Holly found herself in the girls bathroom 3 days later throwing up. Now more than ever she hated the fact that she had to use a some-what public restroom. Girls kept coming in and out, starring at her and leaving to get help. Though, it was funny that for some reason that help hadn't shown up yet. "Holly?" Jean's voice echoed in the bathroom. 'Speak of the devil' Holly thought. Holly could hear Jean's footsteps coming closer to her. "What's going on?" Jean asked. Holly could feel Jean leaning over her. "What does it look like?" Holly asked with her head almost all the way in the toilet. Jean sighed. "Can you at least try to give me a straight answer for once?". Before Holly could answer she threw up again. Jean went over and grabbed an empty trashcan. She then went back over to Holly. She started to help Holly up. "What are you doing?" Holly asked. "I'm going to take you down to the medical room so I can examine you." Jean said as she started to walk Holly out of the bathroom. Holly shook her head and threw herself down on the ground. Jean was able to stop her from hitting the ground. "What are you doing?" Jean asked her. Holly said nothing. She just stood up. "I'm feeling better" Holly said flatly and made her way to the door. "What?! Holly, wait." Jean said grabbing her arm. "Why don't you...". "I said I'm feeling better,ok!" Holly yelled at Jean. She pulled her arm out of Jean's grasp. She headed out of the bathroom. Jean followed. "Where are you going?" She asked. "My room. Where else?" Holly answered without stopping or turning around. She walked to her room with Jean trailing behind her. Holly opened the door and walked in. Jean stood in the doorway. "What?" Holly asked. Jean looked at her. "What's going on?" Jean asked. "I'm sick" Holly said and slamed the door on Jean's face.
Acouple hours later Holly found herself sitting in a doctor's office waiting for the doctor to come back to tell her what was wrong with her. Over the year she had made it a point to find a real doctor so she wouldn't have to always go to Jean. It seemed everytime she would go to Jean for even a cold, Jean would question her about everything. So Holly went looking for a doctor and because of what her powers were it, it wouldn't be oblivous that she was a mutant. Though, she was lucky to find a doctor who wasn't ani-mutant and had no problem with her being a mutant. Holly looked around the room trying to focus her attention on anything that would distract her from the thought of where she was. She then heard the doorknob to the room turn. Her attention snapped to the door. The elderly doctor walked in. He had a small smile on his face. As he stood infront of her Holly could see her reflection in his glasses. "Well, Holly..." He started. "Is it serious?" She interupted him. He smiled. "It depends.". She frowned. "Depends on what?" She asked. "Congradulations, Holly, your pregnant." The doctor said still smiling. Holly's heart dropped. 'Pregnant? Was he serious?' She thought to herself. "Are you sure?" She asked. The doctor nodded. What was she going to do? The Professor would definietly kick out of the mansion now. "Well, thank you,doctor." She said and grabbed her purse. "Are you alright?" The doctor asked. "Yes, I'm fine." She said as she was about to open the door. The doctor stopped her. "Wouldn't you like to change first?" He asked. Holly looked down at what she was wearing and realized that she was still wearing the hospital gown. "Oh, yea" She said and went to get her clothes.
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Holly sat behind the wheel of the car and just starred at the road infront of her. She was parked at the side of the road. She was going to have to turn to get to Toad's trailor. She had no idea how she was going to tell him or even how he would react. Would he be happy? Sad? Angry? She put her hand to her head as she thought. The only thing she was sure of was that she had to tell him. There was no way of getting out of that. So she took a deep breathe and turned off the road to get to his trailor.When she got to the trailor she was half-relieved and half-worried that he wasn't there. Since the night The Brotherhood had beaten him up, he hadn't gone back to the Brotherhood hide out. He hadn't even gone out much for fear that they were looking for him. Holly stood there wondering where he could have gone. She decided to stay and wait for him. After just 3 minutes she was standing behind a tree throwing up. So she left a note on the door telling Toad to call her when he got home.
