"No, I could never."
She climbed on the bed and sat there for a moment. "You would hate me." She repeated.
I didn't know what she meant, but she came closer. She sat down; straddling me. She wrapped her arms around my neck as she hugged me. "I'm so sorry!" She cried out. "I didn't want this to happen."
I held her. I still didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, she broke away.
"Volt," She said. "Listen to me. I will leave and never come back. I will die if you tell me to!"
I interrupted that train of thought. "What the hell are you talking about, Leah? Don't talk like that ever again!"
She looked shocked and hugged me again. "Volt, I'm pregnant."
My heart stopped beating as I heard her words echo throughout my mind.
What was I going to do?
The next day, Leah came back with me to Fate. It seemed like the first time in forever that she had come back to the bar with me. Kou had taken my shift as I sat in the back with Leah.
It was painfully silent between us as we sat there, neither of us looking at each other. It was so different know. I couldn't tell why. Had she remembered some things about her life? Was she upset about the baby? Was she mad at me? Somehow, I had a feeling that when she said 'you'd hate me if you knew' she meant. if I knew.something else.
The silence was getting to me. I let out a heavy sigh and looked at her. She felt me staring at her, and returned my gaze. More silence.
"Leah.." I said, trailing off. What was I going to say to her now? She wouldn't even tell me what was the matter with her.
"I'm sorry." The words were almost inaudible as they left her lips. Her eyes started to well with tears again. I grabbed her hands, which were sitting on the table, and held them in my own.
"Damn it, Leah. You have nothing to be sorry about."
She looked away from me and opened her mouth as if she was going to speak. I could feel the dread rising in my mind as I imagined things that she could say. It had been a minute before she finally allowed herself to speak. She looked back at me, paused, and said: "I remember."
She climbed on the bed and sat there for a moment. "You would hate me." She repeated.
I didn't know what she meant, but she came closer. She sat down; straddling me. She wrapped her arms around my neck as she hugged me. "I'm so sorry!" She cried out. "I didn't want this to happen."
I held her. I still didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, she broke away.
"Volt," She said. "Listen to me. I will leave and never come back. I will die if you tell me to!"
I interrupted that train of thought. "What the hell are you talking about, Leah? Don't talk like that ever again!"
She looked shocked and hugged me again. "Volt, I'm pregnant."
My heart stopped beating as I heard her words echo throughout my mind.
What was I going to do?
The next day, Leah came back with me to Fate. It seemed like the first time in forever that she had come back to the bar with me. Kou had taken my shift as I sat in the back with Leah.
It was painfully silent between us as we sat there, neither of us looking at each other. It was so different know. I couldn't tell why. Had she remembered some things about her life? Was she upset about the baby? Was she mad at me? Somehow, I had a feeling that when she said 'you'd hate me if you knew' she meant. if I knew.something else.
The silence was getting to me. I let out a heavy sigh and looked at her. She felt me staring at her, and returned my gaze. More silence.
"Leah.." I said, trailing off. What was I going to say to her now? She wouldn't even tell me what was the matter with her.
"I'm sorry." The words were almost inaudible as they left her lips. Her eyes started to well with tears again. I grabbed her hands, which were sitting on the table, and held them in my own.
"Damn it, Leah. You have nothing to be sorry about."
She looked away from me and opened her mouth as if she was going to speak. I could feel the dread rising in my mind as I imagined things that she could say. It had been a minute before she finally allowed herself to speak. She looked back at me, paused, and said: "I remember."
