Aw look at that black eye! How cute!" Nikki proposed
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The clones squealed and ran away.
Wyatt walked in with his coffee "How goes it?"
"Hey Wyatt, I'm good. Tired. My energy has been sucked out of me this week. I fell asleep in physics yesterday. I mean, as if Mr. Mathews needs more of a reason to talk down to me. I mean, all my teachers think they're being nice but they're making me feel like a pariah. The kids were bad enough, and the bigger I get the worse it gets!" Nikki laid her head on the desk.
Wyatt ran his fingers through her hair, "I'm sorry Nikki. Whenever I hear something I always stick up for you. Caitlin, Jen and Jonesy too… Probably Jude, but he doesn't seem to ever listen to anything hah."
"Oh Nikki!! We got the invitation to your baby shower!" Kirsten wailed
"Yeah Nikki! We're so totally going!" Kristen hollered
"Okay RSVP to Caitlin or Jen…" Nikki yelled back, then focused her attention on Wyatt "great just what I need at my baby shower…"
"I got the invite too, it was pretty cute."
"Yey!" she faked
"I know this is tough on you Nikki. Have you heard from your mom or anyone?"
"Nope." Nikki looked away, out the window to the mall, and sighed. "Look at all those people. I'm going to end up like Yummy Mummy… bitter and alone." she thought to herself. She must have been stuck in her day dream because when she snapped out of it Wyatt was giving her a weird look.
"Ohhhh-kay… well I gotta get back to the Burger Shack, hit me up anytime you need me!" Wyatt gave her a hug and waved as he walked away. Nikki walked over to where the summer tank top display was and pretended to tidy it up. "Maybe I should just give this baby up. Life would be so much easier and my parents would love me again. Oh but Jonesy, he's so excited. He takes care of Kylie and changes her diaper and makes her bottles…" Nikki's thoughts were interrupted by Chrissy.
"You okay Nikki?" her big eyes gazed into Nikki's
"Yeah I'm fine! Never better!" Nikki looked back down at the station and started unfolding and refolding the tank tops, and putting them in order by color and size, trying to ignore Chrissy and her pity.
"You must be extra tired though."
"I'm not taking my maternity leave until she's here. Chrissy I'm fine really, I'm pregnant I'm not dead." Nikki made extra effort not to look back at her.
"Yeah well I know… but I just don't want you to burn out. School, work and being pregnant must be hard." Chrissy put a hand on Nikki's shoulder
"No, what's going to be hard is school, work and a screaming baby. Just let me enjoy my me time right now."
"Okay Nikki, you're doing great… and if you… never mind." She walked off and sighed
Nikki went back to organizing, with just her and her thoughts.
Jonesy and Jude were at a hockey game, the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. the New Jersey Devils. As usual, it was very loud. The boys were hootin and hollerin for the Maple Leafs, and eating their three dollar hot dogs and drinking their 2 dollar sodas.
"Duuuuude… you can say good-bye to this once that little dudette comes out, bro. No more fun for you ever!"
"Nah man, it'll be cool. I'll still be here, but with a little pink bundle. My girl is going to grow up on hockey and food, just like her father! It'll be great!" Jonesy said, daydreaming.
"Whatever you say bro… YEAH GO LUKE!!!!!!!!! YOU TAKE THAT PUCK!" Jude yelled and the crowd cheered. The two soon got reabsorbed into the game.
"NINE MORE WEEKS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Caitlin jumped up and down
"Yey me!" Nikki snorted. The six friends were all chillin at the Lemon.
"Well at least one of us is excited" Jen smiled
"Hey I am too man! In nine weeks there is going to be a new edition to this table, and she's going to be the most beautiful one too." Jonesy gloated, with his index finger pointed matter of factly.
"Yeah, if she doesn't get any of your genes" Nikki snubbed, and laid her head down on the table "Arughhh these pregnancy headaches are killing me! Between these and the horrible heart burn, I just want to shrivel up into a ball and sleep until I go into labor. Not to mention how much my back hurts from being on my feet all day!" Violette was kicking and punching away, which wasn't making anything better. Nikki felt like a big, bloated, fat slob. "I just want it to be over, isn't 31 weeks enough?"
"Thank God you aren't an elephant bra…" Jude pointed out, "they are pregnant for two years! Heh heh heh…"
"Well that's an uplifting thought. But I gotta 'waddle' back to work. I'll catch you guys later." Nikki got up and waddled back to The Khaki Barn, with her hand on her back.
"Hah, she is waddling" Jude observed, and Jen hit him on the back of the head. "What, she said it bra!"
"Oh but it's the cutest little waddle in the world!" Caitlin stammered "I just want to eat her up!"
"How has Nikki been at home?"
"Fine" Jen affirmed
"Crazy" Jonesy asserted
"Oh Jonesey she has not been crazy. You try dealing with all those hormones, plus her mom isn't here for her, it must be scary. I mean my mom is a good substitute but nothing can replace the real thing. I have noticed she's been snarkier towards you than usual but come on, girl's got a four pound bowling ball in her belly!"
Jude started laughing hysterically "A FOUR POUND BOWLING BALL! HAHHHHAAHAHAHHAH!!!"
Jen glared at him. "Stop. I'm being serious."
"She's carrying so cute too!" Caitlin harped from her station "She's all belly! I love when pregnant girls are all belly! My cousin gained weight all over… yikes. By the end she looked like the blob. Her son is adorable though."
