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"It seems like a storms coming."
Alice looks up from her book and looks down at Seamus. They were outside sitting on the porch with Alice sitting on the swing seat and Seamus sitting on the steps.
"Excuse me?" Alice asks.
Seamus looks at her and nods. "Yea'. Its almost close." He says looking a head. Alice nods a little. Seamus has always been able to read when a rainstorm or any sort of storm was coming. Alice wasn't sure how he does it but whenever Seamus predicts what the weather was and how bad a storm was, he was always correct.
No one knew how but it always came in handy for any disasters may come.
"How big do you think it is?" Alice asks looking back to her book.
"Mmmm...by the wind increasing and those clouds coming, the rainstorm will be quite big. It'll probably last till next morning." Seamus informs her.
Alice looks at Seamus. "Should we warn mum?"
"That would be wise yea'." Seamus agrees with her. Seamus stands up and walks to Alice. "Need help getting up?" He asks her.
Alice smirks at Seamus. "When did you start becoming a gentlemen?"
"Since now. Now shut up and grab my help." Alice laughs and grabs Seamus hand. Seamus pulls her up slowly and when she was standing on her feet, they walk inside.
Not very far from where they were, Francis was sitting down on the grass, relaxing after he helped Mrs. Kirkland washing the dishes from this mornings breakfast.
He was just sitting there in the grass, looking at the beauty of the countryside when he notices Allistor had arrived.
Allistor had just left the forest after he tried to capture a deer for tonight's dinner. Noticing he was empty handed, Allistor didn't have luck getting one.
"Tough hunting?" Francis asks him.
Allistor stops walking and looks at him. "In weather is proberly scaring them off." Allistor says. "What's to you?"
Francis shrugs. "Nothing. Just striking up a conversation since you've been avoiding me lately." Allistor rolls his eyes and looks away from Francis with a ticked off look.
Francis stands up and walks over to him. When he was at a comfortable distance between him and Allistor, Francis asks him, "Mind telling me what is wrong?"
Allistor looks at him. "You know damn well what's going on."
"No, I do not."
"Oh come on Francis. I know yer dumb but you ain't this dumb!" Allistor shouts at him.
"Allistor, I don't know what your-"
"It's about yer kid Francis. The baby ma sister is carrying. You never told her about what your little secret have you?"
In an instant, Francis shushes Allistor. He looks around in case anyone was around. When he was confident that no one was around, Francis says in a low tone, "I told you to be quiet about that."
"How the hell am I supposed to stay quiet about this Francis? This is yer kid we're talking about. If Alice doesn't know right now she is going to have your head when she finds out you never told her."
"I am going to tell her. I'm just trying to find out how to exactly tell her." Francis tells him.
"Tell her when? When she finds out that five years ago you had a child with another women?"
Francis shushes him by putting his hand over Allistors mouth. "Be quiet Allistor. Please, if Alice hears you she will be furious." Francis whispers to him.
Allistor removes his hand off his mouth and steps back. "Of course she would. She'll kill you for not telling her."
"Allistor how am I going to tell her about Mathieu? I am not even allowed to see him again." Francis reminded him. "Do you have any idea how hard it is keeping this from her?"
"What else am I supposed to say Francis? You've kept this in the dark for to long and now its time that you tell her." Allistor says.
Francis looks down at the ground. "I don't know how. I've meaning to tell her but I can never find the right time to tell her." He sighs. "Believe me Allistor, I want to tell her, I really do but...I'm afraid that if I do, I'll lose her."
Allistor hums. "You love her don't you." It was more of a statement then a question. Francis nods, liking up at Allistor. "More then you can imagine." He says with a smile.
Allistor nods. "Well, I really don't know what else to say but tell her. Yea' she'll be mad but Alice is a smart gal. Alice will understand why you couldn't tell her. Properly."
Francis nods a little. "Is this why you have been sending me dirty looks?" He asks.
Allistor shrugs. "Why else? I may not show it much but I do care about ma sister. I may have not done a good job but I do care. Besides, haven't you noticed how much she changed since she got pregnant?"
Francis smiles fondly knowing full well what he meant. While Alice has acted the way she's always been, she was smiling a little more, she didn't look grumpy, she even made sure not to feed herself her cooking, she hasn't even tried to pick a fight with Francis or her siblings.
The Alice now has changed but, Francis will always love Alice as she was before.
Now all he had to do was make sure she doesn't kill him.
Later that day when it was close to dinner, the rainstorm that Seamus predicted was proven true when the wind began to increase and thunder started to boom in the sky.
The family stayed cooped in their home waiting for the time when they will eat dinner and head to bed. While dinner was being made, Alice was sitting in the living room watching TV. Francis decided to take a quick break from helping Mrs. Kirkland and decided to check on Alice.
He stood by the doorway that connected the living room to the kitchen. Francis leaned his shoulder on the doorway and looks at Alice.
