Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own W.I.T.C.H.

Summary: Caleb has to go off and fight in a war for Meridian. What does Caleb have to ask Cornelia before he leaves? After their first time together, something happens to Cornelia. What is it? CalebxCornelia

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but here's Chapter 3. Enjoy and remember to review!

Their Love

Chapter 3

"Well, I think we did a great job." Cornelia said as she stood back to admire their decorating job.

Matt finished adjusting the "Happy Birthday Will" banner and stood back to join Cornelia. He admired his work and smiled. "Do you think Will will like it?" he asked nervously.

"No, honestly I don't think she'll like it." Cornelia said with a straight face.

"What?! We worked so hard!" Matt panicked. "Why won't she like it?"

"I don't think she'll like it. I know she'll love it." Cornelia laughed at the way Matt was flipping out earlier.

"Cornelia!" Matt exclaimed as he recovered from the shock. "You can't do that to me! I need this party to be perfect. Oh, I hope Will likes the decorations and will enjoy it. I want her to so bad."

"I'm sorry Matt. I was just playing with you. Geez. You're way too uptight. Lighten up." Cornelia said as she left the living room to go into the second bedroom.

"Lighten up? Why do you say that?" Matt asked as they entered the room with the little baby.

"Because you're too stressed out." Cornelia said simply.

"Hey Tom. (Couldn't think of a name, so I chose Tom, like Tom Felton. For those of you who don't know who he is, he's Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies. There's only one word to describe him: HOT!) I see you're finally up from your nap." Cornelia said as she picked Tom up and placed him on the changing table.

"Whew! How could something so small and cute, stink so bad?" Matt asked, while scrunching up his face and plugging up his nose.

"Well Matt, since you have been such an expert in diaper changing," Cornelia said as he expertly wiped, removed, folded, discarded, and replaced little Tom's diaper, "now you'll be ready when you have your own."

Matt blushed when Cornelia finished her statement. When there was no reply from "The Quick-Attack Matt" she turned around to face him.

"Oh Matt don't be embarrassed." Cornelia said. She placed Tom back in his crib, and he immediately began to play with his thumb, placing it in his mouth.

Cornelia walked to the bathroom to wash her hands. "One day, you and Will are going to have little babies of your own. It's a fact of life." She said as she dried her hands and they walked back into the baby's room.

"I know. It's just . . . ."

"Just what?" Cornelia asked concerned.

"It's just," Matt sighed, "today is an important day for me. I'm going to ask Will to marry me. I love her with all my heart and I hope she feels the same. I don't know what I would do if she said 'no'."

"Oh Matt, don't be such a drama king." Cornelia laughed but then turned serious.

"I don't know why you're so worried, of course Will is going to say 'yes'." Cornelia said.

"I know that I shouldn't be worried, but I am." Matt stated.

"It's just . . . everything is so perfect for you and Caleb. I mean, you guys have known ever since you met, that you would always be together. Everything is just so perfect for you guys. I mean, I've never seen you guys fight. You even have a perfect little baby." Matt said as he allowed Tom to curl his fist around one of his fingers.

"It's not as perfect as you think. It's true, we've known that we would always be together, but we do have our share of fights. We had a disagreement about where to live, but Caleb made the sacrifice to stay here, on Earth, with me. We don't fight much, but we don't see eye-to-eye on everything. We love each other very much and I hope he come home soon, so he can see our little bundle of joy. Don't worry Matt, I know that Will loves you and you guys will be married very soon and have tons of children. Hopefully, I'll be the maid of honor." Cornelia said with a wink.

"Yeah, you're right. I'm just very nervous about asking Will to marry me.

"You'll do fine." Cornelia said as she walked back into the living room. She was just about to sit down to rest, when the doorbell rang.

Cornelia walked over to the door and was surprised by two things:

1. The visitor

2. The look on the visitor's face.

(A/N: I was going to end there, but since it took me a while to update, I decided to give you more.)

"Irma, what's wrong? You look a little ticked off. Did you get in a fight with someone at the store?" Cornelia asked.

"No, I didn't get in a fight with someone at the store." Irma huffed as she placed the packages in the house, with help from Cornelia.

"Why would you think that?" Irma asked, but turned to Matt who had his mouth open for a quick response. "Don't answer that!" She cut him off.

"Actually, Cornelia, what I'm about to tell you, you may not like. Please sit down." Irma motioned for them to sit on the couch.

"What happened Irma?" Cornelia asked concerned.

"Well, Cornelia, you know that you're one of my best friends right?" Irma questioned slowly.

"Of course, you know that Irma." Cornelia responded.

"Also, you know that I would never want to hurt you right?" Irma stalled.

"Irma, just tell me already. I'm sure I can handle whatever you're about to tell me." Cornelia said, eager to know what Irma had to say.

"Well, ok. I had just finished picking up our last minute snacks and gifts. I was walking over here when I bumped into someone who wasn't paying attention to where he was going. I was about to go off on him," Irma ignored the cough from Matt, "but then I saw who it was." Irma slowly looked up to meet Irma's eyes.

"Well, who was it?" Cornelia asked, intrigued.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Irma asked.

"Sure, why wouldn't I?" Cornelia asked. She was starting to get worried. Who could be so bad that Irma didn't want to tell her about?

"Are you sure that you want to know who it was? If you want to hear a really good story, I can tell you what happened last week at the grocery. . . "

"Irma, tell me already." Cornelia said, anxious to find out whom it was.

"Well, okay." Irma tried to find an easy way to tell her, but decided to come straight out with it. "It was Caleb."

"What?" Cornelia asked in disbelief, after she recovered from the initial shock. She stood up and began to walk to the door. "Well, where is he?"

"I don't know, but he has already been here."

"What do you mean? If he's been here, why hasn't he come to talk to me? It's not like I haven't been out. I've been here all day with Matt." Cornelia asked.

"Cornelia, why don't we sit down?" Irma asked as she once again led Cornelia to the couch.

"Okay." Cornelia replied. She indicated for Irma to explain, since she obviously knew something that Cornelia did not. "So, what happened?"

"Well, like I was saying, I was on my way here to bring the supplies, when I ran into Caleb. I told him to come with me to see you, but he told me that he'd already been here."

"But, he didn't. I never spoke to him." Cornelia replied

"I know."

"How do you know?" Cornelia inquired.

"Well, Caleb said something about coming here. He said that he overheard you and Matt talking about the baby." Irma explained.

"Oh, Cornelia, I'm so sorry." Irma said while engulfing Cornelia in a hug.

When they separated from the hug, Cornelia asked, "Did he say anything about the baby or about him being a father?"

"Well, no." Irma said.

"That just doesn't sound like Caleb." Cornelia said in disbelief.

"I am really sorry Cornelia." Irma tried to pull Cornelia into another hug, but Cornelia pulled away.

"Did he say anything about where he was going?" asked Cornelia.

"Well, now that I think about it, he said something about going somewhere to gather his thoughts." Irma replied.

As soon as those words were out of Irma's lips, Cornelia ran out the door. She knew exactly where Caleb would be. She only hoped that he would still be there.

End of Chapter 3.

A/N: Ok, that's the end. You may be wondering why Matt never spoke during the whole explanation process, but he decided that the girls just needed to talk it out, without him butting in. Remember to review! Chapters 4 and 5 are already typed and ready to be posted. I will post them after I get enough reviews for this chapter.