As soon as Lilly dozed off, the guys came back from their late-night recon duty. " HELLO SKIPPA!" Private Yells jollyly (is that a word? oh well, it is now). Kowalski, seeing that Lilly was asleep, smacked Private up-side his little head. " Skipper, are u okay? u don't look very well." Private asked, rubbing the back of his head which was now very soar. " Boys, get to bed. I need some quiet time." Skipper zei softly. The boys didn't move. " That's an ORDER!" Skipper commanded, and with that, the boys jumped into their beds and automatically knocked out! Skipper sat in the scilence...thinking. ( I can't believe this is happening. How am I supposed to raise a hatchling? Does she have ANY idea how much of a scandal this could turn out to be? Im her commanding officer, and the boys don't even know were an item! What if I stink at being a dad..) Skipper looked up at his pregnant girlfriend. ( Ya know what!? I CAN do this, Because I-I......I LOVE THIS WOMAN!) Those words have never crossed Skipper's mind, and he never thought they would. He took one last glance at Lilly, and went to sleep.
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THE volgende MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skipper woke his team up at the usual time, 3:00 am. He couldn't toon anything was amiss. " ALRIGHT MEN!!!! UP AND ADAM!!" Skipper demanded. Kowalski and Rico woke up with dark circles under their eyes, and Private had drooled a large puddle on the HQ floor. Yup that's what late-night recon does to ya! Lilly got out of bed as if it were a regular morning. " Morning gu--AHHHHH!" Lilly felt the horrible pain in her stomach and collapsed to the floor. Skipper became increasingly alarmed and ran to her aid. " LILLY! ARE u OKAY!? HOW'S YOUR STOMACH!?" He asked in a terrified manner. Lilly pointed behind Skipper, when he looked back he saw the boys staring at him in shock. " well....Skippa neva got that worked up when I got a tummy ache." Private whimpered. Feeling bad, Rico puked up a toffee, butterscotch lolly, handed it to poor Private, and patted him on the head. " Im fine sir, just---uh---cramps." Lilly explained while she brushed herself off. " Let's just go through our day." Skipper nodded and led the guys out of the HQ for their regularly schedueled activities.
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LATER THAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!
Kowalski gathered Rico and Private into his lab for a little meeting. He didn't fell as if all was right with Lilly, and neither did they. " Don't u guys think theres something wrong with Lilly? She didn't participate in any workouts of missions today, and she's always vommiting!" Kowalski stated. " Yeah, and don't u think she's, well, gaining weight?" Private added. " Mabey we should take her to the doctor?" Rico regurgitated a giant needle and did a creepy-evil laugh. " No Rico, that's plan B." Kowalski corrected. Rico frowned and put the needle away. "Besides, Lilly's just like Skipper, she's waayyy too proud to admit she's sick, let alone go to the doctor." Just then, Lilly and Skipper walk into the HQ. " hallo boys!" Skipper cheered. What's going on?" The three penguins stare at Skipper wide-eyed and run out of the HQ. " What's wrong with them?" Lilly asked. "I have NO idea..." Skipper replied.
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STILL IN THE HQ!!!!!!!!!!
Skipper and Lilly had a meeting too. " Are u sure your okay?" Skipper asked, referring to what happened earlier. " Yes Skipper, im FINE. The hatchling just kicked too hard. I swear, he takes after u a little meer every day." Lilly assured. " Wait? HE? How are u sure?" Skipper asked. Lilly put his flipper on her now buldging belly. " Trust me. I know." She replied with a smile. " So. When's 'he' supposed to...uh....pop out?" Skipper asked akwardly. " About a week from today." Lilly replied. Skipper's jaw dropped. "WAIT WHAT!!!????"