Hi, I'm back for another chapter of "Lost Memories"! In this chapter, this is a flashback on what happened when Katherine and Lord Herbert found out that Miranda, Eugene's mother, was pregnant with Eugene himself. I decided to do this since the flashbacks involve Katherine and Eugene and I thought I should first put it when she first found out about Eugene to start the flashbacks. Oh, and an early Happy New Year for you guys!
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Lost Memories
Chapter 6
Flashback, 32 years ago:
21 year old Katherine was now running down the bustling streets of Corona faster than a cheetah. She just couldn't believe it. She just could NOT believe it. Her sister, HER sister, was now in Dr. Norman's office. She hoped her sister was okay. True, she had been feeling awful for the past few days. She then remembered what had happened the past few days since she had been there. It all started ever since she had come to Corona to visit Miranda.
The first day she came, she caught her sister eating cheesecake, pickles, snicker doodles, and shrimp all at the same time. She nearly got sick when she saw her sister eating those foods altogether. In fact, when Lord Herbert had come to dinner, he and Katherine were surprised when they found out what Miranda had made for dinner: stew, ice cream, green beans, peaches, and spinach cookies. Katherine and Lord Herbert only ate the stew and peaches, but Miranda ate all that she had made, and when Lord Herbert questioned about some of the food, she broke out in tears like she was actually hurt because he questioned her about her food choices for dinner. Katherine was confused too. Miranda never cried unless it was something horrible.
The second day, Katherine saw her sister hanging out the window puking. Katherine told her that she needed to stop eating weird food combinations and Miranda reacted by yelling at Katherine for telling her what to do. A few minutes later, she found Miranda eating apple pie and butternut squash and crying her eyes out.
The third day, she had found Miranda sleeping when she was supposed to help Mrs. Talia with her weaving. She tried to wake her up numerous times, but failed, and when she finally did wake her up (which happened to be hitting two frying pans together) she was yelled at again and when she said "Okay Ms. Moody, jeez" Miranda started crying for the third time that week.
It was now the fourth day and she had just found out from Lord Herbert's friend, Pete, that Miranda was at the doctors. Katherine was now freaking out because she thought all that eating, yelling, and crying had got her sister sick. She had ran out of the seamstress shop not caring about how mad her boss would be when she found out she was gone.
She had finally made it to Dr. Norman's office where she had found Lord Herbert pacing outside the door that led to Dr. Norman's examination room.
"Lord Herbert! Has Dr. Norman said anything about Miranda yet?" asked Katherine panicky.
"I'm sorry Katherine, but I haven't heard a thing from Dr. Norman since he scolded at me for nearly tearing the door down when he was in the middle of examining Miranda," explained Lord Herbert.
"Well, I hope she's okay, I don't want to find out she's sick with something serious because anything can happen you know. She could have the cold, influenza, pneumonia, consumption, or…" trailed off Katherine before she gasped horrified. "The Plague! What if Miranda has the plague?" exclaimed Katherine.
"Kat, I doubt weird food combinations, yelling, crying, and sleeping often, and puking are even early signs of the plague," sighed Lord Herbert.
"I know but you know how I am. I get worried about her all the time. I don't want anything bad to happen to her," Katherine responded nervously.
"I don't want anything bad to happen to Miranda either, but like you said before, anything can happen," explained Lord Herbert. Their conversation was interrupted when Dr. Norman had come into the room.
"Excuse me, but are you friends and family members of Miranda?" he asked.
"Yes Dr. Norman, I'm her sister and this is her…" replied Katherine calmly before she ended up trying to come up with a relationship title between Lord Herbert and Miranda.
"Let's just best friend for now…" chuckled Lord Herbert nervously.
"Yes, anyways, I had thoroughly examined Ms. Miranda," replied Dr. Norman.
"And what's your conclusion sir?" asked Katherine.
"She's pregnant," replied Dr. Norman.
"PREGNANT?" exclaimed Katherine and Lord Herbert at the same time.
"But sir, she's never gone that far with a man! Never! Do you even know who the father might be?" stammered Katherine.
"Yes, Lord Herbert," answered Dr. Norman.
"HIM?" shrieked Katherine.
"ME?" cried Lord Herbert, "but sir, I only did it with her once. There's no way that time would've got her pregnant!"
