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Post by PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD on Jul 22, 2014 3:49:03 GMT -5
PJ watched with thickly veiled horror as Ajax came into the room. Perhaps he had should've explained the matter to him a bit better. In all honest even if Ajax wasn't the brightest crayon in the box, he was a good healer. Apparently Bryony had seen him around the common room and PJ sighed "Yep, he's a good healer darling trust me" Tilting his head to the side he nearly died at the word toys, was he trying to get him killed? "His fiancee is life five months pregnant, he's the closet thing to am experet we can get right now" He whispered to the girl beside him, beggers couldn't be choosers and they needed silence.
"Uh the magical way please, we need to be certain" He smiled sheepishly at his friend suddenly feeling a bit awkward. He really needed to find a friend that didn't have a story about him and his player ways. Of course the solution would have been to not be a player on the first place but the past was the past. He sighed when he saw the muggle device and shook his head in defeat.
"I Swear Ajax, your lucky I like having you around, hows Issy anyways" Looking at the muggle device with contempt before sneaking a peak a bryony to see if she was okay with the muggle device. He knew it was called an ultrasound, his mother worked in a muggle hopsital after giving up magic, but he wouldn't ruin Ajax's fun. He was dead either way and this was going to be a trainwreck.
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Post by BRYONY CATE MOONBERRY on Jul 22, 2014 5:08:23 GMT -5
Bryony blinked when Preston explained that Ajax had a fiancee who was pregnant. "Poor girl..." She mummer under her breath. Though maybe someone would say that about her too. Poor girl for being with Preston Sherwood. She sighed again and tried to push away the flood of emotions she was feeling. If only she could bottle them up like he could, if she could ignore every once of her that wanted to give into every little feeling. She looked to Preston as he once again set out making all the decisions. She knew she ought to be grateful, him being the one taking charge making sure they did what they had to. "What is it?" She asked as she eyed the device that Ajax held with a certain level of skepticism. While her aunt was a muggle she hardly had learned enough to know what the strange thing was or how it could 'have a peek' on what was going on inside her. She glanced to Preston who she found was looking at her he seemed to have a certain about of certainty about the device.
Aajx might have been an idiot, but it was become quite clear how nervous PJ's girlfriend was - though Ajax was finding himself a little awe struck that PJ had a girlfriend. One night stands and short lived flings were nothing unheard for the Sherwood boy but girlfriends... well that was something else. Moving so he was in front of the girl Ajax got down on his knees and offered up a small smile as he looked up to the girl sitting beside his friend, "This, is an ultrasound - its a little strange, I know when Mummsy first brought it over for Issy I was a little hesitant. Had no idea what it was or what it was going to do to my Issy and my little baby, but then Mummsy showed me, and I got to see my baby for the first time. Its scary, yeah? But its sort of wonderful too, love. It'll be a lot quicker than the magical test, well see everything right here on this screen and we'll know right a way. No more uncertainty." He looked between PJ and the girl, it wasn't like how it'd been for him and Issy, no Issy had been excited and he - well he was a mess at first. "I promise, it will be quick."
