A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac
H is for...
Hormones
"You sure you'll be okay?"
"Yes, Meliodas, I'm sure I'll be okay"
Meliodas stood in the door way of the Boar Hat, a drawstring bag filled with clothes, food for his journey and money. Elizabeth, his newly pronounced wife, stood wearing her uniform. It seemed different though. Like it was slightly too small for her to wear.
"If you need anything just tell Hawk to deliver a message, I'm only three towns over"
Elizabeth laughed at this, "You're going away for three days, I'll be fine"
She looked behind her where Diane stood wiping down a table, noticing that Meliodas wasn't leaving she bounced over and slung her arm around Elizabeth's shoulders and winked.
"Awww come on Captain, Elizabeth's been with us for years, you really don't trust her with us?" She jested while pouting. Meliodas grinned and hoisted his bag up.
"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just everyone can get a bit rowdy. Not to mention I've still to get Elizabeth a ring" that was the only reason he was going into town. Their wedding, marriage and engagement had all been a bit spontaneous, Meliodas had never been so impulsive in his life and he didn't regret it at all, there was simply no time to get a ring.
"They won't know she's a married woman and they'll try something on her, and I won't be there to set them straight"
Ban appeared next, slinging an arm over Diane's and around Elizabeth's neck.
"Captainn~" he drawled, "they won't do anything, especially if Diane, King and I are watching. Even if Gowthers in the area, if they start bothering her I'll send him over to talk about books or mermaids or shit. Bore the crap outta them, give Elizabeth time to escape"
"See! We have things under control!" Diane chirped, "now get going or it'll be night by the time you get there"
Meliodas looked at Elizabeth for confirmation, she smiled and nodded.
"I'll be fine, stay safe on your journey, okay?"
She squealed when Meliodas pulled her forwards out of Ban and Diane's grip and down to his lips. When he let her go she was flushed and her breathing was irregular.
"Remember, if anything happens I'm two towns over. Just attach a note to Hawk and send him running"
There was a shout of protest from inside the tavern.
"What am I, your mail pig?"
Meliodas and Elizabeth chuckled. Elizabeth moved away and stood back on the doorway of the Boar Hat.
"See you in two days Meliodas, I love you!"
"Love you too, Elizabeth!"
Land with a final wave he begun walking away, when he reached the end of the hill, he turned back and blew a kiss then vanished. Elizabeth let out a shaky sigh. She was missing him already, Diane took her by the shoulders and gently led her inside. Ban retreated to the kitchen where King was tidying.
"You okay, Elizabeth? You want anything?"
Elizabeth shook her head, "No thank you, Diane. Actually I'm not feeling too great. I think I'm going to lie down for a bit" Diane looked worried but nodded.
"Okay, hope you feel better soon"
Nodding her thanks, Elizabeth went up the stairs to the bedroom she and Meliodas shared. Changing from her uniform into her nightgown, Elizabeth lay in her bed and sighed. It was so cold and lonely. Not to mention her stomach was sore for some reason. She didn't want to mention it because Meliodss would never leave and his business sounded important.
Grabbing his pillow, Elizabeth wound her arms around it and hugged it with her knees, trying to simlulate how she and Meliodas slept. Soon enough she fell asleep.
*~*~H is for...~*~*
Elizabeth woke up and immediately felt ill. It was morning, meaning she had slept through the afternoon yesterday and through the night. Her stomach churned uncomfortably and Elizabeth cringed.
Suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her, sending her stumbling to the bathroom. Hunching over the porcelain toilet, Elizabeth spilled what she had eaten the previous day. When she had finished she sat hugging her knees.
There was a quiet knock at the door and Diane tiptoed through the room.
"Elizabeth? Elizabeth are you okay?" She whispered, Elizabeth let out a whimper, afraid if she opened her mouth she'd throw up again.
Diane found her curled up and gasped, sitting next to her and stroking her back.
"Oh Elizabeth" she cooed, "You not feeling well?"
Elizabeth shook her head and felt dizzy, Diane helped her up and put her back to bed.
"Geez, the contains gonna kill us, he hasn't even been gone a day and you're sick"
She managed to muster a small laugh,
"I'm sure I'll be okay in a bit. I'm actually feeling kind of hungry"
Diane frowned a little, crossing her arms under her chest and leaning sideways on one leg.
"I think you should wait a bit, your stomachs still upset. Get some sleep, I'll come back in an hour and check if you're feeling better, 'Kay?"
"That sounds good Diane, thank you" Elizabeth said, smiling gratefully.
Diane left, gently closing the door behind her and Elizabeth cuddled with Meliodas' pillow once more and fell asleep.
*~*~H is for...~*~*
It was mid morning when Diane finally woke up Elizabeth. Sitting up sleepily in bed, she rubbed her eyes and yawned.
"Diane?" She mumbled, "What time is it?"
"It's ten o'clock, you wanna come get some food?"
