Deidra lay next to a sleeping-Beavis, tossing and turning. For some reason, she just could not get to sleep. Her stomach really hurt as she gripped it with one of her hands, sweat pouring down her forehead. Her eyes shot open as she felt something…moving inside of her?
"Hm? Heh-heh...Deidra?" Beavis groaned as he was awoken by Deidra's movements.
"Beavis?" Deidra gasped, both hands on her stomach, now feeling scared.
"F-Feel this!" She begged as Beavis reluctantly reached over to feel her stomach, panicking a bit at the unusual feeling.
"What is that?!" He gasped.
"I-I don't know!" Deidra gasped before screaming in pain, grasping her stomach so tight that her fingertips grew white.
"H-Hold on!" Beavis carried Deidra into his arms and rushed her to the hospital as quickly as his legs could carry the both of them.
"H-Hurry, Beavis!" Deidra whimpered, burying her head in his shoulder and closing her eyes. Since Beavis had gained a lot of experience from constantly running away from people that wanted to hurt him, he had arrived at the hospital with Deidra pretty quickly but out of breath. After explaining the situation as best as she could, Deidra was loaded onto a gurney and rushed back into the emergency-room.
"Beavis?" She whimpered weakly, opening her eyes a little. She felt so weak and tired.
"It'll like...be okay, Deidra..." Beavis reassured as he watched his wife disappear into the emergency-room, though he was not entirely sure what was going on himself. All Deidra heard were the sounds of monitors beeping, all around her along with the voices of nurses and doctors yelling orders at each other. The next thing she knew, a bright, white light was in her face and she heard...Beavis' voice calling her name? Deidra's eyes snapped open as she sat up in Beavis' bed with a start, panting heavily.
"B-Beavis?" She asked, looking beside her. Sure enough, there her husband lay.
"Deidra? Are you like...okay? Heh-heh..." Beavis questioned once he had managed to shake his wife awake.
"Yeah, I-I just had a bad dream is all…" Deidra reassured.
"Hey, wanna go get those tattoos?" She smiled, changing the subject.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Beavis nodded eagerly.
"Cool!" Deidra smiled.
"So, what should we get?" She asked once they were standing outside of the tattoo parlor.
"Um...I dunno, heh-heh! Somethin' cool?" Beavis suggested.
"Well, since we're getting matching tattoos I think we should get…" Deidra began when stopped short, finding the perfect set on the wall, in front of her: one picture had the word, 'Romeo' in beautiful script while the matching one had the word, 'Juliet' in the same, beautiful lettering.
"Them! They're perfect!" She cried.
"Yeah! Yeah! They are! Heh-heh!" Beavis agreed as the tattoos fondly reminded him of the play, where he had first met his wife.
"Alright, who's first?" Asked the tattoo-artist.
"Me!" Deidra replied, getting in the chair. Once it was finished, the tattoo artist eyed the bruises around the teen-girls arm where he had done the tattoo. Deidra recognized that look.
"It's okay, I know…" Deidra reassured as if reading his thoughts. Beavis frowned in concern as the bruises reminded him of how sick she was. At least Romeo and Juliet had inspired him to follow her to the afterlife. Beavis whimpered lightly in pain as he got his tattoo next but he was able to tolerate the pain since he had experienced much, much worse.
"Beavis?" Deidra broke the silence between them as they exited the tattoo parlor. Her dream last night had brought up a new question to her mind.
"Do you think if I wasn't…" She did not want to say the word.
"If I wasn't…you know? T-That we'd have children someday?" She finally popped the question.
"Yeah, heh-heh..." Beavis replied softly. He had always wanted children but he reframed from admitting this to Deidra out of fear that it would make her feel worse.
"I'd love to have children but I'm scared if I got pregnant, the baby and I would be put at risk because of my sickness..." Deidra admitted.
"Yeah and if I ever had children..." Beavis trailed off with a sad, longingly look of broken dreams.
"They would end up like me..." He sighed sadly.
