Finally a family:
Chapter 2:
Lisa's POV
The more she ran, the more exhausted she got. Her energy was about to run out. If she didn't arrive at The Black Order soon, she and her child would probably get killed.
The akuma came closer. It was laughing excitingly.
She shivered. If she hadn't worn this cloak, The Earl would probably, some way or another, figure out who she was. That would blow up their cover that they had been working as long as they had known each other.
And that meant trouble! The ones, who she held dear, would probably get killed and so would she.
Even if Cross warned her that an akuma might chase her… she still wasn't really prepared for it when it happened.
She was terrified. Not for her own life but for her child's. She had carried her baby for 6 months now and she was going to continue doing that!
She was irritated that she couldn't defend herself. But because of trauma, she couldn't protect herself while she was pregnant.
Soon she heard loud voices.
Hope! Hope was there!
She screamed as loud as she could "Help!"
Silence. As she came closer, she saw them. A girl, a lot of scientists' (well that was at least what it looked like) and a big ruined robot. The girl came running towards her. "Are you alright?" She smiled at this. The girl seemed confused but quickly yelled at the assembly to get inside. Two of the scientists' came running towards her, grabbed her hand and got her inside.
They had arrived... at last.
Normal POV
"What kind of request?" Lenalee asked curiously. Lisa Hope smiled once again and found a small bag and her hand dived down into it. After a while she found what she was looking for. It was a brown, crumpled envelope, with the letters From Cross on it. She handed it to Komui and he looked at it speechless.
Reever walked up to Komui, to see what he was so dumbfounded about. Reever was shocked.
"Do you know where he is now?" Reever asked Lisa Hope
"Well… not exactly… you do know that he goes where ever he feels like going, right?" She asked a bit insecure.
"Well yes." Komui said "We know that too well."
"But, excuse me if I am being rude Mrs. Hope?" Komui continued.
"Miss Hope" Lisa Hope corrected him. "Oh and please just call me Lisa."
"Okay then Miss Lisa, where do you know Cross from?"
"That is a long, long story" She said smiling.
For Lisa it was still far too soon, to tell them everything. It hurt so much talking about it. Cross also told her it would be best to keep it a secret for now. She knew she probably had to one day but now…
She didn't even know them and it was a very personal matter. It was a secret. She always thought about "him" her beloved.
"Well… Since I am a wanderer and don't have any money he sent me here. He became very worried since I am 6 months pregnant… ad he meant that it would be best if I had somewhere to stay".
She hesitated and looked at her hands. Shortly after she continued "The reason why Cross said I should come here is because…" She hesitated once again. Her eyes were watching the ground. You could not see her facial expression, because of her bangs completely covering her beautiful eyes. She fidget with her fingers and looked up at them. She was obviously blushing.
The crowd looked anxiously at her. They didn't like where this conversation was going. Not at all! Cross must had done something to her…
"Well… um… He is the father of my child" Lisa said smiling while placing her hand at her stomach.
Silence. Everybody was stunned. Lisa didn't seem to mind the fact that he was a womanizer and probably was drinking 90% of the time. All they could do was to stare at the smiling lady. She looked so innocent… almost like a child. She was the complete opposite of Cross. How did she even fall for him?
"And he sent me here… since he doesn't have time to take care of me himself!" she said peevishly.
"Oh…" Was all they managed to say. Cross is even leaving his unborn child and its mother! Can he sink even lower?
"Aren't you mad at him?" Cash Dop asked uneasily. Suddenly Lisa's mood turned 180 degrees.
"I am furious! He is probably using a lot of money on alcohol right now! And I would bet my life on, that he is drinking with a woman!" Lisa's character had completely changed. It seemed that when talking about Cross, she forgot all about being polite.
They all stared at her silently. Completely in shock over the sudden character change.
The Science division was building up murderous hate towards Cross. Not that they hadn't always been annoyed at him, but because of all the work they had to do because of him. Now all that hate had turned to an entire different level.
Lisa discovered the hate that was building up. She couldn't help but to smile and think that Cross really had done a great job on irritating his coworkers.
The girl who had rescued her smiled worriedly to her. She seemed concerned about her and the baby. Lisa smiled back with a reassuringly nod, to tell her that she was fine. She continued.
"Even though I am mad, I know that he did it for my sake… if I had stayed with him, our child and I would be in even more danger."
She continued "He has always been like that… he worries too much." A sad smiled appeared on Lisa's lips, however when she discovered everybody was staring worriedly at her, she quickly continued. "Although he doesn't really show it…"
"Just before he told me to go here, we were spotted by an akuma… so Cross warned me that I might, would get followed by one…" Lisa seemed tired, but she continued "I was hoping that I could stay here… for the baby's sake" She looked up at them, with hope plastered all over her face
Everybody looked over at Komui… Komui got scared by the scientists' and his sister, as they obviously were glaring at him. Everybody was touched by her story and she seemed nice. She was pregnant and probably endangered because of Cross.
"Well…" Komui started. "I will talk with the higher-ups about it but I definitely don't see any problem in you staying here." He said with a smile. "For now please rest, you seem tired. Lenalee will show you to a room."
