World Tour

Brisbane: Chapter 100!

Eddy could barely contain it anymore by now. Man, he was as nervous as he'd been the time he'd auditioned to get into the conservatory! He got up for the twentieth time and started pacing the small living room again. Brett was in the toilet, also for about the twentieth time today.
The clock said 10:58. Two minutes to go.
He wasn't an early riser, had never been an early riser, but today he'd been up since 6 am. It was so stupid, really. I mean, yes, today they'd find out if they'd been successful, but there was only like a 20% chance per cycle anyway. They may have to go through this 10 more times at least, and here he was, nervous as fuck. It was stupid. 
He felt Brett's arms around him from behind and he turned around straight away, burying himself into the hug. 
¨It'll be okay either way.¨ Brett murmured. Eddy knew he was saying it to himself as much as he was to Eddy. 
¨It will be.¨ he replied, his voice sounding a lot more sure than he felt. 

They both jumped when the bell rang, and Eddy rushed to open the door. 
Belle was looking pretty much the way he felt. She just stood there, her eyes wild, her unbrushed hair pulled back into a sloppy pony tail. 
¨Hey, big bro.¨ she said, and her voice was breathy. 
¨Hey.¨ he replied, not even trying to come across like he wasn't effing nervous. ¨Come in, sis.¨
¨Yeah.¨ she said. ¨I gotta pee, like, seriously by now.¨
He grinned. ¨You only need a little bit of pee, don't you?¨
¨Yeah, but it's more reliable in the morning. Apparently. So I waited.¨
He shook his head in amazement.
¨Wow, that's dedication.¨
¨Yeah, yeah. Right.¨ She took the little packet out or her bag and looked up at him. 
¨I read the instructions already. I'll use the bathroom and then we have to wait for five minutes.¨
¨Okay.¨ they both said in unison. 
¨Well, here goes nothing!¨ she said, and disappeared into their bathroom. 
Eddy looked at Brett and he didn't have to say a word. He knew they both felt the same. 
On a whim he ran to the studio and took his violin out of its case, rushing back to the living room with it in his hands. Brett eyed him curiously. 
¨Something to do while we wait.¨ he said, pointing to the violin by way of explanation. 
¨Good idea!¨ Brett said and hurried off to get his own violin. 

Belle came out of the toilet at the same time as Brett walked back. She held a small white plastic wand in her hands that had a blue cap on it. She walked over to the table and put in on there, face down. 
¨Five minutes.¨ she said. She didn't even look at all surprised at the violins in their hands. 
Eddy moved closer to Belle and looked at Brett.
¨Navarra?¨ he asked. 
Brett nodded as he moved up his bow. They inhaled together and played the thirds of the opening bars of their favourite duet. 
Eddy tried to put all of that passion he felt into that little white wand on the table. He knew it was stupid because it was already decided: Belle was either pregnant or she wasn't. But still he poured his heart and soul into his music, moving with his husband, playing these lines they knew so well. 
Then the music stopped and the silence that ensued felt so thick that you could slice it with a bow. They both put their violins on the couch and then the three of them stood frozen, looking at each other, their faces pale. 
¨I... I guess we check it.¨ Belle said then, her voice even smaller and breathier than before. 
Eddy nodded. They all turned to the table and looked at the plastic thing with its blue cap. 
¨Okay. Turn it over then.¨ Eddy breathed as Brett took his hand.
Belle grabbed the wand softly and turned it. They all saw it at once, and straight away Eddy felt like his heart was going to explode. 
There were two pink lines. 

A/N. I quite literally can't believe I've just written chapter 100. I'd never written more than short stories before, because I'd somehow never had the motivation to write anything longer. Who knew that this would be the hook I needed to do just that?
And it's because of all of you guys, the people who read, who star, who comment. Who care about this Brett and this Eddy. So I'll be keeping writing for a bit longer :)
Much love to you all!