Chapter 2

Chapter 2


Adam and Eve decided to have a discussion with his father Marvin Montague and her mother Irna Capulet about the fact that they were about to be parents, they also wanted to get married. They felt very nervous about how they were gonna approach them. After all, their parents were both single parents, and they were sure they didn’t want them to end up the same way.

‘’I’m pregnant, and we wanna get married.’‘ she told her mother and his father in a nervous voice.

‘’How do the two of you plan to support this child at such a young age?’‘ Irna asked as she got very upset.

‘’We’ll manage’‘, Eve responded.

‘’How? You work five days a week from sun up to sun down here in Chicago while he’s on the road most of the year, and spends the winter in Florida for Christ’s sake!’‘Irna said as she got even more upset.

Eve could see this wasn’t gonna go as planned, she needed to think of a very good excuse and fast! She had to do what she could to make her mother approve of Adam, but she didn’t look like she was gonna budge. She didn’t know why Adam’s father didn’t speak about whether he approved or not. For some reason, he appeared to be very quiet and very reserved.

‘’I think I have an idea that’ll make this all right’‘, said Adam’s father Marvin.

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Adam and Eve were on the Montague Ferris wheel, he was dressed in a tuxedo while she was in a bridal gown. Also on the Ferris wheel was the preacher who did the tent revival sermons at the carnival, and just about everyone who worked at The Montague Carnival and Capulet Consumer Goods were witnesses to the nuptials. The preacher was about ready to wrap up the ceremony.

‘’By the powered vested in me by The Montague Carnival, I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now kiss the bride.’‘ said the preacher.

Adam kissed Eve, the Ferris wheel started up, and everyone started to cheer as they ascended to the heavens. In each car, sleazy con artists rode with prudish homemakers. People from both groups seemed like they had the time of their lives, it seemed that life for the married couple was on an upturn, and that there would be no problem after they settled down with the baby.

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Nine months later, the happy couple were in the delivery room, Eve felt the labor pains in her huge stomach, almost as if the baby tried to pop out. Adam held her hand, he wanted to be there for her and for this baby. She felt the baby’s heartbeat inside her grow stronger, she broke a sweat, and started to breath to control the pain.

‘’Oh god, why did you have to knock me up?’‘ she asked Adam while out of breathe as sweat poured down her.

‘’I just thought it’d be funny, that’s all.’‘ he said with a laugh.

‘’How could you get any sort of pleasure out of this? Do you realize how much hell you’ve put me through in the last nine months!’‘ she exclaimed as if she was possessed by a demon.

She now started to push, it was so difficult. She didn’t why women had to be the ones to get pregnant, carry the baby, and give birth. She wished men like Adam could’ve been saddled with the burden instead. She also thought it’d be nice if she were able to lay eggs instead.

‘’Come on now, push!’‘, the doctor commanded as he wanted to get the child out.

She pushed harder to get the baby out, it felt as if she tried to push a watermelon out of a lemon sized object. The pain she felt was just unbearable, it just hurt so much. She wondered how much longer it would take, it had been hours since they had first induced labor. She took one final push, and the child cried as it was born. It was a boy.

‘’Awwwwwwwwwwww, what are we gonna call him?’‘ she asked Adam as the doctor handed her the baby.

‘’How about Gene?’‘ Adam asked her.

‘’Gene it is’‘, she responded.

Everyone from the carnival and the consumer goods company came in to see the baby. They were in awe at the fact that the love between a man and a woman. The innocent child looked so beautiful wrapped up in his blanket, he opened his eyes and yawned as he saw that he was surrounded by a lot of people as he continued to cry.