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Chapter 1

Just Great

Jesse soon climbed back into the car, shrugging off his raincoat so that he wasn't dripping water everywhere and throwing it onto the floor. The bluenette flicked the light on the car's ceiling so that it illuminated the front part of the vehicle, enabling him to see the brunette clearly.

"We're in trouble" he muttered, half amused and half angry. "We hit something. A sharp something. The back two tyres are stuck in the mud and I don't know if they're slashed or not. And something's gone in the back. We're stuck here until the morning."

"Jesse, can't you phone someone?" Jaden hissed.

He really didn't want to tell Jesse that he just wasn't going to be able to wait until morning.

"No signal. Your phone?"

"No signal" Jaden hissed, putting one hand on his stomach.

Oh God … not now, he thought.

The two sat in silence for a further few minutes, Jesse tapping his fingers in irritation on the steering wheel. Jaden was biting his lip, knowing that he'd soon be hit by another pain.

Sure enough, it wasn't long until a wave of pain hit him head on and he involuntarily let out a gasp.

Jesse glanced over a his lover in confusion.

"You okay, Jaden?" he asked.

"Not really" the brunette growled, grabbing the chair again as he waited for the pain to pass. Eventually it did, and he looked with worry at his lover. "It's time" he whispered.

Jesse was frozen in place for a few moments.

"It's coming now?" he hissed eventually.

"I can feel it" the brunette nodded.

"Shit" Jesse whispered.

Jesse moved so that he could wrap his arms around the brunette and hold him protectively in his arms. Usually Jaden would argue that he didn't need to be protected but now he was so anxious that he let the bluenette hold him so tightly.

Somewhere in the back of his mind Yubel was calling to him but he didn't pay any attention to her. First he had to figure out what the hell they were going to do.

Jaden didn't want to give birth in the car in the middle of nowhere. What if something went wrong and he needed medical attention? Yubel had told him that he should have a doctor there when he delivered the baby, just to be safe, and that she would fix it later to make it seem to the doctor that Jaden had been a girl. She had promised that she would 'convince' the doctor that he hadn't been in his right mind when he'd seen it all happen, from alcohol or sheer tiredness. She had her ways, Yubel. That way there would be no publicity about a male having a baby.

Now, all of those plans were out of the window.

There wasn't any civilisation within twenty miles. There probably wasn't a hospital for forty. Their phones wouldn't work so they couldn't call for help.

Jesse vaguely contemplated the idea of sending a spirit for help, but he had no idea if anyone would be able to see them, and besides, what if something happened to the spirit? There would be nothing he could do.

Another pain wracked the brunette, and he gasped and clutched Jesse's hand tightly. He just needed something to hold onto.

Eventually, Jesse decided that he had to make things slightly more comfortable for his lover, and crawled through to the back of the car.

"What are you doing?" Jaden asked.

"Putting the backseat down" the bluenette told him, accomplishing the task. "Come on, Jay."

Jaden crawled into the backseat, which was now lowered and reasonably spacious, giving him room to lie down, leaning against the front seat, which Jesse put forward to provide more comfort for the brunette.

Back here, Jaden was a bit more confident. At least now he could relax properly and wait for the next pain to hit.

The next one came not long after he lay down, but it wasn't as bad as the last few had been, and he managed to grit his teeth and get through it without making a sound.

"You sure got timing, Jay" the bluenette teased half-heartedly.

"Sorry" the brunette muttered.

"It's okay, Jaden" Jesse whispered and he lay down close to the brunette. "This isn't a good place to have a baby."

"I hope this goes okay" the brunette murmured, placing a hand on his swollen stomach in concern. "We don't have anything in here for taking care of the baby."

"We've got a first aid kit. Bandages and scissors and all that. At least we can cut the cord" Jesse informed him. "I'll wrap the baby in my jacket."

"Jess … this is my fault. I knew we shouldn't have come but I gave in" the brunette whispered.

"Jaden, don't do this, not now" the other said firmly, sitting up and sliding one arm around the slightly smaller boy. "Just accept that some things happen and they aren't your fault. Just concentrate on having the baby now, okay?"

"Right."

Jaden was slightly afraid, not that he'd admit it.

He had every right to be scared, though. He had never done this before, and it hurt like hell. The baby was twisting his insides even now and was fighting to get out of him.

Jaden had never had a baby before, and he was a bit frightened of the whole idea of childbirth. He had seen one woman have a baby once before, as a young child when he'd wandered off into the maternity ward in a hospital when his family had been visiting his hospitalised cousin. His child's curiosity had caused him to peek through the forgetfully opened door of her room. He remembered that she hadn't handled the pain well. She had screamed and moaned with the pain.

Jaden wasn't at all sure that he wasn't going to do the same.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down. He could do this. If he could fuse with a duel monster and be with his lover and keep them from tearing each other apart during their first year together, then he could do this.

As another pain hit him, though, he realised that it wasn't going to be easy, and that he might as well tell Jesse that the brave façade he was putting on really was all an act.

As he looked at Jesse his brown eyes were filled with worry.

"I'm scared, Jess" he whispered.

Immediately he regretted it. He had never said that to his lover. Never. He just didn't tell people things like that.

Jesse's heart constricted when he heard his lover say that. At last, after three years, Jaden was finally telling Jesse the things he already knew. It was a sign of trust and love, and Jesse wrapped his arms around the brunette.

"You're gonna be okay" he said softly. "You're strong enough to get through anything and everything."

Jaden just nodded against his lover's chest, patiently waiting for the next pain to come, knowing that it was going to get worse as time went on.

He glanced at the clock. Time had already passed, and it was ten o' clock. It was dark and raining still.

Both the boys occupied themselves with talking, neither of them saying what they were both thinking: that this time the next day, they'd be parents.


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