A/N: Hi! Poor Circe, I know! She's pregnant and no one knows what to do! Well, I guess it's time to see how she handles school and hormones! Sorry it's taken so long, ever since school started I've had less and less time to write. It's sad, I know. But school ends in May, (assuming I get this up by then! Haha) well, I'm going to try to get this up before my Choir goes to Disney for a week! Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight.
Zero sat on his bed Monday morning before school while waiting for Circe to finish getting ready. She hadn't gone to school all last week as they tried to fix her hair and figure out what they were going to do with a baby. Most of the time was spent at the Headmaster's house testing the girl. With the baby now over eight weeks in the making, Circe was already showing. They were all afraid of what could happen today and what the other kids would think about her condition.
Circe screamed, "My jacket doesn't fit!" she stepped out of the bathroom and tried to button it but it wouldn't go.
"Leave it unbuttoned. Headmaster said you could." Zero walked over and ruffled her hair. "We ready? Ichiru is waiting for us."
The two of them walked down the stairs to the dining hall. Circe rested her hands on her noticeable bulge, "Zero, I'm scared. What will the other kids think of me? Will they think I'm some kind of slut or something?"
"I think by now the rumor of you being attacked and raped has spread, so most likely they will all think it's from that." He said.
She shook her head, "No, with how far along it looks, they will realize that it had to be before that day."
"Oh," He stopped and thought for a moment, "Well, even then they would have seen it growing beforehand, not just randomly popping up after you were out for almost two weeks"
"True…." Circe stopped as they were about to turn the corner to the dining hall, "Uuummm…..you go first"
Zero looked down at her, "Together." He wrapped his arm around Circe's shoulders and dragged her alongside him. As they walked past people turned their heads and stared at the small girl. Whispers began almost immediately.
"Oh my god…"
"Do you see her?"
"There's no way that happened because of Akio"
"What was she like in America? Some kind of slut?"
"She must not have been as willed there as she is here"
"Maybe that's why she doesn't get involved with guy around here; she already has a baby daddy!"
By the time the two of them reached Ichiru, Circe was already in tears. Yuuki jumped up and dabbed at the younger girl's face with a napkin.
"Circe, don't cry you'll mess up your makeup!" She fretted.
The headmaster walked up to the three of them, "You are alright today?"
"I guess, It just… hurts… to hear what they all are saying. All the lies that are going to be spreading…. How will I be able to stay in school?"
As the day went on, Circe found her answer. All the people that usually circled around her to hear her stories and to talk with her avoided her. It was almost as if she never came to the school, except for the dirty looks people shot her. By the time last period rolled around, she was itching to get out of there. Circe laid her head on the table and faced Yuuki. Yuuki smiled at her reassuringly. Suddenly, a note was thrown at her head. She picked it up and read:
We are going into town after school before patrol. You're coming with us. No ifs, ands, or buts. Wait behind after the bell rings. –Zero
Circe smiled, she knew no matter what happened with people at Cross Academy, her cousins would always love her. Not long after Zero threw her that note, another note was thrown on her desk. It contained one word. A word that cut her deeply and summed up what all her classmates were thinking:
Slut
Circe's body tightened to avoid shaking with sobs. She nudged Yuuki and handed her the note before laying her head in her lap and crying silently. She didn't lift her head as she heard the sound of her friends chair scraping against the floor. Not a moment later the room exploded with Ichiru's voice.
"Who did this?" He yelled.
"Mr. Kiryuu, please sit down" the teacher asked politely.
"No! Do you see this?" Ichiru ran down the steps two at a time. Suddenly steel arms were wrapping themselves around Circe. She lifted her head to see Zero trying to pull her out of the room. At the front of the room Ichiru was showing the teacher the note.
"How can you not react harshly to this? The person who wrote it should be punished!" he exclaimed.
"That is true. Would anyone like to fess up?" The teacher asked. No one answered, "Well, if your cousin didn't give the class a reason to think so..." he trailed off. Ichiru turned red with anger. His body began to shake. Zero left Circe's side and began to stalk over.
"How DARE you say that!" Circe was certain her cousin would drain the teacher of his blood, "I will have you fire for this!" He took a step forward as if to slap the teacher.
"You can't get me fired young man!"
"But I can!" Yuuki walked to the front of the room. No one had ever seen her so angry. "Trust me; you will never work in this school again when I'm done with you!"
Ichiru began to speak again, "Someone better take credit for this now or there will be even more hell to pay!" The class erupted into screaming.
Circe was sure a fight would break out any second. She couldn't take it. The room felt as if it was closing in on her, she was suffocating. She stood up and ran out the room and down the hallway. When Circe reached the bathroom it took all she had to make it to the stall. She became violently ill, her first sign of morning sickness in a long time. Then again, it wasn't morning; it was all the stress of all the yelling. Circe couldn't face the Day Class again. She wasn't going to go to school here anymore. After she cleaned herself up she started walking toward the Head Master's office. She quietly knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"The pregnant one who was called a slut, who ran out of class, and just threw up." She smirked; at least she wasn't losing her wit.
