Chapter 12
They continued to hold each other until Connor's cell phone went off. He continued to kiss her as it rang.
"Aren't you going to get that?" She asked.
The phone continued to ring as they kissed.
"I should get that."
"Yeah you should."
He searched his pants pocket and finally pulled it out. He flipped it open.
"Hello?"
"Hello son. I was getting worried for you." It was The Architect.
"I'm fine."
"How is Lexi doing?" The old man asked.
"She's doing fine." Connor said as he smiled at her.
"Thank goodness."
"Is there something wrong?" Connor asked.
"We have to talk son. It's very important."
"I understand."
Connor closed his cell phone and looked at Lexi.
"Is everything okay?" She asked.
"Yes, but I have to get home."
She smiled at him.
"I understand."
They both got dressed and she walked him to the door. He gave her one last kiss as he headed out.
"See ya later." She said.
"You too."
As he left her, he felt like he was walking on cloud nine but he was also sad that he had to leave her. He turned around to wave at her and almost fell over. She giggled. He made the motion for her to call him as he stepped inside his car and drove off. As he drove, for the first time ever, he had a huge smile on his face.
Lexi stepped back inside and went to the living room where she looked through some old videotapes. They were her step-father's. She decided to pick one and pop it in. Where her mother was more into writing her step-father was more into the visual aspect. These were his diaries.
She popped the tape in and as it played, she saw her mother, in this point in her life she was very young, very beautiful and very pregnant and next to her was the Agent she knew as her dad all these years. They looked quite happy as he started talking to her belly.
"Hello there you."
He put his hand on her mother's belly.
"Wow! Was that a kick?" He asked her.
Lexi's mother nodded as she laughed.
He wasn't wearing his dark sunglasses but he did have his earpiece in.
"That's ... cool." He said with amazement.
"Yeah cool to you, I can't eat chocolate for awhile." She told him.
The scene switched to her step father sitting down in front of the camera ad just speaking.
"The more time I spend with Dara, the more I learn something new about myself."
He smiled into the camera as he spoke. He took off his dark sunglasses revealing his warm brown eyes.
"I never thought it would be possible to love but it's true. The moment I laid eyes on her, I loved her instantly. I know that the child she's carrying isn't mine but I love it as if it were my own. That's how strongly I feel for her and the baby."
The screen changed to another scene to the night Lexi was born. Her mother was holding the camera this time. The camera was on Agent Jackson as he drove with a smile on his face. Behind the camera, Lexi's mother was speaking.
"I had no idea that you were such a Disney fan Mr. Jackson."
"Well I do admit that I enjoy quality animation and Disney is by far superior."
They were laughing until Dara winced in pain. Jackson looked scared.
"Are you alright?"
"I think my water broke."
"Oh shit!"
And then screen went blank for a few seconds and the scene switched to the hospital. This time Thompson was holding the camera and Jackson was holding her hand as her contraction came closer together.
"If I ever see Tommy Anderson again, I'm going to rip his fucking balls off!" Dara screamed.
"You and me both." Jackson said.
And then out of nowhere Jackson fainted and it was caught on tape.
The scene switched to the emergency room where Dara was giving birth.
"Ms. Morgan, I'm afraid your baby will have to delivered by c-section."
Jackson was right by her side holding her hand, only instead of his black suit and shades he was now in hospital scrubs with a mask.
"I don't care! Just get the fucking thing over with!" She screamed.
"Okay prepare her for the epidural." The doctor ordered.
They turned her on her side as Jackson spoke to her calmly.
"You're going to experience something similar to a bee sting Ms. Morgan." The doctor told her.
Lexi watched on the screen as they inserted the needle into her mother's spine.
"SON-OF-A-BITCH!" She yelled in pain.
After a few moments she had calmed down and a few moments later, Lexi was introduced to the world, kicking and screaming.
Lexi was kicking and crying in the doctor's arms. He turned to Jackson.
"Do you want to hold her?"
Jackson held out his hands as the nurses wrapped little Lexi and handed her to him. She was so tiny and so fragile. He had to be very careful with her. He looked down at Dara with love in his eyes as he held this child. Tears started to form in her eyes as she looked upon her child for the first time.
"She's beautiful."
"Just like her mother." Jackson said with a smile.
The scene flashed again to Jackson who was now back in his dark suit, now holding Lexi. The camera was set up in a stationary position. Not too far off in the background Dara was sleeping soundly. Jackson looked into the camera as he spoke.
"This species is so ... amazing to me. I thought that love was insipid, a very human emotion that was weak. But now that I am holding this human child in my arms and the more I am with her mother, I now know it's not true, love is very powerful and even though I am not this child's father, I feel connected even more."
Jackson paused looking down lovingly at the child.
"Welcome to the world little one."
Lexi popped out the tape. God how she missed her parents. Especially right now since these diaries and tapes were the only things she had left of them. But one thing kept nagging at her. Since she knew that Jackson was not her father, she could not help wonder who this Tommy Anderson was. Was there a chance this man that her mother cursed was actually her real father?
