Joker's POV
She saved me from a bullet. Johnny tried to make me feel better saying it was a killshot that would have got me. She literally saved my life but she might was well take it if she didn't make it.
They were able to remove the bullet easily, there was a good amount of space between its entrance and her heart. We killed anyone that witnessed her rapid healing. Easily over ten people but that is the least I would do to protect her. I told the doctors there was a high chance she was pregnant. They told me due to anesthesia, trauma, and how early the pregnancy is, it would be a miracle if it survived.
The thought made me really sick. Johnny and I are the only ones who knew of its possible existence and it may be dead before she even wakes up. The thought tore me up. I will have a lot of explaining to do that I am not looking forward to doing. Actually, I was. Any situation that had the possibility of me talking to her, even if to have my ass handed to me, was a good world to be in.
Johnny kept reassuring me that she is doing great, her wound shrinking by the hour. I just keep reliving those three days of unconsciousness from last time and it makes me uneasy. I remind myself that she came back then and will come back again. It's only been 24 hours. She has only been my wife 24 hours, please don't take her from me. We have her set up in our room and she's laying on her stomach. I talk to her constantly. Make promises that I will always protect her. She gave her life for me, she didn't know she could heal faster than normal and was tougher than normal, she willingly just laid her life down for me. It meant everything to me and I will be a slave to this woman until the day I die. I'll do it willingly too.
I have been so pissed at myself, I should have told her that I love her. Maybe it would have had her fighting harder. Hell, god knows she deserved to hear it after I put her through. Her heartbroken face flashes in my head. I hit my head with my hands thinking 'stupid stupid stupid'.
"Jack" I hear a faint voice say. I'm at her side in an instant.
"I'm here baby girl. I haven't left." I tell her and hold her hand, her small finger covered with her pulse monitor and an IV on her hand. She felt so fragile.
"I had a strange dream." She sounded out of it.
"Tell me about it." I ask, anything to keep her conscious.
She starts crying "my back feels like it's on fire." I get frantic wanting to relieve it. I use my cold hand to touch the non wound part of her back, surprised to feel that her skin is boiling, while increasing her morphine. After a few minutes and switching hands, she calms down.
"Here I will tell you about my dreams lately. Then you tell me yours but you must stay awake, okay?" I bargain and she nods but I nudge her wanting more.
"Okay, Mr. Napier." She smiles at using my name and I can't help but smile at hearing it. It sounds wonderful on her voice.
"Okay so I am at this lake house, modest size but beautiful view. Trees surround it and no city in view I am working on a car or I am skipping rocks or something when a little boy runs in. I grab him and swing him around. You then come in and tell us to behave. You are pregnant and glowing and I just know it's a girl in you." I stop for a second and then whisper "it's the dream that has been keeping the nightmares away."
"Well that's just strange." She says. Not the reply I was looking for but she at least sounds much more alert.
"I guess" I say trying to hide my disappointment. What was I thinking? I haven't even told her I loved her while she was conscious and now I am talking babies. After I just lied to her about cheating on her...with someone who looks like my ex. Wow she picked a winner.
"No, it's strange because of my dream. I am pregnant and making pancakes. I just know it's a girl as well. I even decorated my shirt-" I cut her off.
"With a pink bow around your waist" I say in amazement. She nods enthusiastically and continues.
"A little boy comes running and screaming into the room but he's laughing. He hides behind my legs and you pop up making him laugh and run some more. You kiss me and then my belly before taking off after him" she finishes and I eat up every word she says. It's like my dream but through her eyes.
"sei la mia anima gemella." She says.
"What does that mean?" I ask slightly frustrated. She doesn't know it but I have been going through Italian phrases trying to find one similar to what she said that night.
"It's Italian for 'you are my soulmate'" she says weakly.
Johnny is wrong. She and I will have our happily ever after. Me and her have both seen it and if she is pregnant now and the baby stays strong, it looks to only be a matter of a few years away.
In that moment I realize there is nothing I want more than that life with her. I will dive into my work now, rob banks, establish a chain of clubs and then sell it all or run it from afar. I will give everything up after I have it where my family will want for nothing, no matter how many kids we have.
"Hey baby girl, stay awake." I shake her gently. She groans.
"Aren't I supposed to sleep in order to heal?" She grumbles making me laugh.
"Yes but I have something important to tell you." This is it J. You can do this.
"Hmm?" She moans in question.
"I love you. I love you more than I ever thought possible for someone to love. I think of you every minute of every day. You have made me the happiest man alive." I tell her. I see her and eyes water.
"Bottom drawer of my nightstand." She says and I am confused. I look anyways. There is a folder paper. I open it up and read.
I, Adelina Miliano, take Mr. J to be my husband. I vow to care for you when you are unwell, I vow to chase your darkness away, I vow to never leave your side. I will be your partner, the person you can tell anything to and the person you always can come to without judgement. I will be your wife. The person who cares for you above all else and more importantly, loves you more fiercely than anyone could dream of loving. You will forever be my soulmate.
It was her vows. She was going to use these but left them here after I broke her heart. She was going to tell me how much she loved me at our wedding. My heart ached.
"I was going to save it for our wedding night. But then I kind of got shot." I heard her say. I couldn't form words so I just kissed her ever so gently. I crawled into bed and held her hand and we both drifted off.
I woke up from a nightmare. In it, Addy was sitting in bed crying and bleeding and screaming at me "this is your fault!" She had lost the baby. I woke up breathing heavily and panicking. I felt a small hand rub my arm. I looked at her, even in her sleep she tries and comforts me.
I decided to take action. Addy is out of the woods now. If she lost the baby to the incident or the anesthesia, it would have happened by now. I call Johnny and he gets the doctor.
Addy chooses the moment the doctor gets here to wake up, great I was hoping we could do this while she was asleep.
"What's going on?" She says worried.
"Baby, the doctor just needs to run a blood test to make sure you are alright." She nods and he uses her IV to get the blood. I follow him having Johnny stay with her.
We are in my office and I am waiting on the results.
"Oh my god." I hear the doctor say.
"What? What is it?" I ask not even able to mask the panic in my voice.
"I have never seen pregnancy levels like this. They are off the chart. How long have you been trying? Have you used fertility drugs?" The doctor is acting like this is a huge phenomenon and that scares me.
"I have only known her for a month. She was a virgin when we got together." I tell him hoping it will help us figure out what's going on.
"Her levels are this high and she isn't even far along. The only time I have seen anything close to this is when fertility drugs are used and even then this blows it out of the water. To conceive so quickly too, she must have been primed and ready for you." Were his last words. I shot him. No one can know. It all clicked. They scheduled her wedding when she was at her prime so that her and Mario would have kids quickly. But instead, she got with me. We didn't waste time either.
I felt so happy. She was pregnant, we were going to have a kid together. Our dreams were literally coming true.
I ran to our room and threw open the door. Johnny took one look at me and knew. He clapped my shoulder as he exited.
"What's going on? Is something wrong?" She was worried since she couldn't see the huge smile on my face. "Jack please talk to me." I got on my knees by the bed and looked her in the face. Her worry turned to confusion. I decided to put her out of her misery.
"You're pregnant Addy." I told her while holding her hand.
"Haha very funny Mr. J." She said but saw that my face stayed the same. "No that can't be, we've only been together a month."
"That's all the time it takes love." I tell her. It doesn't look like she heard me. It looks like she is putting puzzle pieces together in her head. Then she looks terrified.
"Mr. J, how do you feel about this?" She asks in a small voice. She thinks I would be upset. If it was the old me or if it was any other woman, I would probably feel livid. But this was her, my everything giving me a part of her.
"I have never been happier."