"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why."
- Mark Twain
ChapterVIII
// Kate's POV
The sky was dark. All around me were the noises of the calming night, and the sleeping town.
Crickets chirped, a light wind rustled in the trees, and only the sound of a far away city could be heard.
I walked down the sidewalk of the empty streets, encountering the mad flickering of a street lamp above me. It blacked out as soon as I stepped foot under its light, and I knew it was only darkness from here.
I trailed off from my usual route. Tonight something inside me desired the need of a dramatic rush. I wanted to be on such a high that it would be forever until my feet could touch the ground again. I wanted it to take me away from everything for a while; I wanted to be so consumed in the kill that it would clear my mind, just for a minute.
Soon enough my feet start trailing through the grass. I had made it to a livelier town, seeing as only a few people still roamed the streets. I was in the back yard of someone's home, watching the road from afar.
I see three able victims pass by, but none of them seemed to call out to me. Instead I felt like exploring on a level I had never been on before.
I wanted in someone's house. I wanted to rip away their sense of security; to do something they'd never suspect. And I'm going to.
A house down a lonesome road called me closer. It had a few hundred acres surrounding it, making it look so isolated and just perfect for a killer like me.
I near the front, finding a large window open on the left side, only about four feet from the ground. I peek inside, finding a dark figure lying across a bed.
I grip the ledge and quietly climb inside, slinking into the dark room and stalking around the bed. They were sleeping soundly, oblivious to my presence.
But perhaps I spoke too soon. They started tossing and turning until they rolled over and checked the alarm clock beside their bed. From the soft red glow of the digital numbers, I found them as a female, with brown hair and tired, dark eyes. She still hadn't noticed me. Not until I started laughing.
She freezes and looks at me, trying to adjust her vision into the darkness.
"Hello?" She asks. I roll my eyes. "Is someone there?"
"No,"
Her face goes pale, and her eyes widen. "Who's there?"
"The person who would want least in your bedroom at night."
Suddenly a light flicks on and reveals her face. I could feel my heart plummet the minute I saw her. Her brown hair, her hazel eyes; the innocence emitting from her. I knew her. I knew her all too well.
She screams as she sees me, and crawls backwards to get away, hitting her head on the headboard, and passing out.
With all the shock inside me I couldn't move.
But it was only a second after when I woke up and flew from the bed, almost screaming as remembrance of the dream tides over me.
"Oh my God..." I breathe out, clutching my sweaty forehead in my clammy hands.
"Is everything okay?" Jeff asks as he rushes in. "What happened, are you okay?"
He looked so worried, I couldn't help but let a small laugh slip from my lips as he rushes over to me and looks around.
"I'm fine. Just a bad dream." I tell him.
He sits down and let's out a stressed breath. "That really freaked me out... I thought you were having the baby,"
I bust out laughing, unable to hold it back as I watch Jeff's pale face look at me.
"Jeff, the baby comes out in around nine months. It's not even been three,"
Although it's only been about two months, I'm guessing, I don't understand why I'm so much bigger than other women when they've been pregnant for the same time I've been. It made me nervous. Was my baby gigantic? I hope not. It'll hurt so much worse...
"Well I didn't know!" Jeff says, reminding me of our conversation. "I don't do this whole having-kids-thing very often, you know."
I laugh again. "You're cute."
"Thanks." He rolls his eyes. He doesn't like when I say that, but I did because, well, he doesn't like it. Why else?
"Oh, I have to go." I say as I catch a glimpse of the clock. My doctor's appointment was in an hour.
I go into the bathroom to wash up and disguise myself, which to me, never really got old. I liked to watch myself transform into a different person right before my eyes. Did I like having to mask myself everywhere I went? No. But, happiness comes with a price.
Plus I missed being 'Kahlen Fox' anyways. I use her when I go grocery shopping, or for times like these when I have to go somewhere where they need my personal information. Aunt Cassie had hooked me up with all new birth records and whatnot, telling different compaines and hospitals that all of my records were burned in a fire. Even my license. Legally, I'm Kahlen Fox. Which helped out Kate Chambers a lot, since she's wanted.
Finally I was ready to head out the door, with only ten minutes to spare. I should be there in time though.
I grab a big wad of cash and stuff it into my purse while grabbing a mug of hot chocolate that I've been craving since the minute I woke up. I also want spicy buffalo sauce.... I want that for dinner.
"By Jeff, I'm leaving," I say loudly, projecting my voice to reach him wherever he was in the house.
Suddenly I hear him stumble out of one of the other rooms, Weebles following close behind him. They were buddies.
"Bye." He says eagerly.
I smile. "I love you."
"Love you too." He smirks. I pull the door shut and crunch my way down the snowy steps and around back to my hidden car. Just after scraping some ice from the window, I climb inside, minding my sore back, and drive off to the doctors.
The whole ride was filled with music from my The Killers CD, and my overwhelming thoughts.
I've done nothing good OR legal for a very long time. Knowing that I was carrying a child with me had me paranoid, like I wasn't taking good enough care of he or she. That would tear me apart knowing that something wasn't right with it... Like it had defects from something I've done.
I put my car into park once I arrive in the parking lot of the doctors office. It looked creepy against the dark gray sky, surrounded by a wet pavement from the melting snow. I had to will myself to get out of the car and walk into the entrance.
