Tears Are Fallen Rose Petals
- Chapter 8 -
Hard Luck Cowboy
"Spike." A nurse looked around the room waiting for Spike to stand up.
"Here." Spike mumbled wincing. "Faye you coming?" Spike glanced over at her.
"Uhh, heh. I'd rather not if you don't mind. It's just that I really don't feel like getting sick again." Faye blushed slightly looking at the ground.
"Ha! Sure, no problem, I can understand that." Spike laughed lightly letting his hand sweep through her hair lightly. "I won't take to long." He started to walk away.
"Thanks." She gleamed looking away from him as he walked talking about something to the nurse as she guided him into a room.
"Miss, you can come back now." The woman from behind the desk came up from behind her, startling her slightly.
"Oh! Sure." Faye was a little nervous as she stood up her hands a little shaky.
"Don't worry all they do is take a blood sample and tell you how the baby is, how many your having, and what sex it is, if you want to know. It's amazing how much technology has improved sine the twentieth century!"
"Hmm…" Faye smiled slightly nodding her head.
"Just have a seat on in this room and the doctor will be in a minute." The woman wrote out a few notes on a piece of paper quickly and then left the room, closing the door behind her.
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It took about five minutes before a woman with orange-red hair came in with a bright smile on her gleaming face. "Hello Faye, my names Dr. Kiga, but you can just call me Carol. Alright, I'm just going to take a small sample of your blood and inject it into this small little tube, which will then tell me about your baby." She took a needle from the drowse next to where Faye was sitting.
"Yeah…" Faye smiled back nodding in agreement again.
"Please give me your right arm for a second." Carol wrapped a yellow band around her upper arm and then drew a very small amount of blood. "That's all I'll need!" She laughed somewhat.
"Heh…" Faye chuckled lightly as Carol waited for the information to show up on the screen.
"Oh my…"
"What is it?!" Faye's heart sank.
"Well, you think daddy is going to mind having twins?" She smiled brightly as Faye's eyes widened and her mouth dropped.
"Twins?!" She smiled all color returning to her face. "I haven' told him I'm even pregnant yet!"
"Well, they're both as healthy as can be." Carol wrote down some more information.
"Are they going to be boys, or girls?" Faye smiled and began to laugh just thinking about it.
"Well, it looks like a boy and a girl." Carol sat back in her seat as Faye felt tears build up in her eyes.
"I would tell him as soon as you can." Carol said as she wrote out a slip of paper. "Here is a packet with information and a proscription for your morning sickness if you have any. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones, and won't get
sick—"
"I was already throwing up in the bathroom at the hotel we're staying at; I got sick when we were in his flyer.
"Hmm, well, I guess you'll need this then." Carol laughed as she walked Faye out.
"Hey, there you are!" Spike ran over to Faye.
"I was looking all over for you…" He sighed looking up at Carol.
"You're a very lucky man…" She said turning around and walking away.
"What was that all about?" He looked down at her in question.
"Oh, nothing… I'll tell you later tonight. We have to make Julia arrangements today Spike, don't we?"
"Yeah…" He mumbled slightly tensing up.
"We can't keep avoiding it Spike." Faye sighed as they signed out and left the hospital calling another taxi. 'I can't keep avoiding it either…'
The arrangements didn't take long to take care of; the funeral was scheduled for the next evening… It's Spike who was having problems…
"Spike… Are you okay?" Faye looked over at him causally as he stared blankly out the taxi's window.
"Does it look like I'm okay?" He snapped back not meaning to sound so curl hearted.
"You want me to tell you some good news?" Faye bit down on her lip.
"What?" Faye had drawn his attention.
"Well, it could be bad news too… It all depends if you're okay with this…" She looked away from him.
"And?" He shook his head waiting for her to say something.
"You're going to be a father twice…" Faye could have kicked herself for how stupid that sounded.
"Wha?" He thought over her words in his mind until the first half hit him… "You mean… That question you had asked me about if you were pregnant was real?!" His eyes widened as his mouth parted and ten years of his life seemed to go by in a second.
"Yes, but I'm pregnant with twins…" She bit down on her thumb nail waiting for him to yell or look away in disgust.
"Ha!" He laughed grabbing her and holding her tightly in his arms kissing her. "So you were in the hospital getting checked out; is everything okay?" He looked at her, worry covering his face.
"They're fine. Do you want to know what we're having?" She smiled as tears filled her eyes.
"Yes." He nodded smiling putting a hand on her stomach.
"We're having a boy and a girl…" She laughed as he kissed her and hugged her tightly again.
"You should have told me sooner! I could have been there for the test with you then…" He let his hand run through her hand and let Faye rest her head on his shoulder.
"I was just scarred you were going to say no…" She sighed as he took out his cigarettes from his back pocket. "Ehh!" She hit them out of his hand as they flew out the open window.
"That's what I was going to do…" He sighed. "I was thinking about quitting anyways."
"Oh no…" Faye's eyes shot open and she sat up.
"What?" Spike forwarded his eyebrows in question.
"What are Jet, and Ed going to say?" They both groaned falling back into each others warm embrace as the sun began to set in the reddish colored sky of Mars.
…In for a penny… In for a pound…
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End of chapter 8, I think it's the shortest chapter this story has scene yet, but I just didn't feel like making you wait any longer! So I hope you won't get too made at me for this one… -_-'. Still waiting for those fan arts from ya guys if you want to send ANYTHING! ::cries:: I've only gotten one, and it's the BEST SPIKE & FAYE FAN ART I'VE SEEN! @_@... I only have one though… So if I got more… AHEM!!! HINT, HINT!!! As long as it deals kinda around the story, or is Spike and Faye whatever I'll take it! ;_; Please? Also READ & REVIEW!!