"That's my Nikki, seven months pregnant and still the prettiest girl in the world" Jonesy smiled. Wyatt stuck a finger in his mouth like he was pretending to gag.
"Well man, I'm off to the Burger Shack, I'll be seeing ya!" He clapped Jonesy on the shoulder and left.
"I should go too…" Jonesy gleamed "I have the day off and I want to bug Nikki at work all day. Later Jude, Caitlin!"
"Later dude!"
"Bye Jonesy!"
"Oh my God Jonesy go home!" Nikki demanded
"Nope, I'm staying right here and keeping watch on my bun in the oven."
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHH!" came a reply from the peanut gallery, the clones in the back.
"Jonesy she's fine! She isn't going to run off… as much as I'd like that" she muttered the last part, but Jonesy still heard it.
"Nope, I'm staying right here with little Joanie."
"Um that's not her name."
"I know, but she's going to be a mini-me and it will be her nickname."
"God help us all!" Nikki rolled her eyes.
Jonesy got down on a knee and put his ear up to her belly. Violette went quiet again. "What's that? 'Mommy's a jerk?' Yeah little Joanie I know"
"Stop that!" Nikki laughed and pushed him away "She did not say that! She said that her daddy is annoying and to go home!"
"Whatever dude, she loves her daddy the most." This brought on another round of 'awwwwwhhhhs' from the peanut gallery. Nikki glared at them and they pretended to get busy.
"Yeah, her Greeter God daddy" Nikki winked
"Hey that's not funny man!" Jonesy pouted
"You know I'm just teasing, I would die more than I already am if I was unsure of who fathered her. You're the only man I've ever been with… so far" she stated coyly
"So far!!!! You aren't funny. I'm going home." Jonesy huffed off.
Nikki blew kisses at him "Good bye Jonesy-Wonesy, I looveeeee youuuuuu" she teased. "Finally, peace at last." she thought "I see Jonesy enough at home I definitely don't need him bugging me at work. Maybe I'll bother him at his work… hah." She went back to silently hanging up the summer dresses.
Jonesy was washing the dishes at Papa McMurry's. He heard the bell ring, which meant a new customer walked in, and he peeked around the corner. It was Nikki. He kept an eye on her, wanting to know what she was up to.
"Hey! Where is my Jonesy-Wonsey!" She said in a baby voice to his co-worker, Brad.
"Um he's washing dishes" Brad said, not taking his eyes off her stomach.
"Oh great! He's been ignoring me since we had sex and I heard he worked here!" She stated in a mock-happy tone.
"Oh… did I say he was working today? Sorry not Jonesy, someone else, I get them confused" Brad said, flustered
"No takesie-backsies!" Nikki went back to her baby voice
"Nikki go home!" Jonesy came out from behind the corner.
"Sorry man, I didn't know!" Brad pleaded
"She's shittin you man, that's my girlfriend. We live together."
Brad instantly calmed down and Nikki started laughing "This is payback for bugging me at the crappy barn yesterday! Plus I wanted to make sure you were actually at work and not lying and going somewhere random because you didn't want to admit you got fired again!"
"Nope, I have until she's born until I can get fired! Or else you're moving out!" Jonesy recited.
"Hah, yeah. Okay fella's, I'm out. I'll see you at home Jonesy." Nikki walked out of the take and bake pizza chain.
"Man, that scared me! I thought you were gonna kill me!"
"Hah. You don't know that girl, if we weren't together and never met, had a one night stand and I never talked to her again she would have tracked me down so fast with some hedge clippers and took my kiwi's faster than I could scream. She's one tough chick." Jonesy stared outside with a dreamy look on his face.
"You look like you'd enjoy that…" Brad smirked
"No, I just enjoy her. She's totally abrasive and mean and insane but oh man does she drive me crazy." Jonesy went on day dreaming about her curves and her mouth and especially her ass.
"So she's good in bed?" Brad inquired
"Oh is she! The first time we did it I exploded so fast. Hell, the second and third times too, but lets keep that between you and me, I don't need word getting out I was a one pump chump. I have a reputation to maintain."
"Hah, don't worry. I wasn't a stallion my first few times either."
"Women are crazy man." Jonesy smiled, then a customer walked in "Okay, back to work. God, never thought I'd be saying that."
Nikki was at home in Jen's room, laying on her back watching her belly move. Jen would sometimes poke where Violette did, trying to play with her. Nikki would move on her side every once in awhile to improve circulation. "God Jonesy is still working at Papa McMurry's! I'm so impressed. I mean I have 10 bucks that says he wont last a day after she's here but hey."
"I'll take that action" Jen smiled
"She's so active. It's crazy, sometimes when I'm laying down reading I forget I'm pregnant and then she gives me the strongest kick and knocks the air out of me. She's saying 'oh hell no mom, I'm still here.'" Nikki and Jen chuckled at that.
"Eight weeks. That's less than two months. And only a month until your baby shower."
"It cant come soon enough!" Nikki folded her hands together like she was praying. "Please God let her come before her due date! I'm so done!"
Jen hit her with a pillow "Stop that!"
"I'm walking around with 5 pounds in my stomach man. By the end of the day my back and feet hurt so bad all I want to do is melt in the bath tub."
"I know sweetie" Jen soothed her hair down and placed a hand on her stomach "soon enough." Nikki turned on her side away from Jen and Jen rubbed her back until she fell asleep.
authors note: okay last one for today! i'm writing too much hah.