Disclaimer - I don't own 'em, so don't sue me.God, how many times do we all
have to keep writing these things?
Author's Note - Hey all y'all! Wow, it has been far too long since I last updated, and I am so incredibly sorry about that, but school is finally out for me! Woohoo! Hopefully I will be able to finish with this story over the break this summer, not to mention a few new fics.maybe.Anywho, I just want to thank y'all for your awesome reviews. I haven't gotten a single flame on this story, which is more than I can say for my CSI fic; the people over there are so defensive of their 'ships that they are willing to attack people personally for them. Enough of my ranting though, enjoy the story!
For the Love of Life - Chapter 5
Tanya re-took the pregnancy test, just to make sure that the first one was accurate. After another positive result, Mallory and Tanya decided to call it a night, and made sure that the next morning they would discuss how Tanya was going to tell the rest of the team, especially Duke. Tanya crept back into their room, careful not to disturb Duke, who was sleeping like a log.
'For a thief he sure is a heavy sleeper' thought Tanya, climbing back into bed and settling her head against Duke's chest.
She fell asleep to the soft, comforting rhythm of Duke's deep, steady breathing.
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In the middle of the night, Mallory was awakened by Tanya's somewhat harsh shaking of her petite, slender frame.
"Tanya, what in the name of Drake DuCaine do you think your doing?" said Mallory sleepily, glaring at Tanya through her half-open eyes.
"Mallory, get up, I need to talk to you!" said Tanya, rather urgently.
Mallory ran her fingers through her shoulder-length red hair, and rubbed her eyes to try and wipe the sleep from them. She sat up on her bed, her turquoise eyes glared at Tanya with a sense of irritation, then softened upon seeing Tanya's genuinely worried expression.
"Mallory I can't do this!" Tanya was nearly screaming, and Mallory was once again thankful for the sound-proof, metal doors of her bedroom.
"What are you talking about Tawny? I thought Wildwing beat this lesson into your head when we had to fight those giant dinosaurs, I thought you were over all of this irrational fear," said Mallory, sighing and trying to comprehend the situation at hand.
"Okay little miss "I can do anything", why don't you try and tell your entire group of friends and your slightly unstable boyfriend that your pregnant! Let me see how easily YOU could deal with all of this!" Tanya was panting heavily from the lack of oxygen to her lungs, and from all of the loud yelling that she was doing.
"For starters, Tanya, I don't have a boyfriend, and I'm not pregnant, so I can't begin to place myself in your situation. Secondly, I'm assuming that you really don't mean to snap off at me and that you are just experiencing normal mood swings that associate themselves with the hormone changes of pregnancy. Thirdly, Tanya, do you realize that no matter what you have to go through, that as your best friend, no, your sister, I will help you with anything that comes your way? With my help, you CAN get through this."
Tanya looked stunned. Not only did Mallory use more than one rather polysyllabic, complicated word per sentence, her forthright generosity and rather understanding personality took Tanya aback. The use of the familial terms and the adoptive sisterhood that Mallory portrayed thoroughly stunned her.
Tanya grasped Mallory's hands in hers and sat down next to her on the rumpled bed. "Gee Mal, I'm sorry about snapping off I j-j-just don't know w-w-what's wrong with me and I." her rather broken speech was interrupted by Mallory placing her hand on Tanya's shoulder.
"Shh, Tawny it's okay, it's just your horomones. Now, why don't we go through all of this step-by-step, okay?" Tanya nodded her head as an affirmative and Mallory continued to help her. "Now, first, you should just go to sleep, and let your body relax itself, you need to be well rested to handle all of this." Tanya just nodded her head in understanding as Mallory continued on. "Now, the first thing you want to do when you wake up is tell Duke as soon as you can. He's the father of the child, and he deserves to know before everyone else does. Then, you and he can work it out from there, but I suggest you just round up everyone all at once for a group meeting and tell them flat out. Now just do that and you'll be fine, okay?" Tanya nodded her head and thanked her, giving her a long hug before she left Mallory's bedroom to go find peaceful slumber in the arms of Duke.
