I Dream Of You

Chapter Seven

Four weeks had passed and Cher was now in her fifteenth week. She had just finished the nine shows of 2018 for Classic Cher. She got the okay from her doctor after she had learned about her fainting but she was to be monitored well by Pauly. Although her doctor told her that she didn't want her tour after December to lessen the risks of preterm labor. She reluctantly agreed, but she rescheduled all of the dates of the Here We Go Again tour back until after the beginning of May, she did the same with the last shows of Classic Cher.

She had a more noticable bump now, but only to those who knew about the pregnancy. Everyone else entirely oblivious to it. They had just gotten back from Vegas that morning but Chaz wanted to come over, which she never minded. She was by herself while she waited for Chaz, since Pauly had gone home to get some things done.

She stood up off the couch and walked to the front door after Chaz had called to say that he was there. She knew that he had a key to the house but she felt like opening the door for him anyways. She opened the door just as he was walking up. She hugged him back as he hugged her. She shut the door after he had walked in. They went and sat back down on the couch when Chaz said, "So Mom, while I'm here, let's do some old wives tales."

Cher laughed, "Chaz Salvatore Bono, are you trying to get the upper hand on this bet between you and your brother?"

He laughed, "Maybe."

She laughed once more, "Fine, I'll let you do them. Are we doing them now?"

He nodded, "Sure, why not? It would probably be better if you laid down on the couch for this first one."

He pulled out his phone to make sure that he was doing these thing right while his mom laid down on the couch. He saw that she had one of her rings on the table next to the couch, he grabbed the ring and tied to the piece of string he had brought in case she agreed to do these. He hovered the ring over his mom's stomach and kept his arm perfectly still. He said, "It says that if the ring moves in a circle, then it's a girl. If the ring moves back and forth, then it's a boy."

They both focused on the ring. Soon enough, it started moving in a circle. Not a very big one, but it could still be seen that it was moving in a circle instead of back and forth. He said, "So that's one for girl."

He took the ring off the string and set them both to the side. He looked through some more before he decided on the next one. He said, "Are you more clumsy than usual?"

She thought about it for a minute, "No, it's stayed about the same."

He nodded, "Okay, that's one more for girl."

Chaz looked at his mom and said, "Are your feet colder than normal or are they fine?"

She laughed, "I'm wearing socks Chaz."

He laughed, "I probably should have noticed that. So that one is inconclusive."

He looked for another one, "Let's do this one. Do you have any heartburn?"

She shook her head, "No."

He nodded, "One for boy."

He moved on to the next one, "Let's do the Mayan system. If the age of the mother and year of conception are both even or both odd, then it's a girl. If one is even and one is odd, then it's a boy."

He paused, "So that's 72 and 2018, both are even, so that means girl."

They did a few more of the old wives tales before Chaz counted up all of the numbers. He said, "So that's 7 for girl, 5 for boy, and 3 for inconclusive."

A couple of minutes later, he saw that his mom had fallen asleep, at least that's what he thought. He was unaware that Cher could still hear him. He got down in front of her, where his head was near her stomach. He started to talk, "Hey baby sister or brother, I'm your oldest brother, Chaz. You have another brother Elijah, but he's at his house right now. You may have been a big surprise for our family, but you are already so loved. We would never change you coming into our lives. Not only are you loved by the family, but you are loved by mom's best friends; Aunt Pauly and Aunt Meryl. You'll hear Mom sing from time to time, but I'm sure that you'll love it, she's a wonderful singer."