Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Unforgettable ❯ Moonbay ( Chapter 17 )

Claire Lynette sat in front of a fire with a glass of wine in her hands. She appeared to be a bit drunk at that moment as she just stared into the fire. There was a deep scowl on her face that would scare anyone around them away.

 

“He just couldn't stay away,” she growled angrily as she remembered the encounter with her daughter and Van a week before. “He is ruining everything for me,” she said taking a sip of the wine before throwing the now empty glass into the fire.

 

She scowled as she saw the flames leap up a bit. “Stupid George. It should have been mine but you give it to her. Did you really not trust me that much?” she asked no one in specific since the one she was speaking about had died nearly twelve years before so he couldn't possibly answer the question.

 

“Now that she is back with Van, I will have no access to it. You give her twenty million dollars in your final will and yet I get absolutely nothing even though I was your faithful wife for three god damn years,” she said grabbing another glass and some more wine.

 

“The only way Fiona can get the money is if she married. I tried to get someone who is willing to help me and not be interested in the money. Ethan was the perfect person. He had no interest in the money but wanted my virgin daughter. She had to ruin everything by going to Van Flyheight,” she said taking a large gulp of the wine in her hand.

 

“She always had been a lot stronger when she was with him. I try and get any of the money and they won't give me any. I thought I could rely on Ethan but he has failed and she probably no longer has what he wanted the most,” she thought staring through the glass at the fire.

 

“Damn you Van Flyheight! You always ruin everything!” she yelled throwing the second glass into the fire before she got up and stormed out of that room and towards her own. She knew she wouldn't get much sleep but she figured that she could at least try to sleep.

 

*****

 

Van and Fiona yawned as they stepped off a plane back at their current home. They spent a good two weeks away before they felt they had spent long enough time away. Yet they wished that they didn't have to leave. They felt so comfortable with Van's family.

 

Their plane came in when it was late at night. They found that it would be easier to get around without being seen that way. People wouldn't be able to recognize them in the dark. They just hoped that everything had calmed down completely so they could just live peacefully.

 

Fiona took a quick look at Van. Despite the choice that she had made, he seemed perfectly fine with it. She couldn't help but smile at him for that which he gladly returned to her. “It feels nice to be back,” Fiona said looking around the city that had been her home for over a year.

 

“Yeah but I would rather be back with my family. It just feels more of a home to me there than this place ever has in the several years that I've been living here,” Van said wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close to him. “But with you, anything would feel like home,” she said pecking her lips really quickly.

 

Fiona just smiled and gave him a kiss back before climbing into the car that was there waiting for them when they got back. “It has been fun but I just want to get back home and get to sleep,” she said with a smile as she closed her eyes.

 

“We'll do that but I have to make a quick stop by the office. Is that ok with you?” he asked and saw Fiona just nod her head sleepily so he just went with it and drove in the direction of the giant building that he owned.

 

By the time that he got there, Fiona was already fast asleep in the chair next to him. He figured that he should just let her sleep and went in by himself up to his office where he wanted to grab a few files that Irvine said needed his attention when he got back.

 

Van was about to walk into his office when he heard one that came from Irvine's. He didn't think that Irvine stayed there all that late. He carefully walked over incase it was a thief or something and opened the door a crack but he just saw a tired looking Irvine inside.

 

He opened the door all the way and walked in as Irvine looked up and he seemed to brighten up a bit. “Thank god your back,” Irvine said in a tired tone which only seemed to accentuate his bloodshot eyes. “I was going crazy. I don't know how you could possibly do this everyday,” Irvine said leaning back in his seat.

 

“Takes a lot of practice and time. Looks like things have held up though. Why are you here so late at night? Shouldn't you be at your home with Moonbay?” Van asked only to notice Irvine's expression darken a bit at the mention of his wife. “Did something happen to the two of you?” Van asked hesitantly.

 

“How the hell am I supposed to know what is going on? She just kicked me out of the house shortly after you left and I haven't been able to get in contact with her since then. Man, she is having some rather hard mood swings lately and all the swings are being directed at me,” he said banging his head on the desk in frustration.

