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Stop: Prologue
"Come ON Hilde, PUSH!"
The nurse's voice seemed so far away...the cloud of pain around her seemed to muffle all the sounds and shouts coming from the doctors around her. She could vaugely feel a damp sponge upon her forehead as another strong contraction hit.
Damn, those hurt.
Her breath was coming in short, ragged gasps as she pushed with all her might, trying to ignore the pain that was shooting throughout her body. The sweat was pouring down her face, as she gritted her teeth.
She was almost there...she could just feel it.
Finally, the baby slipped from Hilde's body. She craned her neck to see her newborn daughter, and saw that she was a sickly blue color, and she was not crying.
"Wh...Why isn't she crying...? What's wrong with her?" she asked, trying to sit up, but a nurse gently pushed her down against the sweat-soaked pillows again.
"The doctors are doing all they can to revive her. Until then, you must lay down and remain calm."
Hilde looked at the nurse as if she had just grown a second head. Her first child was lying there, dying, and she wasn't allowed to go see her?
The nurse must have sensed her, about to break into hysterics, and appeared by her bedside one more with a needle in her hand. Hilde simply stared at the nurse in disbelief as she slid the needle into her vein, and injected the liquid into her bloodstream. Tears poured down her face as sleep began to cloud her vision. She glanced one more time at the doctors, surrounding a small table, and talking frantically. Just before she slipped into a quiet sleep, the very faint sound of a baby's cry echoed in her head.
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Sunlight poured into the small hospital room and fell across Hilde's face. She opened her eyes slowly, and looked around the small, quiet room. Suddenly, she remembered her daughter and she sat up quickly.
A loud gurgle from her beside attracted her attention and she looked to the crib that was sitting beside her bed. Inside lay her daughter, already named Hallie, looking perfectly healthy and staring up at her with wide indigo eyes.
It was this simple shade of eye color that made Hilde frown at her daughter.
She was hoping Hallie wouldn't have any of his traits.
Hallie was a perfectly healthy sized baby, with the wide indigo eyes and dark midnight hair; like her mother's. Hilde smiled softly at her newborn daughter as she reached over and gently picked her up. Hallie gurgled as Hilde cradled her in her arms, showing her tooth-less gums.
A knock at the door told her the nurse was coming by to check on her, but she continued looking at Hallie.
"So that's her, huh?"
The voice was low, too low to belong to a nurse's.
Hilde looked up for a moment and gasped, clutching the baby closer to her. In the doorway, stood the very last man she ever wanted to have show up right at this moment. Duo looked different than the last time she saw him some nine months ago. He'd taken off during the night the same day he'd found out she was pregnant with his child. She'd had some time trying to support herself all alone; she'd even attempted suicide once.
His braid was longer, dangling almost halfway to his knees. He seemed a lot skinnier, like he hasn't been eating correctly. His dark indigo eyes had no shine in them, like they had before when he saw her.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped, eyeing him carefully.
"I came to see my daughter," he replied, stepping into the room.
"You didn't seem to care the night you left."
Hilde's eyes filled with unshed tears, but she refused to let them fall infront of him. She clutched the sleeping Hallie closer to her chest as Duo stepped ever closer to her bedside. She caught the malicious glint in his eye as he bent over the metal railing of the hospital bed to take a good look at his new daughter.
"She has my eyes," he said.
Hilde nodded, still watching him. Her hand, unseen by him, was inching ever closer to the buzzer to call the nurse lying beside her on the sheet. A cold hand wrapped itself around her wrist, just as she was about to grab the buzzer.
"Now why would you want to do that? I just want to talk to you," he said softly, letting go of her wrist.
Hilde nodded solemnly, still clutching Hallie. Duo smirked, still leaning over the bed's metal rail.
"How did you find me?" Hilde asked.
"I asked around. Quatre gave me some useful information..."
Hilde's eyes widened. Quatre had been coming to her house to see if she had been getting along fine. He was the one who stopped her from suicide just in time. She owed her life to him.
"What did you do to Quatre?!"
Duo simply smiled and leaned back, falling into one of the squashy armchairs by the bed. "Nothing serious."
Hilde positively shook with supressed rage. This madman had the nerve to leave her, when she needed him most, and now he'd hurt one of his own best friends to get to her. Duo must have sensed something wrong with her, because he started to put his arms around her.
"Get away from me, you Son of a Bitch!" she yelled, wrenching away from her grasp. Hallie had woken up by that time, and started to cry.
That dangerous glint had appeared in Duo's eyes again and he grabbed her wrist, the light catching the golden ring around her finger. Duo eyed it curiously.
"You kept it," he said, motioning to the wedding ring on her finger.
Hilde nodded. They had gotten married just two weeks before Hilde found out she was pregnant. She searched his hands, and saw his golden ring was nowhere to be seen. Duo gripped her wrist even harder, and Hilde almost cried out in pain.
"Hey! You!" a passing nurse said, entering the room. "I think she wants you to leave, sir."
Duo snapped his head back to the offending nurse, and let go of Hilde's wrist. He brushed roughly past the nurse, and stormed down the hallway. The nurse rushed to Hilde's beside as she tried to quiet Hallie.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Hilde looked up to the nurse, her eyes sparkling with tears, but she held them back. She looked down to Hallie, who had calmed down, and opened her mouth to speak.
"I want a divorce."
