Treckett

"I didn't know it would get that serious." William spoke, softly. Travis looked down at the pale boy, tears sliding down his fragile features.
"It's okay. We can raise this baby together." Travis replied. His voice had so much courage engraved into it that he was beginning to believe himself.
"But, I'm not sure if I'm ready..." William frowned.
Travis touched William's inflated belly and smiled. "I know we can."

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"Coochi coo!" Pete grinned.
William was frustrated.
"Pete, she's not even born yet!"
Pete distracted his hand. "Jeez. Feisty."
William had been putting up with Pete all morning.
* "Pete, when is Ashlee and Travis coming back?"
Pete continued to rub the bulge on William's belly. "Not for a while....why?''
"Dammit." William swore under his breath. Pete stopped and looked up at William.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Nothing." Will responded.
"Oh, ok." Pete replied with a bright smile. William rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Travis McCoy, I'm so going to kick your ass for this." He thought.
"Can I lick your tummy?" He heard Pete say. His eyes widened.
"What did you say?"
Pete looked confused. "I didn't say anything, Will."
William stared at him. "Ok then..." he said, his eyebrow arched.
** Pete sat down.
"This is gonna be so fun! I can play with her and buy her clothes and babysit when-"
"PETE!" William was bewildered. "I'm not leaving you alone with her to babysit.
"Huh?'
"I said-"
"What?" Pete asked.
"PETE!"
"Exactly."

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William sat on the couch, reading the newspaper. He didn't know where Pete was and he didn't care because, finally, it was silent.
He sighed when he saw Entertainment headline.

"The Academy Is...'s vocals pregnant!"

He looked at the top of the paper and saw hair. Hair? He grabbed the black locks and pulled them over, revealing a face.

"Pete! Get off my paper!"
"Watcha doin'?" Pete asked.
"What does it look like? I'm reading the paper."
"Anything interesting happening?" he asks.
"Meh. Only this."
Pete read the headline. "No friggin' way! He's preggers?"
William sighed in frustration. "Pete, you dumb ass, I'M the vocals of The Academy Is..."
* "Oh....then who is he?" Pete points to the picture in the newspaper.
William sighed. "Its me, retard!" he yelled.
"Oh...then boy! You must have gained a lot of weight! Your stomach is huge in this picture! Watcha been eating?" Pete said hurriedly.
William sighed and smacked his hand on his forehead. "How in the hell does Ashlee deal with this?'' he thought.
"It's because I'm pregnant, Pete." he said slowly.
Pete's eyes widened and he flashed William as bright smile.
"Since when?! How come you didn't tell me? Does Ashlee know," he gasped, "Does Travis know? Oh, I can't wait to tell them! Is it a boy or girl? Blue or Yellow? Pink or Green? Boxers or Briefs? McDonald's or Burger King? Vanilla or Choc-"

"PETE!" William screeched, "COULD YOU BE QUIET FOR JUST A SECOND!?"

And for a second, there was silence.

"Ok!" Pete exclaimed, "Your second is over. Now, where was I?"

William grunted, getting up, and stormed off into his room.

"Tall or Short? Big or Small? Formula milk or Breast feeding? Wait....a man can't breast feed a baby. Or can he? Peter Griffin did one. Yeah, but, that was a cartoon. Maybe-"

Pete stopped and looked around the room. "Hey! Where did you go, Will?"

[In William and Travis's room]

William had locked the door and was laying on their fluffy mattress.

"Travis, you owe me so big for this one. " he whispered.

William reached for his phone and dialed Travis.

"Hello?" Travis answered.

"Travis?" William asked.

"Yes?"

"Where are you?'' William asked in a soft tone.

"At the mall. We were about to go into Spencers.''

"Babe?"

"Yes?" Travis asked.

"Could you hurry up and get the hell home?"

"William!" Pete called, "I hear you."

William's eyes bulged. "Travis, I need you to come home right now! Okay, I love you. Bye."

William hung up the phone and pretended he was asleep. ** He even added a fake snore in there.

"William, I know damn well you are not sleeping!"
William couldn't help but giggle. "Yeah I am!"
"Oh ok. Well, I guess- wait a second!" Pete stopped.
William was laughing his ass off by then. But, then he gasped.
"Are you okay?" Pete called.
"William couldn't even answer. In Will's belly, there was a slight kick. He grinned and hugged his belly lightly.
"Yeah...I'm o-okay." his voice shook.
* "Are you sure?" Pete asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, Pete."
"What?"

William sighed. "Please don't ruin a good moment."
Pete pouted. "I'm sorry. That's not nice."

William smiled.

"Hello?" Ashlee called, "We're here!"

Pete and William scurried out into the kitchen as fast as possible.

"Hey Cinnamon Roll!" Pete squealed.
He hugged her and gave her kiss on the lips.
"God, sometimes I think he's the lady in this relationship." She joked.

"Hey Will." She smiled.

He smiled back. "Where's Travis?'