Two months after the two of them got married, Brandy started noticing changes that were happening to her. In the mornings, she felt horribly sick, she had terrible mood swings, and food-wise she would get some of the oddest cravings. One day, she decided to talk to Teresa about it.

"You're pregnant," Teresa commented.

Brandy's eyes went wide. "Do you really think so?"

Teresa nodded. "I went through the exact same things when I first got pregnant," she said, rubbing her swollen stomach. "Why don't you get a test, so you know for sure?"

"Yeah, I think I will. If I am, I wonder how Mark will take this," Brandy replied, suddenly growing nervous.

"I don't think you have anything to worry about there, hon. I'm sure he'll be overjoyed."

"I dunno, Teresa. We've talked about it, and Mark has said numerous times that he wanted to wait until after our one-year anniversary. Hell, it's only been two months!"

"Yeah, well, when you go at it as often you two have, it's bound to happen sooner than later," Teresa said, grinning when she saw the Brandy blush. "Just talk to him. Trust me, you don't want to hide something like this from him. That will definitely make him mad. I thought that Glenn would be upset when I got pregnant, but he ended up being thrilled."

"Really?" Teresa nodded, and Brandy sighed. "You're right. Maybe Mark won't be upset. I'll get a test on my way home, and if it comes back positive I'll tell him tonight."

"Ata girl," Teresa said, patting her shoulder.

Brandy smiled at her, and as the two of them continued to talk, her mind stayed on Mark, and their possible pregnancy. After leaving Teresa's house, she decided to stop by the store and get an at-home pregnancy test. For all she knew, it could be a false alarm, and there was no use in getting worked up over nothing, right? It did not quite turn out that way, though. Brandy nervously bit her lip as she once more looked down at the test. For the hundredth time, she rechecked the box, and for the hundredth time saw that the little blue line that had showed up meant it was positive. She was indeed pregnant. How was Mark going to handle this? Sure, when she had talked about it with Teresa, it had seemed so simple, but now that the moment of truth had arrived, she wasn't so certain anymore.

"Just get it over with," she thought to herself. Taking a deep breath, Brandy walked out of the bathroom, and found Mark lying on the bed, obviously very into the book he was reading. She walked over to the bed, and cautiously sat down. "Uh…Mark?"

"Hmm?" he mumbled, turning the page.

"C-can we talk?"

"Go ahead," he replied, his eyes never leaving the book. Brandy gently pulled it down, and when he looked over at her, he could tell it was serious. Marking his place, he sat the book on his nightstand and looked back over at her. "You have my full attention," he reassured her, and frowned when he saw tears coming to her eyes. "What's the matter, honey?" he asked, brushing her hair back off her shoulder. Brandy threw her arms around him and buried her face in his shoulder. "Is everything okay?" he asked as he held her.

"Please don't be mad at me," she whispered.

"I could never be mad at you, darlin', now talk to me," he said, gently pulling her away.

Brandy hesitated before saying, "You know how you said you wanted to wait a while until we had children?"

He frowned. "Yeah."

"Well…things changed."

"Brandy…what are you implying by all of this?"

"Mark…I'm pregnant," she whispered, and hung her head in shame.

Mark was left speechless. "Did you just say you're pregnant?"

She nodded, and looked back up at him. "Are you mad at me?"

"Why would I be mad you? I'm happy! I'm glad we're having a baby!"

Brandy frowned. "But you said you wanted to wait."

"Yeah, that would have been nice, but I'm not complaining about this either," Mark replied, and could see relief cover her face. "Did you really think I was going to be mad?"

"I didn't know what to think, Mark. I didn't think you would be upset, but I wasn't sure," she replied. "I'm just glad that you're happy about all of this."

"I'm very happy," Mark reassured her, covering her belly with his hand. He smiled at her, and gave her a kiss as he pulled her into his arms. Brandy willingly returned the kiss, and the two of them slowly fell back onto the mattress, where they proceeded to make love for the rest of the night.