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 Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:03 pm
she looked back adn forth between the two of them, slowly removing her hand from Krii's grasp. She smile dbetween the two of them before she stood, stretching as her back popped in several places up her spine. "I think i should give you two some time alone." Laughing softly to herself, she quickly gave Astande a hug "And I am glad to see that you are alright as well." Giving him a little wink she gave Krii one last look before she walked out fo the infirmary. A shower and a change of clothes was in ehr future.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:33 am
After awakening from his fainting spell, Will had spent several hours in one of the darkened, currently unoccupied rooms in the infirmary. Sitting on the bed, hands on his knees as he leaned forward with his face scrunched up in shock and worry, the Hunter leader and apparently soon to be daddy was deep in thought. As it was, his mind was going at near light speed. Questions, worries, and other thoughts rolling over and over again in his mind.
'A father... ME... A father. Who would've thought. When I first started, never thought I'd live to reach the legal drinking age. After that, didn't think I'd live to see my twenty-fifth birthday. And when I turned twenty-five, I figured that I'd never live long enough to become a father. Heh. Irony. It just keeps smacking me alongside the back of the ehad, doesn't it? I guess irony doesn't care for a defeatist attitude or angst. Still...'
Will looked up at the ceiling, staring at it, eyes shining with a mixture of confusion, awe, and worry. 'Me a dad. Sure didn't see that one coming. But... now what? What do I do? What should the next step be?'
Getting up from the bed, Will began pacing furiously as he worried at his lower lip, hands clasped firmly at the small of his back. 'OK, fact, Lydia is pregnant. Fact, I am the father. Fact, Lydia and I aren't married, and aren't even in a fully defined relationship. And despite that fact, we're apparently going to have a baby together. Statement, this situation is seriously FUBAR. What should we do about the baby? Abortions not an option, I have too much blood on my hands without adding my unborn child's to them; besides, despite my follicies I still consider myself a good Catholic. Oh crap. That's another thing. Any priest would tell me the only right thing to do would be to marry Lydia. But we've only been seeing each other for a little under a month! We can't get married so quickly, it's never work out! ...Could it? Bah! Nonsense! OK, setting aside the marriage issue for now. Keep the child or give it up for adoption. Well, the life of a Hunter isn't really any sort of place to raise a child. I mean what sort of life would that make, being raised around so much death? But at the same time, adoption seems... distasteful. I mean this S my kid here, likely to be my only one since my luck can't hold out forever. Do I really want to give up getting to see them grow up just because Raising them would be too hard? Damn, this is confusing!'
With a sigh, he opened the door, went into the hall, and strode over to the bedside of one of the most important people in his life. 'Whatever may come, I need to discuss it with her first.' "Hey, Lyds? We've gotta talk..."
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:32 am
Mischief had gone back to Lydia after Will had woken up and was now curled up and looking quiet peaceful beside the half asleep form of her mistress. When Will spoke, Lydia moved her head to meet his gaze and graced him with a smile.
"Everyone seems to be calling me that now." she said, meaning the nickname of "Lyd" or "Lyds". "First Skiaska, then Amber, and now you. Soon everyone will be calling me that." Despite her words, Lydia sounded more amused than anything else. On the small end table next her her bed as a half-eaten bowl of cereal; since waking up, Gail had decided that Lydia could eat so long as she did get sick. After decided on cereal, which was easy to eat, Lydia had felt decidedly less nausus and much better.
"What do we need to talk about?" she asked, sensing something in Will's voice that seemed decidedly...unnerving. Was there something wrong?
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:13 am
He reaches out to clasp Krii's arm in a strong grip, looking him in the eye and smiling ferociously with goodwill.
"Aye then...a brother. You fought a good fight Krii..."
He smiles to Kerri, embracing her as well.
"hehe, you don't look too banged up yourself. And i would have expected nothing less."
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:33 am
Sady looked and saw everyone talking and it brought a small tear to her eye as her heart warmed. She was a softy.
Time for a shower...
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:34 am
Will sighed, took a seat on the bed, and took her hand in his. "You probably know me better than I know myself, Lydia. You know that despite all my noble efforts to try otherwise, I wound up falling for you. And falling hard might I add."
He grinned, eyes sparkling with a touch of mirth. Maybe that would help put her at ease for the bombshell he was about to drop on her. "Part of the point I'm trying to make, is that I'm pretty sure that I'm in love with you. You... help me feel happy... anata*. And when you love someone, you're there for them. Despite their decisions or actions, you stay with them and support them. I just hope that... you'll keep that in mind when you need help, or when I do something that displeases you. But no matter what, I'd never intentionally hurt you, luv."
'Luv, huh? Been spending too much time around Krii'Ouse.'
Sighing, Will decided to get this over with as delicately as he could. "Lydia, I know that you spent a large part of your life... most of it really... in a lab and you don't have a normal education in a lot of things. So tell me... What do you know about the female reproductive cycle, procreation, and the symptoms that can be caused in the female from it?"
