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Lagoona was very happy she was able to meet up with Ghoulia to catch up. She'd been touring a few conferences for her fresh career as an environmental geologist, while Ghoulia was busy with her teaching at Monster High. She managed to get a few updates here and there from overhearing Gil and Slo-Mo chatting it up whenever Slo-Mo was over, or from Gil gossiping back to Lagoona after visiting him, but it had otherwise been a while since she and Ghoulia had actually gotten to meet up.
"Yeah, in-between shiftz at the morgue he managed to tranzfer our wedding video over to VHS!" Ghoulia quips as she sips on her drink.
Lagoona shakes her head with a smile. "It's a miracle it didn't catch on fire the second he tried to do anything with it. I mean, that tech must be, like, pushin' sixty years old at this point!"
Ghoulia shrugs. "What can I zay, the man likez his eightyz noztalgia."
The sea monster shakes her head once again, her curls bouncing in a loose ponytail before she eats a piece of sushi. "So," she starts, covering her mouth as she chewed, "I heard that Frankie's handlin' their position as Headmistress pretty well!"
Ghoulia nods before spooning some of her gazpacho into her mouth. "Conzidering that the school hazn't been deztroyed or had zome zort of breach ever zince they took office, I'd zay zo." She raps a nail on her glass. "I heard that you and Gil have been trying to have a baby, iz that right?" She prys with an eyebrow raised and a devious look on her face.
"God, don't make it weird!" That got a chuckle out of Ghoulia. "But yes. Surprisingly, his dad's been really supportive and is even willing to stay with us or nearby to help us out once we're pregnant."
"Well, that'z nice of him!"
"Yeah, and he's actually been gettin' pretty chummy with me mum as well! Even if mostly just to learn about how she handled her pregnancies since, yannaur, the baby's gunna be hybrid, brackish, whatever you wanna call it. Gil's a little worried about complications because of that, but the docs say it oughta be smooth sailing." Lagoona pops another sushi into her mouth. "All things considered it's been pretty pleasant so far!"
"Yeah I bettt, heeheehee!" Ghoulia gives her a stupid smirk and puts her straw between her teeth.
Lagoona reaches out to give her a playful bap. "Stawwwwwp, you pervert!" She jokes, fake-rolling her eyes. "But if you really must know, yes I've been fucking the everlovin' shit outta him. It's a miracle the guy's still walkin'. And that he's still not pregnant yet." She giggles as Ghoulia laughs.
The zombie sighs. "How iz Gil doing anywayz?"
"You two work together, you don't chat?" Lagoona tilts her head to the side.
"We do when we get the chance, but conzidering the Mathemaulticz and Fanguage Artz wingz and our officez are on the oppozite zides of the building and our zchedulez are zo different, the opportunity doezn't rize frequently. Mozt of what I hear about him is from Sloman." She explains, sipping more soup.
Lagoona gives her a silent 'ah' and nods. "I see. Well he's been doin' alright overall, very, uh, excited about our current activities if you catch me drift!" She winks at Ghoulia. "But otherwise I have noticed him actin' a little strangely lately. The other day he started bawlin' over a cooking show because it reminded him of Deuce and he hasn't seen him in a while, and yesterday he damn near spent the entire day sniffing around the house looking for a burnt toast smell! He was practically turnin' the place upside down to find it, and eventually walked down the street to ask Slo-Mo if he'd burnt anything, and turns out he did!"
"Ah yez, I remember thiz! He waz so perplexed afterwardz, az he had burnt his bagel hours ago by the time Gil came knocking!"
"Right? Completely wacko! He was convinced he was havin' a stroke or something until he tracked it down!"
Ghoulia shrugs. "Maybe he iz pregnant!" She jokes, Lagoona chuckling along before her face dropped in realization.
She whipped out her phone and began frantically texting Gil.
Wagyu Beef: GIL
Wagyu Beef: GIL
Wagyu Beef: HAVE YOU TAKEN A PREGNANCY TEST YET???
