She Will Be Loved

It’s been two months since they left for tour. I’ve been taken out of school and fussed over by every set of parents from the guys and Val at least once. Zacky has called as promised and his romantic side just grows more and more every day. I sighed and climbed out of bed, scooting across the floor to my bathroom.

I looked at my stomach in the mirror and frowned. My eyes made me think I really was smuggling a basketball. Suzy - who was the one to currently be staying with Val and I - assured me it was perfectly normal. But her eyes told me something was a little off. She reassured me that its fine and she’ll just prove it when we go to the doctor today for my checkup.

I tore my eyes away from the mirror and headed to my take my shower. Once I was finished I stepped out and wrapped a towel around my body. Due to my belly it was pretty short, barely covering down there. I shuffled in to my room and pulled on the maternity clothes I had to wear for the simple fact my normal clothes no longer fit. At least they were still cute clothes.

A knock came at my door as I was pulling my hair into a messy ponytail. “Come in!”

Suzy walked in with a wide smile. She looked at my top and squealed. “That top is to die for! When did you get that?”

“I got it with Kimberly when she took me out last week,” I replied, thinking of Matt’s mother. She really was a great person, her and her husband Gary. Actually everyone had amazing parents. I envied them more than I had ever before.

“Well it’s cute.” Suzy smiled brightly which made me easily return it. “You ready to head out?”

“As much as I’ll ever be.” We both walked out of my room - well, I permanently have to shuffle - and began to walk down the stairs. That’s when Papa Gates dashed up the stairs to offer his arm even though I had been holding onto the railing.

“Honestly Brian, you never acted like this when I was pregnant,” Suzy scoffed. Once we reached the bottom he turned to smile at her.

“But you weren’t eighteen and pregnant for the first time,” Papa Gates pointed out. Suzy rolled her eyes and silently mocked him. I giggled, covering my mouth. With that Papa Gates led the way out of the house, my arm in his and Suzy following, locking up the front door.

“Can we eat after the doctor? I’m fuckin’ starving,” I whined. Papa Gates laughed, helping me climb into the backseat of their SUV.

“Sure thing Koty. But, I mean, you are feeding for two,” he pointed out. “You should have seen Brian’s mother when she was pregnant with him. She had a black hole for a stomach.”

“And he still eats like he has one,” I laughed, shaking my head. Papa Gates smiled at me before him and Suzy climbed into the front. We chatted mindlessly about things as we drove to the doctor’s office. I had to say I missed all the guys, but their parents, Val, and occasionally everyone from school and Erin, make it up for the most part.

“And we’re here,” Suzy announced. Before I could even move Papa Gates already turned off the vehicle, jumped out, and held my door open. This was one of the problems that was, in fact, driving me insane like I predicted. It’s more the fathers than the mothers that took care of me like I was incapable of anything.

“I’m going to shoot you one day,” I warned though we all knew I didn’t mean it. We walked into the building and waved to Will, the secretary. We got, as usual, lucky examine room number three. I sat on the bed, as usual, as the Haners took the two seats on the wall. Soon the doctor was walking in with his nurse and the machinery to do the ultrasound, as usual. Didn’t see that one coming, did you? Normality was something I was enjoying, especially at my doctor’s.

“Hello again Koty. And you have Suzy and Brian with you today. Long time no see guys,” Dr. Wilson greeted with his star stunning smile. Suzy couldn’t help giggling. Everyone in the room knew she had a fancy for him, but everyone also ignored it.

“Let’s do it doc,” I spoke simply, rising my shirt so the nurse could spread the gel on my belly. It tickled as always which caused me to giggle. Soon they flipped on the screen and the doctor examined it. His smiling face was suddenly frowning. I instantly began to mentally freak out. I didn’t know what could be wrong. I could hear the baby’s heartbeat with the pulsing of the machine. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know how to tell you this Koty.” Suzy stood to look at the screen too and gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. Tears were brimming her eyes making me more afraid.

“Just tell me!” I shouted, close to hyperventilating.

“You’re going to have twins.” I fell silent, just blinking at him. Nu uh, no way. I grabbed the tray the machine stood on and turned it around to face me. There was one form, the baby I had come to know. But another was next to it, alien to me. But, like the doctor said, it was definitely two babies. Both growing inside of me at the same time. My mind was frozen like it was on overload.

“But how can that be? I’ve been pregnant with one baby this whole time. They don’t just clone!” I exclaimed.

“The one we thought was your only must have been blocking the other. But there is no doubt now you are having twins.” I was flabbergasted. I thought just having raise one child would be difficult, but now two? I felt like screaming and crying, but I knew it would be even worse the baby babies.

“Th – Thank-you sir,” I stuttered out as the nurse cleaned off the jelly from my stomach. This time I didn’t put up a fight as Papa Gates helped me off the table and led me out of the room. I was too absorbed in my thoughts to really pay attention anyway. I was having twins. How was I going to tell Zacky and the guys? I thought life would be hard before, what about now?

“We’re here Koty,” Suzy said softly. I shook my head and looked up. We were back. I guess I had been out of it more than I thought. I climbed out of the vehicle before Papa Gates could help me out and headed through the front door that had been unlocked since Val returned while we were gone.

“Hey Koty. How did the visit go?” Val chirped as she came out of the kitchen to greet me. I stayed silent, walking past her and then up the stairs to my room. I heard Suzy tell Val they should talk and walk into one of the rooms downstairs. I shut my door behind me and curled into a ball on the bed. Pixie hopped up and came up to me, whimpering and placing a small paw on my cheek.

“Hey Pix,” I spoke softly, lifting my arm to allow her to curl in in front of my chest. I dropped my arm and petted the top of her head. Not even ten minutes later my phone began to ring. I dug into my back pocket and produced my cell phone. I saw Zack’s name on the ID and frowned. I picked it up, knowing if I didn’t answer he’d worry all day.

“Hey babe,” Zack’s chipper voice greet the second I pressed the ‘accept’ button.

“Hey Zack.” It was silent for a moment on the other end of the line when Zacky heard my reply. I guess my tone and lack of a pet name told him something was off.

“What’s wrong?”

“I - ” I fell silent, taking a deep breath and forcing the tears to not fall. Zacky began to panic.

“What’s wrong Koty? Is the baby alright?”

“I’m going to have babies Zack,” I whispered. It was silent for another moment.

“What?” Zacky choked out.

“I’m pregnant with twins. I’m going to have two babies Zee,” I whispered. Pixie’s head perked up and stared at my belly intently as if she knew what I was saying. Suddenly I heard Zacky’s voice shout in excitement.

“No fucking way!” I heard a lot of rustling as if he were climbing out of a bed. I could only assume he hadn’t gotten out of his bunk yet. “Guys! Kota’s having twins!”

There were a lot of shouts, all sounding excited. I heard the phone being taken from Zacky before Angely’s voice boomed through the line. “No way! What are they going to be?”

“I don’t know yet. I was kind of in a daze, I don’t even know if the doctor could tell me yet.”

There was more squealing before Zacky stole the phone back. “This is great baby!”

“Really?”

“Of course! You’re going to bringing two new kids into the world. I can hardly wait!” I smiled. It was good to know everyone was excited. Something told me with all the friends I had it was all going to work out for me and these babies.

I couldn’t be more lucky to have these people in my life.