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Chapter 8
Darius
"Aphrodite!" I scream when I hear her yell. I run straight into her direction, hoping she is alright.
I almost run into Damien I'm running so fast. I look for Aphrodite, but she's not there. Where is she? I see Stevie Rae is on the other side of the room with a weird look on her face. It's almost like she's seen a ghost or something. Then I look up at Damien and see that the expression on his face is pure shock. I ask him what happened, but he just shrugs. He is too shocked to answer me. But why? Aphrodite must have told him. I thought Zoey would have told everybody already, though.
I see Aphrodite on our old bed, cuddled into a ball with a small blanket over her still body. Her eyes are red and puffy, but she has only stopped crying recently. She looks over at me with sad eyes. Seeing her like this, makes me want to just pick her up and run away. If only it were that simple. If only we could just run away from this whole situation. I really wish we could. Then we could be happy, just together. Forever.
"No, Darius! I'm fucking pissed, and frustrated… and confused. I don't know what to do. I'm not ready for this. I don't know how to take care of a child, Darius. I can't do this. I just can't!" Aphrodite screams in frustration. I wrap my arms around her, trying to comfort her. She buries her face in my chest and I can feel her tears through my shirt. It kills me when she cries, but Aphrodite crying is very rare. She almost never cries, unless it's something really big, like this.
"It's okay, Aphrodite. Everything will be okay, I promise. I won't let anything happen to you," my last sentence I said almost in a whisper. Thinking about my dream when I couldn't save her, makes my arms tighten around her, protectively. I will do anything and everything to protect her. Everything I can.. Even if it means killing my own child. I hate the thought, but it's true.
Aphrodite shakes her head, her face still buried in my chest.
"No, Darius. I'm not worried about myself," she then tilts her head up to look into my eyes, "I'm worried about our baby."
Our baby. I repeat it in my head many times. I can see why she's so upset. I mean, we had always wanted a family, but not right now. We're not ready. I don't know how to take care of a child either, but it can't be that hard? Right? Oh, but this child would be more complicated, of course. This child would try and kill my Aphrodite.. If we kept it.
"What do you wan t to do with..?" I start, but instead of finishing, I just gently place my hand over Aphrodite's stomach, where our baby is.
"I.. I want to keep him," she says quietly.
Of course. Of course I expected her to want to keep him, didn't I? We never really talked about having a family, but it was going to happen eventually, right? I've always wanted a family. But keeping this baby would be dangerous. I just can't stand the fact that her life would be in danger if we did keep…our baby. I don't know what to do though. I don't think I could kill my baby? No. I could never do that. It's just so confusing. It's not fair. But I can't tell her that. I can't tell her I don't want to keep our baby. It would crush her. So I simply say, "Okay."
As soon as I say okay, she quickly falls asleep in my arms.
Aphrodite
I open my eyes and see I'm in mine and Darius' bed at the depot. I must have dozed off after I talked to Darius about our baby. I told him I wanted to keep him, and I am. Nobody can change my mind. I have already made my decision, and I know the consequences. I'm not really scared for my safety, which is so unlike me. I just want my baby to be safe and healthy. But I don't understand how a child could kill his mother. I already love my little boy. I can't wait to see what he looks like, what his personality will be like, and to watch him grow up. If I will actually get to see him grow up..
I mentally shake the thoughts from my head. I'm too exhausted to think about that anymore. Then as my stomach growls, I realize I'm starving. I haven't eaten in a while. I guess I just haven't thought about food when I'm stuck in this bad situation. Other things have been on my mind. But my sleep quickly beats my hunger as I pass out on my bed, once again.
One week later
Aphrodite
I look at my stomach. It seems like it's getting larger and larger everyday, but maybe I'm just crazy. That's one of the things I hate about this whole pregnant thing. I hate looking like a fat lady. Bleh. The other thing I absolutely hate would probably be the morning sickness. It's awful. Thank goodness Darius is here to help me through it. He's the one who holds me when my emotions go crazy and I break down in tears or I have one of my moods when all I want to do is scream. I hate to say it, but it happens a lot. I can't help it, everyone's been pissing me off lately. Especially Zoey. She keeps warning me about my safety, what could happen to me if I kept the baby, blah, blah, blah. I can handle myself though. I'm keeping my baby, no matter what anybody says!
"Aphrodite, looks like your baby is growing really, really fast.." Zoey says to me with worrying eyes.
I roll my eyes at her. It's nice that she cares, I guess, but I can really take care of myself. "Zoey, he's fine. I guess he's just going to be a big boy," I smile at her, kind of a sarcastic smile. She deserves it though.
"Alright. I'll go get you some water," she says before hurrying on to the kitchen. She probably just wants to get away from me, the hormonal pregnant bitch.
"Actually Aphrodite, Zoey is right. I don't think you're suppose to be this big at this point in your pregnancy.." Darius says, grasping my hand, "Maybe we should go see someone?"
I look into his eyes. Wow. He's serious. He really is worried about this. I have to say I have noticed I'm getting bigger and bigger very quickly, but I just thought it was nothing. But maybe it is serious. Darius seems to be convinced that something is wrong, and I don't feel like arguing with him, so I don't.
"Alright. If you think I need to go see a doctor, I will. But you're coming with me, and just you! Just me and you. Nobody else!" I say to him, a little too loud.
He smiles at me. Oh, how I love my warriors smile. The sight of his smile makes me burst into tears, for some reason. Maybe it's these pregnancy hormones. He just wraps his arms around me, and I accept his embrace. I've kind of been ignoring his affection for a while, but I don't now. I need him. I need him now more than ever.
"I love you," He whispers into my eye.
"I love you too," I say with a smile. And for a moment it's like we are back in our little old cabin, before all of this shit happened, and it was just us. Together tangled up in each other's warmth.
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