 

Van just sighed because this wasn't new between the two of them. “Look, I'm sure that everything is fine but I will see if Fiona can talk to Moonbay. Fiona should be able to figure out what is up with Moonbay,” Van said before turning around. “Get some sleep. You look like you haven't slept in weeks,” Van said teasingly.

 

“Yeah thanks,” Irvine said sarcastically. “I will remember that as I try to get to sleep on that cold hard couch over there,” he said pointing towards a leather couch that was obviously not meant for sleeping on.

 

“Ok then, have a nice night,” he said with a chuckle before getting out of the room quickly before Irvine could retaliate. He just laughed as he walked over to his office and quickly grabbed the files that he'd come to get before heading back down to the car.

 

When he got to the car, he saw that Fiona was already awake and waiting for him. “Got what I needed,” he said throwing the file into the back seat of the car before pulling himself out of his normal parking space.

 

Fiona just smiled and nodded at Van before a question came to her mind. One that had been there since she woke up. “Why didn't you wake me up Van?” Fiona asked with a yawn while turning to look at him.

 

Van didn't even need to think before he answered her question. “I thought I was going to be quick and you were sleeping so peacefully that I just couldn't bring myself to wake you up,” he said keeping his eyes on the road although he kept sneaking Fiona some glances every few seconds.

 

“Oh, why did it take you so long to get back then? I woke up shortly after you got out and I waited for a while for you to get back. It shouldn't take that long to get there and get back,” she said looking at him curiously.

 

“I met up with Irvine up there. Oh that reminds me. Do you think when you have time if you can go talk to Moonbay? Apparently she kicked him out of their house and he does know why. He can't seem to get in contact with her either,” Van said remembering the entire conversation clearly.

 

“I hope everything is alright with them. Where is he sleeping then?” she asked and just received a quick glance from Van which she understood. “You could have offered to give him a place to stay!” Fiona said glaring at Van.

 

Van groaned knowing he wasn't getting out of this. He tried to reply but her glare just shut him up. “Fine, fine! Why don't you call him and tell him then,” Van said handing her his cell phone. `I was hoping for a quiet night with Fiona too,' he said groaning as Fiona talked to Irvine on the phone.

 

Fiona hung up the phone with a giggle. “He says thank you although he is sure that I was the one who thought of it and you argued about it,” she said with a smile as Van groaned in annoyance.

 

Van shook his head with a groan of despair at not being alone with Fiona. “Well he better keep quiet then. He has a tendency to be a bit noisy when he does stuff like this,” Van said because he was always forced to house Irvine while he was at odds with Moonbay.

 

Van and Fiona pulled into their lovely beach home with a smile on their faces. It was definitely good to be back in their beautiful home. “Home sweet home,” Van said with a smile as he opened the door and walked in.

 

Van just walked to their room without waiting for Irvine because he knew that Irvine had his own key. Van gave it to him in case of an emergency. He just wanted to get to sleep. “Come on Fiona. Let's get to bed. Irvine will be able to get in himself so don't worry about him,” Van said grabbing her hand and pulling her to their room.

 

Both of them got changed really quickly and then got into bed. Van pulled Fiona as close to him as he could. Both of them drifted off to sleep quickly not realizing that Irvine had come in several minutes later but he was quiet and just found a comfy bed and fell asleep as well.

 

*****

 

With a yawn, Fiona got out of the comfortable bed and walked towards their bathroom. She only took a quick shower before drying herself and throwing on a robe and heading towards the kitchen to get some much needed coffee.

 

She entered the kitchen and jumped slightly at the sight of Irvine. She had completely forgotten that she offered him a place to stay. She calmed down after a second and smiled. “Good morning Irvine,” she said heading over to the coffee maker and poured herself some coffee and putting some salt in it.

