A/N: WHOOOO!!!! I got 35 REVIEWS!!! SWEET! Sorry for not updating, I am moving and well my comp is dumb so I had to wait for that shyt. Anyhoo, Well before I continue I must say thank you to my fans!! LOVE YOU! OMG. And I NEVER SEEN THE SHOW BEFORE!!! EVER!!!! I kind of guessed on the personalities. Sorry but I did. Don't kill me. Anyway, on with the fic.
He is finally here and after three long years of being away from him, he is finally with me. Home and ready to begin our family….together with me. But is he ready? Is he ready to be fully committed to both me and our daughter? Is he actually capable of doing such a task? Can he handle dropping out of school and getting a job to provide for us?
Can my Tails…the nervous tails that I known and loved for so long that was once afraid to me because he thought I had cooties…really do this? Can he? Will he?
"Cosmo?"
Cosmo shook her head and directed her attention from the key she was supposed to be using to unlock the door from to the fox behind her.
"Yes?"
"Aren't you going to unlock the door?"
"Yea" she blushed and laughed nervously, "I was…getting to that."
Turning back to face the wooden door, Cosmo stuck the key into its jagged resting place and turned it, releasing a 'click' sound and granting access to the two. Once inside, Tails was struck with awe as he looked around the well furnished apartment Cosmo had surprisingly been able to keep. Leather Lazy Boy ™ sofa, a thirty-four inch plasma screen television equipped with the Bose™ stereo system, marble coffee table with matching vases and a profligate array of flowers sitting inside of them. Looked like the kind of apartment a wealthy middle class slash upper class person with a well paying job could keep. But not a single teenage mother of one; Tails was sure of that.
"Nice apartment you have here. Mind me asking how you got the props?"
Cosmo giggled slightly and set her keys on the marble table. "Gifts."
"From?" Tails asked trying to push the question further.
"Friends and a few family members" She paused and faced tails, "Baby shower gifts."
"Oh."
A sudden moment of silence hit the two for it was quite an awkward moment for them to be together again. Cosmo hasn't seen Tails in three years and since then he has matured and certainly changed, especially by his body and attitude; and Cosmo certainly had gotten more beautiful. Her face was more full, her voice was much more distinct and her hair was not in it's usual down style but in a sleek bun with one of her signature roses adorning the top. If Cosmo's green petal like hair wasn't a dead give away, Tails probably wouldn't have recognized her at the restaurant.
Finally breaking the silence and feeling he had to say something; Tails grabbed Cosmo by her wrist and lead her to her sofa.
"Cosmo…..I have to be honest. I don't know if I can do this."
"I'll help you."
"But what if I am not cut out to do this?"
Cosmo cupped one of tails cheeks and brought him close to her for a kiss. "You are. I know you Tails. You, me and Taley will be a happy family…for the moment."
"Taley?"
"Yes. That's our little girl's name."
"Does…she look like me?"
"Well you are her…."
"MOMMY!!!!!!!!" A little female voice squeaked as little foot steps could be heard from the corridor. Cosmo directed her attention from the now nervous tails to the little cute fox like girl that appeared before them. She stood no higher than two and a half feet high, had auburn color fur, three tails, piercing green eyes, two pony tails with roses adorning the ends and had the cutest fox face anyone had ever seen.
She first glanced at her smiling mother and then at the fox she seemed to resemble allot and then back at her mother.
"Mommy, who is this?"
"Taley, this is your father…..Tails."
"Is this the doo-doo head aunty Kara told me about?"
"Aunty Kara" she cleared her throat, "Is just a meany."
"I am not!" A voice called out as its owner came into view, "I think I do a damn good job of being a good person."
"Language please Kara."
"Okay, Fuck, shit, damn, bitch, slut, mother fucker, goddammit, bastard..."
"KARA!!!!" Cosmo shouted as she ran over to her daughter and covered her ears.
"My bad."
Cosmo sighed and picked up her daughter to bring her along to sit with her and tails.
"Just be careful okay?"
