(Bree's POV)

"I-I can't, Brad." I shook my head as I stumbled through his front door. My reason for requesting the check at the restaurant was not because I wanted to do what he asked...I was scared. He used something that I lost and now desired against me...and I couldn't help but feel trapped.

"It was silly of me to say. I don't know what made me want to, Bree." Brad sighed and ran a hand through his sandy hair. "But I kept thinking about when you told me about your jealousy towards your friend and--"

"I don't feel like that anymore!" I accidentally yelled. I breathed out deeply and ran a hand through the start of my hair. "I've realised what I've done to them--Ray and Jane. My jealousy got the better of me and tore it to shreds. I shouldn't have been the little bitch I was and now I'm paying for it by staying away and making no contact with those two. I don't want a baby, Brad." I looked into his hazel eyes. "This whole thing had me think about the miscarriage. When I lost Ray's baby. When you asked if I wanted to have children with Ray, I said 'we'll see', but that was because of the tight spot we were in. Now, I realised I want his children, but I've completely screwed up my chances for that future."

"I'm sorry...again." He rubbed the back of his neck as he stood awkwardly in front of the door.

"It's fine," I nodded. "But I need to get out of here."

Brad looked back up at me and furrowed his brows. "You want to leave? To where?" He asked.

"I'll figure it out." I sighed. I left my dress on as I packed up my utensils and any other items I had here into my black bag. Brad watched my every movements as I collected everything.

"Are you mad?" He asked me as I threw the bag over my shoulder.

"No. I just need space from you." I stated simply and he nodded, holding the front door open for me.

"At least, let me drive you." He tried to keep a smile on his face, but it wavered slightly. I hesitated for a moment before nodding a little and following him outside. It was raining hard, making me rush quickly in heels out to where his car was waiting.

"Where to then?" He asked once I hopped inside, my dress clinging to my thighs and my black hair darker than a raven's wings against my pale face and neck. I thought long and hard until I came up with the an address I knew I'd be fine with.

Once I told him, he nodded, a sad and guilty expression on his face as he started up his vehicle, and took off, making the rain splash against the windows. I leaned back in my seat before taking out my mobile and dialing a number.

"Hello?" A raspy voice answered, signaling that the person had a cold.

"H-Hi Burnie. Do you think I can stay with you?"

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(Jane's POV)

"Don't worry, love. Since Burnie is out sick with a cold, you'll be welcomed back." Gavin told me as him, Michael, and I were on our way to the office. It was the day after I encountered Matt at the shopping centre and I was still really weirded out by it.

Lindsay, Caiti, and Barbs took the whole day off to paint in the nursery, which I was really excited for. I couldn't wait to see what they had planned. They kicked us all out because apparently they had other people coming to help with the room and they knew that Gavin and I would find a way to peek inside.

"I am dying to see everyone." I admitted.

"There you go," Gavin chuckled, patting my thigh from the front seat. "Maybe Geoff will even add you to today's Let's Plays." He grinned. I was really excited to see everyone again. I haven't been able to find the courage to head back to the office. I just didn't want to face Burnie at all, but since he was at home today, I thought it would be a perfect idea to hang out with everyone.

When Michael pulled into the parking lot, I actually threw open the door and quick walked to where the front doors were. The first face I was greeted by was Kara with her blond hair in a short, high ponytail.

"Jane!" She giggled and grasped me into a tight hug. "It's so weird seeing you here." She joked.

"Yeah, I know," I laughed with her. Gavin and Michael followed in quick enough, small smiles on their faces as well. "Let's go." I gave Kara one more hug before Gavin picked me up bridal style, making me squeal, and carrying me all the way to the AH office. Inside was a bit warm, but dealing with this Texas heat, I wouldn't have expected a room with amazing air conditioning. Geoff, Jack, Ryan, and Ray were at their desks, hooking up mics and starting up their Xboxes.

"Whoa, there she is." Ryan said, making everyone else turn to us.

"It's great to be back home," I smiled, making them chuckle with agreement. "Gavin, you can put me down now."

