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Throughout her life Eve had grown to expect the unexpected, her father dying after getting struck by lightning while walking their dog. Her mother uprooting her from America and moving back to London at the age of 16. Losing her virginity to an unnamed House of Lords members son. But if there was one thing, she really didn’t expect it was this. Here she was in her big empty house sitting on the floor of the bathroom in her underwear, 41 years of age, about to be divorced and pregnant. How had that happened.
She remembered the last time her and Niko had slept together, the best time she´d ever had with him to be honest. He had been aggressive, scary, rough. While it hadn´t been everything she wanted it was an improvement, she could live with it. But he couldn’t, it had frightened him how his wife wanted to get fucked, after 12 years of marriage he had no idea who this woman was.
He hadn’t told her that after she fell asleep, she spoke in her dreams. She said Villanelle. But that had been the final nail in the coffin for him. He had to divorce her. When he had served her the papers she had reacted badly and demanded that he’d leave. Which he had, Eve assumed that he stayed with Gemma. That was it he had vanished from her life, just like that, a 16-year relationship over.
It had been 11 weeks since then.
11 weeks Eve thought. she was more than 2 months pregnant.
Eve stood up, regardless she had to do something, she couldn’t just sit on the floor and hope it was a bad dream.
She picked up her phone from the sink.
Two texts.
Anne Bonny 09:23
Where are you? Big Boss it is talking about some case it sounds important.
Anne Bonny 10:07
Hey, Kill Commander, are you okay?
Eve looked at the time 11:42 it had been more than an hour since Villanelle send the last text. She should probably reply before they send a search party out to find her.
She texted Villanelle that she was feeling a bit sick and would be staying home.
A vomiting emoji and a thumbs up emoji were all she received as a reply.
She called the doctor and made an appointment for the same day at 16:30. She hung around the house for a few hours, before taking a shower and getting dressed.
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The Doctors waiting room was cold and sterile considering the dealt mainly with pregnant women it seemed a bit off target.
“Mrs. Poultry” The nurse incorrectly called out across the room.
Eve sighed and stood up, taking her belongings with her.
The gynecologist preforming the scan was pretty, she had nothing on Villanelle, but pretty non the less. Eve caught herself thinking.
“And there it your baby” the doctor said, and Eve was slammed back into reality with that one-word baby. Her child. She had a living person inside of her, and not in the sexy way.
“You hear that? That is baby´s heartbeat” the Doctor turned up the sound on the machine while talking.
“I…it.. eh it's very fast” Eve commented
“That is normal babies hearts beats almost twice as fast as adults'.”
“How long… how far along am I?” Eve asked
“Just around 11 weeks” was the reply “you are small of nature and because this is your first pregnancy you aren’t showing a lot.”
“And what are my options?” Eve asked tentatively.
If the Doctor judged her, she kept it to herself and simply replied in the same tone that abortion was legal in the UK up till 24 weeks barring any life-threatening complications.
Eve nodded and accepted the pamphlet on abortion the Doctor handed to her.
While printing some pictures out for Eve the Doctor spoke.
“I would like for you to come back sometime during the next 4 weeks for a check-up, your age is a little bit of a risk factor and I would like to keep an eye on you. Should you decide not to keep it please call and make an appointment here. We will take great care of you either way.”
The Doctor gave her the pictures.
“I will let you get dressed”
So here Eve was in a paper gown at a Women's health clinic with a pamphlet on abortion in one hand and a sonogram of the baby growing within her in the other. God she wanted a glass of wine and a cigarette.
On the way home on the Tube all she saw were pregnant women and small children some were well behaved, and others were soul sucking demons.
“Emily, Emily don't bother the lady” She heard an exasperated mother plead at a young girl, 5-6 years old stood in front of her.
“Are you Mulan?” the girl, Emily, asked with wonder and childlike innocence in her eyes.
“No, my hair is much curlier than Mulan’s” Eve said shortly, she really wasn`t good with children.
