A/N: Thank you so much everyone!
Chapter 11
Rapunzel stared at the calendar taped to the wall, thinking hard. Her eyes flicked back and forth, studying the dates, adding up numbers in her head. She frowned deeply, because the numbers were not adding up. Her stomach twisted with the thought.
With a shaking hand, she ran her fingers across her face. It wasn't impossible, she conceded. She'd read about this, she knew that it could happen…but it still made her head spin around.
She realized that she needed an expert opinion.
And that was how she found herself, walking – no, scratch that, running – home later that night, back from town, body alive, blood buzzing with energy and fear and happiness and so many things she couldn't name. There was some fear there too, but the overwhelming feeling of joy and the sudden urge to shriek and squeal squashed it.
"Eugene!" She cried as she slammed the door open and dashed over the threshold. "EUEGENE!" she cried even louder when she didn't get an immediate answer.
Moments later he came skidding around the corner, eyes wide open and searching for some threat. "What? What?" he said, coming to a halt in front of her and gripping her shoulders. "Rapunzel, are you okay?"
Rapunzel just grinned up at him, her body literally shaking with her excitement. "Eugene!" she said again. She took a deep breath and then said, "I'm pregnant."
Eugene stared at her for several long moments. "Huh?" he finally said.
She started to jump up and down. "I'm pregnant, Eugene!"
That seemed to make it through Eugene's head. He blinked, then his gaze slowly travelled down to rest on her stomach, as if the evidence would be there. Then, his eyes travelled back up to her face and he finally let all his feelings wash over him.
With a loud whoop, he scooped Rapunzel up around the waist and swung her around. She shrieked and threw her arms around his neck, holding on as he spun around.
Rapunzel's quiet fear that Eugene wouldn't be overly happy about having a child was quickly proven unfounded when he sang constantly until they went to bed that night.