Chapter Eleven
"A little help?" Xigbar asked with a laugh.
Xaldin and Vexen turned to see Xigbar with his hand up to his face as blood gushed between his fingers while Aerith held her broken wrist in her good hand.
"What happened?!?" Vexen exclaimed as Xaldin ran over to Aerith.
"Are you alright?" Xaldin asked quietly as Vexen interrogated Xigbar.
"Other than my wrist I'm fine." She answered.
"Is there anything you can do for this Vex?" Xigbar asked as he pointed to his face with his free hand.
"Sure just let me get everything cleaned up." Vexen replied as he disappeared down a hallway.
When he was out of sight Xigbar wrapped his arm around his brother and smiled.
"Xaldy, you don't have to worry about this one…she'll hurt you before you hurt her." He informed with a laugh. "Isn't that right?" He asked looking over to Aerith.
"What do you think?" She asked jokingly as Vexen walked back to them.
"Okay, who do I work on first?" Vexen asked.
"I can wait…I've been through worse." Xigbar answered as he sat in Vexen's lab chair.
"Come on Aerith." Vexen said with a smile as he motioned her to follow him.
He led her down the dark hallway to a small room with a white table. She sat down and tried her best to lift herself up with her free hand.
"Okay…let me see it."
She let him gently take her wrist in his hands.
"It's not that bad, but I'm going to have to pop it back into place."
"Can we do it on three?" She asked as she gripped the side of the table.
"Sure, okay one…" he began.
"Tw…"
Before he could finish she felt a sharp horrible pain travel through her body.
"What the fuck?!? You said we could do a three count!"
"It would hurt more if you knew it was coming."
"FUCK MAN!"
"Someone has a low thresh hole for pain." Vexen stated as he walked over to a cabinet.
He pulled out a small bottle that contained a dark blue liquid.
"Drink this." He instructed,
"What's this?"
"It will ease the pain."
She unscrewed the top and drank half of it in one big swallow.
"Thanks." She said as he put a brace on her wrist.
"No problem." He said with a smile.
"Um..while I'm here…um I was wondering if you could check something for me?" She asked nervously.
"Sure, what do you need?"
"Well…when I fell out of the window I landed on my stomach…and…I just wanna make sure something or more accurately someone is okay." She informed as some tears formed in her red eyes.
Vexen's eyes shot open as she spoke.
"Are you…?"
She nodded as she bit her bottom lip.
"Well…I…I can't really tell you much, but I'll try."
"Okay." She said as a wave of relief came over her.
"Lie down for me."
With some assistance from Vexen she was spread out over the table as he gently pressed on her exposed stomach.
"Ouch!"
"Sorry…sorry!" He exclaimed.
"Is it okay?" She asked, her voice was full of concern.
"From what I can tell it's okay." He informed.
"So it worked." She said with a smile.
"What worked?"
"It was either break my wrist or break my kid." She replied with a giggle as she covered her stomach with her shirt.
"When are you going to tell Xaldin?" Vexen asked.
"When do you think I should?"
"Soon." He replied.
"I…I …just don't know how to say it. I mean how do I put it…I haven't even known him for a month and I'm knocked up. This whole thing is so messed up." She stated.
"Well, just start thinking about it…cause with your body structure you'll start showing in a month or so."
"Wonderful" She said sarcastically as she walked out into the hallway trying to think of the many different ways she could tell the news.
As she walked to the front she forced a smile when she saw Xigbar and Xaldin.
"Okay Xiggy, you're next."
"Wonderful!" He exclaimed sarcastically.
As Xigbar left Xaldin pulled Aerith into a tight hug.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yup, never better." She replied with a yawn.
"Sleepy?"
She nodded as she shut her eyes.
"Do you mind if we wait for my brother to finish up?"
"Sure." She replied half asleep.
Xaldin sat down on the floor as Aerith place her head in his lap. He began to stroke her hair when the first scream came from down the hall.
"FUCK!" Xigbar yelled.
Xaldin chuckled as he continued to play with her hair as she fell into a deep sleep.