Hehe, I actually got reviews! XD I'm soo happy! So, here is chapter two!
Umm, the story will keep switching in between different people's POV because everyone has their own version and own bits to add in!
This chapter is in Spike's POV
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anyone from Cowboy Bebop or any of the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles…But I do own Dr. Ray Demroque… and he is by far the stupidest character I have ever created!
Chapter 2.
Yesterday.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe, in yesterday…
- The Beatles
It was Jet's 40th birthday party. It was a pretty big celebration, a lot of friends and he had booked out an entire restaurant. I had decided to come because Julia was coming; I knew that because I was the one who invited her. I hadn't seen her in weeks, our work schedules never seemed to give us time to see each other anymore.
Faye had pleaded me to ask Julia to come. Something was wrong with her, she seemed genuinely worried. I was curious to know what was wrong but she told me that she would have to tell me, and everyone else in time. I was content with that. But then after I asked how long she got mad and began shouting at me to my abnormally large nose out of her private life. I was kind of insulted…
I like my nose.
So, after managing to piss Faye off yet again, I grabbed my drink and found Vicious sitting at a bar contenting himself to unhealthy helpings of alcohol.
"Something wrong?"
"Mmm; Work's been hell…We've lost a lot of clients because the shit-headed salespeople can't sell for peanuts. Spike, do me a favour, please? Go teach them a thing or two if you have time."
"Sure."
I realised how much stress he must be in; he had just inherited his father's business a few months ago when his father passed away from heart failure. He was stressed day and night, trying to run the company as well as his father had. I don't think anyone could have run the company better than his father; that man breathed, ate and drank just to run that company.
I turned to see if anyone else I knew had turned up. No one, except… wait! Julia had just turned up. Looking at her, I once again fell in love with her. She was perfect, Beautiful hair, beautiful face, beautiful body, beautiful dress…I could go on all night just describing her. I saw Faye make a mad dash for Julia over knocking over a waiter and some poor woman in the process.
Something was wrong, Faye was talking fast, and in what looked to be a soft voice. Julia was listening intently and then Julia grabbed Faye's hand and they left.
They left…What the hell was going on? Faye planned this party, and she was just going to leave in the middle of it?
I put down my glass and I was about to run over them when I realised that I could move my legs. Something, or more likely someone was sitting on my feet arms and legs clamped around my shins.
Oh, for God's sake! I looked down to see a cute grin looking up at me. Wild red hair, golden eyes and nicely tanned skin told me that my captor was Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV and Ein. In other words, Jet's adopted daughter and his stupid dog. (A/N TT poor Ein, he gets so much crap from Spike and Faye!)
"Spike-person! Edward wants a piggyback!" I knew her parents took drugs, and that's why Jet took her in. But honestly, the way that kid spoke, you'd think she was addicted too.
"Ed, not now! I have to find Faye and Julia! Did you see where they went?" She looked at me blankly for a minute and then broke into that ridiculous grin again.
"Maaybe! Maaybe Nooooot!" I groaned.
"Come on Ed! Tell me!"
"They went to Julia's clinic!"
Huh? What? Julia was a doctor, well not really, she worked at a clinic and she had all the degrees but she never called herself a doctor. She said it made her sound 'old'. I loved her sense of humour.
"Do you know why?"
"If you give Ed a ride; she might tell…" A sly wink and then she was gone.
I give up on that kid. She's a lost case. I picked up my drink and examined the half-melted ice and golden brown liquid. I'll ask Julia, she'll tell me. Sighing I downed the contents. Tonight, was going to be a looong night.
-Sometime Later-
I headed home the party was well and truly over. A lot of people were passed out on the floor. Vicious had gone home a while back, and Ed was still harassing me for a piggy-back ride.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see the birthday boy.
"Happy Birthday, good sir."
"Spike, where's Faye? I'm taking her and Ed home now."
"I don't know; she left with Julia about 4 hours ago."
"Julia? Why?"
"I'm not sure, Faye was asking me about Julia earlier."
"I think she's pregnant." Whoa, talk about random comments! Where'd the old man pull that one from? That's it, I'm keeping him away from the spirits!
"What!"
"She was asking me before, talking to me about pregnancies, asking for information…" He shrugged. "I just assumed she was pregnant, also the pregnancy tests in the bathroom bin weren't a tip off or anything." He was being sarcastic…Drunken Jet is never sarcastic, he's more of a I'm-going-to-cry-and-tell-every-godforsaken-person-I-meet-that-I-love-them kind of drunk.
I laughed. Faye pregnant; Faye a mother. The thought was hilarious! The vain, self-centred, a little too out-going 20 year old having a kid! But… who was the father?
Probably Vicious, I remember him and Faye getting it on a while back.
Would she tell him? It probably was Vicious, but there were heaps of other men to choose from, and not being mean to Faye or anything, but… she wasn't very virtuous.
Wait, that night…when…no…no… it can't be that…that wouldn't make sense… I pushed that unwanted thought out of my head. That was NOT possible. Deciding that I had had too much fun at the party, I offered to drive Ed and Ein home so Jet could wait till Faye got back and get home safer and easier.
