The shower was a success, almost everything that Jen and Caitlin put on the registry was bought, with the exception of a few items, but that didn't matter. They played games like the string around the belly game and guess the baby food and guess what chocolate is in the diaper, plus every time you say 'baby' your clothes pins get taken away. Even Nikki admitted to having "a little" fun. They ate cake and everyone commented on how cute and glowing she was, and how much of a blessing a baby was. Jen, Caitlin, their moms, the clones, some random friends from school, and all of Jonesy's extended female family. It should have been great, except…

Nikki went outside for some fresh air, all those people crooning over her was a bit much for her to handle in her fragile state. Out their on the porch waiting was her mother.

"Nikki baby, I know this is your special day, but please…"

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Nikki looked at the ground and folded her arms across her belly.

"Nikki, you are making a mistake, both of you! Please don't do this! A child is a blessing, but you are 17, you aren't ready for the responsibility! You can't have a baby at 17 and have any kind of future."

Nikki was speechless. There weren't any words to describe the humiliation and hurt she felt at this moment. How dare her mother come over here and ruin her day. "Thanks for coming." she stated, and walked back into the house. She told Emma, Jen and Caitlin what just happened and they were as shocked as she was. No one said much of anything, but the party was pretty much over anyway. The time came for the guests to depart, with one final 'good luck' to Nikki, and the house was cleared out, except for Emma, Jen and Caitlin, who were left to clean the mess while Nikki kicked her feet up.

"Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!" Jude exclaimed, gawking at all the hot hooter chicks, "I think I died and went to heaven!"

"Jude my man, this is what heaven will look like." Jonesy said cooly, "All the hot chicks you could ever imagine."

"Yeah Jonesy, don't get whiplash. You might break your neck." Wyatt laughed. Just then their hot redhead waitress walked up.

"Do you want some drinks boys?" She addressed seductively

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…" the boys jaws dropped in unison

"A sprite hot waitress dudette!" Jude exclaimed

"Just water for me" Wyatt cooed, lovestruck

"I'll take a pepsi, beautiful." Jonesy flashed his million dollar smile, and the waitress giggled.

"Okay fellas" she winked and took off to get their drinks.

"Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddddeeeeee!" Jude's eyes followed her away

"She's sooooo hot!" Wyatt clamored

"The old Jonesy would so have scored that, but the new Jonesy doesn't even care. I got all I need at home" Jonesy smiled.

"Okay man, you're 17. I didn't want to have to say this but really, do you honestly believe that you and Nikki are going to stay together forever? I mean, a baby at 17 that's pretty heavy." Wyatt, the voice of reason, stated.

"That's what I've been saying bro!" Jude exclaimed, and the hot redhead waitress came back with the drinks. "Hot waitress dudette, we need your advice."

"Okay, what do you need?" She asked haughtily

"This dude here" he patted Jonesy on the shoulder "is having a baby in a month. Do you think he's ready to settle down for life, bra?"

"Um…" The hot waitress looked at them and flashed a nervous smile "My best friend had a baby at 18, but then she partied all the time after he was born and the father took him away and now she gets visitation. The father was 25 though so… well… God this is awkward."

"You don't think I can do it!" Jonesy remarked "Well that's fine but I'm not your friend who had a baby at 18."

"I didn't say you couldn't. It's just going to be hard, raising a child takes a good team at any age. Do you have a good partner?"

The three boys sat and pondered this, then Wyatt jumped in "He does, she's amazing."

"Nikki… duuuuddddeee…" Jude started, and Wyatt hit him upside the head

"I'm ready to order." Jonesy stated "I want a western BBQ burger."

"I'll take the grilled cheese platter bra" Jude ordered, still gawking at the hot waitress.

"I want the buffalo chicken sandwich please!" Wyatt marveled.

"Okay fellas! If you need anything let me know!" She scampered off "Well there goes my tip…" she sighed to herself.

"Well I'm glad you guys are on my team!" Jonesy yelled

"We are man, it's just you're Jonesy, the Jonesmeister, Mr Smoothe, come on. Do you think you can give up your womanizing ways and settle down? I mean being in a exclusive relationship is enough, but a baby? I don't know man, Nikki's a good girl and I don't want her to get hurt."

"Yeah bro, and a baby… a little dudette! Good-bye parties, hello diapers and staying up all night taking care of a screaming little bra."

"I don't want to talk about this anymore. Nikki is mine forever. You think I don't understand that I'm signing my life away for the next 18 years? I do, and I don't care. Nikki is all I need for life, and I love her. So please, stop. I don't need this from my best friends, I get it enough from my enemies."

"Okay bro…" Jude sighed, and then there was an awkward silence.

Jonesy went straight to his room and laid down next to the napping Nikki. "Nikki…" he whispered in her ear, waking her up.

"How was it?" she yawned

"Oh Nik, it was brutal. I thought it was going to be so much fun, but the guys had to bring me down. And for the first time this whole pregnancy I realized that I am ready. For a baby and to be with you for the rest of my life. You're the only girl I want to be with ever. No matter how many girls I meet they're all the same" he put his arms around her, spooning with her. "I only want you Nik."

Nikki rolled over and looked in his eyes. "My mom came by today, told me we were making a mistake. It broke my heart." Tears filled her eyes and she wiped them away on the pillow "No, 'how are you honey?' no 'I will accept you with open arms,' nothing. Just "You're making a mistake, you have no future."

