" Maveric that was really hurtful.. You shouldn't joke about those things, "


" Alaska, there is a chance things will go bad but the chances are very low, I mean Maria was likely born out of hospital, with no doctors, and no help. If you can have a kid like that and they lived, I think having a kid with help and a doctor will make things go smoothly. Why do you think I want to gather childs medicne? Do you think that I don't care about our kid? You aren't alone this time Alaska, we will get through this together okay? " Victor reassured her.

"I'm sorry," he said, hanging his head. "I just wanted to try and cheer you up but it didn't really work, huh?"

"Yeah, Maria was," Alaska said, feeling a little better. "So where do you think that we're going to find all the stuff for our kid? I mean, I'm pretty sure that if it's found in a house we're gonna need to sanitize it like five hundred times, and that is if it's still intact and can be useful. And that just means another mouth to feed which means we need more food which means we need to keep going out which means we're putting people in more danger than they already are."

" No not really that just made it worse.. "

" Alaska, I actually had a surprise for you since you keep worrying about that. "

"Yeah, I figured. But hey, I'd be happy to help in any way you need me to. I would do literally anything just to see you smile. I'm pretty sure I've said that a lot before, but that's okay. It's true."

"Really? It better be a good surprise or I will flip. (You don't have to read the rest from this point on if you don't want to) These mood swings are hard to control, ya know. You should try it sometime. Actually, you shouldn't." Alaska kept going on and on and on about the most random stuff. "You know what? Wait. What about the holidays? How will we celebrate when the world is basically ending? Or what about birthdays? Poor Maria probably hasn't had a real birthday, ever. Or ever celebrated Christmas or Halloween or any of them. That's kinda depressing. And then everyone will want a birthday and we can't really do that..." She was basically saying anything that came to her mind. "I remember one time at band camp that I got into a group text and...neeeevermind. Let's not talk about band camp. Anyway, I went to band camp once."

Rose grinned a little, calming down slightly. " Thank you... for being here or me. "

Victor rolled his eyes and just took her hand, leading her to an office but standing outside it. " We will figure out birthdays and Christmas, and maybe soon the world will be stable again. " He said unlocking the office, and it had been turned into a small nursery. There was a bag of childs clothes in the room, a crib, a rocking chair, and a childs play pen with toys. " I found a small nursery exploring and brought it all back. "

"Always." He pulled her close and kissed her gently, rubbing her back

She was silent for a long moment. "I...I don't know what to say..." She looked over the room a few more times. "It's perfect!" She hugged him tightly. "The baby is gonna love this. But your office...we need to find you a new one! You can't stay in this office, it's way too crowded. I'll clean one of the others out for you. And again, I'm not taking no for an answer. I'm doing it."

Rose smiled and kissed him back, holding him in a loving embrace.

Victor smiled happily and kissed Alaska's cheek, hugging her back. " Darlin', no, please... You are stressing enough and I cannot bare the thought of you over working yourself and hurting yourself, the child... or worse. I will clean out a new office myself okay? Besides, I already moved my stuff to one and am going to clean it later, and you can't see if because there is another surprise in there and besides if you saw it, you might cry. I love you dearly, and I am grateful you offered that. "

Maveric rested his forehead against hers. "I can tell you feel better."

"Me? Cry? Yeah, sure. I guess I'll see when you show me, huh?"

" Yeah, I do, you make me feel better.. and calmer. A lot calmer.. " Rose said, leaning into him.

" It is something you will really like, I can say that much, and it is a lot better then this cowboy get up. "

"Glad I could help. Love you, Rose." Maveric whispered into her ear. "I ain't no poet, but if I was one the walls of this place would be covered with poems about you."

"Oh, I don't know about that. I kinda like your 'cowboy get up'. Suits you well." Alaska pretended to fix his shirt, even though there wasn't much to fix

Victoria and Lani were in the kitchen, talking. Well, Victoria was. Lani was just listening in sad silence, petting Bailey who was on her lap