Chapter 7
This time I cooked pancakes, with the side of strawberries. Bruce walked in and smiled, "I should've taken a photo of that, I haven't seen you smile in ages." I said. Bruce rolled his eyes, "I smile, like when you accepted my proposal, and last night." He said. I laughed and gave him a plate. "So, what's the reason behind this smile?" I asked. "Pancakes are good, and you're getting bigger, which means that baby is almost ready." He said. I nodded, "I have an appointment to see what the baby will look like today. You can come with me." I said. He nodded, "Will we also find out if the baby's a girl or boy?" He asked. I nodded, "I think the baby will be a girl." I said. He laughed, "Of course, but what if it's a boy?" He asked. "Then it's a boy, I love the baby no matter what."
He nodded, "When's the appointment?" He asked. "At two, we have time." I said. He nodded, "Right after, we can go ahead and load up and move you in with me." He said. I nodded, "That'll be the plan for today." I said. We sat down and ate, "Why does Elena hate Batman so much?" Bruce asked. "She hates Batman because he wasn't there when Bane killed her mother." I said. He nodded, "Joker had me busy dealing with his thugs by the time Bane got to her. By the time I tried to save her, it was too late. I did bring Elena home; she was twenty, wasn't she?" He asked. I nodded, "She was still in college. I was still at the dorm; she told me that her mother was taking her someplace special."
"Does Elena know that you raised Bane, heck, does she even know you're a vampire?" He asked. I shook my head, "She hates Bane, more than she hates you, if she were to ever find out that I raised Bane, she'd be furious. As for the vampire bit, she's terrified of my kind. She'll never talk to me again." I said, putting away my finished plate. "I don't think Elena would be pretty happy with you for keeping that secret from her, but if she was a good friend, she'll stay with you." He assumed. I sighed, "A vampire's life is never easy. I don't know how we do the things we do." I said. "How lonely is the vampire life?" He asked. "Sometimes, we kill ourselves to ease the pain, the loneliness."
"That's awful; did you try to do this?" He asked. "I tried, once. But then I met you, you changed my mind. I say a vampire's life is a lonely one because we have to watch our loved ones die and be forced to move on to find another, unless one accepts to become one with the night." I said. "Let me be one with the night, I'm practically am already, I don't want you to see me die, less be forced to move on." He said. I looked at him, "Are you sure? I never changed anyone, I might kill you." I said. He nodded, "I'm sure, I want to spend every lasting night with you, and if you or we decide to kill ourselves, we can die together." He replied. I nodded, "After we're married, and after I give birth to this baby. Don't worry about me wanting to die."
He looked at me, "Why? Once we are done and technically an old married couple, shouldn't we die together?" He asked. I smiled, "That will happen. Since my blood will become your blood, we'll have the choice to age, or stop aging. I have that ability." I said. He nodded, "Clever, you are." He complimented. "We better start going if we don't want to be late for the appointment." I said, taking notice of the clock. We arrived at the hospital in just the nick of time, "Hello Miss Shawl, Mr. Wayne. I take it you're here for the appointment?" The intern presumed. I nodded, "Good, Doctor Macintosh will be with you shortly." She said and gestured us to sit down. "I hate hospitals." Bruce whispered. "Who doesn't?" I laughed silently. "Miss Shawl? Doctor Macintosh will see you."
Bruce helped me get up and we walked to the observation room. "Hello Meghan, Mr. Wayne." Doctor Macintosh greeted. "Hello." Bruce and I replied in unison. "Okay, if you'd gladly sit on the bed there, Meghan." He pointed at the bed. I nodded and pulled my shirt up. "This is nurse Bufford; she'll be helping me today." He said. "Hello Elena didn't know you were working today." I greeted. "I requested this appointment so I could see the baby as well." She said. Doctor Macintosh put the usual on and turned the screen on. "There she is! Looks like you're having a baby girl, and another baby girl. Twins by the look of them." He said. 'Jonathan always wanted twins. I wonder what he'd do.' I asked myself. "Seeing that you look ready to pop, I feel safe to say you're due next week."
"Next week? That's too soon." Bruce said. Doctor Macintosh laughed, "Every father says that." Bruce shook his head, "I'm not these girls' father." He objected. "I know, Meghan told me. But thank god she has Batman to help her, as much as it pained me to say." He said. Bruce nodded, "Batman's pretty anxious to see how this all will turn out." He said. "I'm pretty sure he is. Now Meghan, I want you here next Wednesday so we can put you into labor." He said. I nodded, "Thank you, Doctor Macintosh." I said and we both left. "Twins! You're having twins. Out of all, you're due next week. This is way too soon." He said. I put my hand on his face, "Don't worry, it'll be alright."
He nodded, "yeah, I'm just worried." He said. "I am too." I agreed. "At least you can name one Gwyneth." He said. Smiled, "Yeah, at least that. We can name the other after our mother's." I offered. He nodded, "That sounds nice." He said and we drove to Wayne Manor, my new home. We walked in wit ha warm welcome from Alfred. "Alfred, did we have any mail?" He asked. "The usual bills and junk. By the way, how did Miss Shawl's appointment go?" He asked. "She's having twins, and she's due next week." Bruce answered for me. Alfred nodded, "Twins, did you say, boy or girl?" He asked. "Girls, Meghan and I are naming one after our mother's." He said. "That's lovely." He said. "Wait, I've been meaning to ask; how as there a pregnancy test on the bathroom counters?"