Okay, so this guy she could believe to be a healer. As he sort of explained the machine she kept looking to Preston. She still didn't understand it, but she understood it was quick and accurate. She bit at her lip and searched for Preston's hand and held it tight once she found it. There was the chance the muggle test was wrong - that's what he'd said when he snapped at her. Maybe these was still a chance this was all wrong, that this fighting, this stress, this fear, that it had all been for nothing. But the only one who could tell them for sure was Ajax - unless Preston took her to the hospital and told her parents. "We'll know for sure?" A trace amount of doubt lingered in her voice, but she guessed muggles had babies all the time too so they must have known a thing or two about the matter. "It can't hurt...right? To, take a look?" She wasn't sure what she was agreeing to as she looked between Preston and Ajax, but she guessed she was about to find out. "Can't hurt at all, love. Now hows about you have a lay down, be easier to get a good view if you do." He got into his bag again to get out the jelly for the machine and his wand to give it a bit of a warming up. He'd done this with Issy enough times to know that cold jelly on the belly was not fun for anyone. As Bryony was getting her self situated Ajax took the moment to chat it up with Preston, he wondered just how much his friend was freaking out. "Issy's doing great mate, can't see her toes anymore. I put her shoes on for her each morning just so she doesn't go out with mix matched ones. Still haven't told Mum and Dad...Elise almost found out...tell ya mate there'll be hell for me to pay..." Looking up from what he was doing Ajax saw Bryony had settled in with her head on PJ's lap, and it looked as if her knuckled were going white from how tightly she was gripping the poor guy's hand. He cringed a little and offered his friend a smile. " 'Kay love, going to lift your shirt a bit, this should feel a bit warm but its going to feel funny." Taking the wand part from its hold on the machine Ajax flipped a switch that turned it on, the screen flickered to life. He positioned himself so PJ would have a decent enough view of the screen, though Ajax wasn't sure the boy would know a kidney from a baby on a sonogram. He pressed the wand to Bryony's exposed lower abdomen pressing into the slightly. The machine echoed the quicken beats of her heart in a whooshing sound. It was a sound that Ajax had grown to know well from the times he did this with Issy, her and their babies heartbeats had become music to his ears, "There we are-" he said after a moment of moving the wand around he paused before slowly moving the wand around in a small area. "Would you look at that...." His blue eyes drifted from the screen to look upon his friend. "There's your answer, mate."words: 957 tag: PRESTON JANDON SHERWOODnotes: *rolls off to hide*
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Post by PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD on Jul 22, 2014 15:23:43 GMT -5
Preston was sure he should be freaking out right now, Bryony's death grip on his hand was ignorable. He was pretty sure if she got close enough she could hear the hammering of his heart. Was this really happening, stupid stupidty, he should really think things through. He had to admit that an ultrasound was quicker and extremely accurate so they would no soon but he really didn't want to know. Couldn't they be old fashion and wait till she got morning sickness or started to show? Of course he knew that was stupid and that left them grasping for straws butbhe wasnt sure what he wanted the ultrasound to show them. He gave her a small smile, he was glad she was doing this, even though he knew her emotions were everywhere. Perhaps he could give her a book on occulmency it would help her.
"Knowing you, she probably has when you couldn't find the other shoe. Do I even wanna know how Ian found out. You know im always here to help, and yeah...I hear they're a handful." PJ could tell he was surprised that he had a steady girlfriend, it was rare for PJ to be serious about anyone. There were a few quick flings here and there so many times that his friends had walked in on a random guy or girl in his bed. Things changed and that dreaded muggle device was going to tell them just how much he had to change. Thankfully he was good at bottling up his emotions, someone needed to be the strong one right now.
He watched as Ajax set up the ultrasound, he had to admit it was semi-fascinating and that his ancestors would roll over in their graves if they saw him using one. That would be a story to tell when he died and went wherever he was going. Part of him didn't exactly want the older boy touching his girlfriend, the word girlfriend sounded funny all of a sudden. Like it didn't mean as much giving the situation but either way he knew he was being stupid. Then the boy decided to speak and PJ nearly palmed his face.
