Goruda: Wow. Sorry this took so long. When I started work on this, I didn't
think I'd be doing a series or anything, but Chi Oujo helped me to see the
light.
Chi: Gee, I'm evil...don't put this in the fic btw.
Goruda: So this is just the first chapter of the first sequel of what might just be a small series (God help us everyone-especially if I get stuck writing the lemons.)
Chi: *raises her hand* I said I'd help and/or write some myself.
Goruda: Insert standard disclaimer here: I don't own anyone 'cept Anile. Chi owns Aiso and Aijou. We're not making any money off this. We're just trying to have a little fun at the expense of a few of our favorite characters.
And a warning: MPreg. Angst (slight). Slash. You've been warned.
Sequel to 'Just You'
Sequel/sister story to 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'
Just some notes: I still can't put Kurt's accent to paper, or to word processor, so just use your imagination. Thanks to Kitsune for throwing some great ideas my way. A very major special thanks to Chi Oujo for helping (forcing)...
Chi: I can be very pursuasive.
Goruda: ... me along with this, and for agreeing (albeit somewhat against her will)...
Chi: Or maybe it was just my evil master plan *gets glared at* Never mind.
Goruda: ... to help me round robin this into a series. If you haven't already guessed, this is a joint fic between myself and Chi.
Archive: http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=188397 and http://geocities.com/hearts_of_fur_and_ice/Warning1
Feedback: definitely
Pairing: Pietro/Kurt shipping. Some Hank/Bobby, shipping towards the middle/end. Others? Maybe, dunno yet.
Unexpected Miracles: Ch.1 - You're What?!
"Speaking"
*Thinking*
::Telepathic communication::
##Flashback##
He lowered his sore, aching body slowly into the hot water. He had been feeling bad on and off all month, and now, for some reason, his belly was starting to swell. Today's session in the danger room didn't help matters any. It helped him to take his mind of things, but it just made him even more sore and queasy than before. As he reclined into the soothing waters, he couldn't help but think of the day's earlier events.
## "Kurt, look at yourself." Scott chided. "You're getting out of shape. Infact, HAVE you looked at yourself lately? You're getting fat." Scott was like a brother to Kurt, even in the way he looked after him, sometimes zigging when he shoulda zagged. But, Kurt realized, he was right.
"I know, Scott. I've just been real off lately." Kurt replied. "I haven't..." he started to heave before he could finish. "'Scuse me." he managed before running to the bathroom to vomit, AGAIN, forgetting he could just teleport there. When he finished, he wiped his mouth, flushed, and stood up to suddenly face a very worried looking Scott Summers.
Scott looked on at Kurt, noticing that he looked blanched, made all the more apparent by the sudden coloring of his fur. "You ok, man?" Scott asked, worry dripping from his voice. He reached out to put his hand on Kurt's shoulder, only to have Kurt jerk away and, again, puke.
When he was finished heaving, He force a weak smile to grace his features. "I think I caught a touch of the flu or something'." he said, shrugging it off.
"Maybe you should go lay down and sit out the danger room today." Scott suggested, but by the tone of his voice, it was more of an order.
"No, I'll be alright. It's not that bad. Really." Kurt said.
Scott, however, wasn't convinced, as if the way Kurt was suddenly leaning on him for support was anything short of a clue to his state of health. But knowing his German friends tenacity, he knew trying to force him into it was just impossible. "Are you sure, Kurt? You don't look all that good. I...."
He didn't get a chance to finish that sentence, Kurt having interrupted. "Look, Scott," He snapped, then, seeing the look on Scott's face and realizing his mistake, he finished softer. "Look. I'm FINE, ok?" he stressed the word as if it would suddenly make it true. "I just need a little action and I'll be fine."
"Alright." Scott said, still unsure, but not wanting to upset his friend anymore.
Kurt avoided everyone the rest of the morning, until he had to face them in the danger room. That in itself was a feat. He noticed that something was off, especially when everyone else did much better than he did. At first, he thought that they were being tougher on everyone that day, but he felt really sluggish and disoriented most of the time, and decided it was just him.
He was feeling bad so he skipped lunch, opting for a nap instead, but at dinner at ate almost twice what he normally did. After a long dinner, and three vomit fests later, he decided it was time for a bath.##
*What's wrong with me?* he asked himself, despairingly.
He was suddenly broken from his thoughts when a familiar voice spoke in his head. :: Kurt.:: the voice he recognized as Professor Xavier said. ::I need to see you in the infirmary.::
Worry seeped into Kurt's head at those words. ::What's wrong?:: he asked, hoping that no one was hurt.
::I just want to run some tests on you. You have been sick for a month, and everyone is worrying about you.::
Knowing better than to argue, Kurt agreed, dried off, dressed, and 'ported to the main room of the hospital wing.
Jean and Xavier were waiting for him when he got there. "Hello Kurt, how are you feeling?" Jean asked, trying not to let her worry show.
"I'm fine, just a bit sore." he answered candidly.
"Ok, tell me some of the symptoms you've been having." she said with a reassuring smile.
"Well, I'm eating more. I wake up sometimes feeling worse than I did before I went to sleep." He said. As an afterthought, he added "I'm tired all the time and I also puke a lot."
Jean looked thoughtful for a minute, then she spoke, startling Kurt, whose mind was elsewhere. "Kurt, I'm gonna need to draw some blood." she said.
Kurt looked at her warily. He was scared of needles and didn't really want to do it, but, judging from the twin looks gracing the features of the Professor and Jean, he had no choice.
He squeezed his eyes shut as Jean took two vials of blood from him. She asked him to wait in there for her while they did the test. He sat in there for thirty restless minutes. In that time frame, he skimmed through every medical pamphlet in the place, followed by three different versions of the same med. journal and finally took to jumping the furniture. He was in the middle of a jump when he heard Jean walk in. His concentration busted, he landed on the floor on his behind.
The grim look on her face was scaring him more by the minute. He tensed up, awaiting the worse, his hands gripping the counter. "Kurt," she started, pausing as if to find the right thing to say. "Kurt, do you have a... um ... boyfriend?"
Kurt's fur darkened as he saw what was about to come.
Taking his complexion change as an affirmative, she continued. "Kurt, you should sit down." Kurt, however, was frozen in place with fear, gripping the counter tighter. Seeing that he wasn't going to move, she sighed and said "Kurt, you're pregnant."