"Oh, I put it there, Bruce called and panicked about how you've been raped. That got me thinking that I should get one for your sake." Alfred explained. I nodded, "That makes sense, and thank you." I said. He nodded, "Anytime, Miss Shawl. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll make tea." He excused. He left and shut the door behind him. "Alfred's a sneaky one." Bruce said behind me. I laughed, "He sure is, you're lucky to have someone like him to take care of you." I said. He nodded, "Let's go have a walk in the gardens, shall we?" He suggested and we walked together, hand in hand. "I hope the girls look like you more than Jonathan, and act more like you." He said. I laughed, "Me too, we wouldn't want to put up with two mini-Jonathans." I said. "Are these children going to be half-human, half-vampire?" Bruce asked. I nodded, "Yeah, but it should be okay."
Bruce nodded, looking relieved. "If they ever do need to feed, they can feed off of you." I said. He shook his head, "No half-vampire's going to feed off of me." He said. "How about a full one?" I laughed, and playfully let my fangs grow out. He smiled and shook his head, "Nope. Speaking of vampires, don't you need to feed?" He asked. I shook my head, "I already fed three weeks ago." I said. "Do you have donors or something?" He asked. "I only have one, his name is Mark." I said. "Mark Hamill? Isn't that the one you saved from Scarecrow?" He asked. "Yeah, Mark was about to die of overdose from the fear toxin, I had to drain it from his system and had to transplant blood back into his system."
"How did you stop Jonathan?" Bruce asked. I laughed, "I used his fear toxin against himself." I said. Bruce laughed too, "That's funny." He said. I looked at the clock, "It's getting late." I noted. Bruce yawned in response, "Let's go to bed." I suggested, he nodded and we went to his bedroom. I noticed a photo frame on the nightstand next to me; I picked it up to reveal a picture that was taken of us on our first date. "I remember that." I smiled. He looked at the photo, "Oh yeah, that was fun." He said. I put the photo back on the nightstand, "How time flies, it seems like yesterday when we first met." I said. Bruce nodded, "I'm glad that all those memories are still alive, it would be horrible if we forgot any of it." He said. I nodded, "Don't worry, these memories will last us a lifetime." I assured. We lay down and went to sleep.
When I woke up, I smelled eggs and bacon, maybe even fried potatoes. I went to the kitchen to see Alfred cooking. "Good morning, Miss Shawl. Is Master Wayne awake yet?" He asked. I shook my head, "He's still sleeping, but I'm sure he'll wake soon." I said. He laughed, "I'm glad Bruce has someone like you, he's been so lonely." Alfred said. "I'm glad I have him in my life." I smiled. Bruce walked in and said good morning. "Bacon and eggs, yum I'm starving "He smiled and grabbed a plate. Alfred handed me one and I went to go sit on the table. "Oh, I almost forgot, you have a visitor, Master Wayne." Alfred said, letting the guest in. She was blonde, with green eyes and slim, like the girls on those 'Maybelline' commercials.
"Good-morning, Amelia. What's your business doing here?" Bruce asked. "I was wondering if you heard anything from Batman concerning about my husband." She said. "He's still tracking him down, don't worry, he'll stop him." He assured. Amelia nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Wayne. Oh, hello Meghan! I don't think you remember me, but we used to go to high school together." She said. I nodded, "I remember." I said, going back to the days she made fun of me and made me look like a fool in front of everyone. She smiled, "Are you and Jonathan still together? You two were so cute together." She asked. I shook my head, "No, we broke up." I answered. She frowned, "That's sad, I'm sorry. Hey, are you pregnant?" She asked. I nodded, "Yeah."
"Who's the father? Is it Mr. Wayne?" She asked, playfully looking at Bruce. I shook my head, "I was raped by Jonathan." I said. She gave a good shocked expression, "Wow, I never thought he'd do such a thing." She said. I nodded, "But it's all sorted out." I said. She laughed, "I bet Bruce had Batman beat him up for you.' She said. "Something like that." I said and she left. "Amelia, I didn't know she knew you." I said. He nodded, "Her husband, you know him as Edward Nigma, or The Riddler, told her about me, she's been asking Batman to handle her husband's schemes." He said. I laughed, "Amelia Rosenburge married someone like Edward Nigma. She used to make fun of me when I dated Jonathan." I laughed. "I take it she made fun of you a lot."
I nodded, "Whenever she had the chance." I said. "That was mean of her." He noted. I nodded, "It was, she'd used to gather all her friends and put me in a trash can and laugh at me." I said. "Amelia did that? Why did she hate you so much?" He asked. "Her friends told me it was because I was more beautiful than her." I said. Bruce nodded, "That's pretty obvious, that you're more beautiful than her, I mean." He said. I smiled, "Thanks, but I'm over it. It's in the past." We finished our food and went for another walk. "Wait, what high school did you go to?" He asked. "Gotham's School for Gifted Youngsters." I answered. Bruce laughed, "That's funny, and my school was three blocks away from there." HE said. I nodded, "I didn't really like it there, a lot of people teased kids like us."
"Looks like it, if people like Amelia made fun of you." He said. We sat down on the bench in front of a fountain. He held my hand and rested his head on my shoulders, "I don't think Edward Nigma is going to surrender so easily." Bruce said. "It never is, you know, if Amelia's so worried about him, then why doesn't she go out to look for him?" I asked. He shrugged, "Whatever it is, I don't trust it. This is why I'm not going to look for him." He said. I nodded, "But you'll need to, he might kill people." I said. He shook his head, "He's a weird one, but he rarely kills." Bruce objected. We got up and went inside, not knowing what else to do.