Notes to reviewers!
Saveria and Lily: The two white-faced womens appearances were just because I couldn't think of anything else to add. The appearance of Carmelita... well that was sorta important. You'll see in the next chapter. I'm sure there will be plenty of romantic moments in future chapters..
Ali:Will Sunny and Beatrice have any more touching moments? Highly unlikely...
The Secondhand Serenade: Grr.. I hate plurals... -goes to change it- I don't even know what middle school is... lol. But yes, I'm terrible with grammar. What am I going to name the baby? Well... I do already have a name chosen.. but if anyone wants to take a guess at what it is going to be, or come up with a better one.
BeatriceandLemony4ever: I need to stop writing stories at 2 in the morning... thankyou! -goes to change-
the epitome of randomness: Yea, I wanted a muffin too after I'd finished writing that chapter. I thought it suited Carmelita quite well too.
Violet S. Rose: I think I've mentioned why I portrayed Sunny so mature, but if not, i'll just say it again. In the LS books, Sunny is always said to have looked like her mother, for some reason, this makes me want to portray her mature and motherly... well sort of. Hope you had a good Xmas too!
Last chapter of Calm before the Storm... mwahahaha. This is also kinda a 'filler' chapter. So basically you have to wait until the next chapter to get any answers, because I'm evil and like seeing you all have to wait.
Fiona felt the morning sun on her face like she did every morning. It was warm and inviting, the perfect thing to start off a day.
Her eyes slowly fluttered open but she was taken back by the sight that met her eyes.
Her room was not empty; someone had been waiting for her to wake.
"Klaus," Fiona said in an exasperated tone. She sat upright, noticing how quickly she had fully awoken because of the intruder. "What are you doing here?"
He was sitting on a stool not even a metre from the bed, watching her intently. Before answering, he stood up and sat next to Fiona on her bed. She had to move her feet quickly to avoid them getting sat on. "I needed to talk," he finally answered.
Violet was pregnant and it was driving him crazy. He hadn't slept all night. It wasn't that he disapproved of Violet and her actions, just that he didn't know where he fit in her life right now. They had always been a close family since their parent's death. It had always been Violet, Klaus and Sunny.
Then they had gotten Beatrice. Klaus hadn't minded because Beatrice belonged to all three siblings. She never pulled them apart, if anything she brought them closer.
Then they had met two of the Quagmire's. Klaus hadn't minded about that, because although Violet had spent time away from her siblings she had always returned to them. At the academy they had shared the 'Orphan Shack'. They still felt like a family.
Then Violet met Quigley. Klaus had been blind to Violets infatuation with him to begin with. To Klaus, Quigley was Violets friend, and he would never destroy their family unit.
And then Violet had fallen in love. Every time Klaus had wanted to talk to her, he had been there. Not that he minded all that much. Quigley was a great friend, and a really great guy. And if Violet had to fall in love with anyone, Klaus would have chosen Quigley. It just seemed that he was stealing his sister away from him, and Klaus didn't like that.
And now Violet was having a baby. She was starting her own family, Klaus just hoped she would never forget about the family she already had.
"And it couldn't wait until later?" Fiona asked, pulling her feet towards her and swinging them over the side of the bed.
She did love Klaus, and she did want to talk to him if he needed it. But he could have come to her when the sun had fully risen.
"I couldn't sleep," Klaus answered truthfully. Klaus knew he had a tendency to over react, it had happened a few times before. He was trying to keep calm about this entire situation, but he couldn't. As soon as he had tried to close his eyes, it was evident they weren't staying closed, he was going to be up all night.
Fiona stood up from the bed, turning around to face Klaus. "Why couldn't you sleep?" she asked gently, before adjusting the blankets on the bed. She sat down on the bed again, but sat cross-legged facing Klaus.
"I couldn't stop thinking about Violet," Klaus said, he too turned around to face Fiona, cross-legged.
"What about Violet?" Fiona asked in a seemingly hushed tone, and now feeling a little more concerned for Klaus. "Are you worried about her?"
Klaus shook his head slightly. "I'm not sure," he answered. Violet was older than him, she was perfectly capable of looking after herself. Klaus thought he was worrying about himself more than Violet, and quickly covered his selfish trail of thoughts. "I just didn't see this coming."
"You mean you didn't know your sister was having sex?" Fiona asked without a hint of embarrassment. "She wasn't making much of an effort to hide it."
Klaus eyes widened at Fiona... No, no, no, he did not want to hear about that, and couldn't believe Fiona had mentioned it with such a straight face. An uncontrollable laugh escaped his mouth, before he placed both hands over his ears and shook his head from side to side. He knew he was over-exaggerating... but no, no, no, he did not want to ever think about that.
He flung himself back, almost hitting Fiona with his legs as he lay down on her bed. He still had his hands placed either side of his head, trying to block out the images which were slowly forming in his adolescent mind.
"No, no, no," he muttered, rolling back and forth and making a complete fool of himself.
