"You're sure?" Yuffie asked. "Okay, I'll go by the house and let them get their clothes and stuff. Don't worry Cloud! They'll be fine here for tonight. And you're sure you want me to tell them what happened? Alright, Cloud. Listen, hang in there okay? Everything's gonna' be alright. Okay…bye Cloud." Yuffie hung up the phone and sighed. She looked over at Marlene and Denzel who were sitting in front of the tv eating their dinner.

"Was that Cloud?" Denzel asked. Yuffie hesitated.

"Yeah…yeah it was." She finally answered. "Listen…you two. Um…there's no easy way to tell you this; so I'm just going to come out and tell you." Yuffie turned the TV off. "Alright…Tifa had a miscarriage, you guys. Do you understand what that means?" Denzel and Marlene were quiet.

"That's what happened to Charlotte." Marlene finally said staring down at the couch. Yuffie thought for a moment. "Oh my god, she's right…Charlotte and Vincent…Charlotte had two miscarriages." Yuffie thought to herself.

"Aunt Yuffie, doesn't that mean…like…isn't it something to do with being pregnant?" Denzel asked.

"She was pregnant, honey. She lost the baby. It just means that something went wrong." Yuffie told him.

"So, we were gonna have a little brother or sister?" Denzel asked.

"That's right. But, sometimes, nature has something different in mind." Yuffie said. "Listen, Tifa didn't know she was pregnant and the doctors said that the embryo was poisoned. She would have never had the baby, you guys." She explained everything the best she could without freaking them out.

"Is Tifa sad?" Marlene asked.

"I really don't know how she feels. I imagine though, that she probably is. But this is why it's called an accident, we never plan on these kinds of things happening. We're gonna' go get you two a change of clothes because they're keeping Tifa at the hospital tonight and Cloud's staying with her. She comes home tomorrow so you can see her then. Cloud's gonna call later, okay?" Yuffie assured them. Both Marlene and Denzel shook their heads. This was some heavy news for them to take in even though the impact of what had happened wouldn't affect them as it would Cloud or Tifa.

"Hey…hey how…" Tifa yawned and blinked her eyes a couple times in the darkness. "…how long have you been here." She rolled over on her side to face Cloud.

"Here, here lay still. I've been here since this afternoon. Tifa sighed.

"I didn't know." She said. Cloud reached out for her hand. She shook her head. "…I had no…idea. Cloud…" she hesitated. Tears formed in her eyes. "…I drank….at Cid and Shera's wedding. Do you think…"

"Ssshhh…sssshhhh…Tifa, Tifa…no, no. It was doomed from the start. That didn't have anything to do with anything, Tifa. The doctor told me you would have never gone to full term because I poisoned you. It was my fault…again. Something else, in our lives that was my fault." Tifa sniffed and wiped her eyes.

"Cloud, I can't…we can't…I can't deal with that right now. I can't deal with your self absorbed pity party right now. We had no way of knowing anything, Cloud. Had we actually ever tried to get pregnant, we would have known what happens. But we didn't." She said. It may have come out a bit insensitive but there was also some truth to it. Cloud was a pro at feeling sorry for himself and he was also a pro at wallowing in self pity, putting his own sorrow above the rest of the world. Cloud squeezed her hand and shifted his eyes to the white sheets Tifa was lying on.

"Tifa, we can't ever have a baby. The doctor told me that earlier. It's not you, it's me. Had it not been for me, you would still have our baby." He looked up at her. Obviously, what she said hadn't completely sunk in. She shook her head. As much as he loved Tifa, he still hadn't even commented on the fact that she was feeling guilt over not knowing she was pregnant.

"Did the doctor tell you that it's likely I got pregnant when I was on that anti-biotic?" she asked. Cloud shook his head. "I wish I would have known…god I wish I would have known."

"Why? It wouldn't have done any good to know. It was doomed, Tifa." Cloud said. She shot her eyes up at him.

"Why? Why! Because, Cloud! I would have rather found out in a doctor's office ultrasound, that I was gonna' lose the baby instead of screaming my head off and bleeding all over the bar! Has anyone even told you that it was worst pain I've ever been in, in my life! Women who know they're pregnant go to a doctor and learn their fate. Women who know they're pregnant, take care of themselves! They don't drink coffee, they watch their diet, and they sure as hell don't drink at their friends' wedding! Are those good enough reasons for you!" Tifa laid her head back down into the pillows.

"I'm so sorry…I'm so, so sorry, Tifa. Because of me, they had to….to…scrape some kinda' shit out of you. It's not fair, Tifa. Why…is it never, ever fair for us?" Cloud wiped his own eyes dry.

"I can't believe you sometimes, Cloud. Especially right now. I've been laying here having liquids pumped into me to recover from extreme blood loss. And this…is how you handle it. Life, has been more than fair to us, Cloud. In fact, life has robbed others of their fairness and gave it to us…but there you sit talking about the unfortunate hand you were dealt." It irritated Tifa.

"We can never have a baby Tifa, how the hell is that fair?" Cloud demanded of her. Tifa just stared at him for a moment.

"What are you saying? We've never…ever talked about the possibility of having a baby. Now, I miscarry and….what, you want a baby with me now?"

