*Updated 07-05-2018*
Chapter 34 - "I've never needed you."
A few weeks had passed and nothing interesting had happened.
None of Vaas' men had seen any Rakyat on the island so everyone just assumed that the message on the warehouse doors was written before the fight. It was getting near to summer on Rook; the heat was intense and many pirates were suffering, if they weren't used to it.
Rosa and Vaas were fine in the heat and just saw it as a mild increase in temperature on the island, whereas others were passing out. Hoyt had rang a couple of times but hadn't been over yet; he said that business was manic and that he would be over when he could.
It was around dinner time and the sun was at the highest point in the sky. The smell of sweat tinged the air, hard to breathe in the humidity as everyone was seeking shade and drinks.
Rosa wandered around the compound, just generally seeing what people were doing. Her wound had completely healed and was now just an average sized scar; a line on one side of her stomach. It didn't bother her and it would be practically invisible if she sunbathed for a few hours.
Sitting on a chair, Rosa sat deep in thought; tt was near Vaas' birthday and she was deciding what she could get him.
"Hey Raul." she called.
He came jogging over from his group of pirates.
"How can I help?" he asked, wiping the sweat off of his forehead with the back of his hand.
"What can I get Vaas for his birthday?"
"Erm. You could get him ... erm. Ehh." Raul mumbled, also trying to think.
"Exactly." said Rosa, "What do you get to the man that has everything he could want?"
"Get him something personal. Something that only you would know about." suggested Raul.
"I'll have a think about it." she said, "Want to go and get some grub?"
"Sure. I think we're having boar today."
Rosa and Raul walked over to the kitchen to get some food, plated up and then sat outside in the shade. They both had two bottles of beer, unopened, either side of them.
"This is nice." Rosa stated.
Raul just mumbled a response and knawed into his boar, like a savage dog. Rosa picked up the boar shank in her hands and took a bite, the taste being a litle more peculiar than normal. Regardless, she continued eating.
"YOU ALL WASTE MY FUCKING TIME!" screamed Vaas, "YOUR MAMI AND PAPI DON'T WANT TO PAY UP, THEN THAT'S JUST FUCKING TOUGH LUCK!"
Silence.
"ARE YOU THREATENING ME? I'M SORRY BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FUCKING RUDE THAT WAS?" Vaas yelled.
A gun cocking was heard. A few quiet voices and then a gunshot.
Rosa rolled her eyes before Vaas emerged from the hostage area. She finished the last of the boar and licked her lips. Stretching her legs out, she closed her eyes, relaxing in the sun. The sound of a beer opening made her flick one eye open and she saw that Raul was doing the same thing as her.
They sat for what was around 20 minutes until Rosa sat up suddenly. She clutched at her stomach and got up, briskly making her way to the toilet. She made it just in time, before she vomited all of the boar she had eaten.
"Mustn't ... have been ... cooked." she said to herself, clutching at the toilet bowl.
She retched a few more times, flushed the toilet and splashed some water on her neck and her face, minding her makeup. Rosa then sat on the closed toilet and rubbed her stomach before an unwelcome thought popped into her head. She calculated on her fingers.
"No. I can't be." she whispered and she counted again.
She hadn't had a period in a while,not too long but she just hadn't noticed.
"Please. Oh god." she said.
The thought made her quickly move as she threw up again, in shock.
She just sat on the floor for a while with her head against her hands and tried to collect her thoughts.
"Stupid fucking idiot." she muttered, "I can't be pregnant, I can't be."
Rosa sat and thought a little more.
"Oh fuck." she said, starting to cry.
What would Vaas say? What would Hoyt say? She couldn't raise a baby on these islands, not now. Rook was no place for a baby with all the murder and the drugs, the prostitution and the human trafficking.
After a few minutes to compose herself, she reluctantly got up and left the toilet and went to find Vaas.
First stop: the warehouse.
Rosa poked her head around the door in the warehouse, like a naughty school child being called to the headmasters office.
Vaas was laying on the bed, stretched out, in a world of his own. Rosa didn't spot the tablet packets and the needles on the sides, not realising that they had been used by Vaas.
"Hey Vaas, I need to talk to you about something." Rosa started.
Vaas sat up, his eyes bloodshot.
"What's up, hermana?" he asked, his voice sounding different.