"I'm sorry Lord Herbert, but it's true. She only did that one time and it was with you," replied Dr. Norman before he went into the examination room again, "And by the way, congratulations on becoming a dad." He then shut the door, leaving Katherine and Lord Herbert alone.
"You! You did that with her!" growled Katherine as if she was a ravenous beast about to attack its prey.
"Now, now, now Katherine, no need to get upset," replied Lord Herbert as he backed away and stuttered like a complete idiot.
"You promised me you wouldn't lay a hand on my sister!" exclaimed Katherine as she got a little closer to him.
"I know, but something couldn't stop me," stuttered Lord Herbert as he hit the wall of the office.
"I should've known! You men are all the same! You get interest in a girl then go that far and get her pregnant! Well, I have news for you! This will be your first and last time you do that with a woman! Ever! Because if you lay another hand on her, I am going to…" raved Katherine before she was interrupted.
"Katherine!" she heard as Lord Herbert and Katherine turned to face Miranda standing there with her hands on her hips, an annoyed look on her face, and her gold locket shining as a star as it moved on her chest.
"Miranda, so glad to see you're not sick!" smiled Katherine as she blushed wildly to where her cheeks were as red as poppies.
"Katherine, were you going to tell Herbert you were going to kill him?" asked Miranda as Lord Herbert, who was still up against the wall, widened his eyes in surprise.
"No Miranda, what would make you think that?" chuckled Katherine nervously still blushing.
"Well, if you were going to say that, I wouldn't do that if I were you because without Herbert, the baby is going to be without a father," explained Miranda.
"She's right, we shouldn't leave him without a father," smiled Lord Herbert.
"Him? Who says it's going to a boy?" scoffed Katherine.
"Well, who says it's going to a girl?" asked Lord Herbert practically mocking Katherine.
"I don't talk like that, and it will be a girl! Girls are easier to raise!" exclaimed Katherine.
"I'm not sure about that! Your mom must've had a hard time raising you," chuckled Lord Herbert.
"You watch your tone mister or I'll…" snarled Katherine before she was interrupted.
"Katherine! Herbert! That's enough! I swear you two act like little kids," Miranda exclaimed as she muttered the last sentence.
"No we don't!" Katherine and Lord Herbert exclaimed at the same time.
"I'm probably sure Dr. Norman has ways of predicting the gender of the baby," explained Miranda as she looked at Dr. Norman.
"She's right. Now, the most common way to tell the gender is that if she's carrying up high, it's a girl and if she's carrying it down low, it's a boy," explained Dr. Norman.
"Is there anything else?" asked Katherine.
"Why sure, there are a bunch of tests you can try to help predict the gender…" explained Dr. Norman before he was interrupted.
"Oh, those never work! Those are just old wives tales!" groaned Lord Herbert.
"Yes, they will Herbert, and we'll see if she's a boy or girl," said Katherine.
"You mean 'if he's a boy a girl'?" corrected Lord Herbert.
"Whatever," replied Katherine as she looked at Miranda and Dr. Norman as Dr. Norman explained the gender tests to them.
Well, what did you think of that? I decided to do that in the first of the flashbacks and show things that happen before Eugene is born. And we all know Lord Herbert is right about the baby being a boy. Also, you could easily see the signs Eugene's mother shown about her being pregnant which included: cravings, mood swings, nausea, and fatigue; and could you see the ways Miranda, Lord Herbert, and Katherine were acting to where it seemed related to Eugene and his personality? I think in the next chapter, I'll tell you how they come up with his name. I'm sorry for the short chapter, but they will be longer, I promise! I still need song suggestions for the next few chapters and if you want, the flashbacks can involve Katherine meeting people or characters from the movie and if you have any suggestions about that, tell me! I'm all ears. And here are some review replies:
Punzie the Platypus: Yes, Katherine now knows and that is definitely what Elizabeth is like right now.
BroadwayFanGirl91: Yes, I updated, and you'll find out what happens next soon!
Wheels4TheOneTrueGod: I know it's a very sad way that Miranda died, but if you read "Eugene's Long Lost Father" you'll find out why Lord Herbert wasn't there in their time of need.
Well, that's all I have to say! Adios for now!