Y'ello everyone!

Pixie: *playing darts with bones*

Ami: um... who's bones??

Pixie: they would've been your's but Vern oh so kindly reminded me that I wouldn't exsist if you weren't here... so they're Jock's.

Ami: ahh... should've known... oh... Jedi Princess Clarrisani?? I was reading over my reviews (as I usually do to try ta get a good idea... THOSE PEOPLE *points to muses* rarely help...) and I read over the one you sent me in chapter three... I got a good laugh over it... and I desided to use those lines... not actually said by Tyson and Mariah, but it'll be good^_~ hope you don't mind!!

Dusk: so when you read something funny you know it ain't her work but someone elses.

Ami: hey!! I can do funny!! Besides... it's ONLY two lines!!

Dusk: you and I both know that those two lines are humour beyond what you can write

Ami: *hangs head in embarassment*

Dusk: I knew you would agree with me... now... enjoy.

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A Seed Planted

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Tyson sat there, startled at her words. Lee was also startled, for he let go of Tyson, and Mariah wormed her way in front of him, looking worridly at his bloody face.

"Mariah..." Tyson smiled as the acception sunk in, and he hugged her. Mariah smiled back, but pushed away enough to look at his face again.

"WHEN did all this happen?" Lee demanded, coming out of his shock.

"8 months ago," Mariah answered without looking at him. "Come on Tyson... there's a medical kit in the bathroom."

"I don't remember you having much time to explore my house..." Tyson said, half jokingly half seriously as he was pulled gently after her to the bathroom.

"I looked around while you were asleep," Mariah said, shrugging a little. Lee followed them, and Gary and Kevin came too. Believing JUST Lee was one thing... people would HAVE to believe all three of them. "Sit down." Tyson sat down, and Mariah started to clean up his face.

"How did you keep this from Ray?" Lee asked from the door.

"Very carefully."

"Alright..." Lee glared at Tyson a little. "And how are you gonna tell Ray that you two are getting married?? I REALLY don't expect you to just walk up to him and say 'hey Ray! Guess what? Tyson's the father of my baby!!'"

"And then I'm gonna ask him to be my best man," Tyson smirked a little, but stopped quickly at the pain it caused. "Damn it... you know it hurts to even talk?"

"Then don't!" Lee glared at him. "It would save us all a headache!!"

"Excuse me Mariah..." Tyson stood up. Then he pushed past Lee. "Gary, Kevin, if you two want to stay the night the guest room is at the end of the hall. Same for you Lee." Then he walked down the hall, turning out of sight.

Gary straight away started looking around for the kitchen... Kevin stepped into the bathroom and hugged Mariah.

"So am I gonna be an uncle?" He asked, smirking.

"Your not my brother!" Mariah laughed, but hugged him back, ruffling his hair.

"I'm wounded!" Kevin put on a mock scrowl. Then smiled again. "I'll see you in the morning." Then he left as well. It was just Mariah and Lee...

"Mariah," Lee took a step closer to her. Mariah stood her ground, looking up at him. "What are you going to do with a baby?"

"Raise it and love it," Mariah answered simply.

"And what about Tyson?" Lee hissed out Tyson's name venomiously.

"Marry him and love him," Mariah answered, once again, simply.

"Do you even love him?" Lee asked in a rough tone. Mariah opened her mouth to answer, but couldn't find out. "Didn't think so."

"I never said I didn't love him," Mariah shot back at him.

"You didn't say you love him either," Lee said; there was a new smirk on his face. "So... WHY are you marrying him if you don't love him? For the child? HA! He'll probably end up devorcing you or abandoning you!"

"Tyson isn't like that," Mariah said; too late. The seed of doubt was already planted. Now alls it needed was time to grow.

"How do you know?" Lee said; he took another step towards her. This time he wrapped his arms around her.

"Lee!" Mariah tried to push out of his embrace. He held her tighter.

"How do you know Mariah?" he asked again, in a more demanding tone of voice. "Answer me."

"I don't know!" Mariah said, a little louder then she meant to. Suddenly, Lee was pulled off of her. Tyson glared at him from behind Grandpa, who was standing there olding Lee by the ear.

"Don't treat the lil lady like that!" Grandpa said, pulling Lee down the hall. Lee was too busy trying to get his ear back to hear properly... "WHO do you think you are!" They heard the door open and slam close.

Tyson pulled Mariah into his arms gently, kissing the top of her head.

