Miss Evangeline replied, "Those times during the wars were quite difficult to grant wishes, but I managed.", with a soft sigh, before replying, "All the same, we're in the present now, and the future is not set in stone for it has many paths. All we can do is learn from the past, heal the present, and bring peace to the future in any way possible.".
Many nodded upon hearing that as Juliet took a deep breath, "Well, Miss Evangeline... thank you again for what you've done for me and my mother... we... we can't ever repay you for that sort of thing.".
Miss Evangeline smiled warmly, "Seeing all of you happy is more than enough repayment for me, and I'll always be here if you have need of me.", having a feeling that she will come back when Perla is starting to have obvious signs of pregnancy, for she knew the dear girl and Juliet will have questions.
She didn't need a future vision for that, indeed. Jiminy tilted his hat, "Good evening, milady.", and Miss Evangeline giggled, "Good evening, Mister Jiminy, and to all of you.", before disappearing into a spiral of blue-white sparkles, heading home to the Evening Star to start her work once more.
The family waved goodbye, and so, that night was spent of dancing and music, with Lelia discovering that one of the linen closet doors were enlarged into a bedroom for herself, and so, they happily settled into everyday life, with Lelia being a governess for Perla and Juliet thanks to Geppetto's proclamation while being the girls' mother, which Perla was so happy to embrace, having never had a mother's gentle love before, with Juliet not wasting any time to spend with her mother including being tucked in which she wasn't embarrassed about.
Weeks and weeks later, Perla soon got sick, throwing up in the mornings, and aching up in the afternoons, and it kept making Perla miserable, yet she kept strong, thankfully...The family was at a loss, trying to make teas and such, and it barely kept the food down, until Lelia realized at last why the situation was familiar.
"Geppetto, before you get the village doctor, can I check on her first? If it is what I'm thinking, it's best not to spread the gossip around just yet.", Leila asked, and Geppetto exhaled, "I'd not rather want my daughter around a stranger, even the village doctor, and she trusts you, Lelia. Just please...I don't want to lose her...".
Lelia smiled reassuringly, "Geppetto, you won't lose her as long as we help her out. Now, this is actually private, so I'd have to ask you to wait downstairs, along with Jiminy.", and Geppetto nodded, "And Juliet?".
"If she was a boy or even a man, I'd have to order her out even especially when she's my blood and flesh, but thankfully, she can stay. Now, shoo.", Lelia gestured with a hand, and Geppetto nodded, leaving the small hallway/landing before the door to the girls' loft bedroom.
"So... what exactly are you thinking, Mama?", Juliet asked as Leila sighed. "Well... I have a decent idea what it is, but I need honesty... from both of you.", she said.
Perla looked at her, "For what, Miss Leila?", and Leila replied, "I could always be wrong as women together cannot create a child, and it'd have been the Coachman's curse...Was there a time where you had lust where you might have not remembered at all during on the island before Jiminy saved you, like say, while you were changing in the middle of the curse?".
Both girls widened their eyes, and Juliet took a deep breath, "No, it was more of pain and curiosity, and the only time we had barely lust was when Jiminy came back into the billiard hall, and of course, Perla snapped me out of it in time...".
Leila frowned curiously, "I see...And you were exhausted the first night you came into the mainland, and you were focused on saving Geppetto, and settling in for some time while healing up and then came Perla's permanent changes by Miss Evangeline...That was when your arrangement came into place, right?".
Perla blushed, smiling, "Yeah...We were occupied the past few months...", before realizing with a gasp, "Wait, the Coachman's curse was still on you, Juliet, for the few days before the permanent changes...Am I cursed again?", horror on her face as Juliet widened her eyes in horror.
"Well, that's one thing to think about, a theory there, but if you got cursed again, it didn't make sense that you'd be sick months later, yet again, it might have been a slow-acting curse...", Leila replied, and Juliet replied, horrified, "And I gave it to you...".
Leila said, "That's the bad theory, but I also have a good theory, but to double check for your sake, Perla, I'd have to exam you, a physical examination that is. Do you trust me?", and Perla nodded worriedly, "Yes, I do trust you, and I don't want to wait and get sicker...or worse...".
"Even if I ask you to strip your clothes?", Leila asked gently, and Perla took a deep breath, realizing by what she meant by physical examination, and she looked at Juliet, "You'd be by my side, right, Juliet?".
"Of course.", Juliet assured her as Perla sighed and blushed. "Perla, I'm a woman too, you don't need to feel ashamed or anything...", she chuckled as Perla nodded and relaxed, "Yeah... sometimes I forget that... Jiminy and Father constantly remind me of keeping my modesty at times...".
Leila smiled warmly, "And I don't blame you. You're very fortunate that I have seen you in your undergarments for outfit fitting as we all need to sew clothes for your and Juliet's remaining growth, and that I sometimes help bath both of you two.".
