Sunshine (Take Two Sequel)

Chapter 20: Lilly

On Christmas morning, I woke up early but saw that Roger wasn't in bed next to me. I had asked him to run an errand for me, but I didn't think he would leave this early. I got out of bed and opened the door to see all of my friends standing at the door, including Rami and Lucy. Everyone was dressed in Christmas themed clothes. 

"Surprise!" They all yelled. "Merry Christmas!" 

"Oh my God!" I said. "We're all doing Christmas together? This is going to be so fun!" 

"We thought we needed something fun," Brian said. "After everything that's happened, everyone needs a happy, stress-free day."

"Plus it's Robert's first birthday, so it will be extra special!" Veronica said, holding up the two-month-old baby boy who was dressed in a cute red and white outfit. 

"He looks adorable!" I cooed. "Just let me get something more festive on and I'll come down so we can do gifts."

"Sounds good, darling," Freddie said. "We'll make breakfast."

"Right," Jim said. "Like you're going to cook. Don't worry Lilly I won't let him burn your house down." Freddie rolled his eyes and I giggled. When they all walked away, I grabbed Roger's hand and coaxed him into the room, closing the door behind us. 

"Did you get it?" I asked him. 

"I got four," he said. I gave him a confused look. "I thought you wanted to be sure!" 

"I do," I said. "But four?" Roger rolled his eyes. 

"Would you just take them?" He asked. I took the items out of his hands and headed into the bathroom. I made Roger wait outside and spent almost fifteen minutes in there. When I finally came out, Roger was practically shaking with anticipation. "So?" He asked. 

"It's positive," I said. 

"Are you sure?" Roger asked. 

"I took all four," I said. "They were all positive. We're pregnant, baby!" Roger smiled and lifted me up, kissing my cheek repeatedly. I giggled as he put me down. 

"This is fantastic!" He said happily. "We have to tell everybody!"

"No!" I said. "We have to wait. What if I lose the baby again? I don't want everyone to be upset."

"How long do we have to wait?" He asked. 

"Twelve weeks," I said. "That's just three months! It'll fly by! I may already be a few weeks in anyway." Roger groaned and agreed. We changed into our holiday clothes and went downstairs. It smelled amazing. Lucy made pancakes, Ben fried some bacon, Jim made hash browns, and Anita made eggs. Everything looked delicious.  We all sat down to eat and had a great conversation over breakfast. The more we talked, the more I wanted to tell everyone my news, even though I'm the one who wanted to wait. I started shoving food down my throat to keep myself from talking. 

"Lilly, slow down," Rory said. "You're going to choke."

"Yeah," Winter said. "What are you pregnant?" 

"Yes," I blurted out suddenly. The room went silent and everyone stared at me. 

"You're pregnant?" Lucy asked. I slowly nodded.

"We were going to wait to tell you, but apparently Lilly couldn't do that," Roger said as he glared at me.

"Sorry," I whispered.

"Lilly that's wonderful!" Freddie said. Everyone agreed and I smiled. So maybe we told them a little early, but everyone was happy. It was a great Christmas gift to the whole group. 

After breakfast, we all helped clean up and opened gifts. We spent the rest of the day talking and watching Christmas movies. Most of the time we were just admiring the newborn Robert making cute noises and trying to play with his new toys. It was a great day. Everyone was happy and nobody thought about our troubles. Why would we? We had each other and Roger and I were having a baby. Life is wonderful.