A Life

[Lovely]

October 25, 2008
morning
Veinna Estate - Richie & Fauve's room


She'd just gotten out of the shower and was dressed in some of the new clothes that had been gotten for her. "Oh hello." She turned from brushing her hair as Richie came back into the room.

"hmm..." *kisses softly*... "hey you... you sure do clean up nice... how's the bruising?" *minds the pokey bits as he teases her*

"bruising.. oh you mean that stuff that some handsome doctor type guy used his magic touch on? Yeah.. they are healing nicely.. thank you." *lifts shirt to show him her taunt smooth abs, and how the healing was going*

*puts a hand to his own still-sore stomach while he admires what she shows him*... "good to know... so um... I guess I have to say... thank you..and a few other things I should have said a long time ago."

Her hand reaches to cover his and brush along his belly. "I guess you have to say.. what you want to say.."

"How about I start with... I'm sorry... no one deserves my temper, especially you," he started slowly, but openly and honest, holding her fingers in his. "Next would be... I'm glad you're here... damned glad... I missed you... looked everywhere. I really did, hoped that someone... I guess that's neither here nor there. You're here.. and I love you... and..." His eyes scanned down with a nod to her showing abdomen. "And happy surprises."

"You love me?" She took a step closer to him, her head tilting a little. "Is that the happy surprise?"

He smiled shyly, looking away a moment, then moved his hand with hers to her stomach as he leaned to kiss her, resting her hand flat. "I love both of you."

"both?...Both!" Her eyes widened a moment and flared with a slight anger, though her fingers curled and tightened around his. "For sure?" Her voice lowered and her eyes closed, her color paling. "And.. I was in that f*cking ring.. that bastard kicked me.. and if it hadn't been him.. if you hadn't come... would have been another opponent.. another night.. probably worse.." She sighed, turning her face away and shaking her head. "Definate.. huh? He wasn't just blowing smoke... I.. really am?"

He watched her expression and sat back, not sure she was as thrilled as he was. "Yeah... sure... and that ... he's not going to be in any shape to fight again for a while, you can be sure of that. You didn't know, Fauve. I guess I'm sorry about that a little, too. Puts you in a weird place. I don't wa... you tell me what you want. No one's forcing you to do something you're not ready for."

She bit her lip hard enough for the blood to run a little, her eyes slowly opened and she looked at him for a long silent moment. With a sigh she started to pace, her hand against her tummy, skin to skin. What did she want? She had never imagined being in such a position. She paused in her pacing and stood facing him. "No one's forcing me..?" She nodded. "But yet.. I'm already doing something.. I'm not ready for... You're telling me there is a life inside me... I didn't really have a choice in that.. not if you think in terms of Aberto and his.. big plan.. and whatever he did to me.. to make sure it happened.." She sighed again, her fingers stroking gently over the skin of her tummy.

[Lovely]

He ran a hand over his face, rubbing his lip with his thumb. "Let's assume for a minute that my asshole brother had nothing to do with this, okay? Just a minute.. would it make a difference if it was purely an accident, Fauve? Some devine intervention that maybe... because yeah, I do love you and the thought of us having a child thrills me to bits. I can see that you're not so thrilled about that. okay fine. So that minute is up and we assume that it is his ... fault... let's say. I'm saying.. you don't have to do what he thinks or says. I'll make sure of that."

Her other hand came to join the first, splayed over her abdomen, her head tilted down as she listened to his words and thought about it. "Thrilled to bits... really?" Her tongue and teeth played with the cut on the lip she'd bitten. "It's too late to not do what he thinks or says.... it's already... done... there's life in me..." She lifted her head and gazed at him. "I.. think I would like it much better if we could say.. it wasn't him.. that he didn't do things to me to ensure.. that when we.. made love... It doesn't matter why... or who did it... or if it was this divine intervention.. It's done, life is there. Another life.. is inside me.. wow, it's really kind of mind blowing to consider. There is a tiny life right here."

He smiled and the soft, nervous chuckle rolled out as he nodded, a little relieved and a little worried. "Yeah... it is. I just...," he sighed and moved over to her as she stared at herself in wonder. His hand reached to her chin, his thumb brushing her bit lip gently and sending the cut away. "I just don't want you to think I'm forcing you is all."

"Forcing.. you.. no.. I wouldn't think that. What we shared.." She shook her head, turning it to kiss the thumb that brushed her cut away.

"Share... still do... and will.. it hasn't stopped, Fauve... lots more for you... always," he whispered, watching her and looking to her eyes when she turned.

"What's it going to feel like, to have a child grow in me?" She asked softly, her dark eyes catching his gaze.

"Amazing," he shrugged. "But I'm not the expert on that part. Only after they enter the world. You might want to talk to Josie."

She shifted closer to him, not saying anything on that, she had no intention of talking to anyone about it at the moment. Possibly not at all, she was still very leary and somewhat anti social, last thing she wanted was to seek out and spill to someone else in the household.

"Or not...," he sighed, curling around her protectively, resting gently against her head. "I'm sure it's completely unlike anything you've ever done before... thrilling, scary, exciting... wonderful... hm? I'll be right here the whole way if you want me to be."

She nodded, wanting him there, Fauve leaned into his chest with a soft sigh. "Most definately not like anything I've ever done."