Oh my God.
"Surprise!" My parents said.
My mouth was wide open, shocked.
In the box, was a stick.
A fucking pregnancy test.
Mom is-?
"Congratulations!" Robin said, going around the table to hug them.
I was still to surprised to say anything.
"How long have you known?" I asked quietly
"About a month." Mom said
"Oh. Congrats." I said, turning to walk to upstairs to my room.
I didn't intend to be an asshole about it, but it was just super weird.
Robin followed me upstairs.
"Hey, what happened?" He asked, concerned.
"Nothing. I just think it's a bit weird is all." I replied
He tilted his head, giving me the go ahead to keep taking.
I took a deep breath, "I mean, that's a 14-15 year age difference. And after everything that happened last month? I just-"
He cut me off, "You're worried. And you have a good reason. But you can't keep living like this, you know that."
I nodded, "You're right. I'm sorry."
I got up to go back downstairs, to apologize.
My parents were still at the table talking.
"Mom? Dad?"
They turned to look at me, waving me over.
I stood in front of them, "I'm sorry. I just don't want what happened to Robin, Finn, and all the other boys to happen to.. it?"
Mom got up and walked over to me, wrapping her arms around me.
"Oh honey. That won't happen to the baby and you know why?" She asked.
I looked up at her, "Why?"
She smiled kindly at me, "Because you'll be there to protect her."
"Her?" I asked
"Just a feeling." She replied
Dad walked over to hug us both, "I love you two. You guys are the best family I could ask for."
"Two? I think you mean 3." I told Dad
He laughed, "3."
We stood there in a hug, before I remembered.
Robin.
I pulled away and looked behind us to see Robin sniffling.
"Alright we're gonna go back to decorating." I told my parents
They nodded and went upstairs.
I went back to the living room where I saw Robin, looking through the ornaments again.
"Were you crying?" I asked, smiling
"The fuck? No. Why would I cry?" He said, voice breaking.
I laughed and hugged him from behind, "Oh you were totally crying!"
He started laughing too, "It was just cute that's all. Makes me miss my dad."
Aw.
I wrapped him in a tighter hug, "I'm sorry."
He turned to me and held my face "I'm fine, okay? Promise."
I nodded and kissed him.
"Alright let's finish up decorating so we can do something else." He said
"Okay, what did you have in mind?" I asked
"You'll see." He said, standing up.
I got up too, now thinking about what he had in mind.
Everyone's just full of surprises today.
