You are never alone, understand?
Okay this is my first story sooooo yeah, I hope you like it!
We all assume when Helen got pregnant in the 1880's she went to James- he was after all, a Doctor and one of her closest friends. But let's face it, this is a Teslen story!
Helen sat in her father's study in silence. How could she have missed this?
'I'm a Doctor, damn it! I'm supposed to know these things!' She thought to herself.
'I guess part of me knew before now, but how could I accept this? With John as Jack the Ripper?' Helen was slowly coming to terms that after the source blood, John became Jack and would never be the same. And neither would she. Helen knew she would forever feel to blame. And now... and now she was pregnant.
She knew she had to talk to one of them. She couldn't talk to Nigel and definitely not John. That left James and Nikola. It could be James but that felt wrong. She knew he wouldn't say it right to her face, but he would be so disappointed. Besides, he was in Paris at the moment.
That meant it was she was left with Nikola. But she had no idea how he would react. Helen cringed at the very idea of him being angry or hurting him. Before the days of The Five, Helen and Nikola spent every minute together. They sometimes even fell asleep her library, just cuddled together. Helen knew that had John not stepped into their lives, she would have let Nikola win her heart. And now, he was all she had left.
Nikola's POV
Nikola sat in his study. While tiny, it was his little corner of the universe. Quietly getting up from his desk, Nikola walked over to his bookshelf.
'What to read?' He wondered to himself. Then he spotted it. 'A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.' Nikola smiled and picked it up, heading to his big comfy chair in the corner of the room. When Nikola first read the book, he had received it from Helen as a birthday gift. He had been sceptical at first, but soon found it to be a wonderful read.
Nikola was only half a chapter in when a harsh knocking came upon his door. He stood and taking deep strides and quickly ended up at the door. Grasping the cold metal handle, Nikola opened the door.
Helen decided not to take the carriage. That would involve too many uncomfortable questions. So instead she ran. At first it was a brisk walk, but by the time she got thinking about everything, she needed to be to get to his house faster.
Upon reaching his home she stopped. What if he wouldn't comfort her? What if he didn't even let her in? Trying to shake her fear away, Helen approached his door. She knocked once, very quietly. Realizing he would not hear her, she pounded her fist on the door. She stopped and considered leaving. By then however it was too late. Nikola had opened the door.
"Helen? What are you doing here at this late hour?" Seeing the wonderful Helen Magnus at his door in the middle of the night was something of a surprise. While Nikola always enjoyed Helen's company, he could tell that tonight something was not right.
"I..." She had tears welling up in her eyes, her hair had fallen out into tiny tendrils, and she was overall, dishevelled.
"What's wrong?" Nikola was never one to be concerned by other's emotions, but this was Helen. Seeing her like this broke his heart.
"Can... can I come in?" Her voice cracked and she swallowed hard.
"Of course. Of course." He ushered her inside and took her to the study. He put her in his comfy chair.
"Would you like something to drink?" He said, walking to the scotch cabinet. Helen just shook her head as her lips trembled. Leaving the cabinet, Nikola marched back across the room, and knelt before Helen.
"Helen...what's wrong?" She ducked her head. Nikola cupped her face, forcing her to look at him.
"Helen, please tell me; what's wrong?"
Helen looked him right in the eye. She had come all this way to tell him. So why couldn't she?
"Nikola..." Her vision blurred as she was bombarded by tears.
"Nikola, I'm pregnant." She felt herself break as sobs wracked her body.
Nikola sat for a moment shocked. Pregnant? With John's...? But before he could say anything Helen let a sob out her body, followed by another and another.
"I'm sorry Nikola, I'm so sorry, I should've come..." She was barely getting the words out as she stood to leave. Nikola however, pulled her down onto his lap and held her tight. Helen gripped his top, and bawled into his shoulder.
"Oh, Helen..." He rubbed her back in small circles and rocked back and forth.
"Shhh, it's going to be okay. It'll be okay."
"H...how?" Her tears were slowing and turning into small hiccups.
"Because you are never alone. Do you understand? Never."
Let me know if you think this story should continue: ie, Her decision to freeze the embryo, her pregnancy, and Ashley's birth. Thanks! ;p