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Fight Fire With Fire; James/OFC, Het, 1999
Topic Started: February 17, 2013, 12:58 pm (18,431 Views)
myparanoid
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OMG Ruth has to tell James about her pregnancy!
More please! :heart: :heart:
Edited by myparanoid, March 5, 2013, 3:50 pm.
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HellHathNoFury
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Oh shit! She's pregnant :D Wonder how James is going to react?!
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HannahBanana
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WHY!? OH NO! Lol I'm joking but why so soon :blink:
I hope James sits well with this but then again I'm sure he'll be excited since he's a lovable softy :rolleyes:
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Shayniz21
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She has to tell him she's pregnant. Its only fair. I really hope she tells him because hate her more if she doesn't and her parents would probably agree that he needs to know. More soon!
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CarpeDiemBaby
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OMG! A baby is coming! :o
Agree with all the girls, she MUST to tell James about it.

Moar! :heart: :heart:
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Shauna came to pick me up from hospital the following morning. We were flying to Slovenia early that afternoon and I needed to get to the airport. The whole ride to the airport was silent; I knew she didn’t want to bring up the topic of me being pregnant, neither did I.

“How’re you feeling today?”

“A little better. Worried more than anything else”

“I’ll do Kirk’s guitars tonight, you should take it easy”

“It’s fine, I can do it. I don’t want to rouse any suspicion you know?”

“It’s Kirk, he’s not going to mind you taking a break right after you got out of hospital, Ruth”

“Yeah but I want to work, it’ll take my mind off things”

“If you’re sure” she sighed. I could tell she wasn’t happy with my decision to work.

When I got onto the plane James was already in his seat. He stood up when he saw me and motioned for me to sit beside him. I told Shauna to keep me a seat because I wouldn’t be sitting beside him for the whole journey.

“How are you? It’s nothing serious right?” he asked me concerned.

“No I was just dehydrated. Wasn’t drinking enough water in the warm weather and I didn’t sleep much the night before”

“I’m sorry about snapping at you too and I called your dad to let him know what happened. I told him you’d call when you got a chance”

“Don’t worry about it. And thanks for calling my dad and the birthday present, I loved it” I smiled and he nodded. “I better go sit with Shauna okay? See you later” I rubbed his arm and he went back to reading his magazine. The thought of telling him I was carrying his baby was killing me. I had no idea how he’d react. I don’t think I could handle a bad reaction from him.

“Did you tell him?” she asked as I buckled my belt.

“No…I couldn’t”

“You’ll have to at some stage”

“Yes I know. But not now” I put my headphones on and turned up the volume to settle into the flight.

That evening when I moved Kirk’s guitars to the side of the stage, Shauna gave me a ticket to watch the show from the crowd. It was a seated ticket in the upper circle of the venue. It was the first time I’d seen a Metallica concert from a fan’s point of view and it was awesome to see. Even though James looked a lot smaller from up here, he still looked powerful. I realized I’d have to tell him soon. He deserved to know and any kid would be lucky to have a dad like him.

I left my seat in the middle of the set and went backstage with my all access pass to call my mom. I found a quiet room where the noise of the band couldn’t be heard and dialed her Memphis number and it took two attempts before she picked up.

“Hey, mom”

“Hi, honey! Wasn’t expecting your call, how are you?”

“I’m okay…”

“That’s good. Where are you?”

“In Slovenia”

“Oh wow. With James?”

“Yeah listen, I need your advice on something but you have to promise not to get mad”

“Hmm…okay”

“I’m…pregnant”

“That’s a shock, Ruth. When did you find out?”

“Yesterday. I don’t know whether to tell James or not because I don’t know how he’ll react”

“What would you do if you didn’t tell him?”

“I don’t know, hand in my resignation, go back to California and raise the baby myself…?”

“That’s silly, Ruth. You have to tell him. He’s the dad so he has a right to know a baby needs the support of two parents. Have you told your dad yet?”

“No I haven’t”

“Go and tell James, then call me back. Alright?”

I waited for James after the show at the door of the venue and caught him before he was going to a bar. I was going to take my mom’s advice and tell him.

“Hey, can I talk to you for a second?”

