A week. A week. A week. A week. A week. Owen has been gone for a week. Guards are still searching, guards from every country. I have done nothing but work. I wake up and go straight to my office, I don't go back to our room until it's past dinner and it's late. I barely have eaten anything and I'm stressed. I shouldn't not be eating, I really shouldn't. I cry myself to sleep. For a week…...a week. I groaned and threw the papers in the drawer. I stood up and walked out of the room. I walked to Owen's room, well sort of my room. Our room and I pulled off the blazer. I pulled down my hair and slipped off my heels, putting them in the closet. I walked out to the balcony and just stared out into the empty fields. Trees were planted around the fields and it was just the perfect spot. There was a knock on the door. I walked over to it and answered the door.
"America he's here." a guard said. This guard was Ty Danvers and he was the guard positioned right outside the royal wing. He rarely calls me by my first name but at this point I'll allow it.
"Where?" I asked.
"The gates, I'm about to go and tell the rest of them." he told me. I walked past him and just walked and walked picking up my pace as I walked. I got to the main entrance and I sighed before I nodded to the guards who opened the door. Owen was walking towards the castle, he looked up to me.
"America." he whispered, I walked down the steps and went into his arms. I cried into his chest softly.
"I missed you so much." I whispered into his chest.
"I missed you to baby." he replied and stroked my hair.
"Don't ever leave again." I told him and pulled away.
"Not like I had a choice." he replied sadly.
"I said to never do it again. Got it?" I said sternly looking into his eyes. He noticed my pain and he nodded. "Good." I replied. His brothers and sisters walked out and they all bombarded him with hugs, I laughed quietly and backed away. Marlee walked out and walked up to Owen, she whispered something in his ear and he looked over to me.
We walked inside, I was holding onto Owen's hand with my life like he was going to get taken again.
"I'm here, I'm not going anywhere." he whispered in my ear. I nodded slightly, loosening my grip. We all went back to our rooms and made plans to meet up later after dinner in the family room. Owen and I made our way to his room and when we got there his lips attached to mine. The softness, the sweetness, the love just made me feel better. But what made me feel even better were the events that happened after that.
We were laying in bed, covered in our sheet and I was drawing circles on his chest while his hands were running through my hair. We were just silent.
"So my parents…" he began, I stiffened. "Yeah, I know." he whispered. He was quiet for a minute. "How did you like running a country?" he asked me.
"It was fine." I mumbled back.
"And are you fine?" he asked me, I didn't know how to respond to that. "Marlee told me that you were doing nothing but sitting in your office, doing paperwork. She said you barely ate and you were stressed and your eyes were always puffy." he said. I stopped making circles on his chest.
All of that was true yes, but it's not that big of a deal.
"America." he whispered. I was silent still not responding. How do I respond to something like that. "How bad?" he questioned, regarding me. How bad I felt and how stressed I felt. How much I missed him, how much I was practically depressed. I sighed.
"Yeah. While you were gone, I felt like half of me wasn't even with me anymore. My heart was in pain. I love you so much and knowing that you had a pretty high chance of dying just ruined me, because I didn't know anything about running a country. Haidee helped me get through the past week. Half the time I didn't even know what to do and I wished every second of the day that you were here, that you were right through the door and I could open it and see you there. But you weren't there, and I was alone." I said and a tear fell from my eye onto his chest.
"I'm sorry." he told me. I wasn't looking at his face but his apology didn't seem sincere. Not a single bit.
"Don't apologize." I told him and kissed the tear off of his chest.
We went back to our position before and we were laying there for a while enjoying the moment between us. "I'm gonna shower." I told him and stood up grabbed my robe from next to the bed and slipped it on me. I walked to the bathroom and started the shower. I was in there for a while, just letting the hot water run on my body.
It seems like nothing will ever be the same. I don't know why but there is something he's not telling me. Something else happened out there. He was hiding something from me.
I got out of the shower and brushed my hair, and my teeth. I walked back out of the bathroom with my robe around me and I walked over to the closet not looking over to Owen. I put on a pair of jeans and a peplum top. I walked back out and Owen was in the bathroom. I did my hair and makeup at the vanity and walked out of the room.
I walked down the hall and towards the office. I started going through all the papers and just engrossed myself in what I needed to do. I didn't see Owen for the rest of the day and I didn't eat breakfast. I figured he was with his family.
I found the piece of paper the doctor gave me. It was delivered just now with a big lunch, confirming that I was pregnant. Yeah, I'm pregnant. Pregnant. A baby…..a baby.
*gasps* Cliff Hanger...ooops? I'll update when I can, but I don't know how long it'll be.