Chapter 2
A new Crib
The next day she woke up in her new apartment. The light was streaming through the gigantic windows, it was splashed across the floor and now heating her exposed cheek.
She grumbled. Today she did not want to get up. She wanted to sleep. She wanted to lie on her mattress, under her one sheet, and sleep for the rest of her life if she could. Hey maybe when she woke up the baby would be born.
That thought jumped into her mind. She had to make sure that John couldn't find out. She knew J'onn was sworn to secrecy. He couldn't tell anyone about her files. But if he knew John was the dad, and then if John asked, he would have the right to know.
But there was no way he would ever find out. He would surely never see her again and she would have abosolutely nothing to worry about. She had mixed feelings about this thought. She turned over on her side and closed her eyes desperately trying to fade out her life as of today. She began forgetting it all when she heard a familiar voice...
"Shay Shay? Time to get your cute little sleepy feathered behind out of bed and shake what your papa gave you."
"What?" she asked groggily.
"Time to get up!" he responded, "don't make me take you out of bed!"
"You wouldn't dare," she said blowing him off and closing her eyes once again.
"Come on we have to go shopping, I mean come on your new predicament."
"What!?" she asked shooting up from the mattress.
"Your new apartment. We need to get it furnished," Wally stated as he leaned back a bit surprised by Shay's sudden burst of energy.
"Oh that," she said leaning back into bed.
"Wait what do you mean 'oh that', like there is something else?"
"No, no nothing."
"Alright that's it," Wally said tired of games. He hauled a protesting Hawkgirl out of bed. "Here's your suitcase. Here's your bathroom, go get dressed." He said rather bluntly placing her down in the bathroom then shutting the door behind him as he left.
15 MINUTES LATER
"It took you that long just to change?" complained Wally who was flopped in her chair.
She pointed to her back, "Wings remember?"
"Oh yeah."
"Shayera yawned, "Do we really have to go out. I'm so tired lately."
"Yes we do, you're 'apartment', if that is what you call it needs a lot of work."
She looked around puzzlingly at the quick room. In seven months it wouldn't be so quiet. She then looked inquisitively at Wally, "How did you get in here?"
"Oh I had an extra key made for me," he said smiling sheepishly, "Incase you never wake up one day when we need to go out, or I need to get in and you won't open up, or incase I get a really hot chick and my place is a mess."
"Way to go Wally," she sighed unconventionally. "Let's got then."
She grabbed her purse and started for the door.
"Oh by the way, how were the results on you test?" he asked concernedly while opening the door for her.
"Oh it was negative, nothing new at all. Just some side affects." She said lying straight through her teeth
They had already gone clothes shopping for three hours. She hated clothes shopping. She detested doing it by herself. It infuriated her when she went out with Diana, and now with Wally it was just plain aggravating
"Maybe you should try on some lingerie?" Wally asked.
"For the sixth and final time, NO!" she screamed angrily at him, "For the last time, if I don't have a boyfriend why would I need lingerie?"
"For fun?"
"Ha," she replied bluntly.
"Okay so I can see your tired of clothes shopping, now we can go furniture shopping." He said smiling sweetly.
She rolled her eyes. She really just wanted to sit down. She had been tired all day, not to mention that they hadn't stopped or anything to eat. "Can't we get something to eat first?"
"Can't we go after furniture shopping, I mean come on we're on a tight schedule here," he whined impatiently
"I guess so," her stomach was rumbling with fury. "Why are you so interested in helping me get my furniture?"
"Well, you have no idea what to get. You have a budget and you have to stick to it. Plus I just love to help," Shay starred him down, "Okay, my mom decorated my apartment."
Shay had to laugh at this. She could just picture Wally's mother bickering at him for not painting his front room the color she approved of.
Wally drove to the furniture store. Shay really wasn't interested in any of it. She just wanted to buy the first thing she saw so she could go home and eat and sleep.
"Okay Shay, here are the couches..." he began but he was cut of by her.
"Good, great, let's buy this one and leave."
"Its five thousand dollars," he said as he raised an eyebrow.
"So?"
"YOU CAN'T SPEND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A COUCH!" he screamed in the middle of the store.
"Sorry," she replied quietly.
Wally sighed, "Its okay. I'm going to go up to the second level to see if there are anymore couches. Just stay here okay."
"Okay," Complied Shay as she sat down on the couch.
"And no taking candy from strangers," Wally joked.
"But I'm so hungry."
Wally laughed and then headed for the stairs which took him to the next level of the apartment building. He sighed, if he could only go faster he would've already been back downstairs. He didn't know what was up with Shay, and that worried him a bit. He understood that she would feel down after being booted from the league, but she was a little to depressed. She just wanted to sleep all day and drown her insecurities and feelings in food.
He had to make her feel better. He was the only friend he had right now, basically he had to take care of her. She may not appreciate it now, but in his heart he knew one day she would.
