Wedding Night Baby
Chapter 9
By XellAn-Chan
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Amelia felt she could hardly stand up. She couldn't walk any more, rather, she waddled. She spent a lot of time reading in the palace's sun room, wishing she were off adventuring or that Zelgadiss were with her. She was quite heartsick that their baby would be born before Lina found him, that something had happened to him, that he'd never come back.
She stood in front of her floor-length mirror one morning, looking at what she'd become. She looked exactly the same -maybe a little forlorn- except for the mound that rose out from where her waist had once been.
She rested a hand upon her protruding stomach and could feel a flutter of movement. She sighed. "Mister Zelgadiss should be here," She told herself, "He should be experiencing this with me."
Then, hearing a voice in the hall, she looked up towards the door. "Hey, you can't go in there!" One of the guards exclaimed. Then a lower, more familiar voice growled, "Like Hell I can't!"
the door to her room flew open and there, in the doorway, stood Zelgadiss.
They stared at one another. She looked quite disbelieving that he was really there and he gaped at her very pregnant appearance. Her hand went up to her mouth and tears filled her eyes. "...You came back..." She whispered. "I'm so sorry, Amelia. I didn't know..." His voice sounded very strained, "I wouldn't have left, had I know." She nodded silently. "It's not your fault, Mister Zelgadiss. I didn't know until later. There was no way of knowing." He smiled slightly. "You don't need to call me 'mister.' We're having a baby, Amelia."
She laughed, then flew into his arms. her eyes were still full of tears, but they were tears of joy. She hugged him as if afraid he'd disappear. He wrapped his arms around her, buried his face in her soft hair. "I'm so sorry. I love you." He whispered. "I love you too, Zel." Her voice was muffled by his shirt.
He pulled away for a moment and looked at her. "My God, Ame, you're huge! I can barely even hug you." She grinned. "One more month. Then we have a baby." His eyes widened. "A month still?" She nodded. "And that's my baby?" Another nod. "If it weren't yours, who's would it be?" He smiled. "I want to get married. I love you and, any way, it's the right thing to do." She hugged him again. "I knew justice would triumph in the end! Of course we can get married."
He pulled her back into his arms and kissed her. "Oh, Zel..." She whispered, "I missed you so much." She looked up at him, her eyes full of tears. "I'm sorry." He kept his arms around her, "It's going to be different now. We'll be a family, you, me and the baby."
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Chapter 9
By XellAn-Chan
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Amelia felt she could hardly stand up. She couldn't walk any more, rather, she waddled. She spent a lot of time reading in the palace's sun room, wishing she were off adventuring or that Zelgadiss were with her. She was quite heartsick that their baby would be born before Lina found him, that something had happened to him, that he'd never come back.
She stood in front of her floor-length mirror one morning, looking at what she'd become. She looked exactly the same -maybe a little forlorn- except for the mound that rose out from where her waist had once been.
She rested a hand upon her protruding stomach and could feel a flutter of movement. She sighed. "Mister Zelgadiss should be here," She told herself, "He should be experiencing this with me."
Then, hearing a voice in the hall, she looked up towards the door. "Hey, you can't go in there!" One of the guards exclaimed. Then a lower, more familiar voice growled, "Like Hell I can't!"
the door to her room flew open and there, in the doorway, stood Zelgadiss.
They stared at one another. She looked quite disbelieving that he was really there and he gaped at her very pregnant appearance. Her hand went up to her mouth and tears filled her eyes. "...You came back..." She whispered. "I'm so sorry, Amelia. I didn't know..." His voice sounded very strained, "I wouldn't have left, had I know." She nodded silently. "It's not your fault, Mister Zelgadiss. I didn't know until later. There was no way of knowing." He smiled slightly. "You don't need to call me 'mister.' We're having a baby, Amelia."
She laughed, then flew into his arms. her eyes were still full of tears, but they were tears of joy. She hugged him as if afraid he'd disappear. He wrapped his arms around her, buried his face in her soft hair. "I'm so sorry. I love you." He whispered. "I love you too, Zel." Her voice was muffled by his shirt.
He pulled away for a moment and looked at her. "My God, Ame, you're huge! I can barely even hug you." She grinned. "One more month. Then we have a baby." His eyes widened. "A month still?" She nodded. "And that's my baby?" Another nod. "If it weren't yours, who's would it be?" He smiled. "I want to get married. I love you and, any way, it's the right thing to do." She hugged him again. "I knew justice would triumph in the end! Of course we can get married."
He pulled her back into his arms and kissed her. "Oh, Zel..." She whispered, "I missed you so much." She looked up at him, her eyes full of tears. "I'm sorry." He kept his arms around her, "It's going to be different now. We'll be a family, you, me and the baby."
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