"Is that all?" Demroque was interested. Julia's friends were so, unique. They were different to what he expected. He had thought that the lovely blonde would have pulled in a rich, handsome man, not a ridiculously tall man with wild, fluffy hair and no known family. He had also thought that her best friend would be beautiful beyond words, just like her. But Faye, she was pretty, but not beautiful. Just pretty. She was also single and at least 8 months pregnant. Something was very captivating about these people and the lives they lead.
"No, I just thought, well… You see, that's why I brought Faye. She could tell you what happened when she and Julia left the party."
"I see, well, um Ms…"
"Valentine," supplied the violet-blue haired woman.
"Yes, thankyou. Ms Valentine, would you please tell me your part of the story?"
"Yes, well you see…I had just spotted Julia and I was worried that…"
Pregnant. I was pregnant. I was sure of it. 3 pregnancy tests said positive…but… I hoped they would be wrong….
I was 20 and pregnant, and I did not have a good idea on who the father was. Well I had at least two options. But…. Where the hell was Julia?
Suddenly, I saw the silver sports car pull up outside and a softly tanned, slender leg stepped out. Julia! I ran to her, this was very urgent. I heard a lady growl in disgust as a crashed into her and the tinkling of breaking glass as I push over some poor waiter. I didn't care to help them back up, Screw them.
"Julia! I need your help!" I began to explain my problem and she listened.
"I need you to check for me, am I really pregnant?" She grabbed my hand and we, rather ungracefully ran in our stilettos to her car and drove off as fast as we could.
"Faye, you owe me."
"I know. What do you want?"
"To know who the father is."
"But won't you find out when you check?"
"No, I'm going to let you see, it's none of my business."
"Okay, I'll tell you."
"Why won't you just have an abortion? Then you won't have to worry about it."
"That was the first thing I thought of. But then, I realised… My mother didn't abort me, although she knew she should have because she knew that I was not her husband's daughter. I didn't understand why at first, but… now looking back… I think I know…It's hard to explain. You'll understand when you have kids."
"I don't plan on children."
"Oh, but Spike…" Spike had acted like he and Julia were going to get married and have children.
"Yes, I know…But… I don't want them… Just like I don't want to marry Spike; I mean, why should we? We're happy how we are…We enjoy life with just each other and our friends."
"Y-ye…" I was going to talk, but I knew it was hopeless. She was going to argue against everything I said. Poor Spike, he really loved her and he wanted children… Even a blind man could see that.
We pulled up outside her clinic and we hurried inside. We must have looked stupid; dressed up in expensive dresses, covered in make up and hair done nicely rushing into a hospital with the annoying taps of stilettos on tiles accompanying us. Julia flashed a card to a nurse who led us to a room.
5 minutes later I had just had blood taken out of me and Julia had just asked some nurses to give us the data. She sat in a chair opposite me and I just leaned against the bed, tapping my fingers to a random tune playing on the radio speakers.
Julia was silent and then a nurse walked in carrying in a folder of papers. She sat down in another chair and began to read out all my results.
Julia got up and left and indicated that she was going to sit outside.
"We have confirmed that you are, indeed, pregnant Ms. Valentine." She looked me square in the eye.
"We have also found out the father of your child. Thankfully his DNA was already in our database. Usually we don't store DNA but Julia has decided that it is helpful for us in situations such as these and for other reasons. But, I hope you do realise had we not had his DNA we would have no idea who the father may be." She sounded disappointed in me, like it was my fault I had no idea who the father was. Well… I guess it was, but I never planned on actually getting pregnant. I felt the itchy feeling in my eyes. I was going to cry.
Oh what's the use? What's happened has happened. It's my own bloody fault that I'm pregnant and I'm going to have a kid. I should learn from this, not cry over it!
Instantly that depressing feeling left. "Okay, who is the father?"
She told me and my worst fear was confirmed.
She left and I asked her to bring in Julia.
"Well…Who is it?"
"You didn't say when I had to tell you." If I told her she would be heart-broken.
"So, you won't tell me?"
"I want to speak to the father next. I'm going to go straight home and tell him."
"Alright. But you will tell me eventually…right?"
"Of course!"
"So? Is that all?" Demroque thirsted for more. These people were truly one of a kind.
"I'm sorry, but we're going to leave now…Faye has a doctor's appointment in half an hour."
"So… please schedule another time to meet you."
"Yes, we will."
Spike helped Faye up and together they walked out of the room, to the counter to schedule another appointment and then, into Spike's car.
"So, you weren't lying to me when you told me that no one else knew?" Spike helped Faye lower herself onto the seat. He leaned on the car door, before he shut it, waiting for her answer.
"No, you know I would never lie to you. The next person I spoke to after getting home was you…"
If anyone understood the ending… they'd know who the father is! XD
I'm sooooo sorry that Faye, Spike and Julia were horribly out of character…I'm so disappointed with this chapter… But I hope you weren't….
Meh PLEASE REVIEW! You can add in ideas if you want… I still haven't worked out the whole storyline of the story… But I know for sure that two people will die! XD I'm soooooooooooo excited!
Next chapter… Um I think we need to meet Gren! I LOVE GREN! Um, and maybe Andy? Hmm we'll see…
SO! Until next time fellow fictioneers!
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