Chapter 2
By: MysticFantasy
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Natasha couldn't believe that she actually had this kind of book in front of her and she was actually reading it. Throughout the years, she had played a babysitter and nanny a few times but most of the time the kids were already old enough to mostly take care of themselves or at least let her know what they wanted.
A book on how to be a new mother seemed intimidating to her. As did all of the information it held. All of the things she would experience during pregnancy, then labor and then birth.
It was starting to get to her a little. She knew that the only way she would feel better about this was if she had her babies father here with her.
She was starting to feel like a coward since she still had yet to say a word to him and another two weeks had already passed. She had officially entered her second month of being pregnant.
With every hour that was going by, she felt her nerves growing more and more. She'd seen a live birth before and it seemed painful. She couldn't believe that she would go through that in a few months but she guessed that it was better than having a caesarean section.
It was already near the end of the eighth week and she was really trying to figure out what to do next.
She still had the idea in mind of going to one of her safe houses but she knew that would make Clint the target of questions when the others found out she was gone.
She knew that Clint could keep a secret but he had yet to be interrogated by the Avengers.
Slowly closing the book before her, Natasha knew she had to tell the others. Being two months pregnant, it wouldn't be long before she would start to show.
This is going to be my hardest mission yet. she thought to herself as she pushed herself up onto her feet and headed to the door.
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For once, Natasha was grateful that Thor was back in Asgard. She loved the big guy but when he got too excited or happy he tended to not notice his strength when he was giving hugs.
He'd hear the news eventually but she still felt upset knowing that he wasn't around to hear it.
Since Clint already knows so she just had to tell Tony, Steve and Bruce.
Bruce would be the first. With any luck, he would offer to be her doctor throughout the rest of her pregnancy. She would easly trust him over any other doctor.
She eventually found him in the lab but Tony had been there with him. She figured it was best to go ahead and tell the Iron Man operator at the same time.
She soon discovered that doing that may have caused her ear dammage since Tony began to ramble about all the stuff he going to get for his future niece or nephew.
Natasha just hoped that her child wouldn't somehow pick up on Tony's taste for expensive things.
Luckily, Bruce had the better reaction and did offer to be her doctor for the rest of her pregnancy. When they both questions how it happened and who the father was, Natasha gave them them only half of the information.
She told them of how she became pregnant but not the identity of the father. Like everyone else, they were going to have to wait.
The father was going to be the first to know.
Leaving Tony to plan an entire floor to be made into a whole nursery and Bruce to freshen up on pregnancy information, Natasha began looking for Steve.
She knows that his workout session was done for the day and his evening jog wasn't until six. So she had to catch him before he took off since his jogs tended to last for two hours.
Luckily, she did catch him right as he was coming out of his room dressed in his jogging clothes.
"Steve."
The soldier stopped when his name was called and smiled when he saw Natasha.
"Sorry to do this to you but I'm going to have to keep you from going out on a jog today." she said.
"Is something wrong?" Steve asked with a concerned tone.
"I just need to tell you something important." Natasha said.
"What is it?"
"Can...can we sit down or something?"
"Yeah." Steve answered quickly and opened the door to his suite and allowing her in. They walked into the living room where they sat on the couch.
"Something important happened to me." Natasha started as Steve gave her his undivided attention. "It wasn't planned at all but there's nothing I can do about it."
"Did someone hurt you?" Steve asked suddenly protective.
"No. I don't even know who 'they' are." Natasha answered. "Two weeks ago I went to a regular check up and I found out something that I really hadn't planned on ever taking place in my life."
"What is it? Is Fury making you retire?"
"If only it were something as simple as that." Natasha answered. "No. What I found out is that...I-I...I'm...I'm..."
Steve looked at Natasha encouragingly as she stammered to tell him her news.
"I'm pregnant!"
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A/N: HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE! LOTS OF LOVE TO YOU ALL!