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Chapter 6: The Talk

Allie took a few deep breaths steady herself before she opened the door. All thoughts in her mind fell away as she took in the room before her, shutting the door softly behind her. The room was filled with soft candle light and pink and white rose petals on floor leading from the door around the couch and out of view.

Seth was leaning on the back of the couch watching Allie two roses in his hand, one of each color, and made his way towards her. He was wearing his usual jeans but had changed his shirt since she had left from a T-shirt to a nice button up. As he stopped in front of her he handed her the roses and leaned in to kiss her cheek, "Welcome home."

"Seth…this is beautiful…you didn't have to—"

He placed his finger to her lips silencing her, "I wanted too. Come on slip off your shoes, set your purse down and come over to the fire place." Tears filled her eyes as she did as he said slipping off her cute kitten heels and setting her purse on the small entry table before letting him wrap his arm around her settling on the small of her back as he lead her inside. "I know I screwed things up—"

Shaking her head she stopped just short of the romantic spot he had set up for them in front of the fireplace with blankets and pillows galore, "Seth this—"

"Shhhsshhhh…" he quieted her softly as he knelt down and settled himself amongst the pillows pulling her down with him easily as she cradles her two roses in her lap. "I love you Allie. I know this has been hard on you and…I don't want to push you but I just need you to know that nothing changes okay. I want the same thing, forever with you as a vampire."

He took a breath but continued before she could stop him, "If this is too hard for you to talk about…I get it. I screwed things up and I dropped this mess in your lap—"

"I'm the one who screwed up Seth. This whole damn mess is my fault." She pulled from him as she curled her feet up and wrapped her arms around her knees.

"Really because I'm pretty sure vampire or not that you didn't have a slip up on a one night stand that may make a kid."

Teary eyed she looked up from her knees and saw his smile. He was attempting to make her feel better but it was her fault, "You wouldn't have been with her if I had just come to you in the beginning. If I hadn't broken up with you and pushed you into that…that phase then it wouldn't have happened."

"But I should have paid better attention to the protection. I may not have been with her if you hadn't broken up with me but it was on me…on Rachel and me to use protection and be safe. I had been safe the whole time, I swear to you Allie. I always used a condom. At first it was kinda weird…sorta embarrassing really but yeah always. I did with her too but I never checked it after it never crossed my mind."

Allie remembered him telling her about his first attempt in his bed warming nights, how he had been so used to Allie and fertility being a nonissue that he hadn't thought about it and come off as an uncaring jerk. After that mishap he had always made sure to carry protection, realizing the risks. Knowing she needed to have this talk with him and knowing she couldn't put it off any longer she leaned back into him, "I'm scared."

Seth wrapped his arms around her holding her tight as she turned into him burying her face in his shoulder. "I'm scared too Allie. I don't want to lose you again. I don't know if I can…when I feel you start to pull away…"

Pulling from his shoulder Allie looks into his eyes and sees what she has always seen, sincerity and love. "I don't want to pull away…I just…part of me wanted to run. I feel like I'm going to lose you no matter what."

"You are not going to lose me Allie, we will get through this no matter what," he assured her and himself squeezing her shoulders tightly.

Allie leaned back and set down her roses but before Seth could say anything she grabbed the champagne glasses, she wasn't leaving she just needed a drink to get through this. Seth opened the bottle and poured them both a glass.

"I need to tell you something but I need you to hear me out completely before you say anything." Seth took a sip of his drink and nodded. "I was glad to be invited to talk with the girls today. I wanted to get another opinion…a rational opinion. I only see a handful of options for us Seth and if that baby turns out to be yours then…I don't see any option where I don't lose you."

Seth bit his tongue as he wanted to respond, he wanted to tell her she was wrong no matter the outcome he wouldn't leave her but he had promised to hear her out. He had wanted her to open up and here she was doing just that, he would listen to everything and then make her understand.

"I know you love me and you say you want to be a vampire no matter the outcome but…if the baby is yours Seth you wouldn't give up your child, you couldn't and I wouldn't want you too. You're a good man and you'd be an amazing father. Rachel doesn't know about vampires, she'd notice if you didn't age and you would never be able to be honest with you child as they grew older and questioned you." Allie took a large swallow, "Then there is the second option of you staying human and being a great dad. But again I wouldn't age and that would raise suspicion and it leads us back to the problem that started this whole damn mess…I don't think I could stand by you and watch you grow older and die."

Reaching up Seth brushed away a few tears that had fallen but stayed quite as he promised. He was happy to know what she was thinking, now he just have to change her mind.

"The others made me see that I can't make this decision alone…that I have to talk to you. That way no matter the outcome we both know the standing…besides if it isn't yours then I would just be hurting us for nothing." Pulling his hand to her heart she held his eyes, "I can't say what will happen but I promise to talk to you."

Sensing it was his turn to talk Seth quickly took the opportunity to set the records straight. "I'm glad they talked some sense into you Allie. I don't know what the test will say…I'm hoping and praying for all I am that it's not mine. I would love to be a father someday…but only with you Allie. I want to raise a kid with you…as a vampire. It's that simple. If the kid is mine we will find a way to make it work, I don't care what or how but we will make it work. No watching me die that's for sure."

Allie was smiling up at him happy she had listened to the others and got out of her own way. "So here's the plan I see. No matter what the outcome of the test let's plan my turning for the night of the test results. Danielle can do it there in her lab, and we can have the results by the next day. If I'm the father then that gives me the rest of the pregnancy to adjust to being a vampire and for us to sort out how things will work, if it's negative then we are just picking up where we left off."

"I don't know Seth…"

"Well I do," he pulled her forehead to his. "I'm sure Allie. This will work, we will work no matter what. I won't give up on us…I won't let you give up either."

"I love you Seth," she leaned forward and kissed him. "Forever," she breathed when he pressed her back against the pillows content to hold her in his arms. Allie was so tired from her emotional roller coaster of a day, the comfort of his arms holding her was all she wanted.

To Be Continued…

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