Chapter 10

The love of the luxray

(Sorry this one took a while, I felt as if I made it really cheesy. But whatever.)

I washed myself up, getting rid of the luxray that I loved and cared for's blood off my hands. I sat down on the bed and Tia stood there in silence.

"Tell me Tia..."

"David... Lia, was desperately in love with you. More than you can imagine, she loved you so much, there were times when we were alone that I would have to comfort her. She loved you so bad that it hurt her keeping it to herself."

"She told me."

"Did she tell you abou-"

"Where's the egg? I want to see it... I want to know how It happened."

Tia sighed and pulled back the door to my closet, there wrapped up in blankets, was Lia's egg. Tia gently picked it up and placed it in my lap.

"She wanted to tell you but couldn't."

"How did it happen?"

"You remember the day after you saw your sister? After your daily training exercise, you and Lia went to that bar. You two got drunk off your asses," she said as she lightly chuckled. "You came back here and uh... in your drunken states you decided to screw each other."

"That's how?"

"Yes... That night was hectic, I'm not even sure how this bed survived it."

"How come I don't remember?"

"You were way too drunk."

"And I got her pregnant?"

"I guess. She found out a couple days later, that's why she stopped going train. A couple days after that, and a couple hours of biting, clawing, and ripping at what she could to help alleviate her pain, she had this little guy."

"Was she angry at me?"

"Angry? No. She was happy beyond belief. Through all the pain, she never once cursed at you or blamed you."

"Did she do good?"

"She was one happy luxray, and a happy mother."

"Did she know if it will be a boy or girl?"

"No."

"She won't be here to see her own child."

"I know that she would be just as happy knowing you know now."

"I should of died, not her."

"David, had she not had her own kid, she would of most likely killed herself after that just to be with you."

"She didn't deserve to die."

"I know... David, I feel that knowing you care about the child she was so joyed to have with you, will make her happy. She would want you to raise it."

"I don't know how I can raise our child without her here."

"I'll help you."

"How long until it hatches?"

"Well, she had it the middle of this week, so It might hatch in a couple days."

"Do you think I can handle it?"

"She had faith in you, so I believe that you can."

"I need time to think." I told her.

"Well, I've got to keep it warm, so it's coming with me." She said as she picked it up and walked out.

I laid back in bed and cried for a while, Lia deserved to live. She didn't do anything to deserve that. She deserved to be there for her child, for our child, to be there to watch it grow up. It's not fair to her, or the egg. The child deserved a mother, especially one as loving and sweet as Lia. The thought made me want to cry even more. I just wanted her back, I needed her. To hold her again, that chance was gone. I should of loved her more, I should of told her that I loved her. Eventually I cried myself to sleep. I had several nightmares, each one just me watching Lia die over and over, it killed me on the inside. I woke up and my face was stained with tears, I got up and walked into the bathroom and drank water out of the faucet. When I went to lay down, I laid down on Lia's side, and it felt so strange. Her not being there felt like a part of me was gone. I forced myself back to sleep.

Eventually I dreamed that I was with Lia, she was there and curled up with a shinx laying against her, we were outside in a giant field with rolling hills and no end in sight. She looked up at me and beautifully smiled. Her smile made my chest feel warm and I felt happy. She got up and let the shinx sleep as she walked to me.

"Lia... I'm so sorry." I told her as I cried and dropped to my knees.

"Don't be sweetheart, you did nothing wrong, if anyone did it was me. I stood there and allowed Mathew to kick the gun from your hands."

"I'm not sure if I can raise a kid, let alone a pokemon that's my kid." I told Lia, who was glancing back at the shinx.

"She's beautiful isn't she? I have faith in you, if you were able to make me turn from a timid feline into a happy and confident mother."

"You're fully grown! That's different."

"No, it's not. David, I love you. I believe you can do anything, no matter how hard."

"No I can't! I couldn't even save you. I'm a failure, and a bad father."

"Don't you say that."

"She has no mother because of me!"

"Not true. Tia is willing to be her mother."

"I would rather raise our child with you!"

"I know. I'm so sorry David, but It's up to you and Tia now. Teach her whats right and wrong, make sure she eats healthily, and make sure no boys break her little heart. Make sure she finds someone who will treat her right and will sweep her off her feet, like you did with me."

"And if they do break her heart... BREAK THEIR BONES." She said seriously as electricity sparked from her body.

"What do I do when she asks where her mother is?"

"Tell her that her mother is not there anymore, but she will always be watching over her."

"Lia, I love you."

"I love you too sweetie." She said as she nuzzled me a bit, jumping onto me and laying down on top of me.

