No I'm not dead! I know it took me forever to write the epilogue and I'm really sorry! It's because my parents aren't together anymore so there's a lot of shit happening in my home BUT ANYWAY!
I guess I should apologize before you read the epilogue because it's shitty... I rewrote it I don't know how many times but I'm still not happy with how it turned out...
I was supposed to update this weekend but it was my birthday so... PARTY TIME! lol I'm so old now... 17... I don't want to have 18! lol I know I'm strange.
I wanna thank all the readers and especially the ones who had reviewed! You guys are so awesome! your support means the world to me! It gave me the motivation to actually complete this story.
well now I'll shut up and let you read! I hope it doesn't suck too much...
THANKS AGAIN!
-Epilogue-
Four years later
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Tala looked up at the clock and sighed in annoyance when he saw he was stucked there for another hour before finally going back home and talk to Alexe. Tala's fist clenched when he thought about his girlfriend. Recently, she had started to act strangely and when he asked her why she said it wasn't true and that he should stop worrying.
Stop worrying... Hn. He had been with her for over four years now so he definitely knew when something was wrong with her. He had talked to Kai about it but his friend told him he didn't know anything. It angered Tala that she was hiding something from him. She had NEVER done it before.
"Hey Valkov, you can leave earlier if you want. You'll just have to finish these papers tomorrow." Tala turned around and glared at his blue-haired friend.
"Hn no thanks Hiwatari. You know we have to post them before tomorrow." The blue-eyed Russian replied.
"Look Tala, with everything you have on your mind right now, your work is shitty anyway so you should go home. It's not like you have a choice, I'm your boss after all." Kai smirked and Tala's glared intensified.
"Fine Hiwatari." Tala started to pack his things and was about to leave when Kai put his hand on his shoulder.
"Tala... Try to talk to Alexe again. Maybe she's scared to tell you something because she doesn't know how you'll react. It's not easy sometimes to deal with us and you know that." As Kai finished his speech, Tala turned around and stared at him suspiously.
"What do you know that I don't?" He asked and Kai shook his head. "I know as much as you do. What I'm saying is that Alexe loves you Tala. I'm sure she'll tell you what's going on when she'll feel ready." Tala nodded at Kai and left without another word. "That's why I'm happy not to have a girlfriend who's driving me insane."
Tala entered in the appartment he was sharing with Alexe. He wasn't surprised to see Matt sitting in their kitchen. The black-haired man waved at him but Tala just glared back. He still had a lot of hatred for him. Tala entered the kitchen and looked around.
"Where's Alexe?" He asked coldly. Talking to Matt without hitting him was hard for him. Matt pointed the bathroom door and Tala nodded. He started to make himself some coffee. He wanted to smile as he felt arms around his waist.
"Hey sexy worker." She said seductively in his ear. Even after four years, she still had a lot of effects on him when she was acting like this. He turned around to face her and was about to kiss her but he saw Matt looking at them so he just continued to make his coffee.
"Why are you home so soon?" Alexe asked and sat in front of Matt. Tala narrowed his eyes when he saw this but said nothing. He knew his girlfriend was too blind to see that her so called friend was still in love with her.
"Hn I've finished my work earlier so Kai told me I could go home." He answered still eyeing his rival. Alexe nodded and then started a conversation with Matt. The Russian grabbed his cup of coffee and went in the living room.
-With Matt and Alexe-
"So, you still haven't told him?" Matt asked and Alexe looked down at her feet. "No... I don't know how he's going to take this news... What if he doesn't want to stay with me after that? I don't think I'd be able to do this alone..." She sighed sadly.
"As hard as it is to believe, Tala loves you Alexe. He won't let you down. Maybe he's going to be happy? I mean, if I would be with a girl for that long and that she'd tell me this, I'd be the happiest man on this earth." Matt had spent the last three weeks trying to cheer her up but it wasn't really working.
"I guess you're right..." Alexe still wasn't convince at all. This news had been so unpredictable and probably not wanted by Tala. "I have to go now but if you need me you know you can call me anytime." Matt hugged Alexe tightly before leaving.
Alexe sighed for at least the hundredth time today and went in the living room. She smiled when she saw her lover taking a nap on the couch. Tala was working really hard to give to Alexe the best life possible. She wasn't asking for it but Tala said that she deserved it.
She decided to go make the supper while he was sleeping peacefully. She came back in the kitchen and started to take the things she needed. "Oh no you don't." A voice behind her said. "You could have continued to sleep you know." She stated as she turned around to look at the Russian.
