even miracles take a little time

@ paradigm;

Zacky got the salad prepared and looked at her. "I'm going to go find us something on tv to watch." He told her as he sat down in the living room. He managed to find a comedy movie and put it on before going back to the kitchen.

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They had finished calling Jimmy and Johnny and Allie looked at Matt. "So, do we call them or not?" She asked him. She wanted to tell them, before Jimmy or Johnny did, but she didn't want to upset Chelsea.

"Alright, sounds good," Chelsea said with a soft smile. She put the salad that Zacky made into the fridge so the lettuce wouldn't wilt before deciding to pour herself a glass of tea. "Your phone is ringing," Chelsea told Zacky as he reappeared in the kitchen. She glanced at the screen. "It's Matt."

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"We need to," Matt said. He didn't really want to, but he figured it was best to do this quickly, like ripping off a bandaid. He dialed Zacky's number, pressing his phone into the ear as he waited for Zacky to answer. "Hey man," he said. He took a breath. "So me and Allie are having a baby."

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"Hey dude." Zack said as he answered the phone. He frowned when Matt told them they were having a baby. "You are? Well congratulations." He said, looking over at Chelsea. He knew he didn't even have to explain it, she knew. "Hey I been meaning to call you anyways, Chels and I are going out of town this weekend so I won't be at the studio for a couple of days." He told Matt.

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Allie frowned. Zacky didn't sound as happy for them as he made it out to be and Chelsea was silent. She decided to let Matt finish talking to him and headed into the kitchen to get something else to drink.

Chelsea watched Zacky's face as he spoke on the phone with Matt and knew even without hearing the full conversation what they were talking about. She knew she should be happy that their friends were going to having a baby, but she just couldn't bring herself to feel that way. Because she knew that Matt and Allie weren't trying, and now they were pregnant. While she and Zacky had been trying and trying and hadn't gotten anything.

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"Yeah, we uh, just found out today," Matt said. It wasn't hard to figure out that Zacky wasn't exactly thrilled for him and Matt could understand where he was coming from, but at the same time, it wasn't his or Allie's fault that Zacky and Chelsea couldn't have a baby. And if the positions were reversed, Matt couldn't exactly say he would be happy for Zacky and Chelsea, but he would at least be better at pretending.

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Zack sighed as he got off the phone and looked at Chelsea. "I'm sure you know." He said, without telling her what the conversation was. He was happy for his friends but at the same time he was slightly jaded. He and Chelsea had been trying for so long to get pregnant with no avail, yet, Matt and Allie, who weren't even trying, wind up pregnant.

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Allie frowned. "They're not happy.." she said. She hoped as time went on and she started growing and showing, that Chelsea and Zack would come around. It wasn't her or Matt's fault they couldn't have a baby. "Too bad we weren't having twins and could give one of them to Chelsea and Zack.." she said.

Chelsea pressed her face into Zacky's shoulder, trying hard to stop herself from crying. But she just couldn't help herself. "It's...not fair," she hiccuped, her voice muffled by Zacky's shirt. "They're having a baby and they weren't even trying." Chelsea only moved away from Zacky when the timer on the oven went off and did so very reluctantly. She wasn't all that hungry anymore, but she knew that if she didn't eat, she would regret it later.

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"No, but it's not like I expected them to be," Matt said, setting his phone down on the coffee table. He knew Zacky and Chelsea wouldn't be happy that he and Allie were having a baby, but that didn't mean they couldn't at least pretend. "I don't think that's how that works, Allie," Matt said, hearing her comment about having twins and giving one to Zacky and Chelsea. "I'm pretty sure Chelsea wants to be pregnant."

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"I know baby." Zack said as he followed her into the kitchen. He rubbed her back as she got the food out of the oven. He felt bad for her because he knew all she wanted to do was get pregnant. "Let's not give up hope though, okay?" He said, kissing her temple.

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"Well I know that but it's not our fault that she can't." Allie snapped. She sighed, "I'm sorry...I'm just a little heated up because they're being really immature about the situation." She said, walking over to Matt and hugging him.

Chelsea couldn't help but scoff at Zacky's comment. She knew they couldn't give up, but it was just so hard not to when everyone around them seemed to be pregnant and they couldn't. And now that Allie and Matt were having a baby, it seemed like the universe was rubbing her infertility in her face.

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"I don't really think they're being immature, Allie," Matt said, rubbing her back. "I mean, think about how we would would feel if our positions were reversed. I'm sure they're happy for us, they've just got to get used to the idea." Matt just hoped they would come around to it soon.