I DO NOT own Watchmen. It is property of Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and DC Comics. Hm, okay I'm definitely think I'll do a sequel now that'll be about Stefani and the baby after Jon leaves. I'm also thinking of doing something where I can tell Adrian or Jon's point of view. Maybe the last chapter or something.
Second Surprise
March 29th, 1985
"Oh God." I moaned as I slid off Jon.
My body was coated in slick sweat and I was panting for breath.
He rubbed the back of my thigh and kissed my forehead gently.
I rested my weak muscles for a moment before sitting up to get dressed.
"Leaving already?" Jon asked with a tinge of amusement in his voice.
"Sorry." I looked back at him and raced to the bathroom.
I was supposed to go to some party with Adrian tonight and I was already running late.
I quickly doused myself in perfume to get rid of the scent of sweat and slid on my dress. I wanted to match him tonight so I threw on a little black dress that barely cleared my ass and royal purple shoes. I wasn't sure what to do with my hair. Sex or not it still fell in waves around my face. I quickly opted to pull it all up.
I ran from the bathroom. Jon was sitting on my windowsill like a lonely cat.
"I'll see you later." I breathed quickly as I kissed him.
He looked at me with something I couldn't decipher, so I grabbed my clutch and raced out.
As soon as I entered the hall I pulled the ring from it and slipped it around my finger. After getting back together with Adrian he had told me the same night that he carried it around with him everywhere and asked me to put it back on a few days later.
When I got outside Adrian was waiting in front of his limo as usual. He wore one of his signature black suits with a purple tie and shoes. He also wore purple-tinted sunglasses although the sun would be completely gone at any minute.
"Hello there beautiful." he smiled and kissed me.
He opened the door for me and I crawled inside. He followed suit the slammed the door behind him. Almost immediately the car began to move.
He took off his glasses then put an arm around me.
"I've got something for you." he grinned.
"Something like what?" I raised an eyebrow seductively.
He leaned over and grabbed a square black gift box from under the seat and handed it to me.
I opened it and gasped. There was sterling silver chain attached to a huge purple pendant with matching earrings.
"What is it?" I aske marveling in its beauty.
"Rare diamond. You like it right?"
"Do I have to answer that?"
He pulled it from the box slowly then separated the two strands and fastened it around me neck. I fingered the large rock and smiled.
"Thankyou so much. Why do you always buy me things like this?" I looked at him.
"Because I love spoiling you." he smiled then kissed my neck.
I hummed pleasurably and ran my fingers through his blonde hair.
"Better stop while I'm ahead." he sighed then pulled away.
Since we had gotten back together Adrian and I had decided to try and re-establish ourselves on a more emotional level rather than our usually physical one. I had always figured I didn't have much to learn about him since his life had been slapped across the pages of magazines everywhere, but to my surprise I had a lot to learn.
It came as a surprise to me that Jon didn't find out until I told him, which was strange because I had figured he would have seen it before. He was...indifferent when I told him, which scared me the most. That night right before I left him he told me he loved me. At first I felt undeniably guilty, but then I remembered that Jon had a girlfriend of his own. It was almost the same with the exception that they weren't getting married.
My feet began to throb and I kicked off my shoes. It seemed like I was going up a shoe size or something because all of my shoes had suddenly gotten a lot tighter.
"So how would you feel about going on vacation with me?" he asked kissing my head.
"Vacation? Where?"
"I was thinking maybe Cairo."
I pulled back and looked at him.
"Your serious?"
"Of course."
I paused for a moment as the excitement built up.
"YES!" I screamed and threw my arms around him.
He chuckled warmly and held me for a moment.
"I thought you'd be pleased." he smiled and kissed me.
"Hell yes." I kissed him back and giggled.
The car stopped suddenly and the door opened within a few seconds.
Adrian's driver extended a hand and I took it and stepped out into the flashbulb-tinged air. Adrian came out behind me stood inches away, not touching me but close enough to keep me comfortable.
"Mr. Veidt!" came choruses of voices all at once. Cameras went off at every angle and direction. Several girls screamed his name and grabbed at him from behind the velvet rope.
He put a hand lightly on my waist and waved to the crowd.
"Just keep walking." he whispered in my ear and showed his pearly whites.
"Adrian! Hey Adrian!" cried a reporter.
He turned and looked back then smiled for a moment.
"Tom!" he exclaimed.
He grabbed my fingers and pulled me back over with him.
"Well who is this?" the reporter asked looking at me.
"This would be Stefani. One of my best- no, the best worker on my nuclear science team."
"Hm. Where the hell did you find a girl that sexy with those kind of brains?"
Adrian chuckled serenly and put an arm around my shoulders in a friendly-boss type of way.
"Can I get a picture?" Tom asked.
"Of course. Do you even have to ask Tom?"
He laughed then held up his camera. Adrian brought my body to its usual vicinity and I put my hand on his chest.