“I’m kind of on the way out. Can it wait?”

“Not really”

“Fine” he huffed. “Come back in here” he said and we walked back to the dressing room he had just come out of. “What’s wrong?”

“I need to tell you something” I sat down on a chair and fidgeted with my hands.

“Yeah well I gathered that”

“You know the way I was at the hospital yesterday?”

“Yeah, you said everything is fine. It is isn’t it?”

“No…well yeah it is but I have some…news” I said quietly and he stood with his hands on his hips looking worried.

“Spit it out, Ruth” I could see him starting to get angry.

“I’m pregnant” before I blurted it out, I had rehearsed it a million different ways in my head but they suddenly escaped me.

“Haha that’s a good one” he laughed. He soon realized I wasn’t joking when he saw my eyes beginning to tear up. “Fuck. You’re serious” his hand reached for the door to leave but I stood up and stopped him.

“Wait. I need to know how you feel about this”

“I…I don’t know how to fucking feel, Ruth! I mean, how did this even happen?!” he shouted throwing his arms in the air.

“We had sex, that’s generally how it happens”

“I thought you were on birth control or something, I wouldn’t have done it otherwise! This is so fucked up…” he sat down and rubbed his face with his hands. This reaction was the one I was afraid of. I turned the handle to leave the room like he had done.

“Where are you going? You can’t just drop a bomb like that then fucking leave”

“I need to call my mom” I blubbered into the sleeves of my sweatshirt. He got up and wrapped his arms around me, something I was not expecting. I cried against his chest still with my hands on my face.

“Stop crying…I’m sorry this is just so scary to me. We’ll deal with it…somehow” his hands rubbed my back in an effort to calm me down. “Let’s get out of here and talk about this”
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Sol
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Oh my gosh! :heart:

I. Want. More.

Ruth apprehended James's reaction and she had reasons to but... my gosh, the way he took the new was violent. He wanted to leave!

Anyway, I love your story!

Please, update soon? :biggrin
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I am so happy she told him. That was the right thing to do. I can't blame his reaction but in the end I was very proud that he embraced her and is going to talk to her about this. Thats a responisble thing to do. I hope things turn out ok and I hope Ruth and James can work on their relationship in the end.

As always......MORE!
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That was the right thing to do. And I'm happy that in the end he is going to talk to her.

More please :heart:
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James decided against going out after the concert because we needed to talk. The drive back to the hotel was painfully silent. When we arrived he took me to his room. I sat on the edge of the bed and he sat beside me with his elbows on his knees.

“You told your dad yet?” he began.

“No. Only my mom and Shauna know…and you now. Are you mad?”

“I’ve no right to be mad at you. It’s my fault we’re in this situation too…I mean, a baby is a huge deal; it needs…stuff. I just don’t know if I’m father material” he said quietly, stirring in his doubtful thoughts.

“I think you’d be a good dad”

“Why?”

“Anytime I’ve seen you with Lars’ kid you turn to mush around him”

“Everyone does that around kids, it’s different when it’s your own. Doesn’t this scare you?”

“More than you know” I played with the long sleeves of my baggy sweatshirt.

“We both know what it’s like to grow up without two parents around. In my mind, you’re supposed to be living in the same house, happily married and then, maybe have a kid. Otherwise, everything gets messy and complicated”

“I never even planned on having kids. Ever. My plan was to be an old spinster living in a house full of cats” I laughed.

“I don’t know why but I could see that happening” he nodded along with me. “You think your dad’s gonna kick my ass?”

“Big time”

“Crap”

“He might be upset for a while but I think he’ll learn to live with it…he hasn’t really got a choice. Anyway, I’m 29 having a kid, some people consider that late these days. It’s not like I’m 15 and about to throw my life away. I’ll have to make some sacrifices though”

We’ll have to make sacrifices” he corrected me.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s definitely my baby, right?”

“Yeah of course”

“Well then I want to be involved as much as possible”

“I appreciate that. What do you think the guys are going to say?”

“Oh man” he laid back on the bed with his hands on his head. “I forgot about them”

“Maybe we shouldn’t say anything until I’ve had a scan back in California”

“That sounds like a plan…California sounds good right now too” he sighed and closed his eyes.

