”She nodded and looked chagrined, “OK ... Dave. Thank you for doing this. I’ve seen three people from my new group here already. Mouths will wag... I hope this is a good idea.” She sounded uncertain.“I’m sure it is. By the way, I had another idea about you on the way to work this morning. You need a visible and standout hobby outside of work in some way. You add pictures and souvenirs or such in your office about it. It sends a message that you are a standout from everybody else around you.”Nikky. "There, that settles it," Becca thought. "Not pregnant. No way."She went back to bed and laid on her side, cradling her tummy. Deep inside her womb, she felt a gentle tumbling movement.Becca's belly continued to swell. Three days later, she looked almost full-term. Johnny watched her waddle around the coffee shop, bumping into things, but he was too polite to bring the subject up again. Customers at the register told her "Congratulations" and asked when she was due. Becca frowned at them sourly. " Though I so wanted to see Bobby's reaction to his prettynew clothes, I had decided to leave him as he entered our bedroom. Iwanted him to be alone with his thoughts as he dressed in femininefinery for the very first time. I made my way downstairs, cleared ourlunch dishes, and made a pot of tea. All the while I listened carefullyfor any sounds coming from above. I was disappointed when I heardnothing, not even the delicious sound of the petti's paper nylon.After what seemed like a very long. I picked out a charm for every year she's been born -- twenty-one."I giggled and pulled him over to the cookie store before we made our way out of the mall.When we got back to my house, we cuddled in the swing on the screened-in back porch and talked about a little of everything -- including graduation. He had a scholarship to play baseball for Alabama, which was three hours away. He would be majoring in education to teach in the elementary grades."I don't what I'm gonna' do without you,.