Shun

I was sitting on a bench in a park about two miles from the house. For the past month I had come to this bench everyday, whether it was in the morning, or night. And every time I did, I always had the same questions run through my mind. What if I'm not a good father? What if me and Alice aren't ready yet?

I figured this was an issue for anyone that was just told they'd be a parent, so I tried to make myself feel less out of place about it. I sighed and heard a car horn. I turned my head and saw Alice waving her hand out of the car window, and yelling at me to hurry up or she'd leave me there. Alice knew I spent most of my time at the park now, so she'd pick my up after work.

Lucky for her, the manager changed her hours so she didn't have to work as long, but was getting the same pay. I climbed into the passenger seat and leaned over and placed a kiss on her cheek. I asked her, "Have fun at work today?" She rolled her eyes and waved her hand in the air for emphasis. "If by fun you mean cleaning up everything somebody drops and breaks, then yes."

I chuckled at her sarcasm and buckled my seatbelt. I knew soon I'd have to get a job myself to help pay for the upcoming expenses. I had my high school diploma, but cause of my grandfather and his non-stop training, I never really thought about college. I mean, I couldn't ever of seen that I'd be living with Alice in Moscow and having a baby. I don't anyone really expected that. As far as I knew, Dan and the others didn't know about Alice's pregnancy, but I knew Alice probably at least told Runo or Julie.

Summer was now beginning to arrive in the city, and everything was fully in bloom and beautiful. The weather was a comfortable temperature, the sun was shining, and the city was alive with people shopping and vacationing. It was completely opposite of how it was in winter, when me and the others first came her. The streets were abandoned, the days didn't last long, and everything was covered in snow and barren.

We passed some signs stuck in the ground telling people to go to this store because they were having a sale, but they didn't seem to be obtaining anyone's attention. I realized Alice had turned on the radio, and some guy was speaking in Russian, but I could at least tell it was an advertisement.

In my almost six or seven month stay, I had picked up a little bit of the language. Just enough to figure out what some people might be talking about. Alice had attempted to teach me some time ago, but she eventually gave up trying to drive the words into my brain. The car swerved on the winding road that led to the house. The road looked like something out of a travel magazine talking about the world's most beautiful country roads.

With the trees fully bloomed, the leaves stretched the limbs over enough to make something that looked like an archway over the street. And with the sunlight filtering through the branches gave the road little splotches of gold. A lady, who leaved near us, was walking down her long driveway and retrieving her mail. Alice waved at her as we drove by.

I never really talked to the elderly lady, but Alice had known her for some time, and told me she had even watched Alice when she was little. The orange haired girl turned the steering wheel and the car pulled into a driveway, which led to the house we lived in together. It at one point, had been Dr. Michaels, formerly known to the brawlers as Hal G. But when he died in a car crash a few months back, he left the house, which was fully paid off, to me and Alice. The house had gotten some remodeling done thanks to Alice. She had spent an entire week outside putting plants into the ground, and it looked terrific.

The flowers she had planted had begun to bloom, and the little shrubs placed behind them were doing great. She turned the car off, and we both climbed out. "Hey, Shun. Could you help me get something out of the trunk?" I closed my door and said, "Sure. No problem." She stuck a key into the trunk and pulled out some brown paper bags, which were filled with groceries.

That was one good thing about her working at the grocery store, she got a good discount on food items. And since she was pregnant, the manager gave her another discount to make saving money up for when the baby came easier. I honestly thought this whole ordeal would be hectic, but since we knew some kind people who were helping out, things were going pretty smoothly.

I placed my bag of groceries on the kitchen counter, and began putting the items where they belonged. Alice did the same, and soon we were left with two empty paper bags, which Alice folded and stuck them in a drawer with other paper bags. For some reason she kept those things, but they did come in handy once, but I couldn't exactly remember what we did with it. Alice walked over to me and kissed me on the lips and told me, "I think I'm gunna go take a nap. Kay?"

I told her go right ahead, and sat down at the kitchen table with the newspaper, looking for some kind of job that might hire me for a little while. Just long enough that I could make some money. There was some kind of doctor position open, and that made me think back to the first time Alice was struck with morning sickness. It wasn't a very pretty thing, but thankfully for this doctor at the clinic, she was able to get some kind of medicine that helped with it.

She occasionally got sick every now and then, but seemed like it was never when I was around. Thank heavens. The rest of the jobs were one time deals, and I needed something to at least last maybe a month. I folded the paper closed and turned the TV on. We had moved one of the TVs from the upstairs bedrooms into the kitchen.

Mainly for news and weather purposes. There was some weatherman pointing to our area and saying there was a slight chance of rain tomorrow in the morning, which was weatherman speak for 'odds are there's gunna be clouds and I don't want to say that it will rain so I'll say there's a chance.' He then listed the temperatures for the week, and it appeared it would be getting warmer and warmer everyday, then the temperature would drop drastically by the next week. They cut him off and went on with the headlines.

It was your basic news; a shooting and robbery in the bad side of town, some political scandal, and then the usual weird story, which was a man being attacked by a bird cause he was trying to steal its food. I shook my head. What kind of world do we live in when people steal food from birds?

I turned the TV off and walked towards the room Alice and I shared. We had added some furniture in the room, so now it wasn't just a bed and a few dressers. There was now a love seat in front of the window, a TV placed on a dresser, and a few other chairs. Oddly enough, this was the only room with carpeting, and the cream colored carpet matched perfectly with the walls, which we painted a shade lighter than the carpet.

Alice was laying on her side sleeping, and she had the blanket pulled up to where it almost covered her face. I smiled, proud that I was the one with her, proud that I was going to be a father, and proud that I loved her to death.

Her big brown eyes opened up and looked up and me, then she sat up, pushing the covers to her lap. "Hey, Shun." I sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, then kissed her on the top of her head. "Have a nice nap?" She smiled and nodded her head.

"Yep. That is, till you woke me up." I glared at her and said, "I didn't even make a sound. How could I of woken you up?" She giggled and said, "Jeez. Take a joke once and a while." I kissed her on her lips, and she placed her hand over her stomach where her baby was. I guess, only time will tell if I'm a good father.

well, i began working on the sequal. this is kind of like a re-cap. X3 i find it funny that right now im watching Bakugan Mechtanium Surge. Is there anything Shun doesnt look good in? lol. beh. i have so much crap to do today. -.- 90% of it my dad could of done before he left for work. -.-'' that's what i get for being in a lazy family. well, read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~