Author's Note:
I want to dedicate this chapter to the ONLY person who's even let me know what they've thought of this story: CrissYami.
Thank you so much hun!
So enjoy my take on a sappy love chapter. - gianna
"Back off Hannu, it's done. There's no use in trying to cause problems."
"There's always a use in causing problems, advancement comes from chaos." Alexandra wished she could reach through the phone and strangle the sarcastic Finnish man that she wished now she'd never set out on her cousin.
True at the time it had made sense to get someone at FIMM on her side, someone who was against Ville as much as she was, but now she just felt like a criminal.
She might as well have robbed a bank with the sinking feeling of guilt that was in her stomach, making her completely ashamed of the actions she'd been taking in the past few weeks.
She'd apologized to Micheal-ann, that much was true but she was far from repentance. Alex still needed to make it up to Ville, if he'd let her after blacking out his eye again, and right now she needed to nitch any other plans for mischief she'd made.
That was proving harder to do, especially with Micheal-ann's coworker who was pretty dead set on making the relationship between Micheal and Ville as miserable as possible.
"Seriously, this isn't a joke anymore, they are married and it's none of your, let alone my concern. Do not make this a tired drawn out drama of jaded love strung co worker after married woman." The venom in her tone was reminiscent of the one she'd given Ville just the night before and it astounded her with the change of events just one night and one hospital visit caused.
Hannu scoffed into the phone and Alex nearly jumped up from her couch, her anger spiking and Lauri who had gone to take a shower at his own place wasn't there to remind her that going after people in anger hadn't gotten her anywhere before.
She shifted on the dark brown couch, to lean forward with her elbows on her knee's shoving a hand through her short hair, her agitation finally getting the best of her as she stood up waving a hand at no one in anger.
"If you try anything, I swear on any unborn children you might have, that they will not be born because I will junk punch you so hard your sperm will refuse to procreate, got it?"
"How articulate. You should look into teaching English at the university, because you truly have a special way with words." It was Alex's turn to scoff into the phone as she paced in front of her couch, as she kicked at the coffee table trying in anyway to calm her self down.
Nothing was working as she growled, reminiscent of a bear, into the phone.
"Doesn't matter if I'm articulate or not arse-wipe, I still have Micheal-ann and you have nothing. I win." With a smug grin she hung up the cell phone, threw it at the small recliner chair to her side and let out a whoop of excitement as she strutted around her living room making several other noises of excitement.
Shoving her thumbs at herself, Alex pursed her lips as she did a jig and kicked out her legs before whooping out to no one but herself.
"Oh shit, he just got served! Point for Alex, the ender of arguments, the master of the universe!" Alex knew that Hannu had been far more witty with his comebacks, but she felt smug none the less at the slightly childish way she'd ended the conversation because even if she hadn't hung up, what smart ass thing could he possibly say to that?
Alex continued grinning as her excitement slowly faded and skipped into the open kitchen, intending to have a beer for a job well done.
That is till her cell phone went off again, as she was just about the open the fridge, instantly sparking her anger assuming that it was Hannu trying to call back and be an ass.
"Son of a bitch, that'll cost you your first born." She mumbled under her breath as she turned away from the fridge, which took a lot of effort, and stalked towards her recliner.
Grabbing the phone from between the cushion and metal, Alex glanced at the caller ID.
'Micheal' blinked at her from the small front screen and she instantly felt her stomach constrict. She nearly missed the call as she stared at the phone call she'd been waiting for all night, and now that it was morning she almost felt unprepared as she had forgotten about it for a moment.
Alexandra slowly flicked the phone opened and put it to her eye holding her breath after she simply answered.
"Hello?"
"Alex! What did you tell the nurse to do when I asked you to make sure she knew the hide the prenatal pills?" And there was the question of the decade.
Alex knew she shouldn't have done it, should have just listened to her cousin and did exactly what she had asked but this, this situation had been different and she'd made the decision in a flat second with no thought to consequences.
In a way she'd changed Micheal's words as a way to make a bit up to Ville with him not even knowing.
The doctor had come in while Micheal-ann was still out cold and had told her 'kin', that Micheal-ann would be okay, that the younger woman had simply over stressed her body, and her body had shut down because she had practically zero nutrients in her system from not eating and the new fetus that had taken the majority that her body had stored that would have normally kept her healthy.
Alex had sat there next to Lauri, and simply stared for once in her life having nothing to say. Words were a far off commodity that she had no recollection of, and most likely because of the look she held, the doctor had practically sprinted form the room after a mumbled excuse.
She'd simply looked at the twenty two year old, out cold on the hospital bed, and had begun to shake her head in disbelief, her voice cracking as she looked to Lauri who oddly had a calm expression on his face.
"This, this is what I wanted to prevent!"
"And what is so horrible that she is with baby? It will not be bastard, she is married." Alex still shook her head as she had put on hand on the hospital bed her voice shaky still as she gripped a chunk of her hair with the other hand.
