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FP Jones & Alice Smith (and later Jughead Jones)

What: Discussions and such
Where: Apartment 4B
When: Saturday
Warnings: Will update if necessary

Alice hadn't put the test stick down. She still intended to go to the clinic, but she'd sent FP to the store for a home pregnancy test. She'd felt very much like she'd felt back in high school, though she was grateful she wasn't hiding in a high school bathroom taking her test alone this time. FP was right there with her, and he'd held her hand while they waited for the results with nervous apprehension as if they didn't know what the result was going to be. Neither expected a negative result, they both knew it was going to be positive.

Knowing the result and seeing it were two entirely different things. Alice felt a well spring of emotion at the little plus sign. She kissed him impulsively, her arms thrown around his neck. She'd calmed down a bit, but she held on to the stick, almost afraid the whole thing would go away if she dared to put the proof of it down.

"You're really not upset, are you?" she asked him, her tone cautious. She had borne her previous two children in a loveless marriage. Hal had wanted to try again for a boy, but Alice had been reluctant to try again after Elizabeth had been born. She had considered herself done. She didn't want any more children. She wanted this one, the one she carried now, more than she had ever wanted anything in her life.