Kurt let out a sigh of relief, "Oh, good, I thought I was.... Wait a minute! PREGNANT?!?!?!" he screeched, the information suddenly sinking in.
Before Jean could say anything else, he started hyperventilating, his eyes rolling back in his head, and fainted promptly, with a thud.
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Pietro was pacing around the room. He knew that something was wrong, but he just couldn't figure out what. He zoomed downstairs and into the kitchen to make himself something to eat. When he got there, however, nothing seemed appetizing and he started pacing again. Pausing, he looked at the phone, as if it held the answers he needed.
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When Kurt woke up, he realized that he wasn't in his own bed, but more like a hospital bed.
"Finally, you're awake" a voice, one he fuzzily recognized as Jean, said as he sat up.
"What the... what happ..." he started, when his memories started rushing in like flood waters. "Oh no!" he said, putting his hands on his face and crying.
"I did some more tests, and you're two, maybe two and a half months along."
Kurt clasped his hands together, moving them to his chest, and rocked back and forth, head facing up, eyes closed, as the information sunk in.
After giving him a moment, Jean continued. "I'm guessing that your mutation allowed you to conceive." Reading his rampant thoughts, she added "I've done 20 different tests, and a sonogram."
He stopped his sobbing and felt his stomach. The fur there was sticky with the gel she used and slightly matted. Shakily, he laid down again and, taking deep breaths, he said slowly "Get me the phone, and give me some privacy." When his requests were complied to, he dialed the Brotherhood's house. Todd answered the phone.
"Hello?" he said.
"Get Pietro." Kurt replied as calmly as he could manage.
"Kurt?" Todd asked, recognizing the German accent. "What the hell do you want, yo?"
A little more firmly, and with more force and some menace. "Get.Pietro.Now!"
He heard a muffled noise on the other end, followed my some troubled breathing, then, "Kurt? What's wrong? Areyouok? Igotabadfeelingsomething'swrong."
After deciphering his secret lover's fast talk, he took a deep breath. "Piepie, I'm p..p...pregnant." He forced out. Hearing a thud on the other end, he shouted. "PIETRO! PIETRO, ARE YOU THERE?" he asked, frantic.
"You... you're... pr..."he started, but Kurt cut him off.
"Not in front of the others."
"Yeah, yeah, ok." He said.
Hearing another thud, Kurt shouted again. "PIETRO? PIETRO?"
"He zoomed out, yo." Todd said accusingly. "What did you say to him?" his voice dripping with venom.
Kurt couldn't answer, instead, he said good-bye and hung up.
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Todd looked at the receiver in his hand as the busy signal sounded, then hung up the phone. He turned around to see Lance looking at him worried. "You know what's up, yo?" he asked the rock tumbler.
"Didn't you know, man, 'Tro and Kurt are together. Old news."
"Oh." he said, sorry that he had been loud with Kurt. "Now that you've said something, it was kinda obvious." After a moment of thought, he added "You know, Kurt did sound kinda upset, yo."
"That's why Pietro left in a hurry." he said as he got up to leave.
"Hey! Where you goin, yo?"
"I'm gonna go see what got Pietro so upset." He stated simply.
"Yo, wait for me." Todd replied, hurriedly putting his shoes on and hopping out to the Jeep.
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Five minutes later, as expected, Pietro was fighting his way past Logan and Scott into the infirmary. Kurt saw the commotion through the window and 'ported out to his lover. His sudden appearance startled everyone and gave Pietro the chance he needed to get past them. Kurt grabbed Pietro and 'ported back into the room on the bed, receiving shocked looks from all who witnessed it as he hugged Pietro close, crying again.
Jean, quickly seeing what was going on, knocked softly on the door, asking for entry. Kurt saw it was her and waved her in. "Hello, Pietro." she said politely. "I guess you're the father, then?" Simultaneous nods confirmed her suspicions, and she continued. "According to these test results, the estimated time of conception was sometime in early June. Around the fifth, give or take."
The boys looked at each other, and Kurt spoke. "It was the seventh, the last day of school. Our first time." He looked on, downcast, knowing that, even with the image inducer, it would be hard to keep someone from bumping into his belly.
Sensing his dilemma, Jean said "Until the baby is born, we are going to home school you. Unless, of course, you want others finding out. Speaking of which, what about your parents?"
At hearing mention of his parents, Kurt's eyes got wide. He started hyperventilating and Jean got an oxygen tank, turned it on, and held the mask to his face. Pietro put his hand under Kurt's shirt and rubbed his back soothingly. When he calmed down enough, he took off the mask and looked at Jean. "I can't tell them." he said, fear tainting any reserves he had left, causing him to cry again. "They would hate me." he said, putting his on Pietro's shoulder.
"Shhh." Pietro soothed, rubbing Kurt's cheek with his thumb. "I'm sure they won't hate you, love." Jean smiled fondly at this display of affection from their "enemy." Kurt, however, jerked away from Pietro, causing a hurt look from the latter.
"You don't understand." He sighed. "When they find out, they are gonna know I'm with a guy, and that's just not how it goes."
Before Pietro could react, Jean spoke. "Well, if you are happy, it shouldn't matter to them. Anyway, think about it. You are able to get pregnant, so, according to your religion, then your union is ok."
Kurt looked up at her, offering a weak smile. "I hadn't thought of that. But it would still be difficult to explain to them."
"Well, considering who you are, a mutant, it shouldn't be a problem for them to understand." she replied.
"I guess." he said, leaning back against Pietro and closing his eyes.
"Kurt, I'm gonna need to run some more tests later, as you're the only mutant male that I know of that's able to conceive. But, for now, I'll leave you two alone to get used to the idea. I'll also leave the phone in here, just in case you feel the need to make a call."
"Thanks." Kurt and Pietro said simultaneously, eliciting a slight giggle from the redhead.
She closed the blinds on the window to give the two some privacy and opened the door to leave. She paused, and, as an afterthought, said "Behave, you two." effectively cause a blush to creep into Kurt's face and a grin on Pietro's. Then she left.
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When Jean emerged from the room, Scott and Logan were still there with looks that plainly said 'Explain what's going on right now and don't even make me wait or else.'
