Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Four

         Just as we leave the Xandarian ozone, I set the ship on autopilot. Walking to the stairs I hear Rocket's voice shouting. Then Gamora's, quiet. Rocket's loud, but quieter than before. Once I reach the voices I ask, "What's going on?"

"What's going on is, Quill, you are an oblivious idiot. Ga-" Rocket is cut off by Gamora, "Rocket please, don't." In a pleading tone.

"What do you mean Rocket?" I ask hoping for an straight answer.

"Okay, I cant take it anymore, Gamora is pregnant! I honestly do not see how you didn't figure that out." Holy shit. I mean, I thought something was odd, but this is not what I expected.

"Is it true?" I ask Gamora. She had a nervous expression.

"I- I wanted to tell you, Peter. I just didn't know how you would react." Gamora replied sheepishly.

"Can we talk in private?" She nodded. "Rocket, watch the Milano."

Once in the room, Gamora starts to speak but whatever she has to say doesn't change my mind, "Stop." I continue, "No matter what you think.... This child could be, a new beginning, something to fight for." She looks stunned, I don't know what she is thinking... She busts into tears and sobs, "I don't even know why I am crying, what is happening to me??!" She says between sobs. "Really?" Gamora finishes when she can.

"If this is what you want too, then yes, completely." I say putting my hands on her shoulders to ensure her safety.

Gamora calms and smiles. "What about names StarLord?" She says.

"I'm thinking, for a boy, oh who am I kidding? It will definitely be a boy." Gamora giggles and says yeah right. " For a boy; Thomas. If it so happens to be a girl, how about?"

She jumps on the question. "Meredith! After your mother.But... Why Thomas?"

I got serious for a second, "That was your father's name."

"Peter, I cant believe you remembered that."

"It was important to you so I remembered it." Then our lips touched and Gamora moved her hands through my hair. She wrapped her legs around my waist and I held her there. "Do you think we will be able to protect this baby?" She asked, looking me straight in the eyes.

"Of course we will, we are the Guardians of the Galaxy." I said, letting her stand on her feet. "And if we cant, which I doubt. We have Groot, or soon to be Groot, Rocket, and Drax." Then, I got an idea. "Wait here." I told Gamora.  Sprinting down the halls to get to the cockpit, I pass Rocket. "Hey man-" I cut him off by saying, "No time." The engine roars and we shoot back into the atmosphere of Xandar.

The doors to Nova Prime's office swing open as I walk into the facility. NP greets me, "Mr. Quill, to what do we owe your presence?"

"Good afternoon, Nova Prime. I just wanted to announce that Gamora and I are expecting a child."

"Oh! That is great news!" She give me a hug and whispers in my ear, "The child will be protected by Nova Core at all costs."

This news almost brings tears to my eyes. "Thank you Nova Prime." And I turn to leave.

Once I board the ship, Gamora asks me, "What was that about?"

"Now, our baby is protected by the Nova Core." I grabbed her hand. "Where are we going now?" Gamora asked.

"Nowhere, but. There's this thing that lets you see how big and how healthy and when it is old enough, you can see if it is a boy or girl." I explained. Her eyes grew wide, "What kind of sorcery is that?"

"But, only Terra has it..."

"Well then I guess were going to Terra!"

"Tonorrow. Right now, you need to get some sleep." She grins like a madwoman and sashays up to our bedroom. Man, I think this woman might actually be driving me crazy, crazy in love. I notice the littlest things he does. Everything I do or decide I think, "how will this effect Gamora?" Or " what would Gamora do?"

I wonder if our baby will be green? Even things like that now, do not matter because I know in the end I will have two things to fight for: Gamora and Baby Quill.