Kara sighed and went to sit in the recliner across the room. "So tails, you're the one who got Cosmo knocked up huh?"
"Kara!"
"Just asking a question."
"It was an accident."
"Sure it was fox boy."
"What is knocked up mommy?" Taley asked interrupting the conversation.
"It's nothing you should worry about hun."
"Well," Kara giggled, "It's when a person has sex right and then they get…"
"KARA!!!"
The girl giggled and sat back in her chair. "I'll shut up."
"Thank you!" she shouted as she removed her attention from her sister to Tails, "….So this is Taley."
"Taley Jada Blu Prower." The little fox girl squeaked.
Tails smiled as he little girl crawled into his lap. "Nice to meet you Taley.":
"You look like me."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"Nope." The fox girl smiled and cuddled against tails chest, "I think its crool."
Tails chuckled. "Cool?"
"Yea….crool."
Cosmo was almost brought to tears at the sight she had just witnessed. Tails and his daughter finally meeting for the first time and both of them looking content with each other; and since Taley doesn't warm up to people that often it was surely a genuine moment.
"Told you that you would be fine."
"Tails looked up at Cosmo. "Yea….guess you were right."
"So that just makes me reassured you are right for guardian ship."
"……..How long do you have?"
Cosmo looked down onto the floor and began to shuffle her fingers. "Not that long. But I want Taley to be moved in with you by next week."
"COSMO!" Kara chocked out on her peanut she was once lost in eating, "A WEEK?"
"Kara is right Cosmo. A week is too short of time."
"But that's the time frame Tails. A week is all…………..I have."
Both Tails and Kara fell silent and looked at the now sleeping Taley; both unable to come up with something half decent to say.
"Please Tails. Kara can't do it because of personal issues and well……let's just say she is the only family member that actually cares right about now."
"I have no problem with taking care of her Cosmo." He paused and faced his daughter, admiring how peaceful she looked when she was sleep, "But I don't live alone."
"Sonic, Knuckles and shadow won't mind will they?"
"More than likely they would."
Cosmo abruptly stopped and thought for a moment. "Then move in here."
"HUH!?" Both Kara and Tails shrieked.
"You can move in here."
"Cosmo…."
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?" Kara cut of Tails.
Cosmo sighed and laid back against the sofa. "You already have a place and Tails shacks up with three grown men. This is the only solution."
"But Rent…. And…."
"I have money stashed away Kara. I already thought this out."
"But Cosmo…"
"I made my decision Kara." Cosmo said sternly which made her sister quiet, "Tails will move in here and take care of our child with me until I leave."
"Does……Taley know?" Tails asked interrupting.
Cosmo looked at her daughter and back at Tails. "Yes. I explained it all to her but I am not sure if she gets it completely."
"Well" Tails said trying to change subject, "I'll do it then."
"Thank Tails" The plant like girl squealed and kissed Tails, "This means so much to me."
"It's fine." He smirked and handed Taley over to her mother, "So when do I start?"
"Tonight."
"TONIGHT?"
"Yea" Cosmo paused and cradle her child, "Why not tonight?"
"I have…..to check on someone."
Cosmo glared at Tails and then back at her daughter. She knew he was talking about cream and she sure as hell wasn't about to have another girl around her child.
"You can't see or talk to her anymore Miles." Cosmo shot tails her death look, "I mean it."
Tails knew she only called him by his first name only when she was angry or being serious and knew now she was probably both.
"Why?"
"She is your ex."
"I never broke up with her Cosmo."
"We consider her your ex as of today."
"I Won't,"
"Why the hell not?"
"Because I love her."
Cosmo fell silent and turned to face the wall; in a feeble attempt for tails not to see her shocked expression. It shocked her for he told her he loved her three years back when they were alone together. Right before she fell asleep in his arms, both of them panting and sweating, he whispered those three words she thought she would be the only girl to hear. Feeling hot tears creep out of the corners of her eyes, Cosmo quickly wiped them away and turned back to tails.
"You love her?"
"………..Yes."
"What about us?'
"I don't know Taley Cosmo. I will learn to love her but now she is just more on the lines of a friend."
