Meeeh...I really don't like this chapter at all. I have rewritten and revised this chapter about twenty times over the last few days and I just couldn't figure out any other way to write it...sigh. Sorry if this chapter absolutely sucks...but...I guess it's kinda needed. Yeah, I just don't understand myself. If I don't have writer's block with this story, then I have writer's block on Zanarkand A-East and vice versa. It's frustrating really. Oh well, read anyway! Thanks!

18. The Diagnosis

"Pregnant?!" I practically shrieked as tears started to flood my eyes. "Oh god, Lenne was pregnant when she died. I'm 19 years old, I'm not married, I'm not...prepared to be pregnant!"

"Yuna, settle down for a second," Tidus said as he tightly gripped my hands.

"Settle down? Yeah right!" I said with a nervous chuckle. He had a grim look on his face and that only made me feel worse. "What is happening?"

That was all I could say as I burst into tears. Tidus sat on my bed and wrapped his arms around me as I started to cry inconsolably. I was aware that I was making the front of his shirt soaking wet, but I don't think he cared. "I don't think Lenne was prepared when she found out she was pregnant either. From what you've told me, and from what the dreams clearly explain, Lenne and Shuyin were only lovers. They weren't married or anything."

"But at least they were able to share a night of passionate love, whereas I get the bad end of it where I just end up pregnant!" I said as I looked up at the ceiling in disbelief that this was happening. "Oh god. Tidus, these dreams are just so real..."

"And we're dreaming the same things," he added as he ran his fingers through my hair. He tried to remain calm, but I could tell that he was freaking out about this just as much as I was.

"What if it's true though?" I asked as I backed away from him and wiped my tear stained face. "What if I...am pregnant?"

"We'd get through it," he said with a worried smile. I know he was trying to look on the bright side, but I knew that he didn't want a child yet either. We both knew that we wanted to be married first. "We took good care of little Vidina when Lulu let us babysit him last week and I think we'll be okay."

"Oh god," I said as I sat up straight when I had another horrifying thought, completely ignoring Tidus' statement. "Who's the father? You? Or...Shuyin?"

"Well, we've never had sex," Tidus said as he started to tap his foot on the ground out of nervousness. He gave me a small smile and added, "unfortunately." I know he was just trying to bring a little sunshine into our conversation, but this was not the time or the place for his hormonal comments.

"Ha ha," I smiled and rolled my eyes. Fear and worry overcame my face again as I leant against the pillows. I gently placed my hands on my stomach, trying to see if I could feel a baby bulge. No change yet, so that was a good sign. "I've never technically had sex with Shuyin either."

"Well, knowing that sex is the only way you can get pregnant and you're still a virgin, that means that you can't be pregnant. Right?" He let out a relieved sigh and kissed me on the cheek.

"But I woke up with blood all over me and I didn't have sex with Shuyin either, it just happened."

Silence fell between us. Me? A mother? I'm 19 years old, I can't be pregnant! Like I said, I'm not married yet! I could practically hear my parents screaming at me from the Farplane. They would be so disappointed in me, but it wasn't like I had sex with someone yet. Maybe I was looking too far into this. It's just me overanalyzing an incredibly real dream. Not to mention, Tidus was...gone...for two years of his life. So does he still feel like he's only 17? How would he feel being a father??

Tidus brushed his fingers over my hand and my tears started to well up again. He was just about to kiss me to comfort me when the door opened. We both looked up to see the doctor standing there with my chart in her hands.

"My lady?" My eyes went wide and I looked up at Tidus, who slowly swallowed. This is it...

"Yes?"

She set her gaze on Tidus and gently smiled. "Is this your husband?"

Great. How do I answer that? No, he's not my husband, but if I'm pregnant, that'll look good. I can see the headlines in the Bevelle Times now, "High Summoner Yuna Pregnant With Illegitimate Child!" Yeah, that would be wonderful. Also, don't you think she would've been aware if I was married or not? I'm sure it would've been over every sphere in Spira.

"Not...really..." I said as I looked up at Tidus for support.

"I'm her fiancée," he said quickly as I slightly winced. That wasn't that great of an answer either. Now everyone in Spira will think I'm getting married. Although I guess that's not a bad thing because I do want to marry Tidus and I guess everyone did know that I went on my sphere hunting gig deliberately to find him.

"Oh, I didn't know you were engaged, Lady Yuna!" She said with a huge smile. I wanted to be like, 'well, that makes two of us,' but I figured that wouldn't have been wise. I simply smiled at her.

"Do you have the results in?" I asked her as I gripped Tidus' hand harder. I think I stopped his circulation from flowing to his fingertips, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Yes, we do." She said with a smile.

"Yes?" I asked, rather impatiently.

