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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: We literally have one more chapter after this one. Kind of scary, huh? I loved writing this story… so much so… maybe… maybe… I might… just might… make a sequel. *Ben goes completely deaf because of all the fan girls of the world screaming* OW! THAT HURTS MY EARS! Anyway, the sequel would, in theory, be less focused on Kitty/Alistair and more focused on Felix and Allison. This story would not be connected to my other EAH couple stories, in fact, I'd go as far to say it's an AU from the main Benverse. This might not make remote sense, but like I said, this is just something I'm considering. I might opt not doing it, so you guys will have to go with my whims. (Also, I replaced the note of the last chapter with the real chapter if you guys didn't read that one.)
Prompt 100: Labor
Kitty ate a lot of ice cream.
No one had the courage to tell her though. Neb had been stashing ice cream in a giant freezer ever since the group had met him, and when Neb moved in, the freezer he stored the ice cream in cane with him. Neb had locked his freezer in his room, putting a few cases in the main freezer in the kitchen. Kitty had pretty much licked those dry by the time she was three weeks due, and Neb hadn't replenished her supply.
"Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb!" Kitty groaned, her stomach huge. "I want more ice cream!"
"No," Neb said flatly, walking into the room. "You've pretty much eaten most of my ice cream supply, and I've been getting it for a long time! Next you'll be asking for my apple cider, and then I'll run out of that!"
Kitty paused. "Apple cider and ice cream sounds good! Gimme!" she said greedily.
"No! No ice cream or cider for you!" Neb scowled. "Alistair! Get in here and tell your wife she can't have ice cream!"
"No thanks, you do it!" Alistair called. "I don't want to have to deal with the consequences afterward!"
Neb's scowl deepened. "What's the worst that could happen by denying Kitty ice cream?" Neb said flatly. "You get your kissing privileges revoked? Not that bad Alistair."
"Worse Neb. I dare you to deny Kitty ice cream," Maddie said, bouncing into the room.
Neb glared at Maddie, but looked directly at Kitty. "Kitty," Neb said. "I'm not giving you another ounce of ice cream for the rest of my life."
Kitty looked at Neb, horrified. "How could you…" Kitty said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Oh come on! Tears? Really? We're going with tears?" Neb drawled.
"You're a… oh #$%," Kitty said, the tears stopping and a shocked look on Kitty's face. "Uh oh… uh oh… um…"
"No comeback? Wow Kitty, you're slipping," Neb said flatly.
"My water broke."
"Funny, except not."
"No, Neb, my water broke."
"…Cheesepuffs," Neb groaned. "Alistair! We need to get Kitty to the nearest hospital! I done messed up in here!"
"Neb, what'd you do to my wife?!" Alistair said, bursting into the room, Kitty breathing deeply.
"He denied her ice cream!" Maddie said cheerfully.
Alistair glared at him. "I warned you not to deny her ice cream!" Alistair growled.
"How in Cheesepuff Land was I supposed to know her water would break?" Neb snarled. "This wasn't in the script!"
"That's what you get for denying a pregnant woman ice cream!" Maddie giggled.
"And cider," Kitty said, lightly smiling between her breaths.
Alistair's jaw dropped. "You denied her both?!" Alistair said.
"Again, pregnant women are new to me! I don't know how pregnancies work!"
"You never deny them ice cream!"
"Well I know that now!"
Maddie giggled. "Just wait until I tell Lizzie what you did!" she said.
Neb paled. "Oh please no, anything but that! Please, I'll do anything you ask me! Just don't tell Lizzie I done messed up a pregnancy of one of her best friends!"
Maddie and Alistair glanced at each other. "Anything?" they asked.
"Yes! Don't tell Lizzie!"
"Get Kitty to the hospital and then we'll tell you," Alistair smirked.
"Done!"
(Hospital Room)
"Yeah, not worth it," Neb said flatly. Neb, Maddie, Lizzie, and Sven were sitting in a waiting room, waiting patiently for the signal that everything would be ok. Neb was standing in the room wearing a purple dress. Neb himself was scowling furiously.
"I still don't understand what you did to make you wear a dress," Lizzie said.
"He denied Kitty ice cream!" Maddie said with a smile.
"Maddie! No!"
Lizzie bored her eyes into Neb, who shrunk down in complete fear. "You…denied… a…pregnant… girl… ICE CREAM!?"
Neb looked pleadingly at Sven and mouthed, 'Help me!' Sven shivered and shook his head. "I d-d-d-d-don't want t-t-t-to make Maddie m-m-m-m-mad at me," Sven shuddered.
"Good choice!" Maddie giggled, pecking Sven on the cheek. Sven blushed madly while Maddie giggled. Neb groaned and scooted away from Lizzie as fast as he could.
Right at that moment, Alistair walked into the room, looking flustered. Everyone stopped and all eyes focused onto Alistair. His eyes were wide and his face in shock. His friends all spoke at once, all thinking the same thing.
"Is Kitty alright? She better be because it's almost tea time!"
"Was Neb right? Please tell me he wasn't right for once!"
"Is everything a-a-a-a-alright with the k-k-k-k-k-kids?"
"Did you done mess up? Please tell me you did, because I don't want the audience thinking that I'm the worst person in this fic because I made Kitty's water break!"
Alistair looked at everyone, and a small smile entered onto his face. "They're here," he said. "They're mine. And… they're perfect."
BN: You ever want to induce labor? Have Neb deny you ice cream. You'll be so mad your water will break. I know that technically it would be fine to leave the babies in if the water broke, but this was kind of for comedic purposes, so don't judge me too harshly. Not that pregnancies are funny, I take them very seriously, but it's hard for it to be serious when you have Neb wearing a dress in the waiting room. Anyway, one more chapter, and it'll be full of cute! Stay tuned!
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