My hopes for a second chance at a family were crushed. But who would want a father like me anyway? I always sound depressed even when I'm not, I'm not even trusted with kids because I look evil and the only children that aren't scared of me are Cream and my Niece, every other child just runs screaming or crying... Why is it meant to be this way?
So, it's a month after the Party, and Maria was confirmed pregnant a week ago. I'm excited again, Hopefully this time it'll go well and Maria is actually happy with me, again! All the excitement of being a soon to be father is actually whizzing through my head, which makes me not really feel right, since I shouldn't be excited for this kind of thing, I should be whimpering with fear in the corner of my bedroom, waiting for my doom.
But I'm no where near as excited as Maria is. She's always shopping for baby supplies like toys and clothing, and she wants everything about the baby to be a surprise so no ultra sounds or anything. But that makes me slightly suspicious. Maybe she just doesn't want to be disappointed early if something is wrong with it? But I'm just glad that she is happy once again, and I'll make sure she stays happy.
I'm pretty happy myself to.
So happy in fact that I feel the need to propose to her.
"Morning Shade!" She says, sounding bubbly. "You know I'm not very fond of that name Maria..." I mumble back at her, blushing. "Aww, but it's cute!" She exclaims. "Well, whatever. I need to ask you something..." I cut in. "What is it?" She asks with a curious tone to it.
I start turning red since I feel as if what I'm going to do is embarrassing, but I get down on one knee anyway. I look her in the eyes. "Maria, I have known you since way back to the days aboard the Ark, and..." I blush some more. "I've liked you since then. I don't have much else to say besides... Will you marry me?" My voice almost cracks since I'm too embarrassed to say it.
Maria has a huge smile on her face and gives me a tight hug, and a big sloppy kiss on the lips. I haven't gotten an answer from her yet though. "So I take it that's a yes?" I question, somewhat sarcastically, and Maria nods her head up and down. "Well, there's unfortunately paperwork to make the marriage legal, but we'll finish all the paperwork in no time I'm sure!" I say with a happy jingle.
We soon get stuck into the papers and we are done with them in two months. Why nothing besides that little message? I'm saving you days of pointless chats and writing on paper. Now we are ready to plan the wedding itself!
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It's around 9am and I'm on the computer, searching areas good to hold a wedding. Maria taps my shoulder and I turn around to face her. "Yes Maria?" I ask. "Oh, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to go shopping for a few things. So, Cya!" She cheerfully answers, walking out the door soon after. I shrug the conversation off as a useless conversation and keep on searching.
After a while, I find a nice garden to have it in. I bookmark the page for later to see if Maria will like it. It's now around 1pm and Maria hasn't come back. I wonder what she is doing at the mall. I decide to wait another hour and then call her. Which I do.
"Maria? Why are you taking so long?" I ask in a worried tone. "Well, I walked here so that took about an hour, and I... Saw Espio here, and he was kind enough to carry my shopping! We are on our way back now!" She answers. I can her Espio gasping for air in the background. "Well, you were taking so long that I started to worry..." I explain. "Well, I'm fine. Ok? I'll be home soon." She says, then hanging up.
It takes her around half an hour to come home. I take some of the bags off of Espio and put them in the kitchen. "What did you even buy?" I question with a confused look on my face. "Oh, it was stuff for the baby. I honestly don't think she needs all this stuff, especially if it's only one... Which is probably what it is." Espio answers out of the blue. Maria makes a pouty face and folds her arms. "If I'm having only one, then prove it!" She teases. Espip takes it literally and goes up close to her stomach and feels around it for a bit.
"I can only hear one heart beat and only one thing moving... And it's moving way more than it should be..." Espio clarifies, sounding slightly worried.
"Fine, I'll go return half the stuff..." Maria groans. She tries picking up one of the bags, but she screams a scream almost loud enough to shatter glass and she falls onto the floor. Me and Espio rush over to her aid and once we help her up to her knees, she's surrounded by a pool of water. Espio gives me a glare. "We need to get her to the hospital now." He commands. I nod and pick her up, putting her is the passenger attachment to my Motorbike and Espio hops in beside her to keep her steady while I drive there.
I take a few shortcuts because we are in a deep panic but I make it there in around 10 Minutes. Me and Espio carry her in and a Nurse spots us all panicked. "What's wrong?" The nurse kindly asks. Her face then turns to Maria and she realises what's going on. "Come with me, we have a spare room this way. She runs and we run after her. We get to the room and put Maria in bed.
"I... I'm sorry, I don't think I can handle this..." I apologise. I hold my head, feeling woozy and I walk out of the room. Espio stays, likely to make sure she's calm. I sit in the waiting room and hold my head in pain as she starts to scream.