Chapter 46

"Angeni, you already know I will sit here, tickle you until you piss yourself and then simply hold this…" He held up the wrapped…stick. "To your leg if I must." Denial wasn't working and he was going to eliminate pregnancy before moving onto a life-threatening illness. "Spare us both the humiliation and take the test."

"I don't have to piss right now." Angeni grumbled and sighed when he actually filled the plastic cup with water that they normally used to rinse their mouths out after brushing, handing it to her. "Seriously?"

Deciding to do it just to shut her husband up, Angeni took the cup and downed it. After five cups and nearly a half an hour later, Angeni had to go and made Mark wait outside of the bathroom while she took the test. She pulled the stick out from beneath her and stared at it, waiting. When it turned, Angeni stood up from the toilet and cleaned herself up before padding out, where Mark sat on the bed still naked. Chewing her bottom lip, Angeni walked over to him and simply handed over the stick, sitting down beside him with her hands clasped tightly in her lap, head lowered.

"In case you can't read it, the two lines mean I'm pregnant."

Considering when he had made Paul buy the damn thing, he had read the information on the back of the box, three times to commit it to memory, he knew exactly what those lines meant. Taker set the stick down on the floor, still staring at it before finally turning to look at Angeni. Seeing the way her hands were folded in her lap, the bent head, Taker frowned slightly.

"This…upsets you?" He tried to make that sound as understanding as possible, a bit upset that she looked upset.

"I don't know. I mean, I never got to really feel what it's like being pregnant because of the accident the first time." Slowly, Angeni pressed a hand to her flat stomach, hardly believing a life was growing inside of her at that moment. "I've never really thought of myself as the mother type." She looked up into his eyes. "What about you? How do you feel about this?"

It'd only been around four months since her miscarriage. What if she lost this one too? It was Mark's this time. There wasn't a doubt in her mind because he'd been the only one she slept with.

"Overwhelmed." He admitted gruffly. "But, at the same time, very happy." He said both of those things with a straight face, carefully masking his emotions, since she still looked very unsure of how she was feeling at the moment, besides worried. Taker reached out to place his own hand on top of hers, his gaze dropping down to her stomach. "Your miscarriage was an accident, Angeni." He said quietly, correctly interpreting some of her concerns. "It will not happen again."

"What if it does?" Tears instantly slid down her cheeks and Angeni began trembling against her husband, rubbing the back of her neck with her free hand. "W-What if I end up losing this one too? What if my body isn't ready for this? So many things can go wrong, Mark! I don't wanna go through it again!" Angeni sounded both panicked and completely heartbroken because she'd already lost a baby. "I-I'm happy, I am, but I-I don't wanna get my hopes up in case something happens…"

She was terrified right now and it showed, her violet eyes mirroring her current feelings. His first reaction was to sedate her with a pressure point applied to her neck, where he could see her pulse point going a mile a minute if he looked hard enough. Second was to simply hold her against him, knowing her miscarriage had definitely left some lingering issues.

"Would you like to talk to Paul?" Taker offered after a few moments of simply letting her have her panic.

Paul was a doctor, of sorts. Paul could probably reassure her that she would carry fine…and if he couldn't, Taker would use him as compost for the garden. Angeni slowly calmed down, not answering him right away and had her arms firmly around his neck, sitting on his lap sideways with his arms around her.

"Sorry." She whispered, slowly pulling back to stare up into his eyes, brushing away a strand of black hair from his face. "Didn't mean to lose it like that. Guess I was shocked." Even though she shouldn't have been considering how much sex they had recently. "We're having a baby." She pressed her forehead to his, caressing his face and let more tears fall. "OUR baby."

Meaning he was without a doubt the father, there was no doubt in her mind about it. Damn right THEIR baby. Taker knew without a doubt it was indeed his child because he was the ONLY man she had been with since their reconciliation. That was a damn good thing for everyone around him as his psyche would never recover if she had betrayed him like that again. Kane was probably going to have to be removed from the house…who knew how the man would react to this information? He shunted all that aside and simply focused on his wife, then smirked.