Elizabeth nodded eagerly and got up, standing quickly and once again becoming dizzy. Diane steadied her and tutted.
"You gotta be more careful!"
"I know, sorry, I'm just really hungry"
Diane laughed, "Luckily Ban's preparing your favourite breakfast right now!"
Elizabeth smiled, but the prospect of blueberry pancakes didn't seem so exciting. Not wanting to dim Dianes mood, Elizabeth kept quiet.
Gowther and King were already downstairs eating when Elizabeth got there and Ban was serving up Diane and Elizabeth's plates.
Diane sat and immediately started tucking up but Elizabeth pushed her plate away, feeling slightly nauseous again. King chewed then swallowed.
"Elizabeth? Everything okay?" Elizabeth nodded.
"Oh yes, it's just, uh, the pancakes are making me feel slightly nauseous. That's all"
A clatter came from the kitchen and a clearly gobsmacked Ban emerged with a frying pan.
"What!?" He shrieked, "but princess! I cooked them to perfection! I even got the berries yesterday, picked them myself!"
Elizabeth frantically shook her hands, "No no! It's not you, I'm sure they taste lovely but I can't eat them for some reason"
Ban put his hands on his hips and frowned, "What do you want then? I may as well make it since I'm in the kitchen. Just means your pancakes are for me!" He was grinning by the end. Elizabeth pondered for a minute then suddenly a specific food came to mind, one that made her mouth water.
"I want some bacon and a mug of that chai tea you picked up at the Glassean market last week, do you have any?"
"Are you sure you want that? I'm not even sure if I have them. The tea sure but the bacon..."
Sadness filled Elizabeth and her eyes welled up with tears. She wiped them with the back of her sleeve and sniffled.
"O-oh...okay, I-it's doesn't matter" she sniffed. Ban swore violently and went over to her, Diane was already by her side.
"Jesus, why're you crying? The Captains gonna skin me, look, we might have bacon just please stop crying!"
Elizabeth gave a watery smile and Ban grinned, "okay, I'm going to go look for some bacon. Diane look after her please, I like my limbs intact"
Diane scowled but before she could retort, Ban had scampered back to the kitchen to avoid the Giants wrath, even human sized she could rip you apart.
He returned a few minutes later with a plate of salted and smoked bacon and a pot of chai tea, Elizabeth nearly began crying again. Taking a bite, she savoured the salty taste.
"This is so good, thank you so much Ban" she said, a few tears dripping off her nose and onto the table.
"Ah look! You made her cry again!" Diane shrieked. King glared.
"Ban" he scolded. Hawk emerged from the store room and glanced around the room with his beady eyes.
"Who made Elizabeth cry?" He sniffed then cringed, "is that bacon?! Don't you know what kind of animal I am?!"
Pandemonium started, Diane and Hawk yelling at Ban, and King joining in. Gowther was observing keenly, always excited to learn about people and their ways of communicating with each other.
Elizabeth ate the rest of the bacon and stood up, gaining everyone's attention.
"I'm fine, I'm just feeling a little emotional, I'll be fine by tonight. Hawk, I'm sorry for eating bacon. I'll finish my tea in my room and get my uniform on for tonight ready" she said confidently, no wavering or stuttering. Her voice strong.
There was no response for that and Elizabeth went to her room silently. Had Elizabeth always been that confident?
*~*~H is for...~*~*
Pink shirt and black skirt on, Elizabeth went downstairs. The Boar Hat was busy as always, customers from all over coming to try the famous ale at the tavern owned by the once most feared criminals in Britannia and a princess.
Noticing that King was behind the bar, a tinge of sadness shot through her. She king it off she sighed and walked into the room with her tray in her hand. He'd be back tomorrow.
Diane was already serving a few tables, as was Gowther. Guila, who had become a regular, was sitting conversing with him and probably complimenting his uniform. Fixing her shirt Elizabeth began her shift.
It was around eleven o'clock when a particularly rowdy group of men, well they looked more like skinny teenagers, came in causing a commotion, they sat at the back table and one clicked their fingers signalling over a waitress. Elizabeth groaned and went to go serve them but Diane grabbed her arm.
"You want me to get their table?" She asked quietly, Elizabeth observed how tired Diane looked and shook her head.
"I'm fine, you go get your break. Go see King for a bit. I can handle them"
Diane smiled and wandered over to the bar, Elizabeth took a deep breath and went over to the table. The five men stared at her hungrily as soon as she went over.
"Hello, are you ready to order?"
One smirked and held up five fingers, "Five of your finest beer please"
Elizabeth gave a weak smile and took the order.
"Anything else?"
"Actually, I'll take you!" Another guffawed, he had ginger hair and was scrawny.
"Ah, apologies, I'm not on the menu" Elizabeth said, being as polite as possible. They didn't seem that bad. "If that's all I'll be over in a few minutes with your beers"
Then Elizabeth carefully manoeuvred over to the bar where Kimg stood chatting to Diane.
