The Story of Dean and Ziggy

Chapter 12:

Of all things that Ziggy was expecting Tori to say, she did not anticipate her being pregnant.

"What? I'm pregnant?" Ziggy repeated, in complete shock.

Dean stared down at his feet, trying to take everything in.

"Yes, you are. How do you feel?" Tori wondered.

Ziggy shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know. It is a lot to take in. I definitely didn't think that I was pregnant. It's crazy," she shook her head in disbelief.

"I can't believe that my baby is having a baby," Maggie ruffled Ziggy's hair.

"What's Dad going to say?" Ziggy asked, suddenly remembering her Dad's protective nature.

"He'll be fine. He'll love being a grandpa," Maggie chuckled.

Ziggy looked up at Dean, realizing that he was being unusually quiet.

Dean always had something to say, but not this time.

"Hey, you okay, Dean?" Ziggy whispered.

"Yeah, all good," he gave a nod of his head.

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After Tori told Ziggy about her pregnancy, she gave her the discharged papers.

Maggie drove Ziggy home from hospital and Dean went home to get some fresh clothes as he was staying with Ziggy and her family.

Dean walked through the caravan park, oblivious to his surroundings as he was struggling to digest what he had just been told.

He didn't notice Colby calling him.

"Dean, mate? You deaf?" Colby continued to call him.

"What do you want?" Dean demanded as he opened his caravan door.

"We haven't seen each other in ages. Bella's freaking me out. I think she's getting suss about how Ross died," Colby began

"I can't talk. I'm busy," Dean took a gear-bag from under his bed and started shoving t- shirts into it.

He started to close the bag, but it got stuck.

"What's with this thing?" Dean threw it at the wall.

"Dean, what's going on with you?" Colby wondered why Dean was being erratic.

Dean sat down on the edge of his bed.

"Ziggy's pregnant. I'm going to be a dad," he announced.

Colby was just as surprised as Dean was.

He couldn't imagine how he was feeling.

"Colby, how can I be a dad already?" Dean cried out.

"I don't know what to say, Dean," he replied.

"That makes me feel better. Thanks, mate," Dean put his hands around his waist as he stood up.

"What does Ziggy think about it?" Colby asked.

"I don't know. She seemed fine about it at the hospital. I was being useless, Colby. I had no idea what to say to her. You know how much I care about Zig and I don't say that lightly but we haven't be together for that long. A baby changes a relationship completely. Our lives will never be the same again," Dean pointed out.

"Maybe it's not such a bad thing," Colby suggested.

"I know it's not the end of the world. I'm sure our kid will be great," Dean insisted quickly.