Chapter Twelve: Like a Pair of Keys
Shannon woke up early on Valentines day and was gone before Heather awoke. Shannon had plans for this Valentines day. He planned to make this one of Heather's favorite days. Heather was almost into her second trimester and she looked like a half inflated balloon. Shannon turned into the Valentines store and picked up red roses, two dozen to be exact. Walking back to the car he made is way to a restaurant. After making reservations at Heather's favorite French restaurant he went to the jewelry store. Heather woke up to the sound of a car horn. Wrapping a robe around herself she cursed the damn car as she saw Matt waving to her. "Her, were is Shannon?" He asked. Heather shrugged and went to walk back into the house. "I don't know." Matt jumped out of the car and followed Heather inside. Heather closed the door and walked into the bedroom to get changed. Matt walked into the bedroom and pulled Heather into his arms. "IU am sorry for being a jerk to Shannon." He said putting a hand on her stomach. "Is it a girl?" Matt asked as Heather pulled away.
"I don't know." Heather lied She wanted Matt to leave. "Matt I need to get dressed." Matt smiled and left the room. Heather got dressed quickly and got her cell phone to call Shannon. Shannon was picking out a new necklace for Heather when he heard "Vampire Heart" By HIM play from his cell phone. Heather had picked out her own ringer and Shannon actually liked the ring tone. "I'm at the shop I'll be home soon." Heather giggled and said, "Getting a new tattoo with something that represents me?" Shannon chuckled and pointed to the necklace he wanted. "No, I was thinking about getting our child's name put on my ankle or maybe on my arm where there isn't a tribal tattoo." Heather laughed and said, "Alright, I'll see you when you get back from the shop than, tell Shane I said hi." They both said their I love you's and goodbyes and hung up the phone.
The rest of the day went by in a blur and Heather's smiles and laughs etched themselves into Shannon's mind. Heather and Shannon were sitting at dinner when Heather looked around and saw Jamie Noble walk into the restaurant. She was confused but forgot about it when she fingered the necklace at her throat. A Garnet stone, known for it's magickal properties for love and keeping it strong. She wondered if Shannon knew it's significance. "Shannon." Heather said when she felt the baby kick. Shannon looked up at her from his food and smiled when she did. "I found out the gender of the baby." Shannon's eyes lit up like a child with a new toy. "Is it a boy?" He asked reaching across the table to hold her hand. "No." She said smiling. "It's a girl!" Shannon said with a bright smile on his face. "No It's not a girl." His smile faded as a confused look played across his face. "Huh?" Heather laughed and said, "Both! We are having twins!" Shannon's smile returned and he kissed he.
"Come on, we still have time to go home and watch a movie!" Heather and Shannon left the restaurant hand in hand. Heather fell asleep on Shannon's lap toward the end of the movie. Shannon's phone rang as he was carrying Heather back to the room. Once he put Heather in the room Shannon answered his phone. "Shannon, Beth tried to make Jeff crash, he is all shaken up you have to come." Matt's voice rang through the phone. Shannon looked to Heather with a sigh and said, "I'm coming." With that he gave Heather a reluctant kiss and left. A soft click of a latch woke Heather and a loud bang brought her into reality. A whine from either Oz or Honnor got her out of bed and into her robe. Walking down stairs Heather tried the lights. There must have been a storm because the weren't working. Heather didn't know where Shannon went, but she first has to find the dogs. Heather searched for a lighter in the drawer before she felt a knife slide across her cheek.
Every muscle in her body froze, the only movement was of the babies. She could feel blood trail down her cheek. Sha closed her eyes and though, "Why me?" Clasping a hand around the nearest thing in the drawer. A blunt pencil wasn't much but she thrust it behind her aiming for any flesh she could get to. A yell told Heather her attacker was a guy. Heather ran as fast as she could. Quickly she found out that was a mistake as she fell backwards from her attacker pulling her hair. She yelped as her back met the tiled floor. The first deep cut she felt went down her leg, cutting through flesh and muscle. Heather cried for Shannon to help her, but help never came. Heather didn't notice she was crying until the man's breath cooled the watery trail as he spoke to her. "Shannon won't come to save you." Heather knew that voice, just to who it belonged to Heather couldn't place.
Heather felt the blade trace down her stomach and Heather instantly sent up a prayer to the Goddess to protect her babies. The man grabbed her by the hair and dragged her across the room. In the moon light Heather could see Oz and Honnor tied and their muzzles duck taped. She reached for Honnor which earned her hand to be pinned to the floor. She felt like Jesus Christ. Her scream was joined by a dog's whine and laughter. After the man stood Heather felt a kick to her side. She was unable to roll over or curl up from the knife holding her hand to the floor. She felt both of the babies move to the other side of her stomach. Another kick to her stomach and she could feel the babies stop moving all together. Heather cried out in pain and fell limp. The man continued to kick her before he took the knife out of her hand. She felt her head swim and she clutched her hand to her chest.
The man left and Heather crawled to the house phone. The lines were cut. Heather knew she wouldn't be able to make it upstairs. She laid back on the floor and held her arm in the air. The blood slowly stopped coming out and Heather's head slowly stopped thudding. She heard the front door open and she called, "Shannon." Heather could barely speak. "Hey honey what are you doing up?" Shannon flipped on the light and his eyes followed the trail of blood around the counter. Shannon followed the trail and saw Heather laying on the floor. "Shannon, help me, please." Shannon quickly called 911. Heather was taken to the hospital and Seshama was there within the hour, again leaving C.M. behind her. Shannon was sitting in the waiting room trying not to break down. "Where is she?" Seshama asked bringing Shannon back to reality. "Still in the emergency room." Seshama sat down next to Shannon.
The doctor came out and told them they could come back. While walking back Heather was yelling at a doctor to get out. A glass flew through the door followed by a ducking doctor. "Get out! Don't tell me that! They aren't objects! I can't lose them!" Seshama saw Shannon's face fall, if that was even possible. He knew what was coming, Seshama walked in first and held a crying Heather. "How can they tell me I could have lost them?" A large wave of relief rolled over everyone as she said could have. Shannon hugged Heather and placed a hand on her stomach. "They told me they were going to put me under, but I told them no. Now the damn doctors tell me if I would have said yes to the anesthesia it would have killed the babies. Doctors are fucking stupid!" Heather yelled and looked at the doctors offended face as she passed. "You Too!" Seshama hushed Heather and said. "Calm down, don't hurt the babies." Even now as the two girls dat together bother knew something was wrong. Their minds worked in a similar pattern with what they were thinking following the same steps and coming to the same conclusion at the same time.