Chapter 12: Sleep On It

Angela was sitting in the shower, with no water running and the door open. Her legs were against her chest and her head was resting on her knees when she felt the second jump. 'Must be David coming back. But why?' She heard footsteps coming in the bathroom and a soft voice calling her name. Angela let her legs lay straight and furiously wiped her eyes. "I'm in here," she said.

Millie walked into the bathroom and in Angela's sight. "Angela, is everything alright?" Millie asked, kneeling down in front of her.

'Leave it to the guys to call in the calvary.' "I'm fine. Everything's fine," Angela told her.

Millie let out a short chuckle. "You don't look fine." She sighed, "Look, David told me everything. I wanna help you."

Angela shook her head and shrugged. "It's cool. You don't have to. I'll deal. You don't have to worry."

"Ang, Griffin and David are worried and they want you come out of the bathroom. So can you please-"

"Griffin's worried?" Angela interrupted Millie with her question.

Millie nodded. "We all are and we wanna help."

Angela stood up and Millie did the same. "I figured Griffin would've left by now," she said with a shrug. Millie simply shook her head with sympathetic eyes. "I guess I should let him know I'm okay." She began towards the door.

"Angela if it makes you feel any better, I had a scare about a week ago." Angela turned around and saw Millie, with crossed arms, leaning against the sink. "Yeah. Late and David got his hopes up," she said very matter of factly. "He wants kids." She flashed Angela a warming smile. She just smiled back and walked out to the living room.

Griffin jumped in front of her and pulled her into a hug. "Bugger Angela. Yeh had me worried."

Angela wrapped her arms around his middle. She heard Millie's boots click behind Griffin. "We'll be back tommorow," she heard David say.

Angela felt the jump and Griffin pulled her to arm's length. "We're gunna talk about this, yeah?" he asked with a worried look. Angela nodded with a slight eye roll. He led her to the couch and sat her down lightly. He sat on the coffee table in front of her.

"Where do we start?"

"Uh dunno. How long have you known?"

'Wow. So someone hasn't a clue about this.' Angela giggled inwardly. "I wasn't sure until tonight dear. I think we both know that."

He rolled his eyes and leaned towards her. "No, like how...late are yeh?"

"Almost two weeks, give or take. What are we gunna do?" she asked, looking down at the floor.

"We're gunna deal with this, firstly." He lifted her head with his hands. "Together." Griffin gave her a quick kiss.

"Aw Griffy, you care!" Angela said with a fake enthusiasm.

He furrowed his brow. "Yeh, I do. First time in a long time I care for someone as much as I do for you," he brushed his thumb over her cheek, "feel honored."

"I do. Don't worry," she said against his lips before she kissed him again. 'I haven't decided what to do though.' "I don't know if I want to..." she said as she pulled away from his face.

"Don't want to what?" Griffin asked with a confused look.

Angela looked at her stomach with an obvious look. "This!" she shouted. "I don't know if I wanna do this!" Angela got up and stormed out of the room into the bedroom.

"Where yeh going?" he questioned as he stood up and followed her. He found her laying down, facing the wall on the side where he usually slept. "What're yeh doin'?"

She rolled and faced him as she said, "I'm gunna sleep on it and make my descision in the fuckin' morning. Is that alright with you?" 'Wow. I'm snappy. He must care because he's yet to snap back.'

She watched as he crawled into bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her. "As long as you include me in your descision sweetheart," he grumbled into the back of her head and her slightly messed up hair.

Angela sighed and whispered, "You got it Twitchy."

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(Griffin POV)

Griffin awoke to the smell of bacon and eggs. He sat up, rubbing the back of his neck. 'What the hell is that?' He got off the bed and walked into the living room. In the attached kitchen he saw Angela, cooking. "You're cookin'?" Griffin asked with slight amusement. He walked over to the counter and leaned on it. "This is new."

Angela looked at him with weary eyes. "Don't get used to it. I just didn't wanna jump, ya know?" she said, looking down at her stomach.

He nodded. "Did yeh make a descision then?"

She shook her head and rolled her eyes, fighting back tears that were visible in the corners of her eyes. "It's not the right time."

Griffin looked at her dumbstruck. "But yeh said you'd sleep on it and have an answer."

Angela gave him a look of annoyance. "That was my answer. It's not the right time," she said slower. "I mean," Angela waved the wooden spoon she held in her hand around the air as she spoke, "What about the Paladins? They're after us all the time. A kid could give us a liability. And what if it's a jumper? Then we'd have to deal with that and I for one-"

"Ang, chill," Griffin laughed, interrupting her. "I get it, okay? So are you gunna..." he trailed off and averted his eyes to the right.

"Yeah. I'm going ta ask Millie to go with me."

He looked at her once more with a look of shock which turned to defeat. "Right."

Angela looked at a clock on the wall on the far left wall. "David'll prolly be here with her any minute. Gotta go change, but eat," she told Griffin.

Griffin gave a nod as he watched her scurry into the bedroom. He got up and grabbed a piece of bacon from the pan on the stove. 'So she's going to... Angela had a point about the Paladins and everything. It would just be something for us to worry about. But at least this means I won't have to be a dad. I'd be horrible at that.' Griffin smiled as he took a piece of egg off the other pan. He felt a jump and looked over by the door. David and Millie were walking towards him with tired expressions. "Mornin'," Griffin said gruffly with food in his mouth.

David gave him a nod and Millie looked around quickly. She walked into the bedroom and David took Griffin's previously occupied spot at the counter. "So she told you what she decided?" Griffin nodded, stuffing another piece of bacon in his mouth. "And you're fine with it?" Again, he nodded.

Griffin swallowed what was in his mouth and licked his lips. "It's her choice," he replied with a shrug.

David stared at him in disbelief. "Okay. Whatever you say." He reached over the counter and swiped a piece of bacon, which got him an angry look from Griffin.

The girls came out of the bedroom. Angela had changed into jeans and her Green Day shirt with Griffin's leather jacket and Millie had her hair pulled back into a ponytail. "We're going," Millie told them adjusting her purse on her shoulder. "I'll call you when we're on the way home." She smiled at David and did the same for Griffin.

Angela had her hands in the jacket pockets, looking at the ground or her shoes. The two began towards the door, the normal jump area to leave. "Oi, take care of my jacket," Griffin called.

Angela turned around and gave him a shaky smile. She nodded and said, "Love you." With that, the two women disappeared.

A/N: As I promised, it's longer. I'm working on chapter 13, but trying to decide which of teh many paths to take this story. Review and tell me what you think!!
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