Author Commentary: This story takes place thirty to forty-five minutes after the chapter before this one. Vlad was, apparently, injured worse than anyone had thought. Henry considers what losing the love of his life would be like. Alternating points of view. Please enjoy~~
Rating: M
Warnings: Mpreg, yaoi/shonen-ai
Inspiration Song: "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab For Cutie (Not sure if the relates to the story in anyway what so ever, but it was my inspiration).
Disclaimer: I do not own The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod.
"Key" for points of view:
Henry - Bold
Vlad - Italic
Nelly had given Vlad general anesthetic and knocked him out, since my boyfriend was fighting with Nelly and the doctor every time they even attempted to touch him.
I stood back from his bed as they gave him blood transfusions.
The doctor was, thank God, also a vampire, so he wasn't shocked when Nelly and I told the doctor that Vlad was pregnant.
Vlad was losing blood quicker than it could be given. Apparently, the child had somewhat "tore" Vlad internally.
"Don't let them hurt my baby," Was the last thing Vlad told me before Nelly and the doctor knocked Vlad out.
Nelly and the doctor seemed upset, but I was livid. How could Vlad pick Lily over himself? How could he, if push came to shove, let himself die and leave me alone?
I sat in the grass, in front of a two-story house. The vegetation seemed to stretch on forever.
My eyes scanned the beautiful landscape. For the first time in a long while, I felt safe. It was a kind of safety that I had only experienced when I was young, two or three years old, and with my mother.
Henry plopped down next to me. I rested my head on his shoulder.
Something I noticed about Henry: he looked about nineteen, five years older than he was.
I leaned forward and turned my head to the right. I noticed three little kids, pre-school or kindergarten aged, playing with each other.
One of the three kids, a little girl with curly locks of blonde hair and bright blue eyes wearing a frilly pink dress, ran toward Henry and me.
Henry caught her in his arms. "Hey Princess."
The little girl giggled. I smiled and laughed quietly.
Henry leaned over and whispered into my ear, "You and Lily's laughs are so similar."
"You and JC both have that annoying-ass snort," I retorted, smirking.
Henry laughed and then nibbled on my ear. "Poor Christoval… he doesn't sound like anyone."
The two little boys came over to us.
It was then that I got a really good look at them.
One of them, the slightly taller of the two, had black hair that was semi-spiky and green eyes. The shorter one had black hair with auburn highlights and bangs cut at an angle (emo-kid haircut?) and brown eyes (he looked exactly like me!)
"Christoval, your bangs don't look right." I bent forward and adjusted the auburn highlighted bangs so they looked correct.
This entire moment was perfect. It was my dream family.
Vlad was still losing a lot of blood. The loss had slowed slightly, but Nelly and the other doctor still couldn't keep up.
I ran out of the room and slumped directly outside of the door. Hiding my face in my palms, I sobbed like a baby.
A baby - that's what caused all of this. I wasn't ready to be a father, but I couldn't tell Vlad that. In the past few months, he had fallen in love with his - our - unborn child. For me, though I really wasn't prepared to be a father, there was this rush of protectiveness. Protectiveness of my child and the mother of my child.
My body trembled as I sobbed. I tried to calm myself by inhaling deeply.
Nelly slowly walked into the hall. She tapped me on the shoulder. "Henry…?"
I looked up. "Ye-yeah?"
Nelly was half-smiling. "Vlad is all right now… and so is the baby. Doctor Baryshnikov and I stopped the bleeding. We did consider… 'removing' the child, but, thankfully, we did not. Vlad will carry the child full term, if all goes well."
I started crying again. They were happy tears, though. "Ca-can I se-see hi-him?"
Nelly nodded and lead me back to Vlad's room. My gorgeous boyfriend was still knocked out, but he did have a slight smile on his face. I jogged over to his side.
I brushed Vlad's bangs from his eyes.
Vlad stirred slightly and opened his eyes. "He-Henry?"
"Yes?" I grinned down at him.
"Is the baby okay?" Vlad's eyes had a serious, demanding look to them.
"Yeah." I bent over and kissed Vlad's pink, supple lips.
Vlad giggled like a schoolgirl and returned the favor.
Henry ran his fingers through my hair.
"Babe," I began. "Can I tell you something?"
Henry shrugged. "Sure."
I then told my boyfriend about the "vision" I had about our "perfect family" and after I finished, I asked what he thought.
Henry gave a very Henry-like response, "I'll laugh if that happens!"
