Chapter 7

"Nana . . ." Gary whispered. "Please, no . . ."

"Whose baby is this?" Nana asked, walking over to look at him. Sue still had him close to her chest, no intention of showing her. Tears were rapidly running down her cheeks. "Show me." Nana demanded, forcefully but gently.

Sue hesitated, but nodded slowly. She lowered her arms, revealing the tiny baby in her arms. Liang looked up curiously at Nana, then whined loudly and grabbed his mothers gown tightly in his small hands.

"Sue Yi, whose baby is this?" Nana stood up and glared at her daughter.

"Um . . . Gary's?" Sue smiled sheepishly.

"Okay, now who's the mother?" Nana crossed her arms across her chest, glaring at her only daughter.

"Ember?"

"Nice try, she left to go to the bathroom or something." Nana glared at her.

"Da-"

"Don't even go there." the gothic girl lifted one hand, shaking her head slowly, her other hand in Sid's pocket. He was grinning wildly, a blush covering his face, obviously enjoying his girlfriends pervishness.

"Perverts . . ." Gary glared at them, his eyes glowing red from nervousness and fear.

"You're just realizing that now Wolf boy?" Sid grinned even wider than before.

"At least we didn't go baby-making!" Datenshi snapped, silencing Gary. The boy who would think of ten thousand insults in a heartbeat was now wordless.

"How could you do this Sue?" Nana yelled. "You're throwing your education out the window! How can you take care and raise a child when you're still one yourself? Can you? Answer me Sue!"

Sue was speechless, clutching her baby tightly to her chest. Liang started crying and reached for his mother. Gary went by Sue's side, and they both desperately tried to calm him.

"Hey, calm down will ya?" a hand was placed on Nana's shoulder. Nana looked behind her and saw the red dragon looking at her. "It was only an accident. Sue and Gary are too innocent!"

"You haven't known my sister long enough!"

"Not helping the cause Yi, not helping the cause . . ." Firewings sighed, shaking her head for emphases. She looked at Nana again.

"I don't know Fire . . ." Nana whispered, looking back at the new parents. She saw Sue and Gary desperately trying to calm down their baby boy. Sue finally started to sing a soft tune, which lulled the baby to sleep. Gary sighed with a feeling of triumph, and Nana couldn't help but smile.

"Give them a chance. Who knows, maybe they can raise a child and still keep their grades up." Firewings smiled nervously, wondering what Nana would do.

Nana sighed and looked back at them. "I'll give them a week. Lets see if they can take care of a baby in a week."

~F*I*R*E*W*I*N*G*S~

A sound of crying filled the house at 3:30 a.m. The fifth cry that night, and it always came from the same room of the house. Sue's room, and the old crib that used to belong to Nana, but is letting her use it for the time being with Liang.

Sue groaned and slowly got up out of her comfortable bed. Gary was curled up on the floor next to her bed, now in her room to help with the baby. She looked into the crib to see her newborn baby son, crying loudly. Sighing, she bent down and gently cradled her son in her arms, rocking slightly, desperate to calm him down.

"Shh . . . It's okay . . . Calm down little one . . ." Sue gently cooed, her eye lids drooping from exhaustion. Liang stopped crying, and looked up at his mother. He giggled happily and clapped his small hands. Even though she was fatigued from constantly getting up during the night, she couldn't help but smile at her son.

"Now go to sleep little one." Sue said softly. "Mommy and Daddy have to sleep too, and we don't want to wake everyone else up."

Liang whined slightly, and held on tight to the fabric of Sue's pajamas. He whimpered when Sue leaned over the crib, intending to put him back to bed. Holding onto tighter, he started crying, not wanting his mother to leave him. Sue lifted him up and held him, starting to rock again, not wanting him to wake up anyone.

"Shut that baby up!" a booming voice snapped. Sue jumped slightly and instinctively held her son close to her chest, intending to protect him. She looked up to see a very angry Mr. Wu standing in the doorway.

"Don't you think I'm trying?" Sue growled, rocking Liang gently.

"You shouldn't have even had him in the first place! He's just going to be a nuisance!"

"Cool it Mr. Wu." Datenshi slowly woke up and stepped over Gary. She stood beside Sue, and looked at the baby in her arms. "She can't help it, he's barely a week old. He needs so much, give her a chance."

Mr. Wu shot an icy glare at her, then looked back at Sue. "I will take that baby to the orphanage, whether you like it or not." he growled, and with the message delivered, he stormed out of her room. At the word orphanage, Sue whimpered loudly and held Liang tightly to her chest. He had fallen back to sleep, holding her shirt tightly in his small hands.

Datenshi felt for her, and gave her a hug. "It's okay, he wouldn't dare take a child without his mother's consent."

"I still will protect him with my life." Sue said, sighing slowly, then gently placed her baby inside his crib. She looked at Datenshi and smiled warmly. "Thank you for sticking up for Liang and I. We really needed it, and that lug isn't going to help us!" she growled, pointing at Gary, still sleeping through it all. Datenshi laughed.

"He's just as tired as you, he'll be bouncing with energy by the morning." Datenshi told her friend, pushing the sleeping bag with her foot. Gary groaned, and held the bag tighter. She sighed, then jumped into her bed and curled under the covers. "Goodnight Sue."

"Goodnight Datenshi." Sue sighed, then slowly went back to bed.

~*F*I*R*E*W*I*N*G*S*~

The window to the boys room opened, and a shape slipped in. it looked around the room, then focused it's gaze on the top bunk of the bunk bed. Tobey was sound asleep, vulnerable. The shape smirked, then jumped on the bed and curled up under the blanket with Tobey. He jumped slightly, then opened his eyes a crack and saw his dragon girlfriend.

"Hi honey." he smiled sleepily, petting her head. She gave her trademark toothy grin, and licked his cheek. He squealed, then hugged her warm body. The dragon purred a low growl, and wrapped her tail around his body, and she squeezed slightly.

"Man you're such a shrimp!" she commented, tickling his ribs, causing him to erupt in giggles. "I need to fatten you up!"

"I wouldn't mind that." he grinned. "I can eat a lot . . ."

"It looks like you don't eat anything!" she laughed, careful not to wake Sid up. Tobey laughed with her, then yawned. "Tired?"

"Yeah . . ."

"Sleep boy."

Tobey nodded slowly, then just as he shut his eyes, there was a loud scream and crying. Firewings shot up, then hopped off the bed and sprinted to the girls room, where the scream came from.

Gary was now wide awake, and was looking into Liang's crib, a look of fear and shock present in his eyes. Sue was frantic, looking around and behind everything. Datenshi didn't know what to do, and she ran over to Firewings.

"Firewings! Liang is gone!" she cried.

"What?" Firewings gasped.

"Mr. Wu threatened to take him away, and he did when we were all sleeping! He's gone!"

To Be Continued . . .