Kai stifled another yawn as he curled up on the couch, his eyes fixed on the brightly lit TV screen as it blasted out another obnoxious Christmas advert, but he wasn't really paying attention to the small screen. He had been up almost all night with morning sickness and his frantic mind after Wendy's sudden visit yesterday. That morning Kai really thought he was finally starting to work his way through what happened but now he knew it would always be there.
He needed to be honest with himself.
He was never going to get his life back to the way it was before. Morro would always be in his life now because no matter how much he wanted to ignore it, this baby was Morro's. That didn't change how Kai felt about the pregnancy, however. Ever since he saw the ultrasound photo the nurse had snuck into the pamphlets, Kai felt something he could only describe as love. It was like the love he felt for Nya, only much strong. When he had his next scan he wanted to see his baby on the monitor.
His mind began to wander back to Wendy and sighed.
After he had calmed down enough to return to the apartment, Cole called his boyfriends and the girls and they all came over as soon as possible. They all started to brainstorm ideas on how to stop Wendy from bothering Kai anymore. Unfortunately, Wendy hadn't broken any laws. She hadn't broken into the building as the landlord had let her in, thinking she was a family friend of Kai's. She hadn't threatened the brunette or used any aggressive words or body language.
She said Morro didn't even know she was there.
They could only hope that she had gotten the message and didn't come back. They wouldn't hold their breaths, however. Jay had spoken to the landlord and the man had promised not to let Wendy into the building anymore, but he also said to them that he couldn't prevent other tenants or delivery people from letting her in. He could only press charges against her if she outright threatened someone, broke in without someone letting her in, or damaged any properties.
Just as Kai was about to get up to stretch his sore muscles, he suddenly found a fresh hot cup of cocoa in front of him.
He looked up and saw Jay and Skylor smiling at him while the red-haired woman held up the hot cocoa for her best friend to take. He let out a quiet thanks as he took the mug and let it warm his stiff hands.
"How long have you been up?" She asked but Kai shrugged. "Alright, how's the morning sickness?"
"I read that ginger helps." He muttered as he sat up to let Skylor sit down on the couch.
"It must have been so upsetting for you with Morro's mom showing up like that, I wish I was here," Jay said, the guilt and regret clear on his face. "But I promise, she won't be back."
"What if she won't let it go?" Kai asked, but neither of them had an answer. "I don't think she knows about this baby and it needs to stay that way."
"And it will; she's said her piece, hasn't done her any good, and she won't come back after the way Cole chewed her out," Skylor assured her best friend. All of a sudden there was a buzzing at the door, signaling that someone was on the ground floor and waiting for permission to come up. Kai gulped fearfully as Jay got up and answered the phone next to the door. After a couple of minutes of talking, Jay pressed a button to let the person up and he turned back to Kai and Skylor.
"Don't worry, it's just Zane." He said when he saw the fear in Kai's face. A few minutes later the platinum blonde-haired man entered the apartment with a kind smile when he saw them.
"Hello, Kai."
"Hey." He replied before taking a sip of his hot drink.
"I just wanted to know how you were feeling?"
"I'm fine."
"I've spoken to the midwife to arrange your other scans and she said don't be afraid to call her or ask me if you have any questions." He reassured and Kai relaxed for a moment before he looked at the ground in worry.
"Um, the scan... I'm just a little scared that something might be wrong... because of how it happened." He whimpered. "And I know that it makes no sense and I know that I'm being stupid-"
"Of course you're not; there is no reason to suspect that your baby will be anything other than healthy," Zane promised and Kai breathed a sigh of relief.
"So how soon is his next scan?" Skylor asked.
"I'll have to call and check, but certainly by the end of the week." He suggested and Kai nodded in understanding. Soon Nya got out of the shower, Kai jumped in, hoping the hot water would relax his muscles. As soon as they heard the bathroom door lock, the four of them started talking about Wendy again.
"I can't believe the nerve of that woman." Nya seethed. "Coming here and defending that scumbag."
"Well, she clearly believes all his lies." Zane sighed.
"To be fair, what mom wants to think that her son's capable of something like that?" Jay asked and nobody wanted to answer.
"Was Kai well last night?" Zane asked.
"He was pretty shaken up, but he seems fine," Skylor replied.
"For now." Nya scoffed. Kai finished in the shower after roughly half an hour and Zane said his goodbyes as he left to go book Kai's future appointments and get on with work. With nothing better to do, Jay, Kai, and the girls started sorting out the clean laundry Cole had finished last night. Kai felt his lower lip begin to wobble as he held up one of his favorite jeans, realizing he wouldn't be able to fit in them soon with a large baby bump. He had no idea whether it was due to hormones or not, but Kai felt his eyes begin to water as he barely managed to keep himself from becoming a sobbing mess.
The others quickly saw this and rushed to comfort him, telling him everything would be alright.
Skylor even offered to lend him some of her baggy track bottoms until they bought him some maternity clothes. This seemed to cheer him up and he started laughing lightly at the thought of wearing her bright, neon green track bottoms.
"There's no way I'm wearing your clothes, especially with your tasty in fashion." He laughed and the others joined in.
"I'll have you know fashion is my passion." Skylor cried in mock offense.
"When I do start to show, which won't be for months yet, I'll just bigger jeans and wear a big sweater." He grinned. Just then the phone started buzzing again, telling them someone was at the front door, waiting to be let into the building. Thinking it was Cole coming to visit, Jay got up to let them in. He buzzed them in without even thinking, but when he heard a woman saying thank you he paled in horror when he realized who it was. He ran out of the apartment, catching the trio off guard, but they thought nothing of it and continued with the laundry.
