All Rights to Kelley Armstrong.
I sat in front of the toilet crying. I still fear that the Edison Group is after the experiments that they lost. I can't be pregnant. Not now. What race will the baby be, a Necromancer or a werewolf? Oh no, what is Derek going to say? I will not give up my baby. It's my responsibility to protect this child, even from their father. If I stay here Derek will make me get an abortion because it will be safer for me. If the Edison Group catches us and finds out I'm pregnant, their new experiments will be on my baby. How could I have let this happen? The best choice for my baby would for me to leave, hide, and leave Badger Lake and everyone behind because the more who know about my baby is one more that the Edison Group can torture it out of them. I drew a deep shaky breath, I didn't want to leave, but I knew it was for the best. I think about Tori and Simon, whom I think of as my brother and sister, how much I'm going to miss their bickering, and how much I love them. I think of Kit, who is more of a father to me after everything that we have been through. I think of Aunt Lauren, the one who tried her best to love me, and be a maternal figure after my mom died. Aunt Lauren was going to be crushed, but it was better this way, no one would hurt her to get to me. I remember about all my new friends, Maya and Daniel. I really am going to miss life at Badger Lake, at least my powers are under control and I won't have to worry about them while trying to raise my baby. I hate that I have to live my life like this, I hate what they did to me, but I know I would not be the same Chloe that I am now if it were not for everything that happened. I'm crying, and I can't even breathe, this is going to be so hard. Lastly I think about Derek, the love of my life, the father of my children. I think about the first time that we met, how he couldn't stand me, I think about our first kiss. I let all the memories of the past five years flow through my mind like a movie. It takes everything that I have just to stop crying. I find my backpack, I pack like I did so many years ago, except this time I have a fake ID that no one knows about, it took me weeks to make it, and I've always had it as back-up in case we needed to run from Badger lake. With my bag packed, I find a piece of paper and I write a letter to Derek.
Derek,
I'm so sorry, but I am leaving. I can't say why all that I can say is that it will be safer for you, and the rest of the gang if I did leave. This is something that I must do alone, please understand that this is not what I want, but that this is what needs to be done. I love you. I love every memory that we have, and I will cherish them. But I need to leave, I will do what is right. I know you don't understand, and I'm sorry that I can't explain it to you, just know that I love you, and I always will.
Love, Chloe
Tomorrow we go into the city for our weekly trips I will sneak away then. I get online and buy a plane ticket to New Orleans, somewhere where I will be able to lose myself in a crowd.
Derek keeps glancing at me, he knows something's wrong. I plaster a smile on my face and tell him that I'm okay. He knows that I'm lying but I'm glad that he doesn't try to get information out of me. We walk into the movie theater, and I take Derek aside.
"Hey, I'm going to the bathroom will you save me a seat" I say barely able to keep my voice from breaking. Derek grunts and starts to walk away, but I stop him. "I love you, Derek".
"I love you too, Chloe", he said. I try to remember everything about this moment because I know this is the last time I will ever hear him say those words, and it breaks my heart.
I give him a quick kiss on the cheek and go towards the back where the bathrooms are, but instead of going to the ladies room I keep going out the back. I grab the bag that I stashed in the car earlier, I leave my note in the front passenger seat, and then I hail a taxi and head to the airport. I make on the plane and I lose my composure. I let the tears fall. I know I'm doing the right thing, but it hurts. I close my eyes and let the lull of the plane drag me to unconsciousness.