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“Are you certain” a nervous Guy Crood asked his mate, Eep Crood. The two had been in their little bedroom, attached to the mansion that the Bettermans’ built themselves long ago. After a frivolous, heated session of love making and kisses galore, the two had settled down and started to cuddle. However, Eep shared a secret she had been keeping for a while now.
“I’m certain, Guy! I mean, all the signs are there: Morning sickness, cravings, and my belly is getting bigger and I’m positive that I haven’t been eating more than usual?” Eep asked out loud, though she left it as a question when she started to examine her normal eating patterns.
“Oh man, what are we gonna do Eep? We can’t be parents yet. It hasn’t even been over three months since we moved out!” Guy exclaimed as he waved his hands around, startled and excited at the same time. Eep sighed and moved to dress herself in her usual cave man attire.
“Guy, we don’t have any other choice. I’ll talk to Mom and Hope, but I think we have to face the facts that I’m pregnant.” Eep declared as she moved to head towards the door. Suddenly, she felt a pair of skinny arms wraps themselves around her waist.
“ Don’t worry Babe. It’ll all work out. Let’s just talk to Ugga first to see what we can do.” Guy said as he kissed the nape of Eep’s neck. The cave woman sighed pleasurably as her new mate left a trail of cool kisses down her neck, then below her chest all the way to her navel. As Guy started to tenderly kiss Eep’s belly, he looked up with a huge, dorky grin.
“Maybe this was fate, Eep? Maybe we are meant to be parents so soon. Just think, little Guy’s and Eep’s running around here. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”
Eep and Guy could only imagine.
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Filing out with plates and bowls of delicious foods, the Croods and Bettermans sat at the round, wooden table that was perched outside on the balcony of the attached kitchen. This dinner-time event was always usual, per se that the neighbors enjoyed each other’s company and that Grug Crood could still be in contact with his adult daughter and newly founded son-in law. Together, it all came to be a perfect scenario for the families.
“Ahem, so Grug, Ugga, and company. Hypothetical question but what would you think if Eep and I were to.......” Guy droned out as he nervously picked at his plate, Eep mimicking him.
“Well say it, champ. We don’t got all day!” Phil Betterman chanted as the table group laughed at the shaky couple. However, unbeknownst to them all, Ugga Crood sensed trouble brewing, but kept to herself.
“Yea, whatcha gotta say, son?” Grug asked as he chomped away at his food, licking his fingers while he was at it. Guy nervously shifted in his seat as Eep patted his knee, deciding to speak up on behalf of her mute mate.
“Well dad, we were just wondering if starting a family is a good time for us all now? I mean, we finally found Tomorrow and Guy and I were just thinking that maybe it’s the right time to have a baby. You know, since we are technically together!” Eep said confidently. However, the faces that were shared around the table were all but encouraging.
“Well, you guys have only been “technically” together for, what like one or two months now?” Grug nervously said as he stopped eating and started paying more attention to his daughter’s wording.
“Three months, to be exact!” Guy spoke up, but immediately regretted as he looked about at the annoyed faces of his relatives and neighbors.
“Well I think it would be wonderful if you two had a baby! They would be the most adorable creature in the world!” Dawn Betterman cheered as she raised her glass in the air. Nobody joined her.
“Guys, I think it might just be too early, you know what I mean?” Hope Betterman said as she sipped on her water glass and glanced over at the other Croods, who were all nervously batting at their plates and chomping away at the flower arrangements.
“ Eep, Guy. Let’s have a quick chat after dinner.” Ugga Crood stated. Nobody asked any more questions after that.
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“How long have you known, mom?” Eep asked Ugga as she, Guy and Ugga Crood gathered together in a small, non-conventional room of the tree top house privately.
“Eep, I’ve been through three pregnancies already. Don’t you think I would know when something was stirring. Besides, you two are adults with hormones. It was bound to happen sometime or another” Ugga said casually as she crossed her arms and looked at her daughter and son-in law.
“Well, what should we do?” Guy asked as he looked at Eep and Ugga with utter nervousness and questions galore.
“Well, first thing is that we should monitor Eep and the baby, just in case something occurs where the pregnancy might end prematurely. Eep, you said that your symptoms started two weeks ago?” Ugga asked.
“Yeah, and they were pretty bad!” Eep sighed as she attempted to hold her dinner in as a new wave of nausea hit her immediately. Guy caressed Eep and looked to Ugga for support and assistance.
“Guy, you’ll need to be on top of Eep’s condition. Make sure that she’s comfortable and all that, cause when you carry a baby in you for nine months, it takes a toll on you physically AND mentally too!” Ugga added and she assisted by helping Eep to her feet and walking alongside the duo back to their home across the bridge that separated the Betterman and Croods home from Eep and Guy’s abode.
“Well, this is going to be an adventure!” Guy and Eep declared together as they looked at each other with a startling, but reassuring glance.
After all, what could go wrong?