(*anata- Japanese word meaning "beloved", usually used between spouses or people in a serious relationship)
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:31 pm
((A rather random comment, but I would like to point out that it was one year ago today that I created the character of Lydia Aidly, so guess what that means. She is now 22.))
Lydia moved over slightly as Will sat on the bed, making a little room for him so he would be more comfortable. When he took her hand again, she gave his a gentle squeeze, smiling softly as he spoke and grinned back.
As he went on, Lydia's smile slowly faded. What was Will trying to get at, and why was there a nagging feeling behind his words? Did he think she was angry at him for some reason? As far as she knew, there was nothing for her to be angry about, not to mention that it took quite a lot to get her truly angry.
"I know enough about all of that, I suppose. A woman's menstrual cycle is on average 28 days long, over which the uterine lining builds up. If no fertilized egg attaches to the membrane during the 28 day period, the lining breaks up and a woman has her "period." When the woman stops bleeding the cycle starts all over again." Lydia said, proving that she did know something about this topic.
"When a fertile egg does attach to the lining, a woman stops having her period through the length of the gestation cycle, which is about 38 weeks in humans. Some of the most obvious signs of a woman who has just become pregnant are "late" periods, cravings, nausea-" She stopped short.
The pieces suddenly all snapped into place. Lydia should have been in the tail end of her menstrual cycle while her control chip had been activated. Because the AI had been in control, she would not have felt any symptoms from being pregnant like the ones she felt now. Her shaky gaze met Will's.
"Are you saying that I am...pregnant?" Lydia asked, her eyes begining to water and two tears made their way down her face. A large grin grew on her face as she sat up and threw her arms around Will's neck in a loving hug. "Oh Will....I am pregnant, I am pregnant...So happy." Lydia felt so much joy welling up in her chest. That dream, had it been her first mental connection with her unborn child? What else could it have been? Oh, she was pregnant and with Will's baby, of that their was no doubt.
"Oh Will, I love you. I love you." she said, trying to hold back her tears of happiness.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:07 pm
Kaii watched as Skiaska's eyes opened and peered at him, before breaking into a smile. "Hey, hun... Where am I?" "Hunter's Haven." her eyes widened and she slowly sat up. "How'd you get in?" "Broke in..." he looked at her sheepishly, but showed her his burn amrk. The holy spells and blessed silver had gotten him. His eyes softened. "But it was worth it. You're okay and alive... sis." He hugged her gently, and SKi almost cried. Almost.
Her smell caught many scents. Krii'Ouse, Astrande, Lydia, Will, Gail, a few other hunters, herself, Jag, Kaii, and... a different scent. She blinked in surprise and followed the scent after breaking the hug. It was coming from Will and Lydia. It was young... VERY young... Barely there, but still... Her eyes widened even further and her mouth unhinged.
"Oh. My. God."
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:08 pm
((Why can no one get my name right? It is, once and for all: Astande'
It's french. Think of french things when you think of my name, and hopefully, just hopefully, people will remember it. gonk
Sorry, i just see it misspelled everywhere...gets a bit monotonous... xd ))
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:41 am
soulreaver_pmr Reno nodded and looked at her."Eden......have you ever thought of leaving this all behind? Ya know this life style? I meen do you think you could live peacefully.....possibly with me?"
Had he, had he just proposed to her? Her heart fluttered with immense ammounts of joy at the very thought. Why, though, was she so barricaded in her emotions? Why did she have to hide behind her wall in order to feel secure? It was her past experiences, they were to blame... No, that was incorrect... That incident had been her fault, hers alone.
Eden's falring hazel eyes then focused upon Reno - a battle seemed to be raging within them, The light did not know where to settle in her eyes as though her eyes - like her heart - had forged a barrier around them. Her smile was soft and serene, her eyes darted away from his, not able to face seeing the disappointment in his eyes. Her smile softened further, now looking toubled, but mildly happy at once.
Her voice was as soft as her smile, barely reaching a whisper, "Reno... I would love to... have that life... However, I can't. I still don't know you... We've only seen eachother... around..." She gently placed her hand on his shoulder, her pale lavendar nail polish shining metalically in the light.
Suddenly her hand slipped from his shoulder, making it appear she had nothing more to say. She then shifted on the bed, facing his direction but looking at his arms as opposed to his face. "I would... love that kind of life," she repeated. "A life where your only concern is paying the bills each month and earning enough money to do so... But... I can't..."
She turned away, a single tear slowly rolling down her cheek and onto her lap. "I can't leave behind my... my family... Kerri, Lydia, Sady, Sabrina, Ty, Krii... Will... They're all my family and I can't just walk out on them pretending I've forgotten that while I'm living the happy life they're living the piss-poor life, trying to keep me safe... I couldn't live with myself knowing that I was living in happiness while they were suffering! I... I can't... Even I can't force myself to be that selfish... Besides... I'd just be putting people in danger... I can't live with myself carrying that heavy a sin and burden upon my shoulders..."