Tall Damp and Handsome: NO BUT WAIT A FUCKING SECOND
Tall Damp and Handsome: YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING I THINK
Wagyu Beef: SHUT UP AND PEE ON THE STICK YOU FUCK
Tall Damp and Handsome: well not with that attitude
Wagyu Beef: GIL ISTG
Tall Damp and Handsome: FINE DAMN
Tall Damp and Handsome: ok now we wait
Wagyu Beef: 👁️👁️
Lagoona puts her phone back down and Ghoulia eyes her. "What waz that about?"
"Nuttin'! Just remembered that uh... I left the stove on and was just asking Gil to turn it off!" Lagoona fibs. If Gil was pregnant, she didn't want anyone else to know just yet until either their families knew or he was comfortable.
Ghoulia raises an eyebrow. She didn't believe that for one second. "Zure."
"Anyways!" Lagoona shifts back. "Any students givin' you a hard time? Gil's always complaining about, errr, what's his name... The youngest Wolf boy?"
"Barker, yez! God, he'z a lunatic! I think ever since Clawd and Clawdeen moved out nobody'z really been putting thoze pupz in line." Ghoulia rubs her forehead.
Lagoona shakes her head. "It's sad when you think about it, yannaur? Like, I know Clawdeen was always fumin' about how her mum never did shit to parent the pups, but it was really that bad?" Her tone softens.
"If zo then it'z no wonder Clawd waz alwayz zo ztrezzed and wound-up. He waz practically their father figure!" Ghoulia stirs her drink. "Not to mention how many zportz teamz he waz in and waz captaining."
Lagoona nods. "Literally... Speakin' of Clawd, Gil's been tellin' me he's been really down and even took some time off from bein' coach at MH, doesn't know why though. Do you know anything? I think it's somethin' relating to Cougar."
"Oh you haven't heard?" Ghoulia starts, solemn. "Cougar mizcarried lazt week."
Lagoona covers her mouth. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry, that's... Awful." She lets her hand fall back to the table. "I... I couldn't imagine. Well, give her my condolences and I'll... be sure to let Gil know too."
"It really iz a shame, ezpecially with how much of a wedge in their relationship her pregnancy waz initially."
"... If you don't mind, I don't really wanna have that on me mind right now." Lagoona mumbles. The thought had popped up much more often in Gil's head rather than her own, but that didn't mean it didn't come up at all. Gore forbid he miscarried, it would destroy him and probably scare him away from ever trying to get pregnant again. Now would she respect that? Always, but she knew just how badly he wanted to have a family and he wasn't about to turn around and suggest that Lagoona have the babies instead, especially with the amount of disdain she shared about being pregnant over the entire course of their relationship and especially since she planned on having a hysterectomy soon.
Ghoulia nodded in understanding, and Lagoona quietly wished the best for Clawd and Cougar.
They sat in silence for a minute or two before Ghoulia clicked her tongue in frustration. "Have you heard that they're making yet another Scar Wars movie?!"
"STILL?!" Lagoona slaps the table.
The two got to complaining about the lack of quality in recent movies for a while before Lagoona's phone buzzed. She nodded in agreement to Ghoulia's nerd rage as she checked her notifications. One text from Gil, stating in all caps 'IT'S POSITIVE'
Her eyes widen and her fingers fly to unlock her phone.
Tall Damp and Handsome: LAGOONA
Tall Damp and Handsome: IT'S POSITIVE
Wagyu Beef: WHAT
Wagyu Beef: ARE YOU SURE???
Tall Damp and Handsome: I TOOK LIKE
Tall Damp and Handsome: FIVE TESTS
Tall Damp and Handsome: THEY'RE ALL POSITIVE
Gil sent a picture of the five tests in a row on the bathroom counter, sure enough all displaying positive results.
Tall Damp and Handsome: WE'RE HAVING A BABY LAGOONA
Tall Damp and Handsome: WE'RE REALLY HAVING A BABY
Tall Damp and Handsome: 🥹
Tall Damp and Handsome: We're actually having a baby...
Tall Damp and Handsome: I am genuinely in tears rn
Lagoona sat with her jaw agape in shock. It took every ounce of her being to not leap onto the table and rip her shirt off in excitement. She was speechless, both in person and over text.
