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"What do you want to snack today Aleks?" Morgan said opening the fridge, she took two containers and turned around to Aleks, kneeling next to him. "Fruits or cereals?" She motioned at both the containers.
She saw Aleks' big blue eyes move between them, his little backpack hanging by his shoulders.
"Fruit" he said pointing at the right. Morgan smiled and put the cereals away.
"This one's got banana, apple and strawberries, do you like those?"
"Yes Mommy" he replied while Morgan opened up his backpack and stored the fruits inside them.
Morgan checked that he was well dressed, that his shoes were tied and his backpack closed.
"Looks like we're good to go buddy" she placed a little kiss on his forehead and stood up, taking Aleks by the hand and walking out of the house.
Aleks had grown so fast in Morgan's eyes, she couldn't believe he was already in day care. They took him off to the city to attend some activities with the other kids of the other factions, and knowing that Aleks was getting bigger and bigger he was developing his sense of community and his social skills fast. But the adults in dauntless weren't a good example of socialization. Specially with Aleks being a little boy.
Morgan walked with him towards the bus where they usually picked up the kids in dauntless.
Morgan held Aleks by the hand while they waited, but soon enough she felt Aleks tug her down. She kneeled next to him and held him by the waist to her chest.
"What's wrong baby?" She asked, giving him a little kiss on the cheek.
"What happened to that girl?" He said, looking straight ahead, Morgan moved her eye to where he was looking, and recognized the question.
"That's what happens to mommys when they have a baby in their belly" she looked at Aleks, who was silently staring down at the woman. Then he turned to her.
"Like you?"
Morgan's mouth slowly opened, but the screeching of the bus made her stand up without saying a word. She bent over again to kiss Aleks on the crown of his head, then watched him run towards the bus as the other kids hurried to get in.
As soon as Morgan saw the dauntless guards get in the bus and made sure everyone was seated and ready to go, she walked back to her place.
She searched around Eric's office for a calendar, and when she had it she counted.
The last 10 months hadn't been nice to her at all. After she confronted Eric about needing time to have another baby, he didn't mentioned the subject again, and didn't push for Morgan to stop taking the shots.
The first 6 months had passed, and after Aleks' 3rd birthday she quit the shots, bit didn't tell Eric about it, hoping she could make the announcement be a surprise.
What happened was that the first month she tried, her period came, then the second month was delayed only two days, making her eager to take a pregnancy test. She took it at home when she was alone, finding the single red line too disturbing. By the third month, when she took the test again, she could help but to crumble down on the bathroom floor after throwing the negative result across the room.
She was in the bathroom for an hour trying to compose herself, and by the time she came out it didn't pass Eric's inspection the fact that she had been crying.
Those months she had accounted for, the next one was the one she wasn't aware of.
After Aleks became too big and too slippery for the crib, Morgan and Eric set up a little bed in his room, and it wasn't longer before Aleks began jumping on the bed, despite Morgan's and Eric's constant scoldings about not jumping on the goddamned bed.
One particular night, Morgan and Eric were sitting in the couch, mindlessly talking about nothing before she had to get up and cook something, then they heard the sickening thump on the floor, then Aleks' pained shriek across the house. They jumped on their feet and ran to the bedroom, finding Aleks holding his head where he had hit himself. What they didn't expect to find was blood on his hand when he pulled back.
He caught the side of the nightstand with his head, barely missing the corner. That earned him 5 stitches and a still to this day reprimend from Eric.
Thay whole month between checks to Erudite's doctors and such was the month Morgan hadn't accounted for, and now she was staring at a month gap between her last period and the next one ready to happen.
She tried to make memory on what day she could've had sex with Eric that could count for her to get pregnant while she walked down the infirmary.
She had her arms crossed at her chest, and as soon as she was tended by the dauntless nurse, she just requested a routine check out, not wanting to ask for a pregnancy test right out of the bat, knowing that if she did the news were going to spread even faster than she could tell Eric about the result.
She waited that full day in the infirmary, sitting in the waiting room, then she was handed a thick envelope. She took it back to her place and took a deep breath while closing the door behind her, what she didn't expect was for Eric to be at the house.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, trying to not make him pay attention at the too obvious envelope.
"Came looking for you" he said walking to her, looking at the envelope on her hand "haven't seen you all day, where were you?" He held her by the waist and pulled her in. Morgan threw the envelope on the couch and held Eric by the shoulders.
"Went to drop off Aleks at the bus stop, then I was called by Stella, she had the result of Aleks' last check up and I went to pick it up" she said hoping Eric would buy what was in that envelope
"Mm" he hummed and leaned in to kiss her shortly. Then began walking with her towards the front door. "Elise came to see me at the office. She asked if we could take care of Leah tonight"
Well, that wasn't good. If the results was negative it would mean that she would more than likely spend another hour in the bathroom crying, that was something she couldn't handle. The fact that when she had Aleks she wasn't looking for him and now that she was actively searching to get pregnant but nothing happened, that killed her.
