Joey woke up early one morning and still half asleep walked to the bathroom to get ready. He had a busy day ahead. At 08.00 AM he had a meeting with his publisher about the design of his new book. And later Connor would come over to do a collab. No one else besides Daniel new about the pregnancy, and he was still not sure if anyone else should. The light in the bathroom blinded him before he saw his full body figure appear in the mirror. The sight that met him woke him up. He placed a hand on the side of his stomach and turned sideways to the mirror. You could clearly see a little bump was formed. Joey hadn't eaten anything since the evening before so it could not be that. And for the first time he really noticed the bump and found out he could not just suck it in.

"Daniel can you come in here?" Joey yelled.
Daniel was still fast asleep and had no reason to get up early today, so he did not react to Joey calling him.
"Daniel!" Joey yelled louder.
Daniel woke up, looked at the clock on his nightstand and let out a big sigh before he got up and moved towards the bathroom.
"What is it?" Daniel asked while scratching his eye.
"Look at this", Joey said as he made hand gestures toward his stomach.
Daniel looked confused: "what? Is anything wrong?"
"Yes! You can tell", Joey said with a bit of panic in his voice. "Everybody is going to ask questions, I won't be able to go outside, I can't make videos or vlogs anymore. I…"

Daniel had placed himself in front of Joey placed a hand behind his head and given him a kiss.

"What was that for?" Joey said and looked at Daniel
"Sweety you were hyperventilating, you need to calm down".
Joey took a few deep breaths and looked in the mirror while Daniel went behind him and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"Listen. There is barely anything to see. If you put a loose shirt on, even you will not notice it". Daniel said calmly.
"It is not just that. It is the thought of it, I know it is there and I can't help feeling vulnerable and scared.
"I now you can feel it. I can feel it", Daniel said as he led his soft hands slide down Joey's upper body before placed them around the little firm bump. "You still got some time to figure out, what you are going to do in the long run and who you want to involve. You can do this, and you know I'll always be here when you need me".

Daniel gently stroked Joey's belly as he let go, kissed him on the cheek and walked back to bed.
Joey brushed his teeth and cleaned his face before choosing some clothes. He could still fit all of his clothes but was curious to see how a tight shirt would look on him. He put on some blue jeans and a very tight tank-top before walking over and posing in the tall mirror next to the bed. Joey quickly ran his fingers through his hair before placing a hand on his chest and sliding it down to his waistline. He then slowly stated stroking his belly with his thumb while he looked at it in the mirror.

"You look sexy", Daniel whispered from the bed.

Joey put his hand down and rolled his eyes at Daniel with a smile on his face. Joey changed to a white long-sleeved hoodie before leaving for his meeting. The meeting gave Joey a few hours off, where he could concentrate on other things, which he really needed.

At lunchtime Joey was home again. Daniel had prepared some vegan burgers for the both of them. The second the burger wad placed in front of Joey, he stared feeling sick. He hid it from Daniel, to not make him upset, and pushed the plate a little bit away.

"Aren't you hungry?" Daniel asked.
"No, I actually ate a big breakfast only an hour ago", Joey lied as the morning had been way too packed to do so. "I will go upstairs and prepare before Connor arrives".

Joey left the table, leaving Daniel to sit and eat alone with the dogs. Joey felt bad for doing it, but had he stayed any longer it would not have been a pretty sight.
Knocking on the front door then made the dogs barking. Joey opened the door, and before he got a step inside Connor got overrun by both Wolf and Storm.

"Wow! I'm glad to see you two too", Connor grinned.
"Boys behave. Go to the kitchen", Joey commanded.
With the dogs in the kitchen Joey and Connor got to greet each other.
"I'm so glad to see you, it has been ages" Joey said and gave Connor a hug.
"Yeah right? Last time Wolf was only a puppy", Connor sighed. "You look great by the way, has anything happened?"

A lot of thoughts ran through Joey's head. Would it just be easier to start telling friends now? Before he could answer Daniel came running from behind to greet Connor. Joey was safe for now.
Connor walked through the door. He had a green backpack with stuff for his video and a chicken salsa wrap in his left hand.

"I haven't had lunch yet I hope it is okay that I bring non-vegan food into your home", Connor joked.
"No you let that wrap stay outside", Daniel grinned. "Oh, I have finished a project out in the garden, a platform on the roof, do you want to see it?"
"That sounds so cool, can we go up there?" Connor asked.
"Well you can't see it from the ground", Daniel answered.

