Uh OH!

[Tiff]

The sun poked it's ugly head through the curtains of Tess' room, fell directly across her face, but she'd spent so much time up and in the bathroom a couple of hours ago, that she paid it no mind and continued on in her dreamless sleep. Little did she know that her son had learned how to crawl out of his crib and was making his way down the hall to wake her up. He pushed the door open and made his way to her bedside. He put one hand on her cheek and let off a giggle. Tess scrunched up her face and growled. She was irritated, but not mad at her son, his biological clock and whatever evil she'd consumed and given her relentless vomiting spells for hours, yes, but not Gage himself. She opened her eyes and scooped him into her arms. "What are you doing out of bed?" The little boy giggled and squirmed, but Tess wasn't going to release him, she tickled him, making his giggles triple in volume. She sighed and let him go. "You hungry?" She asked. He nodded. "Pancakes, pancakes...." He chanted, but just the idea of batter and the finished product with it's overload of syrup made her nauseous and she was reaching for her garbage can.

Once her stomach was empty and the dry heaving stopped, she braved taking Gage back down the hall and to the kitchen. She was happy to find Zane standing in the kitchen, cooking the very thing Gage had been chanting excitedly about. "Want me to add C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E. C.H.I.P.S to yours Tess?" Zane asked. Tess shook her head and placed Gage at the table. "None for me thanks, it'll just come back up anyway." Zane chuckled. "Not pregnant are you?" He asked, jokingly. Tess laughed, but was not at all amused, she'd been far to preoccupied with keeping her senses about her so she wouldn't end up dozing off in the toilet, to be thinking about what could really be the culprit. "I don't think so, its probably just the Taco Bell I had last night with Nick. I wouldn't be surprised if he's been up tossing his cinnamon twists all night too." But he'd managed to sew some suspicion into her mind.

After breakfast, Tess decided it would be good to pay Nick a little visit, just to make sure. She put Gage in his little red wagon and started the walk to Parnell Avenue from Ashlawn Terrace. By the time they got to Nick's door, she was half wishing Gage had been pulling her along instead. She knocked on the door and in the moments it took for someone to come to the door, she'd worked herself up into a panic.

[Kelli-wa]

Malachi, who seemed to be the only one to ever be around when the door was knocked upon walked up to the door and saw Tess. He smiled at her, "Hey Tess, come on in, I'll go get Nick," he said lightly before he started toward the staircase and up the stairs, leaving the door standing open for her. She could have just gone up herself, but he hadn't thought of that. Soon enough Nick was downstairs and smiling at his girlfriend, "Hey babes, what's up?" he asked, until he saw her face. He furrowed his brow when he did, "What's wrong, Tess?"

[Tiff]

Tess put on a smile when Malachi opened the door and then let herself in, letting Gage run free into the living room, she closed the door and waited for Nick to make his way downstairs. The smile had long since disappeared by the time he did come down. "I've been sick all morning." She said, giving him a good look over, he didn't look fatigued or nauseous or as if his dinner last night wasn't sitting well with him. "You feeling alright?" She asked for good measure. "Because I swear Taco Bell either poisoned me or we've got a major uh oh on our hands." She ran a hand through her hair and put it on her hip. "If you know what I mean..." She whispered as Gage ran from whatever toy he'd been preoccupied with into Nick's legs. "Daddy." Tess bit her bottom lip and sighed, looking at her son.

[Kelli-wa]

Nick's brow furrowed even further than it had been before. "No, I feel fine, what do you--" he realized exactly what she meant. He licked his lips and looked at her, trying to figure out if she was really saying what he thought she was. "But you're on birth control aren't you?" he asked. He knew they'd talked about it, but he couldn't really remember if she'd actually done it or not. He didn't want to freak out about this, but it was inevitable. He licked his lips again, trying to figure everything out. He took a deep breath and then Gage was attached to his legs. He smiled down at him and lifted him into his arms. "Hey bud, how's the big boy today?"

[Tiff]

Tess ran another hand through her hair and then glanced back up at Nick. "I might have forgotten to take a dose or two." Tears filled her eyes, it was all her fault for being so negligent about her medicine and perhaps she hadn't been paying close enough attention to when her last period was either. "I don't remember when my last cycle was either." She admitted, knowing it was better he knew sooner rather than later, especially if he was going to get angry with her.

"I'm good." Gage said a mischievous grin on his lips. "I got mommy outta bed this morning." Tess wiped the tears away and chuckled. "Yes you did. He's climbing out of his crib now, we'll have to take his crib down and transform it into the toddler bed. I don't want him falling out of it and busting his head open." She knew they'd have to get back to the other topic, but this one was so much easier.

[Kelli-wa]

Nick sighed and nodded, looking down at the ground. He wasn't mad. Sure he was kind of agitated that she hadn't told him when she missed the pill, but it was his fault just as much as it was hers. He took a deep breath and let it out. "Alright, well... Do we need to find out for sure?" he asked before he licked his lips. "I haven't gotten a car yet, but I can ask to borrow Cai's... If you want."

He smiled at the little boy as he spoke, that was definitely his son, especially that mischievous smile. "So you made mommy get up. She doesn't feel good, though, buddy," he said lightly, giving him a slightly stern look. "You should be nice when she doesn't feel good." He looked up at Tess with her statement and nodded, "Alright, I can do that today. He can just sleep in my bed when he's at my house, I don't think our crib switches over."

