Frerard - Free Now (Null Trilogy Part 2)

Part 2

I froze. "What?!" Gerard and I signed simultaneously.

Mikey looked down for a moment before replying, "it's true..." he lifted his shirt to show his slightly rounded belly.

"I think I'm gonna pass out, " Gerard signed, his face pale, swaying a little. I held him steady.

"What do I do? How does it even work?" Mikey stressed. "How am I supposed to have it? I guess I could have a cesarean, but..."

I nodded. "There's nothing we can really do until it's born...unless you abort it...but I'll kill you if you do that."

Mikey bit his lip and shook his head. "Even if I never planned this, I'm not aborting it. If all goes well... we'll have our own baby. That's incredible..."

I managed to smile. Mikey was right. This was incredible.

Bob wrapped his arms around Mikey from behind as he always tended to do and stroked his stomach. I smiled softly and asked, "how far in are you?"

"Five months, we think. At first I just thought I was getting fat, so I thought nothing of it really. But it kept growing, and then began throwing up in the morning and craving random things. Bob suggested that I might be pregnant. Even though we both knew - well, thought - that it wasn't possible, I took a pregnancy test. When it came out positive, we couldn't believe it. I thought that it might be wrong, so I went to the doctors, but they scanned me and, sure enough, I was at least five months pregnant."

I listened in awe. This really was stuff you read in fanfics. "So did you want a child in the first place?"

"Well...yeah. We thought about it for a while, and we were going to get a surrogate. But then this happened." Mikey shrugged as he signed. "I just hope nothing goes terribly wrong. I also just wanna know why this has even happened and how I'm supposed to have a freaking baby when I have a dick."

I watched Bob chuckle. "To be honest, we're excited. We just thought you'd all hate us, and we were also scared that something would go wrong, but everything seems to be normal so far...especially the morning sickness."

Mikey scowled. "Damn morning sickness."

I rolled my eyes playfully and looked at Gerard. He was shaking slightly. I frowned and tapped him, signing, "Gee? What's wrong?"

Gerard shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. When he let go, he signed, "I just can't comprehend this right now."

Mikey motioned for Gerard to go over. After hesitating for a moment, Gerard made his way over.

Mikey lifted his shirt again and took Gerard's hand, placing it on his stomach. He told me to do the same.

Gerard seemed to gasp and almost flinched his hand back. I frowned, about to ask him what was wrong, when I felt a kick against my hand. My eyes widened. So it really was true. Not that I didn't believe it before.

Mikey smiled, signing to Gerard. "See?"

Gerard's eyes were huge. "Wow..." he signed in awe.

Mikey seemingly chuckled. "Well...we gotta go," he signed. "I have to go for a scan. But we'll see each other soon, right?"

"Of course. You do live right next door to us." Gerard pointed out. "Ring me later, and tell me how the scan went."

Mikey nodded. I felt a spark of envy at them being able to have phone calls. It was ridiculous of me, but I couldn't help it. It wasn't their fault.

"See you," I signed and hugged them both. Bob's hugs were the best. He was so warm and cuddly.

They both grinned and waved, leaving soon after. Without signing a word, Gerard pulled me upstairs.

"I was thinking," Gerard began when we got there. "If Mikey can get pregnant...maybe I can too..."

I paused. He might be right. I smiled at him after a while and didn't reply, pushing him up against the wall and kissing him roughly.

We all know what happened next.