Electric Feel

Ch. 12

As they pulled up in front of a small two storey house on the outskirts of DC, Monique looked around confused. She had thought her mother lived in the centre of the city in a condo, not some white picket fence area. Stepping out of the car, she looked to her mother questioningly but her mother smiled brightly at her, gesturing her to go inside.

'Mama, I thought you lived near the centre of DC?' Monique asked, as she, Derek and Emily headed into the house. Emily only smiled as she gestured Monique into the house she was now sharing with Derek.

'Well I was but uh…well there's something we need to tell you,' Emily said nervously, as they all took a seat in the lounge room. Monique watched her mother carefully looking between her and Derek before finally coming to a conclusion, they were either engaged or her mother was pregnant. She personally hoped for the latter, she'd always wanted a little brother or sister.

'Are you pregnant?' Monique asked. Both Emily and Derek were shocked that she'd figured it out so easily but shock was replaced with happiness that Monique hadn't sounded angry or betrayed.

'Yes,' Emily answered giddily as she hugged Monique.

'Oh Mama, I am so happy! I will finally have a little brother or sister,' she gushed smiling brightly just like her mother. Then it clicked, 'Oh! Is it a boy or girl?' She asked. Emily smiled; she couldn't believe Monique was actually happy for her.

'It's a girl and we've already got a named picked out,' Emily told her eldest daughter. Monique smiled as she thought about all the things she could teach her little sister.

'What is her name? I don't want to be calling her baby til she is born,' Monique asked. She watched as Emily and Derek looked at each other carefully.

'Well,' Emily began, 'We weren't going to tell anyone til the baby was born but I think we can make an exception. Her name is Matisse.'

'Oh mama! That is a gorgeous name! I won't tell a soul,' Monique promised as she realised she was the first to know Matisse's name before anybody else.

'Well that's good because our team, our friends, want to meet you and we don't want them to know. We were thinking of having a barbeque on Saturday, if that's alright with you?' Emily asked, realising meeting everybody might be a bit overwhelming for Monique.

'Mama, of course I don't mind. I have heard so much about these people it is about time I get to meet them,' Monique said as she went and hugged both Emily and Derek. Whispering in Derek's ear she said, 'I am sorry about earlier. I was a little frosty but I just want my mama to be happy and she is obviously happy with you,' she said pulling away and smiling a bright smile exactly the same as Emily's at him. Derek looked at mother and daughter knew if their daughter turned out anything like her mother and older sister, he was in for trouble.

AN: Well Here is chapter 12. Only 3 more to go and then I'm done. I'm hoping to get them posed in the next couple of days. R&R. .