The Red Queen ( Part 2 Of Highschool Sweetheart ) ( Discontinue )

Chapter 15

* Two Weeks Later*

Y/N's POV

I finally decided to leave the room today to go see the boys, I've spent a good month in here...I've managed to be able not to lose my head under the water, it went from the deep end to more of water you can walk in. Yet one-off move can make you submerged under the water for a while and there's a chance to be dragged to deep water. 

I admire the photos we took a week ago, makes my pregnancy look like a walk in the park-like nothing happened. I was happy truly happy in that shoot and I'm glad Tord agreed to it. In the picture, I'm with Tord in a red loose flowy dress, by the cherry tree in the garden. He's hugging me from behind,  we took the photos thanks to some tools he had. 

We took around eleven in total.  We hang some in the nursery, I plan on getting the tattoo again by next week. There isn't a rush to do it but I rather get it done and over with, I tie my hair into a ponytail and head downstairs, doctors said I shouldn't do as many activities as before since now. The babies will be due in a few weeks. It's hard to believe I'm in the final stages...

We agreed to meet in the training room, I walk down and see them stand in a circle, " Y/N! " Matt smiles,  I smile back at him. " Considering all the shit you've been through how are you doing? " Tom interjects, " I've been better..." I reply. They nod,  I don't know how to look at them the same after they were going to use me as a bargaining chip if I'm honest.

I'm guessing I'm giving the vibes off about that since they're quiet, " we're sorry about what we were going to do before..." Edd apologizes. I don't know how to react, in my bones it's not ok, " you didn't succeed so there's not much to apologize for...". " That's not true we can apologize for our intentions " Matt adds, " we almost sent you to hell, what would've happened if you didn't kick my ass " he reminds. A smile tugs at my lips when he reminds me of when I kicked him down.

" HA " Edd shouts,  " so you know what you're having yet? ", that reminds me I haven't told them the genders or about the twins. " Oh um I'm having twins an- " Tom gives a sour expression, Edd nods like he called it and Matt cocks his eyebrow.  " Good luck pushing two beings out of your body " Tom remarks, I roll my eyes, " please don't remind me ". " Genders? ", " One boy and a girl ", " guess we all tie than? ", " you guys were betting on what I was having? " I ask, they nod.

" No offence, it was just some fun " Tom shrugs, " none taken just found it a bit ballsy ".  " Who bet for a boy and who bet for a girl? " I ask, " Edd and I bet for a boy and Matt bet for a girl ". " What did he think it was? " Tom scoffs at the mere mention of Tord. I give him a look and he bows his head down, " you can't blame me, we might've agreed to put aside our differences but that doesn't mean I have to be his buddy ". At least he and Tord can agree on that, " he didn't care and neither did I " I shrug.  We only poked fun about how spoiled the child would be back when we thought we were having only one.

" How long you found that out for? " Matt buds in, "we found out a couple of weeks ago...after I came back ". They weren't allowed to see me, I couldn't see them in that state, for the first couple of weeks...I was so damaged from the experience, I couldn't tell the difference... I couldn't even tell if Tord was real. I screamed so much that first week...always woke up with a dry voice. " Whose the Godparents? " Edd asks, I consider Edd for a bit. Yet Tord and I both agreed a safer bet was Pat and Paul.

The boys and I talk for a while, we mention a couple of high-school memories and they tell me how they're treated. I already feel like a mother with me making sure they don't get in trouble. 

" By the way, Iris wants to talk to you" Edd adds, " where is she? " I ask, " in the training room, she wanted to see how you were doing after..." Tom swallows. " I'll go talk to her..."  I bite my lip,  I hear three beeps, " you three back on duty " I hear a static voice. " Well, I guess we'll see you later " they wave goodbye as I wave back. 

I can't talk to Iris...As much as I appreciate her for trying to do what she could every time I think of her...I think of him and when I think of him...I think of the knife under my skin...I think of the whip cracking and hitting my back. Just thinking about it makes me ill, I shiver and shake thinking about the boys if they succeeded and drugged me. 

~Time Skip~ 

I reach my room and hear noises from the shower,  I feel light and heavy at the same time...I feel drowsy...as I start to undress and lie on the bed. Imagine if I hadn't been pregnant and they decided to do worse. " You feeling ok? " he nudges me, I shake my head, he lays down beside me and rubs my stomach, I'm sleeping in my lingerie. " Too many memories..." I admit, he hugs me closer like he understands, " it's better to be out there than to be locked up here through " he reminds me. 

" I know...I ju- " I cut myself off, " it's just? " he asks, " when I think of anyone from that place..." I trail off but he knows what I mean. I can tell because he hugs me closer, " I know..." at least he still understands the memories still haunt me. He holds me closer, it's hard to believe that was a month ago...I shiver, " it's going to be ok " he hushes. 

" It takes time and no one expects you too heal so fast " he admits, I did feel like I needed to hear that. I wonder if he ever gets tired of this, of me screaming in the night...I wonder how he deals with me.