Yay! Only a few days until I get Hunted in the mail!! I can't wait to get it!! Anyway, I was pretty excited to write this chapter because this is packed with drama!!!

Angel1224

brezzybrez

hunkelberry

FangandIggyAreMyHomeboys

EriknEdward

VampyReGODDess3354

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Chapter 6

"You know that I love you with all my heart, don't you?" Erik asked me, holding my hand a bit tighter.

"Yes, I do." I answered, not sure where he was going with this.

"And I'll always be with you no matter what, right?" He asked, getting up from the bench.

"Yes, of course. Now tell me what's going on." I told him, sighing. I noticed he was taking something out of his pocket.

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Zoey. Will you marry me?" He asked, causing my eyes to bulge out of my head. The next thing I knew I fainted.

My vision was a little blurry when I woke up. All I could see was a dark, black ceiling with a white shimmering on the top. I turned onto my other side and noticed that I was still in Erik's loft (or his bedroom to be exact.) The last thing I remembered was him proposing to me out on the balcony. I didn't even get to answer him.

"Erik?" I asked, sitting up from his bed and rubbing my eyes.

"Thank goodness you're okay." Erik said, sounding relieved, "I'm sorry if I startled you."

"No, it's okay. I'm fine, I promise." I told him, quietly as I let my hand caress his cheek.

"I still feel a little bad though." Erik mumbled, pulling me into a hug.

"Really, it's okay. And yes, I will." I said, smiling at him. He took the small ring that instead of having a diamond in the center, it was a beautiful sapphire stone.

"I love you, more than you know." Erik smiled, still holding me. After a moment of silence, we both leaned in and kissed each other. I was still in my black short sleeve dress, not noticing that it was sliding down, revealing my black bra strap. His tongue skimmed the inside of my lower lip, making me open my mouth to let him in.

"Erik.....baby," I moaned, grasping his shoulders. His hand went up to my shoulder, that revealed my bra strap and pulled my dress down, revealing my black bra. All of his weight caused me to fall back onto his bed, while he pulled my panty hose and underwear.

"Zoey, I love you!" Erik gasped, undoing his belt. I didn't even have to think about what he was going to do next. He plunged into me as I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling him into me further.

"Erik.....I need you......NOW!" I screamed, as he began to thrust farther into me, as my hands and nails dug into the sides of his mattress.

"Tell me who you belong to?" He rasped, grinding his hips into mine.

"You.....," I gapsed, feeling my boobs lightly bouncing.

"Who?" He questioned, continuing to thrust harder.

"You.....you......YOU!" I yelled, finally approaching my climax. As he felt onto me, I continued to pant to catch my breath for about thirty seconds before he crashed his lips into mine again. I let his tongue enter my mouth once more as he began rubbing the insides of my thighs.

"I can't wait to be your wife." I whispered, as we broke off our kiss.

"I can't either." Erik muttered, as we both drifted to sleep.

It was a little over four weeks since Erik proposed to me. During this time, all my friends were super excited for me that I was getting married. Even Grandma was happy for me. She had told me that she wanted to tell my mother, but what was the point when her and my step loser were totally against my life as a vampyre in the first place. Anyway, back to right now, I had been in my bathroom for about ten minutes. I had been throwing up all morning and brush my teeth non-stop.

"Zoey, are you okay?" Shaunee asked, opening my bathroom door.

"Oh Goddess, Twin, she's been throwing up. Go get me a towel, a washcloth, some of Z's shower products, some Listerine, and Pine Sol." Erin told Shaunee as she went to my kitchen to get proper supplies. While she was waiting, she texted Stevie Rae. For what I don't know.

"I got the stuff, Twin." Shaunee said, setting aside one of my assorted colored wash cloths and towels, with a bottle of citrus Listerine.

"Here, I got it." I heard Stevie Rae add, handing Erin a box.

"It's a pregnancy tester. You need to check, Z." Erin told me, sternly, "We're going downstairs to make you something to eat."

"And ourselves something. I'm hungry as hell." Shaunee added, heading downstairs with Erin and Stevie Rae. Once I pulled myself together, I took the pregnancy test out of the box and did what I had to do. While I set the tester on my sink, I joined the Twins, Stevie Rae, and Damien (who I suppose just got there) downstairs to eat.

"Are you okay? I heard what happened." Damien said, chewing on a piece of my Ghiradelli chocolate.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." I told the Twins, picking up the sandwich, cheez-its, and brown pop they made for me. I did feel kind of bad. I didn't want them doing things for me all the time. I wanted them to know that I could take care of myself, sometimes.

