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"Uff...I didn't even eat anything yet!" Other whined pitifully, her hair pulled back into a bun from when she'd gone to bed the night before, sitting on the floor of her bathroom in front of the toilet, leaning over it and groaning; for the past three days she had been getting sick every morning regardless of if she had eaten yet or not, and then sometimes she got sick late at night! She didn't understand why, she always made sure her food was perfect when she cooked it, and she didn't eat out very often unless Val insisted she go with him and Miranda and then...was...was it something like that? She had felt sick before her date with Val so it couldn't be because of that, but it hadn't been this bad until their date a few nights ago! Could it...could it have been?! She wretched one more time, groaning unhappily and leaning against the shower door beside her after she felt her already empty stomach was even emptier. Other had never felt like this before. Yesterday at work she'd stumbled and nearly dropped a tray of fresh baked muffins all over the floor, she had told the others it was because she had tripped on something but in reality it had been because she suddenly felt dizzy and lightheaded. Was she sick? She had no idea, but she did know that when she felt this way she ran to her mother for comfort. Brushing back a few stray bits of hair, Other shakily stood back up on her feet and stepped up to the nearby sink, staring at herself in the mirror for a moment for some sign of illness. She looked the same as she always did...except...were those her breasts?! Other gasped and tentatively held them, gasping again and staring down at them. They were larger! And they hurt! She let go of them like she was doing something wrong, grabbing a cup and quickly filling it with water, sipping at it and swishing the water around in her mouth and then spitting it out. Ugh, what was going on? She continued on with her usual morning routine, thankful that the whole throwing up thing was apparently over, but unfortunately the only thing she could stomach without gagging or feeling nauseous all over again was a muffin. This wasn't good. Something was wrong! Very wrong...she had to call her mother; she'd know what to do. Other picked up her cell phone off the counter and sat down at the table in the middle of the kitchen, dialing her mother's number and waiting for an answer. It didn't take long for her to get one, it never did.

"Hey, Other!" Vionna greeted her more like a friend than a parent. She was used to it.

"Hi, Mommy." Other smiled weakly, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. "How are you? A-are you busy today?"

"I'm never too busy for my Other, darling. I'm fine though, just got finished planning a date tomorrow." Other blinked. This wasn't something she was unused to, but was it with Daddy? "Why? Is something the matter?" Other shrugged, putting her head on the table and sighing. Was something wrong? She had no idea. Oh, but her mother couldn't hear a shrug. Oops.

"I don't know...I just...I don't feel good, Mommy." Other whined, closing her eyes and whimpering a bit. It was true, she didn't feel good. She was throwing up, getting dizzy and lightheaded, certain foods that she normally loved completely repulsed her and on top of that it felt like her breasts were getting bigger! And it hurt! Vionna pursed her lips. Other didn't get sick often, she had always been a very healthy girl as a child, so for her to call her and tell her she's not feeling well? This must have been serious

"Well, what's wrong, honey?"

"I-I don't know!" She whimpered. "I haven't been sleeping very well? But...I don't know...ah...I've been throwing up every morning for three days right when I wake up and then sometimes after I eat something. If I can eat something! And then I feel dizzy and I almost fainted at work the other day and--"

"Other...?" Vionna's voice suddenly interrupted her. Those symptoms sounded very familiar. "Have you...have you been having sex?" Her Other? No way! Other blushed even at the slightest innuendo! There was no way her sweet Other had had sex, especially considering she had promised she'd not do it until she got married! Something about not wanting to be like Vionna and Guy. She had that boyfriend so...no way! Other was taken aback by the question. Her mother was always very blunt, so now would be no exception, but how was she supposed to tell her?! It'd only been once, sure, but...th-this was too embarrassing! She couldn't do it!

"Wh-what? I...th-that's embarrassing! Why would you even ask that?!" Other frowned, blushing and very glad that this was over the phone and not in person. Her hand dropped to her lap, self-consciously holding her skirt down between her legs as if her mother could tell over the phone unless she hid it. She couldn't but the fear was still there. Vionna sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. Leave it to Other to be extremely helpful...not. After a moment she spoke again.

