The Wake Up

The Date: One ordinary Saturday morning in March
The time: Too damn early for decent people to be awake
The place: The Mattingly's bedroom

Asleep in the bed is Ray and Michelle, with Elektra sleeping in 0between them. Slight movement is made on Michelle's side of the bed.

Michelle's thoughts....

'.....I've got to go pee. Oh, but I don't want to wake up Elektra. I can't believe she work up at 2 am. This is crazy. If I move slowly, maybe she won't wake up. Okay Joi, slowly....'

Sound of baby moving. Elektra turns over and pops her head up.

'.....Damn! Well that didn't work. No peace for mommy this morning...'

"Well, hello princess. Good morning."

Bright smile and giggle from Elektra.

"Okay, mommy has to go to the bathroom. Come on. Let daddy get some sleep."

They both waddle their way down the hall to the guest bathroom.

"Oh, I needed to take that test. Your dad asked me to. Where is it?"

Sound of Michelle rummaging through bathroom drawers.

"Ah, here it is. Okay, turn your head Elektra, you don't need to see this. If I ever see you using one of these before you turn 25 I'm going to kill you."

3 minutes later.....

"Oh wow, look Elektra, we got two pink lines. Yeah! Okay we have to surprise daddy. Lets see..."

Elektra and Michelle leave the bathroom and head down the hall into Elektra's room.

"Daddy asked me not to throw any more toys at his head like I did when I found out I was having you, so we have to think of something else. Let's have one of your toys hold the test result and we can put it where daddy will see it. What do you think?"

Elektra, who lost her attention to what her mother was saying the moment they walked into the room, was now focused on picking up a piece of red lint on the carpet.

Michelle proceeded to scan over Elektra's vast selection of stuffed animals, her eyes settling on the baby Tigger.

"This one will do. Okay, now lets get the test stick and put it somewhere easy for daddy to find.

The two of them went back to the bathroom to retrieve the test stick and then made their way quietly into the master bedroom.

"We'll put it in the master bathroom so daddy can see it as soon as he wakes up. I'll put it up here on the sink."

Michelle places the Tigger and the test stick on the bathroom sink. They then make their way down the hall all the way into the kitchen.

Moments later, while Michelle is checking her emails and Elektra is enjoying a nice bottle of strawberry rice milk, sounds can be heard from the master bedroom.

Moments later, Ray is heard coming down the hallway.

"So, wait, I don't understand. Is two lines good or bad?"

Michelle gets up from the computer desk and meets Ray near the end of the hall.

"Two lines mean, yes, silly."

"Well, I don't know. Every test has some different way of telling you. Some have lines, others have crosses. You got ones with little babies on them, or you have to look for a colored design or you have to do the hooky poking and you turn yourself around. You women make it all confusing."

"Well, there is no confusion. We're pregnant."

"That's kind of what I thought, but I just wanted to make sure. Yeah, Elektra is going to be a big sister!"

Elektra, who has now joined her parents at the end of the hallway looks up at the two of them and smiles. Ray then leans over to Michelle's belly, "You better be a boy. "

Michelle pats her belly, "We'll love you not matter what you are".

"Yes, but you're still going to be a boy."

All three of the Mattingly's head to the kitchen to eat breakfast and start their day.

The End.