And so the adventure begins -- October 1977

There was quite a lot going on in my personal life; Bella and I had started to grow apart.  Regulus changed quite a lot and he barely spoke to me now.  Monica and I had started to get close again -- like how close we had been when Gabe was first born.  That was when she decided to drop the bomb that she was pregnant again.  I had to make my decision:  My family or Bella.  That was easy for me... my son and now my unborn child would always be my first priorities.

Monica and I decided it was time to tell our six year old son that he was going to have a little sibling coming into the family. I looked over at Monica and smiled. "I hope he'll be as excited as we are," I said to her, not entirely sure if she was excited. Things were far worse now than when Gabe had been born.

I saw my parents sitting together and I got curious.  "Hi!" I said, bounding over to them and jumping onto my dad's lap playfully and laughing while doing so.

I easily caught Gabe when he ran towards me.  Even though it was obvious things were bad, Gabe never seemed to be bothered by them -- he was just a boy after all.  I was pleased at his innocence.  "Gabe, we have some good news to tell you," I said to him.

"What?" I asked, smiling at my mummy and daddy.  "I like good news!"

I looked at Monica and she nodded at me.  She seemed to be extremely quiet about the entire thing which was why it led me to wonder if she was pleased about the pregnancy or not.  "You're going to be a big brother," I said to our son with a grin.

My eyes got really big. "That's good! Brother... I like that!" I said excitedly. "Wait... is it a boy or girl? And where is it? Can we pick it out?"