Capítulo 41: chapter 37

<p>1 week later<br/><br/>ash sat in the pews as the ceremony for mallow began. The girls decided to have their weddings three days apart in time, that way everyone could get them appropriate and thought out gifts rather than them giving the girls a gift to share. lana sat next to him in a nice blue gown. Soon the music began and everyone stood as the bride and her father made their way down the aisle. Lila couldn't contain her tears anymore as her daughter walked up the stairs to her fiancée.<br/><br/>"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…"The priest began. ash no longer bothered to watch the time he just watched as the vows were exchanged, and as the rings were slipped on.<br/><br/>"Do you Brock Nexdor take this woman to be your wife?" The priest asked.<br/><br/>"I do." Brock said smiling at mallow.<br/><br/>"And do you mallow Test take this man to be your husband?" The priest asked.<br/><br/>"I do." mallow said smiling back at her husband.<br/><br/>"Then, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife; you may kiss your bride." The priest said. The newlyweds kissed and the cameras went off like lightning. Everyone quickly proceeded to the reception area where gifts and placed on the table and food was served.<br/><br/>"I propose a toast." Hugh said standing up. mallow blushed at her father.<br/><br/>"I just want to congratulate my daughter mallow and her husband Brock. I will admit, a while back I didn't think Brock would ever get it together, but I guess it took a gentle push to make him see what he was missing out on. I hope you have a happy and lifelong marriage." Hugh said, earning claps all around. ash stood.<br/><br/>"I would like to add to that toast. Brock, you're welcome, and mallow you can thank me later. I got tired of seeing mallow one, miserable and two always being bugged my Eugene. I'm glad that she finally got with the guy of her dreams. Welcome to the family bro!" ash chuckled, earning laughs and applause from all around.<br/><br/>"Will you have something else for lillie's wedding?" lana whispered as they ate.<br/><br/>"Of course." ash chuckled, kissing her forehead and rubbing her swollen stomach. Brock and mallow had their first dance and then the real fun began, ash and lana taking it easy for lana's sake.<br/><br/>"We're delaying our honeymoon." mallow said.<br/><br/>"Why?" lana asked.<br/><br/>"I want to be here for my sister's wedding and Brock wants to be there for his cousins wedding. It's no trouble, since our honeymoon locations are different." mallow said smiling.<br/><br/>"That's sweet." lana said smiling.<br/><br/>3 days later<br/><br/>ash again sat in the pews next to lana in the front row, just as he had three days ago. Once the ceremony and first dance were done everyone began to mingle at the reception. The toasts were made and ash kept his word that his toast would be different for lillie's wedding.<br/><br/>"Ok everyone, gather around." lillie giggled. The girls, even lana gathered around as lillie threw the bouquet. As if by dumb luck it landed right in lana's hands.<br/><br/>"We all knew that was going to happen." mallow and lillie laughed before they got into the cars with their husbands and drove off for the airport for their honeymoon. <br/><br/>ash chuckled, taking her hand and walking to his car before getting inside and driving off, leaving an unconscious Eugene behind them.<br/><br/><br/>1 week later, March<br/><br/>lana awoke that morning and something just seemed off, and that if anything should have been a clue that today was going to be a bad day. She got up and went downstairs for breakfast.<br/><br/>"Morning lana." Her mother chirped happily. lana said nothing as she sat down and ate her breakfast.<br/><br/>"Is everything ok dear?" Her mother asked concerned.<br/><br/>"I guess." lana said depressed.<br/><br/>"I'm supposed to believe that?" lana's mom asked.<br/><br/>"I'm fine, just back off." lana said before stomping up the stairs to her room to get ready for school. lana's mom sent ash a text, warning him of her current mood and that today would be one of those days. lana trudged down the stairs with her backpack strapped on and went to the front door.<br/><br/>"Have a good day sweetie." Her mom said.<br/><br/>"Mhmm." lana groaned before closing the door behind her and getting into ash's car.<br/><br/>"Tired?" ash asked.<br/><br/>"What, no 'hello lana? How are you? Are the babies moving?" lana said annoyance in her tone. Yup, it's going to be one of those days. ash thought to himself.<br/><br/>"Sorry. How are you this morning?" ash asked.<br/><br/>"Fine." lana said curtly.<br/><br/>"I know you better, what's on your mind?" ash asked.<br/><br/>"I don't know what it's like to be a mom. I've never had that kind of responsibility before. I mean, I've babysat, but that's not raising a child, or two for that matter. What if they hate me?" lana began to cry.<br/><br/>"I don't know how to be a dad, and I've never babysat except for that one freak accident with my sisters. lana, all kids at one point in time say they hate their parents. I did, you probably did; it's just something we don't understand until we're older. We say it out of anger and to get our way." ash said as they drove to school. lana didn't look much happier or relaxed; she just looked more depressed at the moment. As they arrived at the school lana sighed tiredly.<br/><br/>"Tired?" ash asked as they got out of his car.<br/><br/>"Yeah. They kick a lot in their sleep." lana said with a yawn.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry." ash said as he took her hand.<br/><br/>"It's ok." lana replied.<br/><br/>"Not looking forward to Calc." ash said.<br/><br/>"Same here." lana said.<br/><br/>"Oh look if it isn't fatso." Janet snickered. Since lana was holding her heavy math book it made perfect sense for her to chuck it at Janet, hitting her square in the face and knocking her flat on the ground.<br/><br/>"What the fuck?" One of Janet's friends shouted as she tried to wake Janet up. lana walked over and retrieved her book.<br/><br/>"I am in no mood to deal with her or your shit today. Be forewarned, next snide comment like that and I may throw more than a fucking book. Got that cunt?" lana hissed, making the girl cringe.<br/><br/>"Yup, crystal clear." The girl whimpered as she grabbed Janet and ran.<br/><br/>"Let's just get to math." ash said.<br/><br/>"You think I'm horrible don't you?" lana asked, her eyes getting misty. Fuck. ash thought as tears started to stream down lana's face.<br/><br/>"No, I don't think you're horrible." ash said as he held her hand reassuringly.<br/><br/>"No, I'm horrible, just say it." lana whimpered through her tears.<br/><br/>"But you're not." ash said as they walked into their math class. The teacher looked over, rolled their eyes and looked back to the clock.<br/><br/>"You mean it?" lana sniffled.<br/><br/>"Of course lana." ash said kindly before lana hugged him. As if by magic the tears were gone and she was smiling widely.<br/><br/>"Thanks ash, I love you." lana said before kissing him sweetly before class started. At this rate I'll have whiplash from these mood swings. ash thought as the teacher began the boring lecture.<br/><br/>Lunch<br/><br/>lana had gone through three or so more mood swings in the last three hours than normal. Sure she had days where she was more moody than others, but this by far took the cake. As she sat down with her normal amount of food she began to look at the tray questioningly.