(Dec. 31)
(Pippa is 20 weeks and 4 days & Stevie is 26 weeks and 2 days)
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The house came together nicely. Pippa's kitchen is clean. Lin took over the basement. And Stevie put the finishing touches on her room. Mason and Lesley's rooms were complete, but the only room that is still a mess is Pippa and Lin's. But, Pippa didn't want to think about that yet. She had a New Years party to get ready. She even called in Jasmine and Renée to help her before the party for New Years. They were setting up the decorations in the living room and kitchen. Jasmine was washing the salad bowl, and wiping down the silver wear, Renée was sifting through decorations, and Pippa was color coordinating the cups.  "Babe?" Lin said over the intercom.

"Yes," Phillipa called back.

"Is lunch almost ready?" Lin asked. Phillipa stood up from the couch and looked at the crockpot. She was making crockpot Louisianna gumbo, Lin and Stevie's favorite.

"In 15 minutes!" She answered. Lin didn't respond, so she took it as he went back to music. "Hey, so you wanted to tell us about Secret Santa?" Pippa said, sitting back down on the couch. Renée sighed and turned around after setting up the New Years banner.

"Oh yeah. So, I have a confession, and you guys can't react. I can't deal with a reaction, but I have to tell someone," Renée said. Jasmine and Pippa gave each other scared looks, but let Renée go on. "Leslie and I slept together," she said in a low voice. Jasmine looked down in the sink, while she tried to control her face. Phillipa, on the other hand, let her hand smack to her mouth. "Okay, I know I said not to react, but please say something," Renée begged. Phillipa shook her head and continued to stack the gold and silver cups every other one the same.

"I don't know what to say. Does Alexis know?" Phillipa asked. Jasmine looked up to see Renée shake her head.

"Not yet. I just don't know how to tell him," Renée said. Jasmine finally found the words she was looking for and came around the counter as she put her engagement ring back on.

"What happened? How did this happen?" Jasmine asked, leaning on the back of the couch. Phillipa handed her a stack of cups to sit on the counter behind her.

"I don't know. It was after the show. He and Nicki had a fight, and I came to his dressing room to see if he wanted to talk about it. We talked for like 2 minutes before he kissed me. I was in shock and didn't react, or at least I tried not to. But, soon things started to feel right, which was terrible. And afterward, we agreed that was to never happen again and to agree that it was nothing. Then at the Secret Santa thing, when he pulled that stunt with the gift... I don't know. I'm just confused. Not about how I feel because I love my husband and regret cheating, but I don't know how Leslie feels," Renée answered. Pippa placed her hand on her stomach and took a deep breath. Lesley moved every time they said Leslie and her kicks were getting a little stronger, and she just kicked Pippa's side.

"Ow," Phillipa whispered. She rubbed the area that Lesley had just stomped on. "Okay. So, clearly you feel bad about what happened, but you need to tell Alexis. You know how he felt when you found out from someone else that he cheated back a couple of years ago. You said so yourself that you wished he told you himself," Phillipa said. Renée nodded and sat down on the love seat.

"You're right," Renée said. Jasmine was about to speak until she saw Stevie walk down the stairs in tears.

"What's wrong?" Phillipa asked. Stevie sat next to her mom and wiped her tears.

"It hurts," Stevie said, lying back on the couch. Phillipa looked at her concerned.

"What hurts?" She asked. Stevie pulled up the loose t-shirt she took from Amir and placed her hand under her stomach to show Phillipa.

"What does it feel like? Is it a pulling or lingering? What?" Renée asked. Stevie shrugged. Renée came and sat closer to Stevie.

"It's like a pulling and then, it burns," she said. Renée nodded and placed her hand where Stevie's hand was. Jasmine handed Stevie a tissue for her tears.

"You might have a UTI," Renée said. "Does it burn when you pee?" She asked. Stevie nodded, and Pippa grabbed her phone.

"I'm gonna call the doctor and get you an appointment for Monday or Tuesday," Phillipa said. She picked up her phone, got up, and called the local hospital. Jasmine came and sat next to Stevie. She rubbed her back and tried to calm her down. Suddenly, Lin ran up the stairs yelling.

"Phillipa!" His voice boomed. He opened the door to the basement and looked around not seeing his fiancé. The girls couldn't really tell if he was mad or not but, they would soon find out. "We need to talk!" He shouted. Renée, Jasmine, and Stevie looked at each other and shook their heads.