Lisa breathed a sigh of relief. Now she could finally get some peace in her otherwise hectic life. The only thing she didn't like about it was that she couldn't search for him. But maybe it would be good for her to relax for some time while she was pregnant and get to think about everything.
She silently followed the smiling girl Lenalee.
Allen's POV:
Allen slowly opened his eyes. Where was he? His head throbbed with pain. He slowly sat up… he felt dizzy. Glancing around the room he figured he was in the infirmary. He sighed, once again Komui had gone mad, and Allen was caught in the middle of it. He groaned once again. What had he done to deserve this?
The infirmary was almost pitching black; it was hard to see anything. The only light there was, were two lamps beside the front door.
He heard a low sound, like a mumble or something. He looked down and to his big surprise; Lenalee was sleeping on a chair next to his bed. She had placed her arms and head at the bed.
Allen gulped. She was so close. Her breath was tickling his hand and it ran shivers down his spine. Not in a bad way of course, but in a good way… in a way to good manner! Allen really had to control himself not to touch her. But then again no one else was here… nobody would see… right?
Unable to control himself, he slowly reached out to her. His heart was beating fast. He almost touched her. But then Lenalee groaned. Allen almost threw himself of the bed, when he realized what he had almost done.
This was not him! He was a gentleman! He never knew he would ever try to do something like this. He was mentally hitting himself for trying to take advance of a sleeping girl. (Note from author: he was only going to touch her… not anything perverted… haha typical of Allen to freak out)
It was Lenalee for god's sake. How could he?
He tried to calm himself. He looked over at Lenalee again. She was still sleeping and it didn't seem like she had discovered anything. Argh! She really didn't know how cute she was. A small blush appeared at Allen's cheeks. How could he sleep now? He slowly lifted the blanket and silently stood up next to the bed. He took his blanket and placed it over Lenalee. She didn't wake up. He slowly tiptoed towards the entrance.
"Allen, are you going to leave me?" a voice whispered. It startled Allen. He turned to look at Lenalee. She still sat on the chair, but if he looked closely he could see that she was mad. Oh no… "No… I wasn't –"Allen was interrupted by an irritated Lenalee "Yes you were! You could have woken me! And why did you leave… I am sure it still hurts after what my Komurin did to you."
"Well… I didn't want to wake you" Allen stammered trying to calm Lenalee. Actually he would have woken her… but he was so ashamed of what he had tried to do, that he couldn't look her in the eyes.
"Allen!" Lenalee's voice was so firm that it surprised him. "Please don't leave me or the order… we are your family" Allen looked at her obviously upset. "Did you have that dream again?" Lenalee didn't look at him; she turned her head and looked at a random subject at a table. "…Lenalee?" Allen said once more.
This time Lenalee came running towards Allen sobbing. She embraced him and began to weep. It startled him, but he let her do it. Slowly his arms wrapped around her. He couldn't help to feel a bit uncomfortable, as his heartbeat raised because of the sudden contact with his fellow exorcist.
This had happened before. Last time his heartbeat also rose. This time however it was crazy.
"Lenalee I am never going to leave" he said with a reassuring voice "I like staying here and I really think of you guys as a family"
Lenalee muttered "I know… I just got so scared that…" "It's okay Lenalee" Allen reassured her.
"But as I told you before I am a man" Lenalee smiled at that remark.
"hehe yeah I know, sorry Allen, I know you have a lot to think about yourself and yet I still tell you these things"
"No… I am glad that you tell me these things Lenalee" Allen said "If you ever feel sad please come to me"
Lenalee smiled "I will" She reassured him "please come to me too. I want to comfort you if you feel sad".
Allen smiled "I understand… I will"
Lenalee let go of him and smiled. "You know what Allen? A woman called Lisa Hope came here, while you were sleeping" Allen chuckled "Well that is nice… but why did you suddenly bring that up?"
"Well…" Lenalee said nervously "She is pregnant… and she says that it is Cross's child"
Allen had turned into stone. "What? He made a woman pregnant?" Allen got mad. "He is the worst! How could he do that! Poor woman!"
"Calm down Allen" Lenalee tried "It seems that she loves him… and Cross sent her here since she is a wanderer and it would be bad for her and the baby, since she doesn't have any money." Allen seemed to have relaxed. Lenalee continued "An akuma was following her and I saved her… Lisa Hope said that she knows that Cross did it for her sake"
"You can probably see her tomorrow… I promised her to show her around since you easily can get lost." Lenalee said.
Allen sighed "Yeah, but now I would just like to sleep… I have a terrible headache and I am hungry"
"Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow… goodnight"
"Goodnight Lenalee… see you tomorrow" he said while yawning
And then they separated. Both, unbelievable tired of the ruckus that had happened that day.
Well guys! That was chapter 2
Sorry for first posting this now, but right now I have exams, so I haven't had got the time. I still have 3 exams left, but I just couldn't wait to write this ^^ (I should really study)
I hope you liked this chapter as well
There was a lot of Allen/Lenalee moments (shoots herself) I am feeling embarrassed .
Did it surprise you that Cross made a Woman pregnant? Haha
Please look forward to the next chapter . I will do my best to post it as soon as possible
