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BERLIOZ O'MALLEY. 21 years old. p a r i s. Type 7w8. ESFP.

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[ text || brother ] :: not great. i thought i was going to throw up or pass out at first. celine told me right when we got to the hotel for our honeymoon after she had been in the bathroom for a while

[ text || brother ] :: just bring yourself

[ text to || piano man ] : that’s how i feel right about now

[ text to || piano man ] : alright… clearly i have no idea how this shit works

[ text to || piano man ] : i’ll see you shortly

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[ text || brother ] :: i don’t blame you. it must be worse than it was for me. at least i wanted celine to get pregnant anyway

[ text || brother ] :: okay

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[ text || brother ] :: you’ll be fine you’re just in shock or something

[ text || brother ] :: i don’t really think we need any help right now but you can come over anyway

[ text || brother ] :: we have a room in the infirmary

[ text to || piano man ] : how did you react when you found out celine was pregnant?

[ text to || piano man ] : alright… I’ll be over soon… ish. should i bring anything?

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[ text || brother ] :: not great. i thought i was going to throw up or pass out at first. celine told me right when we got to the hotel for our honeymoon after she had been in the bathroom for a while

[ text || brother ] :: just bring yourself

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[ text || brother ] :: i guess that’s true. seems like teaching kids how to play piano helped out with that a bit.

[ text || brother ] :: you’ll be a good uncle but you’ll also be a good father. besides, you have basically 9 months to figure all of that out.

[ text to || piano man ] : basically 9 months… yeah, that’s gonna be gone the next time i blink my eyes, practically

[ text to || piano man ] : do you uh… need any help? with celine, i mean? not that i really know how i would help in this situation…

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[ text || brother ] :: you’ll be fine you’re just in shock or something

[ text || brother ] :: i don’t really think we need any help right now but you can come over anyway

[ text || brother ] :: we have a room in the infirmary

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[ text || brother ] :: well maybe it’ll light a fire under your asses to get there faster

[ text || brother ] :: haha

[ text || brother ] :: how am i any more cut out for that role than you are? we both have the same biological father and he skipped out on us. that could be either of us too.

[ text to || piano man ] : fuckin’ hell…

[ text to || piano man ] : yeah but at least you didn’t let it control how you saw yourself. you’re just… i don’t know, more family oriented

[ text to || piano man ] : i would have been perfectly content seeing your and celine’s baby and that being the only baby in my life

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[ text || brother ] :: i guess that’s true. seems like teaching kids how to play piano helped out with that a bit.

[ text || brother ] :: you’ll be a good uncle but you’ll also be a good father. besides, you have basically 9 months to figure all of that out.

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artistxque‌

[ text to || piano man ] : i mean yeah, we were already working toward that, but i didn’t expect this fucking plot twist

[ text to || piano man ] : YEAH I KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED 

[ text to || piano man ] : you know what I meant. i don’t exactly know how great of a father i’d be. you’re cut out for that role

[ text || brother ] :: well maybe it’ll light a fire under your asses to get there faster

[ text || brother ] :: haha

[ text || brother ] :: how am i any more cut out for that role than you are? we both have the same biological father and he skipped out on us. that could be either of us too.

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artistxque‌

[ text to || piano man ] : well yeah, I’m assuming so, I wouldn’t tell her not to

[ text to || piano man ] : i just don’t understand how this could happen

[ text || brother ] :: then you’ll stick around and help her, marry her maybe. you two would probably get married anyway at some point.

[ text || brother ] :: ...........i think you know how this happened.

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artistxque‌

[ text to || piano man ] : THIS ISN’T THE TIME FOR THE I TOLD YOU SO GAME

[ text to || piano man ] : look the point is i have no clue what the fuck to do now

[ text || brother ] :: it’s the perfect time for it

[ text || brother ] :: well is she going to keep the baby or not?

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artistxque‌

[ text to || piano man ] : i mean… this can probably wait then

[ text to || piano man ] : well, uh… do you remember that conversation we had, where you asked me if I thought claire was pregnant?

[ text || brother ] :: yeah probably......

