911: Eclipse of the Heart

Chapter 52 - Reality

"How does it look?" Buck asked as Chimney and Hen walked into the fire station carrying a cake and a hug black balloon. There were pink and blue streamers hanging from the loft, and balloons scattered around.

"Is that it?" Hen laughed.

"No! We aren't done yet. We still have banners to put up." Eddie said.

"Ok, good." Hen smirked as she started up the stairs, "Everyone should start getting here in the next hour and a half, so we need to get this done."

"Do you guys know if it's a boy or a girl?" Buck asked.

"I do. He doesn't. I couldn't trust him to keep that secret." Hen said as she set the cake down on the counter.

"Yet for some reason she wanted me to be involved with the biggest part of the gender reveal party... The balloon." Chimney shrugged as he set the balloon weight down next to the table.

"Yeah... That's a good point. Why didn't you bring one of us?" Eddie crossed his arms.

"Because I knew whichever one of you that I brought wouldn't be able to keep it a secret from the other." Hen sighed as she started moving some of the pink and blue balloons around.

"Look! Cap and Kymber are here." Chimney pointed over towards the door.

"Hey guys!" Kymber waved.

"You aren't supposed to be here yet. You're early!" Hen said.

"I'm sorry. I tried to stop her. She was too excited and couldn't wait any longer." Bobby chuckled as they walked up the stairs.

"Of course I'm excited! We get to find out if our baby is a girl or a boy today!" Kymber skipped over to the counter.

"How are you feeling?" Hen asked.

"I'm feeling great." Kymber smiled, "Just a little tired."

"Yeah, because you were awake getting sick all night." Bobby rolled his eyes.

"It's little bean's fault. Not mine." Kymber shrugged.

"Awe! Little bean. That's so cute!" Buck said, "Do we get to call the baby little bean too?"

"If you really want to." Bobby laughed.

"Of course I want to. Why else would I have asked." Buck walks over to Kymber, "Hi little bean! I'm excited to have you hang out with us at the firehouse!"

"It will be a little while before bean comes and hangs out here." Bobby said.

"Awe. Why?" Buck moaned.

"It's going to be too dangerous. Plus, Kymber will probably keep the baby at home with her for a while." Bobby explained.

"This is true." Kymber looked at Buck.

"I still get to see the baby though, right?" Buck asked.

"Of course you do. You all do." Bobby said, "You guys are our family."

"Speaking of family." Kymber said, watching over the edge of the railing, "Mom! Dad! You made it!"

"We wouldn't miss it for the world, sweetheart." Misty said as her and Eugene reached the top of the staircase, "Right Eugene."

"Sure... We wouldn't miss the chance to see our daughter and the man who got her pregnant before they got married." Eugene scoffed.

"Eugene." Misty elbowed him.

"Well... Am I wrong?" Eugene sighed.

"And I'm sorry about that, sir. But, I'm not going anywhere. And neither is our baby." Bobby said.

"You better not." Eugene crossed his arms.

"This is awkward." Buck whispered as he leaned forward to rest his elbows on the counter.

"Oh yes, indeed." Eddie said, trying to act like he wasn't listening in.

"Maybe we should give them some privacy?" Hen looked over her shoulder.

"Nah. I wanna watch the show." Chimney smirked.

"It's not funny, Chim." Hen said.

"Maybe not to them, but it is to me." Chimney reached into a bag of pretzels and shoved a handful into his mouth.

"Come on guys. Are we really not going to leave?" Hen looked around at Buck, Eddie, and Chimney. None of them responded. "I'll take that as a no..."

"Good guess." Eddie smirked.

"Y'all are awful." Hen said as she walked over the couches in the opposite corner of the room.

"Awfully entertained." Buck said, taking a sip from his bottle of water.

"Hell yeah." Eddie laughed as he leaned forward next to Buck.

"Better than reality TV." Chimney chuckled.