"Uhm cupcake could you explain, I happen to be a blood snob and Ony didn't even know what it was, I doubt either of know what the holy goat we're looking at." He said sending an amused half glare to the healer he had come to like. Inwardly he was grumbling about paying for information not educated guesses but money wasn't really a problem for him. He looked down at bryony and ran his hand gently through her hair, hopefully she wouldn't snap at the poor boy. He was fragile and just excited about almost everything.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 2:40:19 GMT -5
When Ajax had first thought about becoming a healer he had never really imagined himself being in the position he was in now, no he had been sure he would always be that healer that was faced with life or death matters caught up in the wave of trying to keep someone from the brink of death. But here, here he was faced with the unique opportunity of life, or possible life. As he looked back to the screen of the hand held device his thoughts drifted to his Issy, and the little life they had created together. How terrified he had found himself at first, horrified that he of all people was going to be entrusted in bringing up another person. Now though, while he still found himself doubting his readiness if such a task, he couldn't imagine what life would be with out this baby who was so excited to meet. Moving the wand again Ajax tried to get a better view before freezing the screen's image. "Well..." He started, trying his best to think of how to handle explaining the frozen image to PJ and Bryony. He wasn't sure how the answer was going to be received and it wasn't as if PJ was the sort to not shoot the messenger. "You see this dark spot and then this, this small white area..." He pointed to the area with a tattooed finger before looking to PJ, "that, mate, is your baby."
She wondered if it was too late to change her mind. If they could just say never mind they didn't need to know. But there was no going back, soon enough she felt the device pressing into her mid section and she held her breath. Her heart felt as if it was going to beat right out of her chest as it raced. Eyes closed she was doing her best to will herself away from this, to find it to be nothing more than some strange dream. As she felt Preston's hand running though her hair she slowly opened her eyes to look up at him. She couldn't bring herself to look at the screen, not that she even would have known what she was looking at if she did look. She eased up on her death grip of Preston's hand, though she couldn't find the will to let go. Nothing was going to to be the same after today, baby or no baby. This wasn't just something she could soon forget. As Preston asked Ajax to explain what they were looking at Bryony found her eyes drifting to the screen, the older boy dragged his words out and it took a lot of will not to snap at him to just spit it out and tell them. As his words fell upon them she almost wished he had taken longer. Eyes fixed on where his finger at pointed she found she couldn't look away. It had to be wrong. Right? She bit at her lip, how many different ways could she deny it? How many different ways could she fight the reality of their situation? She wanted to argue it, tell Ajax that he was wrong - tell him they needed another test, something, anything. But she couldn't find any words. All she could do was stare at the image on the screen. words: 557 tag: PRESTON JANDON SHERWOODnotes: *hides*
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Post by PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD on Jul 23, 2014 3:03:09 GMT -5
Preston stared at the screen lips parted, had he been wishing the test was wrong...yes. Even if he knew it rarely was he was hoping for her sake it was. Rubbing his face he sighed and nodded towards Ajax, the screen still im his peripheral vision. It could've been worse, it could've been twins but even his mother thought it was just porter for a couple of mouths. "Thanks for coming here on short notice, I already owled Gringotts for you payment, dont tell anyone yet. We'll probably be by St.mungos soon." He tried to give the older boy a smile but he couldn't quite place it on his lips. He needed to figure out something, hunting was a job it paid well and the manor in Italy. Option after option ran through his mind, none of them longer than the fact that he had just ruined Bryony's life.
He looked down at Bryony and gave her a weak half smile as he waited for Ajax to leave. No more baby talk, he had promised her and he wasn't exactly against forgetting for a little while. He didn't know anything about babies or pregnant woman. "Wanna go lay down, ill try and figure out some choices for us but I did promise you no more baby talk" Looking down at his girlfriend.....mother of his child? His face softened for a breif second before he remembered that Ajax might've seen it, he couldn't afford anymore weaknesses and he had just made the girl in his lap a huge target.
When he heard the telltale pop he sighed and leaned his head against the back of the couch. He was dead, toast, finished what was wrong with him, why did he cause so much trouble to those he cared about. He knew they needed to tell her parents, he was eighteen so his didn't need to know. He was legally head of family for the Scavios so its not like he could be disowned. Preston knew he was thinking to much, worrying would only make things worse but he could help it. Her dad would kill him, so much for trying to win him over. "Besides space and time do you need anything?" he asked her worryingly, not bothering to hide his concern like he did the rest of his emotions. He was honestly prepared for her to blow up on him, he was going to need a miracle to make it through this alive.
