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Hey everyone, now that their anniversary is said and done with...TIME FOR SOME DRAMA! Prepare yourselves. I'm glad to see that Chapter 16 did really well. Here's more of Gabe and Chloe! :D

Much love,

~Dazzler 916~

Chapter 17

For The First Time

(Ella's P.O.V.)

For the past 3 weeks I've done nothing but daydream.

EVERYONE HAS NOTICED that I haven't stopped smiling since the night of my anniversary with Seth.

It's gonna go down as one of the best nights of my life...and far as my "intimate" relationship with Seth goes...

Hmmmm, let's just say Seth and I have been...well we've been having sex...not alot...but we have been doing it.

I haven't really told anyone the details of what went down on October 25th, but the only person I've actually told is Chloe and that's about it.

Sasha decided to just go ahead and invade my thoughts and just find out what happended for herself. What sucks is that she's gonna be doing this a lot now.

Ugh. I should've had Bella shield me before I even went to go meet with my sister that following weekend.

Chloe wasn't so happy about it knowing the possible consequence, but I assured her we were careful. I'm on the pill and Seth uses condoms. Simple as that ;)

It's the middle of November and school is starting to become a pain in the ass. On top of that I have to work and then I have a bunch of other dance classes I'm in. So right now my schedule is pretty school and dance heavy...which leaves no time for Seth. Well atleast I have Thanksgiving break next week so then I can catch up on some alone time with my boyfriend. What's funny is Seth changed his ringtone to Across the Universe when I call. I decided to keep mine the way it is since I think You Picked Me by A Fine Frenzy is more of my personal song for Seth which is kind of ironic since the chorus practically just kinda goes along the whole imprinting idea lol.

It's Friday and Madame cancelled all classes today so I got to go home and get all my homework done for the day. Seth's gonna be over in a little bit. Right now it's me, Chloe and her daughter in the living room. My little sister is doing homework upstairs and my parents are out running errands.

Nora sat in Chloe's lap and was playing with a toy while the two of us were talking...

"So what's up with you and Gabe?" I asked her.

"A possible relationship...but I'm not sure if I'm ready for that." She told me.

"What do you mean? Come Lo you guys like each other simple as that. You guys kissed, he's taken you out on a few dates, you're always texting each other...I'm confused. Help me out here," I said.

"You know why. There's nothing to be confused about—besides what's Gabe gonna think when he finds out that I have a baby?"

"Chloe I know what you're thinking and it's not gonna be like that. Gabe will be completely understanding. Why don't you tell him?" I asked her.

"Because I still don't trust him yet. I don't wanna get hurt again...yet there's something about him...something I can't figure out. It's kinda mysterious actually...but I like it." She sighed.

Chloe stared off for moment. She was thinking...and I knew she was thinking about him.

"Listen Chloe...do you wanna be with Gabe?" I asked her.

"No—I mean yes of course I do—okay no I take that back...I don't know right now." Chloe hugged Nora tightly and kissed the top of her head.

I'm still getting used to the idea that my best friend has a baby now. It's so weird. But at the same time I'm so proud that she's really stepping up. It's the same old Chloe I've always known but just a little more grown up now. She's been through a lot and now she's just trying to do what's best for Nora...even if it means shutting out the boy who imprinted on her.

"Okay I wanna get off this subject now—okay so this has been bugging me just a little bit...does Natalia not like me or something. Everytime we hang out with the girls I always end up getting bad vibes from her and as far as I know I've done nothing wrong." Chloe asked me.

I shook my head and chuckled. "Oh please don't worry about—"

"Chloe your phone's been ringing off the hook. You left it in the kitchen." My little sister gave Chloe her cell and then walked casually back into the kitchen.

"Why is it that everytime his name comes into the conversation I end up getting severall calls from him." Chloe pressed the ignore button and placed it on the couch along with putting Nora down on the floor so she could play.

"I filed for full custody yesterday. He should be getting the court order in a few days so until then...I'm not gonna talk to him. I might as well just change my number." Chloe shrugged.

"Azul?" Nora asked pointing to one of the colors on her toy.

"That's right baby! Now can you say blue?" Chloe asked her.

"Boo?" Nora tried her best to repeat what her mother said.

"Close enough. I still think it's crazy that she's starting to talk now. She's picking up Spanish so easily." Choe told me.

"You and Emily should talk sometime. Maybe Nora can start hanging out with Kayla. Their about the same age." I suggested.