"Lady Yuna, you're pregnant."

Even though I saw it coming, my jaw dropped anyway. How can a dream interfere with reality in that magnitude? I just don't understand it!

"Wow, that is news," I said as Tidus gave me a hug. I know that he was just playing it off so rumors wouldn't fly around Spira like crazy, but I just wanted to scream.

"Congratulations." She said with a nod.

"Just a question," I said with a nervous chuckle. "How...far along am I?"

"Almost a month."

"Oh, isn't that funny?" I said with a forced smile toward Tidus. "A month, huh?"

"Well, I'll leave you two alone for a few minutes and then I'll give you further details." Tidus and I both nodded at her and she left the room.

"A MONTH!?" I said with almost a shriek. "How...how is this possible?"

"I was wondering the same thing myself," he said with as he wrinkled his forehead. "Yuna, I don't mean to sound impertinent when I ask you this but—"

"How can you even ask me that?!" He didn't have to finish his sentence for me to know that he wanted to ask me if I slept with anyone else. "You know that I spent the last two years looking for you! Why in Spira would I sleep with anyone else? I was saving myself for you!"

"Yuna, I'm sorry, it's just...a month?" Tears started to stream down my face again in shock. He stood up and started to pace. "I can't handle this."

"You can't handle this?!" I asked, not lowering my voice at all. "You don't have something growing inside of you! You don't have something inside of you where you don't know how it got there! How do you say, 'sorry, sweetie, but your father was simply a dream!"

"Well, I wouldn't have had a problem saying that because I'm a dream, but—"

"That's not even funny, Tidus!" I said as I stood up. I would've walked over to him, but the IV in my arm kept me from going anywhere. "Come here."

"Yuna," he said as he walked over to me. I was a hysterical wreck. Tears were streaming down my face as he wrapped me up into a hug. "We'll work things out."

"How?" I asked as I buried my head in his shirt. He was silent so I knew he didn't have an answer. "How do we tell the others?"

"We don't have to yet," he said as he kissed the top of my forehead.

"A baby," I said as I sniffled. "And I thought I would be so happy the moment that I found out I was pregnant."

"Yunie!" We both looked over to see Rikku, who barged into my hospital room. That girl and her timing, you know? She ran over to me and put her hands on my shoulders and looked me right in the eyes. There was an overwhelming fear taking over her bright green eyes, and I have never seen her look that way before.

"What is it?" I asked as I wiped the tears from my eyes.

"Are you okay?" She asked as her look of fear was replaced with concern.

"I'll be fine," I lied as I smiled at her. "Now, what's wrong?"

"Gippal, Nooj, Baralai, Paine and I went into the Via Infinito—without Leblanc because she was bitching and I forced her to stay in the hotel room, thank god—and we found something that might be of interest to you," she said as she was slightly panting.

"Does it have something to do with Lenne and Shuyin?" I asked out of curiosity as she nodded. I looked over at Tidus who instantly started to shake his head.

"Yuna, no no no no," he said as he moved Rikku out of the way to look at me. He knew that I wanted to go down there and get rid of the pyreflies, fiends, and most importantly, this baby that I was now carrying. "Going down there at this time would not be smart and you know it."

"Tidus, if I can send Shuyin and Lenne, maybe I can get rid of..." I trailed off as Tidus and I both looked over at Rikku. She didn't know about the pregnancy yet, and I wasn't sure if I even wanted to tell her so soon. I wanted to see if I would be able to get rid of the baby by sending Shuyin and Lenne. Rikku bunched her forehead up as she looked at me. Yep, she was clearly lost.

"Get rid of what, Yunie?" She asked as she slightly bounced on her toes.

"Maybe I could get rid of all the fiends," I said slowly as I made up an excuse. It seemed like a logical explanation so she believed me.

"Yeah, well Lenne and Shuyin are holed up down there with a bunch of fiends lookin' to party," she said as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"Tidus, we've got to do something about this!" I said as Tidus nodded. I kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you!"

With a sigh, Tidus unwillingly went to the closet to grab my clothing as I ripped out my IV. It stung, but I wouldn't be able to go anywhere with it still in my hand. I took my clothes from Tidus and ran to the bathroom to quickly change. It felt so good to get out of the pajamas that I had been wearing for the last couple of days and change into some real clothing. I walked out of the bathroom, guns in hand and struck a pose, ignoring the poignant look on Tidus' face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lady Yuna ready for action!"

The only reason why I needed this chapter was because she needed to find out she's pregnant and also I needed to get her out of the hospital. So yeah, Yuna sneaking out was the only way she was going to be able to leave...but yeah. Sorry this chapter totally sucked...I was so excited for this story too!! It was okay until this chapter!!! Hopefully the next couple of chapters will be better!!!!