A/N Own Nothing

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I was late. Not late for work; not late for a very important date; I was late. Normally for me this isn't anything new. I have never had a normal cycle as a teenager and most of my twenties. This was different. I had pills that regulated me. I had been taking them for years. I knew they weren't birth control but I was told that I wasn't fertile. I had three doctors tell me that my eggs didn't drop regularly so I couldn't get pregnant without help. Here I was; I had been so happy with Jareth and busy that I never realized that I took the last cycle pill over a week ago and still no period.

I was standing in the middle of the restaurant while Valerie was complaining about cramps when it hit me. She watched me standing there counting over and over. It didn't take her long to figure out what I was counting. She squealed and pulled me aside.

"How long?"

"A week, that can't be right. Something must be wrong." I assumed it must be possible that something else was wrong with me.

"No something must be right. This is so exciting. On my break I will get you a test ok. You have to let me be the first to know. No, forget that I am going to be there when you take it."

I looked at her. I was suddenly scared to death, "Not a word to anyone."

Valerie smiled and pretended to lock her lips. I rolled my eyes and slowly started working again. Jareth called me in a few minutes later. My heart started racing.

I sat down in my chair, "Yes?"

"Do you need to take the day off?" Jareth was looking at me really concerned.

My heart started pounding. He couldn't have known. I wasn't even sure, "Why do I need the day off?"

Jareth shrugged, "You just seemed really tired the past couple of days. I thought maybe I was keeping you up too late at night. I'll start shutting my office door so the light doesn't keep you awake all night." He went back to whatever working on whatever he was doing before I got in there.

"No the light doesn't bother me. I like being able to see you from the bedroom. It is kind of comforting."

"Ok, well then back to work."

I walked out and leaned against the door relieved. I went back to my tables until Valerie came back with the tests. I was so anxious that I had a hard time listening to customers. I saw Valerie talking to Jareth telling her that we were going shopping after work. I tried to listen in while cleaning off a table.

"I need something for the Wicked after-parties and we need some girl time."

Jareth glanced over at me not noticed that I was listening, "Is something wrong with her? She has been a little different the past two weeks."

"Different how?"

Jareth shrugged, "Tired, moody, overly happy when she is happy."

Valerie laughed and told him not to worry about it. She went back to her tables and I concentrated on mine. At 5:00 we left together and Jareth decided to stay at work until closing like he used to. I had gotten rid of my apartment after a week of living with Jareth so we went to Valerie's.

"Come on and pee on it already," Valerie was pacing outside of the bathroom door.

"I am reading the instructions." I heard Valerie sigh. I had never had a need for a pregnancy test before so I had no clue how it worked. I eventually did it and left it on her floor. Valerie set a timer for 3 minutes and we sat in the living room.

"Why are we in here instead of watching it?" I had to ask.

Valerie looked at me like I had grown an extra head. "Do you really want to be stressed out at watch it for 3 minutes. The time would never pass."

"Have you ever been pregnant?"

Valerie looked sad for a minute, "Once, but I lost it about 9 weeks along."

I didn't say anything, but now I had a new thing to worry about. If I was pregnant would I be able to keep it? Did my strange hormone levels or whatever caused my inability to cycle right stop me from carrying a child? I tried to stay calm and I was almost successful. The egg timer went off and made us both jump.

Valerie looked at me for a few seconds. When it became obvious that I wasn't getting up she did. She was only in the bathroom for a few seconds when I heard the squeals of delight. "You're pregnant with Jareth's baby! It is Jareth's right?"

I started a strange series of overwhelming emotions that got thrown off by Valerie's question, "Of course it's Jareth's" I got up and looked at the test. There was no question about it. The plus sign was as clear as day. I sat down while Valerie called the number for the doctor for me and got me an appointment. She was so excited. She wrote down the date and time for my first exam. I stared at the date she wrote. It was a month away. I started to freak out. What was I going to do for the next month? I didn't know the first thing about being pregnant.

Valerie saw me and knew exactly what to say, "Don't worry. They always wait for your first appointment. Your prenatal pills will be available tomorrow for you to pick up. Just take those, no caffeine, no alcohol, don't be stupid. You will be fine. Are you excited?"

It was so much to take in. I didn't know what to think or feel. Valerie waited for me to think it through and after a few minutes I smiled. "Yeah, I really am."

"What are you going to tell Jareth?"

Suddenly another wave of panic set in. Shit, what was I going to tell Jareth? He complained kids caused him trouble. He said he liked kids though. He said someday, someday isn't today. Oh god if it's a boy we are going to have a Jareth junior. "I have no idea."

Valerie gave me a hug and took me out shopping. Apparently she thought that I had to go home with some clothes or Jareth would never believe that she took me shopping. I was too busy thinking about where we would put the baby and if Jareth would ask me to marry him and if we would have a wedding really soon or wait until after the baby is born. I barely noticed all the things Valerie picked out for me. I don't even think I gave her any money. I was pretty sure that she used Jareth's credit card to buy the clothes.

"I'll just leave him the receipt with a note so he doesn't wonder why there is a charge at a clothing store." I smiled. Valerie was a shopaholic but Jareth carefully looked over every credit card bill. Valerie never once abused it unless it was something she thought Jareth needed.