"Honey, I need you to answer the question. I won't be mad, I promise." That would make her a hypocrite. Other bit down nervously on her lip and squirmed uncomfortably in the chair, swallowing hard and nodding her head. It wasn't that she regretted sleeping with Val, in fact she'd loved it after the..initial pain of her first time, and she'd be more than happy to do it again it was just that she was worried about where her mother was going with this. Why was she suddenly so concerned about Other having sex? This was about her not feeling well! Not about--

...No...

"O-one time! It was only one time, I promise!" Other squeaked out, panicked. No! That couldn't be what she was getting at! Vionna frowned at the way Other said that, her sweet darling girl panicking over something like this. She could only hope for Other's sake this was just a scare and not the real thing. Other covered her face with her hand and whimpered, getting up from her chair to go up to her room. She needed to check her special calendar.

"...I'll come over." Vionna told her softly before she hung up the phone. "Guy, I'm going out." She told him as she put on her coat and grabbed her purse, leaving right away so she could make a quick stop at the pharmacy before going straight to Other's house. This pharmacy was going to have to order more pregnancy tests to stock when Vionna was through with them! Other flipped her phone closed and opened her nightstand drawer, sitting on the edge of her bed as she opened it to this month. She had a very regular period, it was always on time, it always lasted the exact same amount of days and it never had any signs of irregularity. Not ever. She had a small red dot for when it would end and a larger one for when it would begin.

There was a large red dot marked for four days ago.

Other sat and stared at the red dot as it mocked her, wide eyed and hands shaking. She'd never missed a period a day in her life since she'd started getting it, and it'd never been even a day late, and now she was four days late after having sex for the first time?! They hadn't...they hadn't used a condom or anything, and Other had no reason to be on birth control so she wasn't on any form of that! This wasn't happening. No! No it couldn't be happening! In a very unfamiliar fit she threw the calendar across the room, turning and throwing herself onto the bed with her face buried into the pillow. It was possible it was late just because of whatever reason like stress or something, but the fear that she could be pregnant outweighed that concern. She did what she did best in a situation like this; she cried, sobbing into her pillow and hugging it tight.

After about an hour and a half Vionna let herself in with one of the extra keys that had been made for both her and Guy, something Other had demanded in her adorably polite way for them to do. "Other?" She closed the door behind her and looked around. No sign of her in the living room. Vionna checked the kitchen, nothing...the dining room was also deserted, and the bathroom on the first floor. She must have been in her room then. She sighed sympathetically and adjusted the bag hanging from the crook of her arm, it was filled with god knows how many pregnancy tests of every kind she could find. Vionna pushed her sunglasses up on top of her head and made her way up the stairs and to Other's room, knocking once before she slowly opened the door and peeked in. Other was still awake, but she didn't look happy in the slightest. She had stopped crying for the most part, now she was just sniffling and hiccupping and trying not to start crying all over again. It broke Vionna's heart to see her daughter like this. Other wiped at her eyes when Vionna walked in, letting go of the pillow to sit up at the edge of the bed again. She saw the bag her mother was holding and blinked, sniffling as she read the logo on it. It was for a nearby pharmacy.

"...A...are those...?"

"Pregnancy tests." Vionna answered without forcing her to finish the question, walking over to Other she set the bag down on the floor and sat down beside her daughter, rubbing the girl's back in a soothing manner and hugging Other to her, putting her head on top of hers. Other's bottom lip trembled a bit as she clung to Vionna, clutching her coat desperately in her fists and whimpering. "Shhh, shhh. It'll be alright, sweetheart." After all, Vionna had been in Other's position before! And see? Other was the sweetest young lady she had ever had the pleasure of knowing despite her parenting skills not being quite up to par with, say, normal parents. Gently she placed her fingers under Other's chin and held it delicately, tilting her head up to smile down at her. "Everything's going to be fine, okay?" Other wasn't sure if she could agree, so many panicked thoughts and fears were running through her head. What if Val got mad? What if he left her? What if she...what if she had to get rid of it? Other couldn't have a baby alone! She just couldn't! But she couldn't do that either!

