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 Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:29 pm
Oops, she was pregnant.
The throwing up in the morning should have been a dead giveaway. But since it had happened before for other reasons Ruri decided to ignore it. Of course when the vomiting continued, even when she hadn't had a drink the night before, she began to wonder. A moment of wondering that was then followed by a visit to the chemist, which was thus followed by a rather hysterical Ruri in the bathroom.
Right. So, how many people had she slept with in the last month or two, or however long? One. Well, that made it easy. Ruri relaxed fairly easy. After all, her mother had gotten pregnant fairly young and had looked after a child without a man around. And there wasn't like there was anything she could do about it now.
So here she was waiting for Thomas to show so she could give in the news. The only one that knew besides her was Raleigh. And he had locked himself in his room while muttering about how stupid she was under his breath. Ruri thought it had turned out well. She had been expected an outburst.
Ruriska yawned, putting on hand on her hip as she looked up at an overcast sky and then sat down on one of the benches. Lucky she had brought a jacket, it looked like it was going to get real cold, real soon. She had talked FC into, without much difficulty, meeting her at the Safe Haven. She would tell the unsuspecting father and later tell Charles. Oh, she couldn't wait to see his face.
Ooc: A strange, strange post. XD Sorry.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:04 am
Thomas wasn't there one moment, and was there suddenly the next, picking up Ruri and giving her a small toss in the air before settling her and himself down on the bench. He'd apparently been training, as he was in that particular outfit at the moment.
"What can I do for ya, Rura? Anybody messing with you? Bad guys to defeat, kids to chain to walls? Or should I just sit here and look pretty for you?" He winked and finally took a good look at her, "You look like you're up to no good...This involves credit cards, doesn't it?" And he was up for that too. This particular woman was fun to argue about, especially with Charles.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:30 am
Ruri gave a happy squeal, flinging her arms around Thomas' neck. "You're all sweaty!" She whined, even though she had told him more than once that she rather liked that look. Happily settling herself in his lap, Ruri proceeded to nuzzle up against his neck, completely forgetting her mission. "Hm, well... there was this – Ah whoops!" She slapped lightly slapped his chest with her hand. "I have something to tell you."
For a person who was about to drop one of the biggest bombshells available she seemed pretty darn calm. "Well you see..." Ruri licked her lips, looking up into Thomas' happy waiting face. Oh, may as well just go for. No use beating around the bush. After all, he'd figure it out when she started putting on pounds. Oh crap, she'd forgotten about that part. Goodbye figure.
Wait, back to the moment. Taking in a small breath, she paused for a second and then spoke. "I'm pregnant."
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:33 pm
Thomas grinned as Ruriska stumbled along through a few sentences. He liked the fact that she was so different around him. It was funny, knowing more than one side of a person. Not to mention that it gave him leverage for teasing.
And because he was thinking about how silly she was being, her final words caught up off guard. And he laughed.
"Awh, I'm being serious, Ruriska, what'd'ja call me here for?"
And after a few slow moments, a tinge of something serious fleeted across his face. For maybe a milisecond, because he wouldn't believe that she was serious.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:59 pm
It wasn't like she hadn't been expecting him to believe her. Severely annoyed Ruri stood up, put her hands on her hips and gave him one of her stares. "I'm being serious Thomas." So she was kind of worried about he was going to take it, but it had happened and there wasn't anything to be done. Plus it was his fault too.
"I called you here to tell you that I'm pregnant and you're the father." She looked away for a second with an exasperated sigh. "Look, I don't expect you to do anything. I can take care of it by myself. If my mother did it I can. I just... wanted to let you know."
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:05 pm
"Well, you wouldn't be planning on... KEEPING a child, would you? I mean... Who needs children around, cramping their style and all...You're much too good for that." He waved a hand like none of it mattered, "I mean, I wouldn't ask you to keep a child or anything..."
Thomas stood too, a moment ago feeling a little exhausted, but now needing to pace some.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:17 pm
Ruri stared at him a moment, eyes narrowed. "Of course I'm going to keep it." A hand moved protectively over her stomach. "It deserves a chance. And I told you; I'll be looking after it. You don't have to do anything." It was clear she wasn't going to be swayed on this one.
"I can give Raleigh a cute little bother or sister... not that he's too amused by the idea right now. But he'll warm up to it." This wasn't one split second decision, she had spent the whole of three hours sitting in the bathroom with a pile of tissues deciding the babies fate.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:30 pm
Thomas swallowed, and sat back on the bench. And for once, for once ever, he looked scared to death, "Don't keep it, Ruriska. Please, I can't be any sort of father, I don't want to be. Don't tell Charles it's mine... Please, Ruriska...please..."
Solarduct would be jealous to know that the easiest way to get Flashcharge to beg was to announce that he might need to...oh, accept family responsiblity...
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:36 pm
"You don't have to be... oh..." Ruriska sighed taking seat next to him on the bench, placing a hand on his knee. "I am keeping it. You can't change my mind about that. But if you really don't want me to tell Charles I wont, but he's going to figure it out eventually. He knows we've been sleeping together for the last few months."
Charles hadn't exactly silent on the subject either. This was probably exactly what he had been praying wouldn't happen.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:47 pm
Thomas pulled away from Ruriska's touch.
"Uh-uh, you can lie... You can tell him it's someone else's." Thomas rubbed his face, knowing that it would be futile to even try suggesting something like that. Charles read him too well. Charles read everyone too well.
He took a breath and shook his head, then stood up and high-pwoer super ran it out of there. There one second, gone the next. Because, afterall, that was the mature super thing to do... And ignoring things made them not exist. Yup.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:57 pm
"That's just –" And before she even got to finish her sentence he was gone and Ruri was left staring at empty space. "Fine!" Well, she was on her own then. Standing up she sighed softly. Mama would want to know and at least she would be happy. And then she would need to talk to Raleigh and then... and then she would think of names and circle baby items in magazines with a big red pen.
Yeah, that would make feel better.
Ruriska took in a deep breath, kicked up a clod of dirt with her three hundred dollar shoes and then stalked away to the teleporter.
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