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I sat on my firm mattress and held my head in my hands. I then, laid on my back and hesitantly, rested my hands on my stomach. It was hard to believe that inside of me a little person was growing. I was just starting to wrap my head around the idea of being a mother. I heard a faint knock at the door.
"Come in" I groaned. I expected Fee, but that was not who I got. Daniel stepped into my room, looking extremely awkward.
"I'm really sorry, Miss Doyle. I didn't mean to put you in that position". He thought that's what I was upset about!
"It's fine." I said.
"No, it was terribly selfish of me and I'm going to march right out there and tell everyone the truth".
"You don't have to do that. I have no problem pretending to be your fiancée for a little while". He sighed with relief.
"Really? Are you sure?" He asked.
"Of course".
"Thank you so much, Miss Doyle". He flashed me a bright smile.
"Please, call me Gemma". He smiled at me again and something inside of me cracked. I suppose it was the realization of how truly alone I was that did it. I felt a few tears streaming down my cheeks. Daniel noticed and a look of concern spread over his face.
"Are you alright, Gemma?" He took a couple steps toward me. There something so comforting in his face and his voice, it all seemed so familiar. I didn't answer his question. I simply stood and threw my arms around him. I knew how improper the whole situation looked, I was a young woman alone in a room with a man I barely knew, and he was holding me. But, none of that mattered at that point. I cried and he held me. It was what I needed, and I immediately felt better. We stayed that way for a matter of minutes before I broke away.
I was feeling guilty about being attracted to Daniel and I knew that was part of why I was upset, but it wasn't just that. I wanted to give my baby the best life possible; I just had no idea how to do that. I was just a young single woman with no money and no home. My child would never know what it was like to grow up with a father and that saddened me. My own father was nowhere near perfect, but he was a good man and a good father.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" He asked me. I owed him an explanation, but there wasn't really one I could give. I'm in love with this man, you see, his name is Kartik. What never heard the name before? Well. That's because he's Indian, or he was until he sacrificed himself to save me and ended up being sucked inside an all-powerful tree inside a magical world. And now I'm carrying his child. O, yes I'm sure that would go over quite nicely.
"No" I replied sheepishly.
"Is the idea of being engaged to me that repulsive?" He joked.
"I don't know about that, according to Dorothy, you are quite the hot commodity" I teased him. It was just then that Fee waltzed in with Jeanne trailing after her.
"Gemma, it's very late and Jeanne and I would like to go to sleep now. So if you could please show your friend to the door" She told me, coldly. I walked Daniel to the door.
"Thank you" I muttered under my breath. He simply bowed his head in response before leaving the room.
"Gemma, what is the matter with you? Why were you alone in here, with that strange man? Don't you remember what happened the last time you were alone with a man? You are such a hypocrite. You're always going on about how everyone should pity you, because you lost the love of your life and now you're going to have a child on your own, yet the first chance you get to be with man you jump on the opportunity. I can't even believe this!" I stood there in disbelief before formulating my own response.
"How dare you! How dare you speak to me that way! You're the one who seemed to move on pretty quickly! Tell me did you wait five minutes after Pippa died or did you show her a little more respect and a least wait a few days before you started seeing Jeanne. And you call me a hypocrite!" I knew that would cut her straight to the core and it did. I saw her temper flare in a fury that I had never seen before.
"I love Pippa. Kartark was just a toy to you!" She screamed.
"Kar-tik, Kar-tik, his name is Kartik! And at least my affections are natural!"
'What? What does that mean?" I instantly regretted my choice of words. This time I had gone too far. Felicity looked genuinely upset. "What does that mean?"
"Never mind, I'm sorry Fee." I tried to back down, but she wouldn't let me off that easily.
"I'm helping you in your time of need, and this is how you repay me, that's gratitude for you". She replied sarcastically.
"I know. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it; it just sort of slipped out." That didn't work either. The only other time I had ever seen Fee this distraught was when Pippa was gone forever, when I found out about their relationship.
"Goodnight, Gemma." She turned her back to me and I feared that was the end of our friendship. What happened next was surprising to say the least. Jeanne came over to me and kissed me on the cheek, even though I had insulted her as well.
"Don't worry about her," she whispered in my ear, "she's not been herself lately". Jeanne then rushed to Felicity's side and wrapped her arms around her. I crawled into my bed and wondered how it was possible that one person could have such a talent for messing everything up and hurting the people she cared about the most.
Will Gemma and Fee make up? And what will happen with gem and this new guy? Tune in next time to find out?