Hello everybody! So I'm like soooooooo flipping sorry I haven't updated in like 8 months! But I had major writers block, I'm starting my own book, and I got glasses! Yeah I'm starting my own book, called ether Red as Rome or Roman Red. What do you guys think? Review your fav name and whichever one gets most then that will be the name. okay so that's about it! Be excited this chapter is gonna be EPIC cuz I left you guys for so long. Enjoy and don't forget to review!

-write and read forever.

Chapter 11 – the bittersweet life

6 weeks after her birthday.

Sapphire's POV

I was running again, back in my old backyard. "Mommy!" I yelled and there she was, sitting under the gazebo where our grapes were growing. Her black hair was pulled up in a floppy bun, and her violet eyes were focused on the purple grape in her hand. I ran and threw my arms around her, feeling her body shake with laughter. "Sweetheart what are you doing? Jace and Maia will be here any minute now. You'd better go inside and wait on them." She told me. I smiled as she plucked a grape off the vine and popped it in my mouth. "Now hurry along, your father should be home any second now." And I did as I was told.

Then the dream changed

I was standing in the middle of a ragging war. Between whom I did not know, but there were men with swords all around me. Blood was everywhere, but nothing seemed to happen to me. I looked down at the pure white dress I had on, it had a low neckline and wide straps around my shoulders. I looked up to see my mother standing before me. She was wearing a violet dress that was made like mine. "My dear Sapphire, your journey is going to speed up faster than I thought." She told me while holding my shoulders. "What do you mean journey?" I asked her. "You are to complete what I didn't, and you may never see your father again. But in the end you and your family will be complete." She told me. "What family?" I asked mother. "Your new one, honey I was gonna wait for you to find out but, your pregnant." She said bluntly. Then the dream swirled out of my mind.

I woke up sweating. It couldn't be true it was just a dream, right? Suddenly I felt nauseous. I popped out of bed and ran to the bathroom where I vomited all of my dinner. Then I sat there for a minute, how could this be? Then I remembered, but shoved the thought out of my head. I knew I needed to confirm the dream, so I walked out of my bedroom and into Helen's room. I knew she wasn't here, and I also knew that she would have a test. I opened her pink room and opened her drawer. There I pulled out the black box and did what the instructions said. I walked around the bedroom for a while, willing myself to look at the stick. I felt the cold metal of the ring on my finger, and suddenly got a burst of courage. When I looked at it,

There was a tiny pink plus sign.

I gasp and dropped it on the ground. I heard the door open and in came Helen and Aline. "What are you doing here Sapphire?" asked Helen in a snotty tone. "Like you don't come and invade my room sometimes, and I needed something I knew you would have." I shot back at her. "What did you need?" asked Aline. I knew I couldn't tell them, they would gossip for days on end until my aunt would find out. But for some reason I knew she would tell me, and I knew we weren't every close cousins but we had some sort of relationship.

"I umm, I'm Pregnant." I blurted out. Aline gasp, and Helen stood with a smirk on her face. "I knew this day would come! I knew it, have you told Jonathon yet?" Helen asked. I shook my head no and she smiled, "are you gonna?" she asked. There was no way I couldn't, I mean it was his. I shook my head yes, and then something unexpected came out of her mouth "do you want me to come, for you know support?" I didn't know that I was crying until I felt my face get wet. "Y-yeah" I choked out. Helen came over and held out her arms and I buried my face in them smelling the smell of cotton candy and bubblegum that she carried.

So that morning, I got up and texted Jonathon to meet me at the park. Helen told me that she would pick me up, so that if he said anything mean she would be there to beat him to the ground. We told my aunt that we were just going out to get coffee and we'd be back. My aunt really didn't care about much, since Mark did a lot of the parenting around here when she was always working. My uncle and her divorced 3 weeks ago and she got a new job. The wounds were still fresh, but we knew someone had to step up to the plate and put us all back in place, so Mark decided to. My uncle told my aunt that she could keep the name Blackthorn, and that he didn't want it and he would find a new one.

So as me and Helen walked out I started to tell her about my old life in Idaho and how different it was. Helen told me about her life and finally I felt like we had a normal cousin connection. Helen went off to visit Aline since she claimed she didn't live far.

I finally found Jonathon sitting on a small bench. He looked as stunning as ever with his snow white hair and black eyes. He waved me over so I came to sit by him. He grabbed my face in his hands and kissed me. I pulled back though, standing my ground. "Hey so I came to actually tell you something, not kiss you the entire time.' I said. He just smiled at me "so what's up, what'd you want to tell me?" I looked into his eyes, searching for my courage that magically disappeared a minute ago. "Look, Jonathon I umm don't know how to say this. But well I'm, Pregnant. I found out at like 1:00 in the morning because of a dream and so I tested it just to see and it confirmed it. "I told him, trying to hold back the tears. He stared at me, and I watched as his expression went from shocked, too happy to angry. "Sapphire, I don't know what to say. I think I might need some alone time just to sort things out. I'm sorry. I'll call you when I have made a decision. Goodbye." Then he got up and left.

I finally let the tears fall as I texted Helen to come pick me up. She couldn't beat him up if he wasn't here. He's gone, and I'm just as broken as I was before. But this time I'm a mess that can't be fixed.

Jonathon's a jerk, but don't worry everything will be okay.

Sapphire: I hope so

Jonathon: yeah don't worry princess it will be okay

Sapphire: shut it Jonathon, you left me.

Okay guys enough. I'd better go! Until next time. – write and read forever.