Keys // Nicolas Brown

Act. 22 Perfect Pregnancies

"I-I- wait, what."

"You all heard me, a big congrats to Y/N, you're pregnant!"

We all stared at Worick who had just made the announcement to us.

Nicolas and I had been seated on the sofa after having done the dishes, Alex taking a nap on the seat beside us. Worick had gone out to do some 'business' of his that he declared was super secret. Now he had returned, bursting through the door with a triumphant grin on his face.

"Remember when we all got a checkup before that mission a few weeks ago? It was downtown where we had to take out four groups by the shore," he reminded us and I nodded. "Well hear this, apparently yours came out the funkiest so I requested another test for you to take so that I could get the results and tell you guys my very own self!"

"So you didn't gee golly I don't know, tell my husband first or let him know beforehand?" I blinked at Worick.

"Well, now that you say that, it does make sense, but you guys were so wrapped up with the work from the mission so I decided to take the chore on myself. Plus, ever since your guys' marriage, he's been more protective of you and taking care of you, so of course there's that," he shrugged and I could only stare at him.

"So you didn't even think of telling Nicolas any of this or having him be the first to see my reports?"

"Why are you so shocked over this? I'm literally part of the family," he gave a sheepish smile to me.

"That's a violation," I retorted.

"Don't be like this, come on! I did this since you two wouldn't have had the time to do so, and it'd be more stress on you both so I figured I'd take the task into my own hands!" He cheered when I gave him a sigh in response.

We all sat in silence, the news starting to seriously settle in.

"Hey mom, do we have any more mi-"

"I've got a human growing inside of me."

Doug blinked at me twice before throwing his hands in the air.

"What a shocker," he rolled his eyes. "So does that mean we have milk?"

"I'm pregnant, wow."

The words seemed strange passing out of my lips and I stayed seated before tossing myself at Nicolas.

"We're having a kid!" I shouted, falling silent after my eyes went over his expression.

His eyes were teary, his smile shaky as he held me.

'I'm gonna be a father,' he signed with trembling hands before crying out.

He quickly buried his face into my neck as everyone in the room stayed quiet. I ran my hands over his back, tightening my arms around his torso.

'I'm gonna be the best father, I promise.'

He signed softly over my stomach as though the baby could read it already and I laughed through tear filled eyes.

"I'm happy."

Nicolas' two spoken words had everyone taken back, including myself. He had spoken the same two words to me once before, when we got married. It suddenly became my turn to cry and I clung to him. We heard Worick's light laughter and Alex's bright giggles as well, Doug smiling over at us.

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"No."

"What, why not?"

"I'm pregnant."

Worick narrowed his eyes at my words and I grinned, easing my feet over the table.

"Now clean the kitchen, peasant," I laughed loudly in his face.