“You better not mess with me.” She pointed to Quinn, already knowing she would. I watched as Quinn flipped her off and Luna laughed.
“Congrats, momma. You’re having triplets,” Quinn announced, her arms up in the air and a huge smile on her face. Luna shook her head.
“Nice try. K’Tem, Elle… anyone else wanna tell me? I’m excited to know.”
We all held up three fingers and Quinn laughed. “I was telling you the truth.”
“What the fuck, are you for real? Oh, wow… oh.” Axoh held her tight.
I turned to see Brooklyn moving into Luna’s spot.
“Are you sure? This isn’t going how I planned. I seem to have scared more than excited you all.” I didn’t think they would both be having multiples, so this changed a lot. If Luna was carrying triplets… fuck. It was scary enough having one baby on a very primitive planet, let alone having more than one. That was a higher medical risk.
Hadley had backed away from us. “You know what, since you have one on board, and K’Tem is your mate, maybe can you just scan me and let me know if I have a healthy baby? And that’s all you say. Not babies. Okay?” I nodded.
“I was okay with having a surprise number, but now… I think I like not knowing. But I want to make sure all is well,” she added. K’Tem turned the scanner to her and nodded that all was well. But I didn’t look… I didn’t know if I could hold the surprise on my face.
“I think I will wait, ” Elle added. I reached over to her and hugged her. I felt bad. I thought this was going to go over well. Elle had been a little down today, she wouldn’t talk about Sanza, but I knew she was worried about him.
“I don’t think I want a surprise. I need to know. Tell me, I’m ready and have been expecting more than one.” Brooklyn held her hands on her waist and pointed her belly towards us.
I was nervous and hoping it wasn’t going to freak her out… oh god. Please, please, however many there are, let them be delivered safely.
When the circles appeared on the screen, I was taken aback. I tilted my head. Was that right? That couldn’t be.
“Is that right?” I pointed to the screen. Maybe the datapad was playing up?
“That is right.” I looked over to Brooklyn and all the girls were looking at me, waiting for me to say something. All eyes were now on me and K’Tem.
“Congrats girl, you’re having…”
To be continued in Elle’s story…
