Growing Together

ThaSan: 100/50

They had all been gathered in the actual living room within the San's home. Sandee had been seated in the love seat with her sisters while Thada had been in the recliner all by himself. They had all crowded around Sandee wanting to know what the doctor had said.

After all, they had heard the news when the two had told Mama San not too long ago. The eldest of the San sisters was the one that had taken it upon herself for scolding them about being so irresponsible.

'With all the millions of ways to prevent a pregnancy, you two idiots couldn't have used one?!' was what she had said that day, among other things that had sprung out in the heat of her anger and disappointment in Sandee and Thada. Apart from her words, the other sisters hadn't said much, for their sister had said pretty much what had been on everyone's mind.

However, Mama San hadn't been the least bit angry. In fact, she was ecstatic about the news. Why? Well, all this time she had been focused on marrying off Sanrak, that now she hoped that Sandee and he married before the baby was born—something that he had Sandee had yet to talk about—now that the two had thought it over and decided to keep it. Naturally, he couldn't help but think about marriage now, just he didn't know how to bring it up with Sandee. He wasn't even sure that Sandee would want to marry him, she'd always had made sure he knew that there were 'options'.

Their anger and disappointment had subsided since then, but Thada had always felt a bit uncomfortable coming here. He was still getting used to being able to come into the actual San House. Unlike, before, where he would be waiting outside with the rest of the San's boyfriends.

"He said the baby is doing well, she's a little small but that wasn't really a concern," Sandee said summarizing pretty much the important things she remembered.

"You mean he is small," Thada corrected as he pulled out the spare sonogram picture they had given him. "Here P'Sansuay, you said you wanted a copy of him right?"

Sansuay had only grinned happily going to take the picture from him. She had big plans on doing something special for them with every picture she took of them and the pictures Thada kept getting for her from their doctor's visits. "Thank you," She said with a smile as Sanwan had come over to fawn over the picture with her.

"You really must want a son, huh?" Sanson said with a cheeky grin.

"Hate to break it to you little brother, but I'm sure it's a girl," Sanrak said with a smile as she cradled her cup of coffee in her hands.

"It's a boy, I'm telling you," Thada had argued.

"No way, it's definitely a girl. I mean look around, our family is mostly female," Sanrak said matter-of-factly.

"Well she's not wrong about that," Sandee and Sanwan said in union.

"That doesn't mean anything," Thada said, genetically there was a 50/50 chance. So he could be having a son.

***

However, when Sandee was 18 weeks, they found out the gender of their baby. Sandee had given her boyfriend a sympathetic look, "Hey, I'm sure maybe the next one will be a boy," She said trying to comfort him.

"I'll never doubt your sisters again," He half-joked wrapping his arms tightly around her. He wasn't really upset with having a girl, he had just been so excitedly settled with the idea of a son so this was a new feeling. He would have to protect his daughter from all the boys.

"So, were we right or were we right?" Sanson asked with a smirk on her face, just as soon as they spotted them walking into the shop.

Thada had only groaned in displeasure, he didn't need their teasing right now.