 

“Morning Fiona,” he said looking towards her and his face went into one of disgust. “I have said it once and I will say it again, salt in coffee is just disgusting. How can you stand to drink that day after day?” Irvine said pretending to make a gagging noise as he said it.

 

“You may not like it but I do,” she said with a small smile and then jumped when two arms wrapped around her waist out of nowhere. She knew it was Van but it just surprised her by his sudden appearance.

 

Both Van and Irvine laughed at her reaction but they both shut up when she glared at both of them. “Oh come on Fiona. Don't be like that,” Van said kissing the back of her neck. She seemed to be getting into it until a coughing sound was heard.

 

“I really don't need to be seeing stuff like this,” Irvine said suddenly losing his appetite for the eggs that were in front of him. “Do any of you have a clue as to why Moonbay acted the way that she did? She seemed just fine the day before,” Irvine said changing the subject to stop the lovey-dovey acts between the two.

 

“No idea but I will be sure to ask her about it when I go talk to her later in the day. I'm sure that she is fine and she will take you back,” Fiona said with a smile before dislodging herself from Van and then walking back into their room to get changed.

 

Van watched her escape him with a frown. He would rather have her in his arms. He turned around and faced Irvine. “How has the media been around here since I left? Has she made any appearances on the news?' Van asked a little bitterly at the mere mention of his ex-wife.

 

“She has been at it pretty much non-stop since you left. Moonbay and I had a bit of a run-in with her which ended pretty badly,” Irvine said taking a sip out of his coffee. “Hopefully it will die down once the divorce is final. By the way, when are you going to get to it?” Irvine asked out of curiosity.

 

“Either today or tomorrow I will talk to someone about it. Tiffany will probably drag it out as much as possible. She will want a lot out of this divorce if it's actually going to happen. My father made her sign a prenuptial. She will probably do anything to get around it,” Van said pouring himself a cup of coffee.

 

“Everyone was telling you it was a mistake. I wished you had believed us so that you could save yourself all of the trouble you are about to go through,” Irvine said with a small chuckle that held little meaning.

 

“I wish I'd believed you,” Van said with a sigh as he sat down in a chair and leaned back in it. He was all ready to get back to work but was just waiting for Fiona to get finished getting changed. He had a serious want to go in there with her though. `Settle down Van, you and Fiona agreed not to have anymore of that for now,' he thought with a sad sigh.

 

Fiona came out of the room a few moments later dressed very professionally. It took a lot of begging on her part but Van was finally letting her come back to work after the three weeks she had been out. She knew she had to work extra hard to get caught up with things that were going on.

 

She walked up to Van and kissed him on the cheek with a smile on her face. “Shouldn't we all get going or else we are going to be late. Even though you are the owners, it doesn't excuse you from your duties,” she said with a smile as she walked to the door happily.

 

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, only you can be excited about going to work day after day,” Van said with a playful smirk and laughed when she just smacked his arm. “You're right though, lets go,” he said standing up and taking her hand they walked out the door with Irvine following closely behind them.

 

*****

 

Fiona sighed and looked up at the clock and saw that it was only eleven in the morning. They both had so much backed up work because Irvine couldn't take it all combined with his own work. Fiona smiled knowing that they had already gotten most of it done.

 

A mug of hot coffee was placed in front of her. She was thankful because she was so tired and needed the wake up call that the coffee would give him. “Thanks Van,” she said grabbing it and taking a long sip out of it.

 

Van grabbed a seat and pulled it up to her smaller desk. “Are you planning to go talk to Moonbay on your break?” Van asked and received a nod in reply. “Good because I would rather it just be the two of us at night,” he said with a smirk at her blush.

 

“Get your head out of the gutter Van!” Fiona said lightly hitting him upside the head but it didn't stop her from laughing too. “Yeah, which reminds me that it's just about that time as well,” she said taking another look at the clock.

 

“Go ahead. I will take care of things now. It will give you a little extra time to pry things out of her,” he said chuckling a bit at the thought of it. “Go already,” he said pushing her towards the door although she refused a little. “If you are worried about the work, we are almost caught up so don't worry about it,” he said giving her one last push out the door.