"Oh, right," He set me down easily, making sure not to bump or hurt my stomach. He's been really gentle with everything so far for the whole pregnancy. I do miss the rough and playful wrestling though. "Hey, Geoff. Do you think Jane can join in on the Let's Play today?"

"Yeah, definitely. People have been wondering about you," He shrugged, taking a swig of his beer before plugging in his mic. " We'll be doing two today and you can be part of both."

"What're we doing?" I beat Gavin to his computer chair, smiling at him with victory as he pouted and instead leaned on his desk.

"Gavin, Michael, and I will be doing a Worms gameplay and then everyone is going to do some Titanfall. Jack is leaving early for a dentist appointment, so you can take his place." He told me and I nodded. I was really happy to become part of Achievement Hunter once more. I wasn't going to get paid, but at least I would still be doing something I loved. The college work and exams online have been really stressful and I have never felt so used up from writing pages and pages of junk that my professor had me do.

"You can sit with me." Gavin said.

"Well, that's actually the other way around since I'm taking over your desk for the day." I grabbed his controller from its charging unit and started up his Xbox.

An hour later, I'm deep in a Worms game with Geoff, Gavin, and Michael. So far, Gavin as ended the life of two of his worms and Michael was taking the lead with me in second. My thumbs were raw from pressing the analog sticks too hard and my back ached from the straight back of the chair. Also, the whole time I've been feeling a bit achy in my lower stomach. I didn't want to mention it to Gavin because I knew he'd make a big deal out of it.

"And there's goes Gavin's other worm," I chuckled. "I'm kind of worried now. How can I expect you to take care of our children when you can't even do that with video game worms?" I asked Gavin.

"I guess we'll just hope for the best." He shrugged, making me gasp and push his arm.

"Gavin!" I yelled.

"What? We all know we're thinking it." Well...he's not entirely wrong.

"Hey, Jane?" I heard a monotone voice call to me and I turned to here Monty was at the AH office door.

"Yeah?"

"Can I speak to you?" I nodded, kissed the top of Gavin's head, and followed Monty out. His style today was like Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach, his hair actually dyed orange and styled to swipe along his forehead and sticking out at odd ends. I always loved it when Monty combined or copied some appearance ideas from animes because it made him seem more interesting and awesome looking.

"You're dressed like Ichigo, aren't you?" I giggled as he led me to where the new animation warehouse was.

"Yeah. Are you dressed as a pregnant version of Euphemia?" He asked me, referring to the sexy, pink haired anime character from Code Geass.

"Oh my God, Monty," I laughed as he chuckled a little and shrugged. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I said while still giggling from his comment.

"Uh, RWBY," He turned back to me when we reached his desk. "I know you don't work here anymore, but we still need some more voicing from you for Series 2. I have some from your last day here, but we need some more before it comes out." He told me. I've been itching to get back to RWBY and the voice recording room. The atmosphere was always incredible and knowing that a lot of people were enjoying my role for my character had me ecstatic to record more.

"Really?" I smiled.

"Yeah. I know you're having your little feud with Burnie, which is stupid in all honesty," He told me, making me sigh and nod. "But he can't complain because this show is making him money. So, I need you. You up for it?" I didn't even reply, instead I just squeezed the small man to me and nodding vigorously.

"Great," He continued. "Tomorrow would be the best time, sometime around 1o:00 am." He smiled big as I squealed and told him I'd be here. After I left, I headed straight for the kitchen to reward myself with a tea that someone left in there. Hopefully no one minds.

"Jane, hey," I turned to see Joel walking up to me, a sincere smile on his face. His hair was much longer than a while ago and Ive actually grown to love it. "How are you? How's Gavin's spawns?"

I laughed and took a sip of my tea in the glass bottle. "Just fine. They aren't kicking yet, but I'm pretty sure that's normal since I'm just four months along."

"You know, I remember the time when Burnie told me about his first son being born. Man, he was freaking out." Joel laughed and I almost choked on my lemon tea.

"Wait...Burnie has children?" I never even knew. I mean, I never heard about them or saw them around his house. How could he have kept such a huge secret from me?

