May 2nd 2001

June's parents stare awkwardly at me as we sit around the dinningroom table. Her father has a forced smile and her mother glares at June with a kind of seething rage, she attempts to pull out a flask and is stopped by her husband.

"No...please not here, not now."

She reluctantly puts her flask away as June clinks a glass.

"Good news."

She smiles.

"I'm pregnant."

Her mother pales and downs the flask, she gets up to speak and is forced to sit down by her husband. The man smiles weakly.

"That's great June, um Ironwood how did that, um..."

I sipped some tea.

"Do you really want to know sir?"

The man blinked and shook his head.

"Good point, well congratulations June, so um boy or girl."

"Twins, I'm having both."

June seemed to vibrate with energy.

"We have names and everything, Juno for the girl, Justin for the boy, I'm about 2 months into it and it's going great. Woody has already built a crib and were going to take lamaz classes and..."

Her mother stared at her now empty flask.

"What about college."

June stopped and smiled, but there was an undercurrent of rage.

"I have my degree mom, I'm finished with that."

"But I wanted you to get a doctorate."

"I decided I had enough education."

"So you just threw away all the money we spent."

"The Protectorate spent, not you, I actually looked at those files mother, you got quite the little stipend from having me around."

"What are you implying?"

"Oh nothing, anyways I have a very good well paying job with the Protectorate."

The smile was forced now and Junes eyes were cold.

"As a whore."

The room was silent, I put my arm around her shoulder and June just kept smiling.

"Get the fuck out of my house."

"I'm-"

"You used to say my house, my rules, remember that mother? Well this is my house and I'm telling you to get out. Maybe when you sober up I will let you come back but since we both know that's never going to happen, well bye."

She stormed off and her father remained.

"I'm sorry, it's just..."

"I have my own life now, and I'm not going to take her...issues anymore, I'm done with that dad. I let her come because you asked but-"

"Give her time, she'll come around."

"I really don't care anymore, dad."

He sighed and left, we were left alone in the warehouse.

"If I caused any problems with your family, I'm sorry."

June shook her head.

"Your family's crazy, my family's crazy I just want to concentrate on our family, you know?"

I gave her a hug.

"You and me against the world, big guy."

She nuzzled into me.

"I.. why me?"

She smiled.

"Because it's destiny, you know? We will make this work, make us work, ok?"

"Ok."

She kissed me and pulled out another baby book.

"Reading again?"

I put a hand on her hand.

"I...this is important to me, I want to be a good father."

She beamed.

"It's important to me too."