[ text || brother ] :: she’s pregnant, isn’t she? i hate to say it but I TOLD YOU SO. i knew she would be if she wasn’t already

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[ text to || piano man ] : the really bad kind. I’m trying not to freak out but uh it’s pretty hard not to

[ text to || piano man ] : wait what? Right now? Fuck…

[ text to || piano man ] : my problem’s uh… kinda related…

[ text || brother ] :: okay that sounds pretty serious

[ text || brother ] :: yeah right now this very second basically

[ text || brother ] :: what do you mean?

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celinexcharming‌

“Then we only have a few more minutes before I have another. They weren’t that far apart, I don’t know.” Celine squeezed his arm nervously. “The baby isn’t going to care, but…okay,” she looked down at the floor and continued walking. She was trying to stall because of her own nervousness, as if going to the infirmary made it all more real than it already was. “We have everything ready….the baby room is set up. I don’t know why I’m so worried, we should just hurry to the infirmary then.” Her pace picked up, not that it was all that fast considering how pregnant she was. 

Berlioz nodded. “Okay, that means we have to get you to the infirmary quick.” He knew she was nervous about this, he could feel it. He was nervous too, but he wanted to be the one who could keep it together. Ever since he had decided to ask Celine to marry him and that they would have children together, he wanted to be a better father than his biological one had ever been. “Everything will be alright. We have everything we need and the room is all set up.” He followed her pace, not wanting to make her go too fast. “The baby’s really going to be here...” He said softly under his breath.

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celinexcharming‌

“Because I thought it was normal, I have them sometimes. They usually just stop after one or two.” Celine took his arm, beginning to follow him out of their room. “I just want to get there before I have another one. I don’t know how far apart they are, I didn’t think to time it or whatever it was they said to do. I’m horrible at this already,” she furrowed her brow. “Wait! I need to take a shower! I need to change into a different dress, I can’t look like this when I have our baby!” 

Berlioz didn’t really know what to say to that, mostly because he felt bad for having even asked the question. “We should probably starting timing them at the very least,” he said, figuring that it had been at least a minute since her last contraction. When she stopped them, saying she needed to take a shower and change, he looked at her with brows furrowed. “What do you mean? I don’t think the baby’s going to care if you’re not dressed up for the occasion.”

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She took a deep breath to calm herself down. “Yes, now…” Celine took his hand, walking toward the door. She stooped down to grab the baby bag, which was already packed with an outfit for the baby, a blanket, the things Celine would need while she wasn’t in their room so Berlioz didn’t have to go running back and forth. “I thought maybe it was a false alarm but I’ve been having these contraction things for over an hour now. That means it’s time, right?” 

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Berlioz took the bag from her, not wanting her to have to carry it. He sling it over his shoulder and offered her his arm. “We should get you to the infirmary, then. Why didn’t you say anything an hour ago?” He asked, telling himself not to panic. He knew that if he got flustered then he wouldn’t be able to help her. “Let’s go,” he said, leading her out of their room. “Do you feel alright right now? Let me know if you feel any more contractions.”

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[ text to || piano man ] : we have a big problem on our hands

[ text || brother ] :: what kind of problem?[ text || brother ] :: one bigger than celine going into labor

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Celine paced the floor, her hand on her hip as she focused on breathing. "Berlioz?" She called out, wincing as she spoke. "Berlioz! Stop playing for a minute, I...we need to go to the infirmary..."

Berlioz was working on a piece he couldn’t quite figure out. It had been troubling him for the past few days, and he did hope he wasn’t driving Celine crazy playing the last few parts over and over. When she called out to him, he stopped playing and turned around. “What?” He stood. “The infirmary? Right now?” He asked, moving quickly over to her side.

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Lily James in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) dir. Ol Parker

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“It’s supposed to be a romance movie, but all it’s doing is making me want to cry, so… I think I’m going to take a break. What kind of movies do you usually watch?”

“Oh, I guess romance movies aren’t so bad. Probably better to take a break, though, if it really is that sad. Have you ever heard of the movie Iron Man? That’s a good movie, and there’s like three of them.”