Telling Him

Disclaimer: I do not own Voltron Force

School has been slowly killing me. I have 2 assignments due on the same day, so to make sure I got those done I was shirking my math homework off...now I'm paying for it. So, that's why it has taken me so long to get this chapter done, and up. Sorry for the wait.

Enjoy.


5 days later

Daniel was worried. Larmina hadn't been quite herself, and he could tell it wasn't because of her cast. The scared look in her eyes, something completely foreign to her features, gave that much away. The way she seemed to space about small things. Her lack of appetite also concerned him. She just wasn't as hyper or alive as she was a few days ago and Daniel was getting worried and frustrated with her lack of care for herself. And her lack of communication with anyone other than her aunt every now and then.

"Ok, Larmina, what's up?" Daniel asked after sitting there in the silence of their room for at least ten minutes. As usual, Larmina was off in her own mind. Larmina was still terrified of telling Daniel, she had no clue why, maybe he would be mad at himself, or her, disgusted. So many scenarios played out in her head before she finally heard him.

"Ok, I'm taking you to the doctor. Something's up and I'm really worried about you." Daniel said standing.

"No!" Larmina shouted standing and pulling him back down. Daniel was confused needless to say.

"I think that's the most expression I've seen on your face all week." Daniel said. Larmina looked back down at her toes.

"Larmina, what's going on in the pretty head of yours?" Daniel asked, wrapping his arms around her. Larmina started bawling and Daniel didn't even know why but he held her and let her cry for a while.

"Please, Larmina, just tell me." Daniel pleaded.

"Promise not to get mad?" Larmina hiccuped through her sobbing. Daniel felt fear grip him but he knew he had to keep calm.

"Why would I be mad at you?" Daniel asked.

"Just answer my question." Larmina groaned.

"I promise not to get mad." Daniel said sincerely. Larmina looked to his eyes, seeing them clearly, and knowing that he was telling the truth. Larmina took a deep breath, gathering her thoughts. She still didn't feel like she was ready, but she knew she had to tell him.

"Daniel…I'm pregnant." Larmina said. It was very quiet, deathly quiet actually.

"You found out at the doctor's five days ago. Wait, weren't you on the pill before you moved in?" Daniel whispered, still trying to take it in, and very much confused.

"Yes, but it wasn't effective for a while, and me skipping a few days at a time didn't help." Larmina murmured into his shoulder. She was just waiting for him to get mad. Larmina blamed her hormones for making her irrational, because if she actually thought things through she would know that Daniel would be more surprised than mad, if mad at all.

"What else did the doctor say?" Daniel asked.

"That when the father knew to come in for an ultrasound." Larmina said.

"Well obviously I'm the father; I'm the only guy you've been with." Daniel chuckled. Larmina looked back at him.

"You're not mad, stressed, upset, anything?" Larmina asked.

"No, I mean, I'm a little upset you didn't tell me sooner." Daniel chuckled as he hugged her tighter.

"You mean you're not even concerned that it was our first time that I conceived? Even on the pill?" Larmina asked.

"I did research on my heritage, plus talked to my cousin. We had some interesting conversations, and when I brought up your illness he said that you might be pregnant because Corcians are very fertile beings and you being an Arusian royal that you'd be equally fertile. I mentioned the pill, but he still suggested it as a possibility." Daniel said smartly. Larmina slumped her shoulders.

"And when were you going to tell me?" Larmina asked.

"I was going to wait until after your arm was better." Daniel said.

"By then I would be five months and there'd be no question about it." Larmina chuckled.

"True." Daniel chuckled, pulling her closer to him. Just then their door slid open to show Vince and the others.

"Is everything ok?" Vince asked.

"Why would you get the impression that something was not ok?" Daniel asked.

"I read your mind and got something along the lines of 'I can't believe it', so I was confused." Vince said. Daniel and Larmina glanced at each other before looking back to the group. Allura smiled, knowing exactly what was going on.

