Still Jade's view...
"Son, you knew this was going to happen," you heard your dad say. You sighed and stared at the ground and whispered, "I know,"
"Well, what are you going to do about it? You're not just going to sit here, are you?"
You looked up sadly, "I've done this to her way too many times, I can't just run after her again. She's probably sick of my crap by now…"
Your dad shook his head and said, "Son, don't be so stupid. You love that girl. I can see right through you and you're not going to leave another one at the alter. I think I need to tell you a story about something that happened to me years ago. You've never heard this because you're so stubborn, but it'll definitely mean more to you now then it would've back then,"
Jess's point of view…
You lay upside down on a slide in the middle of a park you ran to. You felt warm tears run down your face mixed with cold rain from the sky. You thought about everything. Was there an explanation or is this really just over? This could never be over. You couldn't even imagine yourself being alone. And a love like this would never be over because of something like this.
You waited for the right moment. You knew Jade would come and find you and everything would be okay again. You waited and waited. He was coming right?
You felt your heart drop as the sky grew darker and there was no sign of Jade coming for you. You tried to get out of your awkward position as blood rushed to your head and you fell of the metal slide and cut your cheek on the way down. You watched a crimson red drop of blood fall onto your black and white striped shirt. You lifted yourself out of the mud and leaned against the ladder of the slide. Then out of the banks of your mind, you thought up few words of exactly how you felt at that moment. Before you were aware of what you were saying, they slipped out unconsciously.
"Lover, I am lonely," you said as if it were a reflex. You then spit as if it were an insult to say something like that after what had happened and the fact that he refused to show up.
But something inside you made you want to sing. As you found yourself barred in the empty wasteland that came to you familiarly as December Underground, you felt a lapse of song come out of you in the form of Love like winter.
"It's in the blood. It's in the blood. I met my love before I was born. He wanted love, I taste of blood. He bit my lip and drank my war from years before,"
You shook your head in disgust. "What is wrong with me?" you screamed out into the nothingness. You felt more morphine tears slide down your chin as you slid down onto a bench. You slightly fell into an unconscious state due to the heavy rain and your lack of warm clothing.
You were completely out and in a state of motionlessness as his boldly stood above you. He had taken hold of your limp body and had taken you to the warmth. The thought came through your mind, am I dead? But of course, it wasn't true. Eventually you had opened you eyes and you were in Jade's bed. As you tried to get out, you heard his voice say, "You shouldn't do that. You have a really bad fever and you don't want to use up all your energy.'
You smirked and tried to stand up anyway but as soon as you stood, you suddenly felt dizzy and fell back onto the bed. You saw him smile to himself as he came and sat next to the bed. He sighed and said, "So I might as well explain what happened a few years ago, huh?" You nodded as he started to explain. By the time he was done, you started to feel stupid for freaking out so much. You sighed and said, "I'm sorry for having one of my moments over it. I honestly thought you and her had gotten married and that you had gotten divorced or something and that you had simply jumped from her to me and that this was…" he interrupted you by kissing you softly on the forehead. You then lay back against the pillow and felt all the blood rush to your head.
"Get me some Tylenol, I feel like crap," you demanded. He obeyed and walked out of the room. You sighed and made yourself comfortable as he walked back in with a glass of water and an extra strength Tylenol in his hand.
You smiled and took it willingly as he left the room leaving you alone to your thoughts.
You rested for awhile before waking up and going downstairs. You noticed Jade and his dad sitting together at the kitchen table. You found this odd so you sat down and overheard their conversation.
"So what happened next? Did you and mom ever get to see each other again?"
He sighed and said, "Well, it turns out she was getting married to a man named Jack Boone. It truly made my heart sink imagining her life in 20 years living with another man. It hurt so much and I had completely thrown my life away, drowning my sorrows and becoming an alcoholic."
Jade frowned and said, "That's obviously not how it ended up. G on and tell me what happened."
His dad raised an eyebrow and asked, "You're really interested in this story? I didn't think you'd find it so amusing,"
Jade laughed and turned around and saw me sitting there.
"Jess? Come over here and listen to this story."
You looked around before getting up and taking your place at the table. Then his dad continued with, "Well eventually, she figured she needed to get away for a while and she needed to check on my condition. It turns out we ended up only falling for each other all over again. It really ended up really choosy on whether she should stay with me or go off with her fiancé. And that is how you were born."
"What?" he yelled.
His dad started laughing as Jade sat there confused. Then he piped up and asked, "Then where did Gibson come into the picture?"
His dad sighed and said, "That's a story for when you're older…"
"But I'm 33 years old!"
You smiled. You were happy that Jade was finally interacting with his dad. You wondered if your fight had something to do with it. Maybe.
Well, eventually you guys had to part as you geared closer to your wedding day. You still felt a little nervous and confused but you were almost dead on that this was what you wanted. But then came another problem.
A few months later…
"What?" asked Jade in the car.
"I don't know for sure yet, Jade. I have to go to the doctor and see,"
He sighed and started to panic. "What are we going to do if you are pregnant? I'm not ready to be a father!"
"Don't overreact. I might not be pregnant, you know."
He sighed and sat back in his seat. He tried to take that in as you drove vigilantly.
As you reached the clinic, you approached the building with caution. You had scheduled an appointment ahead of time and you were praying for decent result. But the results you ended up with were as shocking as anything.
"Twins? How can I have twins? It hasn't even been that long to develop!" you screamed as the doctor shook his head and said, "It only takes 5 weeks for a baby to fully develop all it's organs and functions. But it's only this big,"
He held up his thumb and pointer finger together closely.
"We cannot figure any genders out but we're for sure that you have twins."
You sighed and stared at the ground as you tried to define exactly what this meant in your mind. You couldn't abort them. That would be brutal. But you weren't even married to Jade yet and already you were having issues. He wasn't ready to be a father…does this mean he's going to leave you?
After you found out your results you walked into the waiting room and sat next to Jade. "Jade…I'm definitely pregnant…" you started as you heard him sigh heavily.
You then started again, "Jade, I'm pregnant…with twins,"
"What?" he asked with his jaw wide open as you saw the eyes roll to the back of his head as he passed out.
"Jade? Oh come on! Wake up! God damnit, you think this is hard for you to take? Imagine having to HAVE the baby!" you screamed at him as you slapped him several times before he woke up.
"I'm so confused. How long ago did this all happen?" he asked.
You then explained, "Jade, remember that little pre-honeymoon thing you had set up for us?"
He stared blankly and said, "Are you serious?"
You nodded.
"There were plenty of signs after that but knowing how damn clueless we can be, we didn't even notice," you stated.
He shrugged and said, "Well, I guess I'm going to be a father then…wait, are you sure it was mine?"
You stared dully and said, "Well, you're the only person I've slept with in the past few weeks so I'm assuming it's yours."
He chuckled.