"Oh my God, are you serious?" Leafos exclaimed in an excited tone. Sparcticus felt himself getting embarrassed. Sahari apparently didn't want to take the time to tell everyone individually- as soon as they walked out of the clinic, she announced "OH MY GOD I'M PREGNANT!" really loud to everyone within earshot.
So, just about everyone that lived in the village heard it, though not very many of them took notice of it.
"CONGRATULATIONS!" Dustin screamed from the other side of the street. He waved at the Eskimo, his head tilted to the side because of Maddie's grip on his hair. The blind girl leaned in towards the blonde boy.
"Did she just say they were having a kid?"
"Yeah, she sure did Maddles!"
"Okay first, do not EVER call me 'Maddles', and second, take me over there!" She commanded, giving him a sharp tug on his hair. Dustin winced, but obeyed as he walked the girl on over as a few people began to crowd around the couple.
"Oh my goodness, this is exciting!" Leafos cooed, practically all over the two for the whole story. Maxime was trying to calmly make her leave, but the gossip girl wouldn't budge.
"Is it a boy or a girl? Do you know yet? How far along are you? Have you thought of names yet? Can I be the Godmother?" Leafos's barrage of questions continued to flow from her mouth. Sahari opened her mouth to answer when another one would come, and Sparcticus just looked downright annoyed, but he said nothing. Dustin finished walking over, and Maddie's brows creased listening to more of Leafos's questions.
"Sweetie, give them some room. They probably just found out about this," Maddie said, placing her hand on Leafos's shoulder. Not that it was any use, but Leafos glared anyway.
"They couldn't have found out just now! It must be a routine visit or-"
"Actually, we just did," Sahari said, shifting her feet a bit. Leafos looked down at the desert girl.
"Really?" She said, looking back up at Sparcticus. He was still a bit dazed about the whole thing, but he nodded. Leafos made an "O" with her lips.
"Never mind then..." She said, looking down shyly. Maxime sighed a bit.
"She's not that far along either. Maybe just a few weeks-"
"So we don't have a gender yet?"
"Nope," Maxime said. Leafos pouted a bit. Dustin blinked.
"... So does this mean your going to get all fat now?" He asked. Sahari's jaw dropped, looking quite angry. Sparcticus glared down, snapping out of his daze, and Maxime looked like she was going to punch the living daylights out of the boy. Leafos's eyes widened a bit, looking back and forth between the two groups.
"Dustin-"
"Hang on, I got this," Maddie said, holding her hands up to the angry crowd. Before Dustin could even react, Maddie's fist swung back, smacking right into his nose.
"OW!" Dustin shrieked, holding his nose. Maddie blinked.
"I hit his shoulder, right?"
"NO! YOU HIT MY NOSE!"
"... Oh... sorry," Maddie said. Dustin tried his best not to sob, and blood ran down his face as he pushed past Sparcticus on his way into the clinic. Maxime snorted, trying not to laugh.
"Oh, that was great," She managed to say.
"Eddie... Eddie," Seiko whispered, shaking his shoulder gently. The teenager's eye's fluttered open, and his eyes opened to see the gardener hovering over him.
"Seiko? What happened?" He asked in a wary tone. Seiko blinked.
"Well, you asked if you could change Edwin inside my house, and I said yeah. Then you came in with the diaper bag and started to change him when you fainted from the smell. Then I had to come in and finish it for you otherwise Edwin would have sat there in his own poop for who knows how long," She said, giggling a bit as she helped the Lizard boy up. Eddie raised a brow.
"... I fainted?"
"Right onto the floor,"
"Oh dear..."
"You didn't do it on purpose to get me to change him, did you?" Seiko asked in a teasing tone. Eddie's eyes grew a bit.
"Of course not! It's just that smell-"
"Eddie, I was kidding,"
"...Oh," Eddie said, turning a bit pink as he looked around. His eyebrows furrowed a bit.
"Where is Edwin anyway?"
"Oh, he's outside with Peanut. I didn't trust him with Sprinkling, and the diggerling twins would have just taken him into the mine-"
"EDWIN'S WITH THE DRAGONACHE?" Eddie screeched, racing around Seiko and bursting through the front door. His eyes darted around, trying to locate his younger brother.
His eyes found his little brother, sitting in front of the massive pinata. Peanut's head was bowed down, letting the little baby tug at his mane and climb all over his face. Eddie sighed, relieved that Edwin wasn't a pile of ashes.
"Oh thank goodness," He sighed. Seiko crossed her eyes, clearing her throat to get his attention.
"Please, if I didn't know that Peanut was good with kids, I wouldn't have left Edwin alone with him for only a minute to check and see if his brother was still alive," She said. Eddie gave a nervous laugh, turning to her.
"So... you still coming over tonight?" He asked, changing the subject. She smirked.
"We'll see," Seiko said, closing her front door.
"Are you coming or what?" Sahari asked, her arm still linked with Sparcticus's. The Eskimo stared into the entrance to the Dessert Desert, taking a deep breath.
"You realize I will have a heat stroke, don't you?"
"So? Take off some of your layers!"
"And leave them out here? Some creep might steal them..."
"Like the Ruffian's did?"
"Oh God..." Sparcticus muttered, remembering that incident. Just so you know- Pester does not look good in Pinarctic clothing. Sahari snorted.
"Oh come on, please?" Sahari asked, giving Sparcticus her adorable baby Barkbark face. Sparcticus sighed.
"Fine... but you have to promise to call Patch when I pass out into the sand,"
"I will, I will," Sahari said, tugging him into the desert. Sparcticus felt the temperature rise quickly, and little beads of sweat already started to gather on his forehead. Sahari smiled happily, walking merrily as if the heat didn't bother her in the least bit.
"Hey Sparty, after you walk me home, can you go back to the village and bring me a Camello burger from the Inn?" She asked. Sparcticus raised a brow at his girlfriend.
"You want me to what?"
"Get me a-"
"No, I heard you, but we were just in town, and if you wanted one-"
"I just wasn't hungry at the time I guess, but now I am starved,and I really want one of those right now,"
"But... you hate Camello burgers..."
"I do, but for some reason I just... want one..." Sahari said, sounded a bit distracted for whatever reason. Sparcticus sighed.
"So, you want me to drop you off at home, then run all the way back to town, get you something to eat, then run all the way back here to give it to you?"
"Yes! Thank you Sparty," Sahari said with a hint of a baby tone in her voice, giving Sparcticus the biggest hug she could give. With that being said, Sparcticus knew something very important-
This was going to be a LONG nine months.