It felt good to have her so close, even if we had been this close to each other beforehand, it just felt right. I hugged her and she laid there with me for a while.

"Sucks that my first time with you was in a drunken stupor, because I don't remember anything." I said as I laughed, and she started to blush.

"I don't remember most of it either... Just a little... I scratched a bit of your inner thigh, you've got a mark there." She told me, which I pulled up my pants leg and noticed a small scar near the higher part of my thigh.

"And that you didn't let up after the first time, you've got some stamina sweetie." Lia said as she laughed and nuzzled me.

"And I woke up with you holding me in your arms." She said as she smiled.

"The room was a mess, we were in no better condition." She told me, a very visible blush on her face.

"You don't know how embarrassing it was explaining to Tia!" She said as she shook her head.

"I bet it was, sorry." I said as I rubbed her head.

"It's fine, she just laughed and helped me clean everything." Lia said as she sighed.

"Well David, I'm limited to the time I can do this."

"What?"

"A little upstairs help let me do this, and I can't do it for much longer."

Lia got up and picked up the sleeping shinx by the fur on her neck and brought her over to me, she placed the sleeping shinx in my arms and kissed me on the cheek.

"The only thing I regret is not telling you how much I loved you earlier." Lia told me as she turned and slowly walked away.

"Lia!" I yelled for her, but she continued to walk.

She walked with a bit of a stride in her walk, almost like she was shaking her butt at me.

"Might want to take a good look! It's the last time you'll ever see it!" She yelled back to me with a mischievous smile.

"Lia..." I said with a faint smile as I began to cry again.

She eventually disappeared from my sight and I woke up. I looked at my arms, expecting the shinx to be there. But she wasn't.

"I promise I'll be a good father Lia."

I got up and walked into the living room, where Tia was wrapping herself around the egg to keep it warm.

"David?"

"Tia, bring it in my bed, you can sleep with it in there."

"David, are you okay?"

"Lia showed up in my dreams. She doesn't hate me." I said as I happily cried.

"She couldn't make herself hate you even if she tried." She told me as she got up and brought the egg with her into my bedroom.

"It's a girl by the way, Lia told me." I explained.

"Shinx have a 50% chance to a boy or girl. So you have a 50% chance to be either right and Lia did some type of miracle and appeared to you in your dream, or it's a boy and you're insane."

"Just shut up and keep her warm."

"Fine papa." She told me jokingly.

I walked into my bedroom and Tia was curled up around the egg again with it in the middle of her.

"So turns out that being I'm a fire type and keeping it a bit warmer than usual, it might hatch sooner."

"How much sooner?"

"Maybe tonight, or maybe sometimes tomorrow."

"What time is it?"

"It's mid day, you came back last night fairly late. You've been asleep since." She told me, I heard her stomach growl.

"Sorry, I can't cook well so I was hoping you could."

"Fine, I'll cook." I told her as I walked into the kitchen and cooked, trying to keep all my thoughts away from her, or I'd cry again.

I finished and put a plate out for Tia and myself, I noticed I had made three instead, the one that was usually for Lia. I had done it out of habit. I could feel my heart sink in my chest.

"Dammit... I miss her so much already." I said to myself as I pushed the food I had left for her usually, aside.

"David?" I heard Tia say from behind me.

"I accidentally made a plate for Lia out of habit." I told her as I collapsed on my knees and cried.

"Oh David." She said as she embraced me and comforted me.

"I miss her so much."

"I know... I miss her too."

"You eat, I'll go watch the egg." I told her as I lightly pushed her off and sulked back to my room.

I sat down and watched the egg, not letting my eyes off of it. I had inspected each part of it, watching and waiting for it to crack and the shinx inside to pop out. I watched it for several minutes, until what seemed like an hour. Tia finally walked in and snapped in front of my face to catch my attention.

"You can eat now."

"I lost my appetite."

"No. You haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon, you need food."

"Fine."

"I understand you want to watch it but you need to eat first fool."

I got up and walked out of my room and into the kitchen where my food was waiting for me. Thinking about Lia made me lose my appetite completely. I just shoveled all the food down and went back to my bedroom, where Tia was keeping the egg warm. I looked at the egg for a while and wondered what it would be like to raise the shinx, the fact that I was a dad had not impacted me yet. I realized that I was in no condition to parent, I had no clue how to raise the shinx. I din't know what I should and shouldn't teach her, I needed to learn more about luxrays first.

"Tia, I'm going to the library."

"Why?"

"I need to research." I told her as I ran out the door and out the apartment and towards the library.