<br/><br/>"What's wrong lana?" Renee asked.<br/><br/>"I think I took too much." lana said concerned.<br/><br/>"No, you take that amount every day." Cally said.<br/><br/>"And that's why I've gained so much weight!" lana whined.<br/><br/>"lana, you're pregnant with twins, the doctors say you're allowed to gain up to forty pounds because of the double bundle. You've only gained twenty." Zoe said.<br/><br/>"Does it really show that much?" lana asked nervously.<br/><br/>"Yeah, it's called twins." Beth sighed.<br/><br/>"You're right. Sorry, I've just been off today." lana said.<br/><br/>"We can tell." Trisha said.<br/><br/>"And what is that supposed to mean?" lana scowled.<br/><br/>"You're mood swings are giving us all whiplash." Tia giggled.<br/><br/>"You think this is funny?" lana hissed.<br/><br/>"Not really." Angelica said.<br/><br/>"Good, because it's not." lana growled.<br/><br/>"We believe you lana. Calm down." Megan said. lana took a deep breath and let it out slowly.<br/><br/>After school<br/><br/>ash and lana went to work. lana was still remarkably calm, now that all her mood swings had run their course.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry." lana said quietly.<br/><br/>"For what?" ash asked confused at the sudden apology.<br/><br/>"For being so bitchy and hormonal today." lana said.<br/><br/>"lana, if you thought I couldn't handle your mood swings, you're wrong. I expect your mood swings, and while they are random, it's not unexpected when they do hit." ash said as they pulled up to the game shop.<br/><br/>"Still, I was just a total mess today." lana said.<br/><br/>"It's nothing to apologize about." ash said.<br/><br/>"Can you just forgive me so I won't feel guilt and stress over it?" lana said.<br/><br/>"I forgive you, even though it is unnecessary." ash chuckled as lana let out a sigh of relief before they got out of the car and went into the game shop. <br/><br/><br/>1 week later<br/><br/>ash lay in his room on his bed unable to sleep.<br/><br/>"Ok, what's with the lack of sleep?" Pikachu asked.<br/><br/>"I have a lot on my mind." ash admitted after a moment of silence.<br/><br/>"As in?" Pikachu questioned.<br/><br/>"Well what do you think?" ash replied sarcastically.<br/><br/>"lana and the babies?" Pikachu asked.<br/><br/>"Yeah." ash replied.<br/><br/>"Well, what about them?" Pikachu asked, not fully understanding what was wrong.<br/><br/>"I love her and I want to be there for her and the babies, but I don't want people thinking that I'm just doing it because she's pregnant with my kids." ash sighed.<br/><br/>"And since when have you cared what people thought?" Pikachu asked.<br/><br/>"I don't know. I just don't want lana to get criticized as trapping me into marriage. That's not how it is." ash said.<br/><br/>"When did I ever mention marriage lover boy." Pikachu chuckled as ash flushed.<br/><br/>"Shut up." ash growled.<br/><br/>"Sorry. Look, if you care about her then take the next step." Pikachu said.<br/><br/>"I don't know how." ash said.<br/><br/>"Ask your sisters and your brothers-in-law. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out." Pikachu said.<br/><br/>"Ok. Thanks Pikachu." ash said before rolling over and going to sleep.<br/><br/>The next day, Saturday<br/><br/>ash drove over to mallow and lillie's place. They didn't live in the same home, just in a duplex. He had called and warned them earlier so they had the door open and were waiting when he pulled up.<br/><br/>"So where's the baby mama?" lillie asked curiously.<br/><br/>"She's at her house either doing homework or taking her afternoon nap." ash replied.<br/><br/>"So what is it you need to talk to us about?" mallow asked.<br/><br/>"I don't know where to go from here." ash said as he sat on the couch.<br/><br/>"In yours and lana's relationship?" lillie asked.<br/><br/>"Yeah." ash said.<br/><br/>"Do you care about her?" mallow asked.<br/><br/>"Is that a trick question?" ash asked sarcastically.<br/><br/>"Do you honestly see yourself with anyone else in the future?" lillie asked.<br/><br/>"No." ash replied.<br/><br/>"Would you honestly want to be with anyone else?" mallow asked.<br/><br/>"No." ash said.<br/><br/>"Do you always want to be with her?" lillie asked.<br/><br/>"Yes." ash replied.<br/><br/>"Can you financially support her and your two children?" mallow asked.<br/><br/>"Yeah." ash chuckled.<br/><br/>"Ok, so marry her." lillie said with an eye roll.<br/><br/>"I knew you would say that." ash replied.<br/><br/>"So why bother talking to us when you knew what we were going to say?" mallow asked confused.<br/><br/>"Verification. I do listen to you guys, though you may not always believe me, still, I do." ash chuckled.<br/><br/>"Good to know. So, have you bought a ring yet?" lillie asked.<br/><br/>"No, but I'm going to now. Thanks guys." ash chuckled as he got up and left the duplex and towards the jewelry store.<br/><br/>2 hours later<br/><br/>As ash drove to the Blakely home he saw lana get into the car with her friends, Beth was driving.<br/><br/>"I don't think I could have planned that better." ash chuckled to himself as they drove away. He pulled up and parked. He sat in his car for a moment, taking a deep breath. This was huge for him and he knew it was; his nerves were finally catching up to him.<br/><br/>"It's now or never." ash said as he got out of his car and walked up to the home. He knocked on the door and waited for what seemed like an eternity. Finally someone answered; it was Jason, lana's father, just the person ash wanted to talk to.<br/><br/>"Afternoon ash. You just missed lana; she went out with her friends just a few moments ago." Jason said smiling.<br/><br/>"I saw them leave as I pulled up. I actually wanted to talk to you sir." ash said.<br/><br/>"Oh, alright, come on in then." Jason said confusion in his tone as they walked into the living room.<br/><br/>"Mister Blakely, as you know, your daughter is pregnant with my twins." ash said in a serious tone catching Jason's attention instantly.<br/><br/>"Yes, I am aware of such an obvious fact." Jason said with a hint of humor in his tone.<br/><br/>"But I want to verify with you that I do care and love your daughter." ash said.<br/><br/>"That is good to hear; again I could tell and was confident in the fact." Jason said with a smile.<br/><br/>"What I'm trying to say, or ask in this case is, can I marry your daughter?" ash finally spat out.<br/><br/>"You have my blessing ash." Jason said smiling.<br/><br/>"Thank you." ash said happily.<br/><br/>"So, when are you going to ask her and do you have a ring?" Jason asked leaning back into the chair.<br/><br/>"Tonight and yes I do have a ring." ash said as he stood and left with a smile on his face.<br/><br/>Later that night<br/><br/>I wonder what ash wants, he sounded urgent. lana thought as she waited for ash to come pick her up. ash pulled up in his car, anticipation and anxiety flowing through him as lana walked over and got inside the car.<br/><br/>"So what's the rush?" lana asked as she closed the door.<br/><br/>"It's a surprise." ash chuckled. They drove a distance, talking a little here or there. lana couldn't shake the feeling that this was important to ash and desperately wanted to know. Just as her patience was wearing thin the car stopped and there they were, parked on an overlook of the city, the sky was lavender and pink and orange with the sunset. They got out of the car and lana looked over the scene, ash next to her.