And I felt like everyone was staring at me.
You're just paranoid, Kate. No one recognizes you. It's okay.
I walk up to the front desk and meet with the secretary. She had mocha skin and dark curly hair, with big brown eyes and a red-lipsticked smile. Pretty.
"Hi, do you have an appointment?" She asks.
"Yes, I'm Kahlen Fox."
Her eyes scan through a couple papers before she shoots up and passes me a page with a pen.
"Yep! Here you are. Just sign here and Dr. Hemings will be with you in a moment."
I scribble my signature down and find a seat across from a child's play-area. Three little boys laughed and teased each other, sliding down a little slide set up in an indoor playground.
I could see their mother reading a book along a bench while she waited to be called. I wonder what it's like to be a mother. Having three boys close in age would be hard, I give her credit.
I get little butterflies as I think of having my own.
"Ms. Fox," the secretary calls. I look up to find her waiting with the office door open for me to come inside.
I get to my feet and walk by the kids, who were now all staring at me, and walk through the door into the colder half of the building.
"It's straight down the hall to your left. First door."
"Thanks." I grin.
Once I find the room I was surprised to see the doctor in there already. Usually they took a minute to come into the room and examine you. I remember all the waits so well. It was always so nerve-racking.
"Well, hello, Ms. Fox." He smiles as he finishes cleaning a station. "How are you today?"
"I'm okay, thanks... Nervous," I say honestly.
"No reason to be! I'm sure everything is just fine,"
His smile made my uneasiness settle. I hope he was right.
He started me off with a normal check-up routine; asked me a few questions and wondered how far I was along. Since I really didn't know, he told me we'd find out soon enough, and asked me to change into a hospital gown for the ultrasound.
After nervously stripping myself down and fumbling with the uncomfortable and awkward nightgown, I return back to the room where I find Dr. Hemings setting up the machines for the ultrasound.
I take in a shaky breath and ball my hands into fists.
"Alright, Ms. Fox. I'm gonna have you lie down on this bed so we can start the ultrasound." He says.
I nod and do as I'm told, lying back into the cold leather of the bed.
Dr. Hemings picks up some sort of device that looked like a white stick, and dispensed some clear goo at the tip. I watch and curiously wonder what it was for.
"Okay!" He announces, turning to me and examining my position. "Now I'm gonna have you prop your legs up so your knees are at an angle, and part your legs."
I blush, but follow his instructions.
"Okay. We're going to start now. Relax for me, take a deep breath."
I relax my tensed muscles and close my eyes to find my center in hopes to calm myself. I had to tell myself that everything is fine in order to do so.
Suddenly I feel a cold, hard stick enter inside me, and my eyes fly open in surprise.
Well I didn't know it was this type of ultrasound... I thought it was the kind that you did on your stomach.
Boy, was I wrong.
He moves the stick around and stares up at a screen that moved as he did. All I saw was a fuzzy, blue and black mess, until he said something.
"Ah, there we go!" He says as a moving, white figure displays on the screen.
"You see it?" I ask nervously, lifting myself up to see the screen better.
"Yep!"
"Is it healthy? Is it okay?" I couldn't help but ramble my questions as I try to make shape of the figure on the screen.
Dr. Hemings chuckles. "Yes, they're okay."
Relief spills over me and I let out a strained breath. "Oh thank God-"
I pause and feel the blood drain quickly from my face. What?
"Wait... Did you just say... They're?"
"Yes, ma'am. You're having twins! Congratulations!"
My heart stops. My breathing stops. My face turns pale and lifeless. I couldn't get a grasp on this; it was much too surreal.
"T-Twins?" I swallow, staring at him.
"Yes, twins! Where's the father? If there's a father involved,"
"There is." I tell him, my eyes glazed. "He just couldn't make it today."
"Oh, well he's a lucky man!" He cheers.
"Hah.... Yeah.."
"See here, you can see the hearts beating. You can hear them too. Would you like to hear them?"
I watch the little spots flutter on the screen as a little grin cracks onto my face. "Yeah. Let me hear them."
He gives me a headset and then turns dials on the devices below the screen, tuning in on the fast thumping.
It was the most beautiful sounds I ever heard. And believe me, I listen to great music.
Knowing my twins were alive and well.... That's all I could have ever asked for. No amount of shitty happenings could get me down. I was a mother of two lively children.
Dr. Hemings asks if I would like to know the sex of each child after I take off the headset. Of course I said yes.
"Looks like you've got lucky again," he says. Then he takes a finger and moves to two points on the screen. "Well you see, here's a little something, and then here, there isn't a little something. You have one boy, and one girl."
"Oh, wow..." I say, sniffling as I wipe away a stray tear.
"And so far you're about eleven weeks along."
I nod.
"Okay?" He asks.
"Okay."
A grin smears on his face again, and with a happy voice, he asks: "Would you like a photo?"
"Yes, please!" I say.
He then takes a screenshot of the babies and prints it out while I go and change back into my normal clothes.
Just before exiting the bathroom, I stop and look at my reflection, and smile proudly at the mom who stands before me.
"You can do this."
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A/N: woo, twins! :D were you guys expecting this? I hope not. I like to give surprises.
Also, who was the girl in Kate's dream? o.e
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Love and Little Jeff Minions,
xSaylem