Core 4 Family One Shots & Short Stories

Birth Stories (Part 1): Mal & Marley

The core 4 had decided that they wanted to move in together and raise their families under one roof. They had recently just bought a house together that would be big enough for them all and their families assuming that they all had around 2 or 3 kids. For now, it was only one kid, and not even that yet as Mal and Carlos were the only one with a kid, but Mal was still pregnant at the time. 8 and a half months to be exact.

They were in the process of moving in as they were all working together to bring in the boxes from the moving trucks outside, at least, all the guys were. The girls were inside going through the boxes and putting the stuff around the house to make it theirs. Evie was in the kitchen putting all the dishes in the cabinets with Mal helping her.

"M, you should really be resting right now. You shouldn't have to be working." Evie told her as she rested one hand on the counter and the other on her hip as she looked over at Mal.

"E, I'm fine! I'm just pregnant, doing a little bit of work is not gonna kill me." Mal replied.

"Oh you're just pregnant. Mal, I'm serious put that stuff down and go sit down." Evie told her as she then pushed Mal into the living room.

Mal groaned as she sat down on the chair while pouting with her arms crossed over her stomach. "Why are you so against me helping you?! You usually beg me for help."

"Well, that was back when you weren't pregnant, but you are right now, and you are not to do any work especially when you're this far along." Evie told her.

"At least this pregnancy is almost over, I'm ready to have my body back and it just be me again." Mal said as she looked down at her large bump placing a hand on it.

"Of course you are. Now just take it easy." Evie said with a smile on her face before going back into the kitchen.

And by the end of the day, the guys had brought in all of the boxes and furniture and stuff and they had unpacked a lot of the stuff and made the house look like it was actually their house and made it feel like home. "I love this place! This is actually our house!" Audrey said as they sat together at the table and ate pizza.

"Yeah, this is the perfect place to raise little Marley." Carlos said as he placed his hand gently on Mal's stomach and smiled at her.

"I can't wait until she gets here. It's gonna be so great having a little baby in the house." Evie said excitedly as she just loved babies.

"I just can't wait to have her out of me." Mal said just wanting to be done with being pregnant.

"Do you not like being pregnant?" Evie asked.

"Who likes being pregnant?!" Mal asked in return.

"Well, it's worth it if you're bringing your child into the world." Evie told her. "I know I would put up with it. Even if pregnancy was hard it would be worth it knowing that I was carrying my child inside of me."

"Then why aren't you the one that's pregnant?" Mal asked her.

"Because me and Henry are waiting for the right time to have kids. And it just hasn't happened to us yet." Evie answered her. Mal nodded as her reply. And once they finished eating the pizza they all went to their bedrooms and fell asleep.

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A few weeks later, Mal was officially done being pregnant. She wanted her huge whale of a stomach gone, she wanted to see and hold her daughter for the first time. And so while all the guys were at work, all the girls were unpacking more stuff and making the place feel more like home. But all of a sudden, while Mal was helping Evie set up her workroom, she started feeling cramps in her stomach and she grabbed onto Evie's desk as the pain became almost too much for her.