“You’re tired aren’t you, James” I laid down beside him on my side to face him. I knew he was physically and emotionally drained. We both were.

“I’m exhausted. My throat hurts, my back hurts, the tour dates are too close together and we’ve done way too much travelling…I just want to go home” I watched his chest rise and fall slowly as he breathed in and out. It was soothing somehow. We were both suddenly a lot calmer than we were just minutes earlier. “You know I still care about you, Ruth” his long fingers smoothed brushed the hair out of my face.

“It’s hard to believe that sometimes…” I told him truthfully.

“Why?”

“Because it makes me feel like crap when I see you flirt with other girls even though we’re not together…I get that you’re famous and of course girls are going to want you but…it doesn’t matter, it’s not important”

“It’s important to me; I don’t want to make you feel that way” the soft tone of his voice made what he just said actually sound genuine. But it was the same tone of voice he used when he said he wanted a relationship with me.

“Still, it’s no big deal” I concluded.

I sat up again because I wasn’t in the mood of an argument. It was late and we were both tired.

“I got so scared when they took you to hospital yesterday” he confessed.

“You can stop worrying, I’m fine”

“I know but you passed out in my arms and you wouldn’t come round…I wish I could have gone to the hospital with you”

“You didn’t have to, you had a show and I understand that”

“Yeah but—“

“James!” I slapped his thigh playfully. “Chill out! Things will figure themselves out sooner or later. Anyway, I better go because it’s late”

“You’re not staying here?” he sat up.

“No, you’re tired so you should rest”

“I’d sleep better knowing you were here” his tired eyes pleaded with me.

“Alright”

I kicked off my shoes and folded back the heavy covers on the bed. He groaned as he pulled his t-shirt over his head and I watched the single lamp in the room illuminate the muscles in the back as they moved. It was the small moments like these that made me miss him. He could make the simplest of things seem interesting. I closed my eyes and heard the metal of his belt buckle hit the floor. The bed dipped and I turned off the lamp. I felt him climb in beside me. I kept to one side of the bed because I didn’t want him getting any ideas.

“Ruth? You awake?” he whispered only seconds after I turned the light off.

“Yep”

“Do you want a boy or a girl?”

I laughed before I spoke. “I think it might be a little early to be thinking about that right now”

“Yeah but if you could pick what would you choose?” he persisted.

“A boy. You should sleep” I yawned feeling fatigue setting in quickly

“Yeah me too…Ruth?”

“Yeah?”

“I know I might be a little rough around the edges and at times I mightn’t be enough for you but…do you think you could take me back? I’m not talking about right now but one day? Because I’ll wait”

I thanked god the light was off otherwise he’d have seen the tears in my eyes after he finished talking.

“Go to sleep, James” I whispered back and rubbed his hand under the covers.
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As always, I loved the chapter.
Nothing else to say.... Well, please more soon! :biggrin
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I'm glad James is being adult about this. I feel like we are seeing a different side of Ruth. Like a softer side of her which is nice. I hope they work things out with baby. More soon please.
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A week later we were back in California and my pregnancy was still being kept a secret from the crew and other guys in the band. We were sitting in the waiting room of the maternity part of the hospital and we were the only two people there. Despite this we were still kept waiting. James paced around and looked at the posters on the walls because he couldn’t sit still.

“Miss Bowe?” A female doctor called me.

“James…James c’mon” his eyes were glued to a poster about nutrition for babies.

We walked into a small room with a bed, two chairs and an ultrasound machine.

“So you’re pregnant, Ruth?”

“Yeah”

“Did you do a test at home?”

“No I passed out in Italy and they took me to the hospital where they did bloods and they told me then”

“I see. And you’re the father?” she asked James.

“I hope so” he joked but the doctor didn’t take to it well and gave him a cold look instead.

“Alright well let’s do an ultrasound and we’ll confirm everything”

I pulled up my sweatshirt and she put some cold gel on my stomach. She put the wand of the machine on my tummy and moved it around looking at the screen.

“Well there’s no doubt you’re pregnant. Ten weeks I’d say. Does that sound about right to you?”

