It's been a while, our main computer crashed, so I couldn't post anything but we got a new one so here's Ch4.

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Ch4. a Letter and a Problem

Colette stood by the window in the room she and Lloyd had been sharing for 2 months now. For the hundredth time the same thought went through her head, 'What will he do when I tell him?' She knew Lloyd loved her, but despite being a hero of the world, he was not perfect, and might crack under the responsibility of what she was about to tell him.

Lloyd was currently at the castle, helping the King to sort out a new government structure for Sylverant: the old government having collapsed when many prominent members were killed during the destruction of Palmacosta. As such the Teth'eallan king was anxious to have the other country stabilized as soon as possible. This meant that Lloyd had to spend about eight hours each day up at the castle.

'He should be back soon, then I can tell him.' She would have told him earlier, but she was not 100% sure, it could have been a mistake, she could not have been...

'Pregnant.'

It was not surprising, considering that they had been busy every night for the first few weeks, lately not so much because of the amount of work Lloyd had been doing.

'Still, the King promised us an estate of our own, and we can live happily, Lloyd and me and...'

She placed her hand on her stomach, and the thought returned, 'what will he do when I tell him?'

He might leave her, he might make her have an abortion, he might...

'No he's not like that, he wouldn't do that, would he?'

She heard the door open behind her and turned around. Lloyd stood there smiling at her.

"So how are you today Colette?"

"I'm good, you seem happy."

"Well, we've almost finished the reconstruction of the government, so I can stop at the end of the week, and then the King is going to sort out that estate he promised us."

"That's good," Colette could not hide the slightly sad tone in her voice, at the thought of what might happen next.

"Colette, is something wrong?"

She gulped, "Um er nothing," Lloyd raised an eyebrow, "well kinda," second eyebrow went up, "well I'm scared of what you'll think."

"Colette, if you don't tell me then you'll always be scared."

Colette inwardly groaned, he was of course correct. "Well the thing is I wasn't sure of this until today, so don't blame me for not telling you sooner. You see the thing is, I'm, we're...gonna have a baby..."

Lloyd just looked back, stunned.

A/N: as my friend said when it was revealed that Kratos was Lloyd's father, "Plot Twist." Please keep up the reviews, and I hope to have the next chapter up within the week, 'til then.

BW