House Of Silence. (Don't own a thing at all. Well, plot and OCs that you don't really recognise, I do.)

Mara had taken in everything that Trudy had told her about Daniel. He was tiny, sweet and wonderful. And sleeping. Unless he woke up, he wouldn't be troubling her. She sat on the sofa with him and relaxed. She sat and watched telly, she snacked on a packet of biscuits, she had cola. But the baby didn't wake up.

She leaned close to check he was still breathing. Fortunately, he was. She cradled him a little bit differently, so that he could snuggle up to her if he needed to.

The baby was warm and snuggle-y and he was just ninety nine point nine percent adorable and 00.1% loud.

He nestled up in his sleep, sighing as he did so. Mara smiled. So was this what it was like for his new mum and dad? She knew they were proud of him.

Victor came in and glared about, then he spotted Mara.

"Where are his parents, Mara?" Victor asked her.

"They're out. They left me in charge of the baby. He's not actually too bad, he's slept since they went out." Mara told him. It looked that way to her.

"Ugh." Victor groaned. If he hated teenagers, he despised babies. Mara knew he hated the poor, innocent baby. She cuddled Daniel, gently.

"Hey, lovely baby." Mara whispered when Daniel woke up.

The baby started crying, little whimper-y noises at first. Mara darted to get his bottle and she fed him.

He enjoyed every second of that and stared up at Mara with big brown eyes. She loved this kid, she thought him adorable. He was a chubby little boy, with a round face with the chubbiest cheeks, full lips and massive dark eyes, just like his new adoptive parents. From what Mara had seen, his real mother was dark like him too.

The baby snuggled up, spat out the bottle and yawned once, then slept again. Mara sat back down, having found a 500ml bottle of Mountain Dew. She drank the lot, cuddling the baby.

When his parents got home, Mara was resting, her eyes open and the baby in her arms. Trudy cooed at the sight.

"Mara, love?" She asked and Mara sat right up, not disturbing the baby.

"Trudy. How did it go at the hospital?" Mara asked worriedly.

"Um. About that. We sort of have to go back there. Not today, obviously. But soon." Trudy looked awkward.

"Why, what's wrong?" Mara asked, concern flooding her.

"Mara, there's not an easy way to tell you." Trudy said.

Jasper tried to lighten the heavy mood.

"There is. Put it like this, she's pregnant and the doctors think it might result in a miscarriage and/or her death. There, easy way of putting it and it was quick."

Mara gasped and looked at Trudy. She nodded in resigned confirmation.

"I couldn't believe it myself. I mean, they obviously know what's better for me, but I can't help but feel that this is right. It feels... natural, like it will happen." She sighed.

Mara was horrified. That anything so horrible could be happening to such a sweet couple. She thought that if anyone deserved their own baby, it was them. And they just couldn't, unless she was willing to risk her life and the coming baby's.

"Trudy... I can't even think of a word to say. If any two people in this whole world deserve their own babies, it's you two. Trudy, you'd give up your life for a child."

"I would, yes. If that becomes the situation, then I will." She said it firmly, though that made Jasper shake his head.

"No, you won't, Trudy. You'll do as the doctors say you should. Nothing should make you risk your life." He told her.

Trudy got up and looked at him, their eyes locked on each other.

"Jasper, no matter what happens to me, this baby will be born and you will look after it and you will be as good to it as you would to Danny. If I die, this baby will be with you. It's half of me, half of you. You look after it like you look after me. You'd look after me if I lost the baby."

Trudy's face was set, Jasper looked like he would melt for her.

"Trudy, I couldn't love anything that could even potentially harm you. What would be my reason for existence without you?"

That made her roll her eyes. "You have Daniel. You'll have the baby. And with some luck, I'll still be here too. Though I'm not so sure that that's a good thing."

Jasper grabbed her shoulders and looked at her eyes.

"You, my little friend, are everything. It's paradise having you here." Jasper spoke straight to her.

Trudy desperately wanted to reach up and kiss him, but instead, she backed out of his grasp and sat next to Mara.

Jasper groaned in anger at her, then walked out. Trudy started crying, trying her best to hold back.