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Post by BRYONY CATE MOONBERRY on Jul 23, 2014 7:38:53 GMT -5
Bryon barely registered the short exchange between Preston and Ajax as the older boy mentioned something about always keeping what he did for Preston quiet and something about owling him later.She'd let her hand slip away from Preston's, her fingers exploring her exposed abdomen. It was all too surreal, how could there be a life inside her? Would this had happened if she had gone away with Godfrey instead? Or was this the universe throwing her choosing of Preston in her face? The sound of Ajax disapparating pulled her from the almost trance like state she had slipped into. She pulled her shirt down and rolled onto her side before pulling her arms and legs close to her body, he head still resting in Preston's lap. "...He didn't tell us how far along we are...." She said softly. A blot of white against back was all it had been, how it was a baby she wasn't sure. She guessed it was obvious it was still early, but the whole point had been to get answers. Well they had one main answer now though, the one she'd been hoping they would not have. "We're going to have to go see a real healer..aren't we?" Not that Ajax wasn't a real healer, but it was obvious the boy wasn't the type of healer she was going to be seeing a lot of. "...Which means... my Mum and Dad are going to find out." How was it a few months ago she had been talking to Silvia about how she was just friends with this bad news boy who could cause nothing but hurt and now - now his child was growing inside her. "I don't want space...not really." No space meant being left alone with herself, with all the worries she could come up with and then some. "I'm waiting to wake up in your bed...find out its nothing more than some dream or something." They couldn't really have been so stupid and reckless, right? How many people had he been with before her, it wasn't like he didn't know how to be safe - so how come they decided recklessness was an okay option? It was too late to second guess their choices though. "Will you take me home? Not today...but I need to tell my dad...I can't do it in a letter." She was going to break her father's heart because she was a foolish girl who tried to follow her misguided heart - well and because she made a stupid choice and disregarded common sense. "Are.......are you okay?" She said after sitting up, she realized how she was getting so caught up thinking about herself even though all he had been doing was worrying about her. "Sorry...you probably don't want to think about this as much as I don't." She chewed at her bottom lip, but how did they just pretend that they didn't know what they knew? How did they go about acting as if this wasn't happening if only for one more day? Did they just sit here in horror, terrified of the realization that this was really happening? Did they try and just pretend like this was another visit to his flat for a bit of alone time? She hadn't any idea where they went from here. "Want to eat ice cream and talk about...anything besides this?" She couldn't even think of something that would not some how lead back to the topic of them, to the topic of the baby. She wanted to cringe at the thought. How had a morning that started to mundane turn into this? words: 609 tag: PRESTON JANDON SHERWOODnotes: *stays hidden under rock*
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Post by PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD on Jul 23, 2014 23:31:12 GMT -5
PJ thought it was a plus she didn't move away from him as soon as they were alone. He was lost, utterly lost, he had always taken precautions to avoid things like this and here they were. She couldn't be that far along it was February and new years was in January. A couple of weeks, they could find a plan before the baby was born. He really hoped that it was a baby and not babies, he could not handle another shock. As far as he could tell neither could the girl with her head in his lap.
"probably not that far and yeah eventually, we can always go to one in America, it'll take longer for your parents to find and im eighteen so mine dont really need to be notified" He meant as a way to help her feel better, they would have to at least tell her father. PJ and fathers didn't mix well, he wasn't the type of guy fathers wanted around their daughters. This was a prime example of why, he had done the worst possible thing. Maybe he could talk to her dad about proposing kill two birds with one stone. Would it make things better if he saw that PJ would do the right thing?
