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" 𝕳ave you two decided on a name yet?", Kate asks as she stirs the vegetables in the pan, a light sizzling sound occupying the kitchen space.

Darlene places her chin in her palm, "We have a few in mind but it felt a little weird choosing just one when we haven't even met her yet so we're just gonna wait for her to pop out and go with whatever feels best".

"Pop out?", Kate laughs quietly throwing a glance over her shoulder.

Darlene smiles with a shrug. She takes a sip of her strawberry smoothie, eyes wandering towards the frying vegetables on the stove.

"That looks good".

"Hmm. You want a refill?", her mother gestures at the smoothie glass to which the younger blonde happily slides it over the counter in an affirmative response.

After a couple days of not spending much time with her daughter, Kate decided to reach out and ask her if she'd like to come over for a simple girls' lunch — Mia would've joined them but she is, once again, too busy stressing about university — and promised to do all the cooking with a free inclusive pampering just for her pregnant little girl.

Darlene had chuckled on the phone upon being called that but nonetheless she accepted because she loves her mother and though Harry's been giving her an extra extra special treatment, he's still busy working on new music and working out a schedule for his upcoming film project and that leaves her all alone to turn on the television herself and get snacks by herself which isn't exactly fun when you have a very active baby begging to be let out.

Hence, she's here and grinning as she accepts a newly filled glass of smoothie.

She takes a huge sip feeling her mother's eyes on her, her gaze immediately catches onto hers with a curious brow perking up in reply.

Kate shakes her head with a warm smile.

"It's so weird how grown up you are yet you're still my tiny Dar".

Darlene blinks, a wave of emotions immediately flooding her body. She puts the smoothie away and rubs her eyes.

"Don't say stuff like that, I'm too sensitive right now".

"It's true though. You're still my little baby, and now you're going to have a baby. God", she laughs as her voice breaks.

Darlene's eyes well up, her head shaking simultaneously to make her mum stop before she becomes a sobbing mess right there in the kitchen.

"Mum, please. Stop talking, for the sake of my sanity".

The older blonde laughs turning back to the vegetables and letting her daughter secretly wipe her eyes and pull the smoothie glass back towards herself.

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