The voice coming from the door way startled her.

"I didn't know your mother was expecting..."

Paris jumped a little causing Madyson to start to cry a little. Paris hustled around nervously trying to lay Maddy in her crib and quiet her. She tucked a pink blanket around the child, cooing to her rubbing her cheek with the back of her hand, but she wouldn't stop crying. Paris closed her eyes and thought to herself that the idea of being a mother was amazing and everything, but she wasn't very good at it. For a moment it looked as though Paris might cry when the nany came bustling in, nearly shoving Paris out of the way to get to Madyson and giving Paris a disapproving glare.

Paris gave a final glance at Madyson and turned in time to see the odd look on Lucius' face. She led him into the hallway wordlessly, clearly nervous, and still unsure what that look had been for.

"Ahm....heh, I didn't know you were stopping by," Paris said nervously, wringing her hands, pacing even. She'd never appeared this nervous....how did she explain to Lucius, of all people, that she'd had Justin's baby? After all, Lucius hated Justin. She continued to pace and stutter for several minutes before she seemed to find her wits again. He had taken her by surprise, after all.

She gestured towards the door, "Her name is Madyson." she said quietly. "She's ah....she's not my mother's," Paris said before stopping to lean on the wall behind her looking plaintively at Lucius. "She's mine." she said in the barest of whispers. Her eyes traveled up from where she'd been staring pointedly at the ground to watch his expression and saw something she hadn't quite expected- was that fear of some sort?

"Lucius? What's wrong?"

She knew he'd be shocked by the news but....this wasn't a reaction she'd counted on.


i'll be sure to stay wary of you
love to save the pain of once my flame and twice my burn