Tall Damp and Handsome: ik you're on a lunch date with Ghoulia rn, but when you can I'd really like it if you could come home so we can talk and celebrate :3c
Wagyu Beef: ofc!!!! Love you!!! <3
Tall Damp and Handsome: muah muah muah!!
Lagoona grinned ear to ear as she set her phone down. She looked back up at Ghoulia, who had a knowing grin on her face.
"Zo I take it that Gil zuccezzfully turned the ztove off?" She asks with an eyebrow raised.
"Uhh... Sure! Yep!" Lagoona nods along. She knew that Ghoulia had definitely figured it out, but she trusted her. The only person she'd maybe tell is Slo-Mo, and despite how much he liked gossip, he was good at keeping a secret.
Ghoulia gives her a nod back. "Uh-huh... Well, I can azzume that you would like to celebrate thiz momentouz occazion with your huzband." She politely waves down a waitress to pay the bill as Lagoona protests.
"Well- Ghoulia I don't gotta leave now! We were just starting to catch up! I don't wanna leave you out to dry like that!" She whines.
Ghoulia places her card inside the billfold. "Don't worry about it, Lagoona. The zcaremezter will be over in two weekz, we can catch up then!" She gives the sea monster a warm smile.
Lagoona returns it. "Thanks, mate. You're a real one." She stands from her seat and moves to give Ghoulia a side-hug. "Til next time, mate!" She calls out as she leaves.
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Lagoona was buzzing with excitement the whole drive home, practically busting down the door with a cheek-splitting grin as she scanned the room for Gil, who soon came sprinting down the hall with his arms wide.
"Lagoona!" He cries out, picking up his wife and spinning her in the air before hugging her tight and nuzzling her.
"Ohhhh, Gilll!" She squeals, squeezing him back for a second before she lightened her grip on him, cautious. They pull away from each other, both with glistening tears of joy in their eyes. "H-how are you feeling?" She asks, holding his shoulders.
Gil stays quiet for a moment with a wide smile on his face as he searched for a satisfactory word. "... Fintastic! A little nauseous maybe, but... Fintastic..." He breathes, caressing Lagoona's face. "We're-... We're really having a family..." He rumbles, still like he couldn't quite believe it.
He tenderly places a hand on his lower abdomen, gills quietly fluttering as Lagoona's hand followed suit, leaning her head on his chest. "Didja... Y'know, set up-" She starts, Gil finishing her sentence.
"Yeah. We see the doctor on Monday... God, I-... I'm just... Lagoona, we're having a baby! I know I'm startin' to sound like a broken record but... It just... Feels like a dream!" A tear floats away from his eye, carried by the water in his helmet.
"Yeah... But I can assure you this is real." She looks up at him and gives him a gentle pat on his belly. "And I can't wait to live out this dream with you, Freshie." She croons, making him grin and nuzzle into her.
They stay quiet in their embrace for a bit before Gil pulls away. "Y'know while I was waitin' for you to get home I was checkin' to see if I was startin' to bump at all," he starts as he pulls up his shirt, "y'know cos my dad said that our species starts showin' pretty early and that, like, the bump grows quickly cos the eggs, right?" Lagoona nods, observing Gil as he turned to the side. "And like... I dunno if I'm just crazy or what but... I-I think I am!" He squeals, looking down at his stomach and at the smallest little curve just above his waistband.
Lagoona gasps just a little bit and she puts her hands to her heart as it melted in her chest, gently reaching out and rubbing his bump like it was made of a precious metal. They fall silent once again. "When do you think you'll tell your dad?" She asks him after a minute.
He sighs a little bit and thinks. "Well, definitely not until we've seen the doctor... But sooner rather than later. Maybe... Maybe once the scaremester's out we'll start telling people. Focus on gettin' through that cos we probably won't start needing help until the next school year..." He rambles. "But right now I just... Wanna cherish the moment, y'know?" He purrs, leading Lagoona to the couch.
Lagoona nods. "Yeah... Of course." She lets him pull her down onto the couch and lays next to him, snuggling.