"Does this mean he hates me for wanting to give him a baby?" Trudy said, trying not to sob.

Mara reached out an arm and hugged her.

"He could never hate you, Trudy. He loves you to shreds. And even so, I can see that he really wants this baby just as much as you do, but he's scared for your safety."

Mara tried to reassure her, without much luck.

"Scared for my safety? It's a baby, not an ingested bomb that's on the brink of explosion! You're just talking rubbish, like he is." Trudy said furiously.

Mara felt hurt, Trudy had never been so mean to her. But that didn't stop her.

"Trudy, I'm only trying to be helpful to you." Mara said gently.

"What do you know? You're just a kid." Trudy snatched the sleeping baby out of Mara's arms and snapped "Go to bed."

Mara looked offended, then ran upstairs. She heard Trudy's soft sobs coming from the living room.

She curled up on her bed and slept. When she woke up, she didn't go to get any breakfast. She just went to the school early.

Trudy looked around. She noticed Mara wasn't there and she almost cried. She'd made her want to avoid her. Even Jasper had skipped breakfast, just went straight to the school, making a thin excuse of needing to finish up some paperwork.

By then, everyone knew what had happened, somehow. They weren't so much as breathing when Trudy went to the table. Victor had escaped the house. When the others left for school, they didn't even call goodbye to her.

That did it, Trudy cried. She sat home, did nothing but cried. She wrote out so many apology letters to everyone, even people she hadn't been mean to. Then she found her way into a spare room and did it up, so she could sleep in there.

Nobody could find her when they got back, just stacks of letters addressed to every one of them, even little Daniel.

Apology letters, with so many apologies for every little thing she'd ever yelled at anyone for, apologies for everything she ever did. Which also included existing, writing the letters and making a complete mess of herself.

Then she written "Don't look for me, because it's a waste of time. I hope you never see me again. Trudy."

That made everyone panic, even Victor. He was just worried that his home would set on fire.

They started searching, but she'd papered over the door and got into her new room through the window, then smashed it through and bricked it up. It was dark and lonely. She only hoped that she would never have to come out. She'd stashed up on food and water, making certain that she could survive for a while.

Outside, they had the whole of the UK searching, but they didn't find her. Stories that she'd been kidnapped and/or murdered were spreading.

The ones who were badly freaked out were Mara and Jasper. Mara felt awful about ignoring her, Jasper wished he hadn't been so horrible to her and now she was gone.

All too soon, Jasper found a dent in the wallpaper. He started peeling it away, revealing the door. He opened it, to find Trudy, sleeping.

He scooped her up and called off the search, saying she'd been found.

When she woke up, Jasper went to her. She saw him and started crying, but refused to let him hold her.

"Trudy, please stop this." He said gently, trying to soothe her. She stopped crying, but there was still no hugs or kisses or simple pats allowed. She just got up and curled in a corner of the room.

Jasper went over, to sit with her. He took her hand and didn't let go. She tried to pull it back, but he refused to let go, playing with her fingers.

"No, my Trudy. You're so lovely." He told her.

She just shook her head and snatched her hand back.

"What, don't you think you're lovely?" He asked her. Only she shook her head to tell him no.

"Well, you are." Another no.

"Yes you are. Come on, sit on my lap. You need a hug."

Another silent no.

"You're very persistent, aren't you? It's a good thing that you're beautiful."

Trudy got up and hid under the bed.

Jasper crawled under there with her and kissed her cheek. She wriggled down and rescued herself. Jasper followed her, only ending up being shoved on the bed and locked in the room.

Mara saw her and knocked her backwards off her feet in a massive hug.

"Trudy, Trudy, Trudy, Trudy! I love you so much!" Mara was hugging her hard.

Trudy shoved her off, not in the mood for hugs, then she overtook in the kitchen, cooking like her life depended on it.

Everyone watched as she cooked silently. No humming, or dancing, just cooking. She was silent to every extent. She went to let Jasper out when the meal was done. But she ate nothing herself, just cleaned up quietly. She refused to let anyone do the dishes or any other chore. She was the one who scrubbed the entire house, top to bottom.

She refused to sleep. The only things she did that centered on her was use the loo and have a glass of water.

