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Sky woke up that morning, running to the bathroom to throw up again. It happened for a week, Vincent became more and more worried and Sky became more and more suspicious.
"Sky, are you sure you're okay?" Vincent asked for the fifth time that day. She nodded, brushing her teeth. "I'm worried, you have been waking up to throw up for a week, something has to be up." He said.
"I don't know Vinnie, okay? I could just have a stomach bug." She tried to reason, but she herself didn't believe it, so she knew her lover wouldn't ether.
"I doubt it; you would be feeling sick all day, not just in the mornings." He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her to him. She pushed her arms around his sides and laid her head on his chest. "Do you have any idea what might be wrong?"
"No, I don't Vin." She lied. She had a rough idea, but she didn't want to share it, she didn't want it to be true, for fear of what Vincent might think or do. "I have to take a shower, okay?" She asked, nuzzling his chest. Vincent tried not to fall under when she did that, but always failed miserably. He kissed her neck, in the place she always broke under, and felt her shiver.
"Okay, I'll see you downstairs." He muttered into her skin, before pulling away. Sky smiled at him as he left and started the shower. She sat in the shower, like she had done so many times, but she tired reasoning with herself. She washed her hair carefully and then her body with small strokes, almost as if to make the real world wait a little longer for her, and the entire time she did, her mind wondered, going into a land that she had not seen in at least two months.
When she had rinsed off, she stepped out, towel hanging around her body. She walked over to the window and the chair right by it, sat down, and looked out. She sighed and was about to get up when something caught her eye. She got a closer look and almost screamed. He was back. Sephiroth had found her, and this time, she knew she had something bad coming to her.
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes at her, a way of saying, 'You scream, I'll go up and kill you now.' He looked at her another moment, taking in the absolute horror in her face before running into the woods. Sky watched him go, all of the blood drained from her face so she was ghostly pale. She took a few deep breaths, trying not cry.
"Not leaving the house today." She muttered. Sky grabbed her cell and dialed the number for the bar; Ed picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?" He asked. She sighed quietly.
"Hey, Ed. It's Arlinia."
"Hey, what's up?"
"I can't come to work today, I'm sick, sorry." She lied.
"It's okay." But his voice sounded strained, she knew why, Fridays were the worst days, and it had to be terrible to work alone. "Get better soon, 'kay?"
"Alright, I should be able to come tomorrow, later Ed."
"Bye." They hung up. Sky sighed and laid down on her bed, hands folded over her stomach. A minute later the door opened.
"Sky? Is something the matter?" Vincent asked, walking over, sitting down, and pulling her into his lap, kissing her neck.
"Nah, just relaxing, I took the day off." She said. Vincent smiled slightly, the best he could ever do.
"That's good." He said, gently biting her neck. She turned around and pushed him back.
"You're mine, Valentine." She said grinning. An hour and a half later, they both were down eating lunch, cream of mushroom flavored rice.
"Okay, well, I have to go meet Cloud, Sky, you can stay, or you can come." She thought about it, when an image of Sephiroth in the woods, staring up at her through the window came to mind. Suppressing a shudder, she declined.
"I'm okay; I gotta catch up on some reading and stuff, see you later." She said, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him. He kissed her back, pulling her into him for a moment before she broke free. "Don't be late." She said, smirking. He eyed her, but left. She sighed, feeling apprehensive about leaving and stay, but it was too late now, Vincent was gone.
She was alone.
Alone, something she had known like her eyes in the mirror at one time. It changed, she would never know if it was for better of for worse, but it was too late to change it now, not that she wanted to. Friends, a job at a bar; when where she used to live, she couldn't have stepped foot in without the police hounding her; an incredible lover, no father hounding her about her mother's death, or not doing something, or doing nothing and still getting beaten; and best of all, all around freedom!
Sky sighed, walking into the study and grabbing a random book. She opened it to the first page. Blank. She growled in frustration and looked, it's the same book from the first day there, the blank one. She held on to it though, she really wanted to know why Vincent had a blank book in there. She grabbed another one, it's title was Blood in the Night, it was a vampire book.
