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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 16, 2008 15:52:14 GMT -5
I don't ask anything else...
**Wanting to break the tension, Zahi looked at her daughter and Archon.**
Why don't you both stay for lunch? I'm sure you both haven't got anything else to do, and we wouldn't mind...
**Still in Raiden's arm, Amathyst nodded slightly.**
Alright... I'll stay for lunch... Archon, what about you?
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 16, 2008 16:32:14 GMT -5
Archon returned the nod, still rather stunned by the way things had played out. Zahi had been nothing but receptive, Raiden had greeted the prospect with literally open arms, and Amathyst was crumpling like a piece of foil. The mouse wasn't sure what to say or do from here, save perhaps eat some lunch. "That sounds fine with me... I don't need to be anywhere right now, anyway."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 16, 2008 16:45:47 GMT -5
Alright... Raiden, care to help me set the table please?
**Letting go of Amathyst, Raiden nodded.**
Sure.
**At that, he then followed Zahi into the kitchen to help with the preparations for lunch.**
**Now that they were alone in the room, Amathyst sighed heavily, then began talking in a hushed tone.**
That... Went better than expected... I thought Dad would blow his top at the news...
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 16, 2008 16:58:23 GMT -5
"So did I," Archon whispered back. He was inches from actually trembling from how overwhelming the situation had become for him. "I thought I was gonna have to use this CLOS... Well... We didn't. And I agreed to lunch, but... I feel like I'm gonna throw up..." The whole ordeal had unsettled his stomach very disconcertingly. Trying to hide it was, at this point, useless.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 16, 2008 17:29:43 GMT -5
At least I'm not alone in thinking that... If we had a bet as to mom's reaction, I think I'd have won it...
**Fearing her knees were going to give out from her nerves, Amathyst sat down on the settee in the room and motioned for Archon to sit by her.**
Lunch might just calm us down a bit then eh? I also know that I'm hungry... I haven't eaten since breakfast this morning...
**She didn't know why she was talking so much, but Amathyst put it down to the nervous feeling she was getting.**
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 16, 2008 17:34:06 GMT -5
"Well, you want to put something in your stomach... Meanwhile, I'm... I feel like it's full of lead or something," Archon mumbled as he stumped over to Amathyst on the settee. Sitting down next to her, he felt more like his legs were just giving out than complying with his will to make them move back, and he landed with a bit of a thud.
Placing a noticeably shaking paw on his mate's far back shoulder, Archon leaned against her with blatant nervousness. "I can't believe this is really happening... You're pregnant and you're gonna have a kid and I'm gonna be a parent... I'm gonna be a parent... Pretty soon, there'll be someone out there calling me 'dad'. This is just, um... I don't know what to say about what it's like. It's too much."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 16, 2008 17:39:55 GMT -5
It'll take some getting used to... I've never been called "mom" before myself... But I guess all we can do is do the best we can... If I did the best I could at learning my skills, and I'm now as good as I am, I think I must have done something right.
**Putting her arm around Archon's waist and resting her head on his shoulder, she smiled up at him.**
I think you'd make a great dad... You're kind and sweet when it matters, and I know you'd do your best.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 16, 2008 17:47:27 GMT -5
"It doesn't really matter what I would do, Ama... It matters what I will do. There will be a child in my life and I'll have to be the father... And you'll have to be the mother. How interesting. We're, um, creating a life... What an experience." Archon looked down at Amathyst with the slightest of smiles playing on his lips. The fact that he was bringing someone new into this world was finally starting to sink in.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 18, 2008 15:59:59 GMT -5
It is... I don't think our love life is ever going to be the same again though.
**Still smiling at him, Amathyst closed her eyes for a moment before sighing gently.**
Whatever happens in the future, I want you to know that I'll always love you... And I'm sure that our child will love you too...
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 18, 2008 16:02:50 GMT -5
"And I love you too. This is just one of those times that both strengthens and stresses that, though, isn't it?" Archon sighed resignedly and looked up at the ceiling. No paint on the boards? Wow! Feeling increasingly absentminded, he found it harder and harder to pay the attention he was supposed to.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 18, 2008 16:15:19 GMT -5
I know... And I think it might end up being worse for me emotionaly until the baby's born...
**Watching the pair with one eye while he was setting the table, Raiden sighed and smiled at Zahi.**
Young love eh? Can't beat it...
I was little older than her when I fell in love with you... And I was about his age when I gave birth to the twins...
**Putting the sandwitches and the summer salad onto the table, she stuck her head out the kitchen.**
Okay you both... It's lunch time.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 18, 2008 16:23:03 GMT -5
Archon looked down from the ceiling at Zahi, surprised by her abrupt presence. He seemed a bit taken aback by her entry. "What? Um... Lunch now? OK, fantastic. That's great. What is it? The l... I'm babbling like an idiot," Archon admitted sadly. He was just being inattentive and overwhelmed.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 18, 2008 16:45:48 GMT -5
You are... It's a light salad and sandwitches.
**Dissapearing back into the kitchen, Zahi pulled the chairs out from the table and sat down, Raiden next to her.**
Well I don't know about you, but I'm hungry...
**Smiling at Archon again, Amathyst removed her arm from round his waist and stood up.**
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Post by Linx Exotic on Apr 18, 2008 16:57:29 GMT -5
"I don't know about you, but I'm a babbling idiot," Archon shot back with a following chuckle as he guided her to where there were a pair of chairs just waiting for them. As he walked over, a thought occurred to him seemingly out of the blue. "Hey... Have any of you seen Lars lately? I heard something happened to him or something, then he just... Stopped being around. What's with that?"
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Apr 18, 2008 17:18:10 GMT -5
He's around... He's just spending a lot of time either training or wandering the surrounding area. Other than bumping into him a lot during the day when I'm out, I don't see much of him at the moment.
**Sitting down at the table, Amathyst looked slightly puzzled.**
That's odd... Normally he doesn't push himself that hard... Is he okay?
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