Not even phased, she ignored the pair, turning instead to Xavier. "It was June seventh. I'm assuming they got together before then, but I wasn't gonna press it just then. I still have some tests to run, but everything's fine for now."
"Alright." Xavier said. "Let me know what you come up with"
"I will" she said before he left.
Before she could get to her work, a hand stopped her. "What's going on?" Scott demanded.
"What do you mean?" she asked, feigning innocence and trying very hard to suppress a grin at his annoyance.
"What he means is," Logan's gruff voice amended," what's wrong with Kurt, and what does Quicksilver have to do with it?"
"Oh. THAT." She smiled innocently. "Kurt's pregnant and PIETRO is the father."
"Oh. That's... um..." Scott didn't even finish as he promptly fainted, causing Jean to smirk.
Logan, however, seemed ready to kill someone. "How long did you know about this?" He growled.
She glared at him with the same intensity as his growl. "Look." She almost shouted. "You will NOT cause EITHER of them trouble, do you understand me?"
"I don't want him here."
"I don't care." She shouted, thankful that the glass between the rooms was soundproof. "You cause either of them trouble and you are gonna suffer headaches so severe you'll wish you were dead. Quicksilver maybe our enemy, but PIETRO is Kurt's boyfriend. And he is obviously happy. Besides, the Brotherhood hasn't caused us trouble in a while and this may have something to do with it."
"I still don't like it"
"Well, keep it to yourself. If you get Kurt worked up enough he might do something stupid, and you'll be to blame. I know how pregnant women act and so far, he has acted no different and he will get real emotional and protective very easily."
Her glare had steadily increased during her rant and Logan was steadily becoming afraid, not that he'd admit it. Instead, he just grunted and left the room, promptly bumping into Lance, who was being followed my Todd.
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"What are you two doing here?" he growled.
Todd coward back while Lance just straightened up and smugly replied "We're here to see Kurt and Pietro. The bald dude said it was alright."
Todd chuckled nervously. "Yeah, yo. We just wanna make sure everything's alright."
Logan just rolled his eyes and grunted. "Talk to Jean." he said simply, gesturing towards the door he'd just came from, before taking off again.
Instead of knocking, they just walked in, slowly, however, as they had heard the fight down the hall and knew of Jean's temper, having been caught on the wrong end of it enough times. "Hey, Red?" Lance asked timidly. When she ignored him, he tried again. "Uh, Jean?" He walked in and almost tripped over the still unconscious Scott. "What's with him?" he asked.
"He'll be alright. He just got a... um... surprise." she said, not even bothering to turn to them. "So, can I help you?"
"Uh.. yeah. We're here to see Pietro and Kurt. "Tro left so fast we couldn't find out what was wrong and we wanna make sure everything's alright."
"Hold on. I'll ask them." She put her hands up to her temples in concentration, obviously talking to the pair telepathically. After a moment, and spoke. "Through that door." she gestured to the room that they were in. They went to the door and opened it slightly, knocking softly.
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"Behave, you two" Jean said, then left. Kurt felt the heat rise in his face, and knew he was blushing. Pietro, however, just grinned.
"You know, you're cute when you blush." Pietro said, suggestively, causing Kurt to blush a little deeper. Suddenly, Pietro grabbed his shoulders, pulling him down on the bed, and getting a yelp from the surprised, blue elf.
"Not in here, Piepie." he hissed, but his ever deepening blush took any edge that it would have had off those words.
"I love it when you call me 'Piepie', you know that?" Kurt smiled and pulled him down to snuggle him. "Besides," he murmured against a pointed ear, "if I wanted THAT right now, we would be in your room, or mine." As he said that, he lovingly rubbed the bulge on his lover's stomach, then rested his head on a furry shoulder. After a moment, he propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at Kurt with a serious expression. "Kurt, are you...." he hesitated, searching for the right words, before continuing. "Are you ok with this? I mean, it is certainly unexpected, but..." he took a deep breath, trying quickly to gauge his lover's expression. "I'm ready for this... if you are." He put his head back on Kurt's shoulder, attempting to hide the apprehension crossing his face.
Kurt rubbed his thumb over Pietro's face and sighed. "To tell you the truth, I'm really scared. I never planned on being a parent because the only one able to love me is a man, you, and the same goes for me. So I just wasn't prepared for it." He sighed again. "If I had known, I guess I would have played it safer till I was. I'm glad it's your's though."
Pietro breathed a silent sigh of relief. "I love you, Kurt."
"I love... you...too.." Kurt silenced and sat up, closing his eyes, worrying Pietro.
"Kurt?" Kurt made a motion for him to quiet.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Pietro, who was now sitting as well. "Your friends are here. You left so suddenly and they were worried. Jean told me." He paused for a moment, thinking. "You didn't tell them, did you?"
"Not yet. But..."
"It's ok." Kurt closed his eyes again and told Jean to let them in. "They're coming."
They sat back and cuddled a bit on the head of the bed as they saw the door open a little, followed by a cautious knock.
"Come in guys" Kurt said quietly.
"Hey Blue, Pietro." Lance said, still surprised as ever to see the elf and the speedster so loving towards each other.
Todd, even though he had been told about it before, couldn't help but be taken aback a bit at the unlikely (however, cute) couple. Once he had gotten over his surprise, he found himself wishing for a camera. It didn't take him long to find his voice, however. "Kurt, Pietro, yo, what's goin on? Why'd you leave so fast? Is everything alright?"
Kurt and Pietro looked at each other, silently asking help of the other, then Kurt spoke. "We're fine. It's just.... I'm... umm... I'm pregnant." They looked at him like he had grown another head, then snickered, thinking he was attempting a joke. Irritated, Kurt straightened up and showed them the bulge in his normally flat stomach, silencing the other two.
Lance was frozen to the spot, while Todd cautiously walked over and felt the lump. There wasn't much in there right then, but he knew for sure at that moment that it was, indeed, pregnancy making that lump, as he had felt them a few times before. Looking back at Lance, he gulped. "They're for real, yo." He went to a chair, rather shakily, to sit down, before he could fall down.
Lance let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and collapsed against the door, suddenly jarring it closed loudly, causing the others in the room to jump. Sitting back against the door, he waited for his head to stop spinning, then silently looked to the couple on the bed for an explanation.
"We're not sure how it happened. Jean thinks it may be part of my mutation. She and Hank are gonna run tests on me tomorrow also."