"No…" Cloud paused. "…yes…" he stopped again. "…no…I just…I guess I just wanted the possibility to be there." This was not the kind of conversation Tifa needed right now. Tifa stared at him.

"Cloud, for a year I've thought you and I had actually gotten better about talking to each other. I guess I was completely wrong. I swear, there are times I don't understand you at all." She shook her head and thought a moment. "You wanted the possibility to be there?"

"I don't know, Tifa. It's hard to explain. When the doctor looks at you and says the problem is you not your wife you suddenly miss the…you miss the option. I'm sorry, I mean, I'm really sorry. I shouldn't be doing this to you but…everything's just right here at the surface." Cloud admitted. At least he did know he shouldn't be doing this to her right now.

"Come here, come here, it's alright. I….I understand. I'm not all right about everything either." Tifa outstretched her arms. Cloud hugged her as tightly as he could without pulling on her IV. He couldn't help but cry into her shoulder. "I love you. I'm sorry too. I shouldn't tell you I can't deal with you, because I can. I'm actually quite good at handling you."

"I love you too, Tifa. I love you so much….I'm sorry…just…just bear with me." Tifa could feel his tears on her cheek.

"We need to pull it together, Cloud. We need to call Marlene and Denzel…so we need to pull it together here for a little bit." Tifa told him. Cloud let go of her and wiped his eyes.

"Yeah…yeah. I think they would like it if they could talk to you first." Cloud felt a little better after letting all that out. He sighed and sat back down in the chair beside Tifa's bed. "Yuffie may still have them at the house getting their things for the night so let's give them a few minutes." Cloud reminded Tifa. She shook her head.

"The doctor says I'll be dismissed tomorrow provided I don't have any other complications over night." Tifa said.

"Vincent. Hey. What are you in to tonight? Oh…oh well, that sounds good. Listen, I uh…I think you should come in to Midgar tomorrow. Tifa had a miscarriage. Yeah…yeah. Here's the thing…the embryo was poisoned with mako. Nope, I'm not. Yeah, I know. That's why I think you should come in to Midgar tomorrow. I think you need to talk to Cloud. Oh, and bring all those freakish pictures of your insides. I just really think you could be a great help to Cloud right now. The same thing that happened to Charlotte, happened to Tifa. I know. Yeah. No, Tifa didn't know she was pregnant. Nine weeks. She and Cloud had wild sex when she was on an antibiotic and boom. I'm just assuming it was wild, I don't know if it actually was! Yeah. Anyway, I just…I think you should be here. Okay, okay…I'll see you tomorrow, Vincent. Okay, bye." Yuffie hung up the phone. Yuffie got up from the couch and went to check on the kids. She smiled when she saw that they were both settled in doing homework. She was glad to see that they weren't sitting there looking upset or distraught over what had happened. Sure they understood what had happened, but they couldn't truly grasp it. It would have perhaps been different had they known Tifa had been pregnant.

The phone rang and Yuffie spun around to go answer it. "Hello?" Yuffie gasped a little. "Tifa! Hi! How are you? How do you feel? Are you okay? Good. Good. Yeah, they're fine. We're all here and…we went to your house to get them some clothes. I think they've just about got their homework done and I called off work tomorrow. I thought it was best since there's a lot going on, you know? Tifa, don't do that. You know how much I love you and the kids and…even stupid Cloud. Please, don't do that. I'm sure Marlene and Denzel want to talk to you so I'll put you on speaker and give them the phone." Yuffie walked into the other room. "Hey, Tifa's on the phone." Both Marlene and Denzel's faces lit up. She punched a button on her phone and threw it on the couch between Marlene and Denzel.

"Hey, you two." Tifa said as pleasantly as she could.

"Hi Tifa….hi Tifa." They answered her.

"Are you two alright?"

"Yeah." Marlene answered. "How long are you going to be in the hospital?"

"I should be home tomorrow, sweetie. You two be good, okay?" Tifa reminded them.

"Tifa, were you really going to have a baby?" Denzel asked.

"Yes, honey. I was." Neither Denzel or Marlene said anything.

"Why do things like that happen?" Denzel finally asked.

"It just…it just does. We can't predict things like this." Tifa explained to him.

"I'd be lying if I said I weren't sad. I think…I think I would have been a good big brother." Denzel told her. There was silence on the other end of the phone. Denzel didn't realize but that was enough to shake an already fragile Cloud.

"You would have, honey, You would have been the best brother ever." Tifa promised him.

"You can try again, right? Isn't that what happens? That's what Charlotte and Vincent did. They tried again…Yuffie told me that means they started having sex again." Oh Marlene…it actually made Tifa laugh and mortified her at the same time.

"Of course, Yuffie would tell you that. No, no Marlene. I can't have a baby, sweetheart. It's gonna be just us...just the four of us." Tifa assured her.

"I' sorry, Tifa. I'm sorry it happened. I love you." Marlene was quite sincere.

"I love you too. I love you both, we both do. Do you want to talk to Cloud?"

"I do! I want to say hi." Denzel insisted. Tifa laughed.

"Okay, here he is." Tifa handed the phone over. Tifa could rest assured knowing that her children…and here marriage…were anything but falling apart.