The Meaning of Family: The Collections

From Friends to Spouses (Part 3/7)

Sophia was able to get an appointment for the day after she called, which worked perfectly for her and Yoongi, as Thanksgiving Break began for the both of them on that day. She was sitting on the examination table, Yoongi holding her hand as they waited for her doctor to come in. She finally did. "Well, you're definitely pregnant," was the first thing out of Dr. Nolan's mouth as she entered the room. "And based on the date you gave us for your last menstruation, you are about seven weeks along."

"When's the due date?" Sophia asked, the only thing she cared about being when the baby would come.

"July 12th." Dr. Nolan answered. "If you'll come with me, I'll get you set up in an ultrasound room."

"Wait, we can see it today?" Yoongi asked, somewhat surprised.

The doctor nodded. "Sophia is just far enough along that your baby will appear on sonograms."

Dr. Nolan led them across the hall into a different room that was set up to perform ultrasounds. As she got the machine set up, Sophia turned her head to look at Yoongi, taking hold of his hand. "Are you ready for this?" She asked quietly. He nodded in response, lightly squeezing her hand as he leaned down to softly press his lips to hers.

The next day, they were in the car, driving to the Kim house for Thanksgiving. Their conversation had switched over from lighthearted decision making for when the baby came to a more serious discussion that was bordering on a small argument. "The only question here is do we want to tell them today or wait until Christmas." Yoongi said.

"But why are those the only two options?" Sophia rebutted. "Why can't we pick a day between now and then and invite everyone out to dinner or over to the apartment or something and tell them then?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm not too crazy about setting it up that way. In that situation, they would know that we have something to tell them, so they would spend the entire time anticipating it, and the pressure would just keep building up." Yoongi parked the car on the curb behind his dad's car so that he wouldn't block anyone trying to drive by the house. "I'd rather do it on a day where our families will already be together and just surprise them with it. It's not as anxiety-inducing."

"I didn't really think about it that way." Sophia said quietly, taking his hand in hers. "If you want to tell them today, then we'll do it. If you want to wait, then we'll wait. Even if it takes until I'm showing, and they figure it out themselves, we can wait."

They entered the house to see Jin shooing Lily off the table. "You stay away from my turkey! Jimin! Come get your cat!" Jin stopped when he saw Yoongi and Sophia had arrived. "Yoongi! Sophia!" He greeted the two with a hug. "Sophia, your mom, sister, and grandma should be here soon." Sophia nodded with a smile as she moved to sit on the couch, Yoongi already moving to the kitchen to get a drink for himself and her as Jimin exited his bedroom.

"Hey, Sophia~" The 16-year-old greeted as he saw his older brother's fiancée.

Soon enough, the two families were sitting around the living room, since there wasn't enough room at the table for all 11 of them, with their plates full of food. Jungkook had just brought some of his art assignments out to show Abuela Martinez at her request. "I just knew you would always be a great artist, Jungkook~" A blush rose across Jungkook's cheeks at the elderly woman's praise. "I still have all of your finger paintings and drawings from when you were just a little boy hanging on my fridge."

Amelia nodded in agreement. "She really does."

"Thank you, Abuela~" Jungkook took his drawings back and set them to the side, planning on waiting until he was finished eating to return them to his room.

At this moment, Abuela Martinez set her sights on her granddaughter and soon to be grandson in law. "So, have you talked about kids in the future." The coke Yoongi had been drinking went down wrong and he began to cough.

"Mom~" Sophia's mother gave the older woman a look.

"What?" Abuela Martinez asked innocently as Sophia pat Yoongi on the back as he continued to cough his lungs up. "I just want to know when I can expect great grandchildren."

"Considering I'm a bit too young to be a grandfather..." Jin chimed in, not wanting to become a grandfather until he was at least 45, 40 at the earliest, meaning he still had at least 5 years to go. "I'd hope it would be a while before any children were produced from their marriage."

By this point, Yoongi had calmed down and was now chuckling nervously. "Funny you say that, Dad~" He lightly nudged Sophia, giving her a look that it was time as he felt curious and confused glances on him from various parties in the room.

Sophia cleared her throat before speaking up. "I'm pregnant."

After a moment of silence, one of Jin's hands shot to his chest while the other went to Namjoon's thigh. "My baby is getting married and having a baby of his own. Joon, what is this feeling?"

"I believe it is nostalgia from remembering him as a child."

"Dad, don't start~" Yoongi muttered, wishing the attention would move on from the two of them.

"Did dad's talk not work on you?" Yoongi threw one of the decorative throw pillows at Hoseok, who just laughed away.

"Yoongi, don't throw the throw pillows at your brother, how many times do I have to tell you?"

"Then why are they called throw pillows?" Jungkook asked, and Yoongi was thankful that the attention had left them for at least a small amount of time.

"Yeah, why are they called that?" Amelia inquired, which led into a discussion between the two families about the reasoning behind the name.

Eventually, Sophia's mom moved to sit next to her daughter and started asking her questions about how she was doing. Yoongi got out of the conversation by offering to carry people's dishes into the kitchen now that they were nearly done eating. Namjoon joined him in the kitchen after a few minutes. "And how are you feeling about this?"

Yoongi took a deep breath before sharing a qualm of his that he even Sophia didn't know about. "I'm worried...that I might turn out like..." The 18-year-old trailed off, but Namjoon already knew who he was referring to.

"Don't worry, Yoongi, you are nothing like your biological father." Namjoon assured him. "You are one of the gentlest people I know, and even when you do get in small arguments with Sophia, or us, or your brothers, you've never even raised your voice." Namjoon placed his hand on his shoulder, rubbing lightly. "I have no doubts that you will be an amazing father."

Yoongi smiled up at his dad. "Well, I've had two pretty great ones."