 

Fiona just sighed when the door closed and she could hear the lock click afterwards meaning that Van wasn't going to let her back in. `Oh well. I guess this is important as well. Irvine hasn't exactly been doing his job because he is getting distracted. It's no wonder we fell so far behind,' she thought heading towards the elevator.

 

She headed down to the garage before she remembered that she didn't have a car of her own right now. Her old one wouldn't start and was still at Ethan's place. She just couldn't go back to get it.

 

“Oh Miss Lynette!” a security guard said as she stepped out of the elevator on the garage level. “Mr. Flyheight told me to give these to you saying that he would probably forget if he didn't,” he said handing her a set of keys that didn't look like that that went to Van's car.

 

Fiona stared at them for a second before looking back up at the middle-aged standing before her. “Um… thank you,” she said with a small smile that brought a smile to the aging man's face.

 

Fiona took a few steps out. She knew they didn't go to Van's car so she clicked a small button and heard a beeping sound from nearby. She walked in that direction and saw a car that she absolutely loved. It had pretty much everything she liked. `Leave it to Van to get me something like this. I wish I could have used my own money to get one though,' she thought crawling into the car and starting it up listening to the engine smoothly coming to life.

 

“Well, at least he still knows what I like in a car,” she said with a smile as she admired the interior of the convertible car. She pulled it out of its space and driving out of the garage safely heading to Moonbay's place.

 

`I wonder what could possibly have upset her so much to kick Irvine out of their home. Doesn't sound like Irvine's done anything wrong. So something else must be going on but I don't know what,' Fiona thought as she pulled into the driveway. She saw Moonbay's car there so she knew that Moonbay was there as well.

 

Fiona got out of her car and walked up to the door and knocked on it. She heard footsteps inside and the next moment the door opened and Moonbay appeared with a scowl on her face before it suddenly turned into a happy one. “Fiona!” Moonbay said happily embracing her friend.

 

“Hello Moonbay. It's good to see you again,” she said with a small chuckle at Moonbay's actions. “Listen; there was something I wanted to talk to you about. Can we go inside?” Fiona asked and with a nod from Moonbay, the two women walked into the house and sat on a couch.

 

“You thirsty?” Moonbay asked and Fiona just shook her head no so Moonbay just shrugged and sat down on the couch. “So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?' she said with a small smile which hid something underneath.

 

“I actually want to talk to you about what is going on with Irvine,” Fiona said and she heard Moonbay groan before standing up and walking into a different room in a rather big hurry. It was obvious that this was a subject that she didn't want to talk about but Fiona was intent on getting to the bottom of it.

 

Fiona stood up and followed after Moonbay. She ran into the room Moonbay walked into and found her lying down on a bed. “What's going on Moonbay? You usually don't avoid questions like this,” Fiona said with a light glare at the slightly older woman than her.

 

Moonbay looked towards Fiona. “I don't know what you are talking about Fiona,” she said and noticed the small glare on Fiona's part. “Fine something is going on!” she said finally conceding to Fiona.

 

Fiona took a seat on the bed next to Moonbay. She placed a hand upon her shoulder. “What's happening Moonbay? Did Irvine do something to you?” Fiona asked and Moonbay just shrugged her shoulders. “How can you not know? He either did or he didn't do anything,” Fiona said confused about Moonbay's answer.

 

Moonbay just sat up on the bed and leaned against the back of it. “He did but it wasn't something bad, I guess,” Moonbay said with a nervous look on her face. That was definitely not a normal thing on this normally very confident young woman.

 

That definitely started to get Fiona's interest so she paid even more attention to it than she did before. “Please tell me what is going on. If Irvine didn't do anything wrong then why did you kick him out?” Fiona asked with a million other questions swarming through her head.

 

“Damn it! I'm not the type cut out for this type of situation. You were more meant for this, not me. I always thought you would be a mother first!” Moonbay said growing more and more frustrated.

