My heart seemed to fail on me as I repeated what Stephen had just said. I could never do such a thing. What about Trevor? My family? The wedding? The baby?
"I'll take care of the baby, as if it was my own Melanie, so that not an excuse. It'll just take me time to adapt to it and not think about that fucker whilst we're looking after it, I mean the baby. It'll just be me, you and the baby." Stephen explained, his dark eyes pleading.
"You know that we can do it Melanie, I can see in your eyes that you're considering it." Stephen observed much to my annoyance.
"What about Trevor? The wedding? My family?" I quizzed, feeling irritated that my heart, body, soul and mind was considering it. It was wrong and could never happen!
"Who cares about him? Your family might even be happy that I even whisked you away from that jerk!" He hissed.
"How dare you! I love Trevor with all my heart which is the reason that I agreed to get married to him if you haven't forgotten," I replied, waving my hand with the engagement ring, in his face, only for him to slap it fiercely away, causing me to cringe.
"What even makes you believe, in that messed up head of yours, that I'd be stupid enough to run away with you?" I scoffed.
"Because...." Stephen began, his permanently mint smelling breath caressing my face due to him suddenly placing his face directly in front of mine, almost to the point of us touching noses.
"You love me, more than you've ever loved anyone, including Trevor. You may love him with all of your heart but you love with both your heart and soul, hence the word soul mate." Stephen assured.
"Get a hold of yourself and stop being so arrogant and egotistic," I retorted after regaining my composure which took a couple of seconds.
"Then tell me that you don't love me Melanie and look me in the eyes when you do it," he commanded.
"Like you did to me? Oh, wait, I bet youâve forgotten." I sadly replied, staring directly into his eyes as I pushed him backwards. I guessed that both the shock and memory that I had reminded him of caused him to stumble back further, as he fell on his bottom staring at me in surprise and guilt.
"I didn't mean it like that Melanie and I thought that I had already apologised and told you why I had to do it. For your own protection!" Stephen defended as I stepped onto my feet fighting the tears which I knew would soon fall. Why had I invited him in the first place? I had been playing with fire and I was getting burnt; the ultimate ending to my life, would be when Trevor walked through that door.
"You had already been asked to leave and so I am -------" a girl informed us, entering the room just before I was attacked into a bone crushing hug.
"Lisa you're hurting her," Stephen groaned in annoyance as I began to feel slightly irritated that he knew who yet another girl was.
"Would you please like to let go of me since I don't know who you are?" I frowned, attempting and failing to get the stranger off of me.
"How can you not know it's me! Lisa!" Lisa exclaimed, bouncing backwards allowing me to take in her appearance.
I could never forget her face, even though when I had last seen her, she had not been this pleased to see me. She had exactly the same large black eyes, platinum blonde hair and model defined cheekbones, her pink lips contrasting against her pale skin. How I had never figured out that she and her bother, probably her whole family were vampires did not cease to amaze me.
"Oh, hey Lisa. How have you been and when did you start working here? I've never seen you here before," I stated, getting a little bit scared since she was staring at me as though I made her the happiest person alive.
"I just started working here a few months ago. Oh Stephen, I didn't even see you there," Lisa beamed whilst Stephen started to lift himself off the ground.
"What are you guys doing here...together? Wait let me guess, you guys are back together! I told you it would be a great idea if we moved here Stephen. Wow, he's even popped the question! I knew you'd been much happier!" Lisa accused as I held in a laugh. Back together my foot!
"Not at all, you've got it all wrong. You see I stupidly invited your brother, to assist me to a doctor's appointment, but it was a big mistake and to be honest I don't really know why I followed my instinct because I should have just asked my fiancé, Trevor to  check if I was pregnant. Since after all, it is his baby." I explained simply, snatching my bag from the bedside table and swiftly exiting the room. I walked through the automatic glass doors, feeling the abrupt rough wind freeze my face. I had sworn that on my way to the surgery that the wind had been calm and breezy.
"Melanie wait. We need to talk about that day and why it happened." Stephen yelled from behind causing me to growl in anger. Why couldnât he just leave me alone, for at least one second?
"Stop walking," He instructed behind me as I attempted to storm off.
"You've always been stubborn," Stephen mumbled, pulling me back as he always did.
"Let go of me please, I just want to go to work and not think about you or any other vampires right now," I muttered, trying to calm myself down before I did something that I would regret.
"I had almost killed you the day before we broke up. I was kissing you because I couldnât help myself but we were too close and the strong scent of your blood found its way into my nose and I was about to bite you, to suck you dry right then and there Melanie. It was so hard to control myself but I did and I couldnât allow myself to loose control with you again, so I broke up with you. For your own safety. You donât understand how hard it was for me either. To loose my soul ----," Stephen explained, getting interrupted by my hand which slapped him hard across his face.