*End Prologue*
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Stop: Prologue
"Come ON Hilde, PUSH!"
The nurse's voice seemed so far away...the cloud of pain around her seemed to muffle all the sounds and shouts coming from the doctors around her. She could vaugely feel a damp sponge upon her forehead as another strong contraction hit.
Damn, those hurt.
Her breath was coming in short, ragged gasps as she pushed with all her might, trying to ignore the pain that was shooting throughout her body. The sweat was pouring down her face, as she gritted her teeth.
She was almost there...she could just feel it.
Finally, the baby slipped from Hilde's body. She craned her neck to see her newborn daughter, and saw that she was a sickly blue color, and she was not crying.
"Wh...Why isn't she crying...? What's wrong with her?" she asked, trying to sit up, but a nurse gently pushed her down against the sweat-soaked pillows again.
"The doctors are doing all they can to revive her. Until then, you must lay down and remain calm."
Hilde looked at the nurse as if she had just grown a second head. Her first child was lying there, dying, and she wasn't allowed to go see her?
The nurse must have sensed her, about to break into hysterics, and appeared by her bedside one more with a needle in her hand. Hilde simply stared at the nurse in disbelief as she slid the needle into her vein, and injected the liquid into her bloodstream. Tears poured down her face as sleep began to cloud her vision. She glanced one more time at the doctors, surrounding a small table, and talking frantically. Just before she slipped into a quiet sleep, the very faint sound of a baby's cry echoed in her head.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sunlight poured into the small hospital room and fell across Hilde's face. She opened her eyes slowly, and looked around the small, quiet room. Suddenly, she remembered her daughter and she sat up quickly.
A loud gurgle from her beside attracted her attention and she looked to the crib that was sitting beside her bed. Inside lay her daughter, already named Hallie, looking perfectly healthy and staring up at her with wide indigo eyes.
It was this simple shade of eye color that made Hilde frown at her daughter.
She was hoping Hallie wouldn't have any of his traits.
Hallie was a perfectly healthy sized baby, with the wide indigo eyes and dark midnight hair; like her mother's. Hilde smiled softly at her newborn daughter as she reached over and gently picked her up. Hallie gurgled as Hilde cradled her in her arms, showing her tooth-less gums.
A knock at the door told her the nurse was coming by to check on her, but she continued looking at Hallie.
"So that's her, huh?"
The voice was low, too low to belong to a nurse's.
Hilde looked up for a moment and gasped, clutching the baby closer to her. In the doorway, stood the very last man she ever wanted to have show up right at this moment. Duo looked different than the last time she saw him some nine months ago. He'd taken off during the night the same day he'd found out she was pregnant with his child. She'd had some time trying to support herself all alone; she'd even attempted suicide once.
His braid was longer, dangling almost halfway to his knees. He seemed a lot skinnier, like he hasn't been eating correctly. His dark indigo eyes had no shine in them, like they had before when he saw her.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped, eyeing him carefully.
"I came to see my daughter," he replied, stepping into the room.
"You didn't seem to care the night you left."
Hilde's eyes filled with unshed tears, but she refused to let them fall infront of him. She clutched the sleeping Hallie closer to her chest as Duo stepped ever closer to her bedside. She caught the malicious glint in his eye as he bent over the metal railing of the hospital bed to take a good look at his new daughter.
"She has my eyes," he said.
Hilde nodded, still watching him. Her hand, unseen by him, was inching ever closer to the buzzer to call the nurse lying beside her on the sheet. A cold hand wrapped itself around her wrist, just as she was about to grab the buzzer.
"Now why would you want to do that? I just want to talk to you," he said softly, letting go of her wrist.
Hilde nodded solemnly, still clutching Hallie. Duo smirked, still leaning over the bed's metal rail.
"How did you find me?" Hilde asked.
"I asked around. Quatre gave me some useful information..."
Hilde's eyes widened. Quatre had been coming to her house to see if she had been getting along fine. He was the one who stopped her from suicide just in time. She owed her life to him.
"What did you do to Quatre?!"
Duo simply smiled and leaned back, falling into one of the squashy armchairs by the bed. "Nothing serious."
Hilde positively shook with supressed rage. This madman had the nerve to leave her, when she needed him most, and now he'd hurt one of his own best friends to get to her. Duo must have sensed something wrong with her, because he started to put his arms around her.
"Get away from me, you Son of a Bitch!" she yelled, wrenching away from her grasp. Hallie had woken up by that time, and started to cry.
That dangerous glint had appeared in Duo's eyes again and he grabbed her wrist, the light catching the golden ring around her finger. Duo eyed it curiously.
"You kept it," he said, motioning to the wedding ring on her finger.
Hilde nodded. They had gotten married just two weeks before Hilde found out she was pregnant. She searched his hands, and saw his golden ring was nowhere to be seen. Duo gripped her wrist even harder, and Hilde almost cried out in pain.
"Hey! You!" a passing nurse said, entering the room. "I think she wants you to leave, sir."
Duo snapped his head back to the offending nurse, and let go of Hilde's wrist. He brushed roughly past the nurse, and stormed down the hallway. The nurse rushed to Hilde's beside as she tried to quiet Hallie.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Hilde looked up to the nurse, her eyes sparkling with tears, but she held them back. She looked down to Hallie, who had calmed down, and opened her mouth to speak.
"I want a divorce."
*End Prologue*
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