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Fight Fire With Fire; James/OFC, Het, 1999
Topic Started: February 17, 2013, 12:58 pm (18,421 Views)
HellHathNoFury
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OMG they are so cute as a married couple. And that party was so nice ;)
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May 2005.

A loud groan from James woke me. When I turned over Ollie was standing in his pajamas tugging on James hand in our room.

"What’s wrong, bud?"

"Will you come play with me?"

"It’s still really early, Ollie" I watched as he stood and pulled the same stunt James did when he wanted something; puppy eyes. "Alright go to your room I'll be in in a minute"

Ollie left with a smile on his face and James rolled over and wrapped his arm around me thinking he got away with getting up just because Ollie left the room.

"You better go play with him" I told him.

"It's not even seven o clock, Ruth" he moaned into my shoulder.

"Go on"

"Why can't you go?" he said sitting up.

"He wants you and you know more about dinosaurs than I do"

"We're getting a lock for that door too" he mumbled pulling a shirt over his head.

"Dad!" Ollie yelled from his room.

"Coming"

James had been off work for about six months so he had been here for Ollie going through the terrible twos so I wasn't the only dealing with his tantrums over having to wear proper clothes instead of a Spiderman outfit or what he did or didn't want to eat. Coming into our room since he was tall enough to reach the handle was a pretty new thing though.

Luckily the Metallica calendar was more or less clear for the rest of the year so we could spend time together as a family and make up for time that we lost when James spent the majority of 2004 touring.

I got up around an hour later and saw James sitting on the floor of Ollie's room surrounded by dinosaurs trying to stay awake. I wanted to laugh but I did my best not to.

"What do guys want for breakfast?"

"Coffee. As black as possible" James shouted with a groggy voice.

"Pancakes, mom"

I got started on breakfast and as soon as soon as the smell of the pancakes cooking left the pan I felt a little queasy and Ollie bolted downstairs and sat at the table with a toy dinosaur still in his hand. He was full of energy all the time. James and I needed eyes in the back of our heads. He would literally have a conversation with anyone and everyone.

"There you go” I put a small plate of pancakes that were cut up in front of him. “Where’s your dad?"

"Bathroom" he said looking at me and his blond hair flopped in his eyes.

"I think you need a haircut sweetie"

“Can I get it cut like him?” he held up his dinosaur with something that resembled a mohawk on top of its head. He was my son for sure.

“Sure, honey” I smiled as I poured James’ coffee into a mug as he came into the kitchen. Ollie kept his eyes on everything James did. He idolized his father. “I’m gonna take him to get a haircut later”

“Oh you’re not growing your hair long like me?” he spoke to his son.

“You don’t have long hair, daddy”

“I did when I was younger”

“That’s silly. Boys can’t have long hair” I couldn’t keep a laugh in this time as a two year old gave James advice on hairstyles.

“Do you want to bring him or will I?”

“We can both go”

“Alright. Are you not having breakfast?”

“Nah. Don’t feel that great”

After some cartoons Ollie got dressed without a struggle and we went to the barber’s in the mall around noon. Up until we got there, he seemed pretty excited about getting his hair cut but when we stepped inside, he hid behind James’ leg hearing the buzz from the razors and saw men getting their faces shaved with straight razors. I told the guy that would be cutting Ollie’s hair what he wanted done and agreed it would be easy since his hair was so long.

“I don’t wanna get it done, dad” he said quietly to James as we sat in line.

“It’s not scary, bud. It doesn’t hurt. And you’ll be able to see better when you get it done too” James tried to ease his nerves but he wasn’t coming around. While he tried to make the situation more bearable, that nauseous feeling came over me again.

“I’m just gonna go next door and get a bottle of water. Will you be alright here with him?” I asked James, feeling as if I was about to puke.

“Yeah. Are you okay?”

“Just thirsty”

I went next door to the pharmacy and looked for a bottle of Pepto-Bismol. When I found it, the products on the opposite shelf caught my eye; pregnancy tests. I was in two minds whether to buy one or not because ever since Ollie started to grow, the pressure from James to have more kids began to lift since he realized what a handful kids could be and we had been having regular unprotected sex for the last year and a half and I hadn’t gotten pregnant in that time so I figured I couldn’t get pregnant again.

