The last chapter! I didn't know I could do it.
jazmin: Yes, I'm going to be continuing my other story, so you can check that out. ;-)
Anybodys' POV
I am underneath Ice's heavy arm. He is sleeping heavily. I sit up and my head spins. "Woah," I say steadying myself, "head rush." I stand up unsteadily and walk over to the bathroom. I look into the mirror. I look like hell. I wash my face and then suddenly I throw up. I clean the sink and then gargle some water. I walk back to my bed and now Ice is awake. "You okay baby?" he touches my forehead. He pales. "You're burning up!"
"I'm alright, Daddy-O, it's probably something I ate…" That's a lie. He knows it too. I don't eat. I'm not anorexic. My sister eats like a pig and then burns it off on Park Ave. sleeping with whoever will pay her. I'm sick. I go back to sleep and when I wake up I puke again. "Jesus," I groan. "What is wrong with me?" Ice goes to Doc's to meet up with the guys. I go into the bathroom and take out one of Angelina's pregnancy sticks. It turns blue. I throw up again. Jesus, I'm pregnant! It can't be true. I try two more times. Blue and blue. I touch my stomach. I groan.
Ice's POV
I'm worried about Anybodys. She was running a fever. I feel bad about leaving her but I have to make sure the guys don't do anything stupid. I wonder what could be wrong. She's probably just sick, I tell myself, it can't be anything serious. Can it?
Anybody's POV
I lie on my bed wondering how it could've happened. I hug myself. Ice is the father. I love him, yeah, but does he love me enough to stay with me? I think of myself critically: wondering how this was going to work. I never eat: how was I supposed to sustain myself and a baby on no food. I don't have boobs: how am I supposed to feed the baby once I have the baby? I have no money: what am I going to do when I have my baby, I have nothing for it! I cry a little, knowing that I'm doomed.
Ice comes home that evening and finds me curled up under a blanket. "How are you feeling, baby?" The word baby makes me remember what I have to tell him.
"Ice," I say quietly, "I need to tell you something."
"You can tell me anything, Anybodys."
"Ice," my voice catches, "Ice, I'm pregnant."
He stares at me. He looks at my stomach. He buries his face in his hands and groans, "How? What are gonna do?"
"I'm keeping it," I tell him. He looks at me, surprised. "I want to know if you want to stay with me and help me."
"How are you going to pull that off, with or without me?" he asks. "You have no food and no money."
"I'll figure it out," I say coldly. I can tell he doesn't want this.
"Anybodys," he says softly, "I'm not gonna leave you. This is just gonna be confusing." He looks at me. "You're gonna need to eat a lot." He pulls me into his arms. "You're really pregnant, huh? Anybodys, when you're older, let's get married." I look up at him. "I mean, we should if we're having a baby, right?" He smiles. "I'm not too noisy for you, am I?"
I remember the night when the guys were fooling around outside Doc's waiting for the Sharks to show up for the war council. I had said I'd never get married because it was too noisy. A-Rab had retorted I wouldn't get married 'cause I'm too ugly.
"You're not too noisy if I'm not too ugly," I tell Ice.
"You're beautiful," Ice insists holding me tightly. I snuggle against his arm and fall asleep. He won't leave me. We're gonna get married and I'll have my baby and we'll be happy. I fell asleep with that thought. I secretly wondered how the guys would react. I also wondered how I could juggle being a Jet with being a mom (and a wife!). Maybe I'd have to stop being a Jet. I didn't find that thought as horrifying as I would've thought. Quitting a gang so I could do a better job than my mom raising a kid would be worth it.
Ice's POV
The next morning I went to Doc's; Action and A-Rab were beating the tar out of each other. I pulled them apart. "C'mon you guys, I'm gonna have my own kid soon enough so I can't keep on babysitting you!" I sighed.
They stared. "You're havin' a kid?" Action's eyes were big and round.
"Well I'm not, but Anybodys is." I shrugged.
The room went silent. Baby John, being young and innocent, said. "Chee, congrats, Ice."
"Thanks buddy boy," I smiled.
That made the room explode. "You got Anybodys pregnant? How?" a few guys asked.
"The usual way," I drawled.
"Jeez, Ice, what happened to no sex before marriage?" Joyboy ducked to avoid my swat. "I'm jus' sayin' buddy."
After the initial shock of Anybodys being pregnant the guys congratulated me. "Ice is gonna be an old man soon, buddy boys." Mouthpiece stands on a bar stool. I throw a napkin at him and laugh.
"Is Anybodys still gonna be a Jet after she gives birth?" A-Rab asks me.
I shrug. "I dunno," I say honestly. "You can't tell with girls like her. And being pregnant is gonna make it worse."
Epilogue: Ice's POV
Nine months later we were in a hospital. The nurse was telling Anybodys to push. Anybodys was making snide remarks at her. I told Anybodys to listen to the nurse. Finally, she did it. "You have two healthy daughters," the nurse said.
"Two?" I croaked.
She nodded. "Twins!"
I fainted right then and there. When I woke up Anybodys was propped up on a pillow holding our daughters. "You think I'm a sissy, don't you?" I ask her.
"If I can have twins I think you can take the shock, Daddy-O." She smiled. "Daddy-O has a whole new meaning, eh? You are a daddy now."
I bend down to kiss her, and my daughters. "We never did discuss names did we?"
"Guess not," she leers at me. "You were playing with the Jets."
I shrug sheepishly. "Well, there's no time like the present."
We talk for a little while. One of the babies (the older one says the nurse) stirs and bats at Anybodys. "They're gonna have an awful lot of energy won't they?" Anybodys comments.
"With you as a mother? Of course they will!" I laugh at her scowl. "I'm kidding, Anybodys. She does have a lot of energy though. What d'you think of Sophia as a name?"
"Perfect," she tells me. "And Isabelle, for my calmer baby. What's your last name, Ice?"
I can't even remember. I shut my eyes to think. "Badica," I answer. "Wow I couldn't even remember. My first name is Emil, I can remember that at least…"
"You're Polish?" Anybodys asks.
"No, Russian. What about you?"
"Milena. I can't even remember my last name. Jeez, that's sad, huh?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Emil Badica," I say, "I've always preferred Ice as a name. Sophia and Isabelle Badica, their names sound fine."
She shrugs her shoulders. "As long as I get to keep you forever I don't care what your name sounds like. You'll always be Ice to me."
"And you'll always be Anybodys," I smile. "You could've been anybody's girl but you're mine." I kiss her, wondering if we look like the happy ending to a movie. I don't care though. I'm happy enough.
Finis.
The ending got a little sappy... eh, watever. If you liked this (or read it at all) check out my other WSS story 'The Little Girl'.