Chloe bit her lip. "That could work..."

"Talk to Emily! She would love that. She can help you out." I assured her.

"I'll think about it—" Her phone started ringing again before she could finish what she was saying.

"You gonna answer that?" I asked.

"Nope." Chloe grabbed the remote and turned on the t.v.

Nora got up and went to go grab the phone.

"Chloe—" I began to say before she cut me off.

"I'm not gonna answer it." She said.

"Chloe." I said trying to get her attention again. She didn't reply this time. Nora already had her mom's cell phone in her hand.

It was too late. Nora already hit the green button.

"Chloe?" It sounded like Cody.

"Nora No!" Chloe jumped out of her seat and went to go grab the phone from Nora. Cody was still on the phone when Chloe managed to get it out of her daughter's hands.

"What do you want now?" She snapped.

"Chloe I just want to see her. That's all I ask...I wanna see my daughter—"

"No! She's mine Cody. Not yours. I don't know how many times I have to say this—" Chloe told him.

"Things are different now! I promise." He tried to reason with her.

"You said that last time and you ended up almost killing us! STOP CALLING ME!" She yelled. Nora started crying when Chloe started yelling.

Chloe didn't even seem to notice while she continued to stay on the phone with Cody. Nora walked over to me with her arms wide open. I picked her up and took her into the kitchen. Chloe was still yelling and Nora continued to cry. Poor baby.

The back door opened and Seth walked in.

Well this is about to get even more interesting.

"Hey," He gave me a quick kiss on my cheek seeing that I was a little occupied with Nora.

She stopped crying as soon as Seth walked in. Well atleast it caught her attention. "Who's that?" Seth asked me pointing towards Nora.

"Meg keep an eye on her," I said placing Nora in the chair next to Meg so she could watch her.

"Ummmmmmmm." I said awkwardly. Chloe continued to yell in the backround. She was practically speaking Spanglish now.

"Is everything okay—" Seth began realize something wasn't right.

"No." Meg said right away. She took the words from my mouth and I glared at her and she knew I wanted her to shut up about this.

It got very quiet for a second. There wasn't any yelling in the backround. It was too quiet. Then Chloe walked into the kitchen.

"Mama!" Nora got out of the chair and Chloe scooped her up into her arms.

"I'm sorry baby." Chloe said hugging her tightly.

I took a sigh of relief now that things had settled down, but then things got awkward again when Chloe realized there was a 5th person in the room. My boyfriend.

"Seth," Chloe said with her eyes wide open.

"Uhhhhhh hey." Seth mumbled. Nora didn't even seem to notice what was going on.

"Ir a ver la televisión" Chloe closed the notebook that Meg was writting in and handed it to her along with putting Nora on the floor so she could walk. "Take her with you." She added.
(Go watch TV)

Meg did what Chloe told her without saying a word.

"If this a bad time I can come back later..." Seth trailed off.

Chloe looked over at me. She was beginning to panic. I could see it in her eyes. Seth stood there glancing at the two of us trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Chloe and I kept looking at each other. The longer we all stayed quiet the more awkward it got.

"Okay so i'm just gonna cut to the chase—that's my daughter Seth. Her father is an asshole and the only reason nobody around her knows that is because right now we're stuck in a really messed up situation and I'm doing what I can to keep her safe..." Chloe snapped.

"Got it." That's just about all Seth could say.

"And if you say anything to anyone—so help me God—I can assure you that you will regret it if you even dare to say a single word about her."

I let her handle that one. I just stood to the side and watched as this very protective and maternal Chloe got into my boyfriend's face. Chloe walked out of the room after giving Seth a warning. Chloe can be scary only when she chooses to be.

I was a little surprised that Seth seemed a little intimidated my that.

"I'm sorry but what just happened?" He asked me.

Looks like I'm just gonna have to get him caught up now. "Charlotte come!" I called for my dog and she made her way over to me with her tongue hanging out of her mouth. I grabbed her leash off the wall hanger along with slipping on my sneakers. I quickly attached the leash to Charlotte's collar and then walked outside. Seth followed behind.

"Either this is something none of us payed attention to or is this suppost to be some secret." Seth said.

"I think you already know the answer to that." I told him.

"Looks like Gabe's really in for it—"

"Don't say that! You don't even what she's dealing with." I said in Chloe's defense.

Chloe's gonna really chew me out later for this. I don't really have a choice.