"Lauri, I'm twenty six, and I hardly think it'd be all right if I had a kid. She's twenty two!" Alex jerked her head towards Micheal for dramatic effect as she turned her wide and worried eyes to Lauri who simply watched her bent over with his hands clasped together listening to her intently.
"She was only supposed to be out here for six months! She still has four and half left, and after that what is going to happen? Micheal is to fragile for this right now."
"What makes her so fragile?" The question was innocent, Lauri truly didn't know anything, and although Alex didn't know the full story she knew that her cousin had had a miscarriage and that had marred her cousin more than anything else.
Alex hadn't answered Lauri and soon after Micheal had woken up and Alex had surprisingly calmly asked Micheal if she'd used protection with Ville the first few times they were together.
The only thing that had kept her from yelling and screaming at her pregnant cousin, was the cool hand that had firmly rested against her lower back, and kept her grounded and in her seat.
Micheal had at first been shaky and unsure, and answered with blushing cheeks and biting lips until Alex informed her that doctor had come in and told them that she was pregnant.
The moment the word had left her lips, Micheal's face had turned into a mask of horror and tears streamed down in her face in such succession, her cheeks never had the ability to cry.
It had lasted for a while before a nurse had come in to ask her if she had any allergies to certain vitamins, so she could get her prenatal vitamins together. When Alex had relayed the information to Micheal who had just gotten herself slightly under control, the younger woman had shook her head, and insisted she couldn't get the pills outright, she needed them hidden.
No one else could know about this.
Micheal told Alex to tell her to hide them, and bring them to her late at night, past midnight, and to not say a word about her being pregnant, about the pills being for what they were for.
Alex had turned away from her severely frightened cousin, heart aching that something that should have brought such joy to anyone, should have been the best moment in their lives had only brought panic and fright to Micheal-ann. Enough that she wanted to go through it alone, she didn't want anyone in it, and Alex was sure that if the doctor had mistakenly told her and Lauri, not even she would know.
She'd known that when Micheal-ann had been going through the ordeal when she was seventeen, that was exactly what she'd been, absolutely alone, that when she needed someone everyone turned away, no one wanted to listen or help.
Alex had realized that that was what Micheal expected now from this same situation, that if anyone else other than Micheal knew, then she'd be persecuted for it. She was trying to do what all the others had done before, she was trying her hand at self preservation. The only thing was, this was the wrong time, the wrong situation, the wrong relationship.
In those few moments, Alex had accepted that Ville had done nothing to hurt her cousin, and right now she needed to have faith in him, faith that he'd take care of Micheal and that was the best thing she could do because doubting him now would only hurt Micheal further..
Alex had turned to the nurse to bring the pills late and had told her that when she did, that if a lanky brunette green eyed man was in the room, to also congratulate him on his new baby, because the mother wanted to make sure he knew that everyone was excited for them.
The nurse had smiled and left the room with no idea what she was going to do, and Micheal had calmed down so drastically she'd adopted the calm peaceful face that she'd held until Ville had shown up at the hospital room.
Alex knew she shouldn't of done it now, but she honestly couldn't let her cousin set herself up. Now that she was on board with the Ville train, she wanted that man to have every chance he could to make her cousin happy, and hiding a pregnancy from him would only hurt Micheal-ann in the long run.
Alex was pulled from her thoughts as she heard Micheal-ann cry on the phone, and she felt her hackles instantly rise and her heart lodge in her throat as she cooed softly to her cousin.
"Mikey what happened?"
"The nurse told Ville, and he left!"
"What do you mean he left?"
"I MEAN HE FUCKING CLIMBED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BED, AND WALKED OUT OF THE FUCKING DOOR!"
Alex couldn't think of a single word to say as she held the phone to her ear loosely, completely astonished and dazed by Micheal-ann's outburst.
Her cousin had never used that tone with her, with anyone before, at least from what she'd been around to encounter and the despair and anger behind it was absolutely chilling.
The anger that followed quickly, was absolutely potent as Alex puffed up her eyes crossing she was so mad. She'd trusted that asshole to do what right, and she was absolutely furious that he'd done just what she said he would do in the first place. She should have never let her instinct be fooled by him and all that mumbo jumbo of love in a month.
Ville Valo had done what she wished she hadn't predicted and it only made her previous anger return full force with the extra that she needed to truly want to destroy the Finnish man.
"I'll be there to pick you up in fifteen minutes, I swear." Micheal-ann didn't even answer her as the line went dead, the last thing Alex heard was her sobbing, and Alex practically sprinted towards her door grabbing her coat that hung next to it and the keys from the small table near the door.
As she rushed out of her apartment, Alex felt tears prick at her eyes, realizing that no matter which stance she took, it seemed to be the wrong one.
Ville finally felt the blush reach his cheeks and forehead, as a small contingent of nurses crowded outside of the windowed area that looked into the room he now sat in, whispering amongst themselves, and he slowly crossed his legs incase his hospital gown was showing any of his goods off.
