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Has anyone here stood so still, that they think they turned into an icicle? The sounds were echoing through my ears and my brain hasn't registered a single word.

"I'm pregnant."

The last echo began to form its meaning and now, I felt…surprisingly shocked! Someone please! Shot me now because this is the last thing I wanted to hear! He's pregnant?!

"Who got you knocked up? I never thought you're gay! But, who's the father?" The words came out of me, trying to keep it all normal as possible…but I think I kind of failed it.

He nodded, "Yes… I am. I'm simply avoiding certain people to know." He sighed, "Unfortunately, I don't know. I supposed it's rather too late to find out who is the father is. Besides, what if he is human? Do you really think that I will tell some mere human father that I am pregnant and the whole world bombarded by the fact I am a male who is pregnant."

So…he's going to be...huge. The image in my head appeared and it didn't sound so bad to see him pregnant. I crossed my arms and tried to accept this reality. At least I know the risk now and it is him I pick on. It was beyond the strange things that I've come across to and Vlad being pregnant is one of them. Wow…I never thought to live the day and see this.

"So you don't know the dad? Does that means you're the mommy now?" I thought a tease would lighten things up for him.

He chuckled shortly, "I suppose so. Now, you can understand why the soup isn't necessary. Since it is made, I might as well have it since I got a baby coming in around seven to nine months."

I raised a brow at this, "Why seven months?"

He hummed and picked up a cracker, "I assume that since I am a half ghost, and ghost development doesn't take too long. And the fact this baby maybe seventy-five percent human and only twenty-five percent ghost."

"A quarter ghost? You're not going to tell that kid it's not really a half ghost?"

Vlad scowled at me, "Are you an idiot? Why would I make my child feel less of themselves? He or she will still have powers, but different than mine possibly. I will say this one will be unique."

I hadn't had expected Vlad to be so caring already. He was eating his cracker that he dipped in his soup. It comforts me knowing he's feeling more of nausea than being ill.

"So how long have you known?" My head tilted.

He sighed, "About two weeks. I started developing strange symptoms like urges to go to the bathroom constantly, couldn't stomach certain food like fish, and sleeping in later than usual. A woman had commented to me at work that if I was a female, she could have sworn I was pregnant. At first I dismay the silly thought until I was throwing up each morning, but I had felt fine afterward for the rest of the days. That's when I suspected something of myself. Skulker visited me through the portal,that I brought myself here, and he did this ghost test for me to confirm the truth." He had it quite rough.

I whistled, shocked to see he's pregnant, and this was only the beginning.

"So, are you showing?" I smirked, thought I'd get a sneak peek.

His eyes rolled, "No, I do not start showing until next month. I'm only a month and a week pregnant, according to Skulker."

I hummed, "You know, you aren't feeling well now and I know some stuff on pregnancy to help ease the trouble for you."

"I will not take pills, Daniel."

"No pills, I'm not that stupid, Vlad."

He sighed and rolled his eyes to my 'impossible' behavior. The thing is, I want to see who Vlad can turns out to be as a parent. I was actually excited for him to have a kid for once and he'd be happy to love a kid of his own. It was the day when he and Danni kidnapped me, but she learned the truth of him. Before he went onto a murder rage after I destroyed the rest of the cloning lab, he was saying he only wants love. At first, I didn't take it personally. But those words echoed in my very mind whenever it came out to be something different.

"Well, a congratulation is in order." I smirked, "Now, I'll go get those stuff that will help you out the most."

He sighed and pulled something out of his pocket. He grabbed a credit card and handed it over to me. I blinked and I wasn't expecting him to give me that.

"Um, I'm not talking about expensive things."

His brow went up, "It would be easier if you get the things that would last long enough to make this pregnancy smooth as possible."

I guess he has a point. They always say for women to enjoy their pregnancy before the baby. And I guess Vlad is following by that example. I sighed and thought about it carefully.

"Do I need to sign things?"

"That card does not need my signature nor yours. If they do, then you can sign it. I had your name under that in case you needed something for your apartment like the desperate grocery shopping or your clothes are stolen, something like that."

