Title: Expecting
Author: Eeevee
Rating: K
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Author's note: none
"Jacuzzi, sit down. I got something to tell you." Nice said.
The gang was holed up in a temporary safe house. Maybe not the best place for a conversation, but they had nothing but time. It was a matter of cat and mouse, and these mice had no interest in being torn to pieces.
The sickly yellow light flickered inconsistently across the crates and concrete floors. It turned Jacuzzi's jacket an unflattering shade of puke and Nice decided that would have to be fixed next time they were here. It wasn't that things had to be all pretty, she wasn't into that, but that god damn flickering made her fingers itch for some matches and a more permanent solution.
"What is it Nice?" Jacuzzi asked, peering nervously around.
"Would you just sit down?"
Jacuzzi focused his full attention on her hearing her serious tone and his eyes widened. His mouth moved soundless for a few seconds as he worked himself up into a worried tirade, "What? Are you hurt? Oh gosh, are you bleeding? I knew those bullets were dangerous! Have they found us again? Oh no, what're we going to do? It's Donny, isn't it? He's in trouble…" Jacuzzi squeaked, "He's dead, isn't he?"
"Over here boss," a deep voice rumbled from across the room where the rest of the gang was playing a game of poker.
Nice gave a good-natured sigh and grabbed his wrist firmly with her gloved hand. She tugged him closer to get his attention, "Why are you always so negative? What if I got some good news to tell you?"
"Oh…"
Nice, deciding he didn't believe her, or was too stupefied by the thought of optimism to believe her, continued calmly, "We're having a baby." And she hoped he wouldn't hit his head on the way down because she wasn't going to be able to catch him.
"A…a baby?"
She nodded.
His expressive face warred between confusion, panic, and happiness. Wolf whistles echoed around them and Nice had to remind Jacuzzi to breathe.
"We… we… we need diapers!" he blurted out, finally getting a coherent sentence out after several false starts. "And… and… toys, you know?"
"I don't think he'll need those just yet." Nice grinned.
"He? It's a boy?"
"Well, it could be a girl."
"A girl?"
"Jeez Jacuzzi, it's not like we can tell yet. I ain't that far along." She placed a hand on her flat body to emphasis her point. He tentatively placed his hand over hers and gave a trembling smile.
"Ah, he kicked me!"
Nice realized it was good they had time to talk this out so they could lay some ground rules. But for the moment she was happy enough to share his excitement in addition to her own. She was sure the nagging would come later.