She was sitting on the couch. Waiting patiently, her heart pounding, her stomach demanding food. She couldn't take it anymore, she was hungry and she needed to eat. She remembered learning in school how food was an essential necessity for Thanagarians who were expecting. Not eating a day could result in dire consequences. She was about to go upstairs and retrieve Flash when something caught her eye. She slowly walked over and put her hands on a certain piece of furniture, she was speechless.
He walked down the stairs to the spot where he left her. There were no more couches upstairs it had been a total waste of time. He was now feeling the pain of hunger to, his high metabolism kicking in. He should have listened to Shay before, now he was sure that they were both feeling the pain. He would go get her and go out for lunch, his treat for sure. He arrived at the couch where she was left, but she wasn't there.
"Oh boy," he sighed.
He immediately took notice of his surrounding. A couple people around. He walked around the display a couple of times, and then decided to start panicking. Where could she be? There was no way she could blend in with the crowd this good! She had fricking wings! What if she was taken? No, she was previously Hawkgirl. There was no way she'd go without a fight. But what if she was gassed? Those bastards! He went to go to the managers office to ask to see the security tapes. But something caught his eye, it was Shay, in the last place he expected her to be.
She was in complete limbo, she was no where, she didn't realize where she was, she was no longer in a furniture store. She just stood with her hand on that certain piece of furniture staring at it. It wasn't until she heard a certain familiar voice, that she was pulled back into reality.
He stood there staring at her, feeling a wave of relief hit him hard. He didn't know why she was over here, or why she didn't move. For a long time he just gazed at her staring. He finally asked after a long pause, "Umm Shay, why are you holding on to that crib so tight?"
She left go of the crib slowly. Her hand fell limply to her side, she turned around to face him. Tears filled her jaded eyes. They looked glazed over. Just the image of her looking like this made Wally's heart sink.
He took a step toward her and grabbed her intently by the shoulders and looked into her eyes once again. It felt like déjà vu only in a different setting. "Shay," he asked confused, "What's the matter?"
She broke down once again in his strong arms. Salt water raced down her face and soaked Wally's jacket. He hugged her tenderly "Hey come on now, I know the price is expensive, but you won't need one of those."
This only made her cry harder, which reacted and her body gave her a splitting headache. A decade seemed to pass that he held her when she finally spoke.
"Yes, I will," her voice was almost inaudible it was so quiet.
"You will what?" Wally gently asked.
"Need one of these," she pointed to the piece of furniture in question.
"No you won't," he chuckled a bit, "those are for people who are expecting babies."
"I know Wally," she replied looked at him straight faced.
"But that means."
"I'm pregnant."
To be continued
Sorry it took me so long to write a second chapter, a third in along the way.
A new Crib
The next day she woke up in her new apartment. The light was streaming through the gigantic windows, it was splashed across the floor and now heating her exposed cheek.
She grumbled. Today she did not want to get up. She wanted to sleep. She wanted to lie on her mattress, under her one sheet, and sleep for the rest of her life if she could. Hey maybe when she woke up the baby would be born.
That thought jumped into her mind. She had to make sure that John couldn't find out. She knew J'onn was sworn to secrecy. He couldn't tell anyone about her files. But if he knew John was the dad, and then if John asked, he would have the right to know.
But there was no way he would ever find out. He would surely never see her again and she would have abosolutely nothing to worry about. She had mixed feelings about this thought. She turned over on her side and closed her eyes desperately trying to fade out her life as of today. She began forgetting it all when she heard a familiar voice...
"Shay Shay? Time to get your cute little sleepy feathered behind out of bed and shake what your papa gave you."
"What?" she asked groggily.
"Time to get up!" he responded, "don't make me take you out of bed!"
"You wouldn't dare," she said blowing him off and closing her eyes once again.
"Come on we have to go shopping, I mean come on your new predicament."
"What!?" she asked shooting up from the mattress.
"Your new apartment. We need to get it furnished," Wally stated as he leaned back a bit surprised by Shay's sudden burst of energy.
"Oh that," she said leaning back into bed.
"Wait what do you mean 'oh that', like there is something else?"
"No, no nothing."
"Alright that's it," Wally said tired of games. He hauled a protesting Hawkgirl out of bed. "Here's your suitcase. Here's your bathroom, go get dressed." He said rather bluntly placing her down in the bathroom then shutting the door behind him as he left.
15 MINUTES LATER
"It took you that long just to change?" complained Wally who was flopped in her chair.
She pointed to her back, "Wings remember?"
"Oh yeah."
"Shayera yawned, "Do we really have to go out. I'm so tired lately."
"Yes we do, you're 'apartment', if that is what you call it needs a lot of work."
She looked around puzzlingly at the quick room. In seven months it wouldn't be so quiet. She then looked inquisitively at Wally, "How did you get in here?"
"Oh I had an extra key made for me," he said smiling sheepishly, "Incase you never wake up one day when we need to go out, or I need to get in and you won't open up, or incase I get a really hot chick and my place is a mess."
"Way to go Wally," she sighed unconventionally. "Let's got then."
She grabbed her purse and started for the door.
"Oh by the way, how were the results on you test?" he asked concernedly while opening the door for her.
