Sally sighed and rubbed her little baby bump. The baby was causing her much trouble; her symptoms only grew worse, and the ragdoll swore she could feel it moving sometimes. She had confronted the doctor one day, he said it was very unusual. That she should come twice a week; something could be wrong. Wrong? It made Sally shiver. What could be wrong with her little baby? Jack watched her everywhere she went, holding her hand and guiding her. He was so protective over her and the baby…Sally knew he would be a great and loving father. Thus, she didn't have the heart to tell him something was wrong with the baby. But only if necessary, and besides, it was only a theory…
Vladimir was the only one who knew, and he was quite overprotective, too. He would be the one always cooking her meals, drawing her baths, doing her laundry, ect. Though she begged him not to, that it was her house so she should complete the work, he insisted that it was just his way of saying thank you, for everything. They were letting him stay in the house, after all.
Sally was currently sitting on the living room couch, thinking over stuff. Work, (everybody wanted something new this year) the baby…Vladimir entered the scene, taking a place next to her.
"Do you feel like going to the town meeting today?" He asked, putting an arm around her. Jack had scheduled a town meeting, to inform everyone about the baby. Three weeks before the wedding, and Sally's dress was halfway done. Most of the wedding plans were final (Jack had taken days off to help, of course) and all that needed to be done was the invitations. Which, of course, Vladimir was helping Sally with yesterday.
The ragdoll nodded her head, leaning her head on his shoulder, she could smell that he just gotten out of shower…he smelled so nice. She continued to massage the little baby bump, closing her eyes.
"Is the baby at it again?" he chuckled, grabbing her hip and scooting her closer with his free hand. She exhaled, becoming more comfortable, and leaned her head more on his shoulder. She nodded once more.
"Would you like to go to bed? I can play with Zero for a little while." She shook her head, and finally spoke.
"Just hold me, will you?" She yawned and he smiled. He laid on the arm of couch, bringing the light ragdoll with him. Now she was still lying on his shoulder, practically on top of him because of the couch. But she just snuggled with him as if he was a ragdoll, but Vladimir just held her waist. He grabbed the blanket at the end, (much to Sally's dismay) and laid it over them. (they usually had a blanket out for Zero, in case he gets cold in the night) Over the last couple of months, Vladimir and Sally had grown extremely close to each other. Would Sally feel guilty if Jack were to walk in and see them like this? No, not really. She was in a lot of pain and she wanted somebody there. Actually, Jack would have preferred that. He only wanted the best for his ragdoll, after all. And that was another thing she loved about her skeleton man, they had so much trust with each other. Why wouldn't they?
Eventually the ragdoll fell asleep in the vampire's arms, still clutching her stomach. It was around afternoon time, Jack would be home for his little "lunch break" in about two hours. Vladimir looked at her. Even at her worse; she still looked beautiful. Her long, silky red hair, was pulled over one shoulder, which happened to be the shoulder she rested her arm on his chest. Therefore, her hair was like a curtain between the two. Though he didn't mind. Some of the color indeed had drained from her face, her eyes sunken in more so. Why? The skeleton did consider himself a demon, right? Maybe the baby was too much for her? The vampire worried…maybe she wasn't as strong as she thought she was.
Truth to be told, he was scared for the young ragdoll. The best he could do was to just be there, whatever she needed, whenever she needed it. He was there.

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"Listen, everyone!" Jack boomed out over the speakerphone, startling all the ghouls of almost every kind. Vladimir and Sally sat in the front row, for it was time for the meeting. Of course, Vladimir assisted Sally, still watching her every move. And like always, every time the vampire would be out, the witches made their way over to his side; their intentions not so innocent. This time wasn't any different. And because he had Sally right next to them, they had attempted to show her a little attention, too. But Vladimir, quickly had left them in mid-sentence, leaving them dumbfounded and what not; which of course, made them a little livid; the ragdoll was indeed thankful.
The master of fright smiled his famous skeleton grin and began to speak.
"As you all know, my Sally and I's wedding is just in a couple of weeks or so," everybody clapped and whistled, they were happy for their beloved king to finally have chosen a bride. Everybody loved Sally, even before they ever truly noticed her. She's sweet and innocent, with a very beautiful soul and an intelligent brain. Of course, who was hauntingly beautiful, at that.
He waved his hands, silencing the crowd.
"So not only will you be gaining a Pumpkin Queen," he paused, making his audience curious, "But also a little Pumpkin Prince or Princess, too!" Some awed, some clapped, and some froze and stared at Sally. Then not ten seconds later, thousands of questions were thrown at the Pumpkin King.

"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Congratulations!"
"I knew it!"
The skeleton had waved his hands once more, silencing the crowd.
"We don't know exactly everything, yet. But it is estimated the baby will be born around August." The crowd clapped and congratulated, while the king dismissed them. Loads of chatter, and Sally could feel the stares on her… The vampire and ragdoll made their way backstage, the two lovers hugged and greeted each other.
"It could have gone worse, the meeting…" Jack nodded, and so did Vladimir.
"So many ghouls were looking at me, it was quite uncomfortable, and not in the good way…"
He chuckled, and grabbed her waist, pulling her closer to him. And for some reason, Vladimir got defensive. Like a boy that was sharing his toys…But Sally had smiled back, wrapping her arms around him. The two shared a loving kiss, ignoring the vampire. Usually when they did this, he was roll his eyes and ignore them. But this time, he stared at them. He felt a pain in his chest that made him want to cry and break them apart, and have Sally to himself.
That's when it hit him.
He was in love with Sally.

A/N: I know, I usually post on Sundays, but I'm been extremely busy, moving and stuff. But we're almost settled down, but not quite. So apologies for later on for the future if any of my updates are late…Isn't the best chapter, and some of the sentence structure isn't all that good, well, maybe I'll go back and change some things, when I have time. Thanks to my friend who edited it, of course, always makes the chapter better;3

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