Breathing the Dead ~ H.S

Chapter Thirty-Four

A/N: Hai, so this will probs be the last quick update for a while. But we'll see :p

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: A WORLD LIKE THIS

Harry

"You diagnosed it wrong," I told Liam accusingly, "you didn't spend enough time with her and...and just jumped to conclusions!"

"No, Harry. If it was the flu, I'd know for sure. And what Laura has, isn't the flu. She's got a fetus growing in her stomach that's nearly six weeks old already," Liam told me sternly, "and besides – I fired up some old equipment and did an Ultrasound. The sonogram confirmed it, Haz. She's definitely pregnant."

"Fuck..." I ran my hands through my hair and pulled at handfuls of it stressfully, "Liam, w-what the fuck do I do?"

"Well, for starters, I think you need to have a talk with Laura," he cocked an eyebrow at me, "don't you?"

***

"So, let me guess," Laura began with a sigh as we went back to our cabin, "you don't want it, right Harry?" She spat.

"Laura, I-"

"So tell me, how do you want me to do this, then?" She put her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes at me, "jump off a flight of stairs? Shove a coat hanger up my vagina? Don't be shy – tell me," she demanded through gritted teeth.

"Laura, it's not that I don't want the baby," I promised her before she could say another word.

For the first time that afternoon, I saw her face soften as a confused expression spread across her face.

"W-Wait...what..?" She asked quietly as she leaned against the door, "well then, what is it?! I'm...I'm so confused, Harry, I...I don't know what to think anymore. I just...don't get it," she looked up at me, "Harry...I thought you loved kids,"

"I do," I replied.

"I thought...you wanted to start a family with me..."

"I do, but-"

"So what's wrong, then?!" She demanded desperately, "So what if it's just a little ahead of schedule?! Have you changed your mind already? Was this," she showed me the promise ring on her left finger, "all just a fucking lie?!"

"No! Laura, you've...you've got it all wrong-"

"Have I, Harry? Have I really?" I began to see a tear running down her face, "So, what's holding you back? Are you just not ready?"

"Well, th-that's part of it, but-"

"Because what makes you think I'm ready? I'm barely 21, Harry! I never expected to get knocked up at this age!"

"Laura, that's not the sole reason!" I shouted.

"Well, what is the sole reason?!"

"Laura, we've been together long enough for you to bloody damn well know that I'm going to love and adore any child we have together like my own fucking flesh!" I yelled, "But just look around you! Look at what the world is turning into! How can I do anything but hate the idea of raising a child in a world like this?! Is this what they have to grow up in? People constantly hiding from these...things that live to eat them?! They'd be so scared...so confused...they'd never get the chance to be a proper kid, Laura, and just the very thought of that breaks my heart,"