Chapter Five
Checking herself over in the wall mirror before opening the door, Lady wiped her eyes for a final time and ran a hand through her hair. Taking a deep breath, she pulled the handle down and let Squall in.
"What took you?" He asked striding in.
"Huh? Oh, I was talking with Ami, Morgan and Kate." Lady replied allowing him to kiss her forehead.
"They still here?" Squall asked looking through the gap in the door leading to Lady's sleeping quarters. Morgan waved at him. "They are." He said bluntly.
"Is that OK?" Lady said quivering.
"Yeah, that's fine." Squall said. "Hey, what's up with you? You're acting like a scared rabbit."
"I'm fine.... just... umm..." Lady stammered. "Mmm.... Squall!" She squeaked and clung on to him.
"Lady, what's wrong? What's brought this on?" Squall asked, looking at her face. Usually beaming and happy, it look so pale and her eyes were all blood shot, and puffy. "You've been crying? What did Dr. Kawasaki say?" Squall asked. Lady said nothing just looked at the floor, she couldn't tell him. Not now. Everything was too perfect, but she knew he'd find out some how. "Lady?" He asked. She took a deep breath and released him.
"I have... something to tell you." She said quietly.
"What's happened?"
"I don't know if you'll think this good news or bad news.... I'm not even sure my self, but... you know I've been really unwell lately. Well, Dr. Kawasaki and I, have discovered why."
"Well what is it?" Squall asked urgently. Taking another deep breath and trying hard as possible to ignore the butterflies doing super loop-the-loops in her stomach Lady told him.
"I'm pregnant."
There was a long delayed pause in which neither of them said anything. Not even the three in the sleeping quarters would say anything. Squall staggered and gripped the desk top in the kitchen area, running the tap and filling a glass with water, he poured half of it over his face and the rest down his throat.
"Squall?" Lady asked cautiously.
"Pregnant." Squall repeated.
****Dorm area****
"What are we doin' here any how?" Irvine grumbled, thoroughly bored with walking around the Garden with nothing to do.
"I wanna go see Lady, I haven't seen her since she got back!" Selphie replied, sticking her tongue out.
"Why'd you need us to come along?" Zell said.
"Cause you haven't seen her either!" Selphie snapped.
"Plus, no doubt Ami will be there." Irvine snickered to Zell who kicked his shin.
"WHAAAA HOOO!!!!"
"What the Hell was that?!" Zell asked, clenching his fists.
"It can from Lady's dorm!!!" Selphie replied running off.
"Wait up!" Irvine called following her.
Stopping out side Lady's dorm , Selphie was about to push the handle down, when the door was shot open and Squall stood there with a jester-like grin spread over his face.
"Uhh.... Squall?" Irvine asked.
"YES!!! YES! YES! YES!!!" Squall yelled hugging Irvine and Selphie and dancing around the dorm with them.
"Argh!!! Lemme gooooo!!! Squall! You stupid idiot!!!" Selphie's muffled voice called from the arm of Irvine's coat.
"Squall! Get offa me!!!" Irvine yelled pushing off. Zell, slinked past him, leaning against the wall and over to Lady, who was sitting on the desk. Squall dropped Irvine and Selphie, who staggered to their feet and leaned against the wall as Squall opened the door to the sleeping quarters fully and pulled Ami out, grabbing Zell in the process, spinning them around in a hug.
"You lummox!!! Get of me!!!" Ami screeched kicking and flailing with her arms.
"SQUALL!!!" Zell yelled, muffled, because, conveniently or inconveniently, Squall had managed to ram Zell's face right into Ami's chest.
"What's wrong with him?" Morgan asked, fearing for her life as Squall continued to dance around the room with random people.
"I..... I think he's.... happy?" Lady replied as a contented smile spread over her lips. "Squall..." She said quietly. Squall dropped who he was hugging at the time (Irvine and Kate) and ran over to Lady, kneeling down and grabbing her hand.
"Yes?" Lady looked at him, her shale eyes filling with tears. She put and hand up to his face and smiled.
"What's up with him today?" Irvine asked breathlessly.
"Y'mean, the don't know?" Squall asked, not noticing Rinoa and Quistis were at the door, after hearing all the commotion.
"No." Lady replied. "You can tell them if you want." Squall got up and turned to his friends. Taking a deep breath so the words sunk in to him, he said;
"I'm going to be a father." He grinned.
