"You lost the baby." Ved's eyes were wet.
Destiny stared at him, then put her hand over her abdomen. Where there had once been life there was now just a sickly empty feeling.
* * *
They'd left her alone after Jay had checked her back. She'd know. Of course she'd known. She'd felt it but hadn't wanted to believe it. She had wanted it just to be part of the jumble of other memories which weren't real, just her imagination. But it was true. Ved had seemed upset, but every time she thought of him, warning bells rang in her mind. There was something wrong, she knew it. But she couldn't remember. Something about the accident and Ved, but it kept slipping away from her.
* * *
"How is she?" Chloe asked Ved as he headed to Destiny's room.
"I'm not sure. The news was a shock for her but she took it ok, I think. She didn't cry anyway. But then, she never cries." He paused at the door, "I don't think you should come in", he began nervously. Chloe just looked at him. He opened the door.
Destiny looked over as Ved walked in and she smiled. Then her face froze as she saw Chloe behind him. Memories hit her like a ton of rock.
Ved kissing Chloe. Her running. Carl. A fight and the sensation of falling. VED KISSING CHLOE!
"Destiny?" Ved asked.
"Get her out!" she hissed.
"What?"
"Get. Her. Out!" she repeated, staring at Chloe. "Unless you've both come to tell me you're back together again, although actions speak louder than words!"
"Don't be silly", Ved said.
"I'm being silly? Well then, what is it between you two? Or was it just my silly imagination that saw you two kissing?"
There was an awkward pause.
"Maybe I'd better go?" Chloe said. When neither replied, she walked away.
"It wasn't what you thought" Ved said to Destiny.
"What was it then? Just a 'friends kiss'?"
"No, I went to break up with her, I swear".
"Really, so you just kissed her out of habit?" she said sarcastically.
"Yes, I mean no. I don't know".
"Do you love her?"
The question knocked Ved off balance. "What? I, er..."
"It's a simple question. You've got to chose Ved. It's one of us or the other. You can't have both."
"I know. I said I chose you!" Ved said, getting annoyed. "Don't you believe me?"
"I don't know what to believe any more", she said bitterly.
"Why won't you let me explain?"
"I am, but you're not making a very good job of it!"
"Believe what you like then", Ved snapped, "Look, I'm sorry about the baby..."
"What's he got anything to do with this?" Ved didn't answer. "So that's it." she said quietly. "You were just staying with me for the baby? You needn't have bothered."
Ved was angry. Why couldn't she understand? Why wasn't she listening? She obviously didn't care what he said. It wasn't going to make a difference. At that moment in time he just wanted to hurt her so much that he let his anger get the better of him and yelled,
"Maybe I was only staying with you because of the baby. Now It's gone, there's no reason for me to stay, is there?"
Destiny stared at him, then put her hand over her abdomen. Where there had once been life there was now just a sickly empty feeling.
* * *
They'd left her alone after Jay had checked her back. She'd know. Of course she'd known. She'd felt it but hadn't wanted to believe it. She had wanted it just to be part of the jumble of other memories which weren't real, just her imagination. But it was true. Ved had seemed upset, but every time she thought of him, warning bells rang in her mind. There was something wrong, she knew it. But she couldn't remember. Something about the accident and Ved, but it kept slipping away from her.
* * *
"How is she?" Chloe asked Ved as he headed to Destiny's room.
"I'm not sure. The news was a shock for her but she took it ok, I think. She didn't cry anyway. But then, she never cries." He paused at the door, "I don't think you should come in", he began nervously. Chloe just looked at him. He opened the door.
Destiny looked over as Ved walked in and she smiled. Then her face froze as she saw Chloe behind him. Memories hit her like a ton of rock.
Ved kissing Chloe. Her running. Carl. A fight and the sensation of falling. VED KISSING CHLOE!
"Destiny?" Ved asked.
"Get her out!" she hissed.
"What?"
"Get. Her. Out!" she repeated, staring at Chloe. "Unless you've both come to tell me you're back together again, although actions speak louder than words!"
"Don't be silly", Ved said.
"I'm being silly? Well then, what is it between you two? Or was it just my silly imagination that saw you two kissing?"
There was an awkward pause.
"Maybe I'd better go?" Chloe said. When neither replied, she walked away.
"It wasn't what you thought" Ved said to Destiny.
"What was it then? Just a 'friends kiss'?"
"No, I went to break up with her, I swear".
"Really, so you just kissed her out of habit?" she said sarcastically.
"Yes, I mean no. I don't know".
"Do you love her?"
The question knocked Ved off balance. "What? I, er..."
"It's a simple question. You've got to chose Ved. It's one of us or the other. You can't have both."
"I know. I said I chose you!" Ved said, getting annoyed. "Don't you believe me?"
"I don't know what to believe any more", she said bitterly.
"Why won't you let me explain?"
"I am, but you're not making a very good job of it!"
"Believe what you like then", Ved snapped, "Look, I'm sorry about the baby..."
"What's he got anything to do with this?" Ved didn't answer. "So that's it." she said quietly. "You were just staying with me for the baby? You needn't have bothered."
Ved was angry. Why couldn't she understand? Why wasn't she listening? She obviously didn't care what he said. It wasn't going to make a difference. At that moment in time he just wanted to hurt her so much that he let his anger get the better of him and yelled,
"Maybe I was only staying with you because of the baby. Now It's gone, there's no reason for me to stay, is there?"