"How long do you have to wait?" Stevie Rae asked, chewing on one of her cookies she made (that according to Shaunee, weren't pitch black.)

"About 30 minutes. But you guys have to promise that if I am prego, not to tell Erik. I want to tell him myself." I informed them, in a serious tone.

"Okay." Everyone agreed, smiling.

"So, anything new about Whitney?" I asked the Twins, changing the subject.

"Well, we know she definitely has a crush on Erik." Shaunee replied, sadly.

"We think she's planning something, Z. We just don't know what." Erin added, biting her lip.

"I think you should confront her before it gets out of hand. Over the last several weeks, she's been trying to make moves on Erik and he hasn't noticed." Damien suggested, agreeing with the Twins.

"Maybe you're right. Maybe it is time for me to confront her." I managed to mutter, looking at the time on my cell phone, "I have to go check the......,"

After I was halfway up the stairs to my room, I felt really nervous. What if I was pregnant? How would Erik react when I told him?

"It's okay, Nala, it's going to be okay." I breathed, picking up the test. Yup. I was definitely pregnant.

"Well, what is it?" Stevie Rae asked, looking up at me.

"I'm going to have a baby." I whispered, hugging Stevie Rae. I didn't know what else to say. I was going to have our baby. I was going to be a mom.

"It's okay, Zoey, we'll be by your side always." Stevie Rae told me, as we both went back downstairs.

"So, what happened?" Erin asked, as she, Shaunee, and Damien held their breaths.

"I'm going to be a mom." I said, as they all smiled at me.

"Aww, Zoey that's great." Damien replied, hugging me.

"I wonder if it's going to be a girl." I heard Aphrodite say, not knowing that she was even there, "Looks like you're knocked up."

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Shaunee asked, hearing the acid in her voice.

"Nothing. I can't be happy for Zoey?" Aphrodite questioned, not sounding like she had an attitude. Shaunee was speechless, as was everyone else. After all the happiness was still going around, I heard Erik come into my loft.

"Hey, I got you some.....is there something I'm missing here?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing, Zoey just has some good news to tell you." Erin grinned, as everyone went out to my balcony so I could tell Erik what was so super duper exciting.

"Sit down." I told him, as we both sat on my dark purple couch.

"Is there something wrong?" Erik asked, holding my hands.

"No, it's just that.....well, I'm.....pregnant." I finally said, feeling releaved. For a moment, Erik didn't say a word. Great. I knew he would be pissed off at me, "If you're mad at me, I don't......,"

"Are you kidding me? Of course I'm not mad. This great." Erik responded, pulling me into a hug, "I just can't believe I'm going to be a father. How long are you?"

"I think just four weeks." I replied, feeling so happy that he wasn't mad at me, "I think that I might be due before the wedding though."

"I don't mind, Z. If that's what happens, we'll cross the bridge when we get to it. Right now, we just have to start planning everything." Erik explained, rubbing my arm.

"Okay. I love you," I whispered, pecking him on the lips.

"Awww." I heard my friends coo, standing in the doorway of my balcony grinning like dorks.

"Look's like there's going to be a wedding guys." Shaunee said, while everyone started cheering. Shaunee was right, there was definitely going to be a wedding.

After the course of about four months, Erik and I were scheduled to meet with the wedding planner (who was a relative of Erin's. Bless her heart.) The wedding theme was White Nights. Mainly, everything was white. White roses, center pieces, tablecloths, everything you can imagine it was white. As far as my pregnancy went, I was now almost three months and I was starting to get a small belly, that was noticable to my friends.

Right now, I went to stop by Erik's classroom. I noticed that only Whitney was in the room, grading papers.

"Oh, hey, Zoey. Erik's not here right now if you're looking for him." She said, going back to grading.

"Actually I came to talk to you." I told her, noticing her blank expression, "I just want to make something clear if you don't mind. I really don't appreciate you flirting with Erik on the job. The last I checked your description is a student teacher."

"Zoey, I think you're overreacting about this. I can't help that Erik is giving me the eye while you're not around. I'm just here doing my job and it's kind of irritating how you go around touching all over Erik right in front me." Whitney explained, rolling her eyes.

"Well, Whitney, I wouldn't have to touch all over Erik if your eyes weren't always wondering trying to scope all over him. Get this and get this now, Erik is my man and my soon to be husband. Trust me, this ring is a symbol of our bond to each other and trust me, it ain't going anywhere." I told her, walking out of the classroom. As I turned to the right to head back to the my office, I bumped into Erik.