I dismissed the last thought as stupid; of course I could get pregnant and picked up test along with a bottle of water and went back to James and Ollie with the test in my bag. James had managed to get Ollie to get a haircut but only after getting one himself to prove it wasn’t scary. The barber was just putting some gel in Ollie’s short Mohawk while I got a cold stare from James.

“What’s that look for?”

“Was the punk thing his idea or yours? Isn’t it bad enough he’s already got like three Black Flag t-shirts?”

“It’s got nothing to do with punk actually. When I suggested a haircut to him he said he wanted to look like one of his dinosaurs so it was all his idea”

“Right. Get your water?”

“Yep”

“Where is it?” he looked at me suspiciously.

“I—“

“Dad, look!” Ollie hopped out of chair and ran to James pointing to his new hairdo saving me from explaining myself.

“Wow you look awesome, dude! Told you it wasn’t scary, right?”

Later when we were at home, I put the pregnancy test in my drawer in the bedroom then sat in the back garden looking at James play catch with Ollie. I was hoping he’d tire himself out soon and need a nap so I could talk to James. I was in a world of my own doing the whole “what if” thing in my head again if I was pregnant when Ollie ran up to me and tapped me on the leg.

“What’s up, honey?”

“Um…daddy said that you have to stop um…” he tried to remember what James had told him to say. “You have to stop being so moody…?” he turned to James with a smile on his face to see if he said it correctly and James gave him a thumbs up.

“You tell daddy that I’m gonna kic--…you tell daddy that you need your nap now so you gotta go inside okay?” he ran back to James he scooped his son up in his arms and brought him upstairs to lie down.

I followed him up and asked if we could talk when he put Ollie down for a nap. Around ten minutes later he came into our bedroom and sprawled out on the bed.

“Getting your son to do your dirty work already?” I laughed.

“I just want to know what’s up with you today, that’s all because I know if I say you have PMS you’ll just get moodier”

“You think I’m moody?”

“Kinda…” he said cautiously. “The last week or so you’ve been…I don’t just not yourself I guess. Even this morning you didn’t even have breakfast then you went to get water when we went to the barber’s”

“Hmm. When I got the water I got something else too”

“They sell stuff to help PMS now?”

“Will you shut up I do not have PMS!” I hit his shoulder.

“You so do!” he laughed shaking his head.

“I got this” I threw the pregnancy test box onto the bed. He looked at the box then looked back at me a little shocked. I could tell he wasn’t expecting that.

“You think you might be pregnant? What other symptoms have you got?”

“Well, Doctor Hetfield, I felt sick this morning so that’s why I didn’t eat, we had unprotected sex a LOT and I’m late”

“Take the test” he urged.

“And if I’m pregnant?”

“Then we’re having a baby”

“Obviously but you just haven’t seemed that into the idea of having another kid in a while”

“I still want more but maybe one with a little less energy than Ollie because it’s only 2 in the afternoon and I’m exhausted” he yawned.

“So you’re okay with this?”

“How come every time you get pregnant you ask if I’m okay with it? Go pee on the stick already!” he said throwing a pillow at me.
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Uh uh, another baby is on the oven! Good Work James!!!

I looooove Ollie, he is so cute!!! :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
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OH James is in for a fun time. Two little kids in the house. Might lead him to start drinking again.
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I'm so sorry I have been such a bad commenter and reader. Lately life has been hectic.

These past few chapters have been great. I love the fact that Ruth and James got married Vegas. I love how what you did with their marriage was different from what most people do in their fics. I also love the name Ollie for a boy! I hope this time Ruth has a girl!
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Loved the update. More mini Hetfields can only be a good thing! :heart:
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If she's pregnant, I hope James is still okay with it - especially if he's been having second thoughts about another kid.

Great updates, hope you manage to update again soon!
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I love Ollie, he is cute.

Hope everything's gonna be alright with probably 2 kids in the house. :)

This was a great chapter :heart: :heart: :heart:
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Sorry for the delay guys. Work and lack of internet had something to do with that.



The following week I organized for my dad to take Ollie for the day while James and I went to the hospital after the pregnancy test turned out to be positive. 

"Can you get him dressed?" I asked James who was sitting at the dining table coloring with Ollie. 

"Go get dressed, bud" he slid off the chair and went upstairs. God only knows what he'd pick to wear left to his own devices. 