"We're definitely going to have to add-on."

Angeni nodded, jumping slightly when both of their stomachs rumbled at the same time and laughed. "We need to eat something." She stated, watching him nod as she slid off of his lap.

Both of them reluctantly dressed, her in a blood red nightgown while he just slipped his black skintight jeans back on. They walked out of the bedroom and stopped at the sight of Paul on the couch watching television. Angeni sighed when Mark forced her to sit down while he went to get them two plates.

"I'm not helpless you know." She muttered good-naturedly, knowing why he was doing it.

Well he could fix that, especially if she decided she was going to be doing anything she shouldn't…like working outside in the heat in her condition and 'Taker frowned suddenly. There were a lot of things Angeni liked to do that she was going to have to give up…at least in HIS opinion and he could already see between that along the fabled hormonal imbalances. Taker was going to need to invest in a cup and a mild sedative, already envisioning some future rows.

"I like to take care of you." He said finally, grinning broadly when she smiled at him.

"What's going on?" Paul asked hesitantly, looking at Angeni and then Taker, wondering if he missed something.

"We just found something out and he's already being overprotective." Angeni ignored the look her husband shot her, practically glowing.

"W-Which is?" Paul knew he was probably sticking his nose where it wasn't wanted, but he was curious.

"We're pregnant."

Paul spit the water out he'd just taken a drink of, eyes bulging out of his already chubby face, coughing. "W-W-WHAT?!"

Angeni giggled at his reaction and took the plate of food Mark handed her, scooting over so he could sit next to her on the loveseat. "We're going to have a baby."

"Oh…"

"We just sounds wrong. She is going to have our baby. She is pregnant." Taker corrected after a moment, reaching over to once more rest his hand on her stomach. "Though I will definitely take the claim of getting her in this condition."

Paul was mopping water off himself, scowling. "Of course you will, you arrogant jackass. How far along are you, Angeni?" He asked, looking at her and ignoring the very satisfied smirk on the Phenom's face.

"I don't know, I just took a test about an hour ago…" Angeni placed her hand over his and sighed when Mark handed her the fork, urging her to eat. "I-Is there a way for you to find out, Paul?" She remembered Mark's offer for her to talk to Paul about this and decided to take him up on it, leaning against her husband while he ate. "I-Is there a way to find out if…if my body can handle this? My accident…I don't want it happening again…"

Angeni hated feeling unsure about this, but after what happened and not even realizing she was pregnant, no chances could be taken lightly. Paul nodded immediately, aware that Taker was simply staring down at his own plate, but not touching it and not moving. Taker was listening. Paul wasn't surprised in the least by her question, it was only natural for her to have concerns after her miscarriage. After how that had occurred with her moonsault and subsequent landing.

"Of course, Angeni, you can see your personal physician or-" Paul arched an eyebrow when Taker began shaking his head no. "I am always at your service."

Taker was going to reassign Paul's duties to solely that of tending to his wife permanently.

"You've taken care of me since Mark and I reunited, I trust you the most, Paul." Angeni smiled tentatively at him and started eating, feeling as though she was starving. Within minutes, the whole plate was devoured and Angeni was on her way to get a second plate, ignoring the bewildered looks of both her husband and Paul.

"D-Does she eat like that all the time?"

"No." Taker shook his head, recovering much more quickly than his mentor and finally began eating his own food, at a much slower pace. "Definitely pregnant…and just think, my baby is in there, she will be hu-"

"I don't care if you are the Undertaker, the Deadman, the Phenom, the Lord of Darkness, you will be a smear on the floor if you finish that sentence and she overhears you."

"What was that, my dear husband?"

"He simply said you're even more beautiful now that you're pregnant."

Angeni frowned, tilting her head. "But-"

"More beautiful because of your glow." Paul corrected smoothly, knowing he just saved the Deadman's ass and smiled warmly. "Finish eating and then we'll do a quick examination to make sure everything is fine, which I'm sure it is."