Mallory sighed heavily, she was glad that she could help Tanya out through one minor detail of one of her toughest personal crisis. She felt bad that she knew about this before Duke, but she couldn't blame herself, it was easier for Tanya to confide in a best friend who would never leave her than a boyfriend who may reject her for the new life growing within her. Mallory was more than thankful that she could pull off the "I-don't-have-a- boyfriend" routine with a straight face while trying to console her friend. It was getting harder to hide her attraction to Wildwing in public, it was sheer torture for the both of them when they couldn't touch, or even throw a longing glance at the other. She just wondered how much longer she and Wildwing were going to last before their defenses came crumbling down around them, exposing their relationship and placing them in a vulnerable, scary position. She only hoped that the event that exposed them would not be like Tanya's, so drastic, and in her case, so unwanted. She was half asleep when she heard her bedroom door slide open, and then close silently behind her visitor. Wildwing bent over Mallory, placing a warm and gentle kiss on her beak and then sliding into the bed next to her.
"Hey Mal," said Wildwing, wrapping his arms around Mallory and placing a feather-light kiss upon her forehead.
"Mmm.Hey Wing," she said settling against the full length of his body.
"I just saw Tanya walk out of here, is she okay?"
"Yeah she's just fine"
Mallory and Wildwing drifted off to sleep in the comfort of each others arms, a rare treat for them, and a guarantee that all of their problems would drift out of their souls and dissipate in the warm atmosphere of their loving embrace.
TBC.
Another Author's Note: Hey y'all! I know that the ending seems fairly pointless and a tad off topic, but I had gone for almost two chapters without any Mal/Wing romance, and I don't know about all y'all, but I was going into withdraw, lol. *Withdraw symptoms cease in Darkness Queen's body* Ahh, the shaking and the horrible headaches finally stopped. Trust me, I've tried un-addicting myself from Pepsi and I can't, it makes me have so much respect for people who quit harmful addictions, like drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. Anywho, expect to see more from me, since school's out now *cheers*, and I may even have all y'all help me vote on a new story for me to write, since I have so many ideas. I'll write them all, but y'all can help me decide which one to do first! See ya!
Author's Note - Hey all y'all! Wow, it has been far too long since I last updated, and I am so incredibly sorry about that, but school is finally out for me! Woohoo! Hopefully I will be able to finish with this story over the break this summer, not to mention a few new fics.maybe.Anywho, I just want to thank y'all for your awesome reviews. I haven't gotten a single flame on this story, which is more than I can say for my CSI fic; the people over there are so defensive of their 'ships that they are willing to attack people personally for them. Enough of my ranting though, enjoy the story!
For the Love of Life - Chapter 5
Tanya re-took the pregnancy test, just to make sure that the first one was accurate. After another positive result, Mallory and Tanya decided to call it a night, and made sure that the next morning they would discuss how Tanya was going to tell the rest of the team, especially Duke. Tanya crept back into their room, careful not to disturb Duke, who was sleeping like a log.
'For a thief he sure is a heavy sleeper' thought Tanya, climbing back into bed and settling her head against Duke's chest.
She fell asleep to the soft, comforting rhythm of Duke's deep, steady breathing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the middle of the night, Mallory was awakened by Tanya's somewhat harsh shaking of her petite, slender frame.
"Tanya, what in the name of Drake DuCaine do you think your doing?" said Mallory sleepily, glaring at Tanya through her half-open eyes.
"Mallory, get up, I need to talk to you!" said Tanya, rather urgently.
Mallory ran her fingers through her shoulder-length red hair, and rubbed her eyes to try and wipe the sleep from them. She sat up on her bed, her turquoise eyes glared at Tanya with a sense of irritation, then softened upon seeing Tanya's genuinely worried expression.
"Mallory I can't do this!" Tanya was nearly screaming, and Mallory was once again thankful for the sound-proof, metal doors of her bedroom.
"What are you talking about Tawny? I thought Wildwing beat this lesson into your head when we had to fight those giant dinosaurs, I thought you were over all of this irrational fear," said Mallory, sighing and trying to comprehend the situation at hand.