"Hey, what are you doing down here?" Erik asked, kissing my cheek.

"Oh, you know just establishing some ground." I replied, quickly leaving. I didn't want to tell him that I'd confronted Whitney about flirting with him. Once he got back in his classroom, I snuck back to his classroom, hearing something or someone crying.

"What's wrong, Whitney?" I heard Erik ask, also hearing her sob.

"It's Zoey. She just came in here and started yelling at me! I didn't even do anything and she started accusing me of flirting with you and she started throwing all the papers I graded around and started going crazy. That's why it's taking me so long to grade them!" Whitney sobbed, as I watched her cover her face with her hands. I do not believe her! I didn't throw anything around and nor did I go crazy. She is such a liar!

"Are you sure that Zoey did all that?" Erik asked, trying to comfort her, "Zoey's not that kind of girl." Awwww, he is so sweet. He's standing up for me. Right on!

"Well, I know what I saw. Maybe she acts like a different person when you're not around." Whitney said, pretending to hiccup.

"Well, here's some tissue." Erik replied, handing her a tissue box. All I could do at this point was leave. I knew that Whitney girl was a bitch! As I slammed the door to my office, I noticed that the Twins and Stevie Rae were in there.

"Something's up." Erin said, putting her eyeliner pencil down.

"What happened?" Stevie Rae asked, as everyone held their breaths.

"I confronted Whitney and then she was all up Erik's ass telling him that I went crazy on her, when I clearly didn't. Gosh, I knew she was an Aphrodite clone." I explained, sitting down at my desk. After about thirty seconds, there was a knock on my door.

"Who is it?" Shaunee asked, sweetly.

"Erik." His voice was muffled from being outside my door.

"Come in." I muttered, continuing to pay attention to my laptop.

"Can we talk for a minute guys?" Erik asked, trying not to sound rude.

"Sure. Let's go guys." Stevie Rae mumbled, quietly winking at me. Once they were long gone, I knew what was coming, so I wasn't too worried about it.

"Go on," I told him, not bothering to look up from my laptop screen.

"We need to talk about this whole Whitney issue. Did you really do whatever she said you did?" Erik questioned, sounding a little hesistant.

"Well, it depends. What did she say?" I asked, already knowing what she told him.

"She said something about how you went crazy about her supposively flirting with me." Erik replied, sounding irritated that I wouldn't even look up at him.

"Look, all I told her is that she needed to stop always scoping you out, despite the fact that you're clearly oblivious to what is going on. I didn't blow up at her or do whatever crazy thing she told you I did. I clearly told her to stop flirting with you and that we're together." I explained, starting to get pissed off. I just didn't understand why he didn't see that Whitney was obviously falling for him. I mean, there have been times where she's been purposely bending down to pick up something she "dropped" on the ground so he could have a peek of her ass. Then the other time where she totally wore this inappropriate outfit (I mean, it was freaking ho-ish) to a Full Moon Ritual we had about a week ago. I'm fed up with this!

"What do you mean I'm oblivious? I don't see that she's flirting with because maybe she isn't. Maybe you're just overreacting." Erik nearly shouted, getting up from the chair he was sitting in.

"Maybe I wouldn't have to overreact if you would have just told her from the beginning that we were together! Then maybe I wouldn't have to do petty little things to give her the hint we're together! It's like sometimes I feel like you're ashamed to tell her that we're in love and that we're both engaged!" I shouted, feeling tears stream down my face. I was so frustrated that I left my own office. Never in the time we've been together did we fight like that. I hated arguing because I've done it my entire life with my family and I didn't want my bad habit to rub off onto my own possible family.

"Zoey! Wait, I'm sorry." Erik said, as I stopped halfway to my loft.

"No, I'm sorry. I just wanted her to stop doing whatever she was doing. I guess I got upset when I saw her giving you the eye." I replied, wiping the tears from my face.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'll tell her that we're engaged." Erik whispered, wiping a tear from under my eye.

"Thank you." I managed to choke out, as he held me. For a minute, something in my stomach was hurting me. But then, it was something like a tap, "Oh my God, Erik."

"What's wrong?" Erik asked, grabbing my hand.

"Feel it." I told him, taking his hand and putting on my stomach, "It's the baby. It's kicking!"

For a moment, he didn't speak, he just kept his hand there, "It's my child," he faintly whispered, smiling to himself, "That's my child."

