Hello! I can't decide on boy or girl! Ughhhhh. Well. Here's month five. Enjoy & With love.
(JULIETTE'S POV)
Warner and I decided not to take a honeymoon. We just don't have the resources for it. I just woke up from a nightmare.
I was getting tossed into the asylum again.
I woke up out of breath, but I wasn't crying this time. I walk into the bathroom and turn on the light. I sit on the floor for a while.
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"Juliette?" Warner asks. I fell asleep siting on the floor. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm good," I say. He stretches out his left hand to help me up. His ring shines in the light and I smile.
"What is it?" He says, noticing my smile.
"I just… nothing really. I just saw your ring…" I say, blushing. He holds me into him.
"Do you want to talk about that nightmare?"
I flinch, but I'm in his chest, so I don't think he noticed it. "I don't know."
"It's okay," He reassures me.
I hiccup, "I was being transported into the asylum again, I hurt so many more people…"
"I know, it's okay." He says, "You're okay now."
"Aaron… what if this baby has our powers?"
"Then we'll help her or him. We'll be good parents."
I ask, "How do you even know?"
"I just know, okay?" He whispers quietly to me.
"Okay," I smile back. He kisses the top of my head and we head down for breakfast.
When we get to the café, Sonya stops me. "I can see what your baby is."
"Excuse me?" I ask. Warner is already in line.
"Your baby. I know the gender."
"What is it?"
"She's a girl."
I smile. "Thank you for telling me."
I sit at the table and Warner's already there. "What did Sonya want?"
"She told me the gender," I say.
Warner beams, "And?"
"Girl," I say. He kisses me in front of everybody. It's not too intense, but Warner can get like that sometimes. Kenji sits by me, interrupting the kiss.
"So, what's got you guys so happy? Can I inform you about the PDA rule, by the way?"
"That's the stupidest rule I've ever made," Warner sighs to me.
Heat rises to my cheeks. "The baby is a girl," I say.
"Congrats Princess. Oh, wait, I've got it, Princess Jr. That'll be her nickname."
"She's not even out into the world yet and you have a nickname for her?"
"Of course," Kenji says, mildly shocked and surprised.
I laugh at him and roll my eyes.
(WARNER'S POV)
We're in the middle of a meeting, but Juliette's eyes are distracting me. I don't think she realizes that she's holding her stomach protectively as she's watching the council members argue. One of the council members is saying things I don't like. I argue back.
He says, "What does it matter to you, Warner? You're head hasn't been in this for a while now."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, "Huh?"
I stand up and he says, "you've been a bit preoccupied lately, am I mistaken?"
I freeze. If I say no, Juliette will be mad. If I say yes, he'll be mad. "Just remember who runs this place," I threaten.
He just rolls his eyes. I move over to him quickly. Juliette knows me to well. She stops me with her left hand, her ring shining. I know she used that hand on purpose. "Please, just sit down, we'll figure this out."
"I don't know how you even marriedhim," he says.
"Do you ever shut your mouth?" Juliette says. "You may not need to sleep tonight, but I do. Some of us are making a new person. Quite frankly, I'm not in the mood for you. Lay off my husband, and let's finish this. I don't think you want a cranky pregnant lady in your office."
"Fine," he mumbles.
I can't believe she just did that… for me. Oh God, it's times like this when I realize how much I'm in love with her.
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She changes from her day clothes into PJ's. You can tell she's pregnant now. It was a little evident before, but it's clear now. She curls next to me in bed and before I can say anything, she's out. I know she's not saying she's tired for my sake, but I can feel it on her.
It's like waking up is a hassle, moving is a pain and talking is not worth it. I wrap my arms around her and my kisses trail down her body. I do this every night until I can fall asleep. I promised her I would and I don't break a promise.
There's a knock at the door and I move quietly to open it. It's Kenji. "We have a problem," he says.
He hands me a tablet, "what am I looking at?" I ask.
"Her parents found out about the pregnancy and you guys eloping."
"We didn't elope."
"Yeah, but you didn't invite them to the wedding. Anyways, they're here right now and they're demanding to speak with you or her." Kenji says, "I know where Princess gets her spark from, her parents are insane."
I walk downstairs and I see them. I see Juliette's hair on her mom's body and her nose on her dad's body. It's kind of creepy to look at actually. "How can I help you?" I ask.
I just want to be in bed next to Juliette. I don't want to deal with her parents… my in-laws. Wow, that's a weird thing to think about. Her mom lets out an angry breath, (I see where Juliette gets it from) "You took our daughter and got her pregnant before she was married! Then you married her without our consent!"
"You blew up my face, threw her in an asylum and you expected what? An invitation back into her life? A sorry… from her? She did nothing wrong. What are you doing here anyways, huh? We have provided for you when we had no reason to. You better have a really good reason for being here or so help me…"
"We wanted to thank you for your hospitality," her dad says.
"And?" I say.
"The rest is for Juliette to hear only," her mom says.
"I'm her husband. I can hear whatever it is."
"It's a family issue."
"I'm her only family right now," I say.
The ceiling above us starts to shake.
Juliette.
She walks to me. She's sleepwalking. She holds me. The building is still shaking, but slower now. "Juliette, wake up, please."
She shutters and blinks her eyes open. "What am I doing-" Her breathing jumps, I can feel how scared she is.
A piece of ceiling hits her head and she falls into me. She's knocked out. "Juliette!" I yell. Her parents cower away from her, they're still scared, even though she can (kind of/mostly) control her powers.
I rush her into the hospital area. Her parents follow behind me, but keep a safe distance. "Baby's steady!" Sonya yells to her twin.
Her twin yells back, "concussion."
"Affirmative," Sonya confirms.
I hold her hand, but I'm quickly bumped out of the way by one of the twins. I walk out to her parents. "What are you here for?"
"Is she okay?" Her dad asks.
"She'll be okay, we have the best healers on the planet." I say, "now answer my question, I won't ask again. Answer me."
"Juliette's not allowed to have children," her mother says carefully.
"What are you talking about?" I ask.
"The moment that baby comes, she will die."
My breathing stops. Her dad continues, "you have to kill the child now. This only going to get worse."
"Why would she die?" I ask.
"We had a surgery performed on her. We didn't want more people like her in the world," her mom says.
"Why would you do that? Why wouldn't you tell her?"
"We never thought she'd be able to control it. I'm sorry," Her dad says, but I can tell he's not sorry. I dismiss them and I talk to Sonya about what's going on.
"I thought I sensed something. Oh my God," she mutters.
"What do we do?" I ask.
"I'll have to run more tests. I don't know yet. I'll get back to you."
Okay guys, I'm just going to say sorry for not updating this sooner, but um, I got the next chapter that doesn't end on a major cliffhanger coming up in like five minutes, so…
I could list my excuses for not writing, but… nobody wants to listen to that. So, here I guess… until next time.