Abruptly she stood, tears now billowing down her pale peach-toned cheeks. She turned to face Reno, mouthing the words "I'm sorry". Next she bolted from the infirmary, nearly taking down Gail. She didn't even flinch or look back to see if she was okay. She had almost cause one of their medics to need medics but she was running too fast. Down the hall... Into the garage... And out into the miserable rainy night...
((Exit to General Areas))
After catching her breath. Gail hopelessly watched the younger Jackson flee. Those Jacksons seemed to have awfully wretched luck, they always seemed to have something troubling them. Gail knew that Edith would be gone for awhile...
Slowly turning around, putting her hands on her hips, she slowly rested her eyes upon Reno. Her eyes began to considerably narrow. "What in the bloody world did you say to the poor girl to make her dash like that? It looked like she'd just lost her world, there were so many tears streaming down those cheeks of hers."
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:47 pm
Reos looked down as Eden ran out the door.'Its somthing else. It cant just be that she dosent know me that well. There has to be somthing that happened to her that hurt her heart.' Reno thought to himself. He then looked at Gail."I asked her somthing......somthing that brought up bad memories apparantly. I didnt know she was going to cry like that." Reno then thought of what Eden had told him.'From the sounds of it she really cares for everyone here. So much she would give up a peacfull life just to be with them.But if I get that much why do I feal like s**t? Is it because I made he cry? Or because she refuses me when I want to be with her so badly?' A tear slowly slipped out of Reno's eye and he quickly wiped it away.
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:57 pm
Sethe looked at Astande, the glow returning to his eyes. 'Astande... Call me Sethe...' he said, warmly. The hole in his chest was nearly gone, and his body felt warm, no longer in pain. He looked to his arm. 'Gail's gonna kill me.' he said, removing the IV. He turned it off beforehand, and pushed the sheets off of himself.
'I need a shower...' he said, wobbeling a little bit. He moved for the door, and almost slipped, falling against the wall, and leaning there. 'Can uh... I get a hand to my room?' he asked towards Kerri, mainly. It was open, though.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:03 am
Will couldn't hold back his own joyful tears any longer as the reality of the situation finally sunk in. Lydia was pregnant, with his- with their child. He was going to be a FATHER! And Lydia loved him, just as he felt he could finally truly admit that he loved her. They were two people in love who were going to have a kid together, and it was the most normal yet miraclous thing that had happened to him in his life of death and bloodshed.
He had joined Lydia in a unique and special partnership. Together they'd found themselves on the path leading to one of the greatest things a couple can experience. Usually he brought Death. But for a change, he had helped to create Life. They were going to be parents.
Gently bringing one hand up to cup Lydia's stomach, he reached out with the other, lifting her chin so their faces met. He'd been afraid, uncertain, and worried. But right here, right now, he felt a peace and sense of purpose he'd been lacking before. Sure things were going to get complicated because of this, but he couldn't care less. Lydia made him happy, just as he knew that their child would one day make them both happy, and that was all that mattered. Resting his forehead against hers, Will smiled, a gentle smile that showed that for the first ime in a long time he was at peace with himself. And it was all thanks to the amazing person that he'd slowly grown to love over the last year, the person who was carrying his child and embracing him in joy even now.
Softly so it was for her ears and her ears alone, Will whispered four simple words that held an infinity of hope and promise within them. "I love you too."
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:56 am
Lydia could not remember a time when she had been more happy. Sitting here with her lover, the father of her child, his hand over her stomach and the greatest words he could have ever said echoing her in her mind. He loved her, he truly loved her and she loved him in return; what could possibly be greater than that? One of her hands came to rest over his and she thought that she could almost feel the life starting to form under their palms.
Her smile was wide but shaky with emotion. Tears silently streamed down her face in joy; she was filled with so much joy that she thought she was going to burst from it. Seeing Will smile back so calmly was almost too much for the psychic to bear.
"Will, my love..." she murmured, bringing her other hand to rest on the back of his neck. Slowly, she brought his head towards hers until their lips touched. His name was the only one she could make herself shorten, making it almost a term of endearment to the black-haired woman. In return, Will's shortening of her name to Lyds felt special in the same way as him calling her baby did.
Lydia brought her hand up from her stomach to rest on the back of Will's head when a cough sounded from one side. Turning her eyes to find the disturbance, the psychic found herself looking at Gail who had an amused expression on her face.
"Well, if you two are done now, there're a couple of things I need to go over with both of you since Lydia is "expecting." Don't worry, I can wait until you both untangle." Oh yes, Gail was very amused by this.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:41 am
Reno slowly got up from were he was sitting.'I have to talk to her. It can wait anymore.Eden....' He said in his head.He quickly ran out of the imfermary.
((Exit to genral areas.))
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