Chapter 17: Surprise

Sumia felt so lightheaded and she couldn't understand why. She tried to blink away the tilting world, but it seemed to get worse. Quickly, she hooked her arm around Gaius', mostly for balance, if anything.

What was making her so dizzy? Was it something she ate? Or maybe something she did?

When she looked at Gaius she found that he was already looking at her. Amusement was clear on his face as he smiled his usual crooked smile at her. She blinked, had he said something? She offered a hesitant smile.

"Did you hear anything I just said, babe?" He chuckled.

"I was a little preoccupied." She laughed gently. "Sorry."

"I said: do you want to go to the Market sometime?" He laughed and kissed her head. "I think they opened up a new candy store. And I think I want to go make something and it would be the perfect time to buy supplies, what do you think?"

It was a good idea. She hadn't been to the Market in a while. It would be nice to spend time with just each other. But she just felt so nauseous lately. Her feeling of nausea seemed to heighten and grow worse by the minute. She felt like she could throw up at any given moment.

Gaius unhooked her arm and laced his around her waist, propping her up against him. She looked up at him and found his face laced with concern. "Are you alright, sugar? You look a bit pale."

"Do I? I feel fine," she lied. Gaius frowned.

"You don't look fine. Maybe you should lie down, for a few minutes." He pressed his free hand on her forehead. "Did you eat something funny?"

She shrugged her shoulder and leaned into him. "I don't know… I'm just dizzy and nauseous." Sumia admitted and then sighed. "I don't want to keep you from the Market, I'll go lie down and you go."

He pushed her forehead. "My wife is sick if you haven't noticed. I'm not going anywhere. Now let's get back to the tent, hm?" He gently moved her and then laid her down on the bed. She sighed and clumsily tried to work off her armor.

"Alright, stumbles, I'll do that for you." He smiled, his nimble fingers unclasping each piece of armor. He set the pieces to the side and then loosened her belt.

"I don't like the nickname stumbles, you know that." She whined. He chuckled again and took out a small lollipop for her.

"Sugar, then?" He winked and kissed her head. She smiled thought it looked more forced than necessary. Gaius' brow furrowed tightly as he brushed some hair from her face. His eyes widened at the contact because she was sweating.

"Babe, you're sweating."

"Hot flash." The room seemed to spin when she opened her eyes. She had been getting a lot of those in the past few days. "I'll be fine. Don't worry too much, Gaius."

He raised a brow which made her laugh. "You're melting faster than chocolate and you're asking me not to worry?" Gaius quickly took a small towel and wiped her face and her chest and then covered her with a thin sheet.

Had she been sick the whole day? Had he just not noticed? He chewed on his lip and brushed her brown hair from her face again. Her gray eyes that seemed to be always filled with mischief were dulled and the slight pink to her cheeks was also gone leaving her pale as ever. He never had seen her look so unwell.

"I'm going to get Lissa."

"I'm sorry Gaius, I ruined today. You wanted to go to the Market today." She grumbled. What was happening, the past few days had been bad, but today seemed like it was the worst. Dizziness, extreme nausea, and hot flashes it was like she was… pregnant.

He chuckled and cupped her face. "You didn't ruin anything, silly girl. Now stay put I'll be right back."

Was she pregnant? It certainly would make sense. The thought made her bolt upright in bed. The world spun full force, her stomach clenched tightly and she quickly stumbled towards the garbage bin with Gaius calling after her. She glanced quickly at her husband and without saying anything he seemed to know what she needed him to do. He raced over and grabbed her hair.

She pulled the bin towards her and that was when the smell of the garbage hit her, full force, like somebody had slammed her in the gut. And then that was it. The hair that broke the camel's back. She lurched forward, acid searing up her throat as all the lunch she had eaten came up.

When she came up for air her mind raced. When was the last time she bled?

No time to think. Her body jerked forward and her stomach cramped. Her head dipped into the bin as she continued to throw up.

"Sumia, are you alright?" He looked at her as she lurched forward again and gagged and when nothing came out she settled back onto her heels. That seemed to be the end for now, she thought and grabbed a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

"I know what's wrong, I think." Sumia rasped, covering her mouth with the fabric.

"You do? What's wrong? Something you ate? Or low blood sugar?" He gushed. "I have candy if you have low sugar. A lot, so don't worry about tha-"

"I'm pregnant."

Gaius' eyes widened and his mouth hung slightly open. He gave no witty one liners, no joke, no comeback, nothing. He stared at her the usual toothpick in his mouth falling out. "No."

"It's not for certain, but it would explain a lot of things." She said and slowly stood to grab some water to wash her mouth. When she looked back at Gaius he was still on the floor in front of the Garbage bin.

"Gaius?" Concern grew on her face. She tucked some stray hairs behind her ears, doubt filling her gut. He wasn't happy. Of course he wouldn't want a child now. Her brows knit together. "I just figured it out as well. Maybe I should have waited, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"You're pregnant?" A wide smile spread over his face. It was one of the happiest smiles she had ever seen him use. It was bright and his eyes sparkled. "Are you really, babe? Are you really?"

"Yeah, we're going to have a baby." She nodded more assure of herself this time. Gaius closed the distance between them in a matter of paces, picked her up and twirled her around, both of them laughing with joy.

Author's note

Hey, guys! It's sad to say that this series is coming to an end soon. I'm thinking about ending it at ~20 chapters. But I might add some bonus chapters because I want to add some of the stuff I've also published on Tumblr which happens to be a lot of requests for LQxCordelia.

Well anyway thanks, for reading! I hope you've enjoyed this chapter! If there are more spelling/grammar mistakes than usual it's because I couldn't bother my housemate. I'm planning to write another drabble thing and I've sent her a ton of things :S

Please review! Till next time!

xSC