Hello to anyone reading this! :) Sorry it has taken me SO long to update but I'm back. I had lost my copy of The Host and wasn't feeling it. Sorry. I hope you guys like it.

Mel's POV

"It's time to tell everyone." Doc told us, his voice grave. We all go to our checkups together, Ian and Wanda and Jared and me.

We went on a raid a few weeks ago and started buying things like prenatal vitamins. Ian hadn't wanted Wanda to go on the raid but we kind of had no choice. Wanda was Wanda; she knew how to get the job done. She got that from me. But it was ok because Sunny and Burns were going as well. I still don't know what was going on, but I am very close to finding out. Wanda being the person that she is got the very best prenatal vitamins out there, the kind that would have been very expensive in the regular world.

According to Doc we were both around two months pregnant, although Wanda was a little further along than I was, a fact that shocked Jared and I, had made Ian smile, and Wanda blush.

"I know but how will we tell them?" I asked, worried more for Wanda than for me. If she had reacted like that when Ian stayed quiet, how would it be when people were a lot more vocal?

"We will all meet up in the game room, I'll say that I have an announcement." This was the only time Jeb had been at our checkups. Kyle and Sonny were also here because he knew we would be talking about when to tell them.

"But how will they react?" Wanda said, sounding really scared. Ian automatically started telling her that it would be ok.

"They will probably be shocked, but both of you are part of my family, and this is still my house, so if people can't deal with it they can get out."

I saw Wanda when Jeb said that we were both a part of his family, not just me. I knew how much this meant to her.

"Does that mean our children will call you Uncle Jeb?" Wanda asked.

"Of course, what else would they call me? He said, as he smiled at us.

I can't get over the excitement of being a parent. I can't wait. What I'm not looking forward to telling everybody. I doubt Wanda is looking forward to it even less than I am. We talk about it some more and decide that we will all get up and say it together. It's the only way we will get through it.

After all this is settled we go to our rooms to rest.

I lay down on our bed, and Jared lies down with me even though I know he is too excited to sleep.

He puts his hand on my stomach and starts rubbing it. I'm starting to show. I think that's why Doc wants us to tell people.

I'm almost asleep when I ask Jared, "Do you think I'll be a good mother?"

"The best," He said. "Just look at Jamie."

"That's true." I said and with that comfort I fell asleep.

"You ready?" Jared asked. I had no idea what he meant but at least he had stopped asking if I was ok.

"For what?" I said as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.

"Today is the day we tell them remember? Everybody worked extra hard in the fields yesterday so that we could take the day off today."

"Do we have to tell them? Can't they just figure it out themselves." I said already dreading it.

"No, we have to be responsible."

"Have you been talking to Wanda?" I asked jokingly. It bugged me how much of a goody two shoes she was sometimes.

"Nope, I came up with that one all on my own. Can you believe it?"

"No, honestly I can't." I say with a smile as he comes and picks me up and carries me to breakfast.

When he finally puts me down on the stool, I notice that the kitchen is all empty except for Wanda and Burns. They look like they are having an intimate conversation. I didn't want to interrupt them. So Jared and I just kept to ourselves. I sit down next to him and he puts his hands on my belly.

"I think it's going to be a boy." He says.

"We have been through this already. It's totally going to be a girl." I would love a girl or a boy, either way it would be fun, and I would still get to do it with Jared.

"I don't think so. I was thinking of naming him James."

"That's not a bad name, too bad it's going to be a girl."

"Yeah, whatever. Are you ready for today?"

"As ready as I'll ever be. I'm not really worried about us, you know?" I said not needing to explain how stressed Wanda has been. Ian keeps telling her its ok but you can tell he is a little worried too.

"I know, but they'll be ok. Many people in the caves will be happy for them."

Wanda's POV

"I just don't know how they will react. What if they get mad?" I said to Burns. I have been so stressed out since Doc said we would have to tell everyone. Ian kept trying to reassure me but there was always something in the back of my mind telling me this was too good to be true.

"I'm sure you'll be fine. I don't think you realize how many people here love you." He said grabbing my hands. There was something about Burns that always made me feel better. I can't really explain it.

He looks like he is about to say something else but he just closes his mouth and removes his hands from mine. I feel myself frown but all that is forgotten when I feel someone's arm around my waist.

"Ian" I blush as he places a kiss on my check.

"Morning Wanda." He says with a smile. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"You looked really tired." I suddenly remembered how stressed he has been. He tries to hide it but I know him too well to fall for it.

"Let me get some breakfast and I'll come back."

"I guess that's my cue to leave." Burns said looking kind of sad.

"No it's ok don't worry. Ian won't mind." I said really hoping he would stay. Sometimes I feel like Ian and Burns don't get along. It makes me really sad because they are both really important to me.

"I have to go shower anyway." He stands up to leave and I'm about to protest again but I see that Ian is coming back and decide to drop it.

"Hey, I'm back did you miss me?" Ian says as he gives me a smile he knows I can't resist.

"Of course." I say as he kisses me on the cheek.

We sit in comfortable silence for a few minutes while he eats. Every few bites he would turn to me and offer me some of his food, but I always says no. I already ate with Burns.

I really hope he takes his time eating. As much as I'm excited to have this baby, his baby, I'm not looking forward to telling everyone else. Most of the people in the cave have warmed up to me but I know that a baby will change everything. It's weird, I feel scared but excited, I dread it but I always find myself imagining what it will be like, if it will be a boy or a girl, who it will look like.

"You ready?" Ian asks me and I can tell he is kind of scared too but trying not to show it.

"Do we have to tell them? What if we wait so it's a surprise? Everybody loves surprises right?" I say wistfully, knowing he will never agree to it.

"Sure if that's what you want." He says but I know he has something else to say. "I mean if you think that's the responsible thing to do."

As soon as he finishes I suppress the urge to groan.

"It will be ok." Ian promises and as much as I know he believes it, I know that nobody can ever be sure what the future holds.

"I'm scared." I admit truthfully.

"Don't worry, I will always be there for you." He says as he grabs my hand and pulls me down the dark caves towards the game room.

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