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Zachary and Alyssa's POV.
12 weeks earlier.

"Zach.."

"What does it say?"

"It says I'm pregnant."

"Baby!  Oh my gosh!" Zachary's eyes widen.

"Zachary, don't do that, please!  You know what's gonna happen!"

"I know that no one knows anything for sure except God.  Not even doctors."

"We were carful! I never wanted to go through another loss again, Zach."

"Baby, we have to be positive!  We're gonna see a doctor, pray, pray, pray, okay?"

Alyssa nods softly.

"Hey, look at me."

Alyssa looks up and he smiles softly.
"I love you."

"I love you too."

***

Present time.

Alyssa is now 16 weeks pregnant.  No one knows yet, they haven't even told Enrique.
The possibility of losing the baby is always there, so Alyssa has no choice but to see her doctor once a week until the baby is born.

"Baby, being around the family today.. I felt terrible." Zachary say.

"Why?"

"I feel like I'm lying to them."

"Baby, you're not."

"I'd really like to tell them."

Alyssa takes a deep breath and looks down.

"I know why you don't want to, and I understand! But honey, we need all the prayer we can get.  We have to tell our family!"

"Okay.. I guess you're right."

"Really?" He smiles.

"Yeah.. We can tell them after church on Sunday."

"When can we tell, Kikè?"

"I guess we can tell him now.."

"Yeah?! Alright, Let's go!"

Alyssa chuckles and follows him to the baby.

"Enrique, come here!"

"Dada?"

"Yeah buddy, over here!"

Enrique stumbled over to the couch.  Zachary picked him up and sat him in between him and Alyssa.

"Buddy, we have a surprise for you!"

"Pwize?"

"Yeah, mijo.." Alyssa smiles softly.

"You're gonna be a big brother!"

"What?  Baba?"

"Yeah, good boy!  There's gonna be a baba!"

"Where?"

"In mommy's tummy!" Zachary says.

Enrique's eyes widen and he makes an O shape with his mouth.

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