A Pirate and A Broken Princess: Immortal Daughter

Chapter 24

I smiled as I heard the excited chatter from the other side of the phone, I lay on my back, my phone pressed slightly to my ear with by my hand. "Calm down, Vincent! Wow... I know, I'm pregnant, but, sheesh." I replied in a joking tone, he laughed into the phone a bit. "What are you going to name it?" He questioned, I smiled slightly, tricking through my brain for name's. "We'll, for a girl, I wanted a gem sounding name... something like... Amber, Lapis, Amethyst, Pear-" "if you say Garnett, I will kill you for being predictable", Vincent interrupted with an laugh, I shivered slightly, why did that make me so nervous? "Psh, no.. I was going to say... Mabel, or Wendy", I said, I could imagine him looked at me with raised eyebrows and I giggled.

"Cartoon fanatic much, huh?" He questioned, I laughed into the phone. "Oh, stop, I'm not very creative and I watch a lot of cartoons." I said, he laughed, I always loved Vincent's laugh, it was filled with happiness and wonder. "Okay, what about male name's?" He questioned, I had to think about it for a second. "Hm, well, Tyrone, Robbie, Steven, Bill, Fin, Marshall, Jake, and... Mike." I replied, he went silent as he processed some, chuckling into the phone. "Wow... what cartoon is Mike from?" I questioned, I just laughed, shaking my head as if he could see.

"I just really like the name", I replied, he scoffed in the phone with disbelief and I rolled my eyes. "So... whose this mystery dad of your kid?" He questioned, I smirked. "Oh, just some male stripper named Mr. Gold", I retorted sarcastically, he responded with a confused hum and I laughed. "My boyfriend, Freddy, but we call him Gold due to his golden hair", I said, he sighed into the phone with relief. "Oh, wow, good. You did not sound very sarcastic when you said that earlier and I was so confused." He admitted, I just chuckled to myself and shook my head,

"Hey, I gotta go, it's getting late and my mom should be back soon with dinner", I said, he sighed over dramatically. "Finne", he groaned into the phone, I rolled my eyes. "Bye, ya goofball", I echoed out, he laughed, saying his goodbyes and I hung up. As if on cue, the front door opened. "Akemi! I'm home!" She shouted from the bottom floor, I jumped to my feet and rushed downstairs, the familiar smell of Sonic filled my nostrils. "Ooh, what did you get me?" I asked, a month and a half along and I was already eating way more than usual. "Oh, you wanted something? I just got this all for myself, huh, funny that", she said, crinkling up her nose in pure sarcastic confusion, I rolled my eyes joyously, digging through the bags before I pulled out an boxed Chicken Dinner (for those who don't know, it's two or three chicken tenders, gravy, frenchfries/tater tots, two onion rings, and Texas toasted toast)

"Oh, yum", I cooed, grabbing one of the large sodas off the table, mom always got the same thing, Dr. Pepper, for the both of us. I plopped in the living room, devouring my meal quickly, mom stared at me with shock. "I didn't even eat that quickly when I was pregnant with you! How chubby is your baby going to be?" She asked teasingly, I just laughed, taking a sip of my almost empty drink. I had a strange gut feeling, and I seemed to get overly tired, I leaned my head back on the chair, a throbbing pain coursing throughout my body as I groaned in pure agony, before my eyelids began to flutter. "Akemi?" I could faintly hear mom whisper in an alarmed tone.

Everything around me turned pitch black, I looked around, desperate for light. In the distance, I saw a small flicker of a flame, I tried my best to run, but my body felt weak, and the most I could get out of myself was an slow, lumbering shuffle of the feet. The light was closer than I thought, and under it, stood a little girl with long blonde hair, she had her back faced towards me. "Where am I?" I questioned with unknown confidence, she never turned around, but she pointed at her head; what is that suppose to mean? "Sweetie, I don't understand", I couldn't bring myself to walk another step, my body seemed to be frozen, molded, glued in place.

She responded with a wave of her hand, as if shooting me off, I just continued to state at her. "Leave." She said sternly, but I couldn't get myself to move, I stood in my place, I didn't want to go. The girl let out a frustrated sigh, and a growl of anger. "Leave!" She screamed.

I sat up, gasping for air and cough. I looked around me, I lay in my bed, it was dark... how long was a... 'asleep'? I went to stand up, my head throbbed and my vision blurred for a second as the blood rushed from my head quickly, I walked out of my room, hearing voices whispering. I was able to identify mom's but.. the others were too quiet.

I stopped at the top of the staircase, clearly seeing a man with purple hair. "Vincent..." I.muttered to myself, he didn't seem to hear me. "She's been asleep upstairs since then, I don't know what to do..." I could clearly hear mom practically sob out, I held onto the railing as I slowly stepped down, one case at a time. "Akemi?!" Mom exclaimed, pouncing at me and embracing me in a tight hug.

"What the Hell happened?!" She screamed, I jumped back, my ears ringing. "I don't know! Why are you screaming at me?" I exclaimed back, she took a deep breath, exhaling before she looked at me, tears swelled in her eyes. "I thought you were- I don't even know!" She yelled, I hugged her and she sobbed into my shoulder, Vincent stood awkwardly off to the side, sending me an small wave.

"C'mon Vinny, get in here", I coaxed, as mom pulled away, I put my arms out towards him and he laughed under his breath, hugging tightly. "Wow, so.. you're actually pregnant... your showing a bit too!" He exclaimed with awe as he pulled back, I laughed, placing my hands over my stomach. "Yeah", I agreed, even though I know I shouldn't be showing.. at all. I think he's seeing things due to over-excitement, no one else has said that...

"Also, I want to meet this baby-daddy of yours", he remarked, crossing his arms slackily over his torso, I just laughed, sending mom an nervous glance. How were we suppose to.. have them meet...?