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"Good or bad?" He whispered, pulling away.

"Good," I say. He kisses my lips once more, and we return to holding hands under the table. Ian took my left hand and put it on his lap, playing with my fingers. I think he was just using it as an excuse to look down, so that he didn't have to face Jared, and especially Kyle.

I felt something slide onto one of my fingers on my left hand; the one Ian was playing with. I looked down to see a diamond engagement ring occupying my second-to-last finger... My ring finger...

Ian looked up at me. "Good or bad?"

Wanda's POV

I look Ian straight in the eye. "Amazing," I say, smiling. A tear of joy escapes my eye, and he kisses it away. I bring his face down to mine and kiss him again.

"Uhm, what just happened?" Kyle asks. I smile.

"Your brother just got engaged," I say.

"To who?"

I laugh. "Melanie, who else?"

"Wait, seriously?"

"Kyle. Ian and I are engaged. Okay?"

He nods slowly. "This calls for a toast!" Jared yells, bringing out a bottle of red wine. Mel grabbed the glasses. Jamie even got a little! When everyone had some, we clung our glasses together and drank. I kissed Ian again, and we went back to his room.

"I have a question," Ian said.

"Yes, I will move in with you," I say, smiling.

"Thank you." He grabs my waist and falls onto the bed, dragging me with him. We kissed for hours, though it hardly felt like a minute to me. "Wanda, are you still too sore for it?"

"No," I laugh. He smiles and gets up to move the door in place. I grab the boxes from where I shoved them under the bed. As I pick them up, I notice something. "Ian?" I whisper.

"Yes?"

"Ian... we... the boxes haven't been opened."

"What boxes?"

"We didn't use protection." I begin crying, sitting back down on the bed and dropping the boxes on the floor. Ian comes up behind me and takes me in his arms, setting me down on his lap, and cradles me. I rest my head on his arms, leaning back. The tears fall back to my ears, getting them wet. I wrap my arms loosely around his neck. Ian didn't understand. He thought I was sad that I may have a baby. No, it wasn't that. "Ian, if I AM pregnant, then there is a eighty percent chance I'll die. Souls aren't supposed to mate with humans." He hugs me tighter.

"Wanda, everything will be alright. I promise."

"I hope so," I sigh.

I woke again in Ian's arms- my favorite place in the world. My cheeks and shirt were tear-stained. I must've been crying when I was asleep. I looked at Ian. His head rested on my chest. I tilted my head down, my chin resting on his head. His arms were around my stomach. But maybe the tear-marks were from Ian. I rubbed his head with my hands. I felt so bad for him; I shouldn't make him worry. I played with my ring. I just couldn't imagine my Ian crying. I should've stayed up and comforted him. I was a horrible person and was so mad at myself. He woke up with red eyes, not knowing I was up, too. I closed my eyes before he saw me; I wanted him to think that I hadn't seen him at his most vulnerable moment. I breathed lightly and evenly, my hands still on his head. He carefully moved them, leaving the room. Did he think I was a horrible person, too? I got up and grabbed my clothes, heading to the washing room. There was no line yet- it must be early.

I went in and undressed, stepping into the water. I heard the water moving. "Hello?"

"Wanda?!" Jared was here.

"Jared! I'm so sorry! I didn't know you were in here!"

"It's fine... you can stay but just... not close."

"You sure?" I ask.

"If you want to..."

"Okay, thanks." I carefully step further down, trying to wash quickly. I stand up when I'm done, heading for the edge so I can get out. Jared stands up too." I walk across the pool, hearing water splash on what I thought was my left side. I turned right, not bumping into rock, but... flesh. I just bumped into Jared... naked... Oh, dear God! "Jared, I'm so sorry!" I say, jumping away. I, I didn't mean to, I swear!"

We quickly got out and dried off, getting dressed. Jared came out and told me the cost was clear. I rushed out behind him.

"Jared, I swear I didn't mean to do that!" He kept his head down.

"I know. I moved too."

"What do we tell Ian and Mel?" I ask.

"I don't know if we should. Ian will kill me."

"And Mel will kill me!" I sighed. "But we can't NOT tell them. They'll find out eventually, and it will all blow up in our faces."

"And other parts," he mumbled under his breath.

"If we don't tell them, they may leave us. I'm making a commitment to Ian soon, and I don't want him to break it off. And I know you want to do the same with Mel soon. It's better to tell them now, so that at least we have instant honesty on our side, and they'll be less mad."

"But-"

"I'm telling Ian. You can either tell Mel, or have Ian tell her for you. The choice is yours." I walk away, to Ian's (and my) room. I knock on the door, hoping he's there. No answer. "Ian?" I move the door out of the way with struggle. When I get through, the room is empty. I walk to the cafetaria of sorts, hoping to find Ian eating breakfast. No one's there. I go to Jared's room.

I knock, not hearing any voices. Jared opens the door. "Wanda! Mel is gone! She was gone when I woke up, too!"

"That's what happened with Ian. He left right before I went to the washroom."

"Did he say where he was going?"

"No. He thought I was still asleep."

"I was just going to go to the cafeteria to check," Jared says.

"I just went. They aren't there- nobody is."

"This is scary. Where could they have all possibly gone?" All of a sudden there was a boom, like a gunshot.

Our eyes widened. "What was that?!" I screamed.