"How do you think he's going to take the news that he'll have a brother or sister soon?" 

"I don't know. I mean, he's always pretty cool around kids at HQ but I could see him getting a little jealous if all eyes aren't on him 24/7. Or, he could take on the big brother role and mellow out a bit. When do you want to tell him?" 

"Maybe we should wait a while. Not just him, everyone else too" 

"Yeah you're right. I wonder why you're only getting pregnant now though" 

"Who knows. Maybe we weren't doing it right?"

"How could we have been doing it wrong?!" 

"I don't know"

"At least you got pregnant while we're not working"

"Yeah but if you go back to work at the beginning of next year, I'll be very pregnant and won't be able to work at all" 

"Why do you want to work so bad anyway?" he looked at me as if I was crazy. 

"Because I like it! Sometimes I romanticize when I was just Kirk's guitar tech, just another member of crew and before you noticed me" 

"I noticed you before I spoke to you, obviously. I noticed every time you bent over" he smirked. 

"I'm sure you did" I laughed while tidying up coloring pencils. 

When I was getting dressed I noticed my jeans were fitting a little tighter than usual. I stood sideways in front of the mirror and appeared to have a small bump already. Maybe I was more pregnant than I thought. I called James from the bathroom to get his opinion. 

"Do you think I'm showing already?" I pulled up my shirt to let him see. 

"Maybe a little. Your boobs are bigger for sure" 

"What a shame you can't touch them" 

"What are boobs, daddy?" Ollie overheard our conversation when he marched into our room dressed as Batman. 

"Um...I'll tell you when you're eighteen...and I thought I told you to get dressed?!" 

"I am dressed" he huffed. 

Around half an hour later we dropped Batman off at his grandpa's; the tantrum wasn't worth it if he was just going to my dad's. I filled out some paperwork at the hospital and got weighed; we pretty much knew the drill at this stage. A lady doctor called us into her office, made me lie on the bed and asked me the usual questions; did I smoke, was James the dad, was this our first pregnancy etc. 

"So you did a pregnancy test and it was positive? Do you know the date of conception? Roughly?" she asked kindly. 

"I'd say it was around nine or ten weeks ago. And I don't know if it's my imagination but I think I'm showing already" 

"That's completely normal if you've had a baby before" she told me lifting my shirt up and put some gel on my belly. "Alright let's check you out" 

She glided the wand over my belly and looked at the screen. Even though I'd had scans before, I could never make out what was on the screen unless I was told. 

"Hmm..." she looked at the screen and cocked her head to the side. My heartbeat sped up immediately fearing she was about to tell me something was wrong. I looked at James and he just stared blankly at the floor. "I'm just going to get my colleague. I'll be back in a few minutes so sit tight" 

"Is everything alright?" James asked her but it was too late as she closed the door behind her. He puffed out his cheeks and heaved a breath. "Everything will be okay" he forced a smile and tried to reassure me. 

A male doctor in a lab coat accompanied the doctor we just had when she returned after the longest few minutes of my life. 

"Was I right?" she asked the male doctor who was now giving me a scan. 

"Yes you were. Congrats, you two" he turned to James and I and grinned. "You're expecting twins. See you later, Marie" he said then exited the room. 

"Well, we. That might explain why you've got a bump so early on. Sorry if I gave you a scare, sometimes you just need to confirm it with someone else" 

Twins. Holy crap. When I looked at James and he was smiling so hard I thought his face might break. Me, on the other hand, my smile was forced. I could tell he was psyched. He'd be thinking of all the good things to come out this like how he'd be loved more and how he'd be getting his dream of a bigger family sooner than expected. All I could think of was the stress that would be on the way once the babies arrived. I listened to the two heartbeat but it did nothing to take away the worry. 

James took Ollie to HQ for the rest of the day. I must have been giving off a 'leave me alone' vibe so that's what both of them did. I hated silence between us but the fact I'd be pretty much on my own with two newborns and a three year old next year completely occupied my head. So much so that I couldn't sleep that night so I got up, tiptoed down to the kitchen and took a jar of chocolate spread from the pantry shelf and sat at the kitchen table. 

I wanted more of what I had right now; James around every day and a simple routine but once I the babies, our lives would be thrown off course. I took a deep breath and knew I'd have to be strong for James. For us. 