 

Fiona was absolutely stunned at Moonbay's confession. “Are you sure Moonbay? Are you really pregnant?” Fiona asked actually sounded excited about it. She always loved young babies and hoped to have one of her own someday, preferably with Van. Things were definitely heading in that direction.

 

“I'm not positive but I'm late. I guess I have been too afraid to go see a doctor about it or too nervous to go out and buy one of those tests. I just needed some time alone which was why I kicked Irvine out of the house,” Moonbay said banging her head against the wall.

 

“Why don't you sound excited about it Moonbay? Having a baby sounds like such wonderful news!” Fiona said happily and all she received was a groan from Moonbay in return. “How are you going to tell Irvine if you actually are?” she asked and Moonbay bolted all the way up on the bed.

 

“Shit! I didn't think about that yet!” Moonbay growled looking like she was about to pull the hair out of her head. “What am I going to do? What am I going to do?” Moonbay kept repeating as she got up and started to pace around the room.

 

“Well for one, please quit pacing around, you are making me dizzy. Number two is to go and see a doctor. You need to see if this is the real thing or just a scare. I will help you with Irvine afterwards but just do this,” Fiona instructed.

 

“You sure sound confident, as if you have gone through this before,” Moonbay said eyeing Fiona before breaking out in laughter. “I'm just kidding. You always were the smart one out of all of us,” she said with a laugh. “I guess you are right though. I need to do this and find out the answers to my problem as quickly as possible,” she said with a very weak smile.

 

“Come on Moonbay. For you, the sooner that you get this done, the sooner things can get back to normal,” Fiona said grabbing Moonbay's hand and dragging her out of the house and towards her new car.

 

*****

 

Things seemed to settle down as the week passed. Fiona and Moonbay went out and got a pregnancy test. In what Moonbay considered lucky, it came out negative. Fiona had some doubts about it but didn't say anything.

 

Irvine was finally out of the house and back in his own with Moonbay. She seemed extra happy to not be but there also seemed to be a little disappointment which she almost cleverly hid from the eyes of those around her. She didn't tell Irvine because she didn't think it was too important since the test said she wasn't.

 

“She still isn't going to tell him?” Van asked Fiona as he laid back on the bed and stared at his lovely girlfriend. Fiona had told him what happened but made it clear that he wasn't to tell Irvine anything about what was wrong.

 

“No. She says that since it was negative there is no reason to bring it up. I'm upset though. I thought it would have been great if they had one. I love children,” she said with a smile and was suddenly pulled onto the bed and onto Van.

 

“Don't worry about it. You will have some of your own someday and I will be help in any way I can,” Van said with a smirk as he kissed the top of Fiona's head. He heard her sigh and his hands started to move down her body.

 

“Van!” Fiona said in a warning tone that left no room for arguments. “We agreed not to,” she said taking his hand off her ass and looking into his eyes that had a playful look in them. It slightly unnerved her but also made her blush a bit at the same time.

 

“I know but I'm just having a little fun,” he said before slapping her ass and then scrambling out of bed. He was laughing the entire time as Fiona chased him with her face as red as a tomato. To Van, it had to be the cutest thing that he had ever seen.

 

Fiona saw Van turn a corner in the house and continued her chase only to see that he had suddenly disappeared. She looked around cautiously but didn't see him. `Where could he have gone?' she thought not seeing Van suddenly sneaking up behind her.

 

Van tackled for to the ground and onto the soft carpet without hurting her. He heard her scream but devoured her lips with his own. He pulled back and watched her struggling under him. He just laughed and got off of her. That was the biggest mistake he made.

 

Fiona dived at him and knocked him over. She found herself sitting on his stomach but he didn't even seem to have any sort of problem with it. She was a light person so didn't put much pressure on him. “I win,” she said with a mischievous smile on her beautiful face.

 

Van smirked at her response and lifted a hand and ran his hand gently across and area of the small part of her waist that was exposed because of the shirt she wore to sleep the previous night. He could feel the area twitch under his fingers and then she just started laughing. “No, it looks like I win,” he said switching their positions. He just stared down at her with a smile as she glared up at him.

