Something New
Chapter 5
Frasier
Lemme see, I got a fulltime job and went back to school in May last year so fanfic fell right to bottom of my list of priorities, but I'm back now:) and rearing to go! I'm so sorry:)
I opened the door to my apartment and was more than a little suprised to find my son Frederick sitting on the lounge, he looked as though he had being crying, I was about to ask him what was going on when Daphne my father's healthcare worker entered carrying a tray with some cookies and two galsses of milk.
"And that's it, the whole story." Frederick whispered to Daphne still unaware of my presence.
"What whole story?" I asked, my curiousity piqued, before Daphne got the chance to respond. I moved into the lounge room proper from the entry and sat on my father's chair.
"Mom's pregnant!" Freddie blurted out bursting into tears. "She's ruining everything all over again."
Lilith pregnant? My senses whirled, although we were no longer together I still carried a torch for my ex-wife and had basically come to blame her for every relationship breakdown I had since the divorce, I had come to realize that every other woman I dated was not her, I still secretly loved her. I felt weak and dizzy.
"Frederick, are you sure?" I asked him, I know that that was a utterly stupid question but I needed the validation that I had heard correctly.
"Yes, I'm sure, I'm not stupid, She told me!" Freddie yelled getting up off the lounge and storming off in the direction of Daphne's room.
"Freddie wait!" I called after him but he didn't even slow down.
"Dr. Crane, just let him be alone for a little while." suggested Daphne "He's had a rough few weeks I told him he could go and lie down in me room if he likes because he told me he didn't get much sleep last night,, do you want a cookie?" Daphne smiled at me. What a stupid question, 'do I want a cookie, do I want a cookie?' No I don't want a cookie I thought to myself I want to know what the hell is going on. I wanted to explode at Daphne for asking such an inane question but instead I shook my head, got up of the lounge and went to my own bedroom.
Later the same day
"Freddie are you awake?" I called gently as I knocked on Dahpne's bedroom door.
"Go away!" my son yelled back at me, I decided though to enter the room anyway, I needed to talk to my son. I was worried by his over reaction to the news that his mother was pregnant.
"Freddie do you want to talk?" I asked sitting down on Daphne's bed.
"I thought I told you to go away!" Frederick snapped truning around so he was facing away from me.
It devastated me to see my son like this "You can talk to me, I won't tell your mom, I promise." I coaxed, I figured that at least some of his aprehension in speaking to me came from the thought that Lilith would find out what he had told me.
"Alright, when mom told me she was going to have a baby, I got really angry, because I liked having mom to myself and I told her that I hated her, that I never wanted to see her again, that I wanted to live with you, and I think I really hurt her, I didn't mean to and now I think she hates me." My son said in one big breath, tears filling his eyes.
"Frederick, I am positive that your mom doesn't hate you," I told him as I took him into my arms and held him as he started sobbing. "She is a psychitrist, she understands your reaction."
"Do you really think so?" Freddie asked, I just nodded in reply, "I'll talk to her when she comes to pick you up if you want me to." I offered getting up off the bed. "Where is she anyway?" I asked as an afterthought.
"She went to Uncle Niles', she told Daphne she had something important to tell him." Freddie said quietly.
The reality of what my son had just told me refused to sink in af first, Niles was the father of Lilith's baby, why else would she be out here in Seattle anyway, I had assumed until this point that the baby was Brian's, I had even let my mind escape into a little fantasy of Lilith and I caring for the baby together, but Niles was the father, Niles, my brother was having my ex-wife's baby, it didn't make sense, not in my mind anyway and the thought of it made me sick.
I ran out of the hallway outside Daphne's room, I was going to vomit, I was so overwhelmed by that realization I had just made, as I entered the
loungeroom, Daphne opened the front door and Lilith entered the apartment, I gave her one withering look, one to make sure she knew that I knew and ran out of the room, the only sound I could hear as I ran was that of Lilth retching, great I thought, not only does she screw up any relationship I have left with my brother, she throws up all over my $30,000 rug too.
