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A faint noise was radiating throughout the small room, a heart beat. "Thats baby," the nurse smiled warmly, Happy felt tears running down her face, Toby gripping onto her hand like a lifeline. "Would you like to know the sex?" The nurse asked sweetly, Happy and Toby exchanged looks and smiled, "Yes please," The nurse nodded before moving the ultrasound machine around a bit more, "Ah," she grinned, "You're having a baby-"
Happy bolted upright in the bed, and found herself running to the bathroom to once again be sick. "Fuck," she muttered, looking down to her flat stomach and shivering, "No," She spoke almost sternly like she could control this. Ever since Toby had pointed out her swigging from the vinegar bottle and throwing up every 20 minutes was slightly out of the ordinary, her head had been swimming with screaming thoughts of babies. The fact she was late didn't help, every instinct told her to push the idea out of her head, far away. She wasn't pregnant, she couldn't be. Well, she could, very well she could. Making a mental note to kill Toby she sighed and began to slide down the wall to curl into a ball on the cold floor.
She lay there, crying until a strong pair of arms lifted her up and placed her back into the bed, wrapping themselves around her. She felt the hands find their way to her stomach and in her half sleeping state she rested hers on top.
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The warm sun filled their room, waking Happy. The first thing she noticed was Toby's hands still resting on her belly, she wanted to run, she felt suffocated. But she didn't, she couldn't, as much as it pained her to admit, the idea of a family with Toby was more than she could ever ask for. Raising from the bed she grabbed the nearest pair of jeans, one of Toby's shirts, slipped on some shoes and left their apartment. Leaving Toby a note explaining her trip to go get bagels.
Sighing, she wandered down the hall and waited for the elevator to reach their floor. When it finally dinged and the doors opened she stepped inside and rested her head on the cold metal sides. What were they going to do? She almost slapped herself, Nothing was definite yet.
And suddenly, her plans to go get bagels seemed meaningless, she needed to know if this was really happening. And so she found herself dumping six different brands of pregnancy test in front of the poor sixteen year old boy at the cash out desk of the store down the street. His eyes flicked awkwardly from Happy to the tests, back and forth until Happy broke the silence,
"Hey kid I get it okay? Yes I've fucked up and now I'm here, talking to you instead of buying fucking bagels so do me a favour, scan the freaking tests and let me go get some breakfast," She snapped.
He slowly nodded and scanned the tests through the register. Handing the money over, She went to leave when he coughed out a quiet "Congratulations," She paused, but nodded as she left.
Pushing open the apartment door, she slowly walked in. "Oh hey you're back," Toby smiled stepping out of the bathroom with a smile. He grinned grabbing the brown bag off her, "Did you get sesa- oh," he exclaimed, looking up from the bag of pregnancy tests. "No bagels," he pouted. She had to hold back a laugh, This was serious.
"Toby," She choked out. "I think you're right," She looked up at him. "I think I'm pregnant."
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Waiting was the worst part, chugging several pints of water to cover the six separate tests came a close second. But in the moment, where Happy found her self cuddled into Toby's side, the six tests spread in front of them and her phone counting down the time until they would find out the results, she'd never felt more scared.
"Toby," She looked up to him, "I love you," She smiled, holding him that bit more tighter. He smiled before she continued, "But if you cant do this," A weak smile on her lips, "I wont hate you, I know I've been worried about you leaving since day one. But now, I'll understand. I can take care of us," She found her hand resting on her stomach.
Toby swivelled so he could face her, "What on earth are you going on about Happy Quinn," He chuckled, "I thought you were meant to be a genius? It most defiantly does not take someone with an IQ as high as yours to see how much I love you. Why on earth would I leave now? I haven't gambled in over 2 years, and you're the reason, And I'm so thankful for that. And now, if we become parents, this one," He placed a hand on top of hers, still resting on her stomach and continued. "Is going to be even more reason to stay. I would never, ever leave you. I love you so much Hap,"
Brushing the tears off her cheeks she nodded and bought him into a gentle kiss "I love you too Doc," She murmured into the kiss.
A faint beep radiated throughout the room, dragging Happy back to the dream she had earlier. This time, the beep continued for a short while before shutting itself off, pulling her back to reality. Breathing out slowly she turned back to face the table, gripping to Toby. A small gasp escaped her lips and she could tell Toby was smiling as they were faced with six positive tests.