Author's note: Some cute and hopefully not too cheesy Vivid stuff for you. ;)
She glanced up at the night sky while he was carrying her naked figure across the beach.
She felt like being watched by the millions of stars above them although she knew all too well that they were safe here at their secret part of the beach, especially at two in the morning.
It was their last night together before she would fly off to meet Conrad in London the next day and stay there for two unbearable weeks, separated from the man for whom her feelings grew stronger and stronger every second she spent with him.
Lost in her thoughts, she almost didn't notice that the water was already covering his knees when a wave touched her feet for the first time. She flinched, because she hadn't expected the ocean to be that cold in contrast to the warm air of this first summer night of the year. His strong arms pulled her up immediately and she felt her bare skin smashing against his.
"Shall I carry you back to our towels?"
"No, it's fine. It always takes me some time to get used to the water."
She began to relax in his grip again, laying her head against his chest and closing her eyes.
She did not mind the cold water reaching the upper part of the body as long as his hands were still holding her.
She'd miss him so much. Two weeks could be a very long time. Two weeks without his gentle touch, his admiring smile and the honesty of his words.
Slowly, a single tear started rolling down her cheek.
"Don't be sad. I'll be there for you when you come back." He wiped the tear from her face and then placed a kiss on her full red lips.
She didn't want the next day to approach so quickly, she wanted this magical moment to last forever and without hesitation she gave in to his soft but longing kiss completely…
Victoria's eyes shot open.
That night.
It was robbing her of her much needed sleep.
When they had arrived at this motel somewhere outside of New York City, the woman at the reception had almost been asleep and given them a key to their room without asking any further questions about them paying with cash.
David and Amanda had agreed to sleep on the sofa bed while Daniel had cuddled up to his mother on the uncomfortable mattress of the other bed in the room.
The 6-year-old had fallen asleep right away with his head resting on his mother's chest and his hands lying on her stomach.
Victoria had remembered how her son used to snuggle up in her bed every night Conrad was not home so they would feel less lonely with the big empty house all to themselves. She had read bedtime stories and sung lullabies for him, but with the beginning of his first year at boarding school those times had come to an end abruptly.
From then on, she had felt like a part of her was being ripped away from her permanently and she had spent hours of crying into her pillow, weeping for her little boy who was educated to become a worthy successor to his father.
But one day, at the New Year's Eve party, he had entered her life and had brought back a smile on her face. And as the weeks had passed that simple smile had turned from affection into love and eventually into so much more…
Victoria was listening to David's steady breathing which normally soothed her until she fell asleep. But since the last few days, every moment her thoughts drifted off to him, her mind kept repeating the events of that night from two months ago. Therefore, she was unable to get restful sleep, if any at all.
She already kept too many secrets from her lover and she certainly couldn't live with this one any longer, so she decided to carefully move her son's body away from her and get up.
David needed to know what she was holding back. Regardless of her own insecurity about the whole issue, Victoria was sure she was making the right choice when she woke David and motioned him that they needed to talk.
Quietly, she closed the door of the small bathroom behind them and turned on the flashy neon lights.
David blinked as a reaction to the horrible bright light which was now filling the room.
"What is it now, Vic?" He stood only a few inches away from Victoria, narrowed between a moldy shower and a toilet looking like it hadn't been cleaned for at least 10 years. "Did you change your plan? Do you already hate being poor and want to go back to being a Grayson? Because that sofa bed is ruining my back and I'm afraid that if Amanda sets one foot into this so-called bathroom she'll catch a fatal disease. How are they even allowed to run this place?"
"No, it's nothing like that. I haven't changed my mind." Victoria bit on her lip nervously. "I'll tell you, but don't be angry with me okay?"
"Come on, don't be so secretive, it's almost 4am."
"Do you remember that night at the beach about two months ago? Right before I went to London for two weeks?"
"How could I forget that. You looked like the most beautiful mermaid when the moonlight shone on you in the water. It was also the first time you told me you loved me back." Judging from the smitten smile that crept onto David's face at the mention of that night, Victoria realized that he didn't draw any conclusions yet so she decided for being direct.
"Well, I'm pregnant."
It took him a moment until the meaning of her words became clear to him. I'm pregnant.