<br/><br/>"It's so calm up here and pretty." lana said with a sigh.<br/><br/>"Yeah, that was the main reason I wanted to come here for this." ash said, his hands going into his pockets and retrieving the box.<br/><br/>"For what?" lana asked before she turned and saw ash on one knee. It all hit her.<br/><br/>"lana, I love you, now more than I ever have and not just because you are carrying our children but because you are the most beautiful and wonderful woman I could ever hope for. Will you do me the great honor of becoming my wife?" ash asked as he opened the box to reveal the beautiful ring, three diamonds were in it, one large one in the middle and two small ones on opposing sides.<br/><br/>"Yes, oh my god, yes I will marry you ash!" lana said, tears welling her eyes as ash stood smiling and gently removed the promise ring and put on the engagement ring. lana hugged ash as tightly as she could after he slipped on the ring.<br/><br/>"I love you." lana said smiling.<br/><br/>"I love you too lana." ash replied as he pulled her closer, a smile on his face.<br/><br/><br/>lana was grateful it was spring break because she and ash needed the time to figure out the plans for their wedding. They had already agreed that they would wait six months after the babies are born, which gave them seven months or so, lana was due in a month. The dress and cake would be the last things to be chosen, but that didn't hinder anything else.<br/><br/>"When did you say you wanted to get your dress again?" Renee asked lana as they sat there with pen and paper.<br/><br/>"Four months after the twins are born." lana said.<br/><br/>"What did you and ash agree on for the color theme since it will be in November." Cally asked.<br/><br/>"Fall colors, since that will be available." lana replied as she looked at her notes.<br/><br/>"ash, when did you say you were getting your tux?" Beth asked, looking over to the boys who were trying to think of things to add.<br/><br/>"Around the same time lana gets her dress." ash replied.<br/><br/>"Ok, so by fall theme, you mean like reds and oranges and gold's and brown colors right?" Zoe asked.<br/><br/>"Yes. I want the men to wear black tuxes of course, but that's a given." lana said with a shrug.<br/><br/>"Let's go talk colors and décor somewhere else. The guys need to think up stuff." Beth giggled as the girls walked off.<br/><br/>"It's only April and you guys are going all out. Have you gotten a venue yet?" Chad asked, rubbing his temples.<br/><br/>"Yeah, we've got that and a date set, it's just all the other stuff." ash said.<br/><br/>"So why do we have to make a ton of lists now?" Jace asked.<br/><br/>"So that we have it all figured out by the time the twins are born." ash yawned.<br/><br/>"It makes sense, but my brain is fried man." Bo groaned.<br/><br/>"Hey think about it like this, I'm just prepping you for later on." ash chuckled.<br/><br/>"Oh shut up." Bo hissed.<br/><br/>"Alright, so the flowers are red roses and white calla lilies." Cally said.<br/><br/>"Correct." lana replied.<br/><br/>"Ok, so we have colors, attire, flowers, and certain dates set. The cake can come pretty much last. Have you guys figured out a caterer yet?" Renee asked.<br/><br/>"No, we've been looking, but with work ash's hours being longer than mine, and school coming to a close it's hard to actually go out and look. I'm glad that ash got this Saturday off, otherwise this would much longer than it already has." lana sighed.<br/><br/>"True and we've gotten a good amount accomplished. Once school ends, we can definitely figure out the other arrangements." Zoe giggled.<br/><br/>"By the time school ends I'll be a full time mom of twins." lana reminded, earning a kick from the twins as if to confirm.<br/><br/>"So, how does it feel knowing in a month you'll be a dad?" Robby asked.<br/><br/>"I was scared at first, but now I'm actually excited. I want to see what my son and daughter will look like." ash said with a smile, unknowing of the dark man lurking outside the home.<br/><br/>"So, ash Test is going to be a father, and the girl with the lightning bolt in her hair is his fiancée and the mother of his twins. That's how I'll destroy him, and he won't know what hit him." The man chuckled darkly before quietly slipping away into the night, leaving the happy and tired teens to continue their planning, unaware of the new threat that now befell ash and lana.<br/><br/><br/>April 30th<br/><br/>The buzzing of his phone woke him from his sleep. Looking over, ash saw that lana's mother was calling and that immediately sent off alarms in his head.<br/><br/>"Hello Misses Blakely. Is there something wrong?" ash asked.<br/><br/>"Is lana with you?" she asked frantically.<br/><br/>"No, why?" ash asked, his heart accelerating.<br/><br/>"ash, we can't find her." Misses Blakely said. ash hung up, got up and dressed and then bolted out the door to his car and then to lana's house where there were cop cars swarming the place.<br/><br/>"Now ma'am, when did you last see your daughter?" The officer asked.<br/><br/>"Last night around ten thirty as she went to her room to go to bed." Misses Blakely replied.<br/><br/>"Sir, we don't have time for these questions, she is heavily pregnant with twins, and her due date is in a week." Jason said grimly. Ash walked over ti them and told The officer that he well take it from here the officer's eyes widened he ternd to ash and ash said I'm special agent ash Ketchum and she is my girlfriend so i will be taking over the investigation ash holding a picture of lana in his hand. ash turned around and walked back to his car, anger leaking from his pores.<br/><br/>"Where are you going ash?" Jason asked.<br/><br/>"To visit a few old friends of mine who might have some answers." ash said in a deadly tone before getting in his car and driving off.<br/><br/>"First on my list, Eugene Hamilton." ash growled.<br/><br/>With lana<br/><br/>"What? Ugh, where am I?" lana asked as she opened her eyes. She didn't recognize where she was, but from what she could tell she was in someone's basement, and upon looking around it, this person had to be a sci-fi nerd, what with all the green space ships and space weapons. She then noticed her arms were shackled to the wall and above her head.<br/><br/>"Are you scared girl?" a voice called out. lana jumped slightly at the echo but started to look around to try and pinpoint where the voice was coming from.<br/><br/>"No, I'm irritated and uncomfortable, but not scared." lana said honestly. A man, dressed in green, walked out from the shadows.<br/><br/>"You're seriously not scared of me?" the man asked.<br/><br/>"No, and why is everything in here shaped like vegetables?" lana asked annoyed.<br/><br/>"Well I am Dark Vegan, what did you expect?" The older man growled. lana rolled her eyes.<br/><br/>"So how long exactly are you planning on keeping me here?" lana asked.<br/><br/>"Until I can destroy ash Test." Dark Vegan growled.<br/><br/>Back with ash<br/><br/>"I'm telling you Test, I don't have her. Feel free to look about my mansion, but I seriously do not have your fiancée." Eugene groveled on the ground, beaten, bloodied and battered up by a very pissed off ash. ash rummaged through the house for the next few hours before coming up with nothing.