"Yeah, it is." I cried, pulling him into a hug. He was right, that was our child, whether it was a boy or a girl, kicking. I was so overwhelemed with happiness that I could not stop crying. My baby was alive and it was giving us a both a sign.

"I'm going back to my loft to grade papers, so I'll see you later." He told me, brushing my hair from my face.

"See ya." I said, shutting the door to my loft. I'm really releaved that all of this Whitney business is out of the way. No more worrying about her flirting with Erik and no more of her bullshit in general.

Erik's POV

I quickly stopped by my classroom on the way to my loft to get the papers I needed to grade. While I was gathering everything, my mind shifted to what happened earlier. I got into this huge fight with Zoey about Whitney possibly flirting with me for the last several weeks. I guess once I thought about it, I was sort of oblivious to Whitney flirting with me.

I put a lot of emphasis on sort of because well, there were a few times it looked like she was trying to give me a hint about liking me, but I ignored it because obviously, my fiance is High Priestess of the House of Night who happens to control all five elements and she's not the type to piss off, plus I love her and no one else. I can honestly say for myself that Zoey Redbird is my world. Without her, I can't function or go about my life. She's that important to me, or else I don't think I would have proposed for marriage or would have got her pregnant with my child.

Back to reality, I was on my way to my loft when I noticed something really awkward. There was this huge dark grey cat sitting right in front of my door. Even though I was a Changed vampyre, a cat never did choose me.

"Hey pretty......girl." I paused for a moment, not knowing if the cat was dude or girl. I guess this cat was still a young one because she looked just like a newborn cat. She was really tiny and looked frail.

"I think I'll call you Jayla. That was my older sister's name before I came here." I said, stroking her back. After I opened the door to my loft I noticed the lights were on. I found it really funny because I always turn my lights off when I leave my loft. I gently put Jayla down, as she trotted off to my living room couch.

"I was wondering when you'd get back." a voice said, as their body came from outside of the shadows.

"Whitney, what are you doing here?" I asked, surprised as to why she was in here.

"I just wanted to talk to you." She told me, as we both sat on my dark blue couch, "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you letting me be your student teacher here. It means a lot to me that you've taken me under your wing and helped me through this."

"Thank you. I had no idea I had such an impact on you." I replied, feeling somewhat flattered.

"I think Zoey is really lucky to have such a kind, talented, and strong man for a soon to be husband." Whitney added, looking down at her foot. Wait. What did this have to do with Zoey? After about thirty seconds, Whitney leaned in and kissed me. It was soft and.....wait a minute....this isn't right!

"Look, Whitney, I can't do this! I'm already in love with Zoey." I snapped, putting my mind back into focus. The next thing I knew, she flipped me over so that I was on my back while she pinned me to my couch.

"Listen, Erik. For the last couple months I've been here, all you've talked about is Zoey. I've been dropping hint after hint that I'm crazy about you, and now I'm doing what I should have done when I first got here." She replied, dipping down to kiss me. I was completely restricted. She had me pinned down like she was wearing the pants in a relationship. The next moment was something I could say was the worst moment in my life. The love of my life was standing in my loft doorway, completely horrified that Whitney was on top of me, trying to make out with me.

"Zoey!" I exclaimed, as Whitney finally let go of me.

"Ah, if it isn't the infamous Zoey. Looks like you're not the only one Erik's sharing his goods with." Whitney smirked, staring Zoey straight in the eye.

"I can't believe you! I mean, I know I cheated on you too, but this is worse than what I did! I let you make love to me. I let you impregnant me! I let you sweet talk me and make me believe that you actually loved me! And most of all I let you propose to me!" Zoey yelled, as tears started streaming down her face, "I guess what we tried to have meant nothing to you."

"Zoey! WAIT!" I shouted, chasing after her. Just before I got a little way down the stairs, Zoey tripped on her foot and fell down the rest of the flight of stairs.

"ZOEY!" I scream, as her what seemed to be lifeless body lying at the end of the stairs.

OH SHIT! All the drama! All the horror! What will this come to? Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter up in a couple of days. Next time, the gang rushes Zoey to the school hospital once Damien finds her at the end of the stairs. Stevie Rae confronts Erik on what happened, and the Twins get into an all out brawl against Whitney. Did Zoey lose the baby? Will she ever forgive Erik? What will become of Whitney? Will this be the end of Zoey and Erik's relationship? Will there be a wedding? R&R plz!!

~Cherriez :)