Still, she was thankful she'd made the decision of not letting Eric know she was off the shots, having Eric's constant expectations pressuring her and having to look at the disappointment and hurt in his face was something she wanted to spare herself from.
"Morgan" he said, looking down at her, stopping in the middle of the hallway nearing his office. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah" she dismissed "I'm fine"
"You're distraught" he cupped her cheek and brought her closer "you sure? Let me know if i can do anything to help"
"I will Eric" she assured, then tiptoed to meet his lips. "I'll make sure to pick up Leah from the bus with Aleks, and more then likely will end up back at the house to take care of them after that"
"I'll have everything wrapped up early and come meet you guys" he kissed her again and turned around, walking back into his office.
Morgan took care of her rounds, the results of the test still swirling in her head.
In the meantime she was looking for that baby, Eric had taken Leah under his wing. He took care of her as if she was his own, he played with her and Aleks if she was ever at the house, and made sure to keep in touch with Elise to be informed if Leah ever needed a check up or anything he could help with.
Morgan not only knew Eric was trying to fill the other baby space, but the other baby girl space. Leah was a sweet little baby and Eric had heart eyes everytime he saw her, knowing that a girl was all Eric wanted next.
When she finally had to pick up Aleks, she quickly ushered him into the house and had him settled with Leah to do a jigsaw puzzle, they loved to do those.
Morgan took the results back to her room and sighed. It was now or never, she couldn't afford another interrogatory if Eric saw her eyes red again.
She didn't close the door of her bedroom all the way down, making sure she could still hear the kids on the other room.
She sat on the bed and opened the envelope, scanning fast the results of the different test, the blood work was the one she was interested.
She scanned with her eyes the different medical terms until she found the one hCG, positive.
Positive.
She let out a shaky breath as she passed the pages to the urine test. hCG, positive.
Another shaky breath as she let the papers fall on the bed and stood up.
She chuckled and placed both hands on her head, she couldn't believe it. She was pregnant.
Morgan heard the front door smash closed and Aleks' happy shriek as he ran to his dad, hugging him by the legs. Eric ruffled his hair and gave Leah a quick look, who just gave him a little wave and turned back to the puzzle.
"Where's mommy?" Eric asked, Aleks double back to the table while he said
"In her bedroom"
Eric walked towards the bedroom, finding Morgan with tears in her eyes. He walked quickly to her with a worried frown.
"Morgan what's wrong?" He said holding her by the shoulders. Morgan couldn't help but let out a happy laugh and picked up the papers, handing them to Eric.
Eric scanned them fast, trying to find the answer.
"What's all this?" He threw the papers on the bed again and held her by the shoulders "Morgan talk to me, what's-"
"I'm pregnant" she said happy, jumping on Eric's arms and placing her hands on his neck "Eric I'm pregnant" she downed her lips to his once.
When she pulled back, she saw Eric's starstruck face, looking up at her.
"What?" He whispered, pulling her down and holding her by the waist.
"I got tested today and everything is positive, you're going to be a dad again baby" Morgan rounded his shoulders with her arms, Eric moved his eyes over hers, and Morgan saw his gaze move down to her stomach.
She took Eric's hands from her waist and placed it on top of her stomach.
Eric looked at her again, tears starting to form on his eyes.
"Really?" He whispered, Morgan chuckled and kissed him one more time while nodding.
"Yes baby, yes, yes, you're going to be a dad again" she whispered against his lips.
Eric hadn't closed his eyes when Morgan kissed him, instead he looked at her own, still having a little frown on his face.
"Eric" she said looking longingly at him "Eric everything came out positive, we can go to the doctor if you don't-"
Morgan was interrupted when Eric dropped to her knees and moved her shirt up to kiss her stomach.
Morgan was pushed down on the bed and she laughed holding Eric's head close to her stomach as he left little kisses on her. He stopped to look up at her again and Morgan could see tears streak down her eyes, and she assumed she had as many as his. She slowly cleaned his cheek and smiled at him, moving forward to kiss his forehead.
Eric sighed and leaned back on her stomach, hugging her and knealing in front of her in between her legs. Morgan ran her hands on his neck and his back while Eric continued hugging her by the waist.
"Are you happy baby?" She asked, Eric instantly nodded, hugging her tight. "I'm sorry I made you wait for so long. I promise I dropped the shots when I said I would"
"That time" he said leaning back and clearing his throat "that time I found you in the bathroom, you were crying because of this?"
"Yeah" she admitted "I made a test and it came out negative, and it wasn't the first"
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, his hand moved to her still flat stomach and slowly caressed it.
"I wanted to surprise you"
"And you did" he said, giving her a chuckle.
"We can set up an appointment tomorrow to have all the checks needed, I don't know how far along I am but I'm guessing 6 weeks so.... I know it's too soon-"
Eric interrupted her when he leaned in to kiss her lips quickly, making her wipe away any doubt in her mind.
He looked down at her stomach again and smiled, leaning over to it and kissing it.
"Hi baby, it's your dad" he cooed into it, holding Morgan by the waist again and letting out a content sigh "I've been expecting you"