CARLY is holding her phone with the video camera on. She pans around the scene before her:
It is a warm July Saturday, partly cloudy with a slight breeze.
We see the Knight's backyard, verdant and summery. We hear the wind rustling against the speaker of the phone.
CHARLOTTE and LILLY [CHARLOTTE's oldest daughter, age 12] are struggling against the breeze to tape decorations in place.
MARJORIE is standing on the porch, fanning herself with her hands. She smiles when the camera is pointed in her direction.
The video ends.
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CARLY begins recording video with her phone again. The front-facing camera is open on her face. She is smiling. We can see the shoulders of her shirt are pink.
CARLY: Hi, everybody! I'm here at the gender reveal for baby Knight.
CARLY taps on her phone screen to switch to the back-facing camera. She pans around the backyard to briefly show off all who are in attendance. It is a blur of green, white, pink, and blue. The camera shakes as she taps the screen to once again switch to front-facing camera.
CARLY: Anyways, guys, I'm gonna get this party started. I'm your Aunt Carly, and I think you're gonna be a baby girl, and you're gonna be named Carly.
CARLY glares past the camera. When she flips to the back facing camera again, we see she was looking at REECE.
REECE and MARJORIE are standing hand-in-hand on the porch. MARJORIE has her right hand on her bump. Both of them are wearing pink.
REECE: I'm your daddy, and I think you're going to be a girl.
MARJORIE: And I'm your mummy, I also think you're a baby girl.
MARJORIE pats her bump. She is 19 weeks pregnant. She and REECE share a glance at each other.
The video cuts to SORSCHA and CLODAGH. They are sitting on the grass playing with QUINN, who is now three years old, and BENNY.
SORSCHA: I'm your Aunt Sorscha, and I think you're going to be a crazy little girl, like your mammy.
CLODAGH: I'm your Aunt Clodagh. I feel like you're going to be a sweet baby boy.
The video cuts to AUTUMN and WINTER.
AUTUMN is sitting back in a lawn chair. She is nearly 25 weeks pregnant. She is resting both hands on her belly with her elbows on the arms of the lawn chair and her legs crossed.
WINTER is standing behind AUTUMN's chair. His eyes are focused on BENNY playing across the yard as he massages AUTUMN's shoulders.
CARLY: Guys, introduce yourself and tell us what you think the baby is.
WINTER turns his attention to the camera.
WINTER: I'm your Uncle Winter, and I'm thinking you're a baby boy.
AUTUMN rolls her eyes.
AUTUMN: I'm your aunt, and I think you might be a baby.
The video cuts to CHARLOTTE. She is making some finishing touches to decor while MIA, LILLY, and GRACE (CHARLOTTE's younger daughter, age 8) are parading around behind her.
CHARLOTTE: I'm your Auntie Char, and I already know what you are, sweet baby!
CHARLOTTE pokes MIA. MIA looks up from her phone.
MIA: I'm Mia. My guess is you'll be a girl, just so you and your mum can take turns driving your father mad.
The video cuts once more to a front-facing camera scene. CARLY is laying in the grass next to BENNY.
CARLY: Benny, do you think your little cousin is a baby boy or a baby girl?
BENNY: Baby sister!
We see CARLY's eyes go wide. She sits up from the grass and points the camera back at herself.
CARLY: I don't think I'm meant to hear that.
The video ends.
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CARLY begins recording once more.
We see REECE and MARJORIE standing several feet in front of the camera. The wall behind them is covered in silver balloons that read "HE OR SHE?"
CHARLOTTE is standing to the right of them, setting up smoke cannons.
CARLY pans the camera to show everyone standing around her. They are all holding unmarked cans of silly string. She turns the camera back to REECE and MARJORIE.
CHARLOTTE runs behind the camera.
REECE and MARJORIE are left standing by themselves.
CHARLOTTE: Okay, close your eyes!
REECE and MARJORIE close their eyes. REECE wraps an arm around MARJORIE's waist.
CHARLOTTE: On the count of three, the smoke cannons will start shooting our blue or pink smoke, and everybody, don't forget to spray your silly string cans AT Marjorie and Reece!
The scene becomes really quiet. Wind is heard rustling in the phone speakers.
CHARLOTTE: One!
The smoke cannons begin to seep out a steady stream of white smoke.
EVERYONE: Two! Three!
Sprays of silly string come from behind the camera, covering REECE and MARJORIE. Their eyes are still closed.
The camera begins to shake.
Pink smoke fills the air around REECE and MARJORIE.
Cheering can be heard behind the camera.
CARLY: IT'S A GIRL!
The video is blurred.
REECE and MARJORIE finally open their eyes to see themselves covered in pink silly string.
MARJORIE jumps into REECE's arms. He spins her around before placing her back on the ground and kissing her.
CARLY drops her phone on the ground.
The video continues for another fifty-six seconds of unfocused grass footage before it cuts.
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Serendipity: A New Generation of Knights
FanfictionThe story of Wintumn and Marjoreece, all revolving around a new generation of the Knight Family 💞
