Ducky Love

Chapter 18: Surprise

Stampy's POV

I sit in the kitchen, waiting nervously.

I try to busy myself by picking things up, fiddling with them, then putting them back down again.

Sqaishey's taking a pregnancy test.

I couldn't believe she asked me so early in our relationship.

But I was happy. I wanted a child too.

I'd love a little boy, but a girl would be just as good.

I walk to the bathroom door. "Sqaishey?! Are you ok in there?" I ask.

"Yeah." She answered.

She sounded stressed, but of course she would be.

Sqaishey's POV

It's positive. I'm pregnant.

I sit back against the wall and breathe heavily.

"Sqaishey?! Are you ok in there?" He asks.

"Yeah." I answer.

But I couldn't believe it. I was carrying a new life.

Then I start to panic.

I have tuberculosis. What if that means the baby has it too?

What could that mean for his or her life?

I dispose of the test and unlock the bathroom door.

Stampy is in the kitchen, looking very nervous.

He looks up and sees me.

He gives me a look that tells me to spit it out.

"It's positive." I say, half happy, half nervous.

A big smile creeps onto his face. And we somehow make our way to each other, hold each other tight. And smile.

"I'm eating for two now." I say, still grinning.

I just stay and enjoy the moment, Stampy's warm arms around me.

And I put my hand to my stomach and smile.