"O-Oh, Mommy!" Other cried, hugging her tightly and trying so hard not to start crying again. Vionna held her and rocked gently with Other, humming softly and nuzzling her face comfortingly into the girl's hair. They stayed like this for a few minutes, which wasn’t something they did very often, but Vionna wasn't going to rush the poor thing. She knew what it was like to panic over this, and then there was the added pressure of Other's fear of being like her and Guy. She also didn't know what this Val man was like, she had never met him, Other had only gushed about him and she was pretty sure the opinion of a girlfriend was quite biased. She pet Other's soft hair while she let the girl calm down, murmuring soft shushing sounds in an added effort to calm her. When it seemed as if Other was stable enough to move onto the next important step Vionna slowly leaned back to lightly hold her shoulders at arm's length, looking her quite seriously in her eyes.

"Are you ready to see? They're easy, I promise." She would know. Other frowned deeply and nodded, shakily following her mother to the bathroom she could get to from her room. Vionna had picked up the bag of tests and carefully dumped them out onto the bathroom counter, putting the bag to the side so they could put the empty boxes and used tests into it after. Easier cleanup. "Alright, I got a bunch so we could be sure. This is what I did myself." Other eyed them warily; Vionna gave her as assuring a smile as she could. She still didn't know...

"Wh-what do I do..?" Other asked, picking up one of the boxes like it would bite her if she didn't handle it properly. Vionna took that test and opened it, showing Other the stick inside.

"You go over there and pee on this end, then give it to me and I'll put it here. Theeen we wait thirty to ninety seconds depending on the test. This one's ninety. Let's do the longer ones first." Vionna told Other, looking through them and opening the boxers. Other wasn't sure; she had to pee on all those tests? She wasn't sure she could do that! She didn't even have to pee right now! Vionna saw the doubt in her eyes and put down the boxes, holding a finger up for Other to wait as she left her daughter standing awkwardly in the bathroom to get a couple glasses of water for her. Oh! Even better! She had iced tea made. Vionna found two of the largest glasses Other had, filling them with the iced tea for her daughter and bringing them upstairs where she'd left her daughter to sit and wait uncomfortably on the edge of her tub. Other looked up to see the two glasses and grimaced, making an unhappy face like a child being forced to take medicine she didn't want to take. She liked iced tea but she really didn't want to associate the delicious drink with this situation. "Don't give me that look, young lady." Other may have been a grown woman but Vionna would always be her mother. She set one of the glasses down on the counter and handed the other to the girl on the tub. "Drink up."

With a sigh, Other took the glass and started drinking, remaining quiet as she did. Vionna leaned back against the counter. There was no small talk, what was there to say? Other was too uncomfortable for conversation. Luckily it didn't take too long for her to suddenly have to go to the bathroom, forcing her mother out of the bathroom so she could follow the instructions. She used every test. There were so many! When she was done with the tests she let Vionna back in, but instead the woman took her hand and coaxed her out to sit on the bed again so she wouldn't fret and constantly stare at the tests waiting. Other sat quiet, her legs bouncing impatiently as she stared intently at the clock by her bed. Come on, come on! Move faster, time! Vionna sighed and lightly placed her hand on Other's lap, her signal for Other to stop with the jittering because it was annoying and it was also shaking the bed. She wrapped an arm around Other's shoulders and tilting her head to the side to rest it against the smaller girl's head.

"Wh-what should I do if it's...you know..." Other couldn't bring herself to say it. Vionna played with Other's hair and closed her eyes, thinking quietly. Well there were many things she could do, but there was only one way to start.

"Start by first telling him. He deserves to know too." Other nodded, wholeheartedly agreeing. Val deserved to know, but what about after that? Vionna gave her a squeeze. "Then you two will figure out together what you should do."

