Several years after everything with Damaskinos happened, Blade and Josh are still together. In fact, their relationship has only grown stronger. Blade still hunts local vampire threats while Josh makes and updates all his weapons. One morning, after a long and passionate night, Josh wakes up to an extreme feeling of nausea. Josh boltes to the bathroom and throws up several times. Blade must have heard him because he is beside him and supporting him through it all. After Josh finally stops throwing up, Blade helps him rinse his mouth and get back to the bed.
"I'm sorry, Blade," Josh says as Blade helps him lay down.
"You have no reason to apologize. How long have you been feeling ill?" Blade asks, feeling Josh's forehead for a temprature but finding none.
"I haven't. I just woke up feeling nauseous," Josh says weakly.
"How do you feel now?" Blade asks, worring about how weak Josh suddenly became.
"I feel tired, really tired."
"You feel nauseous any more?"
"No," Josh says as he yawns.
"Why don't you go back to sleep for a while? We'll see how you feel later." Blade than tucked Josh in and kissed his forehead before heading downstairs to get in some training. After sleeping for an extra two hours, Josh wakes up feeling fine, so he gets a shower, gets dressed, and heads downstairs.
"How do you feel?" Blade asks, meeting Josh at the bottom of the stairs from their room.
"I feel fine. I don't know why I felt and got sick this morning," Josh says as Blade checks his forehead for a fever agian.
"I don't know either, but please take it easy today anyways."
"I don't need to, but if you want me to, I will." Josh sticks by his promise and mainly just sits around and watches Blade workout.
The next morning finds Josh waking up feeling nauseous and running to the bathroom agian. Blade, of course, hears him and supports him through it agian. Once Josh's mouth was washed, Blade helps him back to bed agian.
"I'm sorry, Blade," Josh says agian.
"Just lay here and rest. I'm going to call the doctor," Blade says, walking to the desk in the room and calling the doctor.
A half hour later, the doctor lets himself in and walks right into their bedroom. Josh has dozed off while Blade sat beside him and kept an eye on him.
"You said this is the second day he woke up sick?" the doctor asks as he sets his bag down on the other side of the bed than Blade.
"Yeah. He wakes up and gets sick, and than he gets super weak. Yesterday he slept an extra two hours after the nausea went away," Blade says, brushing hair out of Josh's face. "Josh, babe, the doctor is here." Josh stretches and slowly opens his eyes.
"How do you feel, Josh?" the doctor asks, taking Josh's bloodpressure.
"I feel a little tired and weak," Josh admits, which worries Blade. Josh never admits to feeling weak, tired, sick or in pain unless it is bad.
"So you are a lot tired and a lot weak," the doctor says, knowing how Josh is. "Your bloodpressure it normal, your pulse is normal, and breathing is normal. I cannot find anything wrong. You are suffering from sickness in the morning, weakness, and tiredness, so... Oh, dear lord."
"What? What is wrong with him? Is it bad?" Blade asks, grabbing Josh's hand as he begins to panic.
"I don't know if I am right about this. I need to go get something from the office first. I don't want to frighten or get any hopes up until I know for sure," the doctor says as he heads to the door.
"What? What do you think it is?" Blade asks, standing up but keeping a hold of Josh's hand.
"I think he is one of the few men who can bare a child," the doctor says, smiling.
"What?" Blade asks, looking down at Josh. Josh becomes speachless and places his hand over his flat stomach as he sits up.
"Now, I don't know for sure if that is what is going on here, but we'll know as soon as I get the equipment needed and check," the doctor says before leaving.
"I'm sorry, Blade," Josh says, breaking the slience that had fallen.
"Why are you apologizing?" Blade asks, sitting next to Josh.
"I know you don't want children. If the doctor says I am pregnant, I'll pack up and leave," Josh says, tears pouring down his face as he fights his sobs.
"Oh, Josh. I only said I didn't want children because I thought you didn't want any. I didn't want to say that I did want kids, incase you didn't. I didn't want you to feel oblicated to adopted kids if you didn't want any," Blade says, pulling Josh carefully into a hug.
"You want to keep the child?" Josh asks, still crying.
"If you are pregnant, than yes, I want to keep the child."
"I'm glad to hear you say that, Blade," the doctor says, walking in.
"Where is the equipment you needed to go get?" Blade asks, pilling the pillows up behind Josh.
"I cannot carry it up the stairs. You'll have to carry it up," the doctor says, sitting on the bed beside Josh.
"I'll be back," Blade says, kissing Josh on the forehead quickly. It doesn't take Blade long to bring up the machine, which happenes to be an untrasound. Once the doctor has the machine ready, he has Josh lay flat on the bed.
"This is going to feel cold," the doctor says before spreading gel onto his stomach, which makes Josh hiss at the coldness. "Sorry. I cannot do anything about the coldness of the gel." The doctor then moves the ultrasound wand over his stomach.
"Anything?" Blade asks, sitting beside Josh and holding his hand carefully.
"Just because he is with child that doesn't mean he will break easly, Blade," the doctor says, smiling at Blade and Josh.
"He is pregnant?" Blade asks, tears surprisingly streaming down his face.
"Yes, would you guys like to see the child?" the doctor asks. Blade looks at Josh, who has been quite this whole time. Josh nods as his own tears stream down his face. The doctor moves the machine so they can both see the baby.
"What gender is it?" Josh asks, finally speaking.
"I'm afraid it is too soon to tell. You are only about a month and a half along. We won't be able to determine the gender until about four months," the doctor says, wiping the gel off of Josh's stomach after taking a few pictures of the baby. "Here are some pictures of your baby."
"Can we get a photo album for all the photoes of our baby?" Josh asks Blade, starring at his child.
"Of course we can, Josh. How long will the morning sickness last?" Blade says, smiling down at Josh.
"For most people it goes away after five months, but it could last the rest of the pregnancy, same with weakness and tiredness. You will have to take it easy for now on, and you'll have to get pregnancy vitamins to take. I will be back in a weak to check on him. If everything is going ok, I will only have to visit once a month. If you have any more questions you can either call me or reed a pregnancy book from the local library. Can you carry the machine back down for me, Blade," the doctor says, packing up all his stuff.
"Yeah, I can. I'll be back, babe," Blade says, tucking Josh in before taking the machine down for the doctor. After helping the doctor load the machine, Blade heads back to Josh to find him looking at his belly.
"Our baby, Blade, is inside me," Josh says as tears stream down his face once Blade crawls into bed with him.
"Yes, he or she is." Josh curls into Blade's arms and smiles as he falls asleep with one hand on his stomach.