Chapter 3
Except for Alex, everything and everyone calmed down a bit since the other day. Alexander was still trying to find out how did Mark realise out of jail, and more important – why?
"Alex, would please cut it out?" Valeria snapped him out of his thoughts.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Alex, this can't keep your mind that occupied that much! It has been already a month! You have to let it go," Valeria told him.
"But I can't, Vale! I just can't," he told her.
She couldn't take it. She rolled her eyes at him.
"Look, after I'm picking up Matias from his kindergarten, I have my first appointment at the doctor, and I could really use your company," she told him softly.
"Uh... I'll think about it," he told her.
"Ok... It's your decision..." she sadly said. He noticed it, but had nothing to say.
Meanwhile, Stephanie hung out with her friends at school.
"You know, guys, I'm really worried about my dad..." she told them, and Pixel, her boyfriend, pulled her into a hug.
"Is it really that serious, Pinky?" Trixie asked.
"Yes. That man, Mark Prescott, is literally after them," Pixel told her.
"Yeah, and especially now, that my mom is pregnant..." Stephanie blurted out.
"Wait, your mother is having a baby?" Ziggy asked.
"Yeah, and she kinda made us swear we won't tell until-" she began to say.
"Oh, Stephanie, that's wonderful!" Trixie said.
"Steph, you didn't tell me that!" Pixel smiled at her.
"So is that finally means that I would get to be the baby's godfather?" Stingy asked.
"STINGY!" they said at once.
"Well, at least I tried."
At noon, Stephanie was already home when Vale and Mati came back home. They found Alex sitting in the living room in his Sportacus uniform, surrounded by old boxes full of photos and letters.
"Daddy!" Matias screamed, making Alexander turn around.
"Hey, little guy!" Alex picked him up and sat him on his lap.
If there was anything that Alex liked more than playing with the LazyTown kids, it was to play with his own kid. Every time he was near him, he just looked at him and asked himself how he could act so stupid while Valeria was having him. When Valeria told them she was pregnant again, he promised that he would be 100% into this. This promise didn't last long, though.
"Hey, honey, what's all this?" she asked.
"I'm trying to find any clues about Mark, something that will give me hint for why he's back," he told her.
"Oh... Well, I'm leaving in 15 minutes if you still want to join me," Valeria said.
"Um, sorry, my love, but I gotta stay here, cause if I stop-" he was about to finish his sentence, but he heard her going upstairs without saying a word.
"Daddy, is mommy upset with you?" Matias asked.
Sportacus sighed.
"Yeah, but I'm going to apologize to her later," he told his son.
Valeria was passing Stephanie's room, on her way to the bedroom.
"Hey, mom! Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah..." Vale said and kept going.
"No you're not! What happened?" she asked her mother.
"Nothing, just... Your father promised me that he will be with me 100% in this pregnancy, and let's just say it's not going so well," Vale told her daughter.
"Don't worry, I will talk to him later, but tell me, what is it now?"
"Well, I... Today is my first appointment at the doctor, and I could really use his support. He is the father, after all. But hey... Why don't you come with me? I-I mean if you want to..." Valeria told her.
"Oh my god, are you kidding? I'd love to!" Stephanie exclaimed.
"Great, then," Valeria looked at her watch, "we have 10 more minutes to leave."
"Ok, I'll go get ready!"
10 minutes later...
Stephanie and her mother rushed down the stairs, fully covered from head to toe.
"Hey Steph, where are you going?" Alex asked his daughter.
"Well, since you didn't want to go with mom to her first sonogram – then I'm going," she simply said, and the two went out without saying another word.
At the doctor's office, Vale lied on the bed, waited for the doctor to come back with the files she needed.
"Well, Mrs. Scheving, I see that this is your third pregnancy. Congratulations!" the doctor said.
"Thank you! Actually, my first daughter is accompanying me here today," she looked at Stephanie.
"Oh, that's just wonderful! Shall we start?" the doctor asked and the girls nodded.
Stephanie and her mom held hands, neither of them knew who was more excited about this.
"Well, everything looks just fine for a 6 weeks pregnancy. Would you like to hear their heartbeats?" the doctor asked.
"Their heartbeats?" Valeria asked surprised.
"Wait, you mean there's more than one baby?" Stephanie asked shocked. The doctor nodded.
"See?" she pointed at the monitor.
"Congratulations. You're going to have twins," the doctor smiled as she saw both mother and daughter tearing up together.
Coming back excited from the doctor, Valeria and Stephanie entered the house, to find Alex and Matias in the same position as they left them.
"Hey, dad! Hey, Mati! You'll never guess what we found out at the doctor's office!" Stephanie said with excitement.
"Um, I'd rather not guess..." Alex tried to be gentle.
"And why not?" Vale took off her coat and crossed her arms.
"Because I... Want to be surprised... And so is Mati," he told them.
"Ok, dad, you and I, laundry room, now," Stephanie ordered him.
Once the door was closed, they began to fight.
"What's the real reason you're not into this pregnancy as you promised mom?" she asked.
He didn't answer.
"Well?!"
"Fine! I don't want to know anything about this pregnancy until I figure out why Mark is back and until I put him behind the bars again, because he can use any of this information to hurt us, and I don't want him to do to this baby the same thing that happened to you, or him hurting your mother and little brother and whatever is in her womb! Because I don't want to lose you, all of you!" he told her.
That's when Valeria opened the door, holding Matias in her arms.
"Is that why you didn't want to come today?" she asked with tears in her eyes.
"Y-Yes..."
"Then why didn't you just tell me that in the first place?" she entered the room.
"Because I know you don't like me talking just about that," he said.
"But you still could tell me the truth and not hurt me like that," she said.
"I know, you're right. I should've been honest with you. I'm sorry," he smiled weakly.
"Well, if I'm already here, I will start folding the laundry maybe..." she put Matias down and was about to go the dryer when Alexander stopped her.
"No, let me do this. You should go and rest. For you and for the baby's sake," he said and place his hand on her stomach.
'Oh, if you only knew it was more than one...' Valeria thought to herself.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
He just nodded and kissed her forehead.
Author's note: SO GOOD TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINS! I've missed this family so damn much, you guys have no idea.