Fiona crawled beside him on the bed, giggling. She lay down next to Klaus and propped herself up on her arm, still giggling out loud. Using her free hand, she gently removed one of Klaus's hands from his ear, holding it softly in her hand. "Sorry," she said, but her apology wasn't the most heartfelt as she was still giggling.
Klaus removed his other hand from his ear, placing it at his side and stared straight up at the ceiling. "No, no, no," he said so sternly it seemed almost comical. "I do not want to think about that."
Klaus had decided to give up on his theatrics for today, but was happy it put a smile on Fiona's face.
Fiona held Klaus's hand for a moment, before stroking it lightly with her thumb. The aura in the room suddenly became a lot more serious than it had been a moment before. And Fiona's fit of giggles had subsided. "So, what's wrong with Violet?" she asked.
Klaus continued to stare at the ceiling as he answered Fiona's question. "Nothing is wrong with her exactly," he started, trying to think of a better way to put what he wanted to say. "I guess I'm just wondering how this new addition will affect us."
Fiona squeezed Klaus's hand a bit but did not answer.
The way she saw it, the baby would either have a negative effect, or a positive effect. A neutral effect just didn't exist when it came to her life and the lives of the others living around her.
She tried to imagine the worst thing that could happen, the baby could die. That was the worse case scenario. God knows Violet and Quigley would both be extremely upset, and that life would seem unbearable for a while. Fiona had seen Klaus handle death before, and did not want to see him go down that road again.
Best case scenario was that everyone would grow to love this new child and that they would all live happily ever after, or as close as they possibly could.
Fiona knew straight away the best case scenario wasn't going to happen. A stab of guilt hit her.
"I don't know," Fiona answered, a tear of guilt ran down her face. She only wished she had the power to turn back time.
"What if she leaves?" Klaus asked, still staring at the ceiling. "I just can't imagine living a day without her, all of us. Sunny, Violet and I, we have always been inseparable."
Fiona let Klaus's hand drop and propped herself up higher, pushing her hand into the mattress.
'Sunny, Violet and I, we have always been inseparable,' Klaus had a wonderful family who cared for him, and looked after him. Fiona wanted her family together, but her family life seemed like a half finished rollercoaster, and she was about to fall off the edge.
She placed her free hand at Klaus's cheek and gently turned his face to look at her.
"People change," she said, a few more tears leaving her eyes. "And sometimes they do things because they think the ones they love will be better off." She stopped talking for a moment, and broke the gaze between herself and Klaus for a moment.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe for continuing.
"Klaus, you'll need to make your own way one day. Violet will always be around, she'll do anything for her family," Fiona spoke. "Just like I'll do anything for mine." She pulled her hand back from Klaus's face and let it hand uselessly by her side.
Klaus automatically thought by 'family' Fiona meant him, and he felt a small warm tingle trace up his spine. He placed his hands on either side of him and pulled himself up into an up-right sitting position.
Looking towards Fiona, he felt saddened that his dilemma had caused her to cry. He leant his body towards her and wiped a small tear which was trailing down her face with his thumb. He let his hand linger on the side of her face and she leant into it for a moment, closing her eyes.
When Fiona opened her eyes they locked with Klaus's for a moment, before she couldn't handle it anymore. "I'm sorry Klaus," she said, fresh tears falling faster and faster down her face. "I have to go."
She hurriedly crawled over Klaus and off the bed, running at the door.
Klaus listened as she ran down the hallway and down the stairs, and was sure he heard the front door slam as she exited.
He thought it so strange that Fiona had burst into tears, with no real reason too. He brought his knees up to his chin. He rested his chin on them for several moments thinking it over.
'What had they been talking about?' he asked himself. 'Family'
When Fiona had said she'd do anything for her family, Klaus had thought she had meant him. Only now did he realise what an idiot he had been.
'Of course' he thought 'Fernald'
Fiona often talked a great deal about her older brother, about how much she missed him. How much she would do anything to see him.
Klaus had been upset that this baby would break Violet and him apart. But Fiona had already been ripped away from her brother. He hadn't even thought of this possibility that this conversation would upset her.
Klaus felt awful sitting on Fiona's bed. He too wished he could turn back time so he could have at least stopped her from running off. At the time he had been too stunned by Fiona's sudden action. But now he wanted nothing more than to hold her in his arms and tell her that Fernald was going to return, and it was going to be alright.
A lie of course, but only a little white lie... right?
Just like the white lie he told himself every time he tried to get to sleep. 'I'm over Isadora' he always told himself, another white lie. But it didn't hurt anyone as he pretended he didn't love her anymore. It only hurt himself. But that, that he could bear with.
Klaus knew it was a lie though, he knew he still loved her.
How was it possible that Klaus had fallen for two girls?
One that he could never be with, but would do anything to be with.
Klaus had been ripped away from Isadora, so suddenly and without warning.
Fiona had been ripped away from Fernald, so suddenly and without warning.
He realised the way he wanted Isadora back was the same as the way that Fiona wanted her brother back.
He would give anything.
And so would she... only Klaus didn't realise he would soon learn how far Fiona would go to get her brother back.
Next chapter could possibly be a 3 day wait, because I want to make it really good
