Chapter One

Diana grunted as she materialized on the watchtower, leaning on Shayera. Green Arrow and Captain Marvel appeared a few moments after. Having just returned from a mission, all four of them were dirty and had some minor injuries, but Diana had a bad wound in her right thigh, which was still oozing blood.

"We're going to the infirmary." Shayera announced, half helping, half dragging her friend off the teleportation pad.

"I don't need to." Diana said, still leaning on Shayera.

"Then why am I holding you up?" She asked.

Diana made a humph noise, but otherwise didn't respond. Shayera, however, continued.

"You need to, Di. You said yourself you've been feeling strange for over a week now, so I'm taking you to J'onn."

Diana didn't protest any more, just let her friend lead her to the infirmary. It was true that she hadn't been feeling herself lately, and it was beginning to worry her. She'd even thrown up this morning, which had sent her into a minor panic, as she didn't easily fall ill.

"J'onn!" Shayera called as she sat Diana down on the edge of one of the beds in the infirmary. The martian appeared soon after. "What can I assist you with?"

"It's Diana that needs help. Deathstroke stabbed her, and on top of that, she's been feeling sick. Right?"

Shayera gave Diana a looked that dared her to disagree. Diana glared back, but didn't deny it.

"I'll see what I can do." J'onn interrupted the staring contest of sorts and set to work.

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"Are you going to tell him?"

"Of course!" Diana paused her pacing to glare at the Thangarian sitting cross-legged on the bed of her quarters. "Just… not right away. I need time to think this through."

"Don't do anything rash, Di. You know he loves you just as much as you love him, if not more."

She nodded and bit her lip.

"And stop before you wear a hole in the floor."

Almost reluctantly, Diana stopped pacing and sat down on the edge of the bed beside her friend, leaning forward to rest her forehead in the palms of her hands. Shayera placed a hand gently on the princess's back, and leaned forward too.

"You'll do fine, Diana. Trust me. You and him both."

Diana slowly turned her head to face the Thangarian.

"But what if he pushes me out again? What if he decides he doesn't want this, and runs away?" Her expression reflected the very real fear Diana was experiencing at the thought alone.

"Then he'll be running away from the best opportunity of his life." She said confidently, sitting up straight. Diana did the same, and gave her friend a small smile. "You're right, Shay. You always are."

"Of course I am. Now, are you ready?" She pulled Diana up off the bed by her hand.

Diana nodded confidently and followed Shayera to the door of her quarters. However, before the Thangarian could press the button to open the door, it opened to reveal the ever-formidable Batman on the other side. Behind Shayera, Diana's posture immediately stiffened.

"I think that's my cue to leave." Shayera said, slipping past Bruce and down the hall.

"Err…" Dian stuttered as Bruce stepped inside and shut the door behind him. "Why are you here?"

"Can't I come and see my beautiful girlfriend?" He teased as he pulled his cowl back, his menacing demeanor quickly vanishing.

"Of course!" She quickly replied quickly, "I just didn't expect you to be here."

"Is everything okay?" He asked, sitting on the edge of her bed and motioning for her to do the same. She sat next to him, but didn't respond at first.

"Diana?" He asked when she sat staring at her hands folded in her lap.

"I don't know how to say this…" She said with a sigh, nervously tucking a lock of raven hair behind her ear.

He reached over and took her face in both hands, gently turning her head so she was looking directly at him.

"Princess… whatever you're going to tell me, I promise I'll understand. And it's not going to make me love you any less. You can't escape me that easily."

She smiled uneasily, momentarily closing her eyes as he released his grip on her.

"Bruce… I'm pregnant."

A/N: I'm having a writer's block moment with What If, so I needed to get away from it for a while. This was originally going to be a oneshot, inspired by Gal Gadot's pregnancy with her second child, (which she had today, if you're reading this when this goes up!) but it became a short story. I'm actually almost done writing it already, so I'm just going to put the chapters up randomly while I keep working past that writer's block, which I absolutely hate, by the way. Thanks for reading, and please review, it means a lot.

~Uni