<br/><br/>"I told you she wasn't here." Eugene whined. ash started to walk towards the door before stopping and turning to face him.<br/><br/>"You tell anyone that I was here and I won't hesitate to beat the living shit out of you, understood?" ash growled. Eugene nodded in fear as ash left, slamming the door on his way out.<br/><br/>"Well, now time to pay Mister Mittens a house call." ash said as he cracked his knuckles. In no time at all he arrived at the crazed cat's home, being allowed in by the butler. ash immediately walked up to the cat and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.<br/><br/>"Ach! What do you want boy?" Mittens hissed.<br/><br/>"Are you the one who abducted my fiancée?" ash growled.<br/><br/>"Why would I want to do that? I gave up trying to take over the world and destroy you two years ago." Mittens growled before ash let him drop.<br/><br/>"Mind if I look around?" ash said as he started to walk off.<br/><br/>"Like you'd listen if I said no, but I have nothing to hide." Mittens said as he dusted himself off.<br/><br/>Meanwhile with lana<br/><br/>"So where do I get to sleep Dark Vegan?" lana asked as the ache in her shoulders grew.<br/><br/>"Right there." He said monotone.<br/><br/>"You're kidding right?" lana asked her eyes bugging out of her skull.<br/><br/>"No." Dark Vegan said cruelly before leaving to go back upstairs.<br/><br/>"When are you going to let me go?" lana shouted.<br/><br/>"After I destroy ash Test!" the man yelled before laughing psychotically and slamming the door shut, leaving her the dank smelling basement.<br/><br/>6 p.m.<br/><br/>ash had spent almost the whole day searching thru Eugene's home and Mitten's home before he had to stop, and he hated himself for stopping. His gut was wound into tiny tight knots with fear for his fiancée and unborn children. As he walked inside, his head hanging low Pikachu walked over and tried to comfort him, like any good dog.<br/><br/>"You'll find her." Pikachu said smiling.<br/><br/>"She's due in a week, but the doctor said she could be early because the babies were moving earlier than they expected. I'll start first thing tomorrow." ash said.<br/><br/>"You have school tomorrow, it's Monday." Pikachu deadpanned. ash's eyebrows knitted together in frustration before suddenly he got an idea and pulled out his phone and dialing a number quickly.<br/><br/>"Hey, Agent Black, can I ask you and Agent White a favor?" ash said once Agent Black answered.<br/><br/>With lana<br/><br/>Her stomach growled mercilessly and her unborn twins kicked in protest. She heard yelling from upstairs.<br/><br/>"She's heavily pregnant and needs to eat!" a woman's voice shouted.<br/><br/>"She's ash Test's fiancée! She'll get just as punished as he will!" Dark Vegan shouted.<br/><br/>"Her children could get sick and be in critical condition before they're even born. Do you want that on your conscious! I'm going to feed her and loosen her shackles, and so help me if you try to stop me I will call our daughter!" the woman shouted before lana heard her feet stomping across the floor above her and then towards the basement door. The lights flashed on, temporarily blinding lana. lana blinked her eye open as she heard the shackles being loosened so they would be making her shoulders sore, and also the delicious smell of vegetable soup tickled her nose as the woman handed it to her.<br/><br/><br/>"Here you are dear." The woman said kindly.<br/><br/><br/>"Thank you." lana said before taking the bowl and eating the soup.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm sorry you got drug into all of this, but if I try to free you now, he'll just try to capture you again. Only ash and my daughter can stop him." The woman said sadly.<br/><br/><br/>"What's his beef with ash anyway?" lana asked. The woman went into the story and once she was done lana looked at her.<br/><br/><br/>"So, basically your husband is just upset because he wants to go home, but is mad because you don't have the capabilities of making toast on your home planet?" lana said.<br/><br/><br/>"In a nut shell, yes. I don't get why he just won't let it go, figure out how to use electricity on our home planet so he can stop trying to destroy ash and the earth." The woman said annoyed.<br/><br/><br/>"Don't worry, if I know my fiancée well enough, he's not going to stop looking, and while in school, he's probably called in the back up forces to look for me. I'll be out of here in no time." lana said optimistically, half way convincing herself. She knew the first part was true, but she wasn't so sure about the other half about the cavalry.<br/><br/><br/>"I wish I could give you something better to sleep on other than the floor, but he won't allow it." The woman said, interrupting lana's thoughts.<br/><br/><br/>"He really hates ash that much all because he blames him for his problems." lana said in shock.<br/><br/><br/>"There's no reasoning with that man." The woman sighed before getting up and going back up the stairs to her room. lana tried to make herself a little more comfortable before hearing the light footsteps of the woman bringing her a pillow and blanket. lana huddled down into the blanket and lay there, hoping that ash would find her and manage to get her out of this mess before she went into labor.<br/><br/><br/><br/>4 days later, May 4th<br/><br/><br/>ash had managed to check Brain Freeze, the rich snobby kid, he even checked the Tickler's and Wacko's mansions while the others checked every known criminal, and still came up with nothing. ash was wracking his brain, free to do so because it was now Friday afternoon. He was pacing the room so much he was making himself dizzy.<br/><br/><br/>"Where the hell could she be and who could've taken her." ash grumbled.<br/><br/><br/>At Dark Vegan's<br/><br/><br/>lana was only fed once a day, which wasn't helping her feel any better, and to make it worse, she was having mild contractions. The house was empty, but the restraints were solid and lana let out a whimper. It was hurting more today and she began to fear the worst. Just then a door slammed upstairs.<br/><br/><br/>"Mommy. Daddy. I'm home!" a nasally voice sounded, though it was lower pitch. The basement door opened and the figure of a young woman appeared in the doorway.<br/><br/><br/>"Hello. Is anyone down here?" the voice called out as the footsteps grew until lana could see the girl with long green hair.<br/><br/><br/>"Oh my god! Who are you and why are chained in my parents basement?" the girl gasped, running over to lana and fiddling with the chains until finding the keys and unlocking them.<br/><br/><br/>"My name is lana Blakely, and your dad kidnapped me to use me as bait to get…gah!" lana gasped in pain as she felt her water break as the other shackle was released.<br/><br/><br/>"Your water broke! Ok, I'll call…" Bonnie  started.<br/><br/><br/>"No, call ash Test." lana cried.<br/><br/><br/>"Oh…fuck my father is such an asshole!" Bonnie  shouted as she grabbed lana's phone and called ash.<br/><br/><br/>"lana? Oh my god are you ok?" ash's voice said frantically.<br/><br/><br/>"This is Bonnie , I just got here, her water broke, and you know where my dad's house is." Bonnie  said quickly before ash hung up. Within moments of the call ash rushed down the stairs, to the basement and grabbed lana, calling nine one one the whole time. The ambulance arrived just a few moments after and they quickly drove lana to the hospital. They got her in the room and into the gown as fast as they could before a strong contraction hit. ash was finally allowed into the room after dawning the approved wear and rushed over to lana, lending his left hand to her, which she took and squeezed.