A Series of One Shots.

Post-Honeymoon

It has been eight months since our frugal honey moon to San Francisco. "Henry Richard Hart!! Stop leaving your underwear on the floor!" I shout and toss the briefs into a hamper. He scoffs. "I don't always leave my underwear on the floor." I roll my eyes and peer into the fridge. "You...YOU!" I yell. Henry backs up. "What did I do?" I grab his shirt front. "Don't pretend to be innocent!" I throw the empty ice cream carton at him. "You finished the ice cream." I pout. He groans. "Charlotte...this is just the pregnancy hormones." What did he just say??? Is he blaming my logical anger on Francesca/Henry Junior? I huff. He tickles my side. "Cheer up Charlie." He sings. I slap his arms away.  He lifts up my shirt a bit. "Aww, she/he looks like me." He pokes my stomach. "Grow mini me! Grow! It's like an alien or something." He says. I laugh. "Don't call our child an alien. Your the alien." He kisses my nose and wrinkle it. "Ew, morning breath." He proceeds to kiss me on the lips and blows gently on my face. "It's a nice smell right?" He asks and I laugh again. "Okay, sure." I kiss him on the cheek. "We have to get to Bolten's." I say.My hardware store replaced where Junk N' Stuff stood so i worked above Henry. We thought it would be easier so I could still help outCaptain Man.. I pour some cereal and eat quickly. Henry, of course, takes his time. "We can't leave Maggie to all the crime fighting by herself." I say pulling his huge red sweater over my head. A guilty expression comes over his face. "Of course not." He says pulling on his pants. I slid on leggings with some difficulty. Six months and I could barely see my feet. I was almost tempted to walk in there bare foot. I slip on a pair of boots with no heel. Henry wraps a scarf around my neck, insisting in needed all the warmth I could get. We bustle out into the freezing Oregon weather. Henry brushes snow from the windshield with a gloved hand.

I stomp my feet at the welcome mat and walk in. We take the tube down because Henry is constantly worried about Francesca/Henry Junior. Maggie Park, the new Kid Danger, is pacing back and forth in the Man Cave. "Hey, Mags." I say warily. She smiles when she looks up. "Oh, hi, Mrs. Bolten. "She says quickly and turns to Henry. "So, what are we doing today?" She says quickly, snapping the rubber band on her arm very quickly. "Well, we're going to patrol. Um..are you okay?" He asks. Maggie nods, her straight dark hair swinging wildly. "Yeah, everything's cool. Cool cool." Henry looks at me with panicked eyes. I nod and give him my 'I'll take care of it.' Maggie looks in between us. "I'm perfectly fine. Let's go patrol!!" She says with over enthusiasm. "Maggie, sit." I say. Maggie tends to over think a lot of things due to her anxiety. I'm usually able to talk her down from it. We sit down on the couch.  She nods and sighs. It's a shuddering sigh. I give her a hug. "You don't have to be here today." I say. She looks at me with watery eyes. "You...know what day it is?" I hold back tears myself. "Yeah, I do. I knew something was bothering you." She lets out a small sob. "I miss her, so much." She whispers. "You don't have to be here." I say. She shakes her head. "I want- I need to be here. To take my mind off things." I hold her hand. "You need time to grieve, Maggie." She shakes her head vigorously. "But I don't want to hurt anymore." Having no dead parents, but parents who were no longer speaking to me, I sighed. I wasn't sure I had any wisdom left to offer.

So I just hugged her and she sniffled into my shoulder. Hen-Ki-Captain Man, I can't believe I still make that mistake, walks into the room with an urgent expression. "Um...sorry but it's an emergency! The Black Widow escaped prison and she's capturing all the men in Swellview!" Henry shouts. A red eyed Maggie sits up immediately. "My dad!" She yelps and quickly chews her bubblegum. Her outfit is like Henry's was but with red tights and a skirt. Her dark hair is up in a ponytail and tied with a ribbon. She had protested that Henry old outfit looked ugly. She glances at me through her red mask. "Thanks, Mrs. Bolten." She whispers before she and Henry head to the tubes. "Be careful!" I call to them and they both smile. "We'll be fine, Char-bear." Henry says and I scowl. Before I call chastise him, Maggie calls it and they fly up the tubes. I look at my swollen belly. "It's just me and you." I say getting up to order a huge pizza from the Food-o-Matic. 

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I'm sorry for yet ANOTHER short chapter. But they are one shots so i guess it's okay? I still feel bad but oh well.