Chapter 26

Yesable

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Reece woke to blinding light and coldness. He blinked a couple of times and looked over, to see a startled Cerise and an equally startled Daring.

"Hi…?" he started.

"You're alive," Cerise breathed.

"I hope so," Reece half-joked. "Thank you for the audiobooks, by the way."

That said, Cerise burst into tears.

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"He's alive!" screamed a voice down the phone.

Marcia winced and held the device further away from her ear as Cerise's squealing and screeching began. A notch louder and the girl would be kicked out of the hospital.

"That's great, Cerise, but…WAIT A SECOND, REECE IS ALIVE!?"

At this, Marcia let out a scream of happiness. This was a bad idea, as she was currently in a very busy department store. Her outburst gained many curious looks.

"One second, I'll be right there!" she cried, before hanging up. Her head was filled with giddy happiness. The drive to the hospital was conveniently short. After several impatient checking-ins with the receptionist, Marcia burst into Reece's room and threw herself enthusiastically on her ex-comatose brother.

Reece released a strangled sound that Marcia took as a good thing. She clambered off him and turned to Cerise. She was about to hug her when she spotted a very familiar man behind her.

"You…" she grunted, narrowing her eyes. The happy mood faded.

"You…" Daring responded in an equally annoyed, menacing tone.

"You two know each other?" Cerise asked, confused.

Marcia pointed an accusing finger at the blonde. "He trespassed on my property!"

"And she was being a bitch about it!" Daring responded.

"Why, you little…"

Cerise had to physically retrain Marcia from punching Daring's lights out. "Call me a bitch again! Do it, I dare you!"

"Nice pun," Daring grinned. "I'd never punch a woman, although you might be an exception." He gave an annoying and handsome smirk at the infuriated, violent woman.

"I don't need your chivalry!" Marcia spat. "Punch me! I wouldn't care!"

"Guys, we really don't need someone other than me to be in coma. It's not fun," Reece interrupted. "Your lover's quarrel is giving me a headache."

"L-Lover's quarrel!" his sister spluttered. "Reece, you…" She frowned at his grin. "Ugh…"

"Just be glad I'm alive," he added, unhelpfully.

Everyone in that room had to admit they were.

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Cerise couldn't wait to tell Raven the good news. Raven's spare keys, which she kept melded in one of the legs the flamingo statue in the front yard, were always used by Cerise. Today was no exception.

Cerise opened the door. "Raven?" she called. She walked to the living room to see her friend drinking a large mug of strong coffee. This would have been fine, until Cerise's common sense kicked in.

"Stop drinking that, Rae! You can't have caffiene, remember?" she reminded, gently.

"What do you mean?" Raven asked, brows furrowed. "I'm always so exhausted nowadays. I need caffiene."

Cerise sighed, and wondered how Raven could have forgotten what not to consume during pregnancy. "Of course you're tired. Pregnancy does that to you. And pregnant people can't consume caffiene, especially not in the first trimester."

"I'm pregnant? Whatever do you mean? And what did you say my name was again?"

"Raven, what are you…oh, godmother…" Cerise muttered, eyes widening. Raven was having another bout of amnesia. As if on cue, her friend gave a sharp yell, holding her head and closing her eyes. When they opened again, she gave a low groan.

"What happened? Why am I drinking…oh, coffee out of all things? I can't!" she looked over to Cerise. "It-it happened again, didn't it?"

Cerise nodded.

"What am I doing to my child?" she smiled sadly, resting a gentle hand on her abdomen. "Mummy's sorry."

She sighed and closed her eyes again. "I'm so tired, but so excited. I'm so happy."

The brunette sat down next to the pregnant woman and held her hand, encouraging her to talk if she needed.

"Dexter's in heaven, but he left with me a child to look after. He left his imprint on my life. I will do whatever it takes to look after this baby…our baby. Dexter and Raven." She smiled, leaning back. "I feel…I feel at peace. It seems…it seems that I will never be lonely, and Dexter will never be dead."

"I'm happy, if you're happy," Cerise grinned. "Reece has woken up."

"Has he?" Raven asked, voice tired. "It seems everything is tying together now, isn't it?"

"It is," her best friend sighed, contentedly. "It is."

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Ashlynn and Briar were seated at a little cafe. Briar helped herself to a frozen latte. Ashlynn had a salad and some water.

"I wonder if it's going to be a boy or a girl," Ashlynn mused aloud. "If it's a boy, we want to call him Marcus or Ray. Our little ray of sunshine."

"How cute…" Briar sighed. She looked upset. Ashlynn could tell that Briar's genophobia was hard for Hopper and herself. Briar loved children, but it was apparent she could not bear any. The strawberry-blonde almost mentioned the thought of adoption, but it only reminded her of the orphanage burning down. She bit back her tongue before she said anything brash.

"The baby will have eyes like Hunter's," she instead chose to say. "Beautiful, hazel. And they will have strawberry-blonde hair. They will be the most beautiful baby I have ever seen."

"They could be physcially deformed and they would still be the most beautiful baby in your eyes," Briar grinned, cheering up.

Ashlynn laughed. "I think you're right."

Deformed or beautiful, her baby would be the most lovely, gorgeous little thing she ever saw.

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Short, but sweet. Hope you enjoyed! The next chapter will be quite long!

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