New chapter time! I have a bit of an issue… I don't think I did the whole 'shopping' thing right… so please forgive me. Oh and one more review to 50!
I don't own Underworld
A few months had passed since they had moved to Italy. Selene now had a clearly defined baby bump. The morning sickness seemed to have subsided, and it was a great relief to the former Death Dealer. She hated those moments where she felt too sick to get out of bed.
"Selene, are you ready?" Michael called to her. She was in the bathroom, trying to put on her clothes. Although widely against it, they figured it would be best to have Eve enrolled in school. If something went wrong, she was to contact them immediately. Since she was there, they agreed that it had to be done, no matter what. Michael was taking Selene for new clothes.
"Not yet." She yelled back, trying to put her pants on. Lately she's been having a harder time getting her clothes on. A week ago, she completely gave up on her leather suit, and was sticking to jeans and a loose t-shirt, but now her jeans weren't fitting her either.
"May I come in?" He asked, standing by the door. He heard her yell for him to come in, and he did so. He saw her trying to get her pants on and sighed. It shouldn't be like this; she shouldn't be having issues like that this early into her pregnancy. He walked over to her and helped her button them.
"Thanks," She said, "I really don't want to do this."
"You don't have a choice." He replied "As you can already tell, you aren't fitting into your pants anymore. You need new clothes."
"Can't you go out and buy them for me?" Selene asked.
"No, you have to come." He said, taking her hand "It's not as bad as you're making it out to be. Just be glad I'm not making you go bra shopping." She looked away, clearly embarrassed. He sighed "Come on, the faster we get out of the house, the faster we can do the shopping and be done with it."
"Fine," She said, leaving the bathroom and heading to the door. He followed her, the keys to the car in hand. They drove off to the mall in silence.
Michael's gaze landed on Selene. She was staring out the window, a hand covering her stomach. He smiled at the sight.
They pulled into a parking spot and climbed out of the car. He took her hand and that walked inside.
"There is something I need to do first. I'll meet you by the maternity clothes." He kissed her forehead and walked off. Selene was tempted to follow him, but decided against it. Instead she went straight to the maternity section. She began to look at pants, trying to pick out enough pairs where she wouldn't have to do this again for a while. She felt a hand lay on her shoulder and she jumped.
"Mi dispiace(I'm sorry)." A woman said, smiling. She said something Selene didn't understand, and she cocked her head.
"My apologies." Selene said "I don't speak much Italian."
"No problem," The woman said, her accent thick "I asked if you needed assistance."
"Oh," Selene said "I'm fine, thank you though." The woman nodded and walked away. She went back to what she was doing. She managed to find a few pairs of pants that would do. She moved on to look at shirts.
"There you are Selene." Michael said, walking up next to her. He had a small bag in his hand.
"What did you get?" Selene asked.
"It's something Eve wanted me to get. She asked me not to show you so…" He trailed off and looked at the clothes in her arm "You need more then that Selene."
"No, I don't." Selene said "I'll be fine with this for now."
"Selene, do you want to do this again?" When he didn't get a reply, he continued "You need more than a few pairs of pants and a couple of t-shirts. Also, getting a dress or two wouldn't kill you." She glared at him. "I'll find you a new dress, come on." He took her hand and pulled her to where the dresses were. They began to look at dresses.
"I think this one will look good on you." Michael said, showing her a dark blue one.
"No." Selene said, looking at black dresses.
"Selene, you can't just look at black. Just try this one on, please?" He asked, handing her the dress. She sighed and took it from his hand. She looked at a few more, and picked out a deep red one as well as a black one. She turned and walked to a fitting room.
She tried on the blue one first. She sighed; Michael was right. The dress fit her phenomenally, and the color did wonders. She took it off and threw it onto the chair in the dressing room and tried on the other two. They didn't look as good as the blue one did. She decided to get the red and the blue. She put back on her normal clothes and walked out.
"What did I tell you?" He asked, an amused smirk on his face.
"Go to hell," She hissed, paying for the clothes. She wasn't in the mood for an 'I told you so.'
"Come on Selene, you don't really mean that." He said, grabbing the bags for her "After all, if I did go to hell, wouldn't you miss the nights we spend…"
"Michael, I swear to god, if you continue to taunt me like this, I will make it so that this child is our last." She said, grabbing the keys from his pocket and heading to the car. Michael sighed and followed her. He put the bags in the trunk and climbed into the drivers sear. He started the car up and pulled out of the parking space.
"Let's go pick up Eve, alright?" Michael asked, but he didn't receive a response. Selene was staring out the window "Selene?"
"Can you just drop me off at home?" She asked
"No, you and I are going to pick our daughter up from school." He said "And you are going to tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing's wrong." She snapped, "I just want to go home, that's all."
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" He asked, pulling into the school's parking lot. They would be waiting a few minutes before her class got out.
"I need blood." She said. Michael nodded, knowing he should have figured it out sooner. She would need to feed more often now. He looked around to make sure nobody was watching, and then he bit into his wrist and held it to her mouth. Her mouth began to water and her fangs extended. Her eyes became that electric blue. She grabbed his wrist and began to drink deeply.
After a minute or so, she pulled off.
"Thank you Michael." She said, moving her gaze back to the window. He sighed and took her hand off her lap and held it. She glanced at him, but then her eyes travelled back to the window. She watched as Eve waved goodbye to a couple people and ran up to their car.
"Hi Mum, Daddy," Eve said, climbing into the car "How was your day?"
"It was fine, how about yours?" Michael said.
"It was amazing!" Eve said, smiling "I made some friends, and we ate together… or well they ate, I talked."
"Did they ask why you weren't eating?" Selene asked.
"No," Eve said
"Good, come on, let's go." Michael pulled out of the parking lot and back to their house. Once they got there, Eve ran out of the car to get started on her homework. Selene went to climb out of the car, when he grabbed her hand.
"Come take a walk with me?" He offered. She nodded and got out of the car. He did the same and went took her hand. They began to walk, into the forest nearby. He stopped suddenly and turned to her.
"Selene," He said "Do you love me?"
"More than anything." She replied.
"Good," He said, smiling. He went down on one knee and pulled out a velvet box. She gasped. "Selene, I love you more than anything. You have saved my life many times. Will you marry me?"
"Michael… yes, I will." She said as he placed the small diamond ring on her finger. He stood up and she went into his arms. He held her close, breathing in her scent. He held her at arms length, and then kissed her.
"Now tell me, Selene, what is wrong?" He asked her once they had separated. She bit her lip and sighed.
"I got an email…" Selene said
"From who?" Michael asked, sounding curious.
"It was from… Kraven."
Yay! Next chapter done! And whoever gets the 50th review/comment/whatever will get a special recognition in my next chapter, and a one-shot dedicated to them :D Whoever gets it, gets to choose the topic as well as who(Underworld only) it's about.
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