Trying to Cheat Fate
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I think maybe 3-4 more chapters at the most before this fiction is complete!
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Chapter Eighteen: A Baby's Destiny
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Meiling had set herself in her usual seat in Eriol Hiiragizawa's office, feeling a bit higher in spirits then she had been since she had found out she was pregnant. The girl had been smiling, a true smile, had dressed herself to look very nice and like her teenage self, and had refused to let anything ruin her attitude. It was as if she was fourteen again.
"Guess what?" Meiling said, before Eriol could even pull out his notebook and jot down the date and her name, as he always did, in his notebook. He smiled, realizing what type of mood she was in, and took a glance at her. "You remember that fight I told you about over the phone a few days ago? The one where I was telling him that I hated him?"
"What about it?"
"We fixed it. Amazing, I think," she began to lean back in her seat and stare out the window, watching the cloud slowly shift over the sun ever few moments. "it's pretty amazing that we are able to fix those type of things, given the situation we are both in."
"I think so, too." He had opened the notebook and began to write down the date once again, as he did every session that Meiling was in to talk to him, which was atleast once every week. She turned her head slightly and looked at Eriol.
"And guess what else?" She said. Eriol waited for her to continue. "I know what I'm going to do with this child. Do you want to guess?" There was a moment, while Eriol thought about what she was going to do with her baby. She interupted him before he could even get five seconds to thinking time to himself. "I'm not going to keep it, but I'm not going to kill it. I want to give it to a good family, that will take care of it. It's just the family that I'm unsure about. The thing is I want to be able to trust them."
"That's quite normal. Seems you care about your baby enough to give it a good family. You're making such progress. I'm going to guess that you want to give it to someone who could give it a better life than you could? Considering you are only nineteen, as you told me in the beginning."
"Yes, and no. I think that if Syaoran and I tried we could give it a wonderful life. I'm not ready to give up my freedom, though. I thought about keeping it for ourself, but.. I don't know.. It's kind of hard to explain." Yes, she couldn't even put the peices together in her mind. She wanted the child, but didn't because of all the pain it caused her. That seemed to make the most sense in her mind, but it didn't quite fit into why she wasn't going to keep it for herself.
Eriol nodded. "Have you told Syaoran yet?" She shook her head a moment after his question was said aloud. "Ah, all right. You should, considering he is the baby's father. And anyway, he's going to have to agree with your choice before you can do anything."
"I know. I'm sure he will agree, though, considering he told me anything was okay, better, than having abortion. He said a while back that if I didn't want to keep it, it was okay with him. I think I just need to be reassured."
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Syaoran grabbed his hand in hers and led her outside toward the car. "How'd it go?"
"Fine. I told Eriol what I was going to do with our baby, well, atleast what I'd want to do with it," she said, taking a glance down at her belly, which wasn't exactly thin anymore. Syaoran looked straight ahead, waiting for her to continue. "I want to give it to another family."
"Okay."
"Would you think I'm strange if I told you who I wanted to give it to? If she said yes, that is. I don't know if she will agree, though." Syaoran shook his head, and dropped her hand, opening the door for her, and then shutting it before walking over to his own side.
Meiling coughed nervously as she put her seatbelt on and stared down at her feet, and began to twiddle her thumbs. "Sakura," she whispered. That was who she wanted their baby to go to. It made sense in her mind. Sakura had lost a lot of people. Tomoyo, for example. Syaoran, for another one. She trusted the girl, and thought that Sakura could take care of the baby, if she accepted it.
"What?" Syaoran stopped moving, and stared at Meiling. She nodded, avoiding eye contact with him. She was feeling stupid, but that was the only person she seemed she could trust with her child.
"Sakura."
"You're kidding, right? I mean, come on? Sakura?"
"I'm not kidding. Yes, Sakura." There was a moment of silence while Syaoran began to think it over. He couldn't think of someone else better to take care of the child, except for himself and Mei, of course, but if this was what she wanted -- okay. Hard thing to agree with, but he figured that out of all the things that Meiling had to go through, and despite how much he wanted to keep it, he would let her decide how it would come out. After all, she could always change her mind.
"You're sure?"
"Yes. Trust me, okay?"
"M'hm."
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Afternote:
oh my god. guess what? There will be exactly 2 more chapters. I'm going to skip months and more straight to our little date of birth. I would rather not describe that, so it'll be skipped.. most of it. The last chapter will be short, but I'm sure this fic will end nicely.
I love you, my reviews. ;D!
