"Trouble." His voice fell down to a whisper. I couldn't stand the coolness in his voice. Words were falling like ice sharps from his pale lips, marking my skin. I'd never wanted someone to scream at me before, but that would've been better than this. Anger. Some kind of emotion.

"I'm sorry," I whispered back, afraid to break the spell he had placed so carefully. "I was going to tell you! But so much has happened..." We fell quiet for a few moments, my body stiff and straight, standing in front of the chair where he had collapsed. I'd never really felt physically stronger than him, but his exhausted form looked so feeble in this moment. If I blew hard enough, he would evaporate into the air.

I could hardly understand his words as he mumbled into is hands with his head set downcast.

"How long have you known?" My eyes fell down to the floor as I took a seat on the floor in front of his chair. I held the sides of my face in my hands. The cool wood of the floor felt harsh against my flushed skin, but I welcomed the shock, anyway.

"I don't know anything." I pulled my gaze from my hands and threw it toward the door to my right. "The test is in there."

He lifted his gaze, as well, meeting mine from above. "Take it."

I couldn't keep my hands from shaking.

I'd been sitting on the floor of the bathhouse for an eternity and the anxiety was eating it's way through my stomach. I moved my hands from my hair and clutched my torso, trying to fight off the chill in the stale air.

It wasn't working.

The wooden entrance door to my right finally opened, casting a long shadow across my pale face. I looked upward and found Zuko's soft form, now leaning against the wall inside.

His lips were set into a line, his eyebrows pulled together. He uncrossed his legs, and moved to help me off of the floor. I grasped at his hand and let him pull me toward the counter. He set me on it, and leaned beside me, silently.

"How much more time?"

I placed my head against his shoulder.

"Any second."

Neither of us moved.

I eyed my hand, resting softly against my knee, palm up. I so badly wanted him to take it. To reach toward me in some way.

But he didn't, and he wasn't going to. This was all my fault.

I whispered, "I'm afraid."

He just nodded.

I turned my head slightly to the left and kiss Zuko's clothed shoulder. I took a deep breath, letting the oxygen fuel my muscles, before I pushed away from the counter and grabbed the small piece of plastic.

The small plus sign ripped through my lungs, pulling all the breath from my body. I could see Zuko staring at the small object, as well. His hair was falling over his face, casting strange shadows against his cheekbones.

When I finally regained the ability to breath, I felt Zuko's hand place lightly against my stomach.

He place his lips against mine, lightly brushing together as he spoke. "I love you." I just nodded. "We need to tell somebody!" He said with very sudden excitement.

He suddenly jumped up taking me with him; he grabbed my hand, as he was bout to run out the door to the hall.

"Hun?" I spoke.

"Yes?" He turned his body slightly towards me.

"It's late. We should wait till morning."

"Right, of course." He walked back towards the bed and I settled underneath the warm covers. He kissed my head and wrapped his arms around my stomach, loosely.

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I rolled myself over and the silky sheets of the bed rolled off. I opened one eye and saw Zuko at his desk with papers scattered all over and him scribbling down words on a paper. I slid of the part of the bed where Zuko lays and walked towards him. I wrapped my arms around him, resting my arms on the back of the wooden chair it creaked as I put my weight on the back of it. I noticed that he was in formal attire.

"Why are you so formal?"

"We are going to a meeting with the guards in a few minutes." He didn't even look at me while he was speaking. His mood had completely changed from excitement last night, but now he was being so distant. He must be mad at me.

"A meeting about what?"

"Tripling your guard count." I moved on the side of him and crouched down.

"Zz, look at me." He down at me. He had bags under his eyes and he looked as though he hadn't slept at all last night. His eyes dropped as he wanted to fall asleep but he wouldn't let himself. "Do you really believe that's necessary? If I can protect myself I can protect our baby."

"Yes! I thought this through, and any leaders baby is a very easy target but a Firelord and Avatar child is more of a target."

"Why don't you rest? I bet you will feel less worried."

"I can't rest until our child is safe." He stood up and walked over to the wardrobe. Zuko pulled out my formal firenation dress and robes. "I'll send the maids in to run you a bath." He walked out and I heard him speaking to the guards. "Meeting twenty minutes. You men remain at your post and escort Lulu to the meeting, she is never to be alone." I sighed and walked into the bathroom.

The maids were just pulling up my hair into the royal hairpin when a guard walked in.

"Time to go, Madame." I nodded and thanked the maids as the guards walked on the sides of me. I saw the meeting hall and two guards opened the doors and headed inside with us. I sat at my place on the side of Zuko, and watched as all of the guards bowed and sat down.

"Thank you. I don't usually assemble every guard at once but this is very important. Lulu is expecting and I would like our child to be properly cared for, which means increasing Lulu's guard count I would like to triple it. I don't want her to be alone. Word hasn't gotten out yet and I don't want it too. If you are found telling anyone outside of the people in this room it will be counted as treason and you will be removed from the guard and possibly a harsher punishment. Are we clear?"

"Yes, Sir!" A chorus of all of them said.

"Good. Get back to your post, except for eight of you, you are to escort Lulu everywhere."

I groaned, this was going to be a very long nine months.

Hey! Who believes Zuko is over reacting? Leave what you believe in you review. BTW I'm going to write another ZukoxOC tell me if you guys would read it.