I'd have to admit…that freaked me out a bit. If he had known the future like Clockwork does, then there's a purpose he was planning on something or he figured he'd be a good man to help. Yeah, let's go with the second idea. I took it anyway, figuring helping him would be a good idea to do anyway and I can't help it.

"I'll be back in a couple of hours." I informed him.

Vlad nodded and continue eating his soup. I floated downstairs and walked out the door like any human beings would do. I knew a good store that is nearby here and walked down there for about good ten minutes. The streets were quiet, people at work or at home to deal with stuff, everyone is at school or on the way, and dealing with whatever they needed. The sun was beaming down, yet, I can't tell how warm or hot it is outside today. All I knew is that it's sunny, people weren't wearing jacket or sweater, and some got their shorts on. It was safe to tell the weather is a great day to go by.

Now, I finally got to the store and headed inside. I heard people that worked here welcomed me and I nodded. The store was huge, but it was easy to figure out where to go to find certain stuff. I headed into the baby stuff and realized this was more than I have expected. I headed over to special stuff and read things before I did anything. I spotted prenatal vitamins I recognized from reading in health class, thankfully I knew.

"Sir, do you know what that vitamins are for, right?" One of the female workers asked me.

My head turned to my left side, "Yeah, it's for pregnant woman to keep the baby from birth defects, right?" My head tilted.

The woman smiled with her brown eyes, "Yes. Most husbands and boyfriends tend to think it is a vitamin to keep woman awake during the pregnancy." Her head shook, "Girlfriend's pregnant?"

I wasn't too sure how to explain it in any other way without complication. My head shook and the woman was looking at me strangely – then again, she's the blonde one.

"It is okay, you aren't the only ones to get their girlfriend pregnant." She smiled.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to use Vlad as a girlfriend's pregnant covered since I'm helping him out, "Condom broke, but yeah. I just want to make this pregnancy as smooth as possible for her. She's been having morning sickness and I want to ease that up for her. Got anything to recommend?"

She nodded, "Ginger and small frequent meals, snacks included will help. I would recommend to have the food to have low fat at the most to make the morning sickness easier for her." She explained.

I nodded, "Okay, she's sleepier too. She hates to be fighting to stay up."

She nodded, "There are some suggestion like taking multivitamins. However, try to change the sleep routine to sleep earlier than usual. If she sleeps at nine, try at either seven or eight. However, it is important to keep comfortable." She gestured the way.

I followed, "Keep comfortable how?"

She smiled and lead me down to the aisles where there were more things than baby stuff. It was more for woman, but I took noticed it's something they can do or use throughout the pregnancy.

"The pregnancy pillow is the most popular ones and woman finds it to support all of their body pains and snuggle at the same time. Be warn, you may not be able to cuddle her at night." She gestured the pillows.

There were several types and some would make Sam go paler than some ghosts in the ghost zone. I found one that was blue and figured that would help him. I picked that one and carried it.

"How far is she?"

I blinked, "A month and a week," I was glad not to lie about that part.

She smiled, "Most woman don't like stretch marks, so it is important to have stretch mark lotion."

"Okay, is there like, chocolate scent? I know hi-her favorite is chocolate desserts." Whoa, I almost blew it.

She smiled, "There is some cream that has it. I will show you," She lead the way.

She showed me all stuff I hadn't thought to think of before. This worker knew what pregnancy women needs and what to recommended. She told me to avoid certain food while she was at it. I got some bubble bath stuff to allow Vlad to give himself a relaxation from muscle ache during his pregnancy. Then, there are some massaging machines that can be placed anywhere and helps to relax pregnancy. Gee, is Vlad going to have an aching moments a lot? I wasn't too sure, but some of this stuff seems useful and understand its purposes. Then, there's a few soothing music CD to help them sleep at a relaxing state.

The most but last, book about what to expect through the entire pregnancy and information to know what could be happening. I was glad she brought a cart for me because there was no way I could carry them while checking other stuff out. Oddly, I hope all of this helps him or I'm dead. Everything is brought under Vlad's credit card and there weren't any problems either.

