"Are you sure about this, Bucket?" asked Lucas Taylor, his jaw dropped in shock. "How did this happen?"
His wife, Skye Taylor looked at him with arched eye-brows and her hands planted on her hips. She didn't look amused. "Lucas, I'm sure you know how this happened. Women get pregnant, which means that she's carrying a man's child. You're a man of science. Is this hard for you to comprehend?"
xXx
It'd been almost four years since Lucas had helped his father in defeating the Phoenix group. He'd settled into the colony and begun to work for Malcolm Wallace in the lab. He slowly and steadily worked his way up and now he was the head of the technology department. The first few months of his return to Terra Nova were strained for everyone.
Commander Taylor was unsure whether he should trust his son or not, Sheriff Shannon believed that Lucas deserved a second chance, Lieutenant Washington wasn't happy with Lucas Taylor for using a stun gun on her when she'd been providing a distraction for the Shannons' to make their escape but even she willingly said that it was okay to let him back into the colony.
The youngsters of Terra Nova were of divided opinions on the subject. Josh Shannon was an open member of the 'I hate Lucas Taylor' club while his sister, Maddy and her boyfriend, Mark Reynolds became good friends with him. Zoe Shannon smiled at him whenever he passed by her in the market place while Tasha Guzman drooled over how good looking he was, Hunter Boyce didn't care while Skye Tate didn't want anything to do with the Commander's blue eyed son.
In simple words, Skye and Lucas were not friends. They hated each other with a vengeance. If he was at a party, she would leave immediately. If she was talking to the Commander, he'd walked away. Whenever they'd come into view of the other, they'd glare and then move along.
Everything changed one day when Josh and Skye went OTG. So they stole Mark Reynolds' rover and went off silently.
While far out, the rover had two flat tires and they were stuck with a radio that didn't work. It was getting late and dark. Josh consoled Skye that they'd be alright and that Mark would've noticed that his rover was missing and he'd report it to the Commander. Skye was scared out of her wits but she didn't show it as she didn't want to display a break down in front of Josh.
She closed her eyes, praying for help and when she re-opened them, there stood Lucas Taylor's usually smug face with concern on his face. He held out a hand to her and pulled her closer to him, pulling a blanket out of his bag and draping it onto her shivering shoulders. He motioned Josh to sit inside while he carefully carried Skye, seeing that she was unable to walk due to coldness.
From that point onward, Skye was grudgingly grateful to Lucas for saving her and formed a truce with him. She no longer ignored him but instead grinned at him whenever he passed by her. They became friends shortly after that and a while later; he asked her out on a date. She shrugged her shoulders and said yes. They were the kind of couple that argued more than they maintained peace but their arguments were all in good fun and they made their relationship work. Another few months later, he showed up with a ring and asked her another kind of question. She shrieked with happiness while she jumped onto him, kissing him eagerly.
xXx
Now back to where Mr and Mrs Taylor were talking…
"I know how it happened but when?" he demanded.
Skye sighed. "I don't remember that but what I know is that I'm three months far along. Dr Shannon confirmed it this morning" She looked at him closely, noticing that his face displayed no emotion. "Aren't you happy about this?" she asked cautiously.
He didn't respond.
"Lucas?" she asked tentatively. "Talk to me!"
He turned to face her. "Are you happy about this?"
"Yes! I was until you decided to act this way. What's wrong?"
He sighed. "I feel sorry for the poor kid already. He or she is going to have me as their father", he muttered darkly.
"Whoa. Hold on a second, here. What the hell are you saying? Any child would be lucky to have you as their father", said Skye, leaning over and cupping his face with her hands "Look at me, Lucas… don't shut me out. Tell me what's going on in that head of yours."
Lucas shook his head. "Its not that… it's just that…"
She cut him off. "You don't think you'll be good enough?" she asked angrily. "Is that it? I married you because I love you and our baby will love you too. You made mistakes in the past but you made amends to them. I think you'll be the best father there is."
He bore into her eyes. "I'll try to be a good father", he promised in a small whisper, holding onto her tightly. "I love you too Bucket and I'll love our child too."
Her face broke out into a huge smile. "I know…"
It was night time and the two Taylors stood in their living room, enveloped in each other's arms, content with where they were.
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