"Before you even start to say—how come you never told me?—it's because I had recently found this out a while ago and I'm still getting used to. I promised that I'd keep my mouth shut until she decided to tell everyone. Now this is all gonna come out sooner than she expected." I told him.

"Why is Chloe making her kid look like some big secret?"

"It's not my story to tell—but basically she's trying to keep her daughter safe. Things will be better once Chloe get's the custody and restraining order papers all figured out. That's all I will tell you...but you cannot say a SINGLE WORD TO ANYNONE! Not Gabe, not the wolf pack—just don't even think about it. Chloe will tell them when she's read, until then, don't say anything." I told him.

Seth just looked at me and nodded.

(Chloe's P.O.V.)

Ugh I'm gonna start ripping my hair out over this.

He just doesn't understand the meaning of the words "no" and "leave us alone".

Once I get the custody and restraining order papers settled things will be okay. I won't have to worry about Cody anymore.

Elenore's been here for almost a month and keeping her hidden here is a lot harder than I thought. Maybe I should just tell everyone before things just get out of hand.

Seth already saw her...who's next? Everything is starting to pile up and I feel like I could explode any second. I don't do well with pressure. I never did. I nearly went off on Cody in front of Nora and I feel like a horrible mother for scaring her like that. What the hell is wrong with me?

Just as I managed to calm myself down and get some fresh air out in the back...Gabe shows up.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Ella's sister said I would find you out here. I just wanted to talk" He took a seat right next to me.

He wants to talk? Great...this is just great... :P

Relax Chloe, just put your head in between your knees and take a deep breath.

"You okay?" He asked me.

"No I'm not okay—I just sick and tired of—I just have a lot to deal with right now." I hesitated.

"I'm here if you wanna talk—"

"No you said you had something to talk to me about. You first." I insisted trying to not to sound frustrated.

Gabe studied the look on my face for a moment. "Have you been crying?"

"No." I lied. What kind of question is that? Of course I have been crying. I've been crying for months. This whole situation with Cody is so frustrating and he won't get off my freaking back.

"You know I really care about you." Gabe told me.

"Yea I know,

"Tell me what's wrong. Maybe I can do something to fix this." He offered.

Ay dios mio, why is he so good to me? I feel like I don't deserve this.

"I'm sorry but this is something I'm not ready to talk to you about yet because I—" I stopped right there. Afraid to go any further.

"Because you what..." He was waiting for me to continue.

"Because I need to know that I can really trust you. Yea I met you almost 3 years ago and I'm just now really starting to get to know you and I know that you want us to be together and I do to but—it's just really complicated as to why I'm afraid it's not gonna work out the way it's suppost to and I've been hurt—you have no idea what these past couple of years have been like for me. I like you Gabriel...I really...really...really like you...and I just to want this all to come and go too fas—"

"Mama!" I heard Nora yell from inside the house. I looked back at the screen door when I heard the sound of her voice. I put her down for a nap about an hour ago. What is she doing up?

"Elenore come back here!" I heard Meg voice call after her.

"What's going on in there?" Gabe leaned back and glanced over at the closed screen door.

"Elenore watch out—" I heard Meg yell. Her voice was even closer this time. I turned around and found Nora running towards the screen door.

It was closed.

"Mama—" Elenore was only a few feet away from the door when she caught my stare. As soon as she saw me she ran and ended up running right into the glass, unaware that she was about to run into the door.

I could hear her slam right against it very hard and the sound of her little body bounce against the glass and then sending her to the ground made me flinch and an instant wave of horror went through me when she began to cry.

It was more like screaming this time and my maternal instincts kicked in.

My baby was hurt and she needed her mother.

"Oh my God!" I said frantically as I jumped up from where I sat and ran over to open the screen door and pick her up.

I rocked her gentley in my arms and began to press urgent kisses to her forehead, hoping she would calm down.

"You're okay baby, you're okay." I whispered to her.

Nora continued to cry and I was starting to become more worried that she really hurt herself.

This was making me nervous and now I'm on the virge of crying.

"No llores, mamá está aquí" I cooed to her in Spanish.
(Don't cry, Mama is here)

It took me a few minutes, but I got her stop. I just stood there and Nora held onto me very tightly. I sat back down with her still in my arms and she placed her head right under my neck.

A tear rolled down my cheek as I gave out a sigh of relief knowing that she was okay. No wonder my parents were so worry some with me when I would always trip and fall all over the place when I was a toddler. Now I know how they feel...

