It was sure to getmuch much weirder in the days to follow. Stephanie looked over, and gaveOlivia a big thumbs up and a grin. Somewhere Tanya had acqui...ed a smalleaster balloon with a big egg on it that she waved in the background withher own grin. Olivia just shook her head and smiled at them both.The next few days were filled with near constant monitoring. Multipleultrasounds, blood tests, vitamin tweaks, pokes and prods of all sorts.It appeared that the Egg had indeed found its new home to be. And lingerie seemed... Well, that word made her feel sick and nervous. Jesse looked in the full-length mirror on the back of the door, trying to decide if she could get away with not wearing any of that junk. Lifting her boys' shirt, she looked in the mirror down at her briefs. Dad and Robbie wore boxers; Uncle Charley and Ernie wore briefs. Chip, in the middle, wore both; today he had chosen briefs. She remembered Robbie telling Chip that "If you think a girl might see them, wear boxers.". My parents believed it, but I dont think Tom quite did. The rest of dinner went well, and, even though I kept stealing glances at him, the boy across the table did not look at me once. The ride home was quiet. Everyone was full and did not feel like talking. When I finally arrived to my room, Tom asked What took you so long in the bathroom? Nothing. The shrimp didnt agree with me I said. Excuses, excuses… Yea.. Im sure thats it. Tell me, really, or Ill punish you. Hard. He said, slapping my. Natasha because she believed that her life cycle to become pregnant had passed, although she was still menstruating regularly; and I, well I, because I had no fucking idea about the mysteries of womanhood. I was going to learn quickly about those mysteries with tears of blood. After several days of morning nauseas and stomach cramps, we decided go to see the town doctor; we went to Troy, not Clark Fork, that for no other reason than Natasha didn't like Dr Fergusson, Clark Fork physician.In Troy.