Disclaimer: All original characters from the House of Night books belong to P.C and Kristin Cast but the storyline and new characters belong to myself.
My Version of Burned
Chapter 15
Zoey's POV
A girl.
A girl.
I was having a baby girl.
Wow.
I still couldn't believe how amazing it was.
I mean, if it wasn't his and it was Stark's, then my life would be beyond perfection. But I could settle for just plain perfect right now.
"Zoey, snap out of it." Aphrodite complained tiredly, trying to pull me away from the picture of my baby girl (in my uterus obviously) but smirking at me too.
"What?" I asked her as her grin widened, "Okay, you're just freaking me out now. What's going on?"
"Nothing, nothing." She assured me, trying to hide her smile and glancing down at my baby, "I just think you're going to have a nice surprise when you see Stark. Maybe even as nice as this." She pointed down at my little girl.
"Well, it's going to have to be a pretty big surprise to beat this." I told her, clutching the picture to my chest and walking towards Aphrodite's car.
"Oh, believe me, it's a very big surprise..."
I wondered what could be bigger than finding out that you're having a perfect little baby girl.
Up until today, I always thought of her as a thing which kept a part of him inside of me, but now that I knew she was a girl, it made everything much more real, better. And I didn't have to worry about the baby turning out exactly like her father because she was female. I mean, I knew that she could still look a little alike her dad but at least she wouldn't be identical to him...
Some when after this meaningless babble in my head, I started to realise that Aphrodite wasn't heading back to the House of Night or her and Darius' house.
"Where are we going?" I questioned her, trying to recognize the road ahead but only seeing smoke.
"To your surprise!" Aphrodite said excitedly, jumping up and down in her seat.
This surprise had to be big; it had Aphrodite jumping.
"Please don't let it be walking through fire or something stupid like that." I begged her, trying to figure out where the fire smoke was coming from, but instead of finding out where it came from, I found out what it was.
We finally arrived and I gasped at the sight.
Stark was standing in the middle of a stranger's (very beautiful) house's porch, surround by glimmering candles, which explained the whole fire and smoke thing.
As soon as the car stopped, Stark rushed up to my door to open it for me and helped me out. Even though I was only four months pregnant, my bump...no, baby girl, had really started to show, so when Stark helped me out of the car, I didn't complain at his help at all. Not that I would have anyway, or could have after the gorgeous sight in front of me.
Once Aphrodite had turned around and left, waving and grinning like a maniac, I wrapped my arms around Stark's neck and kissed him smack on the mouth. Still kissing, he lifted me (don't even ask me how he had the strength to do that considering the amount of weight I had put on) and carried me over to the candle-lit porch.
After what seemed like hours of making-out, I pulled back and smiled happily at him.
"Hello." I said, seeing as I hadn't said a word yet and neither had he.
"Hey." He said, smiling like a dork.
"You smile like a dork..." I spoke my thoughts out loud, which I seemed to be doing a lot during my pregnancy now that I thought about it. He didn't mind though because the sparkle in his eyes showed me that he knew I loved this dork.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Does my smile offend you?" He asked, playfully looking sad, "Because I can be upset if you'd like me to be."
He started laughing heartily when a look of hurt came across my face; he knew that his sad face broke my heart. I thumped him on the head with my hand.
Unfortunately, that was the hand which held the photo of my sonogram, making it slightly screwed. Before I could flatten it out, Stark took it from my hand and stared at it for a while. I could now see why Aphrodite was getting annoyed- it waskinda frustrating watching someone else stare at an image, despite what it was of.
"A girl or a boy?" He asked me, no expression on his face.
"A girl." I replied