"Nikki, we aren't. We can do this and we will, because we have each other. And I love you."

"Is love enough? I just need to know that two people who had a baby at 17 can stay together forever and raise a baby."

Jonesy pulled her to him and kissed her softly "Yes, we can and we will. I have never been more sure of anything in my life. I've been saving my money, we can do this."

"Okay Jonesy" Nikki smiled and kissed him back.

"Oh my God Juno when are you going to pop?" Tricia smirked in the hallway.

"Oh if I'm lucky I'll pull a Booty and the Borough and my water will break all over your new Manolo Blahnik's" Nikki railed.

"Ew gross!" Mandy and Gwen shrieked.

"Whatever" Tricia rolled her eyes and walked away.

Nikki walked into her physics class and sat down in a table in the back he set up just for her. "Thank God finals are next week and I get to relax until Violette shows up" she thought.

"How are you today, Miss Wong?" Mr. Mathews walked over to her table before the bell to begin class rang.

"I'm good, tired. Just waiting for the school year to be over" she smiled.

"You're doing great, I was 19 when I had my son and my wife was 18 and now I'm a high school physics teacher and she does PR for Mega-Mart. It's not easy, and your boyfriend really needs to be in it for the long haul, but it can be done" Mr. Mathews smiled at her and placed his hand on hers. "If you ever need any advice I'm teaching summer school, stop by." Then the bell rang and he walked to the front of the class to begin his lesson.

"Okay Miss Wong" the midwife smiled. Nikki was feeling pretty awkward, with her legs in the stirrups naked from the waist down. It was her second pelvic exam the whole pregnancy, and the first in seven months. "you aren't dilated or effaced, but that doesn't mean anything. You could go into labor tomorrow or in another month. She's doing fine though, just keep doing your kick counts and call us if there's a problem."

"What! But I'm 38 weeks today! 38 weeks is enough, but I may go to 42? Ughhhhh." Nikki sighed.

"It's very tiring I know, but we will induce you two weeks past your due date if she hasn't arrived by then. You will be fine, enjoy your time while you can, once she's here you get no time" the midwife winked "Now get dressed and come back next week!"

Doing anything was starting to get awkward now. She had a serious waddle going on, at school she went from Juno to 'duck girl,' work was a disaster, she was so clumsy and kept bumping into things trying to find her balance. At least finals went smoothly, and she was sure she kept her 4.0 average for the semester, like always, but grades took awhile to get out.

"Nikki when is she coming!" Kristen bawled.

"Yeah Nikki! When is she coming!" Kirsten shrieked.

"Anytime between now and three weeks from now, but not soon enough" Nikki sighed.

"It's been forever! I remember with you yaked in the trashcan!" Chrissy laughed, and Kristen and Kirsten joined in.

"Oh my god that was so gross" Kirsten stated.

Nikki gave them the death stare and they walked off.

"Hey Nikki" a familiar voice said from behind her. It was Stone, again.

"Oh, hey Stone…" Nikki said awkwardly "Chrissy! A customer! Yeah Stone I gotta go to the back and do some… stuff. In the back…"

"No you don't Nikki!" Chrissy chimed in.

"Um yeah remember, I have that thing that you told me about, you know that thing…" Nikki stepped on Chrissy's foot.

"Ow Nikki! Jeeze!"

"It's okay Nikki I didn't come to be creepy. I've just been thinking about you a lot lately, I wanted to talk."

"About what? Violette has a father and I have a boyfriend. Me and you have no business talking."

"We can't be friends?" Stone asked, looking hurt.

"We weren't friends before we started dating we don't need to be friends after."

"Fine, whatever" He huffed, and stomped out.

"What was THAT all about?" Chrissy questioned.

"I don't know, I guess pregnancy is an aphrodisiac to some guys. It definitely isn't to Jonesy! He's too scared to touch me, even though he knows sperm softens the cervix and that will help me go into labor, but nooooo. He says walking a lot is enough, but I don't want to be pregnant for one more day! Maybe I should take Stone up on his offer hah." Nikki joked "I'm joking don't spread that around like the last one."

"Whatever Nikki, you're weird." The clones shrieked and scampered off.

"Do you love me?" Nikki asked Jonesy, wide-eyed and staring.

"Of course, why?" Jonesy questioned, they were on one of their walks trying to but Nikki into labor.

"Let's have sex."

"Right here?" Jonesy screamed, and Nikki punched him in the shoulder.

"No you idiot, when we get home. I want to go into labor! My due date is tomorrow!"

"I don't know Nikki, I don't want to hurt you or baby Joanie."

Nikki rolled her eyes, so over saying 'that's not her name' "How many books have you read about pregnancy? Eighty million? You should know more than anyone that sex wont hurt anything! It just doesn't turn you on. You know, it turns Stone on…"

"WHAT!" Jonesy stopped dead in his tracks and grabbed her "You talked to Stone!"

"Yeah," Nikki smiled coyly, "I ran into him the other day and he was telling me how hot it was and how he wanted to touch it, and today he stopped by the store and told me he couldn't stop thinking about me."

Jonesy let her go and turned his back "I hate that jerk" he stated.

"So… does that get your testosterone pumping? Do you want to run home and bump uglies?"

Jonesy turned around and looked at her, and then looked away. "Okay, but doggie style, so I don't have to think about hurting you" he smiled shyly, and the two power walked home.