13. Surprise
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh..." Kath didn't know what else to say.
Danilea nodded. "'Oh' is right."
"You're sure?"
"Yeah. I took one of those tests from the drug store. And it said positive. I was feeling crappy all day, so I guess that explains it..."
"Okay... When did you do the test?"
"About an hour ago. I had to wait for the results... I've been out of it ever since."
Kath could tell. Her sister didn't look her best at the moment.
"Have you told Warren yet?"
At these words, Daniela's eyes grew wide. "No! No, not yet. I don't know what to do, Kath."
"Well, you'll have to tell him."
"I know! I just don't know how." Then she added, "I'd like to do another test - who knows, those drug store ones probably aren't very good quality... It could have been wrong."
"I'm not sure about that. But you can do another test if you want. We could even go see a doctor, just to get a clear answer."
Daniela nodded. "Okay. Yeah, let's do that, I like that idea. But I'd rather go to the hospital, not the school nurse."
"Of course. Let's go."
"What happened with you and Piotr? Tell me."
Kath sighed. "I don't know... I'm still not so sure of it myself."
"Please. Distract me."
Kath remembered that they were currently sitting in a doctors office waiting to hear if Daniela was indeed pregnant or not, so of course a distraction was understandable.
"Well, I ran into him in the kitchen and he said he overheard us arguing. Then he dropped that he, well, loves me..."
"He loves you?!"
"Yeah, apparently, I guess... But he said that after he said he overheard me say I didn't love him."
"I knew you'd regret saying that."
Kath bit back a response.
"But then again, now I regret saying that I do love him..." Kath noticed her sister's hands resting on her belly when she said this, concealing her secret.
Kath hesitated for a moment - she wasn't really sure why she hesitated, but she did - before reaching out and placing a hand over Daniela's, who, in turn, gripped her offered hand tightly.
That grip only tightened more when the door to the office opened and the doctor returned with the results.
He came and sat down at his desk before the sisters. "All right, Miss Maximoff. Your test results came back positive. You are pregnant."
Daniela wouldn't look at him, just stared at the floor, now ringing her hands forcefully.
"Thank you, Doctor," Kath stepped in. "I think my sister just needs a moment."
"Of course." The doctor politely stepped out of the room again, leaving the two sisters.
Daniela choked back a sob, burying her face in her hands.
"Hey, don't cry, it's okay." Kath wrapped an arm around her.
"Now I have to tell him," Daniela blubbered.
"Yes, you do."
Finally, Daniela looked up. "But what do I do now?"
"Tell him first. The baby is his child too, you can both discuss where to go from here."
Daniela nodded, but looked distant, not bothering to wipe away her tears.
"Do you have any idea of how you think he'll react?"
"Kind of... Well not really, now... But neither of us are in a position for..." She shook her head. "We were always careful. Though not careful enough, obviously."
"It's going to be okay, Yela," Kath assured her.
Daniela only nodded.
When they returned to the mansion, Daniela decided to tell Peter and Wanda first before Warren.
It was easy to tell them. They were just as surprised as Kath.
"Well, I mean, is it really any wonder?" said Peter, breaking the shocked silence that followed Daniela's declaration.
Daniela punched his arm. "We always used protection."
"Yeah, but you were having a lot, like, a lot of-"
"Shut up, Peter," Wanda ordered her twin. She turned back to Daniela. "How do you feel?"
Daniela wrung her hands. "Nervous. Panicked. I don't know..."
"I'm sure that's perfectly common." Wanda took her hands and held them in her own. "We're here for you. And so is Warren."
"Is he?"
"Of course he is."
"He doesn't love me back..."
"You don't know that for sure."
Daniela wasn't convinced. "You should have seen the way he looked at me after I said it."
"You probably just surprised him. Now, you have to tell him about the baby before you move forward with this, whatever route you choose to take."
When the time came to finally tell him - she knew she couldn't put it off any longer - her siblings came with her, a trio of support.
They found him in the entrance hall. Warren recognized that something was up right away. "Hey, you all right?"
"I'm okay."
"Are you feeling any better? I was getting worried."
"Sort of, not really... Something else came up..." She looked up at him, taking in all his features that she loved. She didn't want to lose him.
"Do you feel up to finishing our talk?"
"Not really."
"Okay, that's fine. I want you to feel better before we talk about it."
"Yeah, thanks."
"Do you think you should maybe go see a doctor?"
She chuckled a little. "I did, actually."
"Oh, and?"
"And, well, there's something else I have to tell you now..."
"Oh?"
Now she froze up, so close to having to speak the words, to tell him the truth.
"Yela, what's wrong? Please tell me."
"Nothing's 'wrong' really. At least I don't think it's 'wrong'."
He was clearly confused. "Okay... What is it, then?"
"I'm, I'm, well we're, I'm-" She paused and cleared her throat.
"It's okay, Daniela," Kath said from where the siblings stood behind their sister. "Take your time."
"I'm pregnant," Daniela blurted.
His expression turned into one that almost exactly mirrored the one from when she had told him she loved him. "O-oh..."
"Yeah..." She hadn't been expecting much more of a reaction. But his was very difficult to read there in that moment.
He swallowed hard. "How long have you known?"
"Less than a day."
"Oh..." He ran a hand through his hair.
She wanted him to say something more so badly.
"I-I -" He cut himself off. Then, instead of trying to continue, he turned and was out the door before she could barely blink.
"Warren!" She dashed after him, her siblings dashing after her, out the door and into the front driveway, she watching as he flew off. "Warren!" she cried, but he was gone.
She turned to face her siblings before breaking down, devastated.
Another cliffhanger! I've begun writing the next chapter so more should come soon! :)
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