<br/><br/><br/>7 hours later<br/><br/><br/>"Push lana, I can see the first ones crown." The doctor said. ash had lost all feeling in his hand but hearing the doctor say that helped him to ignore the pain in his hand, knowing that he had it was mild compared to what lana was going through.<br/><br/><br/>"Eight. Nine. Ten. Stop. Breathe." The doctor instructed. lana let out a few exhausted gasps. Her forehead was beaded with sweat. How she was even managing such a feat like this after being kept in a cold basement for four days was a miracle to him. The next ten minutes seemed to go by in a blur as another strong contraction gripped lana and she started to push. The next thing ash knew, a small bloody child was seen coming from between lana's legs, the doctors cut the cord and used the weird blue gunk sucker thing and the infant let out a wail, declaring its arrival.<br/><br/><br/>"Here is your daughter." The nurse said after cleaning and swaddling the girl in a pink blanket. lana's contractions stopped, and the doctors brought in the ultrasound equipment.<br/><br/><br/>"Your son is not in the right position to come out yet. It may be a while before the contractions start up again. Are you feeling well, other than the obvious?" the doctor asked.<br/><br/><br/>"All things considered, I'm fine, starved, but fine." lana said tiredly.<br/><br/><br/>"I can't help you much on the food part until your son is born, but rest and you should be ok." The doctor said sincerely. lana nodded before ash handed her their daughter. lana smiled and pulled her close to her, the baby slept peacefully.<br/><br/><br/>"We agreed on Jennifer Anne Test correct?" lana asked as she kissed her daughter's forehead.<br/><br/><br/>"Yes." ash said smiling down at his fiancée and daughter.<br/><br/><br/>"Hopefully your son will make his appearance so I can eat soon." lana said, looking annoyingly at her still swollen but now smaller stomach. A knock sounded at the door and ash went over to get it. There was an officer standing there.<br/><br/><br/>"I'll be back in a moment lana." ash said as he left the room.<br/><br/><br/>"Ok." lana said exhausted. Outside the door, there were a few officers and with them was Dark Vegan, glaring hatefully at ash.<br/><br/><br/>"This was the man who kidnapped her?" the officer asked ash.<br/><br/><br/>"Yes, his name is Dark Vegan." ash growled.<br/><br/><br/>"Why on Earth would you kidnap a pregnant young woman?" the officer asked.<br/><br/><br/>"I want to destroy ash Test! And I will do what I can to do so!" Dark Vegan announced. Bonnie  walked over to her father.<br/><br/><br/>"You would kill the lives of two innocent children because of your own stupidity. Look, I hooked up electricity on our home planet, and since I am the ruler of the planet, I can choose whether to let you back or not." Bonnie  growled just as ash heard a loud cry from inside the room and the light flashed on. ash, along with several nurses and a doctor rushed back into the delivery room.<br/><br/><br/>"She's fully dilated." The doctor said.<br/><br/><br/>2 hours later<br/><br/><br/>"One more push lana, you're so close." The doctor encouraged as lana caught her breath.<br/><br/><br/>"Ready, and…push." The doctor ordered and lana pushed with all that she had, gripping ash's hand as hard as she could, knowing that he had no feeling in it anymore. She felt a massive release and the doctor and nurse both quickly helped the baby out the rest of the way and cut the cord, being careful of his male parts and then cleaned him off.<br/><br/><br/>"Circumcised or no?" the doctor asked. lana nodded tiredly as they took the baby back and in what seemed like a blur returned to the room with the little bundle swaddled in a blue blanket in an incubator.<br/><br/><br/>"Once you've rested we'll bring in the paperwork for you to fill out." The nurse said to the tired couple. They changed the sheets and then let lana rest. ash kissed her forehead, smiling.<br/><br/><br/>"You did great lana." ash said.<br/><br/><br/>"I don't feel great, but I'm sure that's what most new moms say." lana replied with a tired smile before her stomach growled.<br/><br/><br/>"I'll put in an order." ash said before he left the room.<br/><br/><br/>"How is she?" Bonnie  asked concerned.<br/><br/><br/>"Tired and hungry." ash replied.<br/><br/><br/>"And the twins?" Bonnie  asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Healthy." ash replied with a slight smile.<br/><br/><br/>"Mom snuck food to her when dad wasn't home or was asleep, that's why she's not nearly as bad as she could have been. He's going to be a prisoner on Veganden, but nonetheless, he will be coming back with me, as will mom." Bonnie  said.<br/><br/><br/>"Thanks Bonnie ." ash said.<br/><br/><br/>"No problem, I don't want my father near your two children, he's mentally unstable and god only knows what he would do." Bonnie  said with a slight shudder.<br/><br/><br/>"True. So see you later?" ash asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Someday, and who knows, maybe I'll have a loving husband and children by then too." Bonnie  chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"I wouldn't doubt it, seeing as how you're already engaged." ash chuckled as he indicated to the ring on her finger. Bonnie  smiled, gave ash a hug and then departed, her mother and father – in chains – right behind her. ash continued to his task at hand, finding food for a very hungry and tired lana. Upon finding the cafeteria and making the order he returned to the room, after they said it would be just a few moments. lana looked up and smiled at ash tiredly.<br/><br/><br/>"I can't remember what we agreed on for him?" lana said as she held the sleeping baby boy.<br/><br/><br/>"Jacob Kyle Test." ash chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"Oh yeah. Can you blame me?" lana said with a yawn.<br/><br/><br/>"No. the food should be up soon." ash said as he sat down on the bed and watched as lana placed the baby back in his incubator next to his sister.<br/><br/><br/>"I never thought I'd be a mother this young." lana murmured to herself.<br/><br/><br/>"I never thought I'd be a father this young." ash replied just as quietly. They sat there for a moment watching their two children sleep soundly.<br/><br/><br/>"I especially thought I wouldn't have children with you." ash said with a light chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"Same here." lana said smiling.<br/><br/><br/>"But honestly, I wouldn't change it for anything." ash said, pressing his forehead to hers.<br/><br/><br/>"Same." lana replied, closing her eyes with a smile.<br/><br/><br/>"I still haven't let my parents or your parents know yet." ash said.<br/><br/><br/>"You should get on that." lana smiled.<br/><br/><br/>"I will…after we eat." ash chuckled as the food came in.<br/><br/><br/>"I have I told you that I love you?" lana giggled after getting her first bite of non-vegan food.<br/><br/><br/>"No." ash chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"I love you." lana giggled.<br/><br/><br/>"I love you too and I'm sorry I wasn't there to keep you safe from that psychopath." ash said, taking lana's hand in his.