"Well, I have an appointment, so Daniel, will you come with?" Larmina said smiling. Now everyone but Allura was really confused.

"Guys, secrets don't make good ties for a team." Keith said.

"You both know this." Lance agreed.

"Should we tell them?" Larmina asked, a small smirk playing on her lips.

"Tell us what?" everyone asked, except Allura, who was trying not to laugh. Daniel smirked and then nodded before her spoke.

"Larmina's pregnant." Daniel said, smiling and trying not to laugh as everyone's jaws dropped, save Allura who could finally let out her small giggle. Allura then looked at Daniel with seriousness in her eyes that somehow Daniel could decipher and nodded, making her smile yet again.

"Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get an ultrasound." Larmina said before she and Daniel walked passed everyone and headed for the medical wing. Lance finally managed to find his voice.

"Did you know they were doing the deed?" Lance asked Allura and Vince.

"I suspected it." Allura said casually.

"Nope." Vince said surprised.

"But Vince, you can read Daniel's mind. And why are you so calm about this Allura?" Keith and Lance asked.

"Just because I can read his mind doesn't always mean I do. We use it for strategy and to locate one another, and to just kid around. I did not want to know what my two friends were doing at night, that's their business." Vince said, shuddering a little. It had been bad enough when there were the few incidents when Vince accidentally read Daniel's mind when he was asleep and got a view he could have gone the rest of his life without, he didn't actually want to look through his eyes while Larmina and Daniel were having sex in waking hours.

"Ok, understandable, that more of your friends than you probably ever want to see. Anyway, Allura, why so calm?" Lance asked.

"They're eighteen Lance, and in love. Who didn't expect it to happen any time soon? Granted, not with these results, especially since Larmina was on the pill, but we all know how committed Daniel is to Larmina." Allura said before the faint sound of cry came over the baby monitor strapped to her waist and she bolted off to tend to her son. Keith watched and smiled.

"She's definitely a mother." Keith chuckled.

"Yup, and he's definitely your son." Lance chuckled.

"Well go figure." Keith laughed. Hunk and Pidge were still silent before Vince snapped them out of it.

"Guys, blink." Vince said, waving his hand in front of their faces, making them blink.

"Sorry, the shock of it all." Pidge said.

"Yeah, but I've seen how Larmina is with her cousin, and I'm sure she'll do fine." Hunk said smiling.

"True, now let's just hope Danny boy does the right thing." Lance chuckled.

"If I know Daniel, he's got it all planned out by now, or had the intention before he found out." Keith said.

"You have no idea." Vince chuckled before they all quietly made their way to the medical wing of the castle. Vince opened up his mind and looked through Daniel's eyes. Daniel of course knew this and smiled.

You know what they say about curiosity. Daniel chuckled mentally.

Yup! I just want to know is all? Vince replied chuckled mentally.

I know. So I'm ok with it this time. Daniel replied before looking back to the monitor. Soon enough they saw a dark shape on the monitor. It was moving and just when she moved the probe they could hear a thumping sound, the heartbeat of their child. Daniel could see Larmina's eyes become misty, and he had a feeling she would be very emotional soon and for months to come.

"The baby is fine, even though you were still on the pill when you conceived him, must be the father's genetics. Very healthy heartbeat. I can't tell the sex of the fetus until it's about five months, just two short months away." The doctor said smiling.

"Thank you." Larmina said smiling as her eyes began to overflow with tears of joy. The doctor ran off print of the ultrasound and handed it to Larmina and Daniel before letting them leave. Vince and the others all ran out of sight. As they walked back to their room Larmina subconsciously rubbed her belly, where a small but visible bump was forming and Daniel smiled before wrapping his arm around her waist. Daniel knew that the next they would discuss with the team would be something Larmina would not like at all, but Daniel knew it would be for the best.


So, I hope this makes up for the long wait. I hope my homework load gets a little more mild, but still, no clue when I'll get the next chapter up. Until then, R&R.