How ironic. Sky thought, she began to read it though, soon she was hooked and read the entire thing. She looked at the clock. 9:24. Time for dinner. She sighed and went into the kitchen and made burgers from some meat she found and ate, it was pretty good, but she still didn't know what it was.
Sky went back into the study and searched, trying to find something interesting to read. She had finally found another book, The Silver Kiss. Yet again, a vampire story. She read and finished that as well, almost crying at the end, when Simon, the vampire, chose to die, leaving Zoë behind. When she had finished, it was 11:08, and she was tired. She went to her room and slept. When Vincent got back he found her sleeping. He took off his shirt and carefully laid down next to her, pulling her closer to him.
Sky unconsciously snuggled into the warmth his body provided. He smiled and kissed her softly on the lips. He fell asleep, unaware of what the next day would bring.
Sky woke again to puke, Vincent following to hold her hair back, he was getting used to it, but still didn't like it. She brushed her teeth again before turning around and hugging Vincent, nuzzling his chest. He wrapped his arms around the small of her back.
"Are you sure you have no idea what's wrong?" he sounded upset.
"I'm sure, I'm gunna take a shower before leaving for work today, okay?" She asked against his chest. He sighed, holding her tightly before kissing her hard. She kissed him back, but pull back after a moment. She smiled up at him. "Love you."
"Love you too." He said, his hand running down from her shoulder to her hip before pulling away from her. "See you at breakfast." He said, going into the room to retrieve his shirt. She took a quick shower and dried off, not going anywhere near the window as she got dressed.
Vincent was still eating when she got down, he made bacon and eggs, which she cheerfully ate. She finished quickly.
"Thanks Vin." She said standing. Sky went over and gave him a kiss, which he used to pull her into his lap as their tongues battled in each other's mouths. After a few moments, she pulled back, breathing heavily as she stood. "See you... in a few hours... Vin..." she panted as she smiled, turning and leaving. Vincent grinned at her slightly as she left, and she knew it.
When Sky did arrive at work that day, she was troubled, having stopped by the doctors. What happened ran through her head all day.
"Hello? Um, I'm Arlinia Lockheart, I would like to know if... if I'm pregnant."
"Yo, Arlinia, you there?" Reno asked, waving his hand in front of her face. She snapped out of it.
"Huh, oh, sorry, Reno. What was that?" she asked.
"Can I have a scotch?" he asked. She took out a glass and poured the scotch. "So, where were you yesterday?" he asked, handing her the gil.
"I was sick." she said, handling another person.
"That sucks, glad you feel better." He said, looking around. "Oh, hey, there's my co's, Tseng! Rude!" He called, waving them over from the door. Sky knew that she must be pale, those two were smart they would be able to tell that she was Sky, right?
"There you are, Reno." Tseng said. "We need to talk about recovering number Thirty one." Sky moved on at a normal pace, making things seem like normal.
"Yeah, yeah. Fine, get a drink, I have a feeling this is gunna be a long talk." Reno said. Tseng sighed but agreed.
"Miss? Can you get me a vodka on the rocks?" Tseng asked. Sky nodded, pulling out a glass and filling it with ice before she put in the alcohol.
"That will be eleven gil." She said. Tseng looked at her hard.
Shit, he knows! she thought.
"Let me see your shoulder." he demanded. Sky raised an eyebrow.
"Why?" She asked, sounding impatient for the gil.
"Just do it." He narrowed his eyes.
"Sorry, I don't do show, eleven gil please." She was shocked when he whipped out his hand and moved her shirt sleeve away to reveal,
Nothing.
Sky mentally smirked as he moved back, but her face shown shock and scandal. Eric had cover up to hide his tattoo's from his mom in the duffle bag, good ol' Eric had a solution for everything, he even had hair dye, but it was permanent, Sky didn't want that.
"What the hell? What is your problem?" She yelled, moving her sleeve back up. Ed looked furious.