"B-but what i-if this ruins everything..." What if he left her? What if something horrible happened? Would he be mad? Would he hate her? What if he...didn't? Her heart fluttered as that glimmer of hope pushed through the cloud of doubt, blushing softly. She did have those fantasies about having a happy family with Val, and he did tell her he loved her so...maybe he wouldn't be mad? But this kind of thing tended to ruin relationships, she'd seen it...she'd lived it! Then again her parents were never in love to begin with but...

"Other." Vionna shook her gently, looking at the clock. "It's time." Other froze and stared at the clock, trembling suddenly. It was time. Time to see if she was really pregnant or not. "Do you want to go look or should I?"

"I...I can do it." Other breathed out nervously, slowly getting up and walking to the bathroom. Ohmanthiswasit. She closed her eyes when she was in the bathroom, taking in a deep, shaky breath and slowly letting it out in an attempt to calm herself. It didn't really work. She was still scared out of her wits. Would it have been like this if it was Val sitting with her during this? Would it be worse? Better? She had no idea, and it was too late to find out. She picked up the first test, staring at it. There was a smiley face...now...that could be good or bad depending on the attitude of the tester so she picked up the box that matched it to see what it was.

Positive.

She dropped that test with a frown, biting down on her lip as she checked another test. And another. And another. And three more. And two more. And another. Soon she had checked every single test, and every single test gave her the same result.

Positive.

Positive.

"O-oh my God!" Other cried, leaning back against the wall and sliding down to the floor, curling up her legs and holding her head as she buried her face into her knees. Vionna came running into the bathroom, taking enough of a glance at the tests to know why she was freaking out as she kneeled down to coax Other to look up.

"Oh, honey, I...it'll be okay, it really will." Other whimpered, throwing her arms around Vionna and sobbing into her shoulder. Vionna frowned and held her, petting Other's hair and rubbing her back as she moved to sit against the wall with Other, tugging the girl on her lap to rock her. Sure, she was a grown woman but she still needed this. Other'd never cried like this, not even as a baby! "It'll be okay, sweetheart. Shhhh." She whispered to her daughter, kissing her temple. Other refused to lift her head from where it was buried into her mother's shoulder, clinging desperately to her and sobbing hysterically. Vionna, while she was quite uncomfortable like this, just let her go on. It would be better for her to get this out now so she could be somewhat calm whenever she told Val, make things a little less awkward than they'd most likely be as it was without her crying and sobbing. She rubbed Other's back and continued to rock gently with her, not enough to make her nauseous but at least enough to comfort her. "Do you want to see a doctor to know for sure?" Other shook her head, whimpering pitifully. She didn't want to see a doctor, not without Val. She'd go, but only with Val...if he agreed. Only if he agreed. She wouldn't force him.

"Come on, you could probably use a nap." Normally she would offer someone a drink when they were this upset but...not her pregnant daughter. Hell, she might not offer her daughter a drink even if she wasn't pregnant; thinking of Other drinking alcohol was just too far-fetched. Other hiccupped and slowly nodded, crying for a few more moments until she slowly stumbled to her feet. A nap...a nap sounded good. Vionna helped her stand, walking Other to her bed. Other paused to groggily stumble back in the direction of the bathroom; Vionna sighed and caught her around the waist.

"B-but the tests..." Other hiccupped as her mother guided her away from the bathroom.

"I'll clean them up and go, okay? And I won't tell Daddy." Vionna told her honestly, helping Other into bed and pulling her blanket up over her shoulders. She leaned in to give her a gentle kiss on her forehead. Other nodded and hugged one of her pillows tight, the one that Val used whenever he spent the night. She nuzzled her face into it for comfort, Vionna smiled softly and walked away to clean up the tests and boxes, putting them into a bag to throw out for Other. She checked on the girl before she left the room, finding her fast asleep and sighing. This was the last thing she ever expected to be doing with Other, guess there was a first time for everything.