Mileven Stories

A New Hope Has Formed (1995)

She realized it last week when she was doing her usual cleaning routine.

El had that Friday off from work, so she took advantage of her free time. She had already completed the kitchen area and was halfway done the living room.

Led Zeppelin IV was playing throughout the apartment and was nearing its end when she felt her powers heighten again.

They had been on the fritz all week, making her whole system more sensitive than she was used to.
Sometimes this happened when her time of the month was nearing, but this was more intense than she was used to.

Instead of acknowledging that something was off, she choose to ignore it.

She was dusting the picture frames that her and Mike had scattered on their China cabinet when the levees broke free within her mind.

El's shaking hands knocked over one of the picture frames that contained a photo of her and Mike at the snowball of 1984.

After she picked it up, she stated aloud to her empty apartment the realization that just rocked her mind.

"I'm late."

She felt the words on her tongue and continued.

"I'm late. And I can already tell this is no false alarm."

Once she soaked in this information, her eyes darted towards the clock. She registered that she had a little over an hour before her husband would be back from work.

El made her trip to the pharmacy and back in record time.

It's a good thing she had already drank several bottles of water that day so that she could take all three tests in one go.

While she waited for her three answers to appear, she took the time to vocalize her thoughts again.

"If they're positive, that's good. We've been trying. And it's okay if I'm scared, it's normal."

She released a breath before going over what would happen if her senses had mislead her.

"If it's negative.. we keep trying. We're twenty four. We're young and have a lot of time to try."

Ten minutes had passed when she finally faced her results. What she saw made her vision blur from the tears that had filled her eyes.

El felt her grin overtake her face as she calmly stated the first sarcastic remark that came to mind.

"Well, Mrs. Wheeler, this just got real."
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Eleven had found out she was now eating for two over a week ago.

However, there was still something she had to face. And that was the fact that her husband still did not know.

El couldn't wait to tell Mike, but she wanted to make sure she told him in a meaningful way. He had always done sentimental things for her and she wanted to return the favor.

She was in the middle of eating a snack and singing along to the record she had on while thinking over creative ideas.

Ever since she found out she was a party of two, she had increased her amount of singing.

She knew it was silly considering she was no more than a month along. But still, if there was some odd chance that her baby could hear, she wanted them to know they're being carried happily.

"I never wanted anyone like this, it's all brand new, yo—"

Her singing and brainstorming was suddenly interrupted by her favorite voice.