"No, I wasn't tired at all... And I want to go eat to the restaurant with you tonight." He said and pulled her against his chest. She wrapped her arms around him and smiled. It was so good to be in his arms. He placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Is something wrong Tala? You're more affectionate than usual." Alexe remarked. "I thought that's how you wanted me to be." He replied as he let her small body go. "Tala, we've already discussed about this a milion times before. You don't need to change for me. I love you the way you are. It wasn't a critic, it was an observation." Tala didn't say a word and went in the lobby.
When he came back, he gave to Alexe her coat. "Thanks." She said slowly as she put it on. He did the same with his own and looked at his girlfriend. She seemed lost in her own world again. He was seriously getting sick of it.
"Are we going now or are you going to stare at me all night?" Alexe teased him. She was taken aback when he glared at her. She let it slip knowing it wasn't worth a fight. They left the apartment and Tala locked the door behind them.
"Where are we going to eat?" The petite girl asked to the Russian. He simply shrugged his shoulders and started to go down the stairs. "I hate when you're acting like this Tala!" Alexe growled. "I could say the same you know." He replied coldly. She frowned at this. He was right...
"Look, I have my reasons and I AHHHH!" Alexe had slipped because the floor was slippery since it was winter and everyone was bringing snow inside with their boots. Tala's eyes widened as he saw his girlfriend tumbled down ths stairs. He managed to catch her at the end but it was too late. He had heard a loud crak and now her wrist was broken but she didn't seem bothered by this, she seems panicked by something else.
"Tala... call an ambulence!" She practically yelled. He quickly took his cellphone and dialed the hospital's number. He then looked at Alexe. She was crying non-stop. He sighed and looked carefully at her broken wrist. "Look, it's going to be okay, I promise." Tala said trying to calm her down but it did the opposite effect.
"It's not gonna be okay! It could be dead!" She yelled in his face and snatched her wrist away from him. She winced in pain but she was too angry right now to care about it. "What could be dead?" He asked confused. He had never saw her like this before.
"The baby!" She yelled and put her hands on her mouth when she realized what she had said. Tala froze and looked at her with cold eyes. He finally knew why she was acting weird for the past few days. He was going to be a father? "It could be dead!" He then remembered these words and started to panic. He was about to say something when the paramedics arrived.They put Alexe on the brancard and quickly brought her in the ambulence.
Tala was following them with an emotionless face. He was about to enter with her when one of the paramedic said he couldn't because they already had another injured girl in there and they didn't have enough place. He didn't argue because he knew Alexe had to go to the hospital as soon as possible. He watched his girlfriend one last time before going to his car.
His heart was beating so fast and he couldn't think straight. Alexe was pregnant and it was his baby... He took his cellphone and dialed a number. "Kai... meet me at the hospital as soon as possible..."
Tala was sitting in the waiting room with Kai beside him. They still hadn't got any news on Alexe's condition. Tala was becoming angrier by the second. He had tried to talk to some doctors but all of them said they were too busy to answer him.
Kai was trying his best to calm down his friend but the red-haired Russian was too worried to actually care if he was becoming aggressive. Kai wasn't surprised at all when Tala told him that Alexe was pregnant. He had known the girl for over four years now so he could read her like a book.
He totally understood why she hadn't said anything about it to Tala. The Russian had often showed the hatred he had for the children. He couldn't stand them, but maybe if it was his own child, it would be different.
"Mr. Valkov?" A doctor asked to Tala. The Russian nodded in response and stood up. "You can come and see your wife now." Tala didn't say anything about the wife part. He just wanted to see Alexe right now. The doctor gave him the number of her room and the red-haired headed there. Kai decided not to come since he knew they had to talk about serious things that didn't concern him.
As Tala entered the room, he frowned when he saw his girlfriend. She seemed so lost... Her eyes weren't full of joy anymore, they were cold, almost colder than his owns. When she saw him, she greeted him with a weak smile and motionned him to sit down next to her.
He slowly walked toward her and did what she told him. They both stayed silent for what seemed like eternity. Tala glanced at her and noticed how much in pain she was. Her eyes were still wet and puffy from all the crying she had done.
"Is your wrist okay?" He asked. She barely looked at him and nodded. He knew it wasn't the best question to ask but he had never been good in these kinds of situation. "Did someone know?" He asked knowing she would understand what he was talking about. "Yeah... Matt does." Tala narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.
She noticed this and let out a frustrated groan. "I'm sick of your uncalled-for jealousy for Matt. He's my friend and do you know why I have talked to him about it and not you? Because you have made pretty clear that you hate children!" She yelled with tears streaming down her face. "And I... I was scared that you would leave me..." She whispered the last part.
"Hn. I thought you knew me better than this. I guess I was wrong." He said coldly. "Oh no you won't blame this on me Tala Valkov! You don't know how hard it is to deal with you sometimes. We can never be sure on how you'll react... I was scared okay? I didn't want to lose you..." Tala didn't know what to say anymore.
