table for our guest.
Chapter 19
Darius
A week has passed since we returned with the Hintin Princess and so far everything has seemed to go as planned. There haven’t been signs of Hintins searching the area for her while she has been kept safe in the mountain palace.
It was morning and breakfast was the first thing I thought about.
“Hungry?”
I approached Ruby so we could walk down together but she shook her head in a tired voice. “No. I can’t think of food right now. Excuse me.”
She rushed out of the room into the bathhouse on our floor and locked herself inside. She must have been sick or something. I thought it was weird since we had Jaylyn for that kind of thing but that was okay. I guess she could eat whenever she was ready.
I walked down to the dining room by myself and everyone else was already in there eating without us.
“Where’s Ruby?” Adele asked. “Her breakfast is going to get cold.”
“She’s still upstairs. I mentioned breakfast and she ran to the bathhouse.”
“Oh.” Jaylyn said in a sad sigh. “The morning sickness thing is really getting to her, I guess.”
“What morning sickness thing?”
Everyone looked up at me and was a little confused about how I asked that question but I seriously didn’t know what they were talking about.
“You know, morning sickness.” Jaylyn said. “A lot of women get it when they’re pregnant.”
My whole body froze and I drop my fork. It hit the plate making a loud sound as if the plate cracked but I didn’t look. I had my intense stare right at Jaylyn for being the one to say it.
“I don’t think she told him.” Troy whispered.
“Oh. It’s been a week since she told us. I figured she did. Sorry.”
Was it true? I finally blinked and slowly started to rise. “Please excuse me for a moment.”
“Darius, wait!” Adele said, standing up right after me. “Don’t be mad at her. You’ll only make it worse if—”
“Why would I be mad at her?” The question was something of a curious nature and I didn’t know why she would say that.
She paused there for a moment and looked around the table. Everyone else stayed silent. “Because. It’s the timing. She’s known for a while but couldn’t come to telling any of us until now.”
I only looked at her for another second before turning away without replying. I needed to see her―now. I left the dining room and walked slowly to the stairs still trying to take it all in but when I reached them, I raced right up to the fifth floor to our room. Ruby was laying on the bed under the covers with her back to me.
I was worried for her but I slowly walk to her and sat on the edge, leaning over her to see her face. “Hey, you okay?”
Ruby opened her eyes. They were glazed with tears but none have yet to fall. She didn’t say anything. She just stared up at me.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
She closed her eyes and looked away as a tear left her right eye and she put the blanket up over her head. “How can you even look at me?”
I laughed a little when I climbed over her and laid on the other side, trying to take off the blanket so I could see her face. “What are you talking about?”
She was holding the blanket tight so I couldn’t take it off her head then suddenly she did it herself in one quick motion, looking directly at me. “Do you even realize what this is doing to my body? You’re not going to want to look at me so get used to it.”
She put the blanket up over her head again and I laughed to the foolishness of her thinking so. “It’s not going to be like that. You’re going to look beautiful.”
“Have you ever seen a pregnant woman? I know for a fact that it’s not close to anything you think is beautiful.”
“But it’ll be you. I could never see you as anything else but beautiful no matter what.”
She slowly took off the blanket but just showed her eyes. “Really?”
“Yes, really but I wish you would
Chapter 19
Darius
A week has passed since we returned with the Hintin Princess and so far everything has seemed to go as planned. There haven’t been signs of Hintins searching the area for her while she has been kept safe in the mountain palace.
It was morning and breakfast was the first thing I thought about.
“Hungry?”
I approached Ruby so we could walk down together but she shook her head in a tired voice. “No. I can’t think of food right now. Excuse me.”
She rushed out of the room into the bathhouse on our floor and locked herself inside. She must have been sick or something. I thought it was weird since we had Jaylyn for that kind of thing but that was okay. I guess she could eat whenever she was ready.
I walked down to the dining room by myself and everyone else was already in there eating without us.
“Where’s Ruby?” Adele asked. “Her breakfast is going to get cold.”
“She’s still upstairs. I mentioned breakfast and she ran to the bathhouse.”
“Oh.” Jaylyn said in a sad sigh. “The morning sickness thing is really getting to her, I guess.”
“What morning sickness thing?”
Everyone looked up at me and was a little confused about how I asked that question but I seriously didn’t know what they were talking about.
“You know, morning sickness.” Jaylyn said. “A lot of women get it when they’re pregnant.”
My whole body froze and I drop my fork. It hit the plate making a loud sound as if the plate cracked but I didn’t look. I had my intense stare right at Jaylyn for being the one to say it.
“I don’t think she told him.” Troy whispered.
“Oh. It’s been a week since she told us. I figured she did. Sorry.”
Was it true? I finally blinked and slowly started to rise. “Please excuse me for a moment.”
“Darius, wait!” Adele said, standing up right after me. “Don’t be mad at her. You’ll only make it worse if—”
“Why would I be mad at her?” The question was something of a curious nature and I didn’t know why she would say that.
She paused there for a moment and looked around the table. Everyone else stayed silent. “Because. It’s the timing. She’s known for a while but couldn’t come to telling any of us until now.”
I only looked at her for another second before turning away without replying. I needed to see her―now. I left the dining room and walked slowly to the stairs still trying to take it all in but when I reached them, I raced right up to the fifth floor to our room. Ruby was laying on the bed under the covers with her back to me.
I was worried for her but I slowly walk to her and sat on the edge, leaning over her to see her face. “Hey, you okay?”
Ruby opened her eyes. They were glazed with tears but none have yet to fall. She didn’t say anything. She just stared up at me.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
She closed her eyes and looked away as a tear left her right eye and she put the blanket up over her head. “How can you even look at me?”
I laughed a little when I climbed over her and laid on the other side, trying to take off the blanket so I could see her face. “What are you talking about?”
She was holding the blanket tight so I couldn’t take it off her head then suddenly she did it herself in one quick motion, looking directly at me. “Do you even realize what this is doing to my body? You’re not going to want to look at me so get used to it.”
She put the blanket up over her head again and I laughed to the foolishness of her thinking so. “It’s not going to be like that. You’re going to look beautiful.”
“Have you ever seen a pregnant woman? I know for a fact that it’s not close to anything you think is beautiful.”
“But it’ll be you. I could never see you as anything else but beautiful no matter what.”
She slowly took off the blanket but just showed her eyes. “Really?”
“Yes, really but I wish you would
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