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Phillipa leaned against the brown, waxed wood desk in the office. She tried to make an appointment for Stevie but it got hard to hear over Lin shouting. She finally saw her man walk into the foyer, but he still continued to yell.  She pushed off the desk and shut the door. Lin could of course still see her through the windows in the white wooden door but covered his mouth when he saw her on the phone. Phillipa soon got off the phone and waved Lin into the room. "I was on the phone. Just to let you know," Pippa said, putting the date of the appointment in her phone.

"Yeah. Sorry about that. But! This is big news!" Lin gleamed. Pippa put her phone in her pocket, pushed her hair behind her ears, and folded her arms over her bump.

"What can I do for you?" She sarcastically smiled. Lin didn't even care that his fiancé was being a little short with him.

"They want us to sing!" Lin spilled. Phillipa rose her eyebrow, and slowly shook her head.

"You're really gonna make me play the pronoun game. Okay. Who?" She replied. Lin started to bounce a little bit.

"The president! He is having a Gala, and he wants us to sing That Would Be Enough," Lin squealed. Phillipa started to smile, a bit.

"Really? That's awesome! When?" Pippa asked. Lin's smiles and starts to bounce a bit.

"The 4th," Lin answered. Phillipa smiled widely and hugged Lin. The shared a small kiss before Phillipa pulled away and placed her hands on her hips.

"Ow. Babe. Babe. Baaabe," she moaned. Lin looked at her scared and moved her to lean on the table again. "Oww," she said. Her breathing picked up a bit, as she snaked her left hand to the bottom of her stomach, and her right hand gripped onto Lin's shirt. Lin moved closer to her and held his hands on her hip, as her head fell to his chest.

"Just breath babe," Lin said. Phillipa took a deep breath and tried to breathe through the pain. "Go take a nap, baby," Lin suggested. The pain subsided, and Phillipa was soon able to stand up straight. The pain was still there but it was dull. "Come on," Lin said. He led Phillipa to the stairs, but as they were about to walk up, the doorbell rang. "Go on I'll be up soon," Lin said. Pippa nodded and started to walk by herself. Lin jogged two feet to the door and opened it. There were four teenage girls standing at the door with backpacks.

"Oh, wow. How did we end up at Lin-Manuel Miranda's house?" A brunette girl in a band t-shirt said to her friends. "We were looking for Stevie. Sorry. We probably have the wrong house," she said, as the started to walk away.

"No, she's here," Lin said. "STEVIE!" He called. Slowly but surely Stevie walked into the foyer to see some girls from her AP English class that met once a week on Mondays.

"Stevie! We missed you last week! Are you okay?" The youngest looking one asked. Stevie nodded.

"Just pregnant," She smiled. Lin cleared his throat, to show he wanted to be introduced. "Oh sorry. Guys this is Lin," Stevie said. "Lin, this is Sarah, Olivia, Rowan, and Maddie. We have a class together," Stevie said. The girls waved at Lin and left to go up to Phillipa.

"Where's your mom? And why won't you tell us who it is?" Rowan asked. Stevie smirked, and let them come in so she could close the door.

"Somewhere around here. And, if I tell you the shock value wears off," Stevie said. "Let's go upstairs. My mom and some of her friends did the nursery and I want to show you guys," Stevie said. The girls squealed and followed Stevie up the stairs.

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Around 2:30 PM, 2 hours after the girls arrived, they were lying around Stevie's huge room talking about famous boys, and guys they thought were hot. "Anthony Ramos!" Olivia said. She put her hands together in a praying motion. "Jesus did us right!" She said. The girls laughed. "He is Daddy. Like, he is my literal background! Oh my gosh, he is hot as I don't know what!" Olivia said. Stevie couldn't help but think about how he was literally in her basement with Alexis and Lin going over some music. "Jasmine is so fucking lucky!" Olivia said. The girls continued to laugh, but Stevie got up.

"Where are you going?" Maddie asked. Stevie pointed to her bathroom and did just that. The girls turned back to each other and continued to compare Anthony and Daveed.

When Stevie came out of the bathroom, she smirked. "You guys really want to meet my mom? Cause I don't know if you could handle her," Stevie played. The girls nodded, and watched, as she went over to the intercom. "Mommy can you and Née and Jas come here?" She asked.

"Give us a second," Pippa replied. The girls tried to figure out who's voice would shock them if she saw them, but they couldn't put two and two together. After 2 minutes, Pippa came to Stevie's door and knocked.

"Come in!" Stevie shouted. Phillipa was met with a bunch of screams as she came in. "Surprise!" Stevie smirked. Phillipa gave a small smile and walked fully in the room.