"Is the baby alive?" He asked in an emotionless voice. After a long pause, she finally answered. "Yes..." Realization hit Tala ; he really was going to be a dad. "Look Tala... If you don't want a baby I understand... I... I can have an abortion and--" "No." He cut her off. She stared at him waiting for him to explain his sudden outburst.
"Every child deserves a chance to live. Our child deserves the best life possible." Alexe launched herself at Tala and hugged him tightly. "Oh Tala I love you so damn much... Please forgive me... I should have tell you when I first find out about it." He hugged her back. "I... I love you too." She smiled at him and kissed him passionnately. It was only the second time he had told her. "But I'm lucky, I'm the only one who he had ever said those words to." Yeah, she definitely was the luckiest girl on this planet.
"Daddy look! My blade is in the dish and it's spinning!" A little girl exclaimed smiling. "She's got a lot of talents for her age." A woman sat beside the father of the child. "Yeah, I know." He agreed and gave her a quick kiss. They watched their daughter play with the other children of the park. She was beating all of them quite easily.
"I don't know if it was a good thing to let her start blading." The red-haired man said. "Tala, look at her. She's so happy when she's blading. You're her model. She talks about you all the time. Her dream is to be on a beyblade team and travel around the world just like you did." Tala was shocked to hear this. He didn't know his daughter liked him that much.
"Tala, I know that sometimes you think you're a bad father but it isn't true. You're a great one and an awesome husband too." She said smiling at him. He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him.
Andreanna Valkov. Daughter of Tala and Alexandra Valkov. A little six-year-old girl with the beautiful eyes of her father and the long black hairs of her mother. The first few months after she was borned had been hell for Tala. He didn't know how to act with the baby and what to do with such a delicate human. That's why Tala had been so surprise when her first word had been "daddy".
The Russian smiled slightly at the memory. Who could have guess that a child could put so much happiness in your life? Yes, Tala was happy. He now had a real family to take care of. Something he always did.
Tala glanced at Alexe and noticed she had a graceful smile on her face as she was watching their daughter. He could still remember clearly the night he had asked her to marry him...
-Flashback-
It was two in the morning and Tala still wasn't home. Alexe was pacing around the living room nervously. He said he would be home at eleven o'clock. He was going to get a serious lecture from her. She had been alone all day since he had a meeting to go to. She heard a faint "click" and practically ran to the door. The red-haired Russian entered in the house wet from head to foot.
"Do you know what time is it?" She asked angrily. He looked at her with an emotionless face and took off his coat without saying a word. She gritted her teeth and let out a growled. He was so distant lately.
"What's wrong with you? Did I make something wrong?" She asked carefully. She didn't want to piss him off. He looked at her and smirked. "Nothing. Nothing at all." Arrghh he knew how much she hated it when he was smirking like this! She glared at him and headed to their room. Now that he was home she could finally sleep in peace.
When she entered the room, her eyes widened when she saw the room was froze everywhere, even the bed. She saw a little velvet box on it. She slowly walked toward it and looked at it carefully. She started to open it with shaky fingers and her eyes started to get watery when she saw the most beautiful ring she had ever seen.
A strange wramth started to invade her body and some of the ice slowly melted. She looked around and the tears that was in her eyes fell on her delicate cheeks. Where there wasn't anymore ice, we could clearly read : Will you marry me?
She turned around and saw him, leaning against the wall and watching her every move. "An answer would be appropriate." He said looking at her in the eyes. She smiled widely and threw herself at him. "Of course I want to marry you!" He smiled slightly as she kissed him passionately.
-End flashback-
Tala shook his head at the memory. He still couldn't believe he had done this. It was so unlike him to do such romantic things. This girl was seriously driving him insane. He hadn't change at all. He was still a cold and emotionless bastard, according to Ian, but she had managed to gain his trust and his love. Love... Such a strange feeling.
"Tala? You okay? You seem lost in your thoughts." Alexe asked worried. "Yeah, I'm okay." He answered shortly. She smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss before standing up and walk toward Andreanna. Tala stayed there and watched his wife and his daughter laughing together.
"Daddy! Come play with me and mommy!" The little girl yelled. Tala sighed and looked up at the sky. Life was good... really good...
IT'S OVER! FINI! it's kinda hard to believe hehe but anyway. So before you ask, there's not going to have a sequel... if someone wish to write one (maybe in cooperation with me), send me a private message and we're going to discuss about it
I hope you're not disappointed with how the epilogue turned out. I know I am but maybe it's just me lol
I wanna thank you all again for everything! What am I going to do since this story is over? well... I have a lot of ideas for new stories but I probably won't start until january because I won't have a computer during december and half january because we're moving. it'll depend on my mother.
You know what would make me happy? if you guys could review :)
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-Molly