Author's Note: You know the drill.
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Isis breathed in heavily and opened her eyes. For the past week, she had been waking up every night around the same time for something to eat. She didn't know pregnancy did that to you either. She scooted from under Seto's hand, who groaned slightly. Isis slipped into her housecoat and walked down the dark hallway. Pigeon whined and followed her, her nails clicking on the ground. They entered into the kitchen and Isis pulled down her pill bottle. She still didn't know how she managed to keep the pregnancy vitamins hidden from Seto. She didn't want to tell him and she didn't feel like it was time. She grabbed a glass from the cabinet and put it under the faucet. Mimi was the main factor she felt like she couldn't. Just thinking about her made her upset.
"Isis." Isis jumped, dropping the glass in the sink and pressed on the faucet, making it fall in the sink also. Mimi looked at her shocked. "I'm sorry, let me help."
"NO!" Isis said stretching an arm out as if pushing her away. "It's fine. It's the stretchy faucet." Isis showed how the faucet could come out of the bottom and put it back. She gathered the pill bottle and slipped it down her shirt before turning back around.
"Um…sorry if I woke you up. I didn't know I was being that loud."
"It's fine. Really. I'm the one who needs to be apologizing."
"About?" Isis said moving to the barstool.
"It's just that I can't help but feel that I'm intruding in a really delicate time of Seto's and your's relationship."
"No you're ok. It was just shocking that you came all of a sudden, but really, nothings wr-"
"Isis, I know you're pregnant." The words cut at Isis like daggers and her breathe got caught in the same spot it always did, right at her vocal cords. She swallowed and looked at Mimi.
"H-how?"
"When I first met you, you already looked stressed and then you had called Seto about a thousand times. At first I thought maybe you had gotten some type of disease and you wanted to tell him. But then I say how you always made reference to your stomach hurting and Seto was telling me about your morning sickness. I also noticed that you didn't really over react to your suspicions about me. Then that night I came, he said you were acting strange. People who are sick don't' act strange. They act different. The food you eat is strange, the way you act is strange, everything about you is strange." She said circling around Isis. "And what makes you act even more strange is the fact that Seto doesn't know yet does he?" Isis almost wanted to bang herself in the head with a metal pot. Who was this woman? How did she know so much?
"I am just amazed at how much you know about this whole thing." Mimi smiled.
"Don't worry. Your pregnancy will be our little secret. I know you'd want to be the one who breaks the news to him." Isis smiled thankfully and Mimi returned the favor. "If there's anything I can do to make it up to you…"
"Well…Seto's and I 6th month anniversary is tomorrow-" Mimi smiled.
"Don't worry. I gotcha covered." She rubbed Isis shoulder and walked towards the door. "Get some sleep kid. You'll need it."
Next Day
"Seto has some guts he does." Natalie said as they looked through baby clothes. "Bringing some lady in the house! And a week before you guy's anniversary and she's STILL not gone?"
"It's fine Nat. She doesn't even look like she's here to cause any harm."
"THEY NEVER DO!" Natalie yelled and Isis grinned.
"Natalie, its fine. I'm just going with my better judgment of this."
"Well we can both see that your judgment isn't always 99.9 correct." Natalie implied towards Isis' stomach and they laughed. "But if you say so."
"Thank you."
"But if she DOES try anything crazy…beat her a-" Isis phone rang and she held up a finger.
"Hello?"
"Babydoll, we're still on for tonight right?"
"Yes! Of course."
"Great…wearing something blue." He said. "That'll remind me of our first date." Isis smiled, crossing her arm.
"Really?"
"Oh really…you looked very sexy that night." He breathed in sharply. "I get excited just thinking about how you looked. I can remember all the ways I was thinking of taking it off."
"Really?" Isis said amused.
"Yes. Like how I was going to lay you down on the table and then I was gonna-"
"Seto! I'm in the store with Natalie. Now's not really the right time to be talking like that!"
"Well hell, come home and we can have a little pre-romping before the big night."
"No, you have to wait." Seto sighed and growled.
"You know I have no patience."
"Oh well…now's the time to learn. In plus, it's a virtue." He groaned and exhaled heavily
"Fine. Meet you at 8."
"Ok." Natalie looked at her confused. "It was Seto…he was….upset about something." Natalie and her started laughing and went on looking.
