Chapter 37: Who's The Daddy?

Madison sat up in bed, her father was asleep in the chair in the corner, miles and Sam both had their heads resting on the bed asleep, she heard noises from the kitchen and assumed it was Sookie. She got up quietly, letting them all sleep, and walked out of the room, she heard someone walking round the room next to her and peeked through the crack in the door,

' You can come in Maddie' she jumped at Lucian's voice and pushed the door open,

' What's all this?' she said eyeing the equipment in the room

' I'm calling it the temporary pregnancy suite' he smiled at her and gestured to a chair, she sat down and watched him wire up a piece of equipment,

' Where did you get a sonograph machine?'

' Well I am a doctor, I can get what I want'

' You're a doctor?' he nodded smiling,

' Have you never asked who delivered you and Miles into the world?'

' It was you?'

' Yep, your dad trusts me to take care of you, hence all the machines, so how do you feel about a quick scan before breakfast?'

' I guess' she sighed as she spoke

' Lot to take in isn't it?'

' Considering I got no say in this yeah it is'

' It'll get better in a few seconds you wait' he said squirting a cool gel onto her stomach and moving the machine around to find the baby,

' I can't see how in a few seconds my entire point of view will change'

' You will'

' If you say…' Madison paused as she heart a gentle thumping sound

' That's your babies heart beat' he smiled at her as she stared wide-eyed at the screen ' feeling a little different are we?' he said proudly, she nodded slowly her mouth still gaping at the screen.

She sat at the table with Lucian, Sookie had cooked up a storm in the kitchen, Lucian wolfed down food while Madison kept one hand on her stomach and the other picked at her food,

' You have to eat' he whispered at her across the table, she nodded and took a bite out of her pancake,

' Morning sunny' her dad walked in stretching and kissed her on the head,

' Fine' he sat next to her and squeezed her hand, he looked at Lucian who nodded and smiled at him, Edward beamed with delight,

' It's all ok then?'

' Edward it's all fine now let her eat and stop worrying' Lucian scolded. Sam and Miles joined them eventually, everyone around the table talked animatedly, Sookie and Edward talked about names for the baby, Sam and Lucian were discussing the equipment he'd purchased and set up, Miles was flitting between both conversations saying she should name it Miles if it's a boy and Miley if it's a girl. Madison remained silent and crept out of the kitchen as they all talked, she opened the basement door and crept down and sat on the steps,

' How do they expect me to sleep with all that noise?' she looked up to see Godric sitting across from her reading,

' I can't think with all the talking, they're already picking names'

' They're excited, it's not happening to them so they don't understand your nerves' she nodded and put her head in her hands,

' Godric if you know it's human can you sense who the father is?'

' I have an idea but it seems impossible'

' I'm an infertile woman who's 14 weeks pregnant, surprise me'

' It was easy for me to decipher the genes in your child because they're also part of me' she looked up in shock

' It's yours!'

' No, not mine' she looked confused and then she understood,

' Eric' he nodded ' I don't understand how any of this is possible, for one he's dead surely a dead mans sperm and an infertile woman don't make a baby' she was aware her voice was getting louder and her anger was showing but she couldn't help it,

' With his experiments he may have found a way to take Eric's genes from my blood and implant it into healthy sperm, when you were told you were infertile did they suggest freezing your eggs for future IVF treatment?' she nodded

' He could have stolen some from the hospital they were kept at, it would have been easier for him to start growing the embryo in a lab to ensure it succeeded then implant it inside of you'

' I still don't understand why though?'

' Well that remains a mystery, until Pam brings him to me we wont know, I think it's really just to cause trouble in the family'

' How so?'

' Perhaps he thought we'd all abandon you or that when you found out you'd run away from them or maybe he just wanted to try growing one of his experiments in a human, that serum may have been a ruse, perhaps he needed a sample of your blood to see if the embryo would survive inside of you'

' This is all so much to take in' she kept her hands over her stomach

' Madison we're all here for you no matter what'

' Does Eric know?'

' I informed him last night while you slept, he stayed with you all night'

' How did he seem?'

' In as much shock as you'

' Does anyone else know it's his?'

' Lucian does, he's been around long enough to sense different genes in people like myself and he agrees with my theory'

' And it's definitely human?'

' Madison as I spent hours convincing your father last night please believe me, it's completely human' she nodded,

' I'm sorry I'll let you sleep, I've kept you up long enough' he inclined his head and moved back to the shadows in the basement.

That night Pam sent word that they'd found him, Godric, Miles, Lucian and Edward left immediately to get answers, Eric stayed to guard Madison, the room was silent and she suddenly missed the noise from that morning,

' How are you?' Eric asked, he looked at the floor as he spoke,

' You know we're having a baby you could at least look at me and I'm fine, my entire worlds been turned upside down but I'm fine' she practically shouted at him, Eric stood up towering over her, he bent back down when he was next to her and lifted her shirt, he lay his cheek against her stomach and closed his eyes, she watched him quietly and he settled on the floor keeping his face to her stomach,

' Who do you think it will look like?' she asked quietly

' You'

' You're just saying that'

' No I really do'

' They were planning names earlier'

' What did you say?'

' I didn't say anything I just left them to it and went to talk to Godric'

' I know this is hard on you Madison, it's not easy for me to contemplate this either'

' Its just going from infertile to 14 weeks pregnant is a bit of a head fuck' he smiled

' Try being dead and finding out you're going to me a father' she smiled and ran her hand over his hair, he sat up catching her hand and kissing it gently.