Chapter 19: Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Seven

Dilemma

"You're not pregnant," Lisa confirmed to me in one of the empty consultation room.

"I'm not pregnant?" I asked, finding it difficult to believe. I had had all of the signals and sickness, plus the pregnancy test that I had done told me otherwise.

"No," She repeated.

"Then why did the pregnancy test I had say I was?" I challenged.

"Most of them things are wrong. They're not one hundred percent accurate like blood tests," Lisa explained.

"Now run along and be happy with my brother," She hurried, hurriedly leaving the room. When she mentioned her brother, it was only then that I realised that he had not gotten back to me about my suggestion about being friends which slightly hurt my feelings. I knew that we could no longer be boyfriend or girlfriend, or even husband and wife for that matter however, friends would be more than enough me for and I thought that he would feel the same way. Obviously not.

"Wait Lisa, how did you get my number?" I questioned, catching up to her as I ran out of the room.

"From the records on the computer but don't tell anyone because I could get fired." Lisa winked before sashaying away into one of the staff room.

Leaving through the automatic doors, I replaying what Lisa had informed me in the hospital.

"I was not pregnant." I repeated out loud. Huh. I felt a bit saddened at the idea of being a mother slipping further out of my reach since I still had not spoken to Trevor about the idea but I had a feeling that he would be all for it. Hailing a taxi, I began to believe that not being pregnant was not such a bad thing after all. Now, on my honeymoon, I won't be too scared to enjoy myself with my new husband and once again, people wouldn’t think that I was knocked up when we got married or even before. Work was boring as usual until my fiancé called me that was and I just could not keep my mouth shut.

"What do you think about kids?" I wondered, feeling my heart rate increase at the thought of his answer. There was only three answers which he could choose, either he loved them, didn’t mind them or he couldn’t stand them.

"Why are you asking me that question Mel?" Trevor replied, sounding quite hesitant.

"I'm not pregnant so don't worry," I smiled realising that he may have believed that.

"Oh, just wondering. I think kids are great, I don’t mind them at all and by the way we're going to have ten kids when we're married. I'm just letting you know in advance," Trevor joked playfully, allowing me to hear the smile in his voice, resulting in me smiling even wider.

"Ten kids very funny Trevor. How do three sound?" I corrected him, after all, it was my body and womb.

"Better, or four, it depends how we feel later on. You never know, you might actually like the idea of ten kids in five years or so," Trevor insisted making me laugh.

"I have to get back to work so I'll see you later at yours," I stated, looking at the time on my computer.

"Alright, I'll speak to you later beautiful," Trevor cooed.

"Bye lover," I smiled before cutting the phone. Maybe having a child now wouldn’t be a bad idea now that I thought about it. My head was kind of all over the place when it came to children. My phone rang again, snapping me out of my thoughts, the number once again unrecognisable.

"Hello?" I quizzed timidly, still slightly hoping, somewhere deep down that Stephen had made his decision.

"It's not Stephen so don't worry," Lisa answered dryly, making me loose all hope.

"Lisa." I said, not sure why she was calling or what I should say to her.

"This call won't be long. I was just wondering whether the offer to be a bridesmaid was still open," Lisa questioned, taking me by surprise.

"I heard when you asked Stephen, since I was being just a bit nosy," Lisa informed me, answering my unspoken question.

"Okay…Sure." I agreed. I did need at least one more bridesmaid, making three.

"When is the fitting then?" She urged after a second of silence.

"Oh, that. Yeah, come to my house on Saturday," I informed her, giving her my address.

"That’s all. Wait actually! I just wanted to tell you that I never hated you; I just hated what you were, human, since you smelt so delicious. Actually you still do, but I can control myself now. Just so that you know," Lisa made clear.

"Now bye!" She added before the line went dead. Well that was something else to take in today.

One week till the wedding. Was I excited? I was neutral. Why? Since it had not hit me yet, the fact that I was going to get married to the love of my life, in only a short period of a week. My weekend had been a hectic one indeed. My mother had come round with my sister, plus Jennifer, Jasmine, Jessica and Lisa also came so that they could get fitted for the dresses which Jessica had chosen and ran past me. Luckily, her taste in general was nice therefore choosing a dress was not a problem and since Trevor was paying for it, nor was the price which meant one less thing was on my mind. My wedding dress was snipped, paid for and ready, hanging in Jasmine's house so that if Trevor happened to check my closet, he wouldn’t see anything that he was not supposed to.

Jennifer and Jasmine had been quite distant from Lisa, until they got to know her that was, even better than me. The days went by quickly, as did my hours in work on Monday and before I knew it, the wedding day was getting closer and closer. Five days closer to be exact. It was lunch time and the girls had invited me out but to my surprise, Lisa was also there.

"Hey girls," I smiled, frowning my eyebrows at Lisa.

"What? Didn’t you expect me to be here?" Lisa asked honestly.

"Honestly?" I replied receiving a nod.

"Nope." I told her.

"But it doesn’t matter. Let's just eat," I insisted feeling my belly growl in hunger. Stroking it so that it would shut up, I looked up and met Lisa's amused dark eyes.