"Am I dreaming or are you actually eating from a jar with your finger right now?" James appeared shortly after I got out of bed and sat opposite me at the table. 

"Yesh I ahm" I replied with a mouth full of sticky chocolate spread. 

"What's up?" 

"Thinking" 

"About"

"Twins, James. That's twice what I was expecting" this was the first time we'd spoken since we got home from the hospital. 

"Aren't you excited though?" he smiled lazily leaning into his hand. Two in the morning wasn't exactly serious conversation time. 

"Of course I am" 

"Really? Because you don't look like it" 

"I am. I'm just scared. You're so calm about this" 

"I'm a little scared too but we'll manage. We always do. You do want the babies, right?"

"What? Of course I do but when you were away for most of last year there were times when I felt like a single parent, you know?"

"I won't be gone that much next year. We haven't got an album to tour so it'll probably just be the summer festivals. And I'll be around for the rest of this year" 

"I'm not trying to make you feel bad or anything because you're awesome when you're here but I've gotten so used to that now" 

"You'll have your dad too y'know" 

"I know. But four kids to take care of" 

"Four? We're having twins not triplets, Ruth" 

"Yeah but I'm including you in there too" 

"Why?! 

"James, you have more fun with Ollie's Play-Doh than he does!"

"Hey, if we're talking about who's more childish, I'm not the one with sticky fingers right now" he laughed making me smile. "Come to bed. I won't let these things pile up on you, I promise" 
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OMG! Twins?!? Thats a lot of work, for sure... Hope that she can handle all!! The last scene made me laugh so hard!! Sure that James is a kid too, hahaha :)
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Oh wow!!! Twins are going to be a lot to handle. But James will be supportive and it will be fun!
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I think James is being a bit dismissive of her concerns. But hopefully he's serious about being around and not letting stuff get too much.

More please :heart:
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My pregnancy was going pretty well. At five months gone, morning sickness had eased up a lot but was met by being tired all the time and it really did feel like I was eating for three. Any food James didn't want, I'd eat. The twins also seemed to have a fondness for sugary foods. So much so that that there was a time when Ollie got really pissed at me for eating one of his lollipops. 

Something banging in the next room woke me up one morning and when I looked at the clock it was already 12.30 in the afternoon. I got up and pulled on some sweatpants and found James clearing out the bedroom. Ollie sat on the floor of the room watching James put the last of the stuff into a box. 

"What are you doing, dad?" 

"Cleaning out this room" 

"Why?"

"Because I have to" 

"Why?" 

"Because it needs to be cleaned" 

"Why?"

"Oh, man. You don't give up do you?" 

"James. Can I talk to you for a sec?" I interrupted. 

"Oh. Good afternoon" he smirked. "What's up?" 

"I think we should tell him. I'm sure he's noticed my stomach by now but just hasn't said anything" I whispered to James out of earshot of Ollie. 

"Yeah you're right" 

James lifted him up and brought him into his own room and sat him on the bed while I listened outside. 

"I wanna talk to you for a minute, pal"

"Am I in trouble?" he said playing with stuffed bear. 

"No, you're not. You know how some of your friends have little brothers and sisters?" he nodded. "How would you feel if you had one?" 

He shrugged. "Okay" 

"Because mommy's gonna have another baby in a little while...two actually"

"Okay. Where are they now?" 

"In mommy's belly" 

"How did they get there?" 

"Uh...I'll tell you when you're eighteen" 

"Can we get a dog?" 

"You're getting two new brothers or sisters and you want a dog as well?!" 

"You should think about it, dad" he told James then walked out of his room passed me. 

"That went fine" I said when James came out of Ollie's room. 

"Sometimes I swear he's way older than two and a half" 

"Well then you should have told him where babies come from" 

"Yeah...no. That's your job" 

"How? You give the boys 'the talk', I'll give it to the girls" 

"And if we have no girls?"

"Then your life gets a little more awkward" 

"Thanks" he said sarcastically. "I'm gonna go drop this stuff to HQ then pick up the baby stuff. See you later" he kissed me on the cheek then left. 

"You hungry, honey?" 

"Yeah" 

"Peanut butter and jelly sound good to you?" I picked Ollie up and brought him down to the kitchen. I opened the pantry and saw that we were out of peanut butter. And we were also out of jelly. I looked around the rest of the kitchen and there was no junk food whatsoever. In its place was a whole load of fruit and vegetables. 

