OOC- Thank you everyone for reviewing! And look I've gotten off my lazy
arse and posted the last two chapters of this story. I'm so sorry for all
those that I kept in the lurch, wanting to know did she really get rid of
the baby?!? Well here is the conclusion of this story; chapters 13 and 14.
Thank you so much to everyone!!!
"You what???" Pride said not believing his ears. He looked to Faith lying there in the bloody sheets, had she really done it?
"I got rid of the baby!" Faith said half crying and half yelling at him, "How can I bring a child into the world when the father goes sleeping around with whomever!"
"How could you be so STUPID!" Pride said to her, his voice raising to a yell, "How can you compare the two! You just took a life...I made a mistake. A mistake. How could you do that to our baby!"
"And how could you do that to me? Sleep with one of my own tribe members. Mistake or no, you made it. You committed the act. You had to have known!" Faith said in her half crying and half yelling voice.
"I didn't know! For the millionth time!" Pride yelled back, "You destroyed a life Faith! A life! Of an innocent young child! Just to get back at me!"
"You destroyed me!" Faith yelled back to him, "How do you think I felt seeing you in there with her. It killed me inside."
"It was a mistake. I didn't know okay? I can't help it," Pride said, "What's happened has happened......" Pride stopped and let things sink in. It was disgusting. He yelled out to himself and then started pacing, "I love you for God's sake Faith! How could you?"
Faith had been ready for a comeback to whatever Pride would say but the words 'I love you' caught her off guard. She sat there looking at him pacing back and forth as the words hit chords within her, "You love me?" she whispered softly. She paused again looking at him and said gently, "I love you too."
Pride looked to her. He hadn't meant to say he loved her. It just came out. So there he had. He loved her. And she loved him back. But how could she love him so much to have killed their baby, "A dead baby is still a dead baby Faith. Love has nothing to do with it now," Pride said calming down a bit.
"But...but I didn't kill the baby," Faith said shyly, "There....there was no baby."
Pride stopped and looked at her, "What did you just say?" he asked in shock.
"I said there was no baby..." she repeated herself, "I was upset. It just came out that I was pregnant. I thought I'd get back at you. So I ran here to my hut and set this up like I had gotten rid of the baby. It wasn't real."
Pride stared at her for a long time. It was all a set up. She was never pregnant. All of these swirled around his head as he tried to make sense of some part of it.
Faith moved off of the bed to him, "Pride...I'm sorry..." she said reaching for him, but he moved from her touch.
"Don't...." he said. And then looked to her and suddenly turned, "I have to go...."
"But where? Where are you going?" Faith asked.
"I just have to go..." he said and left the hut swiftly. He left Faith standing there staring at the door and thinking 'what have I done? I've pushed him away.'
Pride left the Protectors village without looking back. He needed to be alone. He needed to think things over with. He didn't walk back to the mall, but deeper into the forests. He needed to totally be alone, in nature to think. To think what he was going to do...
Faith didn't see Pride for the next few days. She didn't see much of her tribe for that matter. She stayed in her hut for those few days. She refused to go out. She would only allowed food and water to come in. Though she barely touched the food. Maybe a picking or something, but she didn't feel like eating. She was worried. She was worried about Pride and where he had gone and when, if ever, he would return. He probably wouldn't after the way she acted. She thought about it over and over again, and she hated to be wrong but she had be wrong. She had been wrong to try and pretend. And then in the end she had ruined everything.
By the third day she had tried not to think about it. She had to get past this, be strong for her tribe. They didn't need a love sick girl as a leader. By the afternoon of that, she was ready to face her tribe again. That was until a knock came at her door.
"Enter..." she called to whomever was at the door thinking it was someone bring her food. She was surprised to see Pride enter.
"You what???" Pride said not believing his ears. He looked to Faith lying there in the bloody sheets, had she really done it?
"I got rid of the baby!" Faith said half crying and half yelling at him, "How can I bring a child into the world when the father goes sleeping around with whomever!"
"How could you be so STUPID!" Pride said to her, his voice raising to a yell, "How can you compare the two! You just took a life...I made a mistake. A mistake. How could you do that to our baby!"
"And how could you do that to me? Sleep with one of my own tribe members. Mistake or no, you made it. You committed the act. You had to have known!" Faith said in her half crying and half yelling voice.
"I didn't know! For the millionth time!" Pride yelled back, "You destroyed a life Faith! A life! Of an innocent young child! Just to get back at me!"
"You destroyed me!" Faith yelled back to him, "How do you think I felt seeing you in there with her. It killed me inside."
"It was a mistake. I didn't know okay? I can't help it," Pride said, "What's happened has happened......" Pride stopped and let things sink in. It was disgusting. He yelled out to himself and then started pacing, "I love you for God's sake Faith! How could you?"
Faith had been ready for a comeback to whatever Pride would say but the words 'I love you' caught her off guard. She sat there looking at him pacing back and forth as the words hit chords within her, "You love me?" she whispered softly. She paused again looking at him and said gently, "I love you too."
Pride looked to her. He hadn't meant to say he loved her. It just came out. So there he had. He loved her. And she loved him back. But how could she love him so much to have killed their baby, "A dead baby is still a dead baby Faith. Love has nothing to do with it now," Pride said calming down a bit.
"But...but I didn't kill the baby," Faith said shyly, "There....there was no baby."
Pride stopped and looked at her, "What did you just say?" he asked in shock.
"I said there was no baby..." she repeated herself, "I was upset. It just came out that I was pregnant. I thought I'd get back at you. So I ran here to my hut and set this up like I had gotten rid of the baby. It wasn't real."
Pride stared at her for a long time. It was all a set up. She was never pregnant. All of these swirled around his head as he tried to make sense of some part of it.
Faith moved off of the bed to him, "Pride...I'm sorry..." she said reaching for him, but he moved from her touch.
"Don't...." he said. And then looked to her and suddenly turned, "I have to go...."
"But where? Where are you going?" Faith asked.
"I just have to go..." he said and left the hut swiftly. He left Faith standing there staring at the door and thinking 'what have I done? I've pushed him away.'
Pride left the Protectors village without looking back. He needed to be alone. He needed to think things over with. He didn't walk back to the mall, but deeper into the forests. He needed to totally be alone, in nature to think. To think what he was going to do...
Faith didn't see Pride for the next few days. She didn't see much of her tribe for that matter. She stayed in her hut for those few days. She refused to go out. She would only allowed food and water to come in. Though she barely touched the food. Maybe a picking or something, but she didn't feel like eating. She was worried. She was worried about Pride and where he had gone and when, if ever, he would return. He probably wouldn't after the way she acted. She thought about it over and over again, and she hated to be wrong but she had be wrong. She had been wrong to try and pretend. And then in the end she had ruined everything.
By the third day she had tried not to think about it. She had to get past this, be strong for her tribe. They didn't need a love sick girl as a leader. By the afternoon of that, she was ready to face her tribe again. That was until a knock came at her door.
"Enter..." she called to whomever was at the door thinking it was someone bring her food. She was surprised to see Pride enter.