"Very handsome." Tom squinted behind the camera.
We moved apart reluctantly and he lead me back towards the entrance of the building ignoring the rest of the cameras.
We entered the building and he grabbed my hand.
"What, are you re-claiming me now?" I snapped sarcastically.
"No cameras." he muttered in my ear. "Besides, you know I go crazy if I have to go more than a few moments without touching you." he wrapped his hands around my waist.
"Adrian!" cried an annoying voice.
I looked up and blushed as Richard Nixon himself walked up to us.
He shook hands with Adrian and smiled.
"And you are...?" he looked at me.
"Stefani Mignon." Adrian answered for me.
"Ah...and what erm...company do you work with?"
"Ugh I-" I stuttered confused.
"She's my fiance." Adrian answered again coldly.
I blushed suddenly as I realized what he meant. He had thought I was a hooker!
"Fiance!" he exclaimed. "Well congratulations! Sorry for the er, mishap." he shook Adrian's hand and winked at me.
I swallowed my distaste. I had never really had any sort of like for the man. To be honest I actually loathed him as a president.
"Thankyou sir." he shook Nixon's hand stiffly then turned to me.
"Why don't we head over to the bar?" he smiled at me.
"Okay." I grumbled.
Without a word her grabbed my arm and steered me to the bar and sat me down.
"Sorry about that." he kissed my hand and waited for the bartender.
I nodded wordlessly then looked up at him. The bartender rushed over hurriedly.
"What can I get you?" he asked us.
"Bourbon whiskey for me and...what do you want?" he looked at me.
"Uh...can I have a water or something?" I changed my mind last minute. Something made me feel like I really shouldn't be drinking.
"You okay?" Adrian asked me concerned.
"Yeah I just...I dunno something makes me feel like I shouldn't be drinking."
He looked at me then his eyes widened.
"Let's go." he demanded then pulled me up and half-dragged me.
"Wait! Adrian...what the hell is wrong?!"
He tugged me restlessly from the building and into the sea of flashbulbs.
My heels dragged across the pavement as he rushed me to the limo then pushed me inside.
"Adrian! What. The. Hell?!" I exclaimed angrily.
"Drive. Her place!" he shouted to the driver.
"Adrian, WHAT THE FUCK?!" I screamed.
"Okay, you said your feet hurt on the drive up here, remember?" he looked at me.
"Wha-?" I started confused.
"Then last week when we were together you were complaining about your breasts. And I didn't want to say anything but during lunch the other day you ate more than a teenage boy."
"What the hell are you saying?"
"Are you pregnant?"
I froze shocked, disturbed by my late uptake. It all made sense. I couldn't count how many times I had dragged Adrian into a bathroom to have sex because I was so horny the past few weeks, and there had been a slight pouch at the bottom of my stomach I had mistaken for PMS bloating.
"Oh God." I moaned and sat back in my seat as the memories came flooding back. There was no way in hell I could make it through that again if I had to.
As if he was thinking the same thing he wrapped his arms around me.
"It'll be okay." he whispered into my hair.
The ride back to my place took forever. I got out slowly Adrian held my hand and walked me back up to my apartment.
The box was in the back of the cabinet right where I left it. The flaps were open and the remaining test lay on its side. I took a deep breath and fished it out then did my business.
I left it on the bathroom sink then washed my hands and went back to my room to change. Adrian was waiting on the bed biting his nails.
"Your more nervous than me." I joked as I peeled off my dress and flopped down on the bed.
"I don't think you understand what this means to me." he softly mumbled.
"I think I do." I whispered, then crawled behind him and pressed my body against his back. I kissed his broad and tense shoulders. I wasn't sure which one of us really wanted this more but I didn't think disagreeing with him would do any good at the moment.
I rubbed his chest gently and kissed his back. His body eventually relaxed underneath my soft touch.
"I love you." I whispered in his ear.
"I love you more." he replied then turned to kiss me. I leaned back on the pillow and he pushed me down then rested next to me. I laid my head down on his muscular chest and he wrapped his arms around me.
"I've wanted to be a dad since I lost my parents." he whispered.
"Bet you never thought it'd be with someone like me." I joked.
"The woman of my dreams? Who else would it be?" he smiled.
He held me and we tallked for nearly an hour before I climbed out of bed and walked to the bathroom.
Adrian followed me loyally and stood in the doorway. I took a breath and walked over to the linoleum sink and looked at the test.
I looked up at him and tears welled up in my eyes and nodded.
Before I could even walk over to him he came and picked me up then wrapped my legs around his waist.
"I love you." he laughed into my neck and kissed me. I laughed joyfully and kissed his temple.
He carried me back to the bedroom and set me down before ripping off his clothes.
As the sweat dripped from our bodies I felt truly happy for the first time in awhile.
I had no idea the trouble had just began.