[Tiff]

Tess shrugged a shoulder and looked up the stairs. "I guess we probably should." She brought her eyes back down to Gage, she didn't want to be pregnant but she didn't want anything to be wrong with this pregnancy or baby like there had been with Gage, if she could prevent it, she would. "If you don't mind asking Cai, I'd greatly appreciate it, the walk nearly killed me." She was exaggerating, but she was a bit worn down from all the throwing up. "Tell daddy you didn't know I wasn't feeling good and you were just hungry. If you want help, I'm sure Zane won't mind helping you."

[Kelli-wa]

Nick nodded lightly at her and turned, his brother had ventured somewhere else in the house, probably the kitchen. He looked back at Tess and held up a finger as he walked through the arch into the kitchen. "Hey, Cai, can I borrow your car for like thirty minutes?" he asked. Malachi nodded and tossed him the keys. Nick caught them and looked over at Gage, "We need to get your car seat, from Ali's car, bud." He looked over at Tess. "Do I need to get a bag or something for the ride?" he asked her, remembering how bad she had been the last time with morning sickness. He nodded again at her with the offer for Zane's help. "Yeah, that'd be good. It'll probably go faster with two hands."

[Tiff]

Tess followed Nick as far as the arch and smiled in thanks at Cai for letting them borrow the car without asking any questions. She felt bad for being so spiteful to him and Sara way back when, and especially bad for him because he'd lost so much and was really just a great guy. "I think I'll be ok, but better to be safe than sorry." Where was that mentality when she'd forgotten her birth control or forgot to make him use a condom, or even when she forgot to keep track of her cycle. Once out of earshot of Malachi and any other ears she tucked her fingers into his back pocket. "It could just be food sickness and I've worried you for nothing." She would feel bad if that was the case, though relief would be something that would replace it quickly. As she tried to remember when her last period was she couldn't help but smile at the number of times things had become hot and heavy between her and Nick during that time frame. Too many times to count of two hands that was for sure. "If I am, we're going to have a hard time pinpointing the actual date of conception huh?"

[Kelli-wa]

Nick nodded, "Yeah, but we ate the same thing last night, why would you be sick if I'm not?" he asked, he was already convinced that she was pregnant. He just couldn't really figure out why he was being so calm about this. He should probably be freaking out a little, but he couldn't help but feel like it was supposed to happen. What would the chances be that they would they be parents to two kids while still in high school. He let out a sigh. "Here, hold this," he said handing her the toddler before he opened Ali's car door and got out the car seat. He moved it over to Malachi's car and hooked it up. He smiled at her words and nodded, "Yeah, I suppose we probably will have a hard time. I guess we'd just have to ask the doctor."

[Tiff]

"Just trying to hold onto a last thread of hope you know." She smiled weakly, but she was convinced too, there was no other explanation for it. She took Gage from Nick as he took the toddler seat out of the car and reinstalled it into Cai's. "Daddy is being silly, he knows you aren't an it." She kissed Gage on the nose. "Say silly daddy." Gage giggled. "Silly daddy. Where we going?"

[Kelli-wa]

Nick finished hooking up the car seat and smiled as he turned around to take Gage from his mother. "Well, buddy, we are going to the store to get some snacks," he said lightly, figuring he did need a few things from the grocery store anyway, and then they wouldn't have to explain the actual situation with him. He buckled Gage in his seat and turned back to Tess. "Alright, so to the store? Gage ate already, didn't he?" he asked lightly, trying to keep the conversation without panic.

[Tiff]

Tess' hands fell to her sides as Gage was taken from her and placed into his car seat, she should have walked around to the passenger side, but her mind was too preoccupied with the very real possibility that she was pregnant again. "Uh, yeah, to the store and yeah he ate. Pancakes." She scrunched up her nose, she didn't feel like she had to throw up, but she was feeling a bit nauseous again. She wrapped her arms around Nick, hoping his embrace would comfort her a little, he'd been there for her with Gage, there was no reason to suspect he wouldn't with this new baby. She finally let him go and walked around to the other side of the car. "What kind of snacks do you want mommy and daddy to get for you Gage?" She asked, turning as she buckled herself in.

[Kelli-wa]

Nick smiled at her, trying to cheer her up. He knew that this was a heavy subject. They didn't need another child, especially when neither of them were out of high school yet. He licked his lips and hugged her back when she wrapped her arms around him. He pressed a kiss to her hair and then released her as she pulled away. He watched her as she got in the car and followed in suit, glancing back at his son when his mother asked him a question. "I want some chips and yucky charms!" Nick chuckled lightly. He'd forgotten that he'd taught him that name for the cereal. He looked over at his girlfriend, "Sorry, I forgot that I taught him that..."

[Tiff]

Tess laughed and shrugged. "It's alright, its funny." She looked back at Gage. "Well we'll be sure to grab some yucky charms for you." She turned back around and put her hand on Nick's thigh. "Maybe it won't be so hard." It was unlikely, she was barely passing her classes now and Michael wasn't going to be pleased. "Michael might suggest I have my tubes tied or something once this one comes out." She didn't laugh or smile. "How do you think your mom is going to take it?"