Reunited

-Chapter - 62 - The planning begins-

-December 26, 2026-
-Agreste Mansion-
-8:30am-

Nathalie began to awaken from her sleep as soon as she heard the sound of people talking beside her. Before sitting up on the bed, she took a moment to allow her eyes to adjust to the bright lighting of the room.

"Oh! Good morning, darling!" Gabriel says as soon as he saw that she had woken up.

Gabriella faced her mother, "Good morning, mama!" she said.

Nathalie smiled at the two, "Good morning...What were you two talking about?"

"It was nothing, my darling..." Gabriel answered, leaning in towards her, squishing Gabriella slightly, who sat in between them. He gave Nathalie a peck on the lips.

"how did you sleep?" Gabriel added, moving back to give their daughter space.

Nathalie stared at him for a moment, "I feel well rested, darling," she answered then turned to her daughter, narrowing her eyes, "Gabriella what were you and your father talking about?" she asked once again.

Gabriella looked at her father from the corner of her eyes, then spoke, "Okay so, I got kind of sad because father said you were pregnant again and I-"

"Pregnant?!" Nathalie exclaimed, interrupting their daughter. She turned to Gabriel with a questioning look on her face.

"No! Gabriella, my love, I said there might be a possibility that your mother is pregnant! I didn't say she is..." Gabriel explained.

Nathalie turned to Gabriella and saw her nodding while wearing an awkward smile. She turned to Gabriel again, "She's clearly lying to cover up for you, Gabriel," Nathalie said.

Gabriel sighed, "Okay, fine. I might have said you were pregnant because-," he turned to his daughter and covered her ears, "Because! In the past, one shot and you had a baby growing inside of you... For example, this wonderful kid we have in front of us right now, and a few months ago when-"

He quit talking as soon as he heard Nathalie laughing. He slowly removed his hands from Gabriella's ears.

Nathalie calmed herself, but her face was red, she turned to her daughter, "Gabriella, my love, we don't know if I'm pregnant yet," she clarified.

Gabriella gave a small smile, "oh okay..." she said after.

"You said you were sad when your father told you that-" Nathalie quoted with her fingers, "I'm pregnant... Why is that?"

Gabriella sighed and lay on the bed again, "Yes... I felt sad. I know you and  father talked to me about this before, but I can't help but feel sad again! Because I thought that it would be unfair for me, because when I was born I only had mama. And then if I have another sibling, he or she will get you both, and also my brother Adrien. And thinking about it makes me jealous already." She looked at her parents briefly, then looked down on her fingers, "I'm sorry I feel this way, mama and father... but it won't be forever because I'm going to be understanding. I want you two to be happy."

Nathalie and Gabriel stared at each other for a moment, until Nathalie broke the eye contact. She layed beside her daughter, wrapping her arms around her tightly, and kissed the top of her head.

"My love, don't ever apologize for feeling the way you do. Your father and I understand where you are coming from entirely," Nathalie looked up at Gabriel and saw him smiling and nodding, "But as we have told you before, we won't be loving or caring about you any less! If we are blessed with a new addition to the family, we promise you, Gabriella, there is nothing you have to worry about." Nathalie explained, then she sighed, "Until this day, I blame myself for not letting your father know about you as soon as I found out... I didn't have hope... It was because I was so convinced he wouldn't have tried to-"