"Who's Hank?" Lance finally piped up.
"The big, blue, furry, dude." Pietro jumped in. "He was the old chem teach at Bayville High. And the gym coach."
"Wow. I was kinda wonderin what happened to him."
"Well... um... I need to get to bed now." Kurt said after an uncomfortable silence. "They'll probably test me in the morning."
"Alright." Pietro said, kissing him gently on the cheek. "I'll..."
"No!" Kurt said, fear in his voice as he gripped Pietro to him. "No. Stay here with me, please." He said in almost a whisper.
"All you need do is ask, love." He said, sounding rather poetic, earning him a snicker from his house-mates. A glare from Kurt silenced them promptly.
"Um..." Todd started. "Glad you're ok, yo. Call us tomorrow and let us know how it goes."
"Bye" the lovers murmured tiredly as as they laid down on the hospital bed.
As they left, Kurt pulled the blanket over them, and they snuggled together for their trip to dreamland.
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Lance and Todd slipped quietly out the door as the two lovers made their way to dreamland, thinking about everything they had just heard. A quiet voice startled the from their musings. "Is Pietro staying with Kurt?" Jean ask, looking up from the book she was currently reading.
"Yeah. Infact, they're already asleep." Lance said.
"Are you coming by tomorrow?"
"We told them to call us when they could, yo." Todd answered as the walked towards the door, tripping again over the still unconscious Scott.
"Ok. have a nice night then." Jean said quietly, snickering over the fact that Scott hadn't managed to regain consciousness once in 30 minutes, and that everyone seemed to trip over him on their way through.
"Goodnight, Jean." Lance replied quietly before they left.
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The morning found Kurt in the bathroom again, sharing last night's dinner with the toilet, and anyone else who was there to see, while Pietro held his hair out of the way and stroked his back lovingly, in an attempt to calm his fuzzy blue lover. When they were able to step away from the bathroom without having to make an immediate return trip, their noses were assaulted to two large breakfasts, each consisting of a healthy portion of eggs over-easy, a six inch stack of pancakes drizzled with pure clover honey, half a dozen strips of golden brown french toast, half a dozen strips of bacon, a tall glass of fresh squeezed orange juice, and a tall glass of milk. Two white pills, presumable vitamins, for the expecting "mother" and a red rose, presumably from Ororo's garden, in a white frosted glass vase completed the picture.
The pair was enthralled by the picture, and suddenly very hungry, while a moment ago, there was nothing out there. Their stomachs growled in unison at the delightful smells filling the room. A light chuckle brought them back to their senses. "I take it you two approve?" Jean asked lightly. Another growl from their empty stomachs answered her better than words could attempt. "I'll take that as a 'yes'. Well, you better get your fill, because, Kurt, you're not gonna be able to eat or drink anything when we start the testing later today. We will put you on an IV drip to keep you hydrated though."
Kurt's eyes widened over the thought of missing a meal and, for a moment, he looked ready to cry, but a growl from his stomach decided otherwise, and he attacked the food with a ferocity to match Wolverine's and speed to make even Quicksilver proud. The aforementioned speed demon just chuckled slightly and, at a more leisurely pace, started into his meal.
"Hey, Kurt," Pietro started half way through his pancakes, a hint of fear in his voice, "How is... uh... big, bad, and blue gonna feel about us?"
Kurt looked up and, noting his partner's distress, smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, his boyfriend told him all about us. He's ok with it as long as you don't cause us problems, and he's an ok guy." Pietro looked confused about it for a moment, so he added, "Bobby and I share everything. We're best friends."
Before he could respond, the door flung open and in came the subject of their current discussion. "Kurt!" he said worriedly, running up to hug his friend tight. "You ok? What's wrong? Why are you in here? You're not sick or something, are ya?"
Before he could go on, Kurt clamped his hand over his mouth, silencing him. "I'm fine, Bobby. I'm just.... Pregnant."
Bobby's eyes went wide with shock, then disbelief as he thought it was a joke. Upon seeing the seriousness in his friend's eyes, he pulled his hand down and looked at him questioningly. As Kurt related that past few days events to him, Bobby listened to him thoughtfully
*This sounds strangely familiar He thought. *But I'll have to worry about that later.*
As Kurt rambled on, he unconsciously rubbed his bulge, drawing Bobby's attention to it. Because he wasn't wearing a shirt, it was easy to see if you took a look. *It's about the same size as mine... a little smaller maybe.* Without thinking, he reached down to feel Kurt's belly. *It's firm like mine too.* As Kurt continued on with his thoughts on all this, he couldn't help but think of what this might do to his and Hank's relationship. In the middle of something Kurt was saying, Bobby suddenly excused himself, saying he had something he needed to do, then left.
Pietro looked at the retreating figure with a (concerned?) stare. When he left the room, he looked at Kurt, who was finishing his breakfast, and wondered what might be upsetting his lover's best friend. That thought quickly left his mind as Kurt suddenly kissed him. "She said I couldn't eat anything today." he whispered into Pietro's ear. "She didn't say we couldn't have fun."
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As Bobby left the infirmary, he reached into one of the drawers and pulled out a thin little package. He went into the restroom down the hall and, after tearing the strip from it's confinement, saturated the tip with urine. He set the strip down on the counter by the sink and started pacing.
*10 minutes. I only have to wait 10 minutes. I'll know for sure in 10 minutes. But
WHAT do I want to know for sure? If it's a yes? A no?* He stopped pacing at that thought. He was thoroughly confusing himself now and thought his brain was gonna burst from the suspense. The ten minutes seemed to move like a snail on a treadmill, but were over before he knew it. He picked up the strip in his hands, anxious for the truth. As he looked at it, he slowly paled.
*Blue, oh gods, it's blue.* He slumped unceremoniously to his knees, his head in
his hands, as he let the small test clatter to the cool tile. He fought the urge to scream in frustration and anger. Because, after all, he was now pregnant too.
TBC
Goruda: Ok. How did we do? I say we because a lot of the delicious items in this story wouldn't be here without her oh so gentle (my ass) prodding. Since you've read to here, let us know how we did. ::gets down on knees and begs:: Please!?
Chi: ::rolls her eyes:: That's so pathetic, GoGo. Begging on your knees for reviews? Puhleaze.
