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Unexpected upside to pregnancy? An excuse to buy an entirely new wardrobe. Not that I ever really need and excuse, but it's nice to have one, anyway.

Now I just need to design a shirt that says, "Touch my bump and I will literally stab you in the eye with a dagger that I can reach with surprising quickness despite the fact that I am currently pregnant." I might need to abbreviate. Tess be nimble, Tess be quick, Tess be unable to suffer invaders of her bubble to live.

TESSA + SISTERS

Any chance I can get a last minute babysitter again for tonight?

So I know where to get cheese fries, obviously, but where can I get chili cheese tater tots?

EVERETT

We haven't spoken since we figured out we were sharing dreams, so I don't know where you are in them. Just in case you're behind me, though, I wanted to give you a heads up that things are going to get pretty [...] uncomfortably interesting being Celaena and Chaol. I didn't want you to get blindsided like I was.

JULES

Just going to sit here and scream internally for the remainder of the afternoon.

( instagram post! )

TESSA

I turned into Lysandra at the grocery store.

GABE

Guess what.

SISTERS

Hi. How are you guys?

[...] Something happened.

THOMAS

Hey! I wanted to check in. How are you doing? How is Calliope?

[ABBY AND TESSA]

It's still weird not to be able to go down the hall and tell you all something. Everyone is really busy no

We should all get together for dinner or something soon to celebrate the fact that you're going to be Aunts. I mean, Tessa, you're already an Aunt twice over, but this is new for Abby.

[DUNCAN]

I'm telling my sisters about Pancake.

I would do literally anything for the German chocolate cake at Magnolia Bakery. The Bleecker Street location, not the one in DC. It's just not the same, even though I logically know it's definitely the same.

[...] Also their Key lime pie. I want that, too.

LUKE

Hello, my handsome fiance.

I have been 28 for a week and I think that's just sunk in.

TEXT TO MAX

-- I don't suppose you're free at all today?

( Cut for images! )

The Hart residence is decorated for Valentine's Day, courtesy of the younger Hart. I feel as though she has been more excited about this holiday than she was Christmas and that makes me vaguely Mom-worried.

WHO: Tessa Darling & Theo Wolfe
WHEN: Thursday, February 6, 2020; Late Afternoon
WHERE: Tessa's townhouse
SUMMARY: Tessa tells Theo she's pregnant and allows herself a bit of a panic.
WARNINGS: None?

( But six out of six pregnancy tests agree that I'm pregnant. )

TESSA, SYL, TORI

Who wants to babysit the best eleven-year-old there is so her mom can go on a date?

TESSA

I got a bunch of memories.

A bunch might be understating it, actually.

ANONYMOUS724671 (GabrielShaw) from ANONYMOUS518290 (JulietHart)

Hi. I met Aedion.

[CW - violence mentioned in comments]

( instagram post! )

TEXTS TO GABE

-- Where are you?
-- Are you okay?
-- Do I need to come get you?
-- I can't teleport anymore today, but you know I'll trudge through the snow for you.

[added on 1/6]

FILTER TO TESSA DARLING

Hello, Tessa. I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting, outside of when I first came to town, but I'm Esther Shaw. I'm a big fan of your and your sister's work.

DOTTIE, ABBY, JULES

I won't be heading back to my place tonight. Theo thinks it's better safe than sorry and I am not all that inclined to argue considering what I get to be snowed in with. Are all of you home safe?

My baby girl Ella came home today with two A+ tests and an art project that has officially covered the living room with glitter and I could not be more proud. She is so much smarter than I ever was at her age and I very much look forward to my that genius ballerina gymnast taking over the world.

TESSA

Were you planning on going to that Salazar charity event? If you were, you won't need me for it, right?

man this community thing really wastes no time in getting you all on the network grid, does it? I'm only complaining if they put me on some watch list or something (more than my google search results do??), because it actually kind of helps me out.

I'm Syl, i'm new, starting school here soon. anybody know Juliet Hart? Jules, i guess, idk. i don't know much just that she lives here and works for the famous clothing people.

[Foster]

Dottie and I have been married for a month today, so, checking in as promised.

Yep, definitely still glad we did it. Especially without all the froufrou in advance. 🤷‍♂️

[Dottie]

One month! 🙌🙌

Mo finally did text me back, by the way. I guess she was [...] upset that I'd taken your name, and hadn't told her about it. Thought that it meant I was disowning her and Maeve? 🤦‍♂️ I think it's all sorted, though. Back to our regularly scheduled ambivalence.

[Darlings + Partners]

I've been texting Mama Darling, and she and I have got Thanksgiving covered this year. I mean, if there's something you have a special desire to cook, yourself, let me know, but otherwise- we'll get the rest. I figure it's the least I can do in thanks for you all accepting me into the family.

I did invite my sisters to join us, though I doubt Mo will. Maeve might, depending on what she might be doing with her school friends. She's much tamer than Mo. Not that that's saying much.

[Mo]

I assume you're sticking with Hannah and Cerys, but if you need (or want) a place to go for Thanksgiving, you're welcome to join the extended Darling group.

MOORES, DARLINGS, & JACK

So I know there were a lot of false alarms the last couple of weeks, but they just actually admitted me and gave me a hospital gown so apparently this is actually happening this time. I'm skeptical, because I'm sure I'm meant to be pregnant forever.

But just in case the doctor isn't playing a cruel prank, we wanted to let you know. 🙆🏼‍♀️

TEXTS TO GABE

-- Hey.
-- I talked to Ella tonight and she would really like to continue spending time with you.
-- I just thought it might help for us to work out some sort of schedule.
-- To be clear, you can see her whenever you want, but I thought also having some set days might be good, so she can have a routine and days to look forward to.
-- [...] If that's what you want.

TEXT TO TESSA

-- Did you burn Gabe?