Chapter Four: Who’s Your Daddy? June 27, 2009

We last left our foundress to ponder her naval, and what was more importantly, the baby that was now kicking her quite hard in her kidney. Lets go see how our mother-to-be is doing.

Ah there you are! You’re looking downright depressed. Surely you can’t be that upset?

Upset? Upset!? I’m devastated! I haven’t even begun to realise my potential here, and before any of my hopes and dreams can take flight, they are pulled back down to earth and tied to a 7 pound pooping machine.

Oh, I would call it more a bundle of joy! You know that having a baby isn’t the end of the world. Your parents had you, and they still turned out fine!

*whimpers* But. They knew who the parents were, it was planned. It wasn’t just a hiccup in the bedroom that caused me. I’m ment to be here! This… this thing inside me is a mistake!

Well. Yes, it is a mistake, but you’re treating it like it’s the spawn of Satan or something! Even if it had horns and a pitchfork it would be less hellish then you are. Who knows, this could be a blessing in disguise.

Maybe. I have been trying to take my mind off things, but every where I go all I seem to think about is my impending situation. I went to the library to work on my new book, a sequel to Space ferret, “Space Ferret and the Galactic Equinox” but even there I couldn’t think about anything but babies. I saw a little boy playing with some blocks and couldn’t help but coo over him. He was adorable.

See. Having a baby isn’t all that bad.

I know… I guess I’ll suck it up and find out who the father is. I haven’t told them yet that I’m pregnant. I guess it wont take them long to realise though, although I’ll tell them tomorrow though, I’m so bloody tired tonight.

Don’t worry, You’ll have even less sleep when the little one is screaming and pooping and keeping you awake all night.

Yeah. Thanks for that image. Anyway, the next day, I bit the bullet. I called them up and invited them over.

Both of them?

Ya, both of them. Not like they aren’t going to figure out something is up when I say “I’m pregnant, you might be the father” Well they came around, first to arrive was hank, but shortly after so did Gage. First, I told hank. He seemed a bit bewildered. The reaction was no different from Gage.

Though he promptly went inside to use the bathroom, to only moments later return, informing me that he clogged it.

Not the brightest of the bunch. I guess he really is unlucky.

I had it. I don’t know if it was just hormones, because I was upset at them for their reactions or because this was the second time Gage had broken something of mine, but I couldn’t handle it. I told him to get out and to leave me alone!

Seems like Hank heard, must have been a pretty big bomb you dropped on Gage for Hank to be worried about radiation.

Oh don’t you start with me! They both left after that. I was left alone again. Tired, I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up fairly quickly, feeling that something wasn’t right. I went and got dressed and was about to sit down to do a review.  Oh, I’ll never forget the pain. I called a taxi and rushed to the hospital.

Anxious and exited I walked alone into the waiting room, I felt so embarrassed as a group of people behind me watched me. I wish I had someone to be there with me. A rough, 5 hours later I was holding my beautiful baby girl in my arms. Kaywinnit was born with the excitable trait. She was so beautiful, I knew then, no matter what happened we would be okay. But I was still unsure of the father, and it played on my mind on the taxi ride home.

Not long after I got home, I heard a knock at the door..

AStill woozey from the birth, I didnt answer, but they let himself in. I was shocked when I saw Hank, and even more so when he told me that he was 100% sure that Kaywinnit was his daughter, but there was no mistaking it, she had his eyes.

I put her down in the crib to sleep, and I went to speak with Hank. I knew he had commitment issues, but I still needed to ask.

“Look. I don’t want to make you feel like you have to do this. But how would you feel about going steady?”

To my surprise he readily agreed, and sealed the deal with a kiss. I haven’t slept that well for so long. Even if I wasn’t asleep for long.

Kaywinnit had awoken and needed to be fed. I didn’t mind, I felt so very happy with her in my arms, she was now my everything. My little angle, Kaywinnit Dowsey, the heiress to the Dowsey Legacy.

And with that we’ll leave Elsa, Kaywinnit and Hank to their newly formed happy home.

Stick around for our next chapter to see how the bouncing baby girl has effected Elsa. For better, or for worse.

Cick here for Chapter Five: Cockle Shells and Wedding Bells