Chapter 30
Lightning POV
I sit in the chair that rests next to Clouds bed as I reach into the bucket of cold water and wring out the rag and rest it on Clouds head to keep his fever down...yes Cloud was alive and is going to be ok ut till we get to C.G.C medical center Cloud still has side effects to the posion such as a fever, sweating, hard breathing, but with proper treatment he'll be ok but for now its the best I can do..as I move Clouds bangs out of his eyes my thoughts bout how much that this man has gotten through my walls made me fall in love even more with him...love was something I believed I never needed and yet besides Serah gave me hapiness. I really need to talk to Serah bout this
"oye you look exhausted Lightning myabe I should take over while you go get some rest" I feel a hand on my shoulder I didnt have to look up to know who it was only one person came to mind
"what are you doing here Fang?" I soak the cloth again and wipe Clouds face off
"when Vanille went missing I didnt stop looking for her she is my only family afte all...so Sazh called and said she was with you and here I am" Fang gives a slight smile
"I see...but i'm not leaving Cloud" I argued covering Cloud up with the blankets
"come on Lightning...I swear your as stubborn as ever" Fang leans on the wall
the moment I go to give a comment back the doors slide open as Denzel and Marleen come in
"hows Cloud doing?" Denzel asks setting his sword that he now owned against the wall
"Cloud?...not dad Denzel?" I asked rather confussed durring our battle with Lola Denzel had called Cloud dad but now he is galling him by his name?
"Cloud isnt my real dad Lightning but I see him as my father...its hard to explain but I will as simple as I can my parents were killed while hunting for food by monsters...in Midgar the food there is ok so hunting monsters for meat is better...kinda like a behomoth steak...anyway...my parents were killed and I was all alone...Cloud saved me when I had Geostigma and was ill cause of it...he took me back to Tifa at the 7th heaven bar and there she took care of me and then Marleen...tho they never signed paper work for addoption for us...Tifa always said that we where kids to her and Cloud...so in a way I see Cloud as a hero...and my father...So when he not around...I call him dad...but I should just call him Cloud for the time being" Denzel leans on the wall and crosses his arms looking exactly like Cloud does I cant help but smile a little
"is Cloud going to be ok?" Marleen asks with a sadden look
"he'll be fine sweety dont worry ok?" I gently hug the little girl
"hey Lightning?" Denzel looks directly at me
"call me Light...Denzel ok?" I just felt like he had the right to
"who is this?" Denzel eyes Fang up and down studying her
"what? like what you see kido?" I glare at Fang but when she winks at me awaring me she was just teasing the young man I relaxed a little
"sorry...but your not even close to my type lady...besides aren't you in your 40's?" the look on Fangs face of shock and horror that she was called old and tho she was centuries old but yet she didnt really look it. it made me laugh Fang tries to fire back a comment but for once is at a lost for words
"Acctually Denzel she is over centuries old" I chuckled
"huh?.. thats not possible" Denzel stares at me
"it's a long story kido...names Fang" Fang gets off the wall and walks out
"did I say something wrong?" Denzel looks at me
"no you acctually had a comeback that made Fang lost for words" I ruffle his hair
Marleen hugs Cloud and walks over to me
"Mrs. Lightning?" Marleen tugs on my sleeve a little
"yes?" I give a gentle smile to her
"is Cloud going to be ok?" she reminds me so much of how Serah was as a little girl
"Cloud is to tought to stay down i'm sure he'll be ok" I smile at the girl and stand up letting out a yawn I wasnt trying to let out
"Light go get a coffee or something i'll stay with Cloud" Denzel says getting off the wall
"Denzel im fine" I look at him hew has a very serious look
"I wasnt asking Light" I see Denzel grab his sword I figured he was going to fight me...he has guts
"so your going to fight me?" I grab my gunblade and switch it to sword mode and pointed it at him letting him know that no matter what I wasnt leaving..tho the boy didnt even move an ich he didnt even flinch he's just like Cloud full of confidence
"of course not..i'm not even in your level of fighting" I watch as Denzel puts his sword on his back.. but i'll end up fightning Cloud if he finds out you didnt get a single rest and I didnt least try and make you rest...you mean alot to Cloud and you make him happy...so your important to him...and that means your important to me also" Denzel puts a hand on my own lowering my gunblade and honestly I forgot I had it out...Denzels word had really supprised me...I dont know what to say or what it is im feeling right now
"I understand..." I look at Marleen who is standing right next to me.. "want a drink Marleen?"
