This is for all of my really supportive readers RentAngel12, GeeDee, and elphaba-thropp. Tell me what you would like to see next. And also, tell me what you think of Mimi's news. Do you like it?
I put links to pictures of Maureen's crib set in my profile.
"Damnit" Maureen wined "This is bullshit"Damnit" Maureen wined "This is bullshit!" Benny poked his head out of the adjoining bathroom having just gotten out of the shower, since lasts nights wasn't really a shower.. "What's wrong?" he asked "I have to put on these fucking maternity jeans!" she zipped up the jeans; they looked exactly the same, except the blue stretch band around the waist that would let them expend with her belly. She was 3 months pregnant now and had a baby bump. "They look just like your regular jeans" he said turning of the water then he came into the bedroom. She put on one of her new bras, her breasts had already expended..
"But I know that this means that I am getting fat, and I still have 6 months to get fatter" she got a white button down shirt, that was Benny's, from the dresser and threw it on. She took a thick black bet and belted it around her waist under her breasts. You can see the bump. "As I've told you before" he said putting on a tie "You are supposed to gain weight, you are growing a baby" he told her. "My baby" he brought his head down and lifted her shirt up. Benny kissed her stomach "Hi baby, this is your daddy" Maureen giggled." Don't scare my baby" Benny stood up "I have to go to work, go shopping and bye your self some new maternity clothes" he went into his back pocket, opened his wallet, and handed her his credit card "Please, because those are the only pants we bought you.".
Maureen sat down on the couch in the living room with her already worn and scribbled in copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting. She opened it to the three month section. She wanted to know everything about pregnancy so Benny bought her every book about babies, but the What to Expect copy was the one she used most. The phone rang on the table behind the couch. She reached back and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked. "Hi Maureen" it was Mimi, Maureen was a little stunned. "Hi" she said. She and Mimi hadn't spoken in 3 months, since Maureen told her she was pregnant. "What's up?" Maureen closed her book. "I'm fine, listen, what are you doing today?" Mimi asked. Maureen looked at the phone. She didn't know if she believed this was really happening.. "I'm going shopping for baby stuff" Maureen said "That's perfect. I'll be there in a few minutes" she heard Mimi say and the phone went dead.
Twenty minutes late Maureen was zipping up her favorite black stiletto boots. There was a knock on the door and Maureen smoothed out her pants then stood up to answer it. Mimi was standing there, in normal clothes, well normal for Mimi, with her hair up in a ponytail. "Hi Mimi" Maureen smiled unsurely and stepped aside for her to come in. Mimi came in "It's cool you have your own elevator" she said sheepishly rubbing her arm. "Yeah I mean…" Maureen started but Mimi interrupted her "Lets sit down; I need to talk to you." Maureen nodded and they made their way over to the couch. Mimi took a deep breath "Maur, I'm pregnant." She said "Oh my God!" Maureen gasped and Mimi nodded. After a moment of silence, "So what are you going to do? Keep it?" Maureen asked grimly "I think so" Mimi nodded
This was sort of strange talking to Mimi about this, abortions; Mimi was the only other one she had told about her abortion. "Good, I think the chances are small that your baby will have HIV." Mimi leaned her head on Maureen's shoulder "I'm sorry" she whispered "I forgive you, I forgave you awhile ago, I just waited for you to apologize" Maureen stood up and pulled Mimi up with her. They hugged "Ok, let's go shopping now."
Half an hour later they were in an expensive baby/ maternity shop. "Maureen I can't afford this stuff" Mimi said putting down a teddy bear after reading the price tag "Pick anything" Maureen told her taking a shirt off a rack and thrusting it at Mimi "My boyfriend is very rich" Mimi took the shirt and said "Maureen, I'm sure that Benny wouldn't want…" Maureen cut her off "I don't really care what Benny thinks, think of it as revenge" she said then something caught her attention. It was a crib, a crib unlike the other ones in the store. It was very modern, a rectangle with longer white fronts and brown sides with slats on both sides that weren't big enough for a bay to get their hands or feet to get through so they couldn't get caught and stuck. According to the tag on it, it would allow the mattress to move up and down and could change from a crib into a toddler bed. "I have to have this crib!" she said looking at the price. "500" she said shocked "Well, it's an investment." Mimi looked at the crib longingly. "That's so nice" she said "Get it too" Maureen ripped off two buying tags to take to the register. "I'll buy it and we can have matching cribs"
She took the tag up to the register ad gave the sales women Benny's black American Express card. The women raised her eyebrows, not believing a girl who looked like Maureen could have a black card. She rang it up thought and gave Maureen the receipt to sign. "Maureen, Benny has one of those cards?" Mimi said with an amazed look on her face. "Yeah, and he put it in my name too" she smirked and slipped it back into her bra. "He didn't have one of those when I was dating him" they walked back to the baby stuff and looked around. Maureen bought a lot of stuff and a lot of stuff for Mimi. At the end of the day, Maureen had three full bags and Mimi had two. Not to mention the stuff that was being delivered.
