Past Comes to Present (Book 3 in the Bodyguard series)

Telling the Others

When I woke up, Lloyd wasn't next to me. Which never happened. I was usually awake before him. I looked at my watch and blinked. It was ten am? I got out of bed quickly and grabbed some clothes. They got into the shower. This is the first time I've overslept...Well, not the first time. I mean when I was pregnant with the boys I overslept once and...I froze. Could I be pregnant again? I swallowed hard. Now was a bad time to get pregnant. Once I got out of the shower and got dressed I took a pregnancy test. 

"Please, say negative. Please say negative," I begged quietly. I mean I did want another kid but I didn't want to be pregnant with Adder coming after me. He's ten times worse than Liam and Loro. Hell, if it says positive then my husband will be stressed out too. I looked at the test and groaned. Dammit! Why did I have to get pregnant now?!? I then used my emotional power on myself and forcefully calmed myself down. I walked out of the bathroom and found Lloyd sitting on the bed. I smiled faintly. "Sorry for sleeping in."

He stood up and hugged me. "Are you?" He murmured.

Crap, he came to the same conclusion I did. "Um..." I shut my eyes and nodded.

"Well, that complicates things."

I grimaced. "Yeah, it does. By a lot." 

Our door burst open and our sons came in. Or more like Jon was chasing Kenako. Ken dove behind me and Jon scowled. "Unfair. You can't hide behind Mom!"

"I'm not hiding!" Ken snapped. "I'm just being in safety."

"Scaredy cat," Jon sneered.

"Jon," Lloyd said warningly.

"He started it!"

"Then you end it."

"Boys, your father and I have something to tell you," I said. They looked at us expectantly.

"Your mother is going to have another child," Lloyd said.

"I'm going to be an older brother?" Ken asked.

I nodded. "Yes."

"Cool!"

"Now your mother and I need to go talk to the others, okay?" Lloyd said. The boys nodded so I put Hydra down and asked her to watch them then we left the room. 

I went into the kitchen and Lloyd went to gather everyone. When they were all there I said, "Lloyd and I just found out I'm pregnant again."

"Oh, that's great!" Nya said then gave Jay a dark look. He still hasn't agreed to have kids with her yet.

"No, it's not," I mumbled.

They all looked at me in confusion. Lloyd sighed. "What she means to say is an abusive ex-boyfriend of hers has found her after years of her hiding from him." Lloyd handed the letter to Master Wu and, after he read it, he passed it to the next one. When everyone read it they all had anger in their eyes.

"He won't touch you, " Harumi said firmly.

"She's right," Kai agreed. "We'll keep you and your kids safe."

"You guys aren't fighting him without me," I said sharply. "I know him better than all of you and I will not stay behind while you fight him."

"But..."

"You're afraid of him," Skylor said.

I glared. "I was afraid of Liam too but I still fought by your sides."

"You weren't pregnant then," Harumi pointed out.

"I was when we fought Loro!"

"Jonathan had already been born," Nya began.

"I was pregnant with Kenako," I snapped. 

Lloyd stiffened. "You told me you got pregnant again a week after that."

I winced. "I lied. I was pregnant when I went to Loro's palace. Though I didn't know it until I was already there and throwing up in the bathroom."

Lloyd's eyes filled with anger but he looked away. "We'll talk about this later," he said through gritted teeth.

I nodded. "Okay." I turned back to the Ninja. "Look, I'm not staying behind. Adder is extremely brutal. I can't allow you to face him without me."

"And we can't let him get near you," Cole returned.

I frowned. "You all want me to stay here?"

"Yes," they all chorused. Minus Lloyd.

"Someone needs to stay behind and watch the kids," Morro added.

"Harumi could do that," I pointed out.

"I could but I'm going to be helping the Ninja this time," Harumi said.

I looked at my husband. "Lloyd? What do you think?"

He glanced at me then away. He always doesn't look at me when he's angry with me. "I think she should come," Lloyd said finally.

"What?!?" They all yelled.

"Think about it. If she's away from us, he'll take advantage of that and go straight for her. But if she's with us she has a better chance of not being taken."

"Lloyd, Nightmare won't let anything happen to her," Misako said.

"You aren't going to be fighting either," I pointed out.

"No."

"So you could watch the kids while..."

"No," she repeated firmly. "You'll stay here. End of discussion."

I looked at Lloyd. "Lloyd?"

He thought for a minute then nodded. "Y/n will stay here. The rest of us will..."

"You don't even know what he looks like," I snapped. "And you aren't going to get his description from me until you let me help." I turned on my heel and stormed out of the room. I went to the training room and started punching the punching bag.

"Y/n," Lloyd said.

I looked at him. "I know I should have told you the truth but I knew this is how you would react."

"You should have told me when I called you," Lloyd growled.

I scowled. "Who the hell tells their husband that they're pregnant over the phone?"

"You and Ken could have died," he snarled. His tail whipped back and forth which told me he wasn't just angry. He was pissed.

But so was I. "But we didn't," I shot back. "Loro didn't even come near me much while I was there. I couldn't tell you before I went to his palace because I hadn't known." We both stood there glaring at each other then looked away at the same time. I bit my lip. "I'm sorry I lied. I just don't like it when you're mad at me. I should have told you right when we got home instead of waiting a week too." I looked back at my husband. "Will you forgive me?"

He sighed and walked over to me. Then wrapped his arms around my waist. "Yes," he murmured resting his chin on my head. "Just don't lie to me again. Please."

I nodded. "I won't."

We stood there hugging for a while. "Will you tell me what Adder looks like?" Lloyd asked totally ruining the moment.

I took a step back. "No."

"Please?" He pleaded. "I want to keep you safe."

"Then you should convince everyone to let me go with you," I replied and walked out of the room.