"That word soul mate is fucking getting on my nerves. Stop saying, stop thinking about it and stop evenâ¦Arhh! You hurt me okay, GOD, I'm still hurt! So I'm not going to forgive you, friend's maybe, if I can even do that but stop this soul mate thing. Please," I begged, watching his eyes fill with disbelief. I had never slapped a guy before, or even a vampire which, on this day, I couldnât seem to stop thinking about.
"Call me when you make up your mind and I'm sure that you have my number somewhere so donât ask for it," I stated, spinning around to hail an ongoing taxi.
"And ask Lisa if she wants to be a bridesmaid, in fact donât cause I'm sure that she'll hate me by tomorrow again," I guessed, getting into the taxi and turning my head away from his face. I didnât feel guilty. In fact I felt a whole weight get lifted from my shoulders which made me smile slightly.
- - - - - - - - - -
"I donât think me staying the night is such a good idea," I informed Stephen as I lay beside him. It was our first year anniversary and it had been a great evening and I could only guess that it would get better. Stephen and the girls had insisted that I stayed the night in Stephen's dorm room to celebrate but I didnât think that it would be a good idea. After all, if one thing led to another, I didnât know what I would tell my mother if I happened to get knocked up.
"Why do you think that Melanie?" Stephen whispered huskily in my ear as he pulled my body into him from behind. I could already feel my body beginning to tingle from my toes upwards and I clamped my mouth shut as I felt a moan coming out. I was so thankful that he had worn a full set of pyjamas to bed like me; otherwise we surely would not be talking right now.
"Please don't do that," I breathed, feeling him chuckle in my ear, his breath caressing my neck making me unable to suppress a shiver. Slowly turning around to face him, I noticed the clenching of his teeth and tried not to look at his luscious, juicy lips that felt so wonderful against mine.
"Or that, breathing on me or whispering in my ear is a no no. I think we should just go to sleep." I suggested shakily.
"Sleeping with me it is," Stephen smirked switching off the lamp beside his bed, reaching over me in the process.
"I didnât mean it like that --," I retorted, only to feel his lips on mine. I couldnât resist his kisses and he knew that. It was a stupid weak spot that I had for him which I disliked myself for. My leg wrapped around him and he lifted me onto him, not breaking our kiss and going slow as usual. I could feel how aroused he was, which only made my heart beat faster as I realised what was going to happen and I wasnât even trying to stop it. His lips left mine and travelled towards my neck, where he nibbled on softly causing me to moan quietly. I then felt something sharp graze against it but at the time my head began to spin. Everything was becoming too unimaginable and unreal. Stephen was perfect and here I was about to seal the deal with him after waiting for a whole year, without complaining.
"I think we should go to sleep since we donât want to do this too early," Stephen whispered in my ear, snapping me out of my daze.
"Sleeping it is," I agreed, feeling slightly upset but mostly relieved. I giggled as he lifted me off him easily and laid me beside him, feeling a bit weird that he hadnât decided to kiss me goodnight or cuddle me after that moment. Had I done something wrong?
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"Hey Jessica, I know I havenât asked you and it might be a little late but would you like to be one of my bridesmaids for my wedding?" I questioned as I made my way into work, feeling slightly uneasy.
"I thought you would never ask! Now just tell me the details about the dresses you want and I'll go and pick them up with the girls for you. I'm sure you have a lot on your plate right now," Jessica insisted, allowing my stomach to feel light again, as her speech sounded rehearsed. She must have been eager and waiting for me to ask her, the idea making me feel a bit regretful, since I had been too caught up in Stephen to remember planning my own wedding. The day only seemed to be getting better and better. Trevor called me later on and I contemplated telling him about my doctor's appointment but turned against the idea, deciding on another one instead.
"How could you not tell me?!" Jasmine and Jennifer both screamed into the phone, during our three way conversation as I told them about the pregnancy test.
"I didnât want to tell anyone to be honest," I tried to defend,
"So Stephen is anyone?" Jasmine scoffed making me scold myself for telling them about that specific detail.
"Yes, he is anyone and no one that needs to be spoken about right now." I retorted.
"I can't believe that you told him that you guys could be friends! It's so obvious that you still have feelings for him," Jennifer had to add, being a nuisance as always.
"Feelings that also do not need to be spoken about right now or ever again." I snapped.
"Now, are you girls coming with me or not?" I quizzed beginning to feel furious and silly for telling them too much information for them to handle.
"Definitely," "I can't make it," Jasmine and Jennifer answered at the same time.
"Then Jasmine will come with me and we will tell you the results when we find out," I informed Jennifer, planning a week in advance for my results. A week was a long time and two days before my wedding but I could do nothing about it, I was paying for it after all.
"I'll speak to you girls later then, when I have time." I said, causing the hour-long conversation to come to an end as we discussed all of our individual problems. With my break time over, I got back to work and was startled when my phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number. I had no idea whether it was Stephen, already replying to my suggestion but I was in no hurry to know his answer, already able to guess. Instead the text read something much different than I had expected:
I'll be able to get you your test results by tomorrow as long as you come at 7am. Hope your not pregnant, Lisa.
I guessed that I was getting my results a week earlier then.