I looked at James and we nodded together. I heard him gulp audibly as we listened to the quick heartbeat of our baby together. It was breathtaking. The doctor cleaned off my belly with a tissue and gave me another appointment date to come back and two print outs of my scan.

“This is like, the third time you’ve been in hospital because of me” he said as we left the hospital.

“No big deal. Could be worse. Wanna get ice cream?”

We drove around the corner to an ice cream parlor and sat at a bench under an umbrella with our cups of ice cream.

“So are you going to come and face my dad with me?”

“You haven’t told him yet?!” he almost gasped.

“No”

“I have a funny feeling you want me to die before my baby is born”

“Shut up he won’t be that bad. What did he say when you called him?”

“He said that I wasn’t the guy he thought I was…understandable I guess. If I was him I’d hate me too…if any guy does that to my daughter I swear I’ll—“

“Alright calm down! We’ve a good 15 or so years before the kid starts dating and my dad doesn’t hate you, he’s just a little mad right now”

“Hmm…” he mumbled into his ice cream. “I’ve been thinking, Ruth”

“Yeah? About what?”

“I know we’re not together or anything but we are having a baby together so I thought maybe um…you could move into my house as friends and as parents. Once the baby gets here I don’t think your dad will appreciate being woken up in the middle of the night by a crying baby and there’s a lot more space in my house too” he said. I realized his plan would make sense but I still wasn’t sure. Our relationship wasn't exactly a straight forward one.

“Can I think about it? We have to tell my dad first”

“Yeah sure. We better go do that now”

When we pulled up to my house my dad’s car wasn’t there so that meant he was in work. I heard James let out a sigh of relief. It was two hours before my dad got home so we watched tv until then. I was glad James was sticking around for this. The key turned in the lock and James shot up out of his seat nervously.

“Sit down” I told him. “Hey dad” I yelled from the couch.

“Hi honey. Glad your home. How’re you feeling?” he leaned down and hugged me then acknowledged James with a nod.

“I’m okay but uh…can we talk?”

“Sure” he took off his hat and sat down opposite us. “Something wrong?”

“No…not really. I just…we have some news” I cleared my throat before I spoke again. “We’re going to have a baby” I watched his face nervously.

“Huh…well that’s not news to me, honey. You’re mom called and told me a few days ago”

“She did?” I asked though I wasn’t surprised by my mom’s actions.

“Yeah…congratulations are in order I suppose” he shook James’ hand. “You better take care of your kid, son”

“I know, sir. I will” James voice broke as he spoke to my dad. I couldn’t help but laugh.

“You two got any plans?”

“For what, dad?”

“The baby! College? Names? Who it’s going to be with most of the time? Or are you two together again?”

“No we’re not but I was asking Ruth to come stay with me so things wouldn’t get messy” James pitched his plan to my dad.

“You’re smarter than you look, James” my dad chuckled. “I think that’s a good idea. What do you think, Ruth?” my dad got up going to the kitchen.

“I don’t want to leave you on your own…and he can’t cook like you can!” I shouted after him and got elbowed by James.

“Don’t worry about me, Ruth! The baby is your priority now. Ain’t that right, James?” he said handing James a cold beer.

We spent the rest of the evening talking about the baby and I tried to explain the photos of the scan to my dad but he couldn’t understand it. My dad had also seemed to have forgiven James as they were talking like friends again. I guess that was for the best too. I went to bed around 12am and James stayed up drinking with my dad. I felt him creep into my room not long after I was in bed. I heard his boot hit the floor and his jeans soon followed.

“Looks like you’re moving in with me”

“Hmm” I grumbled into the pillow as his arm wrapped around me.

“At least we’ll have a bigger bed in my house…or you can stay in the guest room whatever”

“M’kay…”

“I’m glad we’re having this baby, Ruth” he whispered wrapping his fingers around mine in the dark.

“Me too”
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This softer Ruth is definitely more likeable. :) I'm glad they seem to be working things out, and that James wants to be a part of raising the baby. However, I have a hard time believing that things will just work out that smoothly.

Great updates, though! :heart:
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Aw, so good that they are even planning to go and live together! :D

Moar! :heart:
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