It didn't take me long to realize that Gabe was here...and he saw the whole thing.

Jeez, well so much for telling him when I felt that I was ready : P.

I caught Gabe's stare and it got very silent.

"I'll be inside.." Megan slowly backed away and went back into the house.

Now it was just us. Me, my daughter...and him. There wasn't much to say. Right now all I really cared about was my baby. Damn it I hate Cody for doing this to me...for making me so worrysome over every single move my daughter makes. Everytime she ends up hurt or sick I can't help but blame myself for not thinking of a better way to prevent what was gonna happen from actually happening. When she was first born I had convinced myself that it was all my fault that she come into this world a healthy baby. My daughter came into the world sick and at first she wasn't breathing. Those were the WORST 30 seconds of my life and I all did for the next 6 days was try and convince myself that none of this was my fault...it's all Cody's. Look at me now...

I'm a trainwreck. Now the only thing that matters is her. Not me. At the same time I feel like I'm about to get judged in all the wrong ways by a guy who I'm starting to have very strong feelings for...so before he bothered to finally open his mouth and say something, I beat him to the punch.

"If you don't like what you see then you can go ahead and leave." I said coldy as I still held onto my daughter very tightly and turned around so my back was facing him.

I kissed Nora's forehead. I sat back down on the bench that was right next to where I stood.

This is a moment I will never forget.

I sat there holding Elenore in my arms for about about 10 minutes before Gabe packed up the balls to actually say something since realizing that I have a kid.

He took a seat right next to me and I noticed Nora's eyes were glued on the person she had never seen before. She still had her arms wrapped firmly around my neck and I looked down to see that Nora gave him a tiny little smile. I was a little shocked to see that Gabe gave her a little smile back.

I watched as Gabe and Nora stared at each other for a moment. I hid my face in in Nora's hair and all I made visible was mainly eyes.

Gabe's glanced from me to Nora, then back to me and then back to her again.

"She's a beautiful child." He told me.

Hearing him say that made me start to think otherwise. It made me smile just a little bit actually. That surprised me.

I wasn't expecting that to be the first thing he would say...I was expecting a response more on the guidelines of "What the fuck? If this is what I'm gonna have to deal with then hell no"

Lucky for me that was just all in my head and he said something totally different than what I expected.

In a way I kind of consider what Gabe told was a "sign." I mean he seems okay based off that. But it was the way he said it that makes me like him even more.

"Thank you." I told him.

Depsite how it made me feel better to hear what he said...It honestly isn't enought to get rid of all the awkard tension that had started to build up nearly 30 minutes ago. Why do have this feeling that things are just gonna get even worse?

"I'm sorry but I honestly think I'm hallucinating right now. You're not suppost to be this nice about. You're not suppost to be so understanding. You're suppost to be angry and upset like every other average guy who just wanna get attached into my life. I don't get it Gabe...it's getting to my head...why do you have to be so..." I trailed off caused I couldn't really find the words to explain the rest.

"That's just it." He told me. "I'm different. Y'now I started to figure that out overtime but I just wasn't sure. I knew you were hiding something just by the way you acted around every at times but I just didn't know what it is until..." He hesitated for a moment, unsure if he wanted to finish that sentence.

"Until what?" I asked him. I wanted to know what else he had to say.

"Until you left your wallet in my car the night after our first date and I returned it to you the next day—I picked it up and then a few pictures fell out and I picked them up and took a look at them just out of curiousity. There was one picture that did catch my eye...it was a picture of you and she was sitting in your lap. At first I thought that it was your cousin or your little sister but then I started to get other ideas. But now that I know the truth I—I-can I ask you something?"

I nodded.

"How come you never told me about her sooner. How come you never really told any of us?" He asked me.

"Now we get to it..." I shook my head trying to hold back tears.

"I don't understand." Gabe said.

"You probably won't understand the true meaning of this until you actually have kids, but when you do...trust me when I say that you will do everything you can to protect them." I told him.

It didn't take him long to figure it all out.

"What about the father?" He asked me.

"Haha," I chuckled sarcastically. "That's who we're hiding from." I looked away from him.

"You don't have tell me now if you don't want you..." Atleast he was being considerate.

Well we're already on the topic.

"Nora's father has been trying to see her and I won't let him. Simple as that." I said very quickly.