"Well, something's happened. And I may be wrong but I don't think I am, but anyways, yeah. I'm just gonna come out with it, but I want you to know tha-"
"Rosa, just fucking spit it out."
"I think I'm pregnant." she blurted.
Vaas didn't react straight away, the drugs meaning that it took him a few seconds to process what she had said.
"Vaas?" Rosa asked.
She sat down next to him and put her hand over his.
Vaas didn't say anything but just stared into space, the drugs still rushing around his body, which Rosa was yet to realise.
"What?" Vaas hissed.
"I think I'm pregnant." Rosa repeated.
Vaas snatched his hand away and rushed to his feet.
"How?" he asked.
"Gee, Vaas, I don't know. When a man and woman love each other very much-"
"Shut the fuck up." he said, his voice so calm, yet so murderous.
"Vaas, fucking hell, calm down. It's a lot for me to take in too."
"This is your fucking fault."
"Mine?" asked Rosa and she blinked a few times.
"Yes, yours. Everything bad that happens around here is your fault. That's why we could never get Brody, how we couldn't kill Citra the first time, how you ended up getting fucking sliced. It's always your fault. And this is too."
"Are you being fucking serious?" Rosa asked as she stood up.
His behavior was unusual but she didn't put two and two together; her head was just swimming.
"Tell me, Rosa." Vaas started and he stormed towards her, "Tell me, how this is going to work. It won't. How could you let this fucking happen?"
"It wasn't just me, you know. It takes two people t-"
"Just shut the fuck up. You're a bitch for doing this to me. Nothing will ever be the same again. You always have to fucking ruin everything."
"HEY!" Rosa yelled, Vaas' attitude really upsetting her, "You can't speak to me like that! You're acting like a complete dick right now because this is a lot for me to take in too. Have you not considered that I need you right now?"
"WELL, I DON'T NEED YOU!" Vaas screamed her Rosa, and tears started to fall, "I'VE NEVER NEEDED YOU!"
Rosa gasped, choked by her tears. Vaas' eyes glazed over with murder aS he stepped towards Rosa.
"Hermana, come closer. I'm sorry." he said, he voice calm.
He took another step and then another aS Rosa backed away.
"You're not scared of me are you?" he asked and Rosa circled so her back was near the door.
"STOP FUCKING MOVING AWAY FROM ME! FINE, IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO PLAY IT! YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME." he screamed.
"Fuck ... you." she choked.
"FUCK ME? FUCK ME?! NO, YOU CAN GO AND FUCK YOURSELF!" he raged, the drugs overcoming his senses and his mind.
He wouldn't have said any of it if he wasn't under the influence. He probably would have been happy. But Rosa didn't know this.
"Fine." she cried and she picked up her backpack by the door and left.
"DON'T THINK ABOUT FUCKING COMING BACK!" Vaas yelled after her.
she slammed the door shut, causing all of the pirates to turn and look. She just ignored them and stomped through the compound, eyes on her. Rosa couldn't wipe the tears away. Some of the pirates were muttering.
"I knew that Vaas would finally get rid of Hoyt's bitch daughter."
"Right, pay up, I had bets on her leaving before the year was out."
"He didn't even love her."
Rosa pressed her lips together until they disappeared and turned the corner to leave.
"Rosa!" Raul called, "Where are you going?"
Rosa didn't reply.
Walking briskly to the boating area, she threw her backpack down on one of the boats and pushed it out further into the sea. Climbing in, she turned the key in the ignition and the boat roared to life, thick waves billowing out at the back. She sniffed and pressed the accelerator, the boat being driven out into the sea.
She didn't look back at the compound.
She was heading for Hoyt's island.
Hey guys! So some dramatic chapters coming up soon! But don't worry, this won't be the typical (but amazing) thing where Vaas and Rosa will have a baby, signalling the end of the story. Plenty more chapters to come!
Okay, if I don't have time to publish tomorrow, Friday or Saturday, I'm truly sorry. I will try for the Thursday but I have school things going on and then Catching Fire and then FRIDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY and the celebrations will go onto Saturday. All will be returned to normal on Sunday though, I pinky swear. Until then, I don't know, re-read this story? Give a little review? A birthday message? Go insane?
Happy reading :)