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm not mad at you, but I'm just glad that Bonnie  found me when she did otherwise…" lana started before ash pressed a finger to her lips and then kissed her gently yet passionately, and in just that moment, all that was there was them and their children and the world all faded out.<br/><br/>.<br/><br/><br/>The next day<br/><br/><br/>The time lana had spent at Dark Vegan's place had really messed up her health. She was dehydrated and had only been fed once a day, no protein, and it was a small meal. She was able to produce milk for the twins, but she would need to recover if she intended to continue.<br/><br/><br/>"I called Larry and let him know." ash said walked into the room. He stopped when he saw her sitting up, the gown unbuttoned and her breast exposed as she guided Jennifer to her swollen nipple. Jennifer latched on and began to suckle greedily and ash couldn't stop himself from watching, feeling an odd pang in his chest as he watched the most natural scene nature had. lana looked up and smiled when she saw ash standing there with a look of awe on his face.<br/><br/><br/>"Come here ash." lana giggled. She still looked too tired in ash's opinion, her face slightly sunken in and her eyes had rings around them. ash walked over and took a seat and watched as his daughter suckled away. Once she stopped lana pulled the gown up, placed the burp blanket over her shoulder and began to gently pat the little girl's back until she let out a small burp.<br/><br/><br/>"ash, it is Saturday, you do have work." lana said tiredly.<br/><br/><br/>"I know." ash said with a stretch.<br/><br/><br/>"So why are you still here, not that I'm complaining, but I don't want you to lose your job, we'll need all the money." lana said as she placed Jennifer back into the incubator with her brother.<br/><br/><br/>"I already let Larry know I would be in late and work later because of it." ash said. Just then the door opened and in walked the families. lana's mother ran over to them, frantic as any mother would be.<br/><br/><br/>"Are you alright dear?" She asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Tired, sore, and hungry, but yes, I'm fine." lana said with a yawn. Her mother reached down and cupped her cheek before realizing that her stomach was mostly flat.<br/><br/><br/>"Where are my grandchildren?" She asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Sleeping, I just fed Jennifer." lana said pointing to the incubator just as Jacob began to get fussy. lana started to rise, but ash was quicker. He walked over the incubator and picked up his son for the second time since he was born. His little eyes opened and he looked at his father with curiosity until a small smile graced his lips and he gripped his father's shirt tighter. ash smiled back at his small son before he walked over to lana where he carefully passed him off to lana. lana helped Jacob to her swollen nipple and he suckled away, even more greedy than his sister. lillie smiled as she and mallow walked into the room.<br/><br/><br/>"He has ash's appetite." mallow joked.<br/><br/><br/>"Shut up." ash chuckled to his sisters.<br/><br/><br/>"Where are the husbands?" lana asked, looking up from her suckling son.<br/><br/><br/>"They wanted to give you some privacy." lillie chuckled. lana laughed and then started to burp her son once he finished his suckling.<br/><br/><br/>"You can let them know they're allowed in now." lana giggled. Brock and Clemont  came in with smiles as they looked at the two little bundles.<br/><br/><br/>"That is like totally awesome." Brock chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"Thanks." Both ash and lana replied.<br/><br/><br/>"Guys, we should go, lana needs her rest." Lila said after admiring her grandchildren. In a way, she always knew ash would be the first of her three children to make her a grandma, not thinking any less of her daughters, but they had taken forever to finally get boyfriends, let alone husbands. ash leaned down and kissed lana gently before he and the others left. When ash arrived at work Larry smiled.<br/><br/><br/>"So how does it feel being a new dad?" Larry asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Pretty good." ash smiled.<br/><br/><br/>2 days later, Monday<br/><br/><br/>ash handed a note to every one of lana's teachers telling them she was in the hospital recovering from her birthing his twins and being kept hostage for four days.<br/><br/><br/>"I want to see the babies!" Beth squealed.<br/><br/><br/>"I can call and ask if she would let you guys come and see them." ash said as he pulled out his phone. They all nodded their heads as ash called lana.<br/><br/><br/>"Hey." lana said, her voice tired.<br/><br/><br/>"Did I wake you up?" ash asked.<br/><br/><br/>"No, I woke about five minutes ago." lana giggled lightly.<br/><br/><br/>"Ok. Our buddies want to come see the kids." ash chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm ok with it." lana said.<br/><br/><br/>"Cool and I want to talk to you about something that has been on my mind." ash said. lana almost asked but decided to wait until he got there.<br/><br/><br/>"Ok. See you in a few." lana said before they hung up.<br/><br/><br/>Twenty minutes later<br/><br/><br/>lana heard a gentle knock on the door.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm decent." lana giggled as she held her two sleeping children. ash and the friends all walked in quietly. Beth, Renee, Cally, Zoe, Megan, Angelica, Leslie, Trisha and Tia all bee-lined for lana to look at the sleeping babies. Jacob blinked awake and turned to hide in his mother's bosom. They could see his crystal blue eyes and tuft of blonde hair with a light orange tip on it.<br/><br/><br/>"He's so cute." Renee cooed quietly. ash walked over and at the sight of his father Jacob extended his small chubby arms to him. ash smiled and picked up his still drowsy son and held him as he fell back asleep. ash's friends all walked over and smiled at the sight of the little baby in his father's arms.<br/><br/><br/>"He knows who his father is." Bo chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"Yeah." ash said as he sat down in the chair next to lana.<br/><br/><br/>"So what did you want to talk about?" lana asked.<br/><br/><br/>"I was wondering if you would like to move in." ash asked. lana looked at him in awe and smiled.<br/><br/><br/>"I would like that, but I'll have to let my parents know and get some stuff packed." lana replied.<br/><br/><br/>"I know, but I'm glad you want to move in with me, that way we can both raise the kids." ash said with a smile.<br/><br/><br/>"But we do need to find a place to live though." lana replied.<br/><br/><br/>"We can do that later." ash said with a smile.<br/><br/><br/>2 days later<br/><br/><br/>lana was feeling better and looked less tired than she had a few days ago. She still hadn't told her parents or ash's for that matter, that she was moving in with ash so that they could both raise the kids under one roof. Today her parents would visit, bringing up new clothes for the babies since they could dirty theirs faster than they could keep them clean. She planned on today telling her parents of her decision.<br/><br/><br/>"Are you decent?" Her mother's voice called.<br/><br/><br/>"Yes, the twins are taking a nap." lana smiled. Her parents walked in quietly and took their seats next to her bed.