Perla nodded with a small smile as Leila went to lock the door, and close the drapes on the window, with Perla taking a deep breath, stripping all her clothes before resting back on the bed, with Juliet sitting on the wall side of the bed, holding her hand reassuringly.
Leila smiled softly as she looked at Perla, "I'll be gentle, okay?", and Perla nodded, "Okay...", relaxing as best as she could, and Leila gently examined from top, checking every spot. Perla groaned sensitively as Leila touched a breast, "Are you alright?".
Perla replied, "Yes, just that I have been sensitive, well, more sensitive than normal with my breasts, and I often had to adjust my brassiere...It...helped when Juliet massaged them in our...activities...", with a blush.
Leila nodded in understanding, "Could always be more of your leftover body development to maturity as it usually stops by 21 at most for ladies.", her theory a bit stronger in mind, as she moved on, touching her belly, feeling a slight noticeable texture of skin, and then kept moving on, examining her hips, legs, feet.
She then exhaled deeply, "Could you please move your legs up and apart, Perla?", and Perla did what she asked, and Leila looked as closely as she could, a smile peeking at her lips as she recognized what her old village doctor said years ago, seeing the color of dark bluish/purple in the vaginal tissue, a very much recognizable sign of pregnancy.
Leila then looked up over at Perla with a reassuring smile, "It's not bad news, Perla. You're not cursed at all.", and Perla exhaled, "And the good news?", still a bit worried yet curious about why Leila is having tears in her eyes.
"You're pregnant, Perla. You're going to have a baby...", Leila said happily with a wide, surprised smile, having questions about how, as she knew that Perla has been with Juliet all this time.
"WHAT!?", Both Perla and Juliet shouted upon hearing that news. "Take it from me, Perla... someone who's been pregnant before. I have no shadow of a doubt now that you are pregnant.", Leila explained as the girls were just still stunned.
Pregnant...she's pregnant...Perla was stunned speechless as she looked at her belly, still mostly flat, yet as she's slowly touching it, she feels something new...an emotion of a feeling about having a new life within her...She heard gossip about pregnancy, about sore breasts, about a growing belly, and aches within her body, and throwing up...She...she has all of those things...She's having a baby...she's having a baby! Tears spring up in her eyes, and then upon acceptance of her newfound pregnancy, she saw memories flashing in her mind, and she widened her eyes as she remembered fully of the night...
The night with the wine...the night she was aroused, begging for Juliet to fuck her...she somehow was penetrated by Juliet...she was truly taken of her virginity...She felt something ravaging through her as she was enjoying it so passionately, being pounded to oblivion...She felt being filled up to the rim...She and Juliet somehow created a life...Juliet...Perla looked at Juliet, wondering if she remembered too...
"I don't... I don't know how we could...", Juliet muttered as Leila looked to the both of them, "Try to think... something must have caused it, after all, you two have only been with each other, correct?".
Juliet nodded, "Yeah...We have been with each other literally every single night when we're in the mood...starting with the night after Perla's permanent changes...wait, the wine...That night was the only time we drank wine...Other nights were normal...".
Perla nodded softly, "That's right, Juliet. We shared the wine into the second round, and we were going normally with pleasure time, and then we became more passionate...You took me from behind, Lampy, and I was begging you...".
Juliet startled as she finally remembered now...That's right...gods, she wasn't using her arms to deeply pleasure Perla inside, she penetrated Perla like a man...A man, but she was a woman...a tomboy...she remembered the old sensation of having a little man, but she remembered that she was so tight within Perla, feeling big and slick...she...she had a real for life mature penis...She impregnated Perla all on her own!
She whispered softly in shock, "I...I was a father for a few moments...", remembering how she pounded into Perla with all the passion and rough pleasure at Perla's pleas, having mounted her like a real man of desire...She didn't remember seeing it at all, but she certainly remembered the feel of filling Perla up to her hilt, releasing so hard into her, and popping free of her.
Perla blushed, remembering the little glimpse of Juliet's rod as she looked back for a split second when she was being pounded into oblivion...It was large...she loved being taken by that penis...She blushed even more, having a sudden thought of wondering if her significant other was large in the department too even when he's something else, feeling hot for a second as she wanted to be taken to oblivion like that again...
Perla then shook her head to reality, and looked at Juliet, "A...Are you upset?", having that universal worry of being scared of a loved one's reaction. She somehow loves this baby already, and gods, her father's going to be a grandfather!
Juliet had a small smile on her face as she leaned over to take Perla in her arms, "No... I'm not upset... I... I'm just a bit stunned with things right now, with what we had done and how we just somehow never noticed... but... I could never be upset with you about this.".
