Raising Awesome

Chapter 1

 You stare down at the pregnancy test in your shaking hands. You can hardly read it through your tears. You blink a few times and rub your eyes. Two pink lines. Positive. Pregnant. You let the test fall to the floor and let your head fall into your hands. You sob hard, harder than you ever have. You sit in there for what seems like hours, but in reality is only a few minutes. Suddenly, a knock comes to your door.

"It's just me. Are you okay in there, [NAME]?" You stand up quickly, kicking the test out of sight.

"Uh... yes. Totally fine. No need to be concerned. Everything's just great!" You can feel your cheeks flushing the way they always do when you're lying.

"I'm going to have to break down this door with my awesome strength if you don't tell me what's wrong!" You can hear Gilbert pulling at the door handle outside.

"Uh... give me a second!" You hurry to wash your face and make it look like you weren't just bawling your eyes out. You dry your face and stare into the mirror. You look like you haven't slept well in a year, and you haven't. Most nights you're too busy having... fun... with Gilbert to get much sleep. Speaking of Mr. Awesome, he's tugging on the door again. You walk over and open it, revealing a concerned looking Prussia. His white hair is matted and his red eyes reflect his exhaustion. He's been arguing with Germany again, you can tell. He always does a lot of sighing and writing in his diary when he's fighting with West.

"My awesome senses tell me something is wrong." He puts a comforting hand on your shoulder as you take a deep breath. As much as you love him, you sometimes have a difficult time dealing with Prussia's... overpowering personality. You take another deep breath.

"I'm... pregnant." You manage to stare him straight in the eyes as you say this, and you watch as his normally happy expression morph into concern and sadness.

"Oh." Is all he says. Then he breaks into a huge smile as he exclaims, "THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST AWESOME BABY IN ALL OF HISTORY!" He crushes you in a hug which you gently return. He brings you lips to his and you kiss, long and sweet. When you finally break apart you look down at your tiny baby bump.

"We're going to be parents."

"Correction: We're going to be AWESOME parents!" You giggle and follow him out of the bathroom.

That night while you're getting ready for bed, you think about your life. You and Gilbert got together at a party in a night of drunken passion. He asked you to be his girlfriend a few weeks later, after your first date. The date was at a laser tag park, which he proclaimed was the 'MOST AWESOME PLACE KNOWN TO NATION!' You enjoyed it, but mostly because seeing him with a laser turned you on. Now after six months of dating you live together in your house, which you share with your roommate. Your roommate, Anne, is almost never home, leaving the place to you and Gilbert. Since moving in, you two have spent every night together. You probably should have known that this habit would result in a pregnancy, but you simply can't resist his awesomeness. When you finally make it to the bedroom, you slide under the covers and go straight to sleep. Pregnancy is exhausting.