Chapter 5: Awwwww Kuzco!

Malina was in her office working on her new article for the Kuzconian Times (the daily news paper in Kuzco's empire).

"Hmm let's see, what to write, what to write. I know, How to convince men that having a family is nothing to be worked up about! Or why do emperors feel that running a kingdom is more important than

having a family!" Malina yelled. She was still upset about what Kuzco told her. She couldn't believe that he didn't want a family. Malina sighed as she turned off her computer. Guaca came into the room. He saw

that Malina had her head on the desk. He went over to her, making sure that he didn't disturb her too much.

"Um Malina." Guaca said as he poked her head. "Malina, Malina!" he continued to yell.

"WHAT?!" Malina yelled.

"Nothing. Kuzco wanted me to get you. He says he has a surprise for you." Guaca said as he flinched from Malina's wrath.

"Kuzco? What does he want?!" she said as she turned on her computer and began typing wildly.

"I don't know he just wanted me to get you."

"What's the matter with his legs? He can't come get me himself?! Just because he's an emperor doesn't mean he's better than everyone else! Grrrr!" Malina said as she typed even harder.

"Malina, just come and see what he wants. It might be great." Guaca said with a smile.

Malina almost lost it. "Great?! Great?! GREAT?! You know what Guaca, I honestly don't know what you see in Kuzco but he is a complete jerk!"

"Um Malina, I don't mean to be rude but you're the one who married him." Guaca said.

"You know what? You're so right Guaca, I did marry him. Which is why I don't understand why he doesn't want a family!" she said as she began to cry again.

"Malina, Kuzco really wants you. You should come and-"

"Yeah, I should go and give Kuzco a piece of my mind! I should tell him that we are having this baby whether he likes it or not!" Malina said as she stormed out of the room. Guaca looked on the computer

screen. He saw Malina's new article for the Kuzconian Times. He read the entire article. His face lit up with shock. He couldn't believe that Malina wrote something so terrible! He was going to delete it, when a

maid came into the office and started cleaning like crazy. Guaca tried to get out of her way but she bumped into him, knocking his hand onto the mouse, accidentally publishing the article! The article was no

longer on the screen. Guaca assumed that he deleted the article and left the room after Malina. He finally caught up to her in the hallway and stopped her.

"Guaca, what are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm sorry your majesty but the surprise is this way." Guaca said as he pointed in the opposite direction.

"I don't care about the surprise, I want to find Kuzco!" Malina yelled as she pushed Guaca out of the way. Sure enough Kuzco walked right into Malina.

"Malina! There you are. I was telling Guaca to-"

"Save it Kuzco! Look, we're having this baby whether you want it or not!" Malina yelled.

Kuzco was confused. "Malina, we are having this baby. Look, I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I didn't mean that."

"What did you mean Kuzco? Because it sounded like you didn't want a family at all."

"What? Malina, I would never say that!"

"But you said no when I asked you if you wanted a family."

"Malina, I said no meaning that I wasn't ready. I was scared because I thought that I wouldn't be a good father and husband as I am a good emperor. I was afraid of letting you and our son or daughter

down. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you think that." Kuzco said as he kept his head down. Malina lifted his head up and kissed him.

"Kuzco, I didn't know that. I'm sorry. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was kinda scared." Kuzco said with a crooked smile.

"Kuzco I'm scared too. But we will do this together." Malina said as they hugged.

"Um sir?" Guaca interrupted.

"Right the surprise! Malina close your eyes." Kuzco said as he led his wife down the hall.

"Alright open them." Kuzco said.

Malina opened her eyes to see a nursery filled with toys, cribs, diapers, blankets, baby food, strollers, high chairs, and play pens. The room was painted in a neutral color since they didn't know the gender of

the baby yet. It was like Baby's R' Us! Malina couldn't believe her eyes! Here she thought that Kuzco didn't want a baby when he put out so much! She began to cry tears of joy.

"Kuzco did you do all of this?" she asked.

"Yup! The rest of the shipments are on their way! Do you like it?"

"Like it? I LOVE it!" Malina said as she ran and hugged Kuzco tightly.

"Kuzco, this is a lot of stuff. You have like ten cribs in one room! I don't think we'll have that many children!" Malina said with a laugh.

"I know. I'm donating the extras after we have our children. I'm donating them to the Kuzcogarden in Kuzco academy once we have all the kids we want."

"Where will all the stuff go in the meantime?"

"In the basement duh!" Kuzco said.

"Wow Kuzco. I feel so bad about what I said. I'm sorry for saying that you didn't want a family."

"Malina, it's totally fine and that's not all." Kuzco said as he whistled. When he whistled, his butler appeared with two tickets on a silver platter. He handed the tickets to Kuzco and walked away.

"Malina, we never really had a vacation since our honeymoon. I want you and I to go on a cruise! What do you think?"

"Awwww Kuzco this is amazing! Thank you sooo much!" Malina said as she kissed him.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"You want to go now?"

"Yeah why not? I already packed us up!" Kuzco said as some maids appeared with two large suit cases. Malina couldn't be happier! She didn't even think about the nasty article that she wrote about Kuzco

not wanting a family. Little did she know that the article was already published! DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!