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Chapter 2

In the woods, a gothic girl was lying under the shade of a tree, deliberately avoiding the sunlight. She stroked the head of her pet snake, smiling darkly.

"He'll be mine, Spawn" she whispered. "He doesn't know it yet, but I will have him."

The snake hissed at her - to anyone else it would be a threat, but not to Tethys.

"He's under the spell of that girl. Drakkar Jett."

Tethys frowned as she said the name of the girl who currently had Axel's heart. She loved Axel, and Axel loved her.

Tethys was determined that, one way or another, she was going to put a stop to their relationship. Axel deserved so much better than Jett. He deserved a girl like Tethys.

At least, that was how the gothic girl saw it.

Meanwhile, in the Obelisk Blue dorm, Axel was looking with concern at his slightly younger girlfriend. She had been sitting on the bed quietly since they had come in half an hour ago. If he asked if she was okay, she replied that she was just thinking, and it wasn't like D.J. to be like that.

Axel sat down next to the white haired girl and looked into her red eyes. They were a strange colour but one of her most beautiful features.

"Is there some wrong, my fairy?" he asked.

The smile that spread across her face at the mention of his nickname for her was not lost on Axel.

D.J. managed to look up at him.

Go on and tell him, D.J. thought determinedly. Say it now.

"Axel …" she started.

"Yeah?" he asked, waiting for her to continue.

"There's something I need to tell you" the girl said. "And if you freak out over it I'm going to kill you. Or more likely, Twila will."

Axel rolled his eyes. He was aware that his love's best friend wasn't keen on him. Personally, Axel wasn't overly fond of Twila, either, but she was his girlfriend's friend, and it wasn't like he hated her.

"D.J. Nothing you could say to me would make me freak out" Axel said steadily.

"You say that now." The white haired girl took a deep breath.

Her heart was pounding in her chest, so hard she thought it might actually break free of her chest. She didn't want to have to tell him right now, and yet if she didn't, she might never pluck up the courage. If she was going to start showing soon, he had to be told, before her physical form betrayed her.

"Axel" she said, her voice slightly shaky. "I'm pregnant."

D.J. didn't have the emotional strength to hold her lover's gaze. Instead she turned her head away and focused her eyes on the floor. She bit her lip and waited for his response. She couldn't believe that he actually knew! It wasn't an easy thing to say, and yet the words came out so simply …

She had told him, and now it was all up to him to react.

Axel was sitting in stunned silence.

D.J. was pregnant!? She was going to have a baby? And she wouldn't be telling him about it like this unless it was his baby! Of course it was, she didn't sleep with anyone else, the girl was no whore. She slept with the man she loved, and him alone. The baby she was carrying could be only one man's child. His.

Axel reached forward and grasped the girl's chin gently with his fingers, and forced her to look up at him. Axel looked deep into the girl's eyes. He saw in them fear, love and paranoia. Fear of his reaction, love for him and the baby, paranoia over whether or not he would accept it.

"D.J." he said softly, and then he leaned forward so he could press his lips gently against hers.

D.J. was surprised at the action, but welcomed it all the same. When she felt his tongue run across her lips, she willingly parted her own lips, allowing them to slip into a familiar pattern.

After a short while, the dark skinned boy pulled away and took both her hands in his own. He looked down at her with serious eyes. Was it her imagination that she could still see love there? No, probably not.

"Do you want the baby?" Axel asked.

D.J. hesitated for a second and then nodded.

Axel smiled at her.

"How far along are you?"

"About two and a half months" she replied.

Axel's eyes seemed to soften. This was a side of him that she rarely saw, but he had reason to be acting differently now.

It wasn't every day that you learned you were going to be having your first child.

Axel smiled again, true emotional showing.

"We're having a baby" he said. "This is the best day of my life."

He leant forward to kiss her again.

D.J. didn't need to ask Axel if he wanted the baby. She already knew that he did.

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