Nobody was allowed to hug her, or so much as smile at her. They got in a doctor to talk to her, but she wouldn't talk.

Eventually, the doctor said "I ended up asking her just yes or no questions. It seems that she thinks she doesn't deserve to be happy if she doesn't make anyone else happy. Explains why she doesn't talk to anyone, why she doesn't want hugs or anything of the sort and why she won't do anything a human needs to survive besides drink and use the loo."

Everyone felt horrible. They hated the thought that she was unhappy because she wanted them all to be happy.

That settled it. They all grouped together.

It was Mara who led the whole session.

"OK, what ideas do we all have?" She asked.

Amber said "We could buy her new clothes and shoes."

Jerome said "Give her flowers and tell her she's the best."

Alfie said "Make her cakes and cookies and give her hugs."

Joy said "We could throw her a party."

Nina said "We could make her some new jewelry."

Fabian said "Name a star after her."

Mick said "Get her a big box of chocolates and tell her she's amazing."

Mara said "All amazing ideas. Jasper, do you have any ideas?"

Jasper said "There's nothing she really likes, not anymore. If she still liked anything, we'd all have made her smile again."

Mara was the only one to hear the pain in his voice. She knew he'd love to hear her voice again, see her smile, watch her be happy. But that just wouldn't be possible.

Downstairs, Trudy was crying, curled in a corner. She knew that the whole lot of them were discussing what to do with her now. She wanted to just give Jasper this baby and then see what happened next.

(Christmas.)

Everyone had stayed at Anubis house for Christmas. They'd come up with a way to see her smile again. She was already seven months into her pregnancy, but she didn't look it.

With everyone watching her, she cooked a huge Christmas dinner. Jasper went to her.

"Happy Christmas, beautiful." He kissed her lips.

Eight month old Daniel was playing a game, supported by Amber.

Trudy couldn't smile, but she reached a hand out and patted Jasper's. He understood the meaning, even if she didn't say anything. They all knew how much she truly loved them.

She'd been out at the start of December and spent every penny she had. They all found out why.

She'd got them all something special. Amber had a new dress, tailored perfectly to her taste and size.

Nina had a brand new locket, designed and crafted by a foreign goldsmith with real diamonds and gold.

Fabian had a high-priced telescope, that had everything he really needed to identify different stars.

Alfie had an entire alien collection of toys, electronic gadgets and DVDs, all of which cost up to £300.

Mick had a football, autographed by his favourite team and their manager and coach, along with a two-year pass.

Mara got a really expensive science set, that Trudy knew she'd been dying to have.

Jerome got a huge package full of pranks and jokes that he instantly loved.

Joy got a designer hair and makeup kit that she'd been wanting since she was nine.

KT got a laptop that had everything she needed.

Willow got a new spiritual set, that enabled her to have a lot more contact with everything.

Daniel got ruined, new toys, new clothes, new shoes.

Jasper had everything he truly wanted that money could buy.

Victor had a whole new set of things he could use for stuffing his creepy pets.

The only one who had insisted, via a lot of paper, that nobody gave her anything, was Trudy.

Everyone had wanted to, but she'd insisted that they didn't. She'd made a very special dinner, she just didn't eat any of it. Instead, she insisted on just letting them be. They all wondered why she was spoiling them all, but only really eating a turkey sandwich.

It wasn't even the kind of turkey they were having, it was packaged.

Eventually, when they'd all been stuffed up on the food, she gave them all a box each.

Inside, they found a golden heart. They all said the same thing.

I love you.

Everyone looked around, trying to find her. She'd gone to her room to cry.

When they found her, they all hugged her. In return, she kissed them all. That was one of the things nobody expected of her that year.

The others included the gifts, the food and her love. She was just trying her best to make them happy. When they truly looked at her, she smiled.

"Aw, you sweet kids!" She sobbed, hugging everyone.

That made them all happier than ever. It was the best Christmas ever celebrated in Anubis house.

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OK, so maybe not my best work. I hope you all enjoyed. Review if you liked, PM me with any ideas for the future and you are all amazing. Until next update, Random Dizzy. :D