On the way out to the garden Connor threw his backpack in the couch and placed the wrap on the kitchen counter. Joey stayed inside and fed the dogs. Just when he had put down the bowls and the dogs started eating, Joey could suddenly smell something, which make him realize that he was starving. The smell came from the Connor's wrap on the counter. Joey looked out in the garden and could not see either Daniel or Connor, which meant they were up on the platform. Joey looked at the wrap and could not resist taking a bite. It felt so wrong, since he knew how chicken for fast food wraps were produced, but on the other hand he hadn't tasted anything as good as that in weeks. He took and other bite and one minute later Joey had consumed the entire wrap. He felt very guilty, not just for eating meat, but also because it was Connor's lunch. He had to come up with an explanation. Joey was not proud of his plan, when the door to the garden opened.

"I can't believe Daniel built that for you. You are so lucky", Connor said and he moved towards the kitchen. "I'll be ready to film as soon as I have eaten my wrap".

Connor looked confused at the counter where he had put the wrap.

"Joey have you seen my wrap?" Connor asked.
"No, I have been upstairs to prepare for filming most of the time", Joey said in a high pitched voice. "It must be one of the dogs".
"Did one of you eat my wrap?" Connor said as he stared at Wolf and Storm. Connor squatted and the dogs came over to him. "I could never be mad at you. I just hope the salsa wasn't too strong".
"Not at all", Joey said and quickly froze.
"What? How would you know that?" Connor asked.
"You would be able to sense it on them. And as you can see they are as happy as ever", Joey answers and put on a face smile.
"I can reheat a vegan burger for you, if you want" Daniel then commented. "Joey had a big breakfast and could not eat his".

As Daniel offered Connor the burger he had his eyes on Joey. He could easily tell when he was lying. It made Joey's face turn red in embarrassment.
Luckily for Joey, Connor didn't notice and gladly accepted Daniel's offer.

It was then time to film the videos. They filmed Joey's video first, where they took time to guess what the other one formed in kinetic sand, which was hard since the sand didn't stayed in the same shape for long. Everything was going well until the end of the video.

"Hope you all enjoyed the video. We are now going to make a video for Connor's channel. What are we doing over there?" Joey asked.
"We are going to get wet! We are playing never have I ever, and every time we have done something, we get under the shower with the cold water turned on for five seconds!" Connor answered.

Joey absolutely didn't want to do that, but he had to hide his feelings and end the video looking happy as always.

"Go check that video out, the link to it will be in the description. Until the next video, good damn bye!"

Joey put his hand over the camera lens and looked at Connor.

"Connor about your video idea…", Joey started.
"I loved that video you and Marcus did with the questions and the shower. If you think this is too similar we can just do something else", Connor said.
"No it´s not that. Your video idea is great", Joey said. "I just don't know if the chock my body would get from cold water multiple times would be healthy for me right now".
"Oh, I didn't know you were sick, is it something severe?" Connor asked in a concerned voice.
"It is actually not at illness it's…" Joey stopped himself as he didn't knew if now were the time to tell his first friend about his condition. He had to start telling all of his friends, at least all the friends he could trust with his secret. Connor was a friend he trusted, so he asked him to sit down.
"I'm a bit scared to film this video, because I'm afraid that everyone is going to notice my stomach", Joey said in a serious voice.
Connor thought Joey was joking and got a big smile on his face: "You've gotta be kidding me", Connor grinned. "You maybe not be super fit, but you are certainly not fat!"
"But I am going to be, because I'm pregnant", Joey said.
"Good one", Connor said and gave Joey a push on the shoulder, still with a smile on his face.
Joey kept a straight face as he waited for Connor to calm down.
"Are you serious?" Connor asked.

Joey nodded and told Connor about how he found out at the hospital the night he had fainted.

"That sounds so crazy. But can you see anything when it is this early? I mean can I see it?" Connor asked.

Joey took off his shirt and turned sideways to Connor.

"I literally can't see anything" Connor said disappointed.
"But it is right there! I didn't use to have that little bump", Joey said.
"It just look like you've just eaten, and not even a lot", Connor said.
"Told you", Daniel added as he stood in the door. "You can easily film this video with Connor, no one will comment on it".
"Okay, I surrender. Just not any cold water, I'll pretend it's cold", Joey said.

Joey and Connor then moved to the bathroom and filmed the video with both of them only in a pair of swim shorts.