W.I.T.C.H.: The Bloody Throne

Part 20

              Back in the throne room, Julian was drawing a draft of the crib he was designing for the royal baby with the help of Elyon since she was still miffed that her brother and sister-in-law kept the pregnancy from her, the royal couple thought that letting her help with the crib would be a small compensation. Orube was running between talking to the couple and helping Julian and Elyon with the design. All three had promised to keep the pregnancy a secret from the other guardians; despite not having met Irma properly, even Orube agreed that it would be wise to keep it from her. In the brief moments that Will and Phobos were alone, they quietly discussed their visit to Ero tomorrow, the baby, and the matter of their missing friend.

"If things keep going like this, then all of Meridian will know by next week. I was so hoping to keep this a secret for a little longer. I still have nightmares about all the people congratulating us at our wedding, I can't imagine the amount of praise and congratulations we'd get if they found out we were expecting a baby." Groaned Will silently and leaned against her husband's chest, "It is going to be a nightmare."

"Keep calm Wilhelmina, we both knew this day would come one day. We just weren't careful enough." Replied Phobos and rubbed his wife's back in a comforting way. "I wonder who's fault that is."

At that, Will lightly punched her husband in the side where no one could see. "It takes two to tango."

Phobos stifled a wince and held firm, he didn't need the rest to see their marital quarrel. Quietly, but without the slightest hint of malice he hissed, "And only one to pretend they can't open the knots on their dress."

For a moment, bot interrupted their quiet argument when Orube returned to the group. With an excited smile, she asked, "Do you two already know what it is going to be? Julian wasn't to use a royal blue for the fabric, but Elyon is thinking of a deep red in case it is a girl."

"Orube, we have known about the baby for less than three months; unless I go to Earth, sneak behind my parents back to a clinic for a test, and then manage to catch the letter from the clinic before my mother check the mailbox, I highly doubt I'd know until I decide to tell my mother. However, when I do, I know my mother will find a way here to skin this husband of mine. So how about you folks decide everything except the color of the cloth." Replied Will as she felt a headache coming on, coupled with nausea from the pregnancy, Will wanted nothing more than a hot bath.

"Why not white?" asked Phobos, since he knew Julian would have to know the color scheme in order to choose the wood for the frame.

"white?" asked Will a little confused, "I never heard of a white crib in Meridian. I know it is a common one on Earth, but I doubt even the royals there use a simple white."

"We can always change the cloth later to fit the frame, but I think Julian would like his job a little easier if he knew what color scheme to follow. There are five hundred different types of wood in Meridian alone and each has a different color. I doubt Julian would like to build five hundred different cribs so we can decide later what color cloth." Answered Phobos before turning to Orube with a smile. "White is a neutral color and we can change it later. If Julian wants to be very specific, he can take inspiration from the wood the furniture in this castle. Most of it is a dark color, but he doesn't have to follow it if he doesn't want to. I am sure once it is born and grown, it can choose its' own furniture."