Toad didn't call her until late in afternoon. He asked her what was wrong, but Holly couldn't bring herself to tell him over the phone. She told him to meet her in the park at 7:00, but she was there at 6:45. She stood by a tree going over what she was going to say to Toad in her head. Then she felt it. She could hear Toad's heartbeat in her head and feel it. Ever since that night she had been able to hear and feel his heartbeat all the time. Though, she could some how control the volume at which she can hear it, but everytime Toad was close to her she could hear it loud. She could feel him coming close to where she was. "Holly" She heard him say her name. Holly came out from behind the tree. "How did you know...?" She started to ask. "I could feel your heartbeat." He said. Holly frowned. "How?". Toad shrugged. "I don't know, but ever since..". He stopped talking and then shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Now what's up? You sounded like you had something to tell me." Toad said. Holly walked closer to him and hugged him. He hugged her back and then kissed her. She then pulled back. "Promise not to freak out." She said looking into his eyes. Toad frowned. "What?" He asked confused. "I'm going to tell you something very important and I don't want you to freak out." She said. "Holly, you know you can tell me anything. I'm not going to freak out. I love you." He said and went to kiss her again. Holly pulled away from him and walked a few steps away from him. She turned and looked up at the sky. She was trying to stop herself from crying. She felt as if her being pregnant was her fault. She felt that if she told him, he would leave her. She didn't want to lose him. She didn't realize that it would be THIS hard to tell him. "Holly, tell me what's wrong. Tell me why your acting like this." Toad said. He put his hand on her shoulder. Holly turned and faced him. Tears started to come to her eyes. Toad had a look that was a mix of worried and confusion. "What's going on?" He asked, not sure if he should hug her or keep his distance. Holly looked him in the eyes again. She felt his emotions and she knew she had to tell him. "Toad..."She managed to get out. "Yes?" Toad said after a moment of silence. "I'm ....pregnant" Holly said and then burst into tears. Toad couldn't believe what Holly said. "Wwwhat?" He stuttred out. "I'm pregnant" She repeated. Toad took Holly into his arms and held her. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" Holly said threw her tears. "No, don't apologize. Holly, I love you" Toad said holding her close. She just let him hold her as she cried. "Mortimer, what are we going to do?" She asked him. "Holly, your making to much of this." He said. Holly pulled back alittle and looked at him. "What?" She asked. He smiled at her. "Your acting like the world is going to end." He said. Holly looked at him in disbelief. "Holly, this is the best thing that could happen to us....Look, I've been thinking. I'm not a member of the Brotherhood anymore. We can be together now. You can move out of the X-men mansion and we can leave this place and start a family someplace far from here." Toad said looking deep into her eyes. Holly was a bit shocked by what he was saying, but she wasn't disagreeing with it. It hadn't hit her that they could actually be together now. The X-men might have a problem because he was an ex-member, but then Toad was right, she could just move out. She looked at Toad and smiled. "Moving away, starting a family..." Holly started to say , but Toad interupted her. "What I'm trying to say, Holly, is...Will you marry me?" Toad asked. Holly's eyes widened. "I don't have a ring, yet, but I will get you one. I promise." He explained. Holly threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Of course I'll marry you." She said. He smiled and kissed her back. They then just stood there holding each other, as they both thought of their future together. This was the greatest day of Holly's life. Toad couldn't believe he and Holly were actually going to get married. He had been wanting to ask her earlier, but his fear of Magneto had stopped him. Now, he had no fear. Soon he and Holly would be far away from Magneto and all the other Brotherhood member for that matter.
But Toad was wrong. He still had much to fear. At that exact moment someone was watching them. The person could not only see them, but hear them as well. The person had heard everything and they knew that Toad would pay.
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Toad walked Holly back to her car. "So I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?" Toad said to her. Holly nodded and smiled. Toad kissed her. "I love you" He said. "I love you too" Holly said back to him. "Be careful going home". "Of course" Toad said. Holly kissed him one last time before she got into her car. Toad watched until she had driven away before he went back to his own car.
