Beary watched Zeb with a wide smile as Vivian handed him a bottle of water. He had just woken up after passing out in the bar the other night and his head was pounding with a headache.

"Feel better?" she asked chuckling.

"Where are we?" he asked as he sat up in a daze.

"We're on the bus", Vivian said. "I hope you learned your lesson."

"What lesson?"

"To never drink that much honey for the rest of your life. You're lucky this is just a minor hangover."

"I've had worse", Zeb said as he sat up. "This is nothing."

He drank the water and looked down at Vivian's belly and gently put his paw over it.

"So, what are you planning on telling Ted when we get him?" he asked.

She looked down as she started biting her claws. She hadn't exactly thought of what she would say to Ted yet. 'Hello, Ted. Oh, this? I'm pregnant and guess what? It's your baby! Congratulations!' Vivian shook her head. She had to think of what to tell Ted, hopefully something that wouldn't set him off.

"Hello, Viv?" Zeb said waving his paw in front of her face. "Earth to Vivian."

She blinked in surprise and looked around at the others who were looking at her.

"Sorry", Vivian said. "Were you guys saying something?"

"Where were you just now?" Zeb asked.

"I was just thinking", she sighed. "How bad do you think he'll take the news?"

"Given what happened when he left", Henry shrugged. "I have to say he probably won't take it well."

"Why did you guys break up?" Beary asked.

Vivian looked at Beary and sighed as she gently patted his head. It was not something she liked to talk about.


Ted stood on the stage, taking in all the glory as the rest of the band marched backstage, wanting to get away from that egomaniac. Vivian crossed her arms, tapping her foot as she watched her boyfriend take all the glory. He bowed, raising his fists, waving as he stepped off the stage.

"Showoff…" she mumbled.

"What was that?" Ted asked.

"Why do you keep doing this? Ted, you're not the star of the show, honey. We all are."

"Of course I'm the star", he said. "Who do you think does all the work around here?"

"We all do! What are you talking about?"

"I do all the work around here", Ted said. "Look at us, Viv. Look at all our success. None of this would've happened if it weren't for me. I started this band. I kept control over it. I wrote all the songs."

"You did not write all of the songs!" Vivian said. "We all wrote the songs. I wrote some of our songs too! Ted…what about our song? The song for you and me…"

"Who was the one that finished it?" he argued. "I never saw you write a single note or lyric. I found it on the bus half-written. Who's to say that I didn't write it?"

She snapped as she swiped her paw across his face, slapping him. His head turned with a sudden jerk, hard enough to knock the glasses off his face. Ted bared his teeth, turning back to her as he raised his hand to hit her back. Vivian backed away quickly, gasping when she saw his claws bared. Ted looked at her and with a deep sigh, he just turned and walked away, leaving her in tears.

"Ted… sweetheart, I…"

"Just drop it", he said picking up his glasses. "Just drop it, unless you want something bad to happen…"

Vivian watched him leave, leaving her alone backstage.


"Things only got worse from then on", Vivian sighed. "More fights, Ted getting more violent to the point where he was hitting people. I had to get out of that relationship before he got violent with me. Once the band broke up, he and I broke up too."

"Do you think you guys will get back together?" Beary asked as he touched her belly.

She sighed as she put her paw over his.

"I hope so", she said. "I hope Ted's changed… I do love him very much still…"

Everyone was silent as the bus continued to drive to its next destination.