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Chandra woke up when she felt someone setting a cold cloth on her head and looked around the room; she was in the living room. None of the children were there, it was just the adults. She sat up quickly but Charlotte tried to keep her down "Where's Kiyatta?" she asked sounding a bit frantic.
Charlotte smiled "Well, the girls took the boys outside, Kiki's playing with them and Kayla climbed up into the tree house and hung up a 'No Boy's Allowed' sign."
"She's defiantly your daughter" Kei said to Charlotte.
"Up yours, Kei!" Charlotte snapped.
Chandra blinked and looked around, she wasn't dreaming, they were all here, which meant… "Oh crap." She mumbled and as if on cue, Sasame knelt by her. About the same time he did, a girl with dark hair started glaring at her. "What the hell are you looking at?!" she snapped and sat up again, this time it was Sasame who kept her down.
"So this is where you've been hiding." He said, she smiled a little and shrugged slightly. "Why did you leave?"
Hayate stood up. "Maybe we should leave."
Charlotte looked at them. "You can leave. This is my house."
"Half your house," Chandra scoffed. "This is half your house, this room is on my half, you and everyone else can go on your half."
Charlotte opened her mouth to speak but Sasame stopped her. "Could you two not argue now? I need to talk to Chandra…alone."
Charlotte and Chandra nodded, dropping the little argument and Charlotte invited everyone into the kitchen. "You too!" She said to Takako and led her away.
Once the living room was empty, Chandra and Sasame sat in an uncomfortable silence for a while before Sasame looked at her and asked if she wanted to tell him why she left.
"Because of Kiyatta…" Chandra answered.
Sasame thought for a second. "Your daughter? The one on the skates? What did she have to do with you leaving and not saying goodbye or even telling me it was over and…" Sasame stopped and thought for a second, Kiyatta, Chandra's daughter…with his eyes, his nose and a streak of silver hair, was it possible? "How old is she?"
Chandra couldn't look at him…she kept her eyes downcast and whispered "She's ten…my…our daughter is ten now…"
Sasame felt a whirlwind of emotions now, he felt shocked, happy, proud and angry at the same time. Shocked that he and Chandra had a child, Happy to be a father, Proud of the little girl that seemed so intelligent and angry with Chandra for never telling him, never giving him a chance to meet and get to know his own daughter.
"Why didn't you tell me?" It was the only thing he could say without blowing up at her.
"When I found out I was pregnant…I was going to tell you…"
"What stopped you?" He interrupted
Chandra finally looked at him; her eyes were red and teary. "You really don't remember?" she asked
"Remember what?!"
Flashback:
Chandra waited for Sasame by the lake where they went on their first date; she was nervous and excited at the same time. She had a nice picnic ready, she placed a hand on her stomach which showed no sign yet of the baby growing inside of her, she was so distracted with how she was going to tell him, she didn't notice him approach until his arms were around her.
"Sasame!" Chandra gasped and relaxed. "I was wondering when you'd be here."
"I wouldn't have missed this; we've been so busy lately…"
"I know." She said and smiled weakly.
Sasame studied her face, she looked so tired. "Did you sleep at all last night?"
Chandra shook her head, she didn't want to tell him that she was up all night wondering about her unborn child so she said that Kayla was up crying all night, her niece had recently started teething so sleepless nights weren't uncommon.
The picnic went as planned, everything was fine but Chandra was still on edge about something. "Chandra?" Sasame asked. "What's on your mind?"
"Nothing," she lied and leaned in, stealing a kiss, he smiled and pulled her closer. "I was just… you see… Sasame, how do you feel about us having a baby?"
Sasame looked shocked; he couldn't believe what she just said. She wanted a baby? Sure he'd thought about having children in the future with her, but she wanted one now? With everything that was going on? "Chandra…I love you but…a baby's out of the question, we can't have a baby now, it would be too much of a burden."
With those words, some of the light left Chandra's eyes, she looked defeated, beaten, like he had just killed a part of her spirit, and it killed him, but he had to say it, she wasn't being rational now.
"I see…" She whispered. She sounded the way she looked, there was no emotion in her voice, and it was like she was pushing away her emotions for some reason. "You won't have to worry about a baby." She leaned up and kissed him softly. "Goodbye Sasame…I love you."
She got up and ran, she didn't even put her shoes on, and she just ran as fast as she could, she wanted to get away from him now. After what he said there was no way she could tell him the truth or that this would be the last time he would ever see her.
She ran into her house and slammed the door, effectively waking Kayla who started screaming. Chandra screamed for her older sister, her own desperate screams drowning out her nieces.
Flashback Ends:
"I don't get why you're so upset." Chandra said with her arms crossed. "You're the one who said you didn't want a baby. You're the one who said a baby would be a burden. What did you expect me to do?"
"How was I supposed to know you were pregnant?!" he yelled.
"That wouldn't have changed crap!" Chandra screamed. "You still would have thought of a baby as a burden and wouldn't have wanted Kiyatta, so don't act like you want her now!"
There was a small splash and the sound of breaking glass by the entrance to the living room which shook Chandra and Sasame out of their argument, they looked and saw Kiyatta standing there, her hands still in front of her as if she never dropped the glass, broke it, and spilled juice all over the carpet.
Her eyes were wide and teary, her fingers and her lips were trembling. Standing beside her with their mouths open, in shock were Mannen and Kayla. "Kiyatta…" Chandra said softly. Kiyatta didn't respond. "I'm sorry…I…" Chandra said and tried to get closer to her.
Kiyatta stepped back and started screaming, stomping her feet and even began to hit Kayla who tried to calm her down. "Leave me alone!" she shrieked.
"I got her aunt Chandra." Kayla yelled over her little cousin and dragged her, kicking and screaming to her room.
"What just happened?" Charlotte asked, coming out of the kitchen in time to see Kayla dragging Kiki up the stairs to attempt to calm her down.
"Sasame?" Mannen asked just as Takako was coming out of the kitchen "Is that girl really your daughter?"
"What?!" Takako screamed.
"She is," Charlotte said and Sasame looked at her, wondering why neither she nor her sister told him about his own child. "I knew when I first saw her, but I also knew Chan had her own reason for not telling you, so I stayed out of it."
"She hates me." Chandra said quietly
"No," Charlotte said. "She's just mad and confused; she doesn't know what to think right now, so she had a fit."
"And made a mess." Mannen added.
"I'll get it up," Charlotte said and went back towards the kitchen. "Chan, you and Sasame might wanna talk about this…without all the yelling this time."
Charlotte was right; Chandra had to talk to Sasame calmly about a few things then get Kiyatta calm enough to explain the situation to her.
From the noise they were hearing upstairs, it seemed like that would take a while.
A/N: If that was me, throwing a fit, my mama would have beat my a**, lol…my mom's mean. R&R please.