Holly drove back to the mansion with a smile on her face. Her smile soon faded when the car started to make a weird sound. Holly looked at the gas gaige and saw that it was on empty. Holly frowned. She had just filled it to half-a tank earlier that day. The car usually didn't use up gas that quickly. Holly quickly got the car off the street and parked it. The second she turned the car off, she noticed it was smoking. She grabbed her purse from the passenger seat and looked for her cellphone. When she didn't find it she realized that she had been in such a hurry she had forgotten it. She sighed. She looked for the nearest street sign. When she saw it, she was relieved to see that she was only acouple blocks away from the mansion. She figured she could just walk it. If anyone attacked her, she could defend herself. Holly grabbed her purse and got out of the car. She closed the car door and locked the car. She started to power walk. It was cold, but Holly felt unbelievably warm. She walked a block. She replayed everything Toad had told her in her head. It made her happy and helped her forget she was walking home. Then she thought she heard someone behind her. She felt someone's heartbeat. "Holly" She heard Toad's voice call out her name. She turned and saw him standing there. "Mortimer?" She asked confused. Toad was standing infront of her, but it wasn't him. It didn't feel like him. The imposter took a step towards her. Holly stepped away from him. "Your not, Toad" Holly said. "Smart girl" Mystique's voice came out of Toad's mouth. Holly's eyes widened and she turned to run, but Sabretooth was standing blocking her. He punched her. Holly fell to the ground and passed out. Mystique turned back into her normal self. "Not smart enough".
Acouple hours later Holly found herself sitting in a doctor's office waiting for the doctor to come back to tell her what was wrong with her. Over the year she had made it a point to find a real doctor so she wouldn't have to always go to Jean. It seemed everytime she would go to Jean for even a cold, Jean would question her about everything. So Holly went looking for a doctor and because of what her powers were it, it wouldn't be oblivous that she was a mutant. Though, she was lucky to find a doctor who wasn't ani-mutant and had no problem with her being a mutant. Holly looked around the room trying to focus her attention on anything that would distract her from the thought of where she was. She then heard the doorknob to the room turn. Her attention snapped to the door. The elderly doctor walked in. He had a small smile on his face. As he stood infront of her Holly could see her reflection in his glasses. "Well, Holly..." He started. "Is it serious?" She interupted him. He smiled. "It depends.". She frowned. "Depends on what?" She asked. "Congradulations, Holly, your pregnant." The doctor said still smiling. Holly's heart dropped. 'Pregnant? Was he serious?' She thought to herself. "Are you sure?" She asked. The doctor nodded. What was she going to do? The Professor would definietly kick out of the mansion now. "Well, thank you,doctor." She said and grabbed her purse. "Are you alright?" The doctor asked. "Yes, I'm fine." She said as she was about to open the door. The doctor stopped her. "Wouldn't you like to change first?" He asked. Holly looked down at what she was wearing and realized that she was still wearing the hospital gown. "Oh, yea" She said and went to get her clothes.
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Holly sat behind the wheel of the car and just starred at the road infront of her. She was parked at the side of the road. She was going to have to turn to get to Toad's trailor. She had no idea how she was going to tell him or even how he would react. Would he be happy? Sad? Angry? She put her hand to her head as she thought. The only thing she was sure of was that she had to tell him. There was no way of getting out of that. So she took a deep breathe and turned off the road to get to his trailor.When she got to the trailor she was half-relieved and half-worried that he wasn't there. Since the night The Brotherhood had beaten him up, he hadn't gone back to the Brotherhood hide out. He hadn't even gone out much for fear that they were looking for him. Holly stood there wondering where he could have gone. She decided to stay and wait for him. After just 3 minutes she was standing behind a tree throwing up. So she left a note on the door telling Toad to call her when he got home.