"They would turn out funny and sweet like you with a good heart, just like you…" Deidra reassured before kissing his lips softly. Beavis blushed at the kiss before chuckling shyly.
"Heh-heh...Thanks Deidra..." He smiled softly, glad that someone thought of him that way. Deidra wrapped an arm around her husband's shoulder as they walked back to his trailer.
"I'd love to have kids but I'd hate for something to..to happen to me and for you two to be alone." Deidra sighed sadly with a frown.
"I would too but I couldn't even take care of a bag of flour for health class..." Beavis admitted with a sad sigh.
"You could if I were here to help you. I think you'd be a great dad." Deidra grinned.
"Really? Heh-heh!" Beavis smiled softly, appearing touched.
"Really…" Deidra replied softly as she pulled Beavis into a soft hug before the two entered his trailer.
"So, what's next on that list? Heh-heh!" Beavis chuckled.
"Be in two places at once…" Deidra replied, leaning back on the old, living-room couch and resting her feet in Beavis' lap
"I wonder how we're gonna pull that off..." Beavis pondered.
"I have an idea!" Deidra announced, gently pulling Beavis up, from the couch and leading him out, to an old truck that sat in his driveway. Hours later, she pulled to a stop at a sign that said, 'WELCOME TO FLORIDA'.
"Okay…" Deidra began as she and Beavis got out of the car.
"Put one foot here and the other here." Beavis did as instructed, placing either foot on either side of the crack in the road.
"There, We're in two places at once!" Deidra smiled in excitement.
"Heh-heh! Cool! " Beavis grinned excitedly.
"Sooo...what should we do now?" Deidra asked, feeling a bit sad because they had done everything on her list.
"Um...I dunno, Heh-heh..." Beavis shrugged, still feeling bad for his wife.
"Wanna watch the stars?" Deidra asked, looking up at the star-filled night sky,
"Yeah! Yeah! Heh-heh!" Beavis excitedly agreed. Finding a spot underneath a tree, Deidra sat in Beavis' lap, his arms wrapped protectively around her as she laid back against his chest and kissed his cheek.
"Do you have any dreams, Beavis?" Deidra asked softly as they watched the stars twinkle in the night sky.
"I used to...until it came true, heh-heh..." Beavis replied as he kissed the top of Deidra's head gently. Looking over her shoulder, at him, Deidra cupped the side of his face in her hand and kissed him gently as tears of happiness fell from her eyes.
"I'm scared of not being with you…" She admitted.
"I'll always be with you...even if you die..." Beavis reassured with a small smile. He had already stolen some rat-poison from Anderson's house to prepare for that day. His only hope was that Butthead would not find it and start asking questions.
"Please…Beavis, please don't do that to yourself…" Deidra begged quietly.
"Why not? It's not like I have anything to live for when you leave...Everyone hates me even Butthead...Nobody'll even miss me..." Beavis admitted with a sad sigh.
Deidra was unsure of what to say next. Instead, she kissed Beavis' forehead before pulling him in a tight hug.
"And what if I beat this horrible disease?" She asked with a hopeful smile.
"We could be able to have children." She added.
"Then we'll be one, big happy family, hm-hm-heh...I'm only plannin' to like...kill myself if you die, hm-hm-heh..." Beavis explained. Sadness filled Deidra's heart, not wanting anything to happen to her or her husband either. Not being able to hold her feelings back any longer, she sobbed on Beavis' shoulder, holding him tight.
"Dedira, dont cry...It won't be so bad..." Beavis reassured as he held her close.
"I'm scared, Beavis!" Deidra admitted with a sob.
"I'm scared! I mean, I'm only 15! I-I should be looking into the future! S-Still being with you a-and having a family one day!" At the thought of that, she cried even more.
"Hey, maybe you'll survive..." Beavis reassured as he tried desperately to think of a way to save Deidra's life.
"I hope so…" Deidra whimpered, cupping Beavis' face in her hands and kissing him.
"I got an idea!" Beavis suddenly pulled away from the kiss once he remembered something. He grabbed Deidra's arm and quickly lead her back to the truck.