"That's good because I really dont want you to be alone right now" Of course that meant he was going to have a sixth year hunter watch out for her. He hated relying on other people but he had to tell his uncle and make sure things were safe. The talk with his family was going to be one he would dread. If anything they'd be surprise it took this long, it was the age they'd be iffy about the most. "Yeah, this would be a pretty messed up dream." He started to play with her hair again, his mind racing a mile a minute. So many things he had to work out and none of them financial. He had money, a steady job the baby would be born before she started seventh year and they could hide the baby bump. He was more concerned about marriage and her saftey, his life was dangerous and he truly just dragged her into it.
"Sure, I have to talk to him about some stuff anyways" Fathee and PJ, Pj and father...merlin help him if the baby turned out to be a girl. Any boy coming with in a mile radius would disappear. "Im fine darling, just thinking thats all, there's a lot to think about" Of course he wasn't fine but one of them had to be the strong okay one. He was freaking out on the inside, he didn't know how to be a father. Hell he wasn't even a good brother, he was a crap role model but he could protect both bryony and his unborn child...right? Even if thats the only thing he did right he had to at least do that.
"I don't mind really, I mean either there's a mini PJ whose probably gonna be a player or a mini Bryony who will be stubborn and good at art growning in your stomach. Im excited and scared and worried, mostly about keeping you safe." He smiled at her, the thought of a little girl in a tutu running around with a paint brush crossed his mind. Things would be okay eventually even if they had live each day minute by minute he would make sure he was okay. "Sure, ice cream sound good, but I kinda want pizza."
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Post by BRYONY CATE MOONBERRY on Aug 11, 2014 16:58:56 GMT -5
America...she'd hardly even been out of the United Kingdom before, and now she was going to go to America just to try and hide something that soon enough would come to light? She sighed softly to herself. She felt so unsure about everything. Maybe they had been dancing around one another since October but it'd only been a month, one bloody month. Merlin she was foolish. She clung to his every word that slipped out, doing her best to understand what he was thinking, or feeling - if anything. She wanted to ask just what he could possibly need to talk to her father about but she could save questions like that for another time. She looked up to him when he said there was a lot to think about and tried to muster a small smile.A lot some how felt like an understatement. She moved again no finding herself content by his side. She wanted to be closer - no needed to be closer to him. She sat herself upon his lap, each of her legs on either side of him as she straddled his lap, her arms wrapping loosely behind his neck. She stole a moment to look at him, the boy who in half a years time had become the most important person in her life. It was terrifying. She slipped on of her hands from behind his neck and moved it to his jaw, slowly drawing her finger tips down his sharp angles. When he spoke of his thoughts on their child...that would take some getting used to. His thoughts though, even though she could feel her eyes burning from their want to shed more tears she found a small laugh escaping her lips. She couldn't even bring herself to comment about how she doubted the world could handle another him, let alone how she wasn't sure how she could cope with raising a little heart breaker - but it was far to early for such worries. Besides, there was something else that he said that was sticking to her. "You're excited?" She didn't mean to sound surprised but that was not something she had been expecting from him. Scared was shocking in itself as a part of her had begun to think that Preston Sherwood couldn't be scared by anything. But he was excited? Maybe it was because they had never talked about the future, well besides her little rant after their new years connection. But who really talked about their intentions so early in a relationship? Had he wanted this some day, not just a family but one with her? She bit at her lip to hold back the questions that were flooding her mind. She didn't need answers to them, not really. It wouldn't change the fact that they had already created a life together. She slipped her hands away from him and found her stomach. Maybe physically there was no indication, and the news was still so fresh it still felt more like some strange dream than reality. She had looked away from Preston but found herself seeking his gaze again, "So, you're not mad?" Bryony was prepared, mostly, to face the wrath of her mother for this, and somewhat prepared to face the disappointment she was sure her father would have. But what if Preston had been mad at her for this? After all she played just as much a part in this as he had. She drew into him, her arms finding their way back to wrapping loosely behind his neck as her lips met his