Life After High School - Ten Years Later
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: The short answer is: No. The long answer is: Nnnooooooooooooooooo.
Summary: You've read this far . . . man.
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(Billee's POV)
I wanted to go after Colan straight away, but Legolas and Elrond persuaded me that it would be best to leave it for a while, to give us both a chance to cool down. So about an hour later I went to find him. I didn't have to look far; he was sitting by the pool. He looked rather upset and he didn't look up as I sat beside him.
"I don't want to be a father, Billee," he said quietly, as the despair in his voice almost broke my heart. "I told her that I wanted her to get rid of it, that if she went ahead she would do it alone."
"And it that how you really feel?" I said softly, putting my hand on his shoulder. "Or were you just speaking in anger, without stopping to think things through. I know how much you love Wendy, Colan, because I too love somebody. Is your relationship really worth throwing away over this?" He looked at me hopefully, relying on me to tell him what to do next. "I think you should go and see her," I told him. "She has gone to Silverwood."
"I think I will" he gave me a quick hug and stood up. "Thank you Billee."
(Colan's POV)
I rode to Silverwood as fast as I could. Wendy was sitting on a bench outside the inn. When she saw me arrive, she looked at me briefly and then turned away. I tied my horse up to a tree and sat beside her. When I took her hand, she didn't pull away. Quietly, she told me the plan that she and Jaime had come up with.
"No way" I said at once. "If you really want to give it to someone, let Emma and Damon have it, or Billee and Legolas. I don't want her to have my child, Wendy. How is the child going to feel when it learns that we gave it up? And what if…when it is born, you get so attached to it that you can't bear to give it up. Wendy, I love you and I want children with you, when the time is right. I don't want this baby to come between us and if you go ahead with the pregnancy then that it what it will do. For us, and for our relationship, you know what we have to do. For both of us."
Gently I put my arms around her and kissed her forehead. She looked up at me, a mixture of pain and happiness in her eyes.
"All right Colan" she whispered. "I can see why you would not want Jaime and Frodo to have the child. For us, for the sake of our relationship, I'll have an abortion."
Her voice was firm and clear. I knew that she wouldn't go back on it, no matter what other people might say. After all, we had each other and we both knew that it was for the best. That was all that mattered in the end.