That Night
Isis exited her room anxious and excited. She wore a light blue, sweetheart/halter neckline dress with white polka dots that gathered at the waist with white heels. She couldn't stop fiddling with her fingers. Tonight was going to be the first night in over a week that Seto and she would have alone. Maybe tonight was the night she could tell him about her being pregnant and them having about 3 months to prepare. She opened the door and bubbles and balloons filled her vision.
"Happy 6th month anniversary." Two voices sounded and Isis heart dropped. Mimi wore a tube top black dress that stopped at her lower thigh and over it a slightly see through silk black coat that stopped a couple of inches above the thigh with ruffles in the front and a rose that tied it together. Her curly hair was pulled back into a bun and her thick lips were drizzled in red.
"Oh…Mimi!" She smiled and hugged her.
"I'm so excited that I get to be a part of this." Isis laughed slightly as she rushed around the room, Fifi barking excitedly.
"Wh-what is the dog doing here?" She said quietly as Seto came next to her.
"Happy Anniversary sweetheart. You look lovely. He kissed her cheek and rubbed her shoulder. "Please, take a seat." Blue and silver confetti fell from a spot in the ceiling and spread around the room. The balloons were navy blue, silver, and white along with the streamers in the room. The table cloth was a shinny silver with a blue under cloth. Seto pulled out Isis chair before sitting himself and smiling.
"What do you think? Mimi did this all herself." 'Now if she would just leave.' Isis smiled again slightly as Mimi came out again with an iced over bottle of some kind of drink. Once again, Mimi made her felt like she was a little kid again. Both Seto and Mimi were dressed so sophisticatedly and she looked like she was about to go to a 70's prom. She looked down at her hands as Mimi squealed excitedly and sat next to Seto. Isis quickly looked up as her mind threw up red flags. Mimi's legs brushed against Seto's as she turned to present him with the drink.
"Pravda Vodka. I think this will be great for you guys tonight." He lips almost touched his cheek and Isis clenched her teeth disgustedly.
"Excuse me. I feel sick again." She ran from the room and Seto stood up.
"What is wrong with that girl?" Mimi looked after her smugly.
"I don't know." She said innocently and Seto sighed.
"Well…this vodka can't go to waste." Isis waited in her private chambers for over an hour, not allowing anyone in except her two closest companions, Pigeon and Puka who cuddled up with her on her small cream and gold couch. Isis stared angrily into the fire. 'Now it's time for you to go.' Isis emerged from the room, checking the halls to make sure no one was there. She walked down the stairs briskly, yet slowly, keeping her eyes straightforward. Mokuba opened on of the doors to the living room and looked at her coming down the hall.
"Isis, are you ok?" Isis pushed him back into the living room and closed the door. She looked into the room where they were supposed to be celebrating their 6 month anniversary. No one was there, the lights were on and the servants had already started to clean up. She stretched her body as she turned the corner and stopped at a large oak door. It was time. She pushed open the door and stood halfway in the room. Mimi lay half naked and dauntingly under a beige minx fur cover, a glass of champagne at her lips.
"Isis."
"What happened to "if there's anything I can do?'" Mimi raised an amused brow.
"Didn't you like it?" Isis growled.
"You lied to me."
"What ever are you talking about?"
"You see, you act strange, but I know it's not because you're pregnant or anything like that, but you might be sick. You're in love with Seto." Mimi put the glass down. "You have been for a long time and when you found out that he was married, you suddenly found the greatest reason to come visit him. So you come and you find that his wife's stature can be toyed with. So you use it to your greatest advantage, but then you see that your insults are beginning to wear off and the wife's suspicions are starting to grow so you decide to appeal to her better nature, but only because you knew you could blackmail her with the news that she was pregnant. When this works you think you've won, like she had just given you the key to Seto's heart. But you weren't expecting this were you?" Mimi smiled.
"You're a very smart girl." She took another sip out of the glass. "You're right. I wasn't expecting this until I had appealed so much to Seto that he'd leave you." Isis clenched her fist.
"It's time for you go Mimi."
"Seto AND yourself have already invited me and I don't really feel like leaving." Isis shut the door and turned back to her.
"Fine…have it your way." Mimi sat up.
"What are you going to do? Force me out?"
"No, you're going to walk out of this house, but before, I can already tell you're going to need a little persuasion."
"Look, I'm not lesbian so that stuff's not gonna flo-" Before Mimi could get the last word out; Isis connected her fist with her face, propelling Mimi from the bed. Her skinny body landed on the floor, making a skidding sound. Mimi jumped up in only her white underwear and balled up her fist.