It was amazing to him that he had performed in front of thousands of people, sang at a hundred shows, but now the simple weight of the guitar in his lap and the few nurses outside of a plexiglass window were causing him to second guess his entire being.
Of course when he'd stalked out of the hospital room, his resolve had been firm, and he hadn't even cared that he had looked like a crazed man running through the hospital walls popping his head into random rooms asking for a guitar.
He had been in a daze honestly, a new daddy daze if it had to have a name.
Everything he'd set into motion, was now rolling with out any true help from him, and now he was going to be a father. A month ago, he had sex with a complete stranger. Now he was married to her, and expecting a child. It was absolutely insane, it was unreal, it didn't happen like this. Good things didn't happen like this.
Of course he could try and convince himself of that all he wanted, but he could not argue with reality because there it was here in full force.
Now, now he had to learn to be a husband and a father in quick succession, and that scared him to death. Yet, he couldn't wait for either experience, and honestly he couldn't hold it against Micheal-ann for not telling him right when she'd learned that she was pregnant.
He was surprised that the nurse had slipped up and said something to him, considering how secretive she'd come in with a god blasted film canister, rather than a pill bottle.
Maybe I should have reassured Micheal before I left.., Ville thought for a moment before shaking the small feeling of apprehension off and slowly shifting the guitar to the left side of his legs leaning forward towards the small PA system that another night shift nurse had shown him.
Ville wanted to do something extraordinary for Micheal, so that she knew that she wasn't going to be alone this time around, that she was his for her to do whatever she wanted with.
He even had the thought of quitting touring all together, he'd make music and play shows around Helsinki but the thought of leaving her alone with his baby made his stomach turn. He didn't know what he was going to decide but right now he knew he had to do something big.
Clearing his throat, as his heart thumped against his chest, Ville leaned closer to the PA and flipped the switch that turned it on and flinched as a screech ran through the hospital for a few seconds.
It quieted down, and Ville cleared his throat and mumbled a soft sorry into the small microphone before envisioning one of his hero's and made his voice a bit more raspy.
"Good afternoon, everyone. We're flying at 26,000 feet, moving up to 30,000 feet, and we've got clear skies all the way to Las Vegas. Right now, we're bringing you some in-flight entertainment. One of our first class passengers would like to sing you a song inspired by one of our coach passengers. And since we let our first class passengers do, pretty much whatever they want, here he is..."
The halls of the hospital were full of Ville's voice, as those who understood English perked up in confusion at what was being said considering that they were not in an ainrplane, and those who only understood Finnish just looked plain confused.
Micheal-ann's sobs dissipated the moment she heard her husband voice on the loud speaker being funneled through out the halls and nearly broke her neck jumping from the side of the bed where she cried to throw her self into the halls listening as Ville quoted a movie.
Pulling away from the microphone after delivering the monologue perfectly, Ville strummed once at the unfamiliar guitar, sent a prayer up to every god known to man, took a deep breath, and began to sing into the PA system.
"I wanna make you smile,
Whenever you're sad.
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad.
All I wanna do,
Is grow old with you"
The smile that grew across Micheal-ann's face hurt her cheeks, as they finally gained the opportunity to dry as she stared up in wonder at one of the small boxes that delivered Ville's beautiful voice, and with each word he sang she began to laugh in joy.
"I'll get you medicine,
When your tummy aches.
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks.
It would be so nice,
Growin' old with you"
Ville's hands were shaking as the nurses outside of the windows were now hugging each other swaying from side to side with the simple guitar and tune, but he kept his voice light as he rounded into the third verse.
Micheal wrapped her arms around herself, spun once in the hallway and then set out to find where ever Ville was and show him exactly how much he meant to he after this as people filed out of their room chatting to each other excitedly over the song, and of the beautiful woman streaking through the halls.
"I'll miss you, kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold.
Need you, feed you.
I'll even let you hold the remote control"
Alex practically sprinted into the University Hospital but stopped dead in her tracks, the same as everyone else, when she heard Ville's voice funneling through the PA system and her jaw dropped.
Was that… yes it was! It was the damn Adam Sandler song from 'The Wedding Singer'!
The same nurse that had brought in her prescription waved Micheal-ann down and grabbed her hand pulling her towards a small staircase, and Micheal-ann merely followed sprinting up the steps behind the woman.
"So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink
Oh I could be the man,
Who grows old with you"
The nurse had more stamina than Micheal as she struggled to keep up, rushing through what seemed a hundred more corridors till they burst through to one of the main lobby's where straight across the room, that was crowded with other nurses, orderlies, and even doctors, behind a plexi glass window sat Ville strumming at a guitar.
Glancing up for the last line of the song, Ville couldn't have missed his girl if he tried, as at the very back of the crowded room full of white lab coats and multicolored scrubs, curls sticking every which way and bright green eyes she smiled just for him, and he smiled back, meaning every word.
"I wanna grow old with you."