Decision of the Hearts

SET DURING/ SLIGHTLY AFTER SEEING REDD. Alyss Heart has been feeling tired and heavy lately, and she's had strange cravings for certain kinds of tarty tarts. Dodge Anders has been avoiding her while acting more and more formal, refusing to acknowledge their recently revived love. What is going on? Will Alyss figure it out in time to save the Queendom?

I TRIED SO HARD! I REALLY DID!!- I wanted it so bad… but I couldn't do it…I still don't own The Looking Glass Wars

'Person speaking' (their POV)

"Person speaking" (for the 'special' people out there, this is for the people whose POV it isn't.)

Thoughts

Narrator

Much thanx to Collier World, JaneVolturi96, and Darkjestyr for reviewing!!!

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ACK!!! Please don't kill me… *backs away from the angry mob* I didn't mean to go so long without updating. *raises hands above head* I'm reeeeaaaaly sorry, I wont happen again… well… it might but still- if you kill me no one will write the next chapter.

On that note… On with the story!

ALYSS POV

"Baby?"

"What baby?"

Numerous wonderlandian curses ran through my head as I futilely attempted to steer the conversation back to safer ground.

'So how did you find me yesterday?'

"Oh no Alyss, none of that, answer the question- did you say baby?"

'Well you see…' I was stuttering, Dodge cocked his head at me as if trying to decide the reason for my raspberry colored face. I decided to just keep quiet and see if realization dawned on him.

It did.

It was as if someone had sped up the day and put it on his face. It went from dark to light and right back to dark again.

DODGE POV

I peered at Alyss trying to find the reason for her stuttering. Then it hit me, baby, her baby. I grabbed her shoulders it a fit of temporary brain loss.

'Who's the father?' I was practically yelling and she flinched.

"You"

I never thought one person could become as happy in one moment as I did right then. I grabbed Alyss around the waist and threw her in the air like we used to do. I caught her bridal style before she hit the ground and swung her around in a circle shouting.

'WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY!!!!!!' I'M GOING TO BE A FATHER!'

As quickly as my moment of happiness had come it went away twice as fast. Setting Alyss on her feet I looked at her sideways

'Do you want the baby?'

"Do I have a choice?"

There they were, the words I knew were coming. Those hateful words uttered by monarchs through the centuries.

'That's not what I asked'

"I don't know Dodge, half of me is ecstatic and the other half says it's not right to bring a child into this world in the middle of a war. Under other circumstances the answer would be yes, but now…"

She trailed off. Wrapping my arm around her shoulders I guided her to a bench beside her parent's grave. With a final kiss and a promise of return, I left to go find the surgeon.

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A/N: For anyone who doesn't realize it- surgeon=doctor