 

Fiona continued to struggle but he started to tickle her against and she couldn't hold in the laughter and started writhing underneath him in an attempt to stop his tickle torture. It sucked that he knew every ticklish spot on her body. He always used them to his advantage. “Van…” she said but couldn't stop laughing. “Fine… fine… I give up,” she said and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he stopped his torture and got off of her.

 

“There, that wasn't so hard was it?” he asked with an overconfident smirk on his face at the look of her flushed face. His smirk suddenly widened as he grabbed her and picked her up bridal style. “Come on, I'm hungry,” he said carrying her towards the kitchen.

 

“I can walk you know,” she said with a fake pout although she enjoyed being in his arms way too much. When he didn't reply she just gave up and buried her head in his shoulder. He always knew how to make the best of any situation. That was how he had been since she met him. He found ways around certain situations, like her not having sex with him, and ended up having a lot of fun anyways.

 

Van placed her down on the couch and she was confused. He stared at her before turning and walking towards the kitchen. “You stay still. I'm going to go and make us a huge breakfast,” he said before leaving without another word.

 

*****

 

“No need to get all snappy at me Moonbay!” Irvine yelled into a different room. Although he was back in his house, Moonbay seemed to be awfully moody the past few days and it was starting to get on his nerves.

 

He closed the door and yet he could still hear her yell out after him, “Quit yelling at me!” he heard Moonbay yell right back at him and he just rolled his eyes. She had to be pretty loud to hear it all the way here and with the door closed to. He couldn't help but wonder what her problem was as he walked towards the restroom.

 

He stepped into the restroom and closed the door. He headed for the toilet but something behind it caught his eyes. `What's that?' he thought reaching behind the toilet and pulling out a small box. He turned it over to see what it was before throwing it away and his eyes widened.

 

Forgetting about going to the restroom, Irvine rushed out of the room and towards where he knew his wife was. He saw her just sitting there watching the news as if expecting more of the news by Tiffany to come back on. “What's this?” Irvine asked holding up the box.

 

“What's what?” Moonbay asked looking towards him and her eyes widened as she noticed that she was holding the box to the pregnancy test. `I thought I got rid of that!' she thought in a bit of a panic. “What do you have there Irvine?” she asked with a bit of a nervous chuckle.

 

“Why don't you tell me. I'm not one to take pregnancy tests since I'm man. Is there something you have been keeping from me Moonbay?” Irvine asked narrowing his eyes slightly at his nervous wife. Her nervousness was all the confirmation he needed. “So are you?” he asked taking a seat next to her.

 

Moonbay just sighed and looked towards the ground. “According to the test… no. So if you're worrying if I'm or I'm not, then don't! Because I'm not!” she said leaning back in the seat and letting off a breath of air.

 

If Irvine was to tell the truth then he would actually say that he was disappointed. `Oh well. We'll have plenty of time for that in the future,” he said before looking at Moonbay. “So tell me why you kept it a secret?” he asked with a bit of annoyance in his voice. He hated having secrets kept from him.

 

“I didn't think it mattered since I wasn't,” Moonbay just said with shrug. She suddenly turned to him with a smirk. “Why are you disappointed?” she asked but this time he was the one to shrug to her. “Fine, whatever,” she said leaning her head in her hands.

 

Irvine bit his tongue to keep any smart comment he had in. Then he just couldn't help it. “How about you? Are you disappointed at not being pregnant?” he asked and saw her fidget a bit.

 

“Not really,” she said as if it were simple. “Fiona is made for that sort of thing, I'm not. I just can't really see myself as a mother,” Moonbay admitted although deep inside her, she did want to know what it was like to be one. Yet she was just really scared of the thought of it most.

 

“If Fiona is a mother, than Van is the father. If he could be one, then I'm sure that anyone could be one. You're choice though,” he said getting up and walking out of the room once again, suddenly needing a nice long shower to cool his nerves.