"Please leave." He demanded. Reno looked at Sky with pleading eyes. She sighed defeated at the look.
"Ed, just chill, first offence, I'm okay. Leave him be." Ed looked at her confused, but moved away, grumbling. Sky turned her attention to Reno. "You owe me."
"I know, thanks."
"Eleven gil." she said to Tseng. He nodded and handed it to her, plus a thirty gil tip.
"I am sorry about that." He said. She nodded.
"It's cool. Just don't make it a hobby to touch random girls." She joked easily.
"That's why I like this girl." Reno nodded. "She's fun to hang around with."
"Thanks Reno. Refill?" She asked, pointing to his near empty glass. He nodded, already getting the gil out as she poured out the scotch.
"Can I have a beer?" Rude asked. She pulled one out.
"Seven gil." He handed it to her. They walked off to a table and there was no one else to help, so Sky zoned back out to what happened earlier.
"Okay, right this way Miss Lockheart." The receptionist said, getting out a pad of paper and a pen. "How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
"Okay, health record? Any asthma or heart problems in your family?"
"No asthma or heart problems."
"How can I get in contact with your parents?"
"You can't, they..." Sky made a sound that made the lady think she was about to cry. "They were killed a few years ago, a car accident." the receptionist clicked in sympathy.
"Alright, we need a urine sample then you can go back to the waiting room." She said, taking out a small jar. Five minutes later, she was sitting in the waiting room, tapping her foot impatiently. She waited about twenty minutes before a doctor came out.
"Arlinia Lockheart?" The doctor called out. Sky jumped up.
"Yes?"
"We have your results."
"Hey, Arlinia, refill please?" Reno said. She nodded and filled it up again, handing him the glass as he handed her the due amount and a ten gil tip. "Thanks." She looked at the clock. 6:54.
"Hey, Ed, you mind if I clock out early? I gotta go see my boyfriend, we, er, need to talk." She asked. He looked at her.
"Yeah, it's fine. Here," he pulled out her pay. "See you tomorrow." He said. She waved and mumbled a "Bye," heading over to Seventh Heaven before going home.
"How may I- Sky!" Tifa said, a smile on her face.
"Hey." Sky said, a small smile on her face. Tifa frowned.
"Is something the matter?" she asked the teen.
"Not really, just stoppin' by, haven't herd from you in a while." Sky smiled widely, showing Tifa she was alright.
"Alright, if you're sure..." The two women talked for a while before Sky had to leave. Sky ran as fast as she could to get home, not wanting to stay in the woods anymore then she needed to.
"I'm home Vincent!" She called. She heard shuffling as Vincent came down as she was going up to meet him. He held her by the waist when they met.
"Hey." She smiled up at him before he leaned down and kissed her, ready for another night together. Sky stopped him and he looked at her, slight confusion on his face, waiting for her to explain.
"Hey, um." She took a deep breath. "How- how would you feel about kids?" She asked. His eyes widened.
"Whu-what?" He looked down at her. "I-I would love it." Sky smiled and threw herself at him, hugging him as tears leaked from her eyes.
"Th-that's good, because I'm pregnant." Vincent smiled and leaned down, kissing her while he carefully wiped the tears from her eyes. After her face was dry, just to show how much he wanted kids, and to assure her, he bent down and kissed her stomach softly, it had the desired affect. Sky smiled.
"Hurry up and grow, we want you here soon." Vincent said, rubbing her stomach softly as he stood strait up. She kissed him. "I love you, Sky."
"I love you, too, Vincent." She muttered against his lips.
"And, to make it official," Vincent began, pulling her down towards the basement, she followed curiously, confused as he took out a small box. He smiled, something only she saw, as he kneeled on one knee. "Sky Black Bloodrose, will you marry me?" He opened the box and more tears sprang to her eyes. Having a child at eighteen was big. But marriage was even bigger.
"Yes." He took her hand and slipped the ring on, it was silver and had sapphires embedded into it. When it was on he stood and she kissed him. Neither of them knew the trouble the pregnancy would bring, or the pain.
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