'This is all we got now,
Scream until your heart stops.
Never gonna regret...
Watchin' every sunset...
Listen to your heartbeat...
All the love that we felt...'
Rooftops, Lost Prophets
Chapter Five
Our Somedays
Cara screamed when she saw his slip. His arms flailed for a moment before he went over the edge. She threw herself forward, no thought for herself. She loved this man... and she... would...not....lose....him.
Ever.
"Duo?!?!" she cried, grabbing his hand. His momentum jerked her forward, and for a split moment, she knew... she knew... that three lives were about to end.
But no. Holding onto his hand for dear life, she was drug across the hot roof on her stomach. She winced with worry, pain, but she stopped at the edge, hanging on like a mad person. Only a moment, and Duo was beside her on the roof. That moment had been all he needed. They were both alive and well. She threw her arms around him, hugging him tight before kissing him passionately.
Long, long minutes later, they were inside. Trowa, Catherine, Quatre, Wufei, Dorothy, and Sally Chang were there, all ashen and visibly shaken, but releived.
"Duo?" Cara asked sweetly.
"Hmm?" he muttered against her mouth. He'd never let her go, never stopped kissing her. And she couldn't say anyting, she was clinging to him just as tightly. She would never let him go again. And she would make him talk to her if she had to pound it out of him.
"If you ever, I mean ever, even think of trying a stunt like that again? Don't."
"I'm sorry," he whispered, oblivious to everyone else. "I love you. I love you so much. And I'm so sorry."
"We'll talk about this later. But now, I've got something else to tell you."
"Hmm?"
"Remember our somedays? You said you wanted me to be your wife, you said you wanted to be the father of my children."
"I did. I do. Oh, Cara, I'm so sorry. I don't know how you can love someone like me, but I love you so much."
"Good... because our somedays are coming sooner than you think. Tomorrow I'll become your wife... and in December, you're going to become a daddy."
"Hmm? What?"
"I'm pregnant, Duo. You're going to be a father."
Cara was staring into Duo's violet eyes, but she didn't know who took the news harder. Duo or Quatre. Both were paled with the news.
"Cara? You... you're sure?"
"I'm the one who's sure," Sally piped up. "I am, after all, a doctor. And so is she, if you didn't remember. In fact... she's the pediatricitan!"
Duo's face was one of wonder as he gently touched Cara's stomach, his and slipping under the rough and slightly torn fabric of her shirt.
"I'm going to be a father," he whispered so softly.
"But first," she said, touching her lips to his gently, "You're going to be a husband."