In the dead middle of summer, I was helping my brother, Ray, and the rest of the gang move equipment and machines that Schowoz made to the newly built Mans Nest. Moving, and carrying all the equipment and machines took a toll on my body, So I leaned up against a grey-striped machine that activated when touching it but I didn't know that at the time. The machine then activated and turned on. The rays that the machine hit me with made my body feel tingling and hot like it was on fire. I wanted to turn it off but couldn't luckily my brother heard me and turned off the machine.

Concerned that I was hurt he asked me "Are you ok Piper?" I told him that I was fine. Things didn't start to happen to me until 4 weeks later when I started feeling nauseous and throwing up most of the time but only in the morning. I also was more fatigued than normal. My Parents and Brother were worried but I told them I was just sick and nothing more. This was not the case though I just didn't realize it yet. 7 weeks after the accident I woke up and as the sun shone through my bedroom window the feeling started to sink into my body the sickness that I had felt for the past few weeks returned.

Along with that, I sensed an unusual increase in my size a sensation that made me feel like my body was larger than it normally is. Wondering why im feeling this sensation I went to the grey-blue bathroom that me and my brother share. As soon as I walked in I locked the door and looked into the mirror when I looked into it I didn't notice anything different so I went to the bathroom and went downstairs for breakfast. During breakfast, after my first plate, I still wasn't full so I grabbed another plate everyone in my family was confused but they just figured I was having a growth spurt.

After breakfast, I went upstairs to get dressed I picked out a plain purple tee and cute blue jeans with sequins on the back pockets. I got my T-shirt on and when I took my pajama pants off I looked at my underwear and they looked stretched out I thought to myself "That's weird." I then tried to get my jeans on but I couldn't I called my mom to come up and try and help me she tried but they still wouldn't go. My mom now holding pants looked at me up and down noticing that I looked wider she then said "I know why your pants won't go up your hips are wider." After I heard my mom say that I asked her "I thought I was done with puberty why have they gotten wider?"

"I do not know but for now you can borrow some of my pants to wear"

"Ok" I responded so I went to put on the pants that matched my shirt and went on with the rest of my day. The next morning I woke up with the same sensation I had the day before but it was more prominent and my pajamas felt a little tight I didn't think much of it so I went downstairs to eat breakfast. After breakfast, while I was getting dressed, I noticed a problem the pants that my mom let me use failed to ascend to their normal position. And when I slipped on my shirt, I felt a subtle tightness. Perplexed after I found an outfit that fit me I went into the bathroom and that's when I noticed the problem. My stomach bulged out to where it looked like it was bloated.

A little more perplexed I stepped on the scale in the bathroom and it said that I gained 2 pounds. I screamed and everyone after they heard my scream came into the bathroom my brother the first one to speak asked me "Are you ok Piper?" I responded by saying "Yeah Im alright it's just my clothes won't fit me and everything is starting to feel tight on me and I know the reason why." After telling my family this I came out of the bathroom and lifted up my shirt to show them my stomach which had bulged out a little bit.

When my family saw my stomach they didn't seem concerned I then told them "Im scared guys my body is going through something and I don't know what." My mom after hearing my concern told me "Hey, Piper everything is fine this is probably something normal I wouldn't worry but if things get worse you could go to the doctor." Hearing my mom say that made me feel a whole lot better. For the next 2 weeks, my parents were going on vacation to Hawaii and we both promised them that if anything happened concerning me we would call them and then they left. After my parents left I got a bowl of chocolate ice cream and ate it my brother then came up to me and said "Hey Piper, I think the machine did something to you but I don't know what but we should keep an eye on you and if things get worse we will go to your doctor." After hearing what my brother said I took a bite of ice cream and nodded towards him. As the week went on every morning when I looked in the mirror my stomach was expanding incrementally. Because my stomach was expanding incrementally it got to the point where my clothes didn't fit me anymore so me and my brother went on a shopping spree to get new clothes to accommodate my ever-changing body.

On that Friday I woke up and a discomforting sensation greeted me I looked down at my ankles and feet and I noticed that they were swollen. I ran into the bathroom to have a closer look I then took a quick glance into the bathroom mirror and I saw that my stomach expanded more but there was more than just that. My facial features where my cheekbones usually were gave way to a more subtle rounded appearance. Also, I couldn't help but notice that not only was my stomach growing but my posterior had a more pronounced and rounded contour which suggested that my buttocks looked larger too. I was scared and perplexed and I knew we had to go to my doctor but first I had to get some breakfast.

I went downstairs and when my brother caught sight of me he had a perplexed look on his face

"Umm…Piper, you've gotten bigger?"

"Yeah I have and I think it is time to make an appointment

"I agree." My brother agreed sensing the gravity of the situation to figure out what was going on with my body. As soon as we got done with breakfast my brother called my doctor and managed to get in we then left to go there. As soon as we got there I checked in me and my brother waited in the cold damp waiting room until we got called back. It didn't take long for the doctor to come in "Hello what brings you in here today?" I then told him my symptoms and then he told me

"Ok, Piper I am going to do a blood test."

"Ok." he then brought in the needle and wipes and drew my blood. It took a couple of hours but the doctor came back with the results "Well I have the results and congratulations your pregnant with twin Girls." After the doctor told me and my brother that, I was speechless. "Im going to do an ultrasound to assess how far along you are"

"Ok," I said still speechless. After he did the ultrasound he assessed that I was 9 weeks along I couldn't believe or comprehend that I was going to be a mom. Once we got home we ate dinner and I sat outside looking at the bright white stars holding my growing belly thinking about the revelation that I was told hours ago about. My brother then came out and interrupted my thoughts "So I talked to Mom and Dad and I told them the news and they were excited but didn't understand how it happened. And they also gave me permission to make the guest room the nursery. And don't worry I will work on the nursery just tell me what you want in it.

"Ok, thanks Henry"

"Your welcome Piper." Hearing my brother say this made me feel a little better and it helped me accept that im going to be a mom.