Goruda: Ok, smart ass, how would you do it?
Chi: ::grins evilly as a very menacing looking Beast steps up beside her:: Ok, readers. Unless you want a personal meeting with the big, blue, guy, ::points to Beast:: you'll click on the button below and insert your comments and criticism to us right now! ::turns to goruda:: Take notes. THAT'S how it's done!
Goruda: ::rolls eyes:: That'll do it... scare them away I mean. You just ask nicely. ::to the readers:: Please review. Comments and criticism welcome.
Chi: Gee, I'm evil...don't put this in the fic btw.
Goruda: So this is just the first chapter of the first sequel of what might just be a small series (God help us everyone-especially if I get stuck writing the lemons.)
Chi: *raises her hand* I said I'd help and/or write some myself.
Goruda: Insert standard disclaimer here: I don't own anyone 'cept Anile. Chi owns Aiso and Aijou. We're not making any money off this. We're just trying to have a little fun at the expense of a few of our favorite characters.
And a warning: MPreg. Angst (slight). Slash. You've been warned.
Sequel to 'Just You'
Sequel/sister story to 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'
Just some notes: I still can't put Kurt's accent to paper, or to word processor, so just use your imagination. Thanks to Kitsune for throwing some great ideas my way. A very major special thanks to Chi Oujo for helping (forcing)...
Chi: I can be very pursuasive.
Goruda: ... me along with this, and for agreeing (albeit somewhat against her will)...
Chi: Or maybe it was just my evil master plan *gets glared at* Never mind.
Goruda: ... to help me round robin this into a series. If you haven't already guessed, this is a joint fic between myself and Chi.
Archive: http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=188397 and http://geocities.com/hearts_of_fur_and_ice/Warning1
Feedback: definitely
Pairing: Pietro/Kurt shipping. Some Hank/Bobby, shipping towards the middle/end. Others? Maybe, dunno yet.
Unexpected Miracles: Ch.1 - You're What?!
"Speaking"
*Thinking*
::Telepathic communication::
##Flashback##
He lowered his sore, aching body slowly into the hot water. He had been feeling bad on and off all month, and now, for some reason, his belly was starting to swell. Today's session in the danger room didn't help matters any. It helped him to take his mind of things, but it just made him even more sore and queasy than before. As he reclined into the soothing waters, he couldn't help but think of the day's earlier events.
## "Kurt, look at yourself." Scott chided. "You're getting out of shape. Infact, HAVE you looked at yourself lately? You're getting fat." Scott was like a brother to Kurt, even in the way he looked after him, sometimes zigging when he shoulda zagged. But, Kurt realized, he was right.
"I know, Scott. I've just been real off lately." Kurt replied. "I haven't..." he started to heave before he could finish. "'Scuse me." he managed before running to the bathroom to vomit, AGAIN, forgetting he could just teleport there. When he finished, he wiped his mouth, flushed, and stood up to suddenly face a very worried looking Scott Summers.
Scott looked on at Kurt, noticing that he looked blanched, made all the more apparent by the sudden coloring of his fur. "You ok, man?" Scott asked, worry dripping from his voice. He reached out to put his hand on Kurt's shoulder, only to have Kurt jerk away and, again, puke.
When he was finished heaving, He force a weak smile to grace his features. "I think I caught a touch of the flu or something'." he said, shrugging it off.
"Maybe you should go lay down and sit out the danger room today." Scott suggested, but by the tone of his voice, it was more of an order.
"No, I'll be alright. It's not that bad. Really." Kurt said.
Scott, however, wasn't convinced, as if the way Kurt was suddenly leaning on him for support was anything short of a clue to his state of health. But knowing his German friends tenacity, he knew trying to force him into it was just impossible. "Are you sure, Kurt? You don't look all that good. I...."
He didn't get a chance to finish that sentence, Kurt having interrupted. "Look, Scott," He snapped, then, seeing the look on Scott's face and realizing his mistake, he finished softer. "Look. I'm FINE, ok?" he stressed the word as if it would suddenly make it true. "I just need a little action and I'll be fine."
"Alright." Scott said, still unsure, but not wanting to upset his friend anymore.
Kurt avoided everyone the rest of the morning, until he had to face them in the danger room. That in itself was a feat. He noticed that something was off, especially when everyone else did much better than he did. At first, he thought that they were being tougher on everyone that day, but he felt really sluggish and disoriented most of the time, and decided it was just him.
He was feeling bad so he skipped lunch, opting for a nap instead, but at dinner at ate almost twice what he normally did. After a long dinner, and three vomit fests later, he decided it was time for a bath.##
*What's wrong with me?* he asked himself, despairingly.
He was suddenly broken from his thoughts when a familiar voice spoke in his head. :: Kurt.:: the voice he recognized as Professor Xavier said. ::I need to see you in the infirmary.::
Worry seeped into Kurt's head at those words. ::What's wrong?:: he asked, hoping that no one was hurt.
::I just want to run some tests on you. You have been sick for a month, and everyone is worrying about you.::
Knowing better than to argue, Kurt agreed, dried off, dressed, and 'ported to the main room of the hospital wing.
Jean and Xavier were waiting for him when he got there. "Hello Kurt, how are you feeling?" Jean asked, trying not to let her worry show.
"I'm fine, just a bit sore." he answered candidly.
"Ok, tell me some of the symptoms you've been having." she said with a reassuring smile.
"Well, I'm eating more. I wake up sometimes feeling worse than I did before I went to sleep." He said. As an afterthought, he added "I'm tired all the time and I also puke a lot."
Jean looked thoughtful for a minute, then she spoke, startling Kurt, whose mind was elsewhere. "Kurt, I'm gonna need to draw some blood." she said.
Kurt looked at her warily. He was scared of needles and didn't really want to do it, but, judging from the twin looks gracing the features of the Professor and Jean, he had no choice.
He squeezed his eyes shut as Jean took two vials of blood from him. She asked him to wait in there for her while they did the test. He sat in there for thirty restless minutes. In that time frame, he skimmed through every medical pamphlet in the place, followed by three different versions of the same med. journal and finally took to jumping the furniture. He was in the middle of a jump when he heard Jean walk in. His concentration busted, he landed on the floor on his behind.