"Oh, you didn't know? Huh. Well, yeah he has two sons, JD and Teddy. Really cute kids, kind of crazy like him. They live with their mother if you were wondering." He was brewing himself a cup of coffee.

"Oh." Was all I said. I looked up at Joel and actually noticed a tinge of pink flesh, small but noticeable, on his cheek from where so many months ago Will had visited and assaulted him. I was almost cleansed of the terrifying years with Will and I believed I could pick up everything and run last it, but it seems like there's always something reminding me of him--first, Matt dating my friend and now the light scar on Joel's face.

"Since you've been gone, they've actually been around here more. Mainly because Burnie started a new series called Game Kids where he has his children pick a game and he watches them play them. It's great family fun!" He said sarcastically at the end, making me laugh. I'll have to watch those sometime.

Just in that instant, I felt another one of those tiny cramps that I was feeling while doing the Let's Play earlier. I winced and set my tea on the counter and breathing out slowly.

"You okay?" Joel asked, placing a hand on my shoulder. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I've just been having these stupid, weird cramps all day and I know it's not my period, obviously." I felt a little better and stood up straighter, making Joel a little less tense.

"How bad are they?" He asked.

"Not sharp, just like a a dull ache." I told him, rubbing the bottom part of my stomach. But right when I said that I felt a the first sharp pain and I gasped lightly as clung to the counter.

"Whoa," Joel came closer and pressed a hand to my back and on my arm. "What about now?"

"Yeah, now there's a sharp pain," I groaned and felt another. "Fuck." I hissed out and breathed in and out deeply.

"I don't have a good feeling about this," Joel muttered. Kara walked in and her eyes widened at my hunched over state. "Kara, get Gavin. We're going to the hospital."

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"Was it abdominal?" Doctor Kalm asked as she placed the warm gel onto my stomach. The pains have subsided, but I've been so worried. Everything was going so smoothly, why was something happening right now?

"Yeah." I shifted on the uncomfortable chair. Gavin was next to me in a chair, his clammy hand grasping mine as we awaited something...anything. The doctor placed the wand on my stomach moved it around, the grainy black and white picture moving.

"Well, there they are," she said slowly. The screen showed two small forms and I smiled a little, tightening my grip on Gavin's hand. "Sometimes the mother may experience pains or cramps now and again along with a few spottings in the underwear, it's normal. And you're in your second trimester, so it could be a little more serious, but nothing to worry yourself over about." She looked over to us and then back at the screen.

"It just started today." I told her.

"Oh, at least it hasn't been consistent, then it'd definitely be a big problem," She moved the wand more. "So, when's the wedding?" She asked. I had told her on our first ultrasound about our wedding, but at the time we didn't have a date.

"Next month." Gavin spoke up.

"Oh, lovely. Do you have a theme or a venue?" She typed something on the keyboard connected to the large machine.

"It's like a fairytale thing," I said. "And then the back of the building is all open to the woods."

"Sounds amazing!" She grinned. "Well, I think the pains are nothing big. I will prescribe you some more prenatal vitamins and also some pills that will help if you have anymore of those cramps," She wrote down something on a slip of paper and handed it to Gavin. I gasped loudly as another sharp pain flooded through my stomach, causing my legs to slightly shake. "Oh, that sounded bad."

"Yeah, you think?" I chuckled bitterly and laid my head back.

"May I?" She nodded to my stomach. I let her as she placed her hands on my stomach, prodding and pressing here and there but gently to not hurt anything. "Is it tender anywhere?" She asked.

"Yeah, back where my abdomen is." I nodded and I saw Gavin wincing from my hard squeezing on his hand.

"Hm. Do you mind if I take an x-ray of your internal organs? X-ray's aren't great for pregnant women, but we have a different type of version that won't be harmful." She said, hands clasped together.

"What's wrong?" I asked, my voice raising a little higher.

"I don't know yet, but when I get the equipment for this small x-ray, I'm sure we'll find out." She nodded and I looked to Gavin, who looked equally worried.

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