Three more months have passed and Shadow was watching Sonic as happy as ever picking flowers from the meadow a few inches away from the house. When suddenly, he sees Sonic starting to cry. Shadow rushed over to Sonic as quickly as possible.
"Sonic... what's wrong? Are you okay?" Shadow asked in a worried tone
"Don't worry... I'm fine... I think I'm experiencing mood swings. Remember I told you about that in the book I read."
"Oh yeah, you told me about that. One minute the pregnant is happy and the next she's crying for no reason at all."
"Exactly but don't worry I'll be alright." Sonic said reassuring the ebony hedgehog.
"Hey come with me... There's something I want to show you in the house."
Shadow took Sonics hand and led him inside the house. When they got inside, they went upstairs and come to a door at the end of the hall.
"I've been working on something for these pass six months. Something I knew that the baby was gonna need."
When Shadow opened the door, he reviled a cute little nursery. Sonic walked in and was amazed by what he saw. There was a crib for the baby, toys, clothes, everything that the baby was gonna need when it's born. The blue blur looked at Shadow with tears in his eyes.
"Shadow this room is beautiful I love it... Did you make all of this?"
<nods>
Suddenly Sonic felt something weird in his stomach.
"Ahhh."
"Sonic what happened?"
"Whoa... I think... The baby... Just kicked me."
Shadow walked over towards Sonic and gently placed his hand on his round belly. This time he felt another kick.
"Wow... he has one powerful kick."
"Yeah I know and to think this little creature came from one little cell. He has part of and part of me in him."
Shadow got down on his knees and put his head on Sonic stomach just so he can listen to baby some more. Soon as the baby started moving again, Shadow decided to calm it down,
"Shhhh... daddy's here. I'm gonna protect you with all my might. I'll make sure nothing happens to you or mommy."
"Ooo... I think the baby heard you." Sonic said when he felt the baby kick him again.
"I think so too... Cause he just kicked me right in the face."
"If the baby turns out to be a girl, what would we name her?" Sonic asked as they left the nursery.
"Hmmmm.... I think we should name her.... Serenity or maybe Imani which means faith." Shadow suggested.
"Imani is a beautiful name for her, and if it turns out that its a boy we can name him... Shadow Jr. What do you think about that?"
"<big smile> Sounds good to me."
Shadow was really excited at the fact that Sonic would name the baby after him if it came out to be a boy. Later that night, Shadow was coming downstairs to the living room and saw Sonic on the couch doing something he never expected.... knitting.
"O_o'.... Ummm Sonic... What are you doing?" Shadow asked.
"Oh I'm making a blanket for the baby. I also made a little sweater for the baby too." Sonic said with a big smile on his face.
"Wow.... you're on a roll aren't you?"
"^_^ <nods>"
"<soft smile>.... Anyway it's getting late, we should get to bed."
"Yawwwwwn..... Alright."
Shadow helped his preggy hedgie to his feet and sat him on the bed. He took of his shoes, kissed him on the cheek, kissed his belly and got into bed next to him. He wrapped his arms around Sonics big belly and they both fell straight to sleep.
Another month has passed and Sonic was rounder than ever. During those pass 7 months, some new problems have accumulated. He was experiencing back problems, throwing up, fainting and slept through the day. He felt worse than he did at the beginning of the pregnancy.
One morning Sonic was sitting on the floor vomiting in the toilet when Shadow walked in.
"Hey you alright?"
Sonic looked at Shadow crying and shook his head no. Sonic tried to stand but wound up falling right back down to the floor. Shadow picked up the poor blue blur and carried him to bed. The Sonic said in a weal tone:
"Sh-shadow.... I'm so weak... could you... Make me some tea.?"
"Sure.... Stay here I'll be right back."
Before Shadow went to the kitchen to make the tea, he went to make a phone call to someone that he thinks might be able to help. Thirty minutes later, Shadow came back with Sonics tea mug.
"Hey what took you so long?" Sonic asked as he took the tea and placed it on the counter next to the bed.
"I had to make a phone call to someone." Shadow said as he sat next to Sonic on the bed.
About 15 minutes later, the door bell rang.
"Be right back." Shadow said as he left to answer it.
Five minutes later, Shadow came back to the room and walking behind him was someone Sonic really didn't want to see.... EGGMAN.
"O_O.... SHADOW WHAT THE HELL?... WHY IS EGGMAN HERE!?!?!?" Sonic screamed
"Calm down.... I told him to come here. I explained the situation to him so I figured that he might be able to help." Shadow said trying to calm the angry hedgehog down.
Eggman sat in a chair next to the bed and said to Sonic:
"Tell me what's been goin on?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Cause I want to help and you need to calm down... You don't need to put anymore stress on you and the baby."
"Sigh... This morning I felt really weak. I started vomiting, fainting and I even have back pains."
"Hmmmm.... I think its because of the weight of the baby that's making you feel like this." Eggman explained.
"Here take a sip of your tea and see if that'll help you." Shadow said as he handed Sonic his mug.
Sonic took a few sips of his tea and started to feel alittle better.
"Yeah that actually did help."
"So other than those three things, have you felt any other changes?" Eggman asked.
"No... nothing weird just the baby kicking me."
"Alright well... If you need anymore help give me a call and come straight to my headquarters."
"Thanks Eggman." Shadow said as he led the doctor out the door.
After Shadow came back to the bedroom, he sat next to Sonic and started rubbing his belly.
"How are you feeling?" Shadow asked
"Alittle better.... It was just weird to have Eggman here and be concerned about me and the baby. Guess under that evil heart, Egghead is a real softy." Sonic said laughing
"Yeah I think so too."
TBC