Grinning, Angeni nodded and sat down beside Mark, kissing his cheek before beginning to devour her second plate. She'd never ate this much in her life. This kid definitely took after its father.

That was Taker's first lesson in how to avoid dying by a pregnant woman. It had taken him several moments to understand just why the hell Paul was lying to her, not that she wasn't beautiful because she was. Pregnant or not. He had seen this woman without make-up, looking like shit and had still found her gorgeous.

Taker was pretty certain when her hands and feet were the size of his, her stomach poking out like a balloon and all crazy with hormones, he was still going to find her beautiful. Though, at Paul's 'learn from this' look, he got it. Death by a pregnant, hormonal woman for saying 'huge' and probably any other related words wasn't in his best interest.

Kane had overheard everything as he sat on the stairs, closing his eyes and knew there really was no chance for him and Angeni. He had to let her go. He had to move on and knew falling for his sister-in-law was the worst mistake he could've possibly made. Silently, Kane made his way back upstairs and went to bed, deciding he was leaving tomorrow, not caring if his place wasn't ready yet.

He would stay in a hotel until it was, unable to stay here anymore. Though, big brother had given him some valuable information regarding who told him about his one nightstand with Angeni. Sean Waltman's days were numbered officially, he would die for his treachery.

~!~

It turned out that Angeni was perfectly healthy and was seven weeks along in her pregnancy. Paul did a thorough examination and became her official obstetrician, she trusted no one else. Throughout the next seven and a half months, a lot of things changed. Stephanie and John ended up eloping to Vegas, asking Mark and Angeni to be their witnesses.

Mark surprised Angeni by getting down on one knee and properly asking her to marry him again, presenting her with a beautiful Amethyst stone cut in the shape of a teardrop with little diamonds surrounding it. He wanted to make their marriage work, especially now that she was pregnant and said he refused to let her go. Angeni accepted and they were married in the same chapel as the first time, only Angeni actually went out and purchased a wedding dress to make it feel more official.

They had renewed their vows and Mark promised it was forever this time, that he wasn't walking away from her ever. Glen and Mark slowly began building a friendship, but they still didn't trust each other and Glen ended up meeting a woman named Dyana. She was a beauty with honey blonde hair, sky blue eyes and the warmest smile he'd ever seen on a woman. Angeni was very happy for him and became fast friends with Dyana. She was simply that easy to get along with and heart-warming.

Mark did indeed add on to the cottage and raised the ceilings a bit, changing a few things to his liking, which Angeni didn't mind. It still had the same beauty as it always did, only it was bigger now with the same style. The cottage had blown up into a two story house when it was all said and done with four bedrooms, two upstairs and two down.

When the men were on the road, -Mark refused to let Angeni join him on the road until after the baby was born and also forced Paul to stay with her- Dyana and Angeni busied themselves with work around the house and especially the baby nursery. It was a safari theme since they were having a boy, Paul had told her during one of the ultrasounds he'd conducted. He turned one of the bedrooms into his medical office with all the necessary tools, ready to deliver the baby at a moment's notice. Angeni refused to go to a hospital and Mark had given Paul all the money he needed to literally change the room into a delivery/medical room, even going so far as getting monitors for the baby and mother.

On Thanksgiving morning, a beautiful baby boy was born weighing nine pounds, seven ounces and was twenty-three inches long. After thinking long and hard about it, Angeni decided on the name Julian Marcus Calaway. Neither parents wanted to name him after his father for different reasons, mainly wanting the baby to have his own identity and life instead of being tied down as a junior.

He was perfect with beautiful deep emerald green eyes that mirrored his father's and raven black hair from his mother. As Angeni held her beautiful son, all she could think about was everything that happened to get to this point. How just shy of a year ago she'd reunited with her husband and now here they were, one big happy family.

Mark never struck or abused her again, vowing to protect her and Julian with everything he had inside of him. However, his dark side never faded away, Mark never changed as far as his attitude went, still having the edge. It was as if he'd tried to kill the light inside of Angeni, but instead she had sparked the light inside of him, changing him into the man he always wanted to be.

The End