"Okay little miss "I can do anything", why don't you try and tell your entire group of friends and your slightly unstable boyfriend that your pregnant! Let me see how easily YOU could deal with all of this!" Tanya was panting heavily from the lack of oxygen to her lungs, and from all of the loud yelling that she was doing.
"For starters, Tanya, I don't have a boyfriend, and I'm not pregnant, so I can't begin to place myself in your situation. Secondly, I'm assuming that you really don't mean to snap off at me and that you are just experiencing normal mood swings that associate themselves with the hormone changes of pregnancy. Thirdly, Tanya, do you realize that no matter what you have to go through, that as your best friend, no, your sister, I will help you with anything that comes your way? With my help, you CAN get through this."
Tanya looked stunned. Not only did Mallory use more than one rather polysyllabic, complicated word per sentence, her forthright generosity and rather understanding personality took Tanya aback. The use of the familial terms and the adoptive sisterhood that Mallory portrayed thoroughly stunned her.
Tanya grasped Mallory's hands in hers and sat down next to her on the rumpled bed. "Gee Mal, I'm sorry about snapping off I j-j-just don't know w-w-what's wrong with me and I." her rather broken speech was interrupted by Mallory placing her hand on Tanya's shoulder.
"Shh, Tawny it's okay, it's just your horomones. Now, why don't we go through all of this step-by-step, okay?" Tanya nodded her head as an affirmative and Mallory continued to help her. "Now, first, you should just go to sleep, and let your body relax itself, you need to be well rested to handle all of this." Tanya just nodded her head in understanding as Mallory continued on. "Now, the first thing you want to do when you wake up is tell Duke as soon as you can. He's the father of the child, and he deserves to know before everyone else does. Then, you and he can work it out from there, but I suggest you just round up everyone all at once for a group meeting and tell them flat out. Now just do that and you'll be fine, okay?" Tanya nodded her head and thanked her, giving her a long hug before she left Mallory's bedroom to go find peaceful slumber in the arms of Duke.
Mallory sighed heavily, she was glad that she could help Tanya out through one minor detail of one of her toughest personal crisis. She felt bad that she knew about this before Duke, but she couldn't blame herself, it was easier for Tanya to confide in a best friend who would never leave her than a boyfriend who may reject her for the new life growing within her. Mallory was more than thankful that she could pull off the "I-don't-have-a- boyfriend" routine with a straight face while trying to console her friend. It was getting harder to hide her attraction to Wildwing in public, it was sheer torture for the both of them when they couldn't touch, or even throw a longing glance at the other. She just wondered how much longer she and Wildwing were going to last before their defenses came crumbling down around them, exposing their relationship and placing them in a vulnerable, scary position. She only hoped that the event that exposed them would not be like Tanya's, so drastic, and in her case, so unwanted. She was half asleep when she heard her bedroom door slide open, and then close silently behind her visitor. Wildwing bent over Mallory, placing a warm and gentle kiss on her beak and then sliding into the bed next to her.
"Hey Mal," said Wildwing, wrapping his arms around Mallory and placing a feather-light kiss upon her forehead.
"Mmm.Hey Wing," she said settling against the full length of his body.
"I just saw Tanya walk out of here, is she okay?"
"Yeah she's just fine"
Mallory and Wildwing drifted off to sleep in the comfort of each others arms, a rare treat for them, and a guarantee that all of their problems would drift out of their souls and dissipate in the warm atmosphere of their loving embrace.
TBC.
Another Author's Note: Hey y'all! I know that the ending seems fairly pointless and a tad off topic, but I had gone for almost two chapters without any Mal/Wing romance, and I don't know about all y'all, but I was going into withdraw, lol. *Withdraw symptoms cease in Darkness Queen's body* Ahh, the shaking and the horrible headaches finally stopped. Trust me, I've tried un-addicting myself from Pepsi and I can't, it makes me have so much respect for people who quit harmful addictions, like drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. Anywho, expect to see more from me, since school's out now *cheers*, and I may even have all y'all help me vote on a new story for me to write, since I have so many ideas. I'll write them all, but y'all can help me decide which one to do first! See ya!