Perla hugged her, starting to cry happily, "We're having a baby!", not caring about her lack of modesty thanks to being nude right now, and Juliet's smile grew, her hand moving to stroke Perla's belly, "Yes, yes, we are...Oh, lord, we're going to be parents...we're mothers...", tears falling down her cheeks as well.
Leila sniffled happily, her hands at her lips, smiling widely, tears falling in joy as she's going to be a grandmother! She always had wondered about how her Romeo would meet a sweet woman, be a wonderful husband, an amazing father, proudly showing off his child to her, but this...this is even more miraculous! Sure, Juliet is not Perla's significant other, but they still deeply love each other, and a child, a child of her daughter and Geppetto's daughter, it's incredibly beautiful!
Leila spoke quietly, "Do you want me to tell your father the news, Perla, or do you want to tell him yourself, that is, after you get dressed?", with a smile.
Perla blushed as she bit her lip. "Well, if you don't mind, Leila... maybe it might be better for you to tell him rather than me... I think I would be so nervous to tell him the news... plus you could explain things a little better.".
Leila smiled, "Of course. And perhaps, after supper in a couple of hours, Miss Evangeline would have the answers for this as well...I'm going to be a granny...A grandchild...Oh, I'm so happy!", with an overjoyed laugh.
She headed to the door, smiling at the couple, "And Juliet, I expect that your father would have been shocked, but I'm sure he would have been so proud of you. You truly gave a gift to him, continuing our legacy...I know he would have been over the moon that he'd be a grandfather. Take your time and relish in this moment. I did, with your father when I was pregnant with you.".
With a nod, Leila then headed down as the girls held each other happily, stroking Perla's belly and sharing tender kisses on the cheek and lips, relishing in the moment.
Geppetto and Jiminy is found in the workshop, and Geppetto was working on something, attempting to keep busy with a half-worried mind when Figaro mewed, seeing Leila approaching, and Jiminy cried out, "Leila!", hopping from his perch.
Geppetto dropped his tools immediately, looking at Leila, "Is everything okay? Is my daughter alright?", with Jiminy asking, "What did you find out?".
Leila smiled as she took a deep breath, "Well, you can certainly rest a bit easy as thankfully it's nothing bad... quite the opposite, in fact.". Of course, Leila knew deep down that Geppetto would obviously be worried for the news considering his previous dealings with pregnancy that ended tragically for him.
Geppetto looked at Leila, "She's not ill, then?", and Leila smiled softly, "No, just a little rough bout of morning sickness she will be finished in a few more weeks within.".
"Ah...", Geppetto nodded before two words finally clicked in his mind. "Wait... did you just say morning sickness?".
Leila nodded, "That's right. Congrats, grandfather.", with a delighted chuckle, and Geppetto widened his eyes, "My daughter's expecting?", and Leila nodded again, and Geppetto looked at Jiminy, "Please tell me that you heard the same thing.".
"I did... and I really can't believe it...", Jiminy said as Leila nodded, "Believe me, I can hardly believe it myself but it's the truth, Perla is expecting a child... and it's Juliet's.".
Geppetto exhaled in shock as Jiminy's eyes widened in surprise, and even Figaro and Cleo looked amazed as well. Geppetto whispered, "How?".
Leila replied, "It had to do with the few days Juliet was still undecided, yet one of them was more different than the other days, and I can't be 100% certain that the wine caused it, but Juliet was the father for a few moments. And before you ask, Perla has the triple signs of pregnancy, and she is 100% pregnant...Right now, they are just relishing in the moment, stunned yet overjoyed, and they're not even a tiny bit upset. After all, it's a miracle...a whole new life created.".
Geppetto found a nearby chair and took a seat in it as he clearly was going through the wave of differing emotions. Unable to decide if he's happy or wrought with worry about the situation.
Leila and Jiminy shared a look, having heard the story in snippets and such from Geppetto over the weeks. Figaro looked at Cleo with confusion as they hadn't been born back then, but they still heard the story as well, and before anyone could move, they noticed a light set of footsteps which will be even more noticeable over the next several months.
Back in her clothes, Perla saw her father's state, and nearly skipped her way to him, and she gently touched his hand, whispering, "Papa...", and Geppetto slowly looked up to her, confliction in his eyes yet there's pure fatherly affection and love.
Perla spoke softly, "I wish I met Mama, but she would be glad that I'm not alone. I have Juliet at my side, Leila to help with anything to make sure that I and the baby would be fine, as she was more recently a mother than Mama, and I want you, Papa, to not worry so much about me, even if it might hurt a lot when the day comes. And for my little friends including Jiminy, they will keep me distracted with their antics if I have cabin fever...", with a slight chuckle.
Geppetto sighed, "I... I know, Perla... I just... you understand my worry with this news... I... I already lost so much the last time the joy of having a child was a part of my life... I don't want to lose you as well.".