"I've got to go to the hospital..." Tyson said; his voice was muffled to her ears. "My jaw is broken... Grandpa is taking me... I'm... well... I'm going to tell him then. Do you want to wait here or come?"

"I wouldn't miss him giving you the 'how to treat the lil lady' speach," Mariah smiled into his chest. Tyson then started to lead her outside, flicking off the bathroom switch on his way out and heading down the hall.

Grandpa gave them a strange look when they came outside, but they ignored it. The three of them then started to walk to the hospital.

~*~

Lee rubbed his sore ear as he walked down the street. He pulled an address out of his pocket. It was Tyson's address. Sighing, he went to the nearest person and asked for directions...

When he got lost 20 minutes later, he asked for directions again and was sent in the opposite direction...

'This is gonna be a long night...'

~*~

When they got to the hospital, Grandpa stopped Mariah from going in with Tyson. He motioned for her to sit down, so she did so.

"What's up with you and T?" He asked, smiling to some unknown joke. "You two... gotta school project or something?"

"No..." Mariah blushed. She wished that Tyson was here to help her. "We're... um... we've been dating for about 8 months now... or... well... er... sort of dating..."

"I know," Grandpa smirked more.

"What?" Mariah looked up at him, shocked. "How do you know?"

"Tyson is VERY sneaky..." Grandpa winked. "Much better then I ever thought he could be when I started to train him... but he get's a little lazy when his mind is off. His mind was off... and what do you know? He left out a Valentines Card with little pink and red hearts and a box of chocolates on the counter in the morning when he thought I wouldn't be up."

"Oh..." Mariah looked back to the ground.

"What else?" Grandpa sat down. "And don't be afraid... it isn't like your becoming my Grand daughter-in-law or something..."

"Um... well..." Mariah bit her lip. "I am..."

There was a moment of silence, which you could hear a pin drop in. Then Grandpa stood up.

"Excuse me lil lady..." he said politely. "But I'm gonna go... check up on Tyson..."

Mariah paled slightly as Grandpa entered the room... then laughed when she heard yelling. It was along the lines of 'WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER!!'.

~*~

Late into the night, there was a knock at Ray's door. Ray groaned, and got up out of bed. He looked at his clock. 11:38.

Walking half-blindly to his door and stubbing his toe on a chair, Ray opened the door and blinked a few times.

"Lee?"

"Hey Ray," Lee said. "Guess what I found out?"

"What?" Ray yawned, and let him in.

"Tyson's the father," Lee hissed. "And him and Mariah are getting married." Lee heard a thud, and turned around...

There was Ray, lying on the floor.

~*~

Mariah was giggling when Tyson FINALLY got out of the hospital room... the doctors had left about 20 minutes before... the yelling had continued, many times stopping. Mariah guessed that Grandpa spoke in a normal level of voice in those pauses...

"What are you laughing about?" He asked. Mariah laughed. His voice was strange, because of his broken jaw, and his broken nose wasn't much better. Both of his eyes were bruised from the chain reaction.

"It sounded like he planned the entire wedding..." Mariah smiled, and walked up to him. She pulled his face down, and kissed both of his eye lids.

"No..." Tyson sighed. "He was just yelling about how happy my dad would be, and how he was going to brag to all of his friends that I was going to get married the traditional family way..."

"Traditional?" Mariah blinked.

"That means with the family sword behind the alter," Tyson shook his head, and hugged Mariah. "You tell him the other bit of news?"

"No..." Mariah shook her head, and leaned onto his chest.

"What other bit of news?" Grandpa asked. Mariah jumped, not expecting him. Tyson smiled, and looked up at his Grandpa.

"We're going to have a child as well..." Grandpa first looked shocked. Then panicked. Then slighly mad and annoyed. And finally, happy.

"Let's pray for a son..."

"What?" Tyson looked at him. "Why?"

"So we can teach him martial arts of course," Grandpa said. Tyson rolled his eyes.

"Girls are fully capible of learning martial arts too..."

"Yeah," Mariah agreed. The subject about the baby reminded her of what Lee had said...

'Do I really love him?'

~*~

Lee woke up groogily. Lee was looking down at him. He groaned, and sat up, holding his head.

"I had the most bizzar dream..." he muttered. "You were in it... you said that Mariah was pregnate with Tyson's child and that they were getting married..."

"Ray..." Lee patted him on the back. "That wasn't a dream..."