Chapter 5
Frasier
Lemme see, I got a fulltime job and went back to school in May last year so fanfic fell right to bottom of my list of priorities, but I'm back now:) and rearing to go! I'm so sorry:)
I opened the door to my apartment and was more than a little suprised to find my son Frederick sitting on the lounge, he looked as though he had being crying, I was about to ask him what was going on when Daphne my father's healthcare worker entered carrying a tray with some cookies and two galsses of milk.
"And that's it, the whole story." Frederick whispered to Daphne still unaware of my presence.
"What whole story?" I asked, my curiousity piqued, before Daphne got the chance to respond. I moved into the lounge room proper from the entry and sat on my father's chair.
"Mom's pregnant!" Freddie blurted out bursting into tears. "She's ruining everything all over again."
Lilith pregnant? My senses whirled, although we were no longer together I still carried a torch for my ex-wife and had basically come to blame her for every relationship breakdown I had since the divorce, I had come to realize that every other woman I dated was not her, I still secretly loved her. I felt weak and dizzy.
"Frederick, are you sure?" I asked him, I know that that was a utterly stupid question but I needed the validation that I had heard correctly.
"Yes, I'm sure, I'm not stupid, She told me!" Freddie yelled getting up off the lounge and storming off in the direction of Daphne's room.
"Freddie wait!" I called after him but he didn't even slow down.
"Dr. Crane, just let him be alone for a little while." suggested Daphne "He's had a rough few weeks I told him he could go and lie down in me room if he likes because he told me he didn't get much sleep last night,, do you want a cookie?" Daphne smiled at me. What a stupid question, 'do I want a cookie, do I want a cookie?' No I don't want a cookie I thought to myself I want to know what the hell is going on. I wanted to explode at Daphne for asking such an inane question but instead I shook my head, got up of the lounge and went to my own bedroom.
Later the same day
"Freddie are you awake?" I called gently as I knocked on Dahpne's bedroom door.
"Go away!" my son yelled back at me, I decided though to enter the room anyway, I needed to talk to my son. I was worried by his over reaction to the news that his mother was pregnant.
"Freddie do you want to talk?" I asked sitting down on Daphne's bed.
"I thought I told you to go away!" Frederick snapped truning around so he was facing away from me.
It devastated me to see my son like this "You can talk to me, I won't tell your mom, I promise." I coaxed, I figured that at least some of his aprehension in speaking to me came from the thought that Lilith would find out what he had told me.
"Alright, when mom told me she was going to have a baby, I got really angry, because I liked having mom to myself and I told her that I hated her, that I never wanted to see her again, that I wanted to live with you, and I think I really hurt her, I didn't mean to and now I think she hates me." My son said in one big breath, tears filling his eyes.
"Frederick, I am positive that your mom doesn't hate you," I told him as I took him into my arms and held him as he started sobbing. "She is a psychitrist, she understands your reaction."
"Do you really think so?" Freddie asked, I just nodded in reply, "I'll talk to her when she comes to pick you up if you want me to." I offered getting up off the bed. "Where is she anyway?" I asked as an afterthought.
"She went to Uncle Niles', she told Daphne she had something important to tell him." Freddie said quietly.
The reality of what my son had just told me refused to sink in af first, Niles was the father of Lilith's baby, why else would she be out here in Seattle anyway, I had assumed until this point that the baby was Brian's, I had even let my mind escape into a little fantasy of Lilith and I caring for the baby together, but Niles was the father, Niles, my brother was having my ex-wife's baby, it didn't make sense, not in my mind anyway and the thought of it made me sick.
I ran out of the hallway outside Daphne's room, I was going to vomit, I was so overwhelmed by that realization I had just made, as I entered the
loungeroom, Daphne opened the front door and Lilith entered the apartment, I gave her one withering look, one to make sure she knew that I knew and ran out of the room, the only sound I could hear as I ran was that of Lilth retching, great I thought, not only does she screw up any relationship I have left with my brother, she throws up all over my $30,000 rug too.