<br/><br/><br/>"So I have something important to tell you?" lana said after a moment of silence.<br/><br/><br/>"Either you're moving in with him or he's moving in with us." Her father said.<br/><br/><br/>"Is it really that obvious?" lana asked with a nervous smile.<br/><br/><br/>"No, but it makes sense. And we support your decision, whatever it may be." Her mother said.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm moving in with him until we can get our own place." lana said.<br/><br/><br/>"It's overall better for the babies and for you guys, that way you can work out a schedule of sorts for when they wake up in the middle of the night." Her mother said with a sad smile.<br/><br/><br/>"Mom, just because I'm moving out doesn't mean I won't see you." lana said as she took her mother's hand.<br/><br/><br/>"I know dear, but your still my baby girl and I'll just have to learn that you're now a mother too and have to live on your own." Her mother said smiling but lana could see the moisture building in her eyes causing her to feel that clutch on her heart.<br/><br/><br/>"Mom, now you're going to make me cry." lana whimpered. Both women hugged as small tears of sadness and joy rolled down their faces and eventually subsided after about forty or so minutes.<br/><br/><br/>"I love you mom." lana said as they pulled apart.<br/><br/><br/>"I love you too dear heart." Her mother said as she wiped her eyes and stood to leave, her husband had to be to work in ten minutes.<br/><br/><br/>"We'll see you soon sweetie." Her father said.<br/><br/><br/>"Yup." lana said just before the door closed quietly behind them. lana looked to her two sleeping babies and now understood why parents were so protective yet strict, these two small bundles meant the world to lana and ash, and she would do anything to keep them happy, healthy, and safe.<br/><br/><br/>"I love you both so much." lana whispered before finally deciding to take a small nap herself.<br/><br/><br/>Last day in the hospital<br/><br/><br/>lana was eager to get out of the hospital. The thought of school didn't sound that appealing to her, but she would deal with it if it meant leaving this boring place. Her parents and ash had packed up her things and gotten them over to ash's in the last few days, so she was all ready to live there. lana finished dressing her son and daughter when a knock sounded at the door.<br/><br/><br/>"Who is it?" lana chirped.<br/><br/><br/>"Your fiancée." ash chuckled as he opened the door.<br/><br/><br/>"You could have waited just a few more seconds before barging in." lana scolded. ash rolled his eyes as he walked over to her and his children, as they lay there on the bed, his son was wiggling around while his daughter was making bubbles with her spit. ash chuckled at his two small children and then helped lana get them buckled into the carriers before they walked out of the room, checked out and went to the parking lot.<br/><br/><br/>"lana my darling, I have come to ask for you to…" Eugene's annoying voice carried on before stopping as he saw them walk out with the carriers.<br/><br/><br/>"Shove off Eugene. I have been kidnapped, and hardly fed, and then went into labor for nine hours to deliver an eight pound three ounce son and a seven pound two ounce daughter, and have spent the last week in the hospital recovering from both events. I'm tired, sore, and really fucking crabby, so go ahead and pull your shitty Casanova act on me, because I will fucking de-ball you the moment you even try." lana growled, her whole body going tense and her eyes turning deadly. Eugene stepped closer and looked at the two small bundles in their carriers. Both babies had blonde hair and blue eyes, the boy had red-orange tips, as did the girl but just starting was a small red lightning streak.<br/><br/><br/>"And I suppose you didn't get the memo, but ash and I are engaged now. Now go away." lana said, walking right up to him and staring him down.<br/><br/><br/>"Fine. After all these years of tying, Test finally wins." Eugene grumbled as he turned on his heel and walked away, head hanging low. As they buckled up the kids and drove towards ash's place lana began to fear and grow annoyed as to what would await her at school.<br/><br/><br/>"Not looking forward to going back to school." lana groaned.<br/><br/><br/>"I know." ash said.<br/><br/><br/>"Who'll watch the kids?" lana asked as if the question suddenly dawned on her.<br/><br/><br/>"My sisters, they already volunteered. Your parents also offered in case the girls got too busy with work, so either way." ash chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"Ok, that makes me feel a little better." lana said, relief flooding her voice as the new, probably dramatic day of school tomorrow ahead tomorrow began to creep its way back into her mind.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The next day<br/><br/><br/>lana felt nervous for quite a few reasons.<br/><br/><br/>"Dear, don't worry, we've taken care of babies before." Her mother assured her.<br/><br/><br/>"I know." lana said, though worry still seeped through her voice. She hadn't been so much as ten feet away from her children for a whole week and now here she was leaving her two children with her parents to go back to school. She didn't want to put up with the nimrods at school. lana walked back with ash to his car, his thumb rubbing her hand soothingly in hopes to calm her nerves. lana only grew more nervous as they got closer to the school. Her heart was racing the moment they pulled into the parking lot and the car turned off. She clutched her backpack to her.<br/><br/><br/>"I don't know how this feels for you, but just look at it this way, about a month left of school and then we won't have to see ninety percent of these people ever again." ash chuckled, making her let out a laugh.<br/><br/><br/>"Thanks." lana said as she opened the door and waited for ash to catch up with her. People of course stared, she had been missing for almost two weeks, and luckily had the time to catch up on all the homework she had missed.<br/><br/><br/>"Oh look whose back, the pregger who was 'kidnapped' so she could get more attention than she already was. So, where exactly were you?" Janet hissed. lana rolled her eyes as they walked by.<br/><br/><br/>"Hospital." lana replied simply. She had always known that Janet was immature, but now she seemed to be even more so, maybe that was because she was now a mother.<br/><br/><br/>"Why?" Janet said snidely.<br/><br/><br/>"Uh, let me see, I gave birth to twins." lana said in a mock stupid tone.<br/><br/><br/>"So why are you here?" Janet asked angrily.<br/><br/><br/>"Because I want a high school diploma." lana said.<br/><br/><br/>"You're a bad mom." Janet said.<br/><br/><br/>"My parents are only babysitting them for the school day, and then I pick them up and take care of them for the other eighteen hours. Besides, what the hell would you know about being a mother you two-bit slut." lana hissed. Janet glared as lana and ash walked by. As they went to their first class lana couldn't help but get the feeling that everyone was staring at her. Just as they got to their class room Bumper walked up with a sick grin on his face.<br/><br/><br/>"Well, if it isn't the MILF I've been looking for." Bumper said, getting just a little too close before ash threw a hard punch.