"Circe!" Kaien opened the door, "Come in, come in! Please sit and don't stand to long! Oh my," He looked at her stomach, "You're even bigger, I wonder when you'll be able to feel it."
Circe sat down and sighed, "Do you think that vampires have hospitals since they can bear their own children? To you think I could get in to see one, even though I'm human? I am carrying a vampire anyways."
Kaien sat and thought about it. "I will look into it. So please explain to me why you ran out of class"
Circe relayed the story of class just a few minutes before. Cross' brow furrowed in despair as she finished her story, "Sir, I just can't go back there. Today was my first day back, and it will only get worst. I can't deal with that. I- I just don't know what to do!" Tears crept into her eyes.
It was quiet for a moment before the headmaster spoke, "Perhaps I have an idea. Do you feel more relaxed around vampires now? As it your stomach loosens even if your heart speeds up?" She nodded. "Would you feel like being with them would help you with the baby till we figure out what to do is a safe idea?" She nodded again. "Do you want to transfer to the Night Class?"
"I'd have to talk to Zero and Ichiru about it. Would I have to move from their room?" She replied.
"Just until we figure out what we are going to do about your safety. Up till then I would place you in the Moon Dormitory. We could have you moved in and set up by tomorrow night and you could begin classes." He scribbled something on a notepad.
"Let me talk to Ichiru and Zero first, then I'll deci-" Circe doubled over in pain as something sharp stabbed threw her stomach. Her face went white. There was a knock on the door.
"Father! We must have Mister- Circe! Are you alright?" Yuuki was suddenly at her side, moving her hair out of her face. "Are you alright"
"I believe," Circe panted, "That was the kicking we spoke of."
"The baby kicked you?" Yuuki's eyes were wide.
"What else would hurt so much?" The baby kicked again and she slid out of her seat onto the floor. It kept kicking her, and every time Circe became more panicked, which caused the baby more stress. Within five minutes she was in tears.
"Oh my god, make it stop! Ah! No, no, stop!" She was curled around her stomach on the floor when her cousins walked in.
"Circe!" Ichiru kneeled on the floor and laid a hand on her head, "What's wrong?"
Suddenly, Kaien had an idea, "Zero! Get close to her and put your hands on her stomach, try to give into the vampire in you!"
"What? Why?" Zero didn't know what do to with his little cousin screaming in pain. He took a deep breath and listened to all the blood flowing in the room. Slowly, he sat on the floor next to Circe. He tried to lay his hand on her stomach, but she was thrashing too much. He breathed in the scent of blood and his fangs shot out of his gums painfully. He couldn't remember the last time he fed. He pushed with his mind to the little monster in his little girl. Finally, he was able to cup a hand on her swollen belly. He could feel it pressed against the wall of her body. Circe slowly began to relax at the touch of her eldest cousin, her body still spasmed in pain though. He carefully pulled her into his lap and wrapped both arms around her middle. He could sense what it wanted.
"We have to get her to the other vampires. That thing inside her, I can't feel what it wants, and it wants to be around its own kind." Zero stood up and held Circe in his arms.
"Let's quickly take her to the Moon Dormitory then." Yuuki opened the door for him.
Ichiru sighed, "Maybe….maybe she should stay with them till we get that out of her. I don't want to leave her, but if it will keep her from getting hurt….." His voice trailed off.
"I was going to ask if you would approve of that idea. We can have it ready by tomorrow." Kaien Put a hand on Ichiru's shoulder, "I plan on looking for a vampire hospital with the help of Kaname. Anything to help her." The group fell quiet except for Circe's whimpers as they walked.
The Day Class stared as they watched the two strongest and stoic boys in the class walk as if they were on death row. Every time Circe whimpered Ichiru flinched as though he were in pain. Zero tightened his arms around the girl, whispering into her ear. Once they were out of sight, the students began to start rumors.
"Maybe she tried to kill herself."
"I bet it was an attempt at abortion."
"She probably overdosed and they found her before she could die"
"Little slut couldn't handle her own mistake."
Kain was lounging on a couch in the main room, trying to catch a few more minutes sleep before getting ready for class. He had just begun to drift off when there was a banging on the door. Kaname came down the stairs.
"Did you plan on getting that?" he asked.
"Not really" Kain sighed and stood up slowly.
"Hello?" Kaname opened the door and was surprised when a spasming Circe Kiryuu was shoved into his arms. Almost immediately she began to relax.
"What's going on?" Kain asked at the same time Kaien yelled out, "I was right!"
"That…thing. Inside her acted up and was putting her in pain. Only a vampire presence could calm it." Zero glared at the Pureblood.
"Kuran, is there a hospital for vampires?" Ichiru asked as Kaname set Circe on the couch.
"Yes, why?"
"Take her there tomorrow, and ready a room for her" Kaien demanded.
A/N Finally done! Okay so that took what, five months? I'll try super hard to post more often, promise! Anyways, I hope you all liked it!