James. 

Ollie settled on a banana for lunch without too much of an argument. I guess it was James' way of telling me I was going to get fat. 

Later on in the afternoon while Ollie was taking a nap, the phone rang. I decided if it was James I'd save the junk food thing for when he came home so he'd be getting evil looks from his son too. But it was my mom. 

"Hey, mom"

"Hey, honey. How are you? Is everything okay?" 

"Yeah. Things are good" then I remembered I hadn't told her I was pregnant. 

"How are James and Ollie?" 

"They're good. How are you?"

"Great. Tom has finally retired" 

"Elvis has finally left the building then?" I laughed munching on grapes. 

"Yeah. So you know how we always said we'd move to Florida once he did?"

"Yep. You guys find a place to stay down there yet?" 

"Well no, actually. We were thinking of moving to California instead" 

What? I literally dropped the phone when she told me that. 

"Hello? Ruth?" 

"Yeah I'm here" 

"We were thinking of coming up in the next couple of weeks to check out some of the areas. We could catch up and you could come with us to look at some properties?" 

"Sure, mom" As a grown woman, I still couldn't say no to her. 

"I'll call you with more news as--" 

"Actually you know what? Right now isn't a great time"

"Well I can call you back?" 

"No. I mean for you guys to come up. We love having you here and all but I'm...I'm kinda five months pregnant..." 

"Ruth! You never said!" 

"Yeah...with twins" 

"That's great news! Does your dad know?" 

"Yes he does" 

"Look. I'll call you back later. And if you don't want to take us to look at properties then maybe James can?" 

"Y'know, I'm sure he'd love that" I grinned deviously. Karma for hiding my junk food. 

"Take care, honey" 

When we were in bed that night, I made a list of things we still needed to get while James watched tv. I hadn't said anything to him about my mom calling or the junk food. But he got a few evil looks from Ollie for sure. 

"When I went to make Ollie a sandwich today, the peanut butter and jelly was gone" 

"Must have just ran out" he shrugged not taking his eyes off the tv. 

"Yeah...or maybe the fruit pixies came during the night and replaced all the crap with fruit, huh?" 

"Probably" he said cooly. 

I let it go. Until he reached over into the drawer of his nightstand and opened a pack of gummy bears and ate them in front of me. 

"My mom called today" 

"Yeah?" he asked putting a handful of bears into his mouth. 

"Her and Tom are moving to California and you have to take them house hunting" he stopped chewing and dropped the bag and I grabbed it. "Thank you!" 

"Can you explain yourself a little bit?" he asked with confusion on his face. 

"Sure. But only if you do too. Why did you take my food?" 

"Because...you get mad when I eat crappy food too!" 

"Yeah but you don't have a womb to use as an excuse. You know what my cravings are like, James" 

"Anyway, what's this thing about your mom coming up?" 

"She called me and they want to move up here and wanted me to go look at houses with them" 

"Are you serious?" 

"Yep" 

"Actually, this could be a good thing" 

"It's my mom we're talking about here" 

"Exactly. I know you don't like giving Ollie to your dad to look after all the time so if she moves up here, we'll have a lot of extra help" 

"We can't just use my parents as babysitters all the time, James" 

"We can if we pay them" he laughed. 

"This isn't funny" 

"Jesus Christ. Did you lose your sense of humor when you got pregnant too?" he sneered and shoom his head at me. "All I'm saying is that when I'm away you'll have a little extra help; you won't be on your own all the time.Your mom loves taking care of Ollie so I don't see what the big deal is. Anyone else would happy but you're just bitching about it" 

"They're moving up here to retire and to relax not to look after kids" 

I don't know if it was my hormones or what but the fact he was looking forward to my mom moving here so his conscience would be a little clearer while he was away really, really pissed me off. 
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Uh oh... James is getting a little touchy and so is she. I hope this is just a temporary tiff they are in and not something more serious!!!

BTW, the day you updated this and said they were having twins was an UBER coincidence because a close family member called me in a panic because she is unexpectedly expecting TRIPLETS.

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This was a funny chapter!!I love the changing mood of Ruth!! Hahaha And James hiding all the sugar food... James is having a loooot of patience, what a good boy. I love it!! :)
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