The talk he had with Allistor was still fresh in Francis head and he was trying to come up with a way to tell Alice about what he and Allistor talked about.
It wasn't everyday that you have the father of your child tell you that he has a child with another women. Francis wasn't sure how to tell her. He was afraid of what will happen after he tells her. Would she be mad at him that she'll forbid him to see their child?
Francis couldn't handle the thought of never seeing his child. It was already tough never seeing Matthew grow up. Francis didn't want that to happen with the child he has now. Francis sighs to himself, worried. He wished that when he does tell Alice, she would understand.
He hoped.
"Francis?" It was Alice. Francis shakes his head a bit from his thoughts. "Yes?"
"Is everything alright? Your staring into nothing." Alice tells him.
"No everything is alright." He tells her. "I'm just thinking that's all."
Alice tilts her head a little. With a playful smirk, she jokes, "It's nothing perverted right?" Francis stifles a laugh. "No, its not." He walks next her.
Sitting beside her, Francis says, "You know I love you right?"
Alice blinks in surprise. "Um...yes, yeah I do." She says slowly.
"And our child, I love him very much and you know that as well."
Alice slowly nods, unsure where Francis was getting at. "Yes I am aware of that. Where is this coming from?" She asks him.
'Theres no turning back now. I need to tell her sooner or later.' Francis thought to himself. Sighing out deeply, Francis holds on to both of her hands. "Alice, there is something I've been meaning to tell you and I can't hold on to it any longer."
Alice rose a spektical eyebrow. 'Okay, nows he's scaring me. Why is he suddenly acting like this all of a sudden?' Alice thought to herself.
"What is it Francis, what's wrong?" She asks.
Francis licks his lips. "I've been keeping this from you for a long time and I have been meaning to tell you this but I was scared of how you would react to it." A chill ran down Alice's stomach. She definitely didn't like where this was going. "What are you talking about Francis?" She asks. "Where is this coming from?"
Francis looks down. Clearing his throat, Francis finally tells her. "Five years ago I met a women at a party and that women I met, I was in a romantic relationship with her. We dated about six months until she broke up with me.
According to her, I was acting like a child and five years ago, I was. She didn't like that so she left me, telling me that I was never allowed to see her again." Francis tells her.
Aluve blinks in confusion. "Francis I don't get it. Why are you telling me this?" She asks him.
Francis gazes up and he tells her, "The day she left was the same day she found she was pregnant with my child."
In that moment, all Alice could do was stare at Francis. Her face was unreadable but Francis had a clear idea how she was going to react once she managed to gather all the information in.
Alice inside was furious. Why now was he telling her this? Why was he telling her now when she was only three months pregnant? Why did he hide this from her?
Alice pulled her hands away from him while he talked and turns her back on him. "Alice..." Francis spoke.
"Idiot." She mumbles.
"Huh?"
Alice turns around in a flash and seeing the anger in her face, Francis nervously gulps. "I said your a freaking idiot!" She repeated a little louder. "How dare you keep this from me?" She asks him. "Why now are you telling me this?"
"Alice I-"
"You had another child with another women and you never bothered to tell me until now?" She asks him.
"I have wanted to tell you but I could never find the right time to the you." Francis explains to her.
Alice scoffs. "Oh really? You expect me to believe that? Francis, if you had told me this from the very beginning, I would have never made the mistake of having sex with you!" She shouted.
Francis dryly laughs. "Mistake? You mean the nights we spent together was all but nothing but a mistake?" He asks her, surprised that she actually felt that way.
"I didn't until I found out you have another child with another women! Francis, why would you keep this from me?" She asks him.
Francis just stares at her. Looking down, he says, "I...I don't know. I was afraid that I might lose you." He explains to her. "I didn't... I didn't want to lose you or our child, I...I..."
Having enough, Alice stands up and says, "Well, I guess your right about losing us Francis because after today, I want you out of here and I never want you near me or the baby, do you understand me?"
Francis felt his heart drop to his stomach. He shakes his eyes, his violet eyes gleaming with tears. "No, no Alice please. Please you can't do this. Please I'm sorry."
Alice shakes her head. She turns away and walks out of the doorway. But before she left, Alice stops and she turns around to face Francis. When he sees her, Francis gasps a little.
"I expected this from someone else." She tells him. "I never imagined this to come from you." Alice scoffs. "I am such a bloody idiot." With that, she walks out of the living room.
Seconds later, Francis hears Mrs. Kirkland and Dylan call out to Alice and the back door open and slam shut. In an instant, Francis runs to the kitchen where Alice ran off to.
Alice's family look at Francis. He ignored their stares and their questions and runs to the door. The rain was pouring down and thunder clashed in the sky and walking to the forest was Alice.
"Alice!"
AN: Yeah so that is Francis's big secret. You guys were properly expecting something big no. This is what Francis hid from Alice. And how does Allistor know? That will be explained in a later chapter.
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