Nya frowned, however, and when she was sure her brother and Skylor were distracted, she snuck out to follow Jay...
Jay bolted down the stairs as fast as he could to cut Wendy off before Kai saw her. He managed to catch her just before she could step foot on the stairs, still on the ground floor. He got between her and the stairs, shutting the door to them before she could so much as blink. She looked confused by this stranger stopping her from going further, but Jay was quick to tell her who he was.
"I'm Jay Walker; Kai, Nya, and Skylor are staying with me and Kai's made it clear he doesn't want to speak to you EVER again." He told her calmly, but sternly.
"Listen, I don't want any trouble I just want to speak to him." She replied, sounding slightly desperate.
"Over my dead body." He stood his ground.
"I'm not going anywhere, I need answers."
"No, you need to leave." Jay glared. "Kai's got nothing to say to you."
"And why's that?" Wendy frowned. "He'll talk to the police but he won't tell me what really happened? My son didn't do anything so why is Kai doing this to him?!"
"Go home now or I'll call the police!"
"And what will they do? Arrest me for harassment?" She scoffed as she pulled out the paper she had shown Kai about Morro. "That's more your people's style."
"Freedom of speech." Jay shrugged when he saw the paper.
"I called the editor, I told them my boy is innocent, but mud sticks! Kai needs to stop these lies! Why are you people out to ruin my baby's life?!" She cried before trying to push past Jay to get to the stairs, but Jay stood strong and refused to budge. Compared to the agent, however, Wendy didn't stand a chance of getting past him.
"Does your family ever take no for an answer?" He scowled.
"I need to know Kai is going to stop telling lies and harassing my son!"
"Are you drunk or something?!" Jay snapped. "Morro attacked him! He's been a wreck for weeks! Morro put that innocent boy through hell!"
"My son is the one who's innocent here!" Wendy exclaimed, only to yell in fear when someone suddenly shoved her away. She looked up and saw Nya glaring at her as she breathed heavily in barely contained anger. She had only heard the tail end of the conversation, but she had heard enough to know who this woman was and what she wanted.
"What the hell are you doing here?! Come to defend your RAPIST son?!"
"I'm only here because these lies are hurting my son and me!" Wendy cried. "When word got out and reached by boss I lost my job!"
"Good, at least your boss knows what your family's capable of, even if you're too fucking stupid to see that hellspawn you gave birth to for what he really is! The monster who caused nothing for hundreds of people across this city, including my brother!" Nya screeched.
"Look, I understand, if it was my brother I'd want to believe his messed up story too," Wendy replied, which only pissed Jay and Nya off even more. "I don't know what you all have against my son, or what kind of deep, psychological problems your brother has, but these lies have gotten my son arrested, lost me my job, and I was very upset with how Kai and his friend spoke to me yesterday."
"You went looking for trouble!" Jay shouted, but the older woman scoffed.
"I knew I wasn't going to get anywhere, the boy's a liar like the rest of you!"
"HAVE YOU AND THAT BASTARD GOT A DEATH WISH OR SOMETHING!?" Nya bellowed and Jay had to hold her back from tearing Wendy to shreds.
"Leave it Nya! Go back upstairs and make sure your brother's alright and I'll sort this mess out!" Jay pleaded and with one last snarl, Nya ran back up the stairs, only stopping briefly to flip Wendy the bird. As soon as she was gone, Jay turned to glare at Wendy. "If you want to keep your son safe you'd better stay away from my friends."...
When Nya got back and told her brother and Skylor that Wendy was back and downstairs with Jay, Kai felt like he couldn't breathe while he sat on the couch as he curled inward while Skylor and Nya sat at either side of him, trying to comfort him as best they could. The girls talked about calling the police, but Kai wasn't paying attention. He just wanted to close his eyes and make this all go away. His hand moved to his stomach, where his baby was growing more every day.
When the baby was born, he hoped this mess would be far behind him.
Morro would in prison forever, Wendy would see that no matter what happened now her son was never going to be free, and the news and people would forget and move on. His child would never have to know how it was conceived and what kind of monster its father was. Kai was suddenly dragged out of his thoughts when the apartment door opened. Instead of Jay, however, Wendy burst into the living room. Kai froze in fear whereas Skylor and Nya stood up and glared at the older woman.
Jay came in a second later, looking out of breath.
She had somehow gotten past the ginger-haired man and outran him up the stairs.
"I'm sorry I tried to stop her!" He exclaimed when he finally caught his breath.
"What the hell do you want from me?!"
"I want you to admit that you lied!" She begged but Kai was at his wit's end.
"What would I lie about something like that?!"
"Because you're confused and angry!" She argued. "We're just the police didn't buy your nasty little story, my son's in enough trouble as it is without you making up stories!"
"Get out now!" Skylor demanded but Wendy ignored her.
"Please, just tell the truth."
"I'll give you the truth! Your son RAPED me!" He howled and she visibly winced at that horrible word. Kai did feel a little bad for her, but he buried that feeling away quickly. Just then Wendy stepped forward towards him, Nya quickly cut her off. However, the action caused Kai to stumble back and fall backward into the coffee table with a small cry. Jay quickly pulled Wendy away before she could say or do anything else and was trying to drag her out the door as the girls checked on Kai.
"Is the baby okay?!" Skylor asked without thinking and everything in the apartment froze. They all slowly looked up at Wendy and saw her green eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
"Oh my God." She whispered. "You're pregnant?"...