Cemetery Drive

Gerard was about to say something but court had begun and he had to remain silent.

"The paternity test is in," The judge started and looked to me then Josh who were in his seat; I didn't even see him come in. "Josh Patterson, you are the father of the young vampire." He stated who else would be the dad?

"Your honor," Josh's defense lawyer spoke up before the judge could make a final verdict, "I have a toxin report for Josh, and it was taken when he was turned into the police." He said and pulled out a sheet of paper, he brought it up to the judge to read it in his head, his eyebrows rose and I had a feeling it was gonna be bad.

"Well it seems here, that Josh had been consuming expired blood for a long period of time." The judge said out loud.

Expired blood? EXPIRED BLOOD! That's like taking coke, meth, weed, and crack all rolled into one. Every vampire knows how bad it is and what it can do to your head. It's not illegal because it can accidentally happen but it can cause people to go crazy, hurt others, become a mass murder, or even and in most cases they'll drop dead. But one of the worst parts is that it's addictive.

"And by the looks of it he's been drinking it for a while, at least a year."

A year from before he went to prison, that's when I was pregnant the first time and he beat my child to death. But we were dating before he started drinking it, the times he was sweet and loving to me...

"Josh come to the stand." The judge ordered, Josh rose from his seat and took the stand, he looked different from the last time I saw him, I couldn't place my finger on what it was but he looked different.

"You wanna explain to us what was going on with the expired blood ordeal?" The judge asked in a not so harsh tone.

"One day I was at a coffee shop and I asked them to spike my drink with a double O negative and when I got it tasted kinda weird but good at the same time and I asked the dude who made my drink and he checked and saw the blood was expired and he apologized a lot and I told him it was fine and left but I liked it so eventually I got a dealer and I've been taking two shots of it every day since. But when I was sent to prison I was cut off and I got a grip on myself again." Josh explained.

"See your honor, my client wasn't in the right mindset when he made all of those poor choices; his mind was fogged by expired blood that he didn't even start on purpose. All charges should be drop for this poor man who is about to be a father." His lawyer tried. I glanced to Gerard and I could see the anger pulsating through his veins when the lawyer said he was about to be a father, Gerard is the father of my baby.

"I see," the judge said while rubbing his chin. "Because of the toxin report I'm lowering your sentence to one in prison. But when it comes to the child, Mr. Patterson had already signed away his rights as a parent."

"Your honor, there is another toxin report given two days after he signed away his rights." The lawyer said as he handed the judge another sheet of paper. "You see he still have some of the expired blood in his system so his judgment was clouded. And since the adoption is still not finalized I believe my client should still have the opportunity to be a part of its life."

"I see. You do have a point there, but because of all the events that have happened, I believe this is Mr. Iero's choice. Mr. Iero, would you please come to the stand."

Great, the one thing I didn't want to do. Gerard grabbed and squeezed my hand for reassurance and handed me the sweater I took to try and block my belly. I held it as close as I could to my stomach and walked up to the seat and I could feel everyone's eyes on me; it made me uncomfortable.

"Mr. Iero, because of the new evidence in this case and it was you who personally went through the experience, the court is giving you the right to decide upon the legal father, either you can allow the continuation of Mr. Way adopting the child, or leave Mr. Patterson as the legal father. If Mr. Patterson is chosen he will have full visitation rights and be financially responsible and Mr. Way would be allowed visiting whenever you please, if Mr. Way is chosen he will have full
visitation rights and be finically responsible and you will decide if Mr. Patterson has any visitation rights."

"I-uh."

"Mr. Iero, I am very sorry for the position you are in right now. What I'm going to do is I'm going to make the verdict for Mr. Patterson assault right now and then in going to take you, Mr. Way, and Mr. Patterson to a more private setting away from all the media," then he gestured to the cameras that were broadcasting the trial. "And from there we will have the custody battle." He said then slammed his gavel down; I guess I had no say in the matter.

"I sentence Josh Patterson to eighteen months in prison for sexual and physical assault on Frank Iero. And until Mr. Iero makes his decision on the child's adoption I want Mr. Ways adoption placed on hold." He declared and slammed down his gavel again, this time after he did so he rose from his seat and left, everyone else got up and started talking and leaving as well. I rose from my seat and walked as fast as I could to Gerard, straight past Josh who was calling my name.

"Are you ready to leave?" Gerard asked when I got to him.

I nodded and followed him out of the court. When we got outside he tried to walk straight to his car but I grabbed his hand and tugged him to the nearest bench. Once there I sat down, I expected Gerard to sit as well but he just stood next to me.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"You're asking if I'm okay? I should be the one asking you if you're okay." He said then laughed a bit.

"Really Gee, are you?"

"Not really." He honestly answered, "I'm angry and scared."

"I get why you're angry but why are you scared?" I ask. He sighed before sitting down next to me.

"I'm scared you're gonna leave me for him, I'm scared you're gonna wanna stop the adoption because it wasn't really him that did it. That's my baby in there and I don't care if he wants her, she's mine." He confessed.

"She and I will always be yours. I actually believe the drugs made him do those things but I don't trust him with her. We can do very rare supervised visits. Only if you're okay with that. You are her father."

"Very rarely?"

"Whenever you want." I told him.

"Four times a year. Including holidays." He said. I laughed and kissed his temple.

"That's more then I would have allowed."

"It really sucks though, we were three weeks away from the adoption being finalized, now we have another setback and I just want her to be adopted and you and I to be together with no court thing or Josh thing."

“I know baby, but things will get better.” I told him.

“But really, are you okay?” He asked.

“Not at all, I just found out the birthfather of my baby was on expired blood which caused him to beat me, my boyfriend who is adopting my baby cheated on me with his old sex toy, and I’m six months pregnant and hormones are flying through my body right now.” I looked up and Gerard and I could see hurt written across his face.

“Again you have no idea how sorry I am.”

“I told you I forgive you. But I’m still mad at you.” I told him.

“What can I do?” He begged.

“A few days, just give me a few days.”I told him, “Just a few.”

Notes

I wonder how Gerard reacted when he found out he and Lynz were having a baby

Till next we meet my killjoys