Alice

Not taking my medicine, was the biggest mistake I had ever made. I was trapped in the bathroom, and Shun was leaning against the sink next to me. I tied my hair to the side and glared up at him. "You know this is your fault. Right?" He shrugged and said, "Eh. True."

I glared harder at him and he put his hands up like I had just pulled a gun. "Sorry. You know I can't help but be a smartass at times. If it makes any difference, I'm not having much fun standing here watching." I grabbed the cup of water Shun had brought me a while ago, and rinsed my mouth out.

"At least you're not the one down here trying to throw your stomach up." He slid down the cabinets of the sink and sat next to me. "Well, that's your problem for not taking the meds." I wanted to throw the empty rinse cup at him, but knew he was right. I thought I was past the morning sickness, but I guessed wrong. I felt as though I was about to have another onset, but it was a false alarm.

Shun rubbed my back and refilled the cup in the sink. I knew he really didn't want to be in here, I couldn't blame him, but he was toughing it out and that meant a lot to me. I felt my stomach calming down, and decided it was safe enough to take the medicine without it coming back up. Shun reached into the cabinet next to the sink and handed me the bottle. I took the two pills like it said, and Shun helped me to my feet.

Sarcastically, he asked me, "You hungry?" I glared at him, and hit him in his chest with my fist. He bent over when I knocked the air out of him, and he forced out his words. "I'll take that as a no." I left him in the bathroom and sat on the bed, and noticed an almost unnoticeable bump under my shirt.

I knew it wasn't anything I ate, since I basically just emptied my stomach, so it could only mean one other thing. Most other people wouldn't of noticed unless they focused immensely hard, but it was easy for me. Shun walked out of the bathroom, rubbing the spot where I just hit him at. "You know, you're very abusive." I smiled and retorted back, "And you really deserve more abuse than I give you."

He stared at me and took a step back. I laughed and told him I was joking around, but I don't think he bought it. He slowly walked over and sat on the bed, and was looking around the room, probably for something to protect himself if I tried to hit him again. I rolled my eyes and told him to quit being so paranoid. His body loosened up and wasn't as tense now.

My phone then began ringing, and I got up and walked over to the dresser where mine, and Shun's, cell phones were laying connected to there chargers. I saw it was Murucho's number, and I flipped the phone open and accepted his call. "Hey Murucho…Really…That'd be great…Yeah, we really miss you guys…Ok, see you in three days…" Shun tilted his head to the side in confusion, and I told him, "Dan, Runo, Julie, and Murucho are going to spend a month in their cabin in Khimiki. Apparently Murucho has some family near there and they're visiting them, and they're also going to drop by and visit us."

Shun didn't look too thrilled about this. "What's wrong?" He looked at me and we both said at the same time, "Dan." Even though I hadn't told any of the others about my pregnancy, it wouldn't be easy to hide it after another month or so. I could always say I was just putting on some weight, but they aren't that slow…..Well, Dan might buy it. I knew Runo, Julie, and Murucho would handle it fairly maturely if they found out, but Dan was another story, and Shun knew that most of all.

Shun

The whole issue with Dan coming over here, would possibly result in his death. In another month or so, Alice would be showing just a little, but enough to be noticed. And I knew if Dan found out she was pregnant, I would never hear the end of it. Just like when we were in 6th grade and he caught me kissing an old girlfriend. He did the whole spastic thing and it resulted in him getting a knot on his head, courtesy of me.

I didn't care if the others came over or not, I knew if Alice hadn't told any of them, they would still handle it better than my idiot friend if any of them found out. Maybe they'll only visit once….Oh who am I kidding? They'll be here every other day. I flopped back on the bed, and startled Alice when I did. I knew she was staring at me when she said, "What are you doing?" My head was hanging off the side of the bed, and I felt the blood rushing slowly to it.

"I'm trying to make my head explode so I don't have to deal with Dan." She walked over next to me and looked down at me, and was shaking her head. "I don't think it works like that, Shun." I looked up at her, still laying on the bed in the same position, and said, "Well, if I stay like this for three days it might." Alice rolled her eyes and picked up a pillow, then dropped it on my face. I closed my eyes as it hit me, then opened them back up when it fell to the floor.

She was walking out of the room, and I quickly sat up and chased after her. "Hey, wait up!" I stopped and wobbled back and forth, leaning on the wall for support. She turned around and told me, "That's what you get for trying to make your head explode." I stayed there against the wall until all the blood returned where it needed to be, then followed her into the kitchen. She was opening the curtains to the window that was next to the kitchen table, and I saw a lite rain falling from the sky.

What do ya know. The weatherman was right for once. Alice then cracked the window slightly, and clean, fresh air quickly filled the room. "I thought it'd be nice to let the house air out some. So could you please open the windows in the upstairs rooms?" I sighed and walked up the stairs. First, I went into Alice's old room, and opened the windows. Then it was mine. I thought back to all our little moments we spent in here, both happy, and bad. I walked over next to my old bed and forced the window open.

Lastly, was Dr. Michaels' old room. I will admit, the room needed some airing out. The smell of old, abandoned room was pouring into the hallway. His windows were the only ones with locks on them, and of course, they were rusted shut. My teeth clenched as I tried to pry the lock loose, and when it finally gave way, it swung to the unlocked position, and I nearly lost my balance because of that. I looked around, expecting somebody to of seen my fail, and opened the window.

I then left the room and went back down the stairs, and saw Alice had gotten the rest of the windows opened. She was back in the kitchen, but was holding herself up on the counter. "Alice, what's wrong?" She was taking slow breathes and told me, "I feel like I'm gunna be sick again."

I quickly reached for the nearest trashcan and placed it next to her. We both knew the meds didn't stop the vomiting completely, but it did help a lot. She sat next to the trashcan and held her stomach. "You want me to bring you some water?" She nodded her head and I walked over to the sink and filled another cup up with water.

Once I handed it to her, she slowly sipped on the water and was beginning to look better. "How ya feeling now?" She handed back the empty cup to me and said, "Better. I think I'm gunna lay down on the couch though." I helped her into the living room, and placed a small wastebasket next to her in case she did get sick again. It's going to be a long nine months. Isn't it?

i went through several plot ideas for this chapter before settling on this one. -.- so far i think the first chapter was a pretty good success so far. lots of positive reviews for it. X3 so, thanks to all have reviewed and read so far. a lot of people who wanted to read this story, went and read Broken Bones first, so that increased the story stats for it. again, thanks. XP so, now you know the drill. read, review, and other wonderful things. ~Copperpelt~