Eagle Crest Hallows [3]

Jamie

I nod and flash a smile at her halfheartedly, wishing Queen Kira would chime in about all this.

Brooklyn

Rayah requests to sleep and I nod, knowing how depressed she is right now. "Rayah's..." I sigh. "Tired. I'm going to sleep," I tell him, letting go. I make my way upstairs, somewhat depressed as well.

Queen Kira Nemesis

A scent of death soon caught my attention as I smelled death coming from Brooklyn I move closer to her as I sniffed her and found the scent of death was coming from her... stomach? I looked up at her with my eye brow raised at her.

"Did you loss the kid?" I ask.

Jamie

I look at Queen Kira, draining of color, and swallow, "What?"

Santa

"Ho-Ho-Ho My God!" Santa rushes in. "I am so sorry for your loss!" He digs into his bag of gifts, pulling out a Tickle Me Elmo "I guess I will never get to give this gift...." He was so full of feels and cryes.

Brooklyn

Rayah screams inside me and I freeze, setting a hand atop my stomach. "Rayah. I swear." I mutter, shaking my head. I look up at Jamie, eyes watering slightly.

Oh my god, Brooke I'm so sorry I-I--

Just shut up, SHUT UP.

Jamie

I swallow and look back at Brooklyn, unsure as to what I'm supposed to feel other than numb. I take her in my arms and blink back the tears that surface. I wasn't about to cry in front of Queen KIra or....Santa. Is it even Christmas?

"Let's go upstairs," I whisper in her ear, "Or out back. Somewhere we can be alone for a while."

Brooklyn

Jamie tells me he wants to be alone and I nod, leading him outback. I sit on the steps leading to the grass and I swallow, holding back emotion. "I-I don't know what to feel about this," I stutter.

Jamie

I wrap my arms around her and bring her on my lap, kissing the top of her head. Am I shaking? My hands tremble slightly, under stress from the onslaught of emotions.

"Same," I whisper, "But we'll be okay. I have a break for a while, so I'll be here with you and we can take this on together. Neither of us are alone in this."

Brooklyn

I nod, looking at the floor. "Yeah..."

Brooke, I didn't mean to. I-I wasn't...

Rayah just shut up. Please.

I rest my head on Jamie's shoulder, setting a hand atop my stomach.

Jamie

I hold her, setting my hand atop hers.

"I guess we know what not to do during a pregnancy now, huh?" I say before immediately regretting it.

A figure shakes his head in the distance before disappearing and reappearing behind us.

"You know...I didn't think you'd need me that much, Jae," he whispers.

I look up and find a pair of blue eyes smiling sickly at me.

"Found a new host?" I ask, a hint of bitterness in my voice.

He narrows his eyes at me and straightens up, looking around.

"No. I found my old body. Got sick of yours," he jumps off the porch and stands before Brooklyn, "Ray, why don't we leave these two alone? I wanna show you something anyway."

Brooklyn

Right when she sees him...

OH MY FREAKING GOD!!

She has a spasm like thing inside me and I jump.

She comes out of me and tries to go hug him but is thrown through. She frowns and crosses her arms just as I flash a smile.

She studies Jace before thinking this might be just her imagination. "A-Are you real?" She asks, circling him.

Jamie

"Possibly, I haven't quite figured this whole thing out yet," Jace flashes a smile at her, "C'mon. You try."

He leads her off a different way and I shake my head at them, looking down at Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Rayah goes off with Jace somewhere and I look over at Jamie, flashing a smile. "That was weird," I say, twining my hand with his.

Jamie

"Very weird," I agree, flashing a smile.

I take a deep breath and hold her closer again, reminded of what we're going through.