"A FRIEND!" Cosmo shouted as she bolted up from her seat, causing Taley to fall out of her lap and onto the cushion, "SHE IS YOUR MOTHER FUCKING DAUGHTER!"
"Cosmo….."
Cosmo cut him off with a hard slap on his right cheek as more hot tears began to form; but this time she let them fall so he could see her pain.
"SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER….YOUR BLOOD."
"Cosmo…."
"SHUT THE HELL UP KARA!" she cut off her sister, "TAILS JUST THIKS HE CAN LEAVE ME AND OUR BABY FOR SOME SLUT OF A BUNNY."
"She isn't a slut Cosmo." Tails replied quietly as he rubbed his cheek.
"LIAR." She slapped him again.
Tails rubbed his cheek again and began to get up and walk out the door.
"Where do you think you are going?"
"To check on cream" he nonchalantly out as he grabbed his keys from the table, "I'll be back in an hour."
Cosmo became furious and ran to block Tails from leaving. "NO!"
"Cosmo…..move."
"NO!"
"Move Cosmo."
"NO!!!!"
Tails sighed and backed away from the fuming girl. "Cream needs me."
"We need you!"
"I'LL BE BACK."
"WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TAILS?" Cosmo screamed as she walked over and grabbed her now crying child, "That bunny or us!"
"DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE THAT COSMO!" Tails shouted back finally having enough.
"Why? Because you knew I know you'd choose cream?"
"I wouldn't."
"Then stay here!"
"I CAN'T!" he yelled and threw one of the vases against the wall, causing TaLy to cry harder and Kara to rush to her nieces rescue, "I FUCKING CAN'T!"
"Then me and Taley will go."
"What are you talking about Cosmo? This is your house."
"Not what I meant bastard." Cosmo smirked and snatched her baby girl away from her sister, "We'll let you and cream live your happy life is that's what you want."
"Cosmo" Tails said soothingly to the girl for her knew she was about to do something drastic, "What do you mean?"
Cosmo smirk was his only reply as she walked over to her window and pulled back the drapes, revealing the city lights and the parking lot beneath her; and since they were six stories high, he could see everything.
"Cosmo" Kara said shakily as she reached out TO grab her niece, "What are you doing?"
"If Tails wants cream then we will have to be out of the picture."
"What the hell are you about to do?"
Cosmo glared a tails and looked back at the glass, seeing her reflection in mix of the city background before her. Feeling this was the only way to finally make the love of her life happy, Cosmo began to unlatch her patio door and opened it wide; sending a sudden gust of wind into the apartment.
"COSMO!!!" Tails shouted out as he began to make a jump for her, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
Cosmo ignored Tails cries and Kara's scream and hoped onto the metal fence that guarded her from her fate. Hot tears began to roll down the young woman's face and onto her now screaming daughter as she swung her leg s over the railing. A crowd of people below began to form and watch the sight as a few shouts could be heard while others called for help.
But Cosmo didn't care. It hurt her that Tails would choose Cream over his own flesh and blood but hurted even more when he couldn't choose to stay or go. She thought he loved her. Thought he cared for her. Thought they would be together. Thought they had some kind of future. But her unexpected heath crisis and Tails love for cream got in the way; and Cosmo couldn't deal anymore.
"Cosmo!!!!" Kara cried out as she made a jump for her sister and her niece, "GET DOWN!!!"
"Please Cosmo!!!!" Tails begged trying to stay strong by holding the tears back, "Don't do this"
Too late Tails. You made your decision.
Cosmo closed her eyes and clutched her daughter's body close to her as she pushed herself off of the railing and into the night.
I love you and always will. But If I can't have you then Taley won't either. Take care of yourself Tails. And please…..Don't forget me.
FIN
A/N: Don't kill me!!!!! I left a little cliff hanger because I was bored and I won't update for a while. My story is done so look out for my next story and yes it's a continuation of Tails of the heart. And as you guessed, it's Tails of the heart: Redemption. Look out for that. Love you guys and DON'T KILL ME!!