Surprise, Surprise... ((WAFFS))

[FaizahPandora]

IC Date: July 29th, 2013
IC Time: 2:00 pm

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Faizah looked at the doctor like he had grown an extra head. She had come to him two days before, after spending weeks with some strange symptoms. A splitting headache, nausea, a feeling of butterflies in her stomach, consistantly low blood sugar and finally acheing breasts.

After she had almost fainted, she had decided to come to the Infirmary. The doctor had taken some blood and put her on IV fluids for a few hours. Which was routine stuff with Faizah's illness, so she thought nothing of it.

However, the blood results have come in today. And the doctor had immediately called for Faizah to come to the Infirmary. He said that it was important. But what he had told Faizah had sent her head spinning.

"What?" She asked in disbelief.

The doctor nodded his head. "You're pregnant."

[yaoiwafflez]

((Oh god how do I reply to this oh wait. ))

He was not stalking her, absolutely not. K'ryn would never stoop to that level. Ever. He loved Faizah (shhhh he still hadn't wrapped his head around that) and he trusted her. On the other hand, sending Braun after her while he was running interference at benden for a day or two was not stalking, it was...uh.

Well it wasn't stalking.

So when Braun came back to him on his arrival back at Rocky he was confused. He barely got the chance to take off his helmet and riding gear and make sure Synth was alright from the flight before the tiny white was all over him, chirping up a storm.

"Wait, where?"

And then K'ryn was headed for the infirmary.

(Lame sorry!))

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah shook her head. "I can't be pregnant." She said in disbelief.

The doctor sighed. He took a seat on the stool, facing Faizah, and just stared at her. After a moment he waved the file at her. "Blood tests don't lie. You of all people should know that." He told her.

Faizah shook her head again, her red hair flying. "I've had specialists tell me its impossible for me to get pregnant." She all but growled.

The doctor smiled slightly. Faizah was a smart woman, and she knew what she was talking about. But life had a way of sneaking up on people. "And you've been trying for how long to get pregnant? And since you've had Naktor, you haven't worried about getting pregnant. Stress can keep a woman from conceiving." He told her planly.

Faizah opened her mouth to say something. But then shut it again. The doctor had a point. And between Naktor and K'ryn, she really didn't worry about much of anything anymore.

Least of all, getting pregnant.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn nearly exploded into the room Faizah was in, hesitating only when the doctor shot him a supremely irritated look, to wich he just shrugged and gestured to Faizah, as if to say "Oh come on like you were expecting anything else with her here."

The Nurse (who had been trying to stop him for a hallway and a half now) just looked apologetic. But still, most of the infirmary staff was used to the dragonrider habit of doing what they please, and K'ryn was especially well-known thanks to Synth's weekly visits to the dragonhealers. Most people just gave up on trying to stop him, so actually K'ryn was giving this poor hassled woman a lot of credit. Still wasn;t going to stop him when Braun had told him Faizah was in the infirmary- he still worried, you know- and it did even ;ess when he saw the pale look on her face.

"Faizah?!" He asked, glancing worriedly at the doctor. "I- is everything alright? You look- you're- are you hurt?" The man had no subtlety. Then again, he had bigger things to worry about then dancing politely around things like manners and not interrupting the nice doctor when he was talking.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah jumped when K'ryn came busting through the door. She sighed when the doctor glared at K'ryn, along with the nurse. Who had apparently been trying to stop him. Faizah waved her away, not really wanting to hear her complain about how K'ryn hadn't listened to her. Because once the woman regained her composure, that's surely what would happen.

Faizah held up a hand to calm K'ryn. She was happy that he was worried about her. But he had nothing to worry about, honestly. She probably was pale, however. The news of being pregnant had given her a shock, and she was still fighting the disbelief over the situation.

She took a deep breath, then met K'ryn's eyes. She wondered how he would take the news. Every man was different when they found out they were going to become a father. And Faizah had seen her fair share of reactions. Her mother had six children, each with a different father after all.

"I'm pregnant, K'ryn."

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn looked relieved when she waved off any worry, and visibly relaxed. As long as she was fine, he didn't really care. Did bring up a question of why she was in here, though. She certainly seemed like something was up.

(He was only going to be a little bit smug when the nurse was shut up. He didn;t like her anyway and he held back a victorious little chuckle. Win.)