That woman certainly never ceased to surprise him. It was already the third time she had left him in complete shock in a conversation in only one night. But this revelation of hers was most definitely the most surprising of all.
"With... with my child?" David stammered. He couldn't believe that what she was telling him was true.
"Of course with your child! What do you think?" Victoria's voice started breaking away because she couldn't hide her emotions anymore.
"And you think it happened that night?" Suddenly it all made sense to him.
Victoria nodded and tried to regain control of her voice again. "Yes, I'm almost 100 percent sure. I realize now that it was in fact perfect timing."
"So we're going to have a baby? Together? Don't you know how wonderful that is?" David was beaming with joy and it was more than difficult for him to stay calm. "Why would I be angry with you?"
"I thought you might feel trapped because you'll need to take care of another child and you'd think I only want to be with you because I'm having your baby."
Your baby. Those words coming from Victoria's lips meant everything to him. She just didn't seem to understand that all of her worries were ungrounded. Thus, in lack of an appropriate choice of words, David lifted her up and began spinning her around like some love-struck teenage boy.
Unfortunately, after only a few seconds, he was stopped by his back crashing against a mirror in the tiny room and he was forced to put Victoria back to the ground. His arms however remained tied around her slim body.
"You're waking up the whole motel!" She gripped his arms to steady herself as she hadn't been prepared for his sudden emotional outburst.
"To hell with this place! We're going to be a real family!" He smiled the brightest smile Victoria had ever seen on a man's face.
"Oh my God, I'm so relieved I got this off my chest." She couldn't help it when her eyes became wet and she started to cry. She felt too many things at the same time. Relief, joy, love, fear, insecurity. But in David's arms all of the latter seemed to disappear so she leaned into his embrace like she had done so many times before when her whole life had been a mess.
Instinctively, he pulled Victoria closer and began rubbing her back and caressing her hair. He knew exactly how handle her by now. What she needed to feel better when she was sad and what was giving her comfort when she felt lonely and insecure.
In the beginning, it had been extremely difficult with her since she hadn't trusted him enough to show her real emotions, but after some time she had been willing to share everything with him because she had realized that he was the only person who truly understood her.
And now she was giving him a child which made David inexpressibly proud.
"Shhhhh, calm down." He was gently playing with long streaks of Victoria's hair while she was sobbing into his shirt. "You've made me the happiest person on earth right now. You should've told me earlier."
"I only..." She sniffed and lifted her head a bit to look into David's eyes. " I took the pregnancy test only four days ago. I didn't know what to do, I was so desperate. If Conrad had found out he would've never let me have this baby. So I would've had to make him believe that it was actually his but I couldn't betray you. It felt so wrong. I want you to know that this is your child, David, because Conrad hasn't even touched me for like six months. This could only happen because of your love for me." Her brown eyes were staring at him and he detected not only love in that stare but also fear.
"You don't have to be afraid, Victoria. I won't let anyone harm you or our baby, especially not Conrad, I promise."
And the next moment, he forgot about absolutely everything except her warm lips suddenly crashing onto his, feeling her hands in his neck and gripping his hair until they found their way under his shirt pulling it over his head with ease.
David then freed her of her tank top in return and began kissing her cleavage which he knew would make her lose her senses if he was only doing it right.
He smiled to himself when a few minutes later Victoria was already moaning and digging her nails into his back.
"David, please.", she whispered. "Stop..."
No, he definitely wasn't willing to stop now. He liked teasing her and begging him to stop was her usual reaction to it. He was about to also free her of her trousers when she pushed his hands away roughly.
That however, was not a usual reaction of hers and David shot her an irritated look.
"Don't you hear it?" Victoria quickly grabbed her tank top and put it back on. "Daniel is obviously awake."
"Mommy?" Now that David listened carefully, he also heard the boy calling from next door.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't..." He was interrupted by Victoria giving him another kiss and stating: "There wouldn't have been enough space for us in here anyway and it smells bad. I love you." And just like that she entered the bedroom with a smile on her face and laid down next to her son again.
I felt like this was a defining moment of their relationship so I decided to give it an extra chapter. The next one will be following the storyline again, I promise.