"Yep, let's eat cause it seems like someone is starving," She sang, laughing at her own joke. How she heard my stomach growl as quietly as it did didn’t cease to ---. How could I forget? She was a vampire. Rolling my eyes in annoyance at her hearing, I followed the girls as they continued walking past our usual restaurant.

"Where are we going?" I wondered, unsure where exactly they were taking me.

"Oh sorry, I forgot to tell you. You guys are coming my house to have lunch., for a change. Plus it means that you don’t have to spend any money, unless you want to give me any tips that is," Lisa joked making Jasmine and Jennifer laugh. Following them as they hopped into a car that I guessed was Lisa's, I realised that due to her previous sour personality towards me, I had never predicted that she would be driving a cute pink and black Mini convertible.

"Surprised are you Melanie?" She guessed, watching me get into the passenger seat, since the girls had claimed the back seats.

"A tiny bit," I lied, I was absolutely surprised.

Watching the turns that Lisa made, made my heart begin to go into overdrive as I recalled the turns that the taxi driver had taken once before when taking me to Stephen's house.

"Welcome to my home," Lisa exclaimed as we headed inside. Feeling Jennifer nudge me in my side and give a sharp look to Lisa's front door, I realised that she had also remembered. My heart beat began to increase immediately and my palms began to sweat as I could only speculate whether Stephen was going to be in as well.

"My brother seems to be home, so sorry for the mess," Lisa apologised in advance, a large smile on her face as her eyes darted quickly to mine and away again.

"Lisa, you didn’t tell me that you were ---," Stephen complained, stopping mid sentence when his eyes landed on mine. Staring into my eyes for only a second, not even enough time for me to experience our weird pull; he swiftly spun around and walked into his bedroom, slamming the door shut.

"Well I guess he's tired," Jasmine mumbled knowing that I would feel slightly hurt by that gesture, which I had.

"Don’t worry about him girls, let's get something to eat, as long as Stephen hasn't eaten it all," Lisa chuckled, trying to ease the tension in the air, however my eyes were glued to Stephen's door and I could feel the intensity of his glare through it. Trying to ignore the stabbing the pain I felt internally, I followed the girls into the clean cut, blue and black kitchen.

“Take a seat and get comfortable,” Lisa insisted pointing towards four black glossy high chairs. I was slightly upset that I had seen no red furniture as of yet even though I had been here before, however, I had not gone to Lisa’s room, so there might have been something in there. I mean, I thought vampires liked red.

“Are you alright being here? I mean, we can ask her to eat out if you feel uncomfortable,” Jasmine suggested, seeming to take my feelings into account. The front door slammed closed, signalling that Stephen had left, startling all of us and causing their eyes to look towards me as though it was my fault, which it probably was.

“Can I use your bathroom please?” I asked, getting up and finding my way anyway. Walking into Stephen’s room which looked somewhat clean, I headed towards the bathroom and placing my hand on the doorknob which leaded towards his en-suite. My heart almost flew out of my chest and splattered onto the door when I felt a cold hand touch my shoulder.

“What do you think you’re doing in my room?” Stephen whispered his lips directly beside my ear.

“You almost killed me!” I shrieked quietly, pushing him backwards as I held my chest while my heart began to beat again and breathed heavily.

“What do you think you’re doing in my room?” Stephen repeated, unaffected by both my push and words.

“What do you think you’re doing in your room? I thought you left,” I replied, breathless once again when his body became pressed up against mine, which was trapped against the bathroom door. If only I had been faster I cursed myself. He didn’t answer my question as I refused to answer his and only stared into my large brown eyes which were being taken into another world through his dark ones.

“You didn’t text me,” I mumbled, looking down at the ground as I felt my heart beginning to ache due to his presence.

“I didn’t have your number,” Stephen informed me.

“You found my house but you couldn’t find my phone number?” I frowned, daring to look back into his eyes.

“I can’t do it Melanie. I can’t just be friends with you. Don’t you get it?!” Stephen growled.

“We’re...meant for each other Melanie, or are you just blind?” Stephen quizzed, moving away from me as he gripped his hair in irritation. The chuckle that slipped through my lips was completely accidental and even when he turned around with his now black eyes, for a weird reason, I was not scared.

“Do you find this funny; do you find the fact that I love you and can’t live without you a joke?” Stephen roared, instantly knocking the humour out of me.

“No, of course not!” I scoffed feeling slightly jellified when he stated that he loved me and couldn’t live without me.

“Then why the hell were you laughing?” Stephen retorted.

“Because you stopped yourself from saying those awful words soul mates. Maybe it’s because you didn’t want another slap,” I smirked watching his eyes narrow towards me.

“Please, please don’t make me angry Melanie because you’re already making it hard just being here.” Stephen sighed.

“It didn’t even hurt,” He mumbled under his breath.

“I’m standing right here,” I raised an eye brow as his eyes met mine once again as he appeared in front of me in a millisecond.

“It’s my turn to give you a decision to make. Your either with me or not, no friends or whatever, just my girl or nothing,” Stephen stated before disappearing out of the room.

“Are you alright?” Lisa whispered, sneaking into the room after a couple of minutes passed and I still found it hard to accept the dilemma that Stephen had given me.

"I'm fine and hungry, so let's eat," I shrugged, clearing my throat when my voice came out hoarse.