"Oh…now, you've asked for it." She stormed towards Isis, gripping her hair. Isis screeched and yanked Mimi's back, throwing her onto the bed.
"GET OFF YOU LITTLE TROLLOP!"
"YOU'RE MESSING UP ME AND SETO'S RELATIONSHIP!" Mimi let go of Isis' hair and slapped her. Isis fell back as Mimi tried to scramble off the bed and Isis pulled her back by her hair. She yelped and tumbled on top of Isis.
"YOU AND SETO HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP!" Isis head butted Mimi who started clawing at Isis. Isis shook her head from side to side, trying to avoid the sharp nails and clenched Mimi's wrist harshly. Isis bent her knees inward and threw Mimi from her, Mimi flying into a wall. She groaned and sighed.
"You little bitch…" she coughed as Isis towered over her. She spit blood on Isis white heels and Isis smiled.
"Nice." She crouched down and gripped Mimi's chin.
"Let's get this straight. 1, You're packing your bags and you're going to be gone before 10 a.m. tomorrow. 2, Seto and you never had, have, or will have anything between you two. Why? Because he loves me. If he wanted to marry you he would've since you two have been "goody-goody" since grade school. 3, I'm only a bitch on certain occasions. And 4, these shoes, cost a whole lot of money ass." Isis backslapped Mimi and shook the access blood off her shoe before walking out the room. Pigeon, Puka, and Mokuba stared at her as she walked out of the room. Her hair was messed and tangled, her dress has a few rips in it and her chest and cheeks had minor scrapes from Mimi's claws. Her lips were puffy and her cheek was slightly bruised and her shoes didn't exactly scream neat either with the stain of red.
"Is she still alive?" Isis shimmed her shoulders and ruffled his hair.
"Get some sleep kid. You'll need it." Isis walked around in the garden a while before walking down into the freshly cut meadow. Kicking Mimi's butt somehow made her feel accomplished. This wasn't like any other fight she had gotten into, but this one she felt like she got more out of then scrapes, bruises, and torn clothing.
"Isis." She turned to see Seto staring at her. Tension immediately filled the space between them and Isis looked down.
"What?" Seto slowly approached her.
"Mokuba…told me about what happened." Isis turned from him and shrugged.
"So?"
"So why'd you do it?" Isis turned back to him, her eyes full of tears.
"Because I'm PREGNANT YOU ASS! And you're sitting around here playing games with Ms. Prissy, I-just-came-here-because-I've-loved-you-since-forever-and-thought-the-best-time-to-try-and-get-you-is-when-you're-married, pants!" Seto took the hysterical Isis into his arms and sighed.
"I know." Isis glanced at him confused. "I know you're pregnant."
"She told you?" Isis tried to break from his grasp. "I'ma kick her as-"
"No. Not from her. Today…the doctor called requesting a checkup on you." Isis sighed and looked down at her feet.
"Seto I'm sorr-"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"It wasn't like I wasn't going to tell you! I mean everything was just so stressful right then. I mean that's why I called you about a thousand times and you didn't answer the phone! Why?" Seto looked away.
"I didn't bother looking at the phone so I always ignored the phone call." Isis gasped and pulled away from him. "But you lied when I asked why you had called!"
"You were so wrapped up in Ms. Blondie here! You probably would've thought that I was trying to steal attention from her!"
"No I wouldn't but I wish you would've just told me!" Seto yelled.
"You wouldn't have given me the support I need! I'm 6 months pregnant and I don't even know how! I didn't show any signs of pregnancy and then all of a sudden I'm 6 months! AND NOT JUST WITH ONE SETO! TWO BABIES! You were so wrapped up in her that you didn't even read the paper that came out the day after got here! You didn't' notice how DIFFERENT YOU WERE ACTING THAN WHEN YOU GO OUT WITH ME! THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T TELL YOU!" Seto stared at her, trying to unscramble his thoughts. "I was going to tell you tonight, but you pissed me off! You invited her, to OUR 6thmonth anniversary! As if she couldn't find something else to do for ONE NIGHT! THAT WAS OUR NIGHT!" Isis said as the tears pooled over her eyelids. Seto took hold of her arms and hung his head.
"I know she was trying to get me back Isis." Isis cocked her head to the side.
"Back?"
"We….dated…when we were younger." Isis pulled away shaking her head.
"Why am I not surprised." She wiped her eyes and ran towards the mansion. Seto sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. 'You sir… are one big idiot.'