Chapter 408: Prank (Bonus)
"Okay, fine." Ethan said. "Tell me. What did you guys actually talk about for the last three days?"
Hayley looked at Isabella briefly before turning back towards him.
"Well...you asked for it." She said. "So here it is."
"We’re both pregnant."
Ethan’s eyes widened. "What the fuck?!"
He shot upright so abruptly that Hayley’s head fell straight off his lap. She caught herself against the bed while Ethan immediately got to his feet and spun towards both women.
Isabella burst out laughing, while Hayley was already struggling to contain herself as well.
"Hold on, hold on!" Ethan stared between them in complete disbelief. "What do you mean you’re both pregnant?! How the fuck did that happen?"
"Ethan, I’m being serious." Hayley somehow managed to straighten her expression. "Forget Isabella laughing right now. We actually are."
Ethan’s eyes widened even further. "How is that possible?!"
His attention immediately snapped towards Isabella. "Okay, maybe with you, it might be—"
Then he turned towards Hayley and dramatically stretched one hand in her direction. "But you? What the fuck?!"
That completely broke Hayley’s composure. She burst into laughter while Isabella was already in tears.
"Don’t mind Hayley." Isabella finally managed between laughs. "There’s nothing of such."
Ethan stared at her, now confused. Then slowly turned towards Hayley.
Hayley was laughing so hard she could barely speak. "Damn it, Isabella!..You should’ve held on a little longer!"
"Oh, come on, guys." Ethan placed a hand on his chest in relief. "I might be young, but I’m not above having a heart attack."
Isabella was still laughing. "I promise we didn’t plan that. But when Hayley said it, I couldn’t help going along with it."
"Aww, look at him." Hayley teased. "Being all scared and shit about becoming a father."
Ethan shook his head and rolled his eyes.
"Although, to be fair..." Isabella added. "We did talk about kids."
Ethan paused and looked at her. "In what sense?"
"Nothing serious. Just a normal conversation about whether we would want kids someday and things like that." Isabella shrugged. "It wasn’t a long conversation."
"Yeah, because the person who’ll be putting those kids in us was asleep." Hayley chipped in. "Wouldn’t have been able to do it regardless."
"Hayley!" Isabella exclaimed before breaking into laughter again.
Hayley laughed along with her, while Ethan simply shook his head at the both of them before eventually laughing as well.
Then, he sat back down on the bed.
"This is a weird conversation..." Ethan admitted. "And I don’t even know what I’m supposed to say about kids at this time. But I know I want them at some point. Definitely."
His expression became a little more thoughtful.
"Just not right now. There’s way too much going on in our lives. We’ve got enemies everywhere, someone we’re still looking for, and every other week there’s some new problem trying to kill one of us." Ethan sighed.
"Maybe when all of this is actually settled, and we don’t have anyone coming after us or anyone we need to go after, then we can have that conversation properly. But right now? I haven’t even really thought that far."
"I mean...yeah." Isabella nodded. "We pretty much felt the same way."
Hayley nodded as well. "Pretty much."
Then she looked between Ethan and Isabella before suddenly getting to her feet.
"Oh well. I’m going to go hang out with Francesca." She gave them both a knowing look. "You lovers enjoy yourselves."
She wiggled her fingers in a casual goodbye. "Bye."
Then she walked out of the room.
Once the door closed behind her, Ethan exhaled and allowed some of the awkward tension in his body to finally relax. "You guys succeeded in putting me in a rather awkward situation."
Isabella chuckled. "You’d have to get used to this at some point, love"
Ethan shook his head in defeat.
"Oh yeah, by the way..." Isabella suddenly remembered something. "There’s actually something I wanted to give you."
Ethan turned towards her.
Isabella stretched one hand towards the floor, which made Darkness gather around her feet before rising in several thin streams around her arm. Something began emerging from within the shadows as she pulled it free.
The darkness gradually poured away from the object, revealing what Ethan immediately recognized.
It was the black cape Dark Nova had worn.
Isabella held the cape towards him. "Since you can summon pretty much anything, I figured the crazy Hero would make a great addition to your summons."
Ethan smiled slightly as he took the cape from her. "That’s actually not a bad idea."
He looked over it briefly before sending the cape directly into his inventory.
Then another thought occurred to him. "Speaking of which, whatever happened to Norman’s body?"
"Uh..." Isabella hesitated. "The other me took it, I guess. And she’s refused to tell me what she’s doing with it or where the body even is."
Ethan shook his head. "The other you really does know how to keep a lot of secrets."
And this certainly wasn’t the first time. Till date, neither of them knew what Alter-Bella was actually doing with the Chalice of Verdona either. She had taken the artifact as payment for siphoning away the Time Magic spell that had once afflicted Eduardo; the same spell that originally trapped him within an unnaturally aged state.
Since then, the Chalice had remained in her possession, with virtually no explanation regarding what she intended to do with it.
Isabella shook her head. "I wish there was some way to get her to reveal more than what she actually intends to, but...I guess that’s just how it is."
Ethan nodded.
Isabella smiled as another thought occurred to her. "I know you’re dying to try out the whole summoning thing, so go on." She gestured casually. "Do whatever rituals you Summoners do..."
Then a mischievous glint appeared in her eyes. "And when you’re done, come back and have a piece of me, it’s been three too long."
Ethan stared at her for a moment before a smile gradually spread across his face.
Ethan couldn’t help but break into a smile.
He stood from the bed and leaned towards her. "You know you’re very naughty, my lady."
Isabella’s smile only widened.
Ethan placed a hand on her cheek and leaned in, pressing his lips on hers. They parted slightly before Isabella pulled him into another kiss.
After a few seconds, Ethan finally separated from her, keeping his hand against her cheek for another moment.
Then he smiled, turned away and headed out of the room.
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