"How much did you spend?" Benny asked as Maureen talked to him on the pay phone "I don't know, they don't tell you with that card, but I counted, like, 9,000" she didn't know if he would be mad or not "That's no that bad" he said "Each" she added quickly "Each!" he sighed but then she heard him pound his fist on his desk "You know babe, just because I'm rich it doesn't mean that you need to spend my money." Maureen twirled the phone cord. "Benny, Mimi and Roger don't have money to pay for this sort of stuff." She whispered looking at Mimi, who was telling off a man who had tired to hit on her while his wife was checking out. "I know" Benny sighed "It was stuff they need and why not give it to them. Mimi honestly forgives me and I don't want to lose them again." "It's fine Maureen" her said "Ok, I'm going to go have lunch with Mimi, I love you" "I love you to babe" he said
Mimi opened to door to the loft and walked in, Maureen trailing after her. Roger was lounging on the worn out couch, watching something that looked like The Price is Right on a small black and white TV and Mark was fussing with her camera, trying to load film in. Roger looked over and sat up "Maureen?" he asked Mimi who nodded and gave him a look that seemed to tell him 'be civil'. Mark turned his head and snapped the small door of the old camera. He picked it up and wound the crank. "Mark" Mimi rolled her eyes as she went over and kissed Roger. "Hi honey" She said when they detached. "Close up on Maureen Johnson, diva, drama queen, and heartbreaker. Noticeably absent from this loft for the last three months. It's May 25 1992 and she hasn't been seen since March 1991. Why? Because Ms. Johnson, 23, is almost three months pregnant with Sell-out Benjamin Coffin's child." Maureen flipped him off. "Go to hell" she said. "You should watch what you say Maureen" Roger said still holding onto Mimi "I'm sure the baby gets enough from Benny." Said attached lover pushed him in the gut. "Both of you stop it" Mimi said. "I didn't bring Maureen over here to be persecuted."
Maureen plopped down on a chair. Roger sighed and sat down on the couch, Mark however, keep his camera running on Maureen, she was used to it though. "So" Mimi said happily perching her self on Roger's lap. "Maureen and I went shopping, for baby stuff" Roger nodded his head "What did you buy?"
Maureen looked over at Mark who was still filming her. "Don't you have enough of me yet?" she grinned at him "What's it like knowing you have the spawn of Satan inside of you?" he smile faded "The baby is half mine you know" Mark nodded but kept his beloved camera steady. "Why did you let Benny impregnate you?" He circled around and sat on the arm of the chair Maureen's was currently occupying. "I didn't let him, we used condoms" Mark raised his eyebrows. "Yes Marky, condoms plural, some men can last longer then one round." Mark frowned offended. "But, yeah," she continued "we used them, but they must have broken." She flipped a curl over her shoulder. "You would have gone back to Joanne if you hadn't gotten knocked up?" Roger asked from under Mimi. Maureen nodded her head "I think so. Benny just wanted to get off, Allison hadn't fucked him in three months" Roger lowered his head "Poor guy, I can almost see why he did it" But Mark shook his head. "NO, no way. Benny has no excuse to cheat. Cutting someone off is cruel. But still." "Mark, Benny is just as much as a sexual person as Maureen, cutting someone like that off is awful." Maureen nodded in agreement. "It's why we have such good sex" she grinned. Mark made a small gagging noise but Roger seemed interested "How often to the two of you do it?" he asked as Mimi slapped his arm.
Mimi, Roger, Mark, and Maureen actually talked for a while, it was uncomfortable for a while, but it got better. Maureen sat curled in the chair with a cup of tea in her hand. All of the sudden she felt a small flutter in her stomach. "Oh my god" she squealed as her hands flew to her growing stomach. "What's wrong?" Mark said winding up his camera again. "It kicked, the baby, it kicked." She grinned as she felt it again. "This is the first time it's kicked!" Mimi jumped off of Roger and ran over to Maureen as Mark aimed his camera at her stomach. "This is amazing Maureen!" Mimi laughed feeling a kick.
"Benny!" Maureen bounded into the apartment and into his office, dropping her bags as she ran. "He turned around on the phone. She bounced up and down until he finally hung up "What's wrong?" he asked as she came over to him and sat on him lap "Feel" she took his hand and put on the spot that baby was kicking. "I don't feel anything" he said sadly "Baby, don't worry, she's" "He's" he said "SHE'S not kicking right now" Benny smiled sadly but then lightened up "What did you buy that cost me 9,000?" Maureen laughed and got more comfortable on his lap. Benny kept his hand on her stomach. "I bought a lot of furniture for the nursery and lots of maternity clothes. But I also brought the best crib set. She got off of him with much protest from his side and ran into the living room. When she came back she had a bag filled with stuff. "Look" she said sitting down on the top of the desk. She pulled out a plastic case on the out side was a colorful chart and on the inside was fabric. It was very colorful with a lot of patterns. It would have worked for a boy or girl. "That's really great babe" he said
Maureen crossed her legs. "About the sex you promised" He grinned "I did didn't I? Maureen I'm kind of tired" She gave him a glaring look. "I'm only teasing" He said in a deep voice and unzipped his pants, letting them fall to the ground.