So like I said at the beginning I've been writing like crazy cause I wanna get this done but in a fun way that I can continue the story I created. And I'm excited to finish this and not have this 25+ chapter fanfic hanging over my head for another year. So here's the next chapter. I'm hoping that you guys like it but I won't know in less you leave a review.
Chapter 27: Confessing
When I opened the door Ian was waiting. He was pacing from wall to wall and when I opened the door he looked up at me.
"Wanda, are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine Ian. Really. I'm ok." I said trying to be reassuring.
"What's going on Wanda? What did the Healer say at the appointment?" Ian said. He was obviously stressed.
I took a deep breath and looked into his eyes, the anchor that holds me there. The man I love.
"Ian, will you please sit down. I'll tell you I promise."
He looked at me for minute and then sat down never breaking eye contact.
I took another deep breath, so far so good. "So the healer and she asked me all those questions that they do." I took a second to decide how to say it, just say it Wanderer I coached myself "Because I hadn't had my period yet they did a pregnancy test. And it came back positive."
Ian sat there for a moment, letting it sink in and then he got a kind of mild grin on his face, "So you're ok?"
I smiled, "Yes. I'm fine. I'm just pregnant."
He nodded and stood up, "So did they give you something to make it so you're not sick all the time?"
I shrugged, "They gave me this spray labeled 'Pregnancy' and I haven't been sick since I took it. But the healer told me it's just to promote healthy growth and to help me be comfortable but she did say I'd have to power through some of the side effects of being pregnant."
Ian was handling this a lot better than I thought.
"Wait…. What did you say the spray was called?" He said staring at me.
"Pregnancy"
He looked at me, he looked a little confused. "But why…." Then he caught up with himself.
"Wait so you're…. Pregnant?" He asked whispering the word like it was a swear word and he was a little kid.
I nodded, "Yes Ian. I'm Pregnant."
He put his hand to his mouth and fell to his knees.
"Ian!" I said suddenly concerned. "Ian are you alright."
He was silent for a few minutes and then he spoke "I'm sorry Wanda." He said his voice thick with emotion.
"Ian. You have nothing to apologize for." I said as sweetly as I could trying to be re-assuring. It didn't help.
He shook his head. "With a consequence like this I should have been more responsible."
I blinked. "No Ian." I knew what he was doing. He was taking all the blame. But he couldn't. "Ian, I am to blame just as much as you. It takes two to dance and it takes to parents to make a baby."
He didn't look up. I tried to pull his hands off of his face but he wouldn't let me. I sat down in front of him and decided to wait.
He didn't say anything for a long while. It felt like hours but it was probably only like 30 minutes. Then he moved his hands away from his face and he looked at me then. What I saw in his eyes was a thousand I'm sorrys and pain and regret.
I frowned in my body's pouty way. "Are you unhappy?"
"Truthfully." he choked out, "I don't know."
I nodded "I haven't processed it myself."
Then... I yawned. I wasn't sure if I was tired or not but my eyes felt a bit heavy from crying into Mel's shoulder.
"Tired?" Ian asked and before I could answer he pulled me off the floor and laid me on the bed with him.
It felt nice laying here next to him, his arm wrapped securely around my waist pulling me closer. Then he did something I didn't expect.
Ian gently put his hand on the bottom of my stomach where our baby was growing inside me.
"Ian?" I said softly
"Yea?"
"Are your upset that I'm pregnant?" I asked. I was kind of dreading this. If he was angry or unhappy how was I going to put on a brave face when I couldn't hide?
"I'm not sure. Before the invasion I didn't really think about kids. I didn't care. And then all I cared about was keeping me and all the people I loved safe. Then... I met you and all my priorities changed. All I care about is keeping you safe and close to me. I mean of course I care about other people too like Kyle, Sunny, Mel, Jamie, Jared and Jeb but you're the most important to me."
He pulled me closer, "I hadn't thought about kids. Unless it was the kids in the caves. I hadn't thought anything about having any of my own." He paused for a minute, "But if I am going to have a baby; I'm glad it's with you." He paused again as tears welled up in my eyes. "You're going to be a great mother Wanda"
I felt a great weight getting lifted off my shoulder. Ian was at least not dreading it anymore, the two of us having a baby. I fell asleep with his hand on the baby in my stomach and my eyes closing.
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