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I think maybe 3-4 more chapters at the most before this fiction is complete!
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Chapter Eighteen: A Baby's Destiny
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Meiling had set herself in her usual seat in Eriol Hiiragizawa's office, feeling a bit higher in spirits then she had been since she had found out she was pregnant. The girl had been smiling, a true smile, had dressed herself to look very nice and like her teenage self, and had refused to let anything ruin her attitude. It was as if she was fourteen again.
"Guess what?" Meiling said, before Eriol could even pull out his notebook and jot down the date and her name, as he always did, in his notebook. He smiled, realizing what type of mood she was in, and took a glance at her. "You remember that fight I told you about over the phone a few days ago? The one where I was telling him that I hated him?"
"What about it?"
"We fixed it. Amazing, I think," she began to lean back in her seat and stare out the window, watching the cloud slowly shift over the sun ever few moments. "it's pretty amazing that we are able to fix those type of things, given the situation we are both in."
"I think so, too." He had opened the notebook and began to write down the date once again, as he did every session that Meiling was in to talk to him, which was atleast once every week. She turned her head slightly and looked at Eriol.
"And guess what else?" She said. Eriol waited for her to continue. "I know what I'm going to do with this child. Do you want to guess?" There was a moment, while Eriol thought about what she was going to do with her baby. She interupted him before he could even get five seconds to thinking time to himself. "I'm not going to keep it, but I'm not going to kill it. I want to give it to a good family, that will take care of it. It's just the family that I'm unsure about. The thing is I want to be able to trust them."
"That's quite normal. Seems you care about your baby enough to give it a good family. You're making such progress. I'm going to guess that you want to give it to someone who could give it a better life than you could? Considering you are only nineteen, as you told me in the beginning."
"Yes, and no. I think that if Syaoran and I tried we could give it a wonderful life. I'm not ready to give up my freedom, though. I thought about keeping it for ourself, but.. I don't know.. It's kind of hard to explain." Yes, she couldn't even put the peices together in her mind. She wanted the child, but didn't because of all the pain it caused her. That seemed to make the most sense in her mind, but it didn't quite fit into why she wasn't going to keep it for herself.
Eriol nodded. "Have you told Syaoran yet?" She shook her head a moment after his question was said aloud. "Ah, all right. You should, considering he is the baby's father. And anyway, he's going to have to agree with your choice before you can do anything."
"I know. I'm sure he will agree, though, considering he told me anything was okay, better, than having abortion. He said a while back that if I didn't want to keep it, it was okay with him. I think I just need to be reassured."
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Syaoran grabbed his hand in hers and led her outside toward the car. "How'd it go?"
"Fine. I told Eriol what I was going to do with our baby, well, atleast what I'd want to do with it," she said, taking a glance down at her belly, which wasn't exactly thin anymore. Syaoran looked straight ahead, waiting for her to continue. "I want to give it to another family."
"Okay."
"Would you think I'm strange if I told you who I wanted to give it to? If she said yes, that is. I don't know if she will agree, though." Syaoran shook his head, and dropped her hand, opening the door for her, and then shutting it before walking over to his own side.
Meiling coughed nervously as she put her seatbelt on and stared down at her feet, and began to twiddle her thumbs. "Sakura," she whispered. That was who she wanted their baby to go to. It made sense in her mind. Sakura had lost a lot of people. Tomoyo, for example. Syaoran, for another one. She trusted the girl, and thought that Sakura could take care of the baby, if she accepted it.
"What?" Syaoran stopped moving, and stared at Meiling. She nodded, avoiding eye contact with him. She was feeling stupid, but that was the only person she seemed she could trust with her child.
"Sakura."
"You're kidding, right? I mean, come on? Sakura?"
"I'm not kidding. Yes, Sakura." There was a moment of silence while Syaoran began to think it over. He couldn't think of someone else better to take care of the child, except for himself and Mei, of course, but if this was what she wanted -- okay. Hard thing to agree with, but he figured that out of all the things that Meiling had to go through, and despite how much he wanted to keep it, he would let her decide how it would come out. After all, she could always change her mind.
"You're sure?"
"Yes. Trust me, okay?"
"M'hm."
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Afternote:
oh my god. guess what? There will be exactly 2 more chapters. I'm going to skip months and more straight to our little date of birth. I would rather not describe that, so it'll be skipped.. most of it. The last chapter will be short, but I'm sure this fic will end nicely.
I love you, my reviews. ;D!