"Oh it was negative, nothing new at all. Just some side affects." She said lying straight through her teeth
They had already gone clothes shopping for three hours. She hated clothes shopping. She detested doing it by herself. It infuriated her when she went out with Diana, and now with Wally it was just plain aggravating
"Maybe you should try on some lingerie?" Wally asked.
"For the sixth and final time, NO!" she screamed angrily at him, "For the last time, if I don't have a boyfriend why would I need lingerie?"
"For fun?"
"Ha," she replied bluntly.
"Okay so I can see your tired of clothes shopping, now we can go furniture shopping." He said smiling sweetly.
She rolled her eyes. She really just wanted to sit down. She had been tired all day, not to mention that they hadn't stopped or anything to eat. "Can't we get something to eat first?"
"Can't we go after furniture shopping, I mean come on we're on a tight schedule here," he whined impatiently
"I guess so," her stomach was rumbling with fury. "Why are you so interested in helping me get my furniture?"
"Well, you have no idea what to get. You have a budget and you have to stick to it. Plus I just love to help," Shay starred him down, "Okay, my mom decorated my apartment."
Shay had to laugh at this. She could just picture Wally's mother bickering at him for not painting his front room the color she approved of.
Wally drove to the furniture store. Shay really wasn't interested in any of it. She just wanted to buy the first thing she saw so she could go home and eat and sleep.
"Okay Shay, here are the couches..." he began but he was cut of by her.
"Good, great, let's buy this one and leave."
"Its five thousand dollars," he said as he raised an eyebrow.
"So?"
"YOU CAN'T SPEND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A COUCH!" he screamed in the middle of the store.
"Sorry," she replied quietly.
Wally sighed, "Its okay. I'm going to go up to the second level to see if there are anymore couches. Just stay here okay."
"Okay," Complied Shay as she sat down on the couch.
"And no taking candy from strangers," Wally joked.
"But I'm so hungry."
Wally laughed and then headed for the stairs which took him to the next level of the apartment building. He sighed, if he could only go faster he would've already been back downstairs. He didn't know what was up with Shay, and that worried him a bit. He understood that she would feel down after being booted from the league, but she was a little to depressed. She just wanted to sleep all day and drown her insecurities and feelings in food.
He had to make her feel better. He was the only friend he had right now, basically he had to take care of her. She may not appreciate it now, but in his heart he knew one day she would.
She was sitting on the couch. Waiting patiently, her heart pounding, her stomach demanding food. She couldn't take it anymore, she was hungry and she needed to eat. She remembered learning in school how food was an essential necessity for Thanagarians who were expecting. Not eating a day could result in dire consequences. She was about to go upstairs and retrieve Flash when something caught her eye. She slowly walked over and put her hands on a certain piece of furniture, she was speechless.
He walked down the stairs to the spot where he left her. There were no more couches upstairs it had been a total waste of time. He was now feeling the pain of hunger to, his high metabolism kicking in. He should have listened to Shay before, now he was sure that they were both feeling the pain. He would go get her and go out for lunch, his treat for sure. He arrived at the couch where she was left, but she wasn't there.
"Oh boy," he sighed.
He immediately took notice of his surrounding. A couple people around. He walked around the display a couple of times, and then decided to start panicking. Where could she be? There was no way she could blend in with the crowd this good! She had fricking wings! What if she was taken? No, she was previously Hawkgirl. There was no way she'd go without a fight. But what if she was gassed? Those bastards! He went to go to the managers office to ask to see the security tapes. But something caught his eye, it was Shay, in the last place he expected her to be.
She was in complete limbo, she was no where, she didn't realize where she was, she was no longer in a furniture store. She just stood with her hand on that certain piece of furniture staring at it. It wasn't until she heard a certain familiar voice, that she was pulled back into reality.
He stood there staring at her, feeling a wave of relief hit him hard. He didn't know why she was over here, or why she didn't move. For a long time he just gazed at her staring. He finally asked after a long pause, "Umm Shay, why are you holding on to that crib so tight?"
She left go of the crib slowly. Her hand fell limply to her side, she turned around to face him. Tears filled her jaded eyes. They looked glazed over. Just the image of her looking like this made Wally's heart sink.
He took a step toward her and grabbed her intently by the shoulders and looked into her eyes once again. It felt like déjà vu only in a different setting. "Shay," he asked confused, "What's the matter?"
She broke down once again in his strong arms. Salt water raced down her face and soaked Wally's jacket. He hugged her tenderly "Hey come on now, I know the price is expensive, but you won't need one of those."
This only made her cry harder, which reacted and her body gave her a splitting headache. A decade seemed to pass that he held her when she finally spoke.
"Yes, I will," her voice was almost inaudible it was so quiet.
"You will what?" Wally gently asked.
"Need one of these," she pointed to the piece of furniture in question.
"No you won't," he chuckled a bit, "those are for people who are expecting babies."
"I know Wally," she replied looked at him straight faced.
"But that means."
"I'm pregnant."
To be continued
Sorry it took me so long to write a second chapter, a third in along the way.