"Hey Elizabeth, what's the order?" He asked, Elizabeth took out her notepad.
"Five beers for the table at the back, that's all they wanted"
Kimg grimaced and began pouring the beer into wooden mugs, "They don't look too nice, you need to be careful around them"
Diane nodded in agreement and flexed her arms, "If they bother you, just let me know and I'll go beat them up!"
Elizabeth laughed and picked up three mugs with one hand and two with the other.
"I will, wish me luck!" And she began walking to the table. The five guys were muttering something and giggling to each other. Then they looked up straight at Elizabeth who was steadily wandering over to their table.
They were quiet and giving each other weird looks as Elizabeth placed down the mugs of beer on the table.
"Uh, could you do us a favour?" One of the spotty ones asked, Elizabeth internally yelled.
"Could you wipe that but of dirt there? I'm a clean freak and it's kind of bothering me"
and he pointed to a bit of table next to the ginger one who was trying not to smile. Not wanting to anger or agitate them, Elizabeth out on a brave smile and walked round to the ginger one and gave the table a quick wipe. When she went to stand up, the ginger grabbed her breast.
Elizabeth recoiled shielding her chest which was aching, it seemed she was sensitive for some reason. The five boys burst into laughter, slamming their fists on the table repeatedly. Elizabeth stood up straight, having recovered, and grabbed a tray that was on the next table.
The bar had gone silent, just the laughter ringing out in the tavern. Diane looked ready to burst, King had grabbed his chastefoil and was clenching his fists, Ban had peeked from the kitchen and Gowther stood, silently observing.
"You know" Elizabeth began, gripping the tray, "I have had a terrible day"
The laughter stopped but the boys didn't stop grinning.
"First yesterday, my husband, husband! Left for business in town. I haven't missed him more" the boys paled slightly at the mention of her husband.
"I felt so awful I slept through and entire day. Then when I woke up I kept throwing up, over and over" the ginger cringed.
"Then this morning my favourite food made me feel ill, and the food I hated most, because my best friend is a pig and I felt it was wrong to eat what could be his relatives, was delicious and I couldn't stop crying over the littlest things"
Her voice was dangerously soft.
"And now, you've just groped me and laughed. You've made my day even worse."
Then she proceeded to beat the crap out of the ginger one with the tray she held in her hands while the people in the tavern laughed.
*~*~H is for...~*~*
When Meliodas returned late the next day, with Merlin who he had met while in town, he was very confused. Ban was sitting on the bar laughing hysterically while holding a tray. Diane, Elizabeth, Hawk and King were also laughing though Elizabeth looked more embarrassed.
"Ahhhhh captain!~ you're back!" Ban cheered, holding up the tray. Meliodas raised an eyebrow. "Merlin! You too! Maybe you can explain us a thing"
Elizabeth stood and ran into Meliodas' arms, gripping onto him tightly.
"I missed you" she whispered, Meliodas grinned, gripping her butt.
"I missed you too" he pulled away, "could you please explain why Ban is holding a tray and giggling?"
Elizabeth blushed a deep red and went to reply when Ban cut her off.
"Ya shoulda been there captain, this skinny ginger twerp grabbed her boob"
Meliodas bristled, "But Ellie totally beat the shit outta him with this tray!"
Another bout of giggles burst out of him, Diane and King.
"It was so funny, he was laughing at her then she whacked him and he started crying and ...God" he took a deep breath, "it was freaking hilarious. Which brings me onto the other thingy, Merlin could ya do a health check on Elizabeth or something she's been acting weird"
Merlin crossed her arms, "really? What's been going on Elizabeth?"
"A-ah, just mood swings really, and I threw up a little"
"You got her sick!?" Meliodas said loudly, unsheathing his sword.
"hang on a second captain" Merlin said coolly, "Elizabeth, mind if you come with me a second?"
She shook her head and Merlin lead her gently into the bathroom. Meliodas and the others waited nervously in the main room. Merlin emerged a few minutes later, looking as composed as ever.
"Is she okay? What's going on?" Meliodas demanded, standing suddenly.
"It's just as I thought" Merlin said sighing, everyone was on edge, even Gowther who had come from his attic library looked intrigued.
"Captain, I think Elizabeth might be pregnant"
The End.
A.N. I'm regretting everything in life so far XD why did I take higher physics and chemistry?! Why past me!? Why?
So in other news, I finally got around to this update, a lovely long chapter for you all because last chapter wasn't very good :P thank you to all who reviewed and followed and favourited etc it means so much to me! It would mean a lot if you'd go check out my story Stand By Me which will be continued! Yay! (Sorry for the shameless self promotion)
I hope you liked this chapter and I'll see you next time for the letter 'I' - I'm not sure what I've got for that so far, I'll need to have a look. Hopefully I'll get it up pretty soon.
thank you all again! It means a lot! Like so much you have no clue!
-Ruby xxxxx
P.S. Should I write for Stranger Things?