"yeah" Marleen smiles brightly
"Denzel?" I look at him "get me if ANYTHING changes"
"I will" Denzel takes my chair as I take Marleens hand and walk with her to the cockpit and see Sazh and Daijh together
"ever heard of knocking?" Sazh spins around but the moment you saw me and Marleen his face pales
"Lightning?!...i-i'm sorry whats up?" Sazh rubs his neck
"do you have a place for drinks and snacks?" I walk up to Daijh and ruffle his fathers like afro
"yeah in the Lounge room in the center of my ship" Sazh hands me a map of the airship
"what do I owe you?" I ask grabbing my money bag
"No need Lightning I owe you for saving my son that day" Sazh lowers my hand I know the day he ment it was when Daijh's sould was scattered around the remaining worlds at the end of days when I was given the task as Savior...due to the power as the Savior i was easily able to find the pieces of Daijh's sould and save him I was just happy to see them both happy again and all that Sazh has been drug into since the sanctum he needed resurance
"but...Sazh you need the money" I try to protest against him like I normaly do but he wouldnt budge
"Nope now go on" Sazh turns away and starts messing with the controlls again "we'll be at C.G.C shortly
as I take Marleen to the Lounge room on the map that Sazh had given me. as we get to the door it slides open and I see Serah's face burried slightly in a pillow
"hey Serah what are you doing?" I ask walking up to a vending machine and bought marleen a Hawaiian punch and some Chocolate chip cookies and me and Serah a bottle of sweet tea
" Mrs. Serah why are you crying?" I quickly look at where Marleen who was next to Serah..I look at Serah to see her face red and eyes all red and teary
"Serah whats wrong?" I sit next to her if someone hurt Serah i'll kill them no one messes with Serah
"Noel...kissed me and..." Serah didnt get to finish I jumped up furiouse I knew Noel likes Serah but he KISSED HER?! knowing she's MARRIED?! he over did it this time
"HE'S DEAD!" I jumped up and go to leave as Serah grabs my wrist I look back to see her eyes starting to water again and gave me that pleading look telling me she wasn't done explaining
"fine...tell me what happen" I take a deep breath and sit back down as Marleen rests in my lap and I listen to Serah..after 30 minutes of explaining I understand what all she said...with Marleen asleep in my lap I slightly smile down at her and cresses her head like a mother would
"so let me get this right...you love Noel yet you love Snow?" I ask
"yes...what do I do Claire?" I look at her and touch my chest where my heart is on my left side of my breast
"you have to look insider your heart and ask what it wants and who it is that makes you happy" I look into her eyes
"I never thought bout it that way honestly...when did you become a love expert?" Serah lightly shoves me and wipes her eyes
"i'm not...just that...its how I feel and think bout Cloud" I take a drink of my tea
"Cloud seems to change you alot Claire" Serah said with a smile
"I know...actually Serah...may I talk to you?" I ask looking back at her
"sure...whats up sis?" Serahs sits closer to me and I take a deep breath...opening up to people isnt normally my kind of thing but I have always been able to open up to Serah no matter what it was
"well as you said Serah...Cloud has changed me...me...who always had a wall up so dence no one could get through or so I could never get hurt...but..." I look down
"but Cloud did?" Serah gives me a light hug
"yeah on the field...away from Cloud i'm the tought Lightning i've always been...but with Cloud I feel like Claire... when mom and dad was alive with us...I feel like I hang on the balance of my past self as Claire and my pressent life as Lightning when mom and dad died...I like being the girly girl type it makes me sick...but with Cloud... it makes me fel that way...and coming to find you...I kept hearing HIS kids...I thought Tifa was there mother...and...I was jelouse of her to be honest...to think her and Cloud had kids together and never told me...but Cloud told me the truth and explained everything to me...they just took the kids in because they had no parents and were orphans on the street and plus with the sickness of the Geostigma they addopted them in a way but without paper work so its not offical but its the same way as Cloud and I see it as they're addoptide them...i'm so confused Serah" I put my head in my hands
"hey Claire?" Serah taps my shoulder
"yeah?" I look up at her
"tell me...do you truely love Cloud?" Serah smiles at me
"from what I understand...yes I truely love him...and I never want to loose him" I close my eyes
Serah gently pokes my shoulders and I look at her and she smiles at me
"and your jelousy bout Tifa being the mother of the kids cause you thought they use to be a item...Claire...is it possible YOU would want a family with Cloud?" Serah smiles at me
i'm totaly off gaurd I can't even think to speak but as I think bout it mayabe Serah was right
"maybe your right Serah...maybe I would like a family with Cloud.." I look at Serah as she spits out her tea and looks at me suprised
"what?" I asked kinda annoyed with the look
"I...I...didnt expect you to actually admit it...normaly something like that you would deny it or just walk out the room" Serah says wiping her mouth
"well i'm full of suprises" I smiled at her as Fang walks in and leans on the wall
"my interupting?" she asks
"a little but what do you need...IS CLOUD OK?" I ask worrying that something may have happen to him
"spikeys fine...but we're at C.G.C" Fang gets off the wall and leaves
"lets take care of Cloud" Serah smiles at me
"yeah" I wake up Marleen as we all go to the C.G.C medical center and let the doctors work on Cloud as a head doctor came in and walks to me and Serah
"hello...my name is Doctor Billy R. Scotts...are you mrs Villers?" he asked looking at me
"heh dream on..." I look away from him and look at the ceiling Billy then looks at Serah
"I'm Mrs Villers..." Serah says stepping forward
"Mrs villers...we need to talk" Dr. Scotts says lowering his head