"Your mom is Pippa Soo? Are you crazy? How could you keep that from us?" Olivia freaked.

"What is going on?" She asked, a little frightened. Stevie's friends looked at her with amazement.

"They paid me to come and sniff your panty drawer," Stevie joked. Phillipa laughed and moved to sit on Stevie's new queen sized bed.

"Well as long as they paid good money," Pippa laughed and looked at the group sitting in her daughter's room. The looked happy and smart, and nothing like Lilly. "So, what are your names?" Pippa said. Olivia was about to answer but, she was cut off when Renée and Jasmine walked in.

"You called?" Renée announced. The girls freaked out even more.

"Are you serious?" Maddie freaked. Stevie definitely got a kick out the reactions.

"So, Liv. What were you saying about Anthony? Something about him being 'Daddy'?" Stevie said. Olivia blushed and buried her face in a blanket. Jasmine sat in the window seat with Reneé next to her.

"Hi, I'm Rowan Blanchard," said the brunette girl, sitting on beanbag near the desk. She was going back to Pippa's original question.

"Oh yeah. I'm Sarah Hillman," The girl with glasses introduced.

"I'm Maddie De La Garza. You might know of my sister Demi Lovato," Maddie bragged. Jasmine gasped.

"Oh my gosh!  Ant and I love her!" She beamed. The girls laughed at how Jasmine responded to Demi's name. She was a mini fangirl at heart.

"The one that wants to do your fiancé on any surface possible is Olivia Stuck," Stevie said. Olivia picked her head up considerably fast and placed her hands on her mouth.

"Well, I'm Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ant's fiancé," Jasmine stated.

"And I'm Renée Elise Goldsberry. No one knows my husband though...so..." She trailed off. Sarah gasped and looked up from her phone.

"Guys we are so dumb! We should have known that Phillipa was Stevie's mom when Lin answered the door! They are getting married! We knew that!" She screamed. Stevie's friends face-palmed their foreheads.

"So girls. What's going on? Why did everyone decide to come to our house today?" Phillipa asked. The girls looked at Stevie weird.

"I thought you said your mom was okay with this?" Olivia said. Pippa became worried that her assumption of the girls not being like Lilly was wrong.

"Well... she would have been... if I had remembered to ask her," Stevie said. "Pregnancy brain," She blamed.

"What would I be okay with?" Pippa asked. Stevie gave her mom a great big smile.

"You're pretty," she grinned as she tried to butter Pippa up.

"I know. Now, what would I be okay with?" Pippa asked. Stevie bit her lip and started to play with her shirt.

"Weeeellll," she started in a high pitched voice. "I was hoping that my girls could come to our party tonight, and sleep over," Stevie said. Pippa looked at her confused.

"That's it? Of course, they can. Don't scare me like that!" Pippa said. "Just promise me they won't do the screaming thing again when our friends come over. It's scary," Pippa pleaded. All the girls nodded and gave a whisper scream.

"Oh, hey are you gonna show us the nursery?" Olivia asked. Stevie nodded and got off her bed. She went to the bathroom door and led her friends across the Jack and Jill bathroom to Mason's room.

Phillipa quickly let her smile drop and got off the bed. Renée and Jasmine saw the change in moods and got up. "What's wrong?" Renée asked. Phillipa held her stomach as she tried to walk back to the door.

"Round ligament pains," She almost whispered. She shuddered as she took slow breaths. Jasmine and Renée helped Pippa back to her room, and into the bed. "I don't know if I can do tonight. The pain never stops. When it's not like now and sharp, it's dull but there," Pippa confessed. Her girls got in the bed on both sides of her.  She laid her head on Renée's chest and let Jasmine's warm body wrap around her back and side. Jasmine stroked her hair and Renée stroked Pippa's stomach until her breathing evened out. She was finally asleep. She hadn't slept for more than two hours at any given time that she would go to sleep.

"I feel so bad for her. She is having such a  rough time with this pregnancy," Renée said. Jasmine nodded and laid her head behind Pippa's.

"She's freezing," Jasmine stated. Renée felt Pippa's arm and nodded in agreement. Thankfully they were already under the covers.

"I hope she feels better tonight. But, nothing's promised," Renée said. Soon enough, Pippa, Renée, and Jasmine were asleep in the bed, the house fell silent.

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A/N hiiii! How is everyone?? I am gonna try to update some more tonight, but idk. What do you think of Leslie and Reneé? How should she tell Alexis? I need more drama. What about you guys? ily💕. Comment.Follow.Like💕