Toad didn't call her until late in afternoon. He asked her what was wrong, but Holly couldn't bring herself to tell him over the phone. She told him to meet her in the park at 7:00, but she was there at 6:45. She stood by a tree going over what she was going to say to Toad in her head. Then she felt it. She could hear Toad's heartbeat in her head and feel it. Ever since that night she had been able to hear and feel his heartbeat all the time. Though, she could some how control the volume at which she can hear it, but everytime Toad was close to her she could hear it loud. She could feel him coming close to where she was. "Holly" She heard him say her name. Holly came out from behind the tree. "How did you know...?" She started to ask. "I could feel your heartbeat." He said. Holly frowned. "How?". Toad shrugged. "I don't know, but ever since..". He stopped talking and then shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Now what's up? You sounded like you had something to tell me." Toad said. Holly walked closer to him and hugged him. He hugged her back and then kissed her. She then pulled back. "Promise not to freak out." She said looking into his eyes. Toad frowned. "What?" He asked confused. "I'm going to tell you something very important and I don't want you to freak out." She said. "Holly, you know you can tell me anything. I'm not going to freak out. I love you." He said and went to kiss her again. Holly pulled away from him and walked a few steps away from him. She turned and looked up at the sky. She was trying to stop herself from crying. She felt as if her being pregnant was her fault. She felt that if she told him, he would leave her. She didn't want to lose him. She didn't realize that it would be THIS hard to tell him. "Holly, tell me what's wrong. Tell me why your acting like this." Toad said. He put his hand on her shoulder. Holly turned and faced him. Tears started to come to her eyes. Toad had a look that was a mix of worried and confusion. "What's going on?" He asked, not sure if he should hug her or keep his distance. Holly looked him in the eyes again. She felt his emotions and she knew she had to tell him. "Toad..."She managed to get out. "Yes?" Toad said after a moment of silence. "I'm ....pregnant" Holly said and then burst into tears. Toad couldn't believe what Holly said. "Wwwhat?" He stuttred out. "I'm pregnant" She repeated. Toad took Holly into his arms and held her. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" Holly said threw her tears. "No, don't apologize. Holly, I love you" Toad said holding her close. She just let him hold her as she cried. "Mortimer, what are we going to do?" She asked him. "Holly, your making to much of this." He said. Holly pulled back alittle and looked at him. "What?" She asked. He smiled at her. "Your acting like the world is going to end." He said. Holly looked at him in disbelief. "Holly, this is the best thing that could happen to us....Look, I've been thinking. I'm not a member of the Brotherhood anymore. We can be together now. You can move out of the X-men mansion and we can leave this place and start a family someplace far from here." Toad said looking deep into her eyes. Holly was a bit shocked by what he was saying, but she wasn't disagreeing with it. It hadn't hit her that they could actually be together now. The X-men might have a problem because he was an ex-member, but then Toad was right, she could just move out. She looked at Toad and smiled. "Moving away, starting a family..." Holly started to say , but Toad interupted her. "What I'm trying to say, Holly, is...Will you marry me?" Toad asked. Holly's eyes widened. "I don't have a ring, yet, but I will get you one. I promise." He explained. Holly threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Of course I'll marry you." She said. He smiled and kissed her back. They then just stood there holding each other, as they both thought of their future together. This was the greatest day of Holly's life. Toad couldn't believe he and Holly were actually going to get married. He had been wanting to ask her earlier, but his fear of Magneto had stopped him. Now, he had no fear. Soon he and Holly would be far away from Magneto and all the other Brotherhood member for that matter.
But Toad was wrong. He still had much to fear. At that exact moment someone was watching them. The person could not only see them, but hear them as well. The person had heard everything and they knew that Toad would pay.
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Toad walked Holly back to her car. "So I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?" Toad said to her. Holly nodded and smiled. Toad kissed her. "I love you" He said. "I love you too" Holly said back to him. "Be careful going home". "Of course" Toad said. Holly kissed him one last time before she got into her car. Toad watched until she had driven away before he went back to his own car.
Holly drove back to the mansion with a smile on her face. Her smile soon faded when the car started to make a weird sound. Holly looked at the gas gaige and saw that it was on empty. Holly frowned. She had just filled it to half-a tank earlier that day. The car usually didn't use up gas that quickly. Holly quickly got the car off the street and parked it. The second she turned the car off, she noticed it was smoking. She grabbed her purse from the passenger seat and looked for her cellphone. When she didn't find it she realized that she had been in such a hurry she had forgotten it. She sighed. She looked for the nearest street sign. When she saw it, she was relieved to see that she was only acouple blocks away from the mansion. She figured she could just walk it. If anyone attacked her, she could defend herself. Holly grabbed her purse and got out of the car. She closed the car door and locked the car. She started to power walk. It was cold, but Holly felt unbelievably warm. She walked a block. She replayed everything Toad had told her in her head. It made her happy and helped her forget she was walking home. Then she thought she heard someone behind her. She felt someone's heartbeat. "Holly" She heard Toad's voice call out her name. She turned and saw him standing there. "Mortimer?" She asked confused. Toad was standing infront of her, but it wasn't him. It didn't feel like him. The imposter took a step towards her. Holly stepped away from him. "Your not, Toad" Holly said. "Smart girl" Mystique's voice came out of Toad's mouth. Holly's eyes widened and she turned to run, but Sabretooth was standing blocking her. He punched her. Holly fell to the ground and passed out. Mystique turned back into her normal self. "Not smart enough".