"Sounds a lot more complicated than that."

Damn it he's good : P.

"Yeeaaaaa...that would be where you're right." I nodded.

I've never EVER talked about this with anyone but my family. I must say it's weird talking about what happened with Cody to someone else, especially when Nora's sitting here in my lap.

"Let's just say that things didn't go the way I wanted to the night she was born..." I trailed off, unsure if I wanted to even continue telling him what happen.

Jeez Chloe, slow down. You're going way to fast with this.

"What did he do?" Now he was eager to know what happened.

"No forget it—you don't wanna know. Really you don't. It was one of the worst nights of my life." I got up and walked back inside towards the living room and placed Nora on the couch so she could sleep. She kept yawning most of the time she was outside.

"Tell me." He demanded.

"Y'know I honestly don't get why you're still so interested in me and now you know I have a daughter..." This was seriously starting to bug me.

I mean I didn't mean to say that in a rude way but it's just...okay I don't really know.

All I know is that Gabe walked right up to where I stood and just kissed me. It wasn't just any foo foo kiss on the lips, it was more like a very sweet and tender kiss that just makes you smile after you break apart.

"I really like you Chloe. I don't know how many times I'm gonna have to tell you that until you really believe me—" Gabe began to say before Megan interrupted him.

"You guys know that I'm in here right?" She told us.

Crap...I think she saw us kiss...well that's awkward.

"Come on." Gabe took my hand and brought me back outside so we could continue talking.

"Look," Gabe sat me down on the bench and then sat right next to me taking my hand and rubbing it with his thumbs. His hands are always so warm.

"I understand that you're just doing what's best to protect your daughter and I know that you've been hurt really bad and that you're in this protective mother mode and everything, but that won't change how I feel about you okay? Take all the time you need to consider this but...I wanna be with you. If you don't want that right now then it's fine, I can wait. But I will always be here. I'm just trying to get to know more about you, cause I really want you to be my girl."

Did I really just hear him say that?

"Hmmmmm," I was thinking about this,

"Let me just set this all straight before we even bother considering any of this. The last time I really liked a guy he broke my heart. I was a stupid and naive freshmen and he was a obnoxious senior jock who pressured me into having sex with him. He told me that he loved me just to get what he really wanted. He cheated on me twice and I still went back to him. I was on the pill, he got me pregnant and then told me he wanted nothing to do with me. He changed his mind and convinced me and my parents that he wanted to do the right thing and so he came to Spain just to be with me. He helped me every step of the way through my pregnancy and then did something really stupid. I trusted him with our lives and he almost killed me and my daughter. He got himself really drunk and left me there lying on the kitchen floor in labour. HE didn't even bother to help me or call an ambulance. No Cody just stood there drinking all the wine that he could find and just looked at me. He kept screaming, he called me so many names that I won't even bother to repeat, he hit me several times and then he nearly threw me across the kitchen floor. I gave birth on my aunt's kitchen floor and I had spent nearly a week in the hospital watching as my baby was pratically on her death bead all because of what HE did to US! Now he wants back in our lives and I won't let him. Because he can't be trusted and I will never let him lay a finger on Elenore. She is mine...I have been through hell with that boy and I will not go through that again."

Gabe seemed a little stunned after he heard what I had to say. I've been anticipating getting all of that out for while, I just wasn't expecting him to be the one I'd share it with.

(Gabe's P.O.V.)

Just like that, my world had just started to spin at an even faster pace.

Now it's not just my imprint who's fallen into the picture anymore...her daughter's in it too.

This isn't what I was expecting, but if this is the way it's gonna be then so be it.

There wasn't much that was said after Chloe had pratically told me everything I needed to know. Things just really quiet afterwards and the she busrted out into tears. All she wanted me to do was hold her and that's exactly what I did. She's at the top of my list.

But there was one good thing that came out of that whole conversation. If looked at my facebook page then you would see it for yourself. Better yet go look at Chloe's page.

Chloe De La Melena is in a relationshio with Gabe Avanaco

I officialy have the right to call her my girlfriend.

I actually feel happy for the first time in my life.

REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! Opening night for Grease is this Thursday! I'm gonna be very busy for the next two weeks due to final dress rehersals and performances but then I'll get right back to writting a new chapter after that is all over with. Some of you have been asking for more Chloe and Gabe...so there it is. I hope you all liked it :). Have a great weekend everyone.

Much Love,

~Dazzler 916~