At least they had huge bags and it helped me out much better. I walked on the way to his house, which took me the same amount of time. The worker was considering helpful for me and she believed me right on the spot. Ha, like Vlad and I would ever have a baby. My head just would not handle that right.

My head turned to look around ahead of time and the shadows hidden too. There were barely anyone around and just the woman working in her garden. So, it was safe to walk through the door intangibly. I headed down the hallway and noticed the clues that he was still upstairs. I flew upstairs and spotted a sleeping man in bed. The tray was set on the ground and the soup was gone. My head shook and wondered if I should enjoy it or pity him. I set the bag down and he tossed in his sleep.

"Hey Vlad, I'm back."

He groaned and sat up slowly, "Surely, I had expected you would not be back at all. Why are you helping me?"

I shrugged, "I guess I'm happy for you. It means you'll back off mom and me now."

He chuckled, "I suppose I see nothing wrong with that. Besides, I gave up on your mother long ago."

My eyes blinked on me several times, "Uh? Why?"

"It is obviously she loves your father more than me."

Normally, I thought he wouldn't see that at all, I was wrong. Maybe that's why Jazz trusts him so easily and she knew that he wasn't much threat. It was unusual for me to handle what he said so easily and how…startling it is for me. I grabbed the bag and pulled out the prenatal vitamin. I walked up to Vlad handed him this.

"You need to take this so the baby doesn't have birth defects, even though I know it's impossible for halfa, but it's important." He took it and looked it over to read.

He nodded and set it aside on the lamp desk for now. I went back to the bag and showed him this cream thing. He approved with the idea, yet, he was surprised to realize about the stretch marks would be happening. I pulled out the pillow and he stared at me as if I went insane.

"You cannot possibly think I will sleep with a pillow. If this is a joke because I am now pregnant and that I need a 'man' to cuddle with." His reason had made sense, but I laughed.

"Good one there, Vlad." My head shook, "But no, it helps you sleep better and relax you too."

He seemed a bit on the edge, "I'll use it if I feel it is best. Is that all?"

My head shook, "No, I got those massager machines to relieve your muscle ache pains. There's bath salt and bubble bath to ease and relax you. Music that will help you relax to fall asleep easier. Multivitamins to help provide your iron, zinc, and vitamins boost because the baby will take a lot out of you." I was showing him all the stuff as I put them onto his bed and lastly, I held out the book, "This book got specific details on pregnancy to know what to expect, what's happening, and explain things too."

Vlad looked at me as if I was insane again. Seriously? It can't be that bad, is it? His sapphire eyes looked at the items I got him and he refused to look at the pillow – I mean, it's blue. Blue was a good color too, so I don't see why not.

"Thank you, Daniel. I suppose I will have to do some reading on the book." Vlad commented.

I nodded, "Alright. Uh, I'll see you next time I guess."

He softly smiled at me, "See you next time too, Daniel. Have a good day."

I got up and floated down through the floor. I opened the door and walked back home. Somehow, everything seems to slow down and let my thoughts wander off. Despite learning that pregnancy can be a pain, but all relaxing at the same time. How exciting some things are and how it all comes to be. Normally, if I were fourteen, I'd be in denial, against it, and running away. Even if Vlad got pregnant at the time I meet him, I'd probably think the fruitloop has gone to loony-ville.

Although, I could see some benefits out of this. Vlad would finally get to train someone he loves and someone who will loves him back. Vlad would not have time to see me…

That turned my stomach around with a thought thinking like that. My feet stopped bothered walking any longer and almost wanting to turn around. Did…what did…did I just feel? I scratched my head and tried to figure out some reason why that last benefit seems so wrong.

Maybe I'm silly and shook it off. Yeah, that's it. I was able to walk again comfortably and figured I'd get onto studying. The finals are next week anyway and can't afford to fail them. Vlad got all he needs and I'm sure he's fine without me like always. I headed to the apartment and to get ready for studying for the rest of the day – considering I missed half of my classes, might as well miss the rest of them.