Beta: Helen Molly was in the shower at her dorm at CMU, she was a sophomore there. She stood under the hot water to let it wash away the tears that still fell; she couldn’t believe it was gone. Her monkey. Today, was her nephew Gus’s 9th birthday and of course normally she would never miss it but of course, after the last week, she couldn’t help but not want to be near her well meaning family; especially children. After a few more minutes of steam therapy she was interrupted by a knock on the door… Justin: “Molly,” Molly: “I’ll be out in a minute Jus, hang out in my room.” Justin: “Okay.” She takes a deep breath; she should have known her brother would have come over; she knew her mother wouldn’t tell unless Justin forced her too bad; not many people could say no to him. She wrapped her self in a towel, she didn’t bring her robe because she wasn’t expecting anyone and living in an all girl dorm this year. She walked into her room, grabbed her monkey pants and white t-shirt. Justin who was sitting at her computer desk spins around. Justin: “Hey, those are my pants.” Molly who was about to just finishing slipping on her pants before letting her towel fall. Molly: “No, they’re not. Your husband bought them for me.” Justin: “That’s freaky on so many levels.” Molly applies lotion to her arms and slips on her shirt and sits on her bed. Molly: “How come you’re here?” Justin: “Well, it wasn’t to watch you get dressed.” Molly: “I figured.” Justin: “What’s going on Molly? You haven’t been around; you missed Gus’s birthday…” Molly: “Didn’t Mom tell you?” Justin: “She said I had to talk to you.” Molly: “I was pregnant.” Justin: “Was?” Molly: (tears started to brim her eyes) “I was two months along, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you Jus, I wanted to Justin: “What happened?” Molly: “About a week ago, right when I reached two months, I was cramping really bad, I saw that I was spotting, I went to the doctor to make sure I was okay…(tears were slowly making down her face) they couldn’t find the heartbeat.” Justin moved from the chair to hold his sister. Justin: “Go on…” Molly: “They wanted to call mom, I couldn’t deal with that yet. They said they wanted to call someone for me, I told them to call Brian.” Justin: “Let me guess…” Molly: “He was there in 10 minutes, wanted to know what the fuck happen. He walked in I was just starring off in space with tears down my face and I remember him holding me while I cried.” Justin: “Brian’s really good at that.” Molly: “Yeah, he is. Yeah, he got me to the corvette and wanted to know what happened. I should tell you something else first.” Justin: “Okay. What?” Molly: “When I first found out, I told mom and she said “Can’t her kids go one week without giving her a heart attack” I asked her why? She said because your brother and Brian just left and they told me they want to start a family.” Justin: “Yeah we do.” Molly: “Mom asked me what I was doing the next day when I went to met her for dinner. I told her I wasn’t ready, I wanted to give it up for an adoption.” Justin: “What happened?” Molly: “I told Brian everything, what I planned; he knew he was waiting until after I made it to two months before telling you.” Justin: “What?” Molly: “I called it monkey, because you used to call me that, I wanted you and Brian to…” Justin: “Molly, *tears start to fall* you would?” Molly: “I thought about it. I was more than happy to be Aunt Molly. For you and Brian to be the daddies. Then I lost the baby and I didn’t mean it, I swear Justin.” Justin holds his sister. Justin: “I know Mol, what did Brian say?” Molly: “He said, he would love to have a little Justin around.” *laughs a little* Justin: “I’m sure, did you tell the father?” Molly: “Yeah, he hung up on me but then called me the next night, apologized, told me he wasn’t ready to be a father. I told him I wasn’t ready to be a mother. Then I told him my idea, he loved it.” Justin: “Thank you Molly for thinking of me.” Molly: “Justin, I wanted to give you and Brian a family. You guys deserve it.” Justin: “That’s why the monkey pajamas.” Molly: “Yeah, he’s great.” Justin: “He is. But there is one Kinney man that is upset with you.” Molly: “Gus. I couldn’t be around the family, Mom told Debbie I was sick when I missed family dinner the next day she was here with soup and mom was with her.” Justin: “You had both, what about school?” Molly: “I was excused all week; I going back on Monday. Do you hate me?” Justin: “What! God, No, Molly, I love you. For everything you were going to do and you’re my sister.” Molly: “I’ll do it. I want to.” Justin: “What?” Molly: “Help you and Brian create a family, not now but I want to.” Justin: “We’ll see. I don’t want you to rush anything.” Molly: “I’m not saying tomorrow but maybe in a few months.” Justin: “Maybe.” Molly: “So, how mad was Gus?” Justin: “It was funny actually; he said that I had to bring his sunshine back because his daddy hogs his Justin.” Molly: “He is a great kid. I would love to have some time with him to take him to the movies.” Justin: “We can do that. Get some sleep.” *kisses her forehead* Molly: “Thank you.” Justin: “For what?” Molly: “For listening, and being the best big brother in the world.” Justin: “Thank you for being my sister. Night.” Molly: “Night.” The end