The grim look on her face was scaring him more by the minute. He tensed up, awaiting the worse, his hands gripping the counter. "Kurt," she started, pausing as if to find the right thing to say. "Kurt, do you have a... um ... boyfriend?"
Kurt's fur darkened as he saw what was about to come.
Taking his complexion change as an affirmative, she continued. "Kurt, you should sit down." Kurt, however, was frozen in place with fear, gripping the counter tighter. Seeing that he wasn't going to move, she sighed and said "Kurt, you're pregnant."
Kurt let out a sigh of relief, "Oh, good, I thought I was.... Wait a minute! PREGNANT?!?!?!" he screeched, the information suddenly sinking in.
Before Jean could say anything else, he started hyperventilating, his eyes rolling back in his head, and fainted promptly, with a thud.
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Pietro was pacing around the room. He knew that something was wrong, but he just couldn't figure out what. He zoomed downstairs and into the kitchen to make himself something to eat. When he got there, however, nothing seemed appetizing and he started pacing again. Pausing, he looked at the phone, as if it held the answers he needed.
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When Kurt woke up, he realized that he wasn't in his own bed, but more like a hospital bed.
"Finally, you're awake" a voice, one he fuzzily recognized as Jean, said as he sat up.
"What the... what happ..." he started, when his memories started rushing in like flood waters. "Oh no!" he said, putting his hands on his face and crying.
"I did some more tests, and you're two, maybe two and a half months along."
Kurt clasped his hands together, moving them to his chest, and rocked back and forth, head facing up, eyes closed, as the information sunk in.
After giving him a moment, Jean continued. "I'm guessing that your mutation allowed you to conceive." Reading his rampant thoughts, she added "I've done 20 different tests, and a sonogram."
He stopped his sobbing and felt his stomach. The fur there was sticky with the gel she used and slightly matted. Shakily, he laid down again and, taking deep breaths, he said slowly "Get me the phone, and give me some privacy." When his requests were complied to, he dialed the Brotherhood's house. Todd answered the phone.
"Hello?" he said.
"Get Pietro." Kurt replied as calmly as he could manage.
"Kurt?" Todd asked, recognizing the German accent. "What the hell do you want, yo?"
A little more firmly, and with more force and some menace. "Get.Pietro.Now!"
He heard a muffled noise on the other end, followed my some troubled breathing, then, "Kurt? What's wrong? Areyouok? Igotabadfeelingsomething'swrong."
After deciphering his secret lover's fast talk, he took a deep breath. "Piepie, I'm p..p...pregnant." He forced out. Hearing a thud on the other end, he shouted. "PIETRO! PIETRO, ARE YOU THERE?" he asked, frantic.
"You... you're... pr..."he started, but Kurt cut him off.
"Not in front of the others."
"Yeah, yeah, ok." He said.
Hearing another thud, Kurt shouted again. "PIETRO? PIETRO?"
"He zoomed out, yo." Todd said accusingly. "What did you say to him?" his voice dripping with venom.
Kurt couldn't answer, instead, he said good-bye and hung up.
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Todd looked at the receiver in his hand as the busy signal sounded, then hung up the phone. He turned around to see Lance looking at him worried. "You know what's up, yo?" he asked the rock tumbler.
"Didn't you know, man, 'Tro and Kurt are together. Old news."
"Oh." he said, sorry that he had been loud with Kurt. "Now that you've said something, it was kinda obvious." After a moment of thought, he added "You know, Kurt did sound kinda upset, yo."
"That's why Pietro left in a hurry." he said as he got up to leave.
"Hey! Where you goin, yo?"
"I'm gonna go see what got Pietro so upset." He stated simply.
"Yo, wait for me." Todd replied, hurriedly putting his shoes on and hopping out to the Jeep.
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Five minutes later, as expected, Pietro was fighting his way past Logan and Scott into the infirmary. Kurt saw the commotion through the window and 'ported out to his lover. His sudden appearance startled everyone and gave Pietro the chance he needed to get past them. Kurt grabbed Pietro and 'ported back into the room on the bed, receiving shocked looks from all who witnessed it as he hugged Pietro close, crying again.
Jean, quickly seeing what was going on, knocked softly on the door, asking for entry. Kurt saw it was her and waved her in. "Hello, Pietro." she said politely. "I guess you're the father, then?" Simultaneous nods confirmed her suspicions, and she continued. "According to these test results, the estimated time of conception was sometime in early June. Around the fifth, give or take."
The boys looked at each other, and Kurt spoke. "It was the seventh, the last day of school. Our first time." He looked on, downcast, knowing that, even with the image inducer, it would be hard to keep someone from bumping into his belly.
Sensing his dilemma, Jean said "Until the baby is born, we are going to home school you. Unless, of course, you want others finding out. Speaking of which, what about your parents?"
At hearing mention of his parents, Kurt's eyes got wide. He started hyperventilating and Jean got an oxygen tank, turned it on, and held the mask to his face. Pietro put his hand under Kurt's shirt and rubbed his back soothingly. When he calmed down enough, he took off the mask and looked at Jean. "I can't tell them." he said, fear tainting any reserves he had left, causing him to cry again. "They would hate me." he said, putting his on Pietro's shoulder.
"Shhh." Pietro soothed, rubbing Kurt's cheek with his thumb. "I'm sure they won't hate you, love." Jean smiled fondly at this display of affection from their "enemy." Kurt, however, jerked away from Pietro, causing a hurt look from the latter.
"You don't understand." He sighed. "When they find out, they are gonna know I'm with a guy, and that's just not how it goes."
Before Pietro could react, Jean spoke. "Well, if you are happy, it shouldn't matter to them. Anyway, think about it. You are able to get pregnant, so, according to your religion, then your union is ok."
Kurt looked up at her, offering a weak smile. "I hadn't thought of that. But it would still be difficult to explain to them."
"Well, considering who you are, a mutant, it shouldn't be a problem for them to understand." she replied.
"I guess." he said, leaning back against Pietro and closing his eyes.
"Kurt, I'm gonna need to run some more tests later, as you're the only mutant male that I know of that's able to conceive. But, for now, I'll leave you two alone to get used to the idea. I'll also leave the phone in here, just in case you feel the need to make a call."
"Thanks." Kurt and Pietro said simultaneously, eliciting a slight giggle from the redhead.