"Shh!" he whispered. "It sounds like it came from near the exit of the cave."

We both took off running. By the time we got there, I knew it was seekers. Most of the women and kids were waiting in the unused room near the exit. I searched the room for Jamie; no sign.

"Jared! Jamie is out there!" I whispered

We ran through the exit, each of us grabbing a gun that was near the exit. "This must be important; Jeb never takes out his stash of weapons." Jared said. We saw the back of a couple people including Melanie, Jamie, and Jeb. We ran to them, finally seeing the Seekers. No one had noticed us. I told Jared to follow me. I slung the gun around my back and climbed up the nearest and least steep mountain. The Seekers were nearly below us when we reached the top. In fact, we were behind them. Still, no one had noticed us. There were only 5 Seekers. Jared was a good aimer. We got down on the lower ledge on the other side of the mountain. Jared shot his gun, hitting one of them. Then another. We weren't visible to the other side; they couldn't do anything to help themselves. There were 3 more. I had to protect my family. I aimed the gun, and shot it, hitting and (most likely) killing 2 Seekers. Jared gave me a high-five for that one.

I shot the last bullet, and it went directly to the brain of the last Seeker. At least they didn't die suffering...

Jared climbed up, grabbing my hand and helping me up, too. We looked around for more
Seekers, staying low. None. We looked down at our family; they were looking around, trying to figure out who it was, killing the seekers.

Jared took my hand, standing up. I stood up with him as he held our intertwined hands up high in the air. "VICTORY!" he yelled, smiling along with me. He shot blanks from his gun up in the air. His voice echoed around the desert, but we didn't care. He grabbed me up, putting me on his back. I held my hands up, also holding both guns up, feeling tall.

Jared practically jumped off the top of the mountain. We landed five feet down. I expected Jared to fall or something, but he acted as if it were only an inch. We practically slid down the mountain; Jared stepped off and put me down on the ground, taking the guns. Ian raced to me, picking me up and spinning me around. "I love you so much," he said.

"I love you, too." He brought my lips to his, still holding me up slightly. I smiled as he set me down, puting my left hand across his body and to his own. He wrapped his right arm around my waist, holding us close together. I leaned my head on his shoulder and we walked into the entrance of the cave together.

"Wanda, I think we should go ask Doc." I was sitting on Ian's bed, reading a book I found in his room when he came in. I looked up.

"Hmm?"

"The pregnancy. It's been almost two weeks since... then. I think we should go see."

I agreed. Ian picked me up wedding-style and began walking to Doc's office. "Ian, when are we getting married?"

This caught him off-guard. "Um, when do you WANT to get married?"

"I don't know. But we need to go on a raid when we do. Especially if it's a big wedding and not just signing papers."

By that time, we were at Doc's. We said hello, and explained our pregnancy situation. "Have you had your... uh, time of the month... since then?"

"Not yet, but it's supposed to be here tomorrow."

He nodded. "Okay. Then stop by tomorrow. If you don't get it tomorrow, wait for one more week. Alright?"

I nodded. "Thanks, Doc."

"Any time." Ian picked me back up and carried me to get lunch.

"What time of the month?" Ian asked. He had looked a little confused back in the office.

"Oh, I promise you'll know soon enough when you spend the rest of your life with Mel and I."

While we were walking back to our room to change quickly, Jamie ran up to us. "Today we have pizza! It's fresh! Hurry up, guys!" He took off, out of sight in seconds. Ian put me on his back and started running to the cafeteria. We were one of the first people there, along with Jamie, Jared, Mel, and Kyle. Ian set me down at the same table everyone else was at, getting one piece of everything. He sat down with us all.

"Ian, I need to talk to you," Kyle said.

"Okay,"he agreed. They both stepped out into the tunnels. I began eating some cheese pizza, because I knew Ian liked the other kinds better. I ate half of that, half of pepperoni, and half of the supreme. After that, my stomach began feeling weird and I felt something coming up. I stood up and ran out, passing Kyle and Ian.

"Wanda! What's wrong?" Ian yelled, running after me along with Kyle. Ian caught up with me and swept me off my feet.

"The river," I tell him. Ian and Kyle run down the hall, and we finally arrive at the loud river. I kneel down, throwing up. Ian holds my hair back, and I feel bad for making him see this. "I'm sorry you two had to see that," I say to them while we're walking back to lunch.

"It's not your fault, honey," Ian says, hugging me. Kyle puts his arm around me.

"I'm going to be staying in your room with you and Ian this week. Sunny is sick and staying at the hospital, and she wanted me healthy and not alone."

"Okay, I'll go stay in my old room."

"What? No, I'm not kicking you out! I'm doing something much worse; I'm making you sleep in Ian's bed with him. I'm so sorry," Kyle joked.

"Fine, but you owe me," I joke back.

"Pinky swear," he says, holding out his pinky to me. I take my own and wrap it around Kyle's and shake it.

"Pinky swear," I agree. "I feel the brotherly love."

Ian squeezes my shoulder. "Yep. And the nearly wedded love." I smile.

"Aw, is someone feeling unloved?" I ask. I almost kiss him, then realize that my breath smells and tastes like puke. I pat him on the back instead. He remembers, and laughs.

All of a sudden, I figure out the answer that has been bugging me. If I'm pregnant or not. "Ian...?"

"Yes, Wanda?"

"I know whether or not I'm pregnant."