Scarlet so annoying!

Elizabeth POV

I was terrified. Surely, Scarlet could rip me into a million tiny bits. She would. Unless, I somehow got past her, and the door, and hid behind someone- anyone at all. I should not have hit her. Stupid Elizabeth. When was the last time you used your head? This whole thing wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been so stupid. Scarlet stared at me without compassion.

" I'm sorry Scarlet. I had no idea that you-" I stopped, trying to find something worth saying. Something that would make her listen. " I know what I did was wrong. But I have no idea what came over me." I paused, thinking. " That's not who I am." I said quietly, but it seemed as though I was trying to convince myself of that too.

" Oh, stop with your sad excuses. I thought you were a tough woman Elizabeth, someone I had to fight with to keep Will. But I guess not. You're just a pathetic, spineless little girl." Her words hurt me. No one had ever been that mean to me- or infuriated me so much. "No use in fighting a weakling that can't defend herself." She walked past me, looking at me like I was her inferior. Which I wasn't. That, I was sure of. I was scared, but the fact being that no one else was available to defend me, like there usually was, I was forced to toughened up. Insults were not something I was used to receiving. No matter what I had done, I wasn't going to let Scarlet, of all people, talk to me like that.

" I know I was wrong, but I had a good reason for what I did." I turned to face her and she looked up at me from her place on the settee.

" And exactly what was your reason?"

" I love him." My voice emerged strong and confident. She laughed. " You have no right to mock my feelings for him! Why do you want to be with him?"

" Because I can." She giggled. "Silly Elizabeth. You love him? Really?" Her sarcastic tone irritated me. "He didn't tell you I was expecting, so he probably hasn't told you of all the affairs he's had." I didn't reply. " I'll take that as a no. You see, every once in a while he'll have a little fling with some poor, unsuspecting girl. Then he'll come right back to me, begging me to take him back." Lie. How could that be possible.

" Why would you stand his infidelity?" If that's who he really was, then why does she stay with him? Why does she want a man like that? " Don't you value yourself enough to say no?"

" I take him back because I'm the one he truly loves. No sense in that going to waste. As soon as we get to England and he marries me, we'll settle down and be together forever."

" But you don't love him!"

" I don't have to."

" You're just playing with him. Sooner or later, you will both realize that your relationship is making both of you miserable."

" I'm not miserable. He'll give me a good life, his parents have a lot of money and are admired members of their society. He doesn't have a royal title, but he's the best I can do since I don't have one either. Plus, he's handsome. I think it all works out perfectly." If I had learned anything these past few days, it was that a perfectly planned life is not guaranteed. Things can change, for worse or for better.

" What if he doesn't come back to you this time? He offered to leave you... for me"

" He doesn't have the guts to leave me permanently, we've been together far too long. And you're a risk. One day you could be here, and the next back home in your mansion with your daddy and the Commodore. " There was a knock on the door. We ignored it.

" And if does?"

" That's where your morality comes into play. You wouldn't dare leave a child fatherless, would you?"

" No." I answered solemnly.

" And that's then end of the argument. Besides, all this talk of Will is starting to bore me."

" You don't deserve him. And the only reason he cheats on you is because he doesn't love you." The knocking continued. I went to get the door while Scarlet sat, her eyes following me. It was Will at the door. The sun was too bright behind him, and the beautiful day had been ruined for me. Still, my heart raced at the surprise of him standing before me.

" May I come in?"

" I don't know, it's not my room." I said, a bit coldly. Him not being completely honest with me still made me feel hurt and angry.

" But it is mine. Come in Will." Scarlett answered happily.

" Before either of you says anything, I just have to say: Scarlet, I'll care for our child. He will never go without anything, but I don't intend on spending the rest of life with you." He turned to me. " I'm sorry, and I'll understand if you never want to see me again in your life. But I hope that is not how you feel, because if you left I would feel alone. And because you are the first, and only woman who has ever made feel that way."

This might be the last update of the year...so, 2 things: What are your feelings, exactly, towards Scarlett/ Will?

Here's to a great 2011 for everyone, and good,enjoyable chapters for the rest of With You!