for a kiss. Maybe there were things she should have said that she was leaving up to be be interpreted by this kiss instead, but neither of them were good with words - were they? So often they left things unsaid, but it was for the better. Maybe. She took her time in drawing away from him, maybe it was foolish to think that he could ever understand what she really felt and thought - but it was already established that she was little more than a foolish girl when it came to Preston. At his mention of pizza Bryony couldn't help it she laughed and let her head fall softly to his shoulder as she pulled herself tighter to him. "You want pizza? After everything..." Bryony just shook her head as the small giggles just kept bubbling up. She pulled back from him, shaking her head with a small grin in place, the little laughs still escaping no matter how she tried to hold them back. It wasn't even that funny, except she couldn't help but think how she was meant to be the one with cravings - not him. And of course how American he sounded wanting pizza at a time like this. "I....you - you are so ridiculous." Maybe they could get through this, maybe they could make it work. words: 816 tag: PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD
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Post by PRESTON JANDON SHERWOOD on Aug 12, 2014 15:21:05 GMT -5
Preston wasn't good with comforting, he was sure it was pretty obvious, he had never had these types of feelings for anybody. He knew that eventually his uncle would arrange a marriage to a rival hunting family, probably weaker and that would bring another family under theirs. It was as simple as two kingdoms marrying their kids to stop a war. Now he had gotten a girl pregnant and by hunter law, unless she died any kids he would have with someone else would be illegitimate. It was just so male hunters would take precautions when stepping out of their marriages or unions, an angry female hunter could and would start wars. Which left the men to fight it unfortunately, girls had fathers and PJ and a lot of other guys were bad with fathers who were upset on behalf of their daughters. Unless he didn't claim Bryony's kids, which would never happen. He was talking himself in circles and needed to stop, all hunter politics needed to leave the planning...it wasn't like she was a hunter this would've been so much easier. When she was done shifting, he wrapped his arms around he waist, just enjoying the feeling of her in his arms, they would get through this eventually.
PJ shrugged, why wouldn't he be excited? Sure he was pretty sure he would ruin her life and the baby's life but that was to be expected with his life choices. Even more so when it came time for him to train any kid he might have, there was no room for any of his kids to be like his parents. Not when Porter was a monster, Penny was a girl and Parker might not even make it past his first hunt. Which brought him to the next fact, Bryony was obviously not a hunter and he would eventually have to tell them he was expecting a kid. Even if they never saw the kid, it would do well to remind them that either way the Sherwoods would be in charge of everything no matter what. He shouldn't be thinking like this, planning his death and making sure he had an heir but it was what was expected of him and he always followed through. It was most likely due to his sense of family honor, he had to live up to his last name, and the signet ring on his finger. "Yeah, I always wanted a kid when I was younger, before I started hunting. when I didn't know I also wanted to live on a mountain but we'll forget that."
Preston laughed at her question and shook his head "At you no, at myself yes. I know to use protection so i can't really be upset with the outcome of me being careless. I'm not upset at the fact you're pregnant, it was bound to happen anyways but now it just speeds things up." The way he said it was like he was completely confident in that fact that he would've ended up with Bryony being his wife because he was. It's not like he would ever actually give her up, even if he says things that run along those line. He meant it when he sad he would sooner kill someone than she her with that someone. Maybe it was the obsessive part of him maybe he was just selfish but he didn't want to let her go. Not that he had to now because she was having his kids, which made the darker part of him strangely satisfied with itself. It wasn't as if he was subconsciously trying to get her pregnant, he just wanted her to stick around. It explained why he was being so nice, his brother had asked him countless times and he wasn't talking about his twin.
He kissed her back, not wanting to actually stop when she slowly moved back. Then again that was what got them in trouble in the first place wasn't it? He raised an eyebrow at her when she laughed, what was wrong with Pizza? Sure it was a stretch seeing as it was a sort of American thing but Pizza and soda seemed like a good idea to him. Okay maybe it was his favorite food, but still it was better than lasagna "How am i ridiculous, it's my favorite food" He a said with a mock pout.
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