<br/><br/><br/>"Don't ever fucking talk to my fiancée like that ever again." ash growled as Bumper cowered away. lana couldn't help but giggle a little as they walked in and too their seats.<br/><br/><br/>"What's so funny?" ash asked.<br/><br/><br/>"You when you get violently protective." lana giggled. ash chuckled just before class started. The teacher walked over to lana, his eyes steely.<br/><br/><br/>"Are you sure you should even be here? You missed nearly two weeks of school." The teacher said harshly. lana reached into her backpack and pulled out all the homework she had caught up on.<br/><br/><br/>"I had some free time in the hospital. I mean, only getting five hours of sleep with two crying babies can give someone a lot of time." lana said with a smug tone as the teacher took it and read it over, his eyes going wide.<br/><br/><br/>"These are all correct? How?" the man asked as the class stared.<br/><br/><br/>"My fiancée did help me a little, but once I learned and read his notes, it was easy." lana said. The teacher stared at her, in awe and admiration. Most girls quit school once they have children, but here was this young woman who was going out of her way to get through the last month of school and be a mother.<br/><br/><br/>"Can we start the class now?" lana asked, feeling awkward under his gaze.<br/><br/><br/>"Oh, yes." The man said as he went to the front of the class and started the lesson.<br/><br/><br/>Lunch<br/><br/><br/>The only other teacher to give her trouble was her third period teacher, but that was resolved quickly. lana had gotten used to small, non-pregnant portions again and was eating a salad happily.<br/><br/><br/>"So now that you're not pregnant, you're going on a mild diet?" ash asked confused.<br/><br/><br/>"I know I don't have much baby fat, but still, I just want to be healthier. And this salad is really good." lana giggled. ash rolled his eyes at his silly fiancée before kissing her cheek.<br/><br/><br/>"I need to check in with mom." lana said before pulling out her phone and calling her mother.<br/><br/><br/>"Hi mom, how are the kids?" lana asked and waited. ash watched as relief flooded her face.<br/><br/><br/>"Ok, that's good to hear…don't forget their nap…I know you've raised kids before mother…Mom, how nervous were you when you had me?...Exactly, so you know what I'm going through, only I have double the worry…Ok, love you too. See you in a few hours." lana said before hanging up.<br/><br/><br/>"I'm not even going to try saying relax, because I know you, but they'll be fine dear. I trust your mother, and you obviously trust you mother." ash said as he rubbed her shoulders.<br/><br/><br/>"I know, but I haven't been this far away from them before." lana said with a slight whine.<br/><br/><br/>"We'll get used to it…eventually." ash said with slight humor. In all honesty, he was nervous about them too, but he didn't want lana to notice his nerves getting to him. As they continued to talk and eat lunch ash couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. He looked over his shoulder to see Bumper and his thugs glaring at him and lana.<br/><br/><br/>"Hey Test!" Bumper shouted. ash turned around, annoyed at his consistent badgering.<br/><br/><br/>"What?" ash replied.<br/><br/><br/>"You, me, flag pole, now." Bumper said with a smirk.<br/><br/><br/>"Fuck off Bumper; I'm not stooping to your pitiful level. And if you won, it wouldn't change a damn thing between lana and me, so just forget it." ash said annoyed as Bumper's face reddened with anger as he stood. ash remained seated, not willing to partake in his little game. Bumper stomped over and stood in front of ash, his face red and his teeth bared.<br/><br/><br/>"Come on you chicken." Bumper taunted. ash rolled his eyes as he turned back around to finish off his lunch. Bumper pulled back his fist and just as he flung it forward, ash ducked and continued his eating.<br/><br/><br/>"I can dodge you all day." ash chuckled before the bell rang, dismissing them to their fourth class.<br/><br/><br/>1 week later<br/><br/><br/>It was bad enough when lana was counting down the hours to get out of the school on a daily basis, but now she was counting down the hours to get our of school period. She was at her wits end with all the shit she was getting from the idiots at the school tired of getting flirted with even though half the student body and faculty knew she was engaged.<br/><br/><br/>"Fuck I hate people." lana hissed as she got into ash's car at the end of another long school day.<br/><br/><br/>"You're telling me, they just don't seem to get that you didn't hook me into this engagement, I chose to ask for your hand." ash said as they started to drive off.<br/><br/><br/>"Just three weeks left and then we can leave a good portion of those idiots behind." lana sighed as they arrived at mallow and lillie's place to pick up the kids.<br/><br/><br/>"Were they good?" lana asked.<br/><br/><br/>"Jacob decided to pee on me while I changed his diaper, and Jennifer spit up three times. Other than that, yes, perfect little angels." lillie said. lana giggled slightly as they picked up the twins.<br/><br/><br/>"Just think of this as preparing you for the future." lana said with a smile.<br/><br/><br/>"Very funny lana." mallow laughed. Once the twins were buckled into their seats ash started the car as lana got into the passenger seat.<br/><br/><br/>"So, I've been thinking we need a place of our own." ash said, pulling up to a stop light.<br/><br/><br/>"I agree, don't get me wrong, you're parents are really kind to let me stay, but we do need to get out on our own." lana agreed as Jacob giggled in the back and Jennifer stared out the window with a small smile.<br/><br/><br/>"And sometimes my dad can really get…" ash started.<br/><br/><br/>"Overbearing and be a control freak?" lana added with a smile as they pulled into the grocery store parking lot and got the carriers out of the car.<br/><br/><br/>"Precisely. So, what's on my parents list and what's on our list?" ash asked as they walked into the store and grabbed a cart for each, placing the babies in a cart in their carriers.<br/><br/><br/>"Let's tackle your parents list first, and then we'll handle our things." lana said as they headed off into the store.<br/><br/><br/>Two weeks later, June, Senior dismissal<br/><br/><br/>lana smiled as they started their walk across the gym. Would there be moments she missed she would look back on and cherish from high school, yes, would there be teachers she missed, again yes, but what she would not miss was the drama and bull shit she and ash got from most of their class. She would get to spend more time with her babies at home, and might actually get to go back to work in the near future. That was what she was most excited about, and she could tell, ash was the same way. As they walked out of the school they looked back at the high school and smiled.<br/><br/><br/>"The years have been crazy." ash chuckled.<br/><br/><br/>"And while there will be some things I will miss, thank god we're done. All that's left is graduation in a week and then we are done." lana said.<br/><br/><br/>"After we graduate and before I start college, since you want to take a year off and take care of the kids and get back into work, we should get a nice two bedroom apartment." ash said as they walked to the car.<br/><br/><br/>"I would like that, a lot." lana smiled as they drove off to the house and their children.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></p>