July 31, 2013, 7:12 p.m.
Roommates
The Family: Chapter 7
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When Maria was nine weeks pregnant we went with her to get her first sonogram.
"Do you see that little peanut?" The doctor asked Kurt and I, we nodded.
"That's your baby."
"It's so tiny." Kurt observed.
"Don't worry; he or she is well in the normal size range. Want to hear the heart beat?"
"YES!" I exclaimed a little too loudly. "Sorry, I mean yes please."
The doctor laughed and shook his head before turning up a volume knob until the baby's heart beat filled the room.
"I think that's the most beautiful sound I've ever heard." I said looking at Kurt who had closed his eyes and was just listening to it, he opened his eyes and smiled at me.
"That's our baby."
"That's a good strong heart beat." The doctor told us. "Now have you been feeling Maria? Did those pills I give you curb the morning sickness?"
"Yeah they helped a lot."
"Good, that shouldn't last too much longer and hopefully your energy will start to return to a more normal level, I know you've been suffering from fatigue."
"You were? You didn't tell us." Kurt asked her.
"There wasn't anything you could do so I decided not to worry you."
"Would you like copies of the sonogram?" The doctor asked.
"Yes please...how many, do you think honey?"
"Let's see one for mom and dad, one for Coop, one for Finn and Rachel, one for us obviously and Maria, do you want one?"
"Oh, umm....yeah would that be ok?"
"Of course, so five."
"Six, it won't hurt to have an extra."
"Tell you what, I'll just print out two copies and then give you a photo DVD so you can send them to as many people as you want."
We took Maria out for lunch and then went straight home to Skype Burt and Carole and tell them the good news, we invited Maria to join in but she declined, declaring it a family moment.
"Hi dad! Hi Carole!" Kurt happily waved to the camera when the answered our Skype call.
"Hey boys! How are you?" Burt replied.
"We're fantastic dad." I answered.
"We have something to tell you." Kurt added before grabbing the sonogram from off screen. "We're having a baby!"
"Congratulations! That's wonderful!" Carole exclaimed.
"Hold that photo closer to the camera; I want a better look at my grandkid." Burt told us smiling.
"Don't worry dad, we'll e-mail you one." I told him but Kurt held the photo closer anyway.
"I can never tell what I'm supposed to be looking at on these things." Burt commented.
"It's the peanut dad." Kurt told him.
"Oh! I see it now, how far along?"
"Nine weeks, you'd love our surrogate; she's such a sweet girl." I told him.
"Good."
"She looks a lot like Blaine, so that way our kid will look like the both of us." Kurt added.
"Well, that's going to be one pretty baby then." Carole commented.
"I didn't even know you guys were trying to have kids." Burt said.
"I know, we wanted to wait to tell you until there was something to tell you in case it didn't take or something." Kurt said.
"And since the first attempt didn't take I think we made the right decision." I added.
"But you're the first people we told." Kurt told them.
"Calm down boys, I was just saying."
After we hung up with them we called Cooper who promptly declared himself the cool uncle/ the baby's favorite uncle and pronounced the baby had his nose despite our protests that wasn't possible since the baby wasn't biologically related to him and that we weren't even sure if the baby had a nose at this point.
"Looks like all that practice with your GI Joes is finally going to pay off." Cooper told me.
I hung my head in embarrassment.
"Seriously though Squirt, I'm so happy for you. I know how much you've wanted this."
"Thanks Coop."
"Send me a copy will you? Chicks dig proud uncles."
I shook my head not at all surprised.
"Is your surrogate hot? Maybe you could hook us up after this is all done."
"She looks like me." I told Cooper who then made a face of disgust.
"Never mind then."
"So did you use Kurt's stuff then?"
I nodded.
"Cool."
After we hung up with Cooper, Kurt called Finn and invited him and Rachel over for dinner while I called Santana and invited her and Brittany. Once they were all at our house we put on the DVD of the sonogram.
"What are we watching?" Finn asked.
"Your niece or nephew." Kurt replied.
"I don't have a niece or nephew."
"Not yet but in about 7 months...."
"Oh my god! You're having a baby!" Rachel exclaimed clapping her hands.
"How?" Finn asked. "Like you're both dudes, and dudes can't have babies."
"We have a surrogate." Kurt told him blinking at him.
"Congrats Frodo." Santana said giving me a quick one arm hugged, careful not to show affection in front of anyone.
"Thanks San. Hey want to help me check on the dinner?"
She followed me to the kitchen.
"Have you talked to Britt yet?"
"Yeah, she wants kids and when I told her I didn't she just shrugged and said I'd change my mind."
"Maybe she's right."
"Unlikely."
"Come one you don't feel a twinge when you look at pictures of the twins?"
She shook her head.
"What about when you look at my little peanut?" I asked holding up the sonogram in front of my face. "Come on auntie Sanny, I'm so cute and tiny, don't you want one just like me?" I asked talking in a baby voice.
"You are such a dork, why am I friends with you?" she asked laughing.
"Because you love me, seriously though nothing?"
"Not nothing but not enough."
"But more than what you used to feel."
She shrugged.
"Come on, let's go rejoin the party."
"Weren't we supposed to check on dinner?"
"We've got take out on the way."
"Your kid is not calling me auntie Sanny."
"If my kid wants to call you auntie Sanny you know you'll let it."