“I`m so sorry, Mulan is her favorite princess right now” the mother politely explained.
Eve wanted to tell the mother that she was of Korean descent not Chinese, that Mulan wasn´t a princess and that the “real” Mulan was a warrior and would frown at being called a princess. That the “real” Mulan was with the army, living as a man for 12 years. And Eve wasn’t sure the strait-laced Christian looking woman could handle such a conversation on gender identity with her daughter.
But she simply smiled and said nothing.
When she got home, she put the pamphlet and the pictures on the counter and poured herself a glass of her favorite red wine and ordered the best take out she could get. Steak and potatoes with oven-baked vegetables and hollandaise sauce. At 19:34 her doorbell rang when she opened, she was surprised to find Villanelle holding her takeout and a bottle of her usual champagne.
“You look terrible, I hope I don't catch what you have” Villanelle said while making her way into the hallway to take off her shoes.
“How did you get a hold of my food? The delivery system is supposed to be secure?” Eve asked, it was pointless she knew, how ever Villanelle had done it was, at best, illegal.
“Finn, the guy handling the delivery system is cheating on his wife with a 17-year-old boy from his youth chess group.” Villanelle said in lieu of an answer.
It was only once Villanelle had made her way into the kitchen to put down the food Eve realized that she had put the pictures and the pamphlet on the counter, laying freely for Villanelle to see.
And see it she did.
“Ah I see you have gotten a parasite” was the only thing she said.
Eve nodded wordlessly
“It is moustaches' yes? Unless you are more liberated that I thought”
Once again Eve only nodded.
“Are you keeping it or exercising your hard won right to choose?” Villanelle asked
Eve shrugged and swirled her untouched wine in it's glass.
“At least I won’t catch what you have” Villanelle joked.
They didn’t talk about it for the rest of the evening.
After they´d eaten Eve got up to clear the plates but Villanelle stopped her.
“You should rest” it was almost kind, the way she said it.
“V, will you stay with me tonight?” Eve asked
“Are you propositioning me for sex? You are 16 years my senior and my boss! It is outrageous” Villanelle said in a scandalized tone, her slight smile giving her away.
“Don´t be a dick. It´s late and instead to driving to the other end of town I was wondering if you wanted to stay”
“I sleep nude” Villanelle said with a flirty smile.
“Liar”
“And how would you know this?”
“…”
“I shall sleep naked tonight to prove it then”
“if you sleep naked you will be sleeping on the couch” Eve stated
“… So if I do not sleep naked I can sleep with you, on the bed?” Villanelle said in a low tone.
Eve got the nagging feeling that she had played right into Villanelle's trap.
“Yes, you can sleep on the bed with me, if you wear clothes” Eve finally said.
After watching Marley & Me, Villanelle laughing throughout the entire thing, thinking it was a comedy, they got ready for bed.
Eve changed in the bedroom and Villanelle in the bathroom.
After stripping down to her panties Eve stood there looking at herself in the mirror, she wasn’t showing, yet. Would it make it better if she was? Would it make it worse? She hesitantly touched her stomach, right where the Doctor had placed the ultrasound wand. That was a baby in there, hers and Nikos. Oh God Niko, he didn’t know. Should she tell him?
Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a warm soft hand covering her own on her stomach.
“… you will get fat” Villanelle said. It sounded like she wanted to say something else but decided against it.
“I still don´t know if I’m keeping it” Eve said completely honest.
Villanelle didn’t say anything. She simply ran her hands slowly up the sides of Eve body before cupping both her naked breast.
“But your tits will get so big” she said with wonder and excitement in her voice.
Eve couldn’t help the laugh that escaped her lips at the comment. She wiggled out of Villanelle arms and put on sleeping shorts and an old Connecticut Huskies t-shirt.
When the laid down on the bed Villanelle pulled Eve close and placed her head on Eve's shoulder. snuggling into her.
“I had a parasite too” Villanelle said softly.