Chapter 2: Goner

Seth opened the door to the car for Allie and started to laugh as she he caught sight of the smudge of flour on her cheek. "You have flour on your cheek," he wiped it away then leaned in and kissed her softly.

"I think that went well for our first class." Allie slid into the passenger side seat.

Seth got behind the wheel and started the car, "It did. We'll be able to cook plenty of different things by the time our kid is able to eat real food."

"We will be master chiefs by then," Allie replied happily reaching over and stroking his thigh. They'd spent the last two weeks working and making plans for the baby working with a lawyer Candice referred for family law to create a contract for the adoption and make sure everything was legit. They had an appointment next week to talk with Rachel about the details and sign it.

Seth glanced over at Allie, "Have you made any decisions about the wedding yet?"

"Nothing really set in stone but I did make an appointment to look at dresses. Josef set it up for me he knows lots of people."

"He sure does," Seth grinned.

"What do you want? I mean do you want something big or small? Traditional? I want this to be what you want too." Allie traced her thumb over her engagement ring as she spoke still so in love with it.

"I want whatever makes you happy," he answered simply but saw it wasn't enough. "But…I think I'd like something semi small. Our friends, a few people from the office, a few of your co-workers we don't need anyone else. Venue is up to you. I'll marry you in a court house, in a church, on a beach I don't care where."

Allie leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder, "I like that. A simple wedding sounds perfect. I'll look at venues but we need to get ideas for a date."

"The sooner the better," Seth helped.

Tilting her face up she kissed his jaw, "I agree but not so soon that it puts a lot of stress on us to get it together."

"Agreed, see this wedding planning isn't so hard."

Candice sat at the dining room table working on her new project looking over her shoulder towards the laughter coming from the couch. David and Ashton had been spending lots of time together getting reacquainted with one another since the whole kidnapping/thinking he was dead mishap a couple weeks earlier. They were so alike in so many ways Candice could easily see why they were friends.

A grin traced her lips as she overheard the story that was being told about when David was still human. At first Candice had been dead set against this man having anything to do with them but after some time and after she had regained control of her raging emotions she could see he wasn't such a bad guy. She still wasn't his biggest fan, he had put her through an emotional rollercoaster kidnapping the man she loves, her sire and bringing a harpie into their lives. A harpie Candice had killed, her smile grew wider knowing that bitch was long gone dead. All in all though Candice was becoming accustomed to Ashton and he was growing on her. He brought out a side to David she hadn't seen, part of him she knew had been locked away feeling guilty for what he thought he'd done in the past but now that guilt was gone and she would always be thankful of that.

Candice refocused on her task. Kayla was growing taller and growing up and needed a new room design. She was outgrowing her castle room even though she had loved it she wanted something a little bit more grown up. She had started working on it before David had been kidnapped but everything else fell to the way side and she had wanted to start it with fresh eyes. David and Ashton had started over fresh beginnings, so she would do the same.

David glanced over to where Candice was working as he laughed with his sire and caught her smile. He was pleased as punch that she was starting to accept his sire, baby steps yes but it was forward motion and that was all he wanted. Ashton saw the way his old friend looked over at his fledgling and knew he needed to ask for his help.

"I need to ask your advice on a matter," Ashton cleared his throat and sat up straighter.

"Ask away I'll try and help if I can."

"It's about Kimberly," he said softly. "I believe I am in way over my head and I don't know what to do."

David held back a chuckle. His sire was asking him for help in an area he'd had quite a few mishaps and hiccups in the past making it out because he had the right woman. "Tell me what the problem is and I'll try and help."

Ashton nodded, "I have taken her on a handful of proper dates as your lovely Candice suggested. I have sent her flowers, I have spoken with her on the phone. We have simply talked. I know all about her life, part of it I knew from before but she has also asked questioned about my own life and I have shared. I've never told a human woman my past before but she is very special to me."

David grinned, "What seems to be the problem?"

"She is having a good time I believe, but up until our last date I have kept my hands off not wanting to push her into sometime and make her feel I only wanted her warm body. I do believe me in that but I wanted to show her how special she was," he looked over to where Candice was sitting. "Last night when I said goodnight to her at her door she kissed me and I nearly lost my control. I don't know what came over me but I let her inside and after she closed the door I left but it felt as though my chest…it was tight. I even had a dream of her…I didn't know we were able to dream I never had before. What does that mean?"

"That you my friend are a goner. You're in love with her," David couldn't help but chuckle at the look that passed over his sires face. The look was shock and disbelief, David realized Ashton never thought himself capable of such an emotion.

"Well I'll be damned…"

To Be Continued…

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