She closed the blinds on the window to give the two some privacy and opened the door to leave. She paused, and, as an afterthought, said "Behave, you two." effectively cause a blush to creep into Kurt's face and a grin on Pietro's. Then she left.
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When Jean emerged from the room, Scott and Logan were still there with looks that plainly said 'Explain what's going on right now and don't even make me wait or else.'
Not even phased, she ignored the pair, turning instead to Xavier. "It was June seventh. I'm assuming they got together before then, but I wasn't gonna press it just then. I still have some tests to run, but everything's fine for now."
"Alright." Xavier said. "Let me know what you come up with"
"I will" she said before he left.
Before she could get to her work, a hand stopped her. "What's going on?" Scott demanded.
"What do you mean?" she asked, feigning innocence and trying very hard to suppress a grin at his annoyance.
"What he means is," Logan's gruff voice amended," what's wrong with Kurt, and what does Quicksilver have to do with it?"
"Oh. THAT." She smiled innocently. "Kurt's pregnant and PIETRO is the father."
"Oh. That's... um..." Scott didn't even finish as he promptly fainted, causing Jean to smirk.
Logan, however, seemed ready to kill someone. "How long did you know about this?" He growled.
She glared at him with the same intensity as his growl. "Look." She almost shouted. "You will NOT cause EITHER of them trouble, do you understand me?"
"I don't want him here."
"I don't care." She shouted, thankful that the glass between the rooms was soundproof. "You cause either of them trouble and you are gonna suffer headaches so severe you'll wish you were dead. Quicksilver maybe our enemy, but PIETRO is Kurt's boyfriend. And he is obviously happy. Besides, the Brotherhood hasn't caused us trouble in a while and this may have something to do with it."
"I still don't like it"
"Well, keep it to yourself. If you get Kurt worked up enough he might do something stupid, and you'll be to blame. I know how pregnant women act and so far, he has acted no different and he will get real emotional and protective very easily."
Her glare had steadily increased during her rant and Logan was steadily becoming afraid, not that he'd admit it. Instead, he just grunted and left the room, promptly bumping into Lance, who was being followed my Todd.
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"What are you two doing here?" he growled.
Todd coward back while Lance just straightened up and smugly replied "We're here to see Kurt and Pietro. The bald dude said it was alright."
Todd chuckled nervously. "Yeah, yo. We just wanna make sure everything's alright."
Logan just rolled his eyes and grunted. "Talk to Jean." he said simply, gesturing towards the door he'd just came from, before taking off again.
Instead of knocking, they just walked in, slowly, however, as they had heard the fight down the hall and knew of Jean's temper, having been caught on the wrong end of it enough times. "Hey, Red?" Lance asked timidly. When she ignored him, he tried again. "Uh, Jean?" He walked in and almost tripped over the still unconscious Scott. "What's with him?" he asked.
"He'll be alright. He just got a... um... surprise." she said, not even bothering to turn to them. "So, can I help you?"
"Uh.. yeah. We're here to see Pietro and Kurt. "Tro left so fast we couldn't find out what was wrong and we wanna make sure everything's alright."
"Hold on. I'll ask them." She put her hands up to her temples in concentration, obviously talking to the pair telepathically. After a moment, and spoke. "Through that door." she gestured to the room that they were in. They went to the door and opened it slightly, knocking softly.
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"Behave, you two" Jean said, then left. Kurt felt the heat rise in his face, and knew he was blushing. Pietro, however, just grinned.
"You know, you're cute when you blush." Pietro said, suggestively, causing Kurt to blush a little deeper. Suddenly, Pietro grabbed his shoulders, pulling him down on the bed, and getting a yelp from the surprised, blue elf.
"Not in here, Piepie." he hissed, but his ever deepening blush took any edge that it would have had off those words.
"I love it when you call me 'Piepie', you know that?" Kurt smiled and pulled him down to snuggle him. "Besides," he murmured against a pointed ear, "if I wanted THAT right now, we would be in your room, or mine." As he said that, he lovingly rubbed the bulge on his lover's stomach, then rested his head on a furry shoulder. After a moment, he propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at Kurt with a serious expression. "Kurt, are you...." he hesitated, searching for the right words, before continuing. "Are you ok with this? I mean, it is certainly unexpected, but..." he took a deep breath, trying quickly to gauge his lover's expression. "I'm ready for this... if you are." He put his head back on Kurt's shoulder, attempting to hide the apprehension crossing his face.
Kurt rubbed his thumb over Pietro's face and sighed. "To tell you the truth, I'm really scared. I never planned on being a parent because the only one able to love me is a man, you, and the same goes for me. So I just wasn't prepared for it." He sighed again. "If I had known, I guess I would have played it safer till I was. I'm glad it's your's though."
Pietro breathed a silent sigh of relief. "I love you, Kurt."
"I love... you...too.." Kurt silenced and sat up, closing his eyes, worrying Pietro.
"Kurt?" Kurt made a motion for him to quiet.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Pietro, who was now sitting as well. "Your friends are here. You left so suddenly and they were worried. Jean told me." He paused for a moment, thinking. "You didn't tell them, did you?"
"Not yet. But..."
"It's ok." Kurt closed his eyes again and told Jean to let them in. "They're coming."
They sat back and cuddled a bit on the head of the bed as they saw the door open a little, followed by a cautious knock.
"Come in guys" Kurt said quietly.
"Hey Blue, Pietro." Lance said, still surprised as ever to see the elf and the speedster so loving towards each other.
Todd, even though he had been told about it before, couldn't help but be taken aback a bit at the unlikely (however, cute) couple. Once he had gotten over his surprise, he found himself wishing for a camera. It didn't take him long to find his voice, however. "Kurt, Pietro, yo, what's goin on? Why'd you leave so fast? Is everything alright?"
Kurt and Pietro looked at each other, silently asking help of the other, then Kurt spoke. "We're fine. It's just.... I'm... umm... I'm pregnant." They looked at him like he had grown another head, then snickered, thinking he was attempting a joke. Irritated, Kurt straightened up and showed them the bulge in his normally flat stomach, silencing the other two.
Lance was frozen to the spot, while Todd cautiously walked over and felt the lump. There wasn't much in there right then, but he knew for sure at that moment that it was, indeed, pregnancy making that lump, as he had felt them a few times before. Looking back at Lance, he gulped. "They're for real, yo." He went to a chair, rather shakily, to sit down, before he could fall down.
Lance let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and collapsed against the door, suddenly jarring it closed loudly, causing the others in the room to jump. Sitting back against the door, he waited for his head to stop spinning, then silently looked to the couple on the bed for an explanation.
"We're not sure how it happened. Jean thinks it may be part of my mutation. She and Hank are gonna run tests on me tomorrow also."
"Who's Hank?" Lance finally piped up.
"The big, blue, furry, dude." Pietro jumped in. "He was the old chem teach at Bayville High. And the gym coach."
"Wow. I was kinda wonderin what happened to him."
"Well... um... I need to get to bed now." Kurt said after an uncomfortable silence. "They'll probably test me in the morning."
"Alright." Pietro said, kissing him gently on the cheek. "I'll..."
"No!" Kurt said, fear in his voice as he gripped Pietro to him. "No. Stay here with me, please." He said in almost a whisper.
"All you need do is ask, love." He said, sounding rather poetic, earning him a snicker from his house-mates. A glare from Kurt silenced them promptly.
"Um..." Todd started. "Glad you're ok, yo. Call us tomorrow and let us know how it goes."
"Bye" the lovers murmured tiredly as as they laid down on the hospital bed.
As they left, Kurt pulled the blanket over them, and they snuggled together for their trip to dreamland.
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Lance and Todd slipped quietly out the door as the two lovers made their way to dreamland, thinking about everything they had just heard. A quiet voice startled the from their musings. "Is Pietro staying with Kurt?" Jean ask, looking up from the book she was currently reading.
"Yeah. Infact, they're already asleep." Lance said.
"Are you coming by tomorrow?"
"We told them to call us when they could, yo." Todd answered as the walked towards the door, tripping again over the still unconscious Scott.
"Ok. have a nice night then." Jean said quietly, snickering over the fact that Scott hadn't managed to regain consciousness once in 30 minutes, and that everyone seemed to trip over him on their way through.
"Goodnight, Jean." Lance replied quietly before they left.
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The morning found Kurt in the bathroom again, sharing last night's dinner with the toilet, and anyone else who was there to see, while Pietro held his hair out of the way and stroked his back lovingly, in an attempt to calm his fuzzy blue lover. When they were able to step away from the bathroom without having to make an immediate return trip, their noses were assaulted to two large breakfasts, each consisting of a healthy portion of eggs over-easy, a six inch stack of pancakes drizzled with pure clover honey, half a dozen strips of golden brown french toast, half a dozen strips of bacon, a tall glass of fresh squeezed orange juice, and a tall glass of milk. Two white pills, presumable vitamins, for the expecting "mother" and a red rose, presumably from Ororo's garden, in a white frosted glass vase completed the picture.
The pair was enthralled by the picture, and suddenly very hungry, while a moment ago, there was nothing out there. Their stomachs growled in unison at the delightful smells filling the room. A light chuckle brought them back to their senses. "I take it you two approve?" Jean asked lightly. Another growl from their empty stomachs answered her better than words could attempt. "I'll take that as a 'yes'. Well, you better get your fill, because, Kurt, you're not gonna be able to eat or drink anything when we start the testing later today. We will put you on an IV drip to keep you hydrated though."
Kurt's eyes widened over the thought of missing a meal and, for a moment, he looked ready to cry, but a growl from his stomach decided otherwise, and he attacked the food with a ferocity to match Wolverine's and speed to make even Quicksilver proud. The aforementioned speed demon just chuckled slightly and, at a more leisurely pace, started into his meal.
"Hey, Kurt," Pietro started half way through his pancakes, a hint of fear in his voice, "How is... uh... big, bad, and blue gonna feel about us?"
Kurt looked up and, noting his partner's distress, smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, his boyfriend told him all about us. He's ok with it as long as you don't cause us problems, and he's an ok guy." Pietro looked confused about it for a moment, so he added, "Bobby and I share everything. We're best friends."
Before he could respond, the door flung open and in came the subject of their current discussion. "Kurt!" he said worriedly, running up to hug his friend tight. "You ok? What's wrong? Why are you in here? You're not sick or something, are ya?"
Before he could go on, Kurt clamped his hand over his mouth, silencing him. "I'm fine, Bobby. I'm just.... Pregnant."
Bobby's eyes went wide with shock, then disbelief as he thought it was a joke. Upon seeing the seriousness in his friend's eyes, he pulled his hand down and looked at him questioningly. As Kurt related that past few days events to him, Bobby listened to him thoughtfully
*This sounds strangely familiar He thought. *But I'll have to worry about that later.*
As Kurt rambled on, he unconsciously rubbed his bulge, drawing Bobby's attention to it. Because he wasn't wearing a shirt, it was easy to see if you took a look. *It's about the same size as mine... a little smaller maybe.* Without thinking, he reached down to feel Kurt's belly. *It's firm like mine too.* As Kurt continued on with his thoughts on all this, he couldn't help but think of what this might do to his and Hank's relationship. In the middle of something Kurt was saying, Bobby suddenly excused himself, saying he had something he needed to do, then left.
Pietro looked at the retreating figure with a (concerned?) stare. When he left the room, he looked at Kurt, who was finishing his breakfast, and wondered what might be upsetting his lover's best friend. That thought quickly left his mind as Kurt suddenly kissed him. "She said I couldn't eat anything today." he whispered into Pietro's ear. "She didn't say we couldn't have fun."
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As Bobby left the infirmary, he reached into one of the drawers and pulled out a thin little package. He went into the restroom down the hall and, after tearing the strip from it's confinement, saturated the tip with urine. He set the strip down on the counter by the sink and started pacing.
*10 minutes. I only have to wait 10 minutes. I'll know for sure in 10 minutes. But
WHAT do I want to know for sure? If it's a yes? A no?* He stopped pacing at that thought. He was thoroughly confusing himself now and thought his brain was gonna burst from the suspense. The ten minutes seemed to move like a snail on a treadmill, but were over before he knew it. He picked up the strip in his hands, anxious for the truth. As he looked at it, he slowly paled.
*Blue, oh gods, it's blue.* He slumped unceremoniously to his knees, his head in
his hands, as he let the small test clatter to the cool tile. He fought the urge to scream in frustration and anger. Because, after all, he was now pregnant too.
TBC
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