Of course, any snide remark he might have made about that was cut short when Faizah spoke.

Pregant.

Pregnant?! How- was that even- pregnant? He stayed very silent for a minute or two thinking about this. That took a second, honestly. Long enough that Synth noticed, and he only moved when she finally chirped at him mentally to try and figure out if he really was quite alright. He shook his head and just stared at Faizah.

"....are you serious?" He said quietly, glancing at the doctor then Faizah again. "Is it... ours? You're pregnant with... " He stopped talking again and just stared. He was for a second worried that maybe he was going crazy. That didn't make sense, right? "Faizah... are you... keeping it?" He asked, now very quiet. He was happy, he though, yeah, but...it also wasn't the first time this had happened. There had been a woman in his past, another rider but she had chosen to terminate between- at the time he had agreed, they were both young and it hadn't been right or fair for either of them- heck on Pern it was almost common among dragonriding women; he would never have asked her to do anything else- but right now, the thought that Faizah might... that scared him. Deeply.

It probably wasn't the best thing to be asking given the fact that should have been good news, he thought, but he couldn't help it.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah watched K'ryn for the moments where he was silent. And she felt an icy coldness grow in her stomach. He didn't look very happy about this news. Granted, he could be surprised. It had taken Faizah a moment to accept the fact, and she was the one with the symptoms...!

But he really wasn't looking any better.

The doctor gave her a small look, then looked at K'ryn. Even the doctor thought K'ryn looked rather unhappy with the news. Which saddened him. He had known Faizah since Rocky was established, and he had a lot of respect for her. Not many people out there could keep their spirits up when facing a blood disorder like Faizah's. And on top of that, to welcome all of the people and dragons who were unwanted on Pern to Rocky...

Few people could do it. She was running herself into the ground taking care of everything and everyone. And on top of all of it she had been spending the past few years trying to get pregnant; to fulfill the one hope she had. And now that everything was looking up for her, the father of her unborn child seemed unhappy about it.

Faizah nodded to the doctor, silently asking him to leave the room. Her heart had dropped into her stomach at K'ryn's questions. He even sounded unhappy about the baby. The doctor left, closing the door gently behind himself. Then Faizah turned her attention back to K'ryn and nodded, feeling the sting of what would be tears at the back of her eyes.

"Yes, it's ours. And yes, I am going to keep it. If I manage to carry full term." She muttered, her emerald green eyes brimming with tears. She cast her eyes to the ground, bowing her head and letting her hair cover her face. She didn't want K'ryn to see her tears.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn looked stunned for another second when the doctor left, turning into deep confusion. "Why...?" He began but was cut short when he caught sight of Faizah. Sadness. Wait, what? That made no sense, she was answering him in the best way possible, so why was she upset?

It caught up to him way too belatedly that he'd gone the wrong direction in the way of answering questions. Synth happened to inform him distantly and with a touch of scorn that in fact if SHE had been having a clutch she would bite him if he had been dumb enough to insinuate he would ask her to get rid of them. Then it clicked. He was really, really happy, but he was worried Faizah would- well. A lot of things. He was too used to dating other riders, Pernese with certain manners of thought and assumptions that he still never considered that holdbred fold, Earth people, they thought differently. K'ryn just hadn't wanted to get his hopes up...

She ducked her head away and tried to hide it b ut he knew she was crying. What, did she really think that would hide something like that? From him? He nearly ran over to her, grabbing her shoulders and moving to make sure he could see her face. "No, no don't do that. I'm happy, Fai. Don't you dare cry on me!" He pulled her to him, tighter than he meant to but at the moment all he wanted was to make sue she knew there wasn't anyhting or anyone in the world he wanted closer to him than her right now. "Faizah, I'm sorry, I'm stupid, really. I'm happy. I swear, I'm... I'm so happy. Faizah, it's... you're going to have a kid. Mine. I am having a baby and with YOU. You don't even know-' He turned his face to kiss her cheek, trying anything to make her feel better. "I don't even have words for the kind of happy I'm feeling. Please, please... I don't care what happens. This is amazing news."

[FaizahPandora]

She was surprised when K'ryn all but ran over to her, pulling her into a tight hug. And that was all it took for the tears to fall. She actually felt a little sick, going from ice cold worry and fear to sudden relief. And sick wasn't all she was feeling. Dizziness was there too.

She wrapped her arms around K'ryn, glad that he had explained. She had been so afraid he wouldn't want to be a father that she had read him wrong. She was not only crying, but trembling slightly in relief. She managed to laugh slightly when K'ryn kissed her cheek, telling her that he was too happy for words and that it was amazing news.

"Sorry." She muttered, her voice muffled against him. He was holding her tightly, and she didn't mind. She was holding him just as tight. "The way you went so still. I thought you didn't want the baby..." Her voice broke at the end.

They weren't sad tears. She was only crying out of relief, the same reason she was trembling. And she could have kicked herself for acting like such a brat.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn laughed, taking in a soft, hitched breath and vowing never, ever to be such a dumbass again. "No." He said, managing to keep his voice even. "Not even a little right." He really felt awful at having worried her. And then she was crying, and that was almost enough to set him off- not that he was generally the crying type, but hey. He was a little shaken right now.

He was just glad... just glad everything was okay.

"I didn't mean to do that. I was scared. I- I always wanted kids. But it's hard, you know? Dragonriders don't normally get that sort of thing where I'm from." He explained. "I didn't mean to worry you, but... I was afraid you'd say the same thing I've heard from so many of my wingmates..." He shook bis head- that wasn't important now.

"I don't want anything more than to have a baby with you, Faizah." He whispered, kissing her forehead again and again. He was so happy he thought he might just explode- because really. It had been a seemingly lost dream and now? Well. Now he had Faizah, and soon after... they'd have a kid.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah sniffed, pulling away slightly to wipe her eyes. The tears hadn't last long, which was the only up side to them. Once her eyes were dry, albeit slightly red now, she wrapped her arms around K'ryn once more. She laid her head on his shoulder, taking comfort in his nearness.

She listened to him, knowing that it was common practice on Pern. But she wasn't from Pern, nor did she want to be. But she knew what he meant. She had wanted a baby so badly since she turned eighteen. And the doctors had always told her it was impossible.

"I know how you feel." She murmured to him. She took a deep breath, and sighed. She laughed slightly at the irony of the situation. "I was told my whole life that I couldn't have kids, even though I sorely wanted one. Now I'm pregnant." She leaned back slightly to smile at him.

But there was still the problem of her blood disorder. It could effect the baby. It could keep her from carrying full term. She could even pass it along to her child. They really didn't know much at all about it.

And that worried her...

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn just smiled and stuck close to her, refusing to let go even for a second. Partly it was out of insistence to her that he wasn't leaving as he still felt bad about worrying her from before, and partly it was... he didn't want to be away from her. Weird, probably, and a little clingy, maybe, but he loved her, and it was still a stunning enough revelation to him that he couldn't quite bear the idea of letting Faizah leave while she was still as worried as he though she was.

"I know." He replied, kissing her back and keeping her close. "You're worried." It was just like him to call her on it too.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah couldn't help but laugh slightly. "You have no idea how worried I am." She murmured.

She took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. She was trying to breathe away the worry, at least for the moment. And oddly, Faizah found it was working. If she didn't think about all the possibilities of something going wrong, she couldn't panic. And panic was a bad thing...

But she knew she should tell K'ryn what was worrying her. He deserved to know. Not only because he was the father, but also because he was her weyrmate. And he had already seen her in some pretty bad times. She took another deep breath before she spoke.

"I'm worried I may end up passing this blood disorder to the baby." She said quietly, almost afraid that saying it would make it happen.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn stares at her for a long time, then blinks. And does it again. And then looks at the doctor finally, like he's not sure what he should say.

"That's...all?" He says. "Fai you turned out okay. And if anything happens to our baby, I'll make sure you and him-or...uh...her... get the best care out there. Don't care what it takes." He shakes his head and just sort of awestrcuk, lays a hand on her stomach. "But...I understand if you don;t want to go through with it." He says, with a frown. "Do you?"

[FaizahPandora]

((Doctor left and hasn't returned yet.))

Faizah gave K'ryn a small smile. She leaned against him slightly, sighing softly. "Thank you, K'ryn." She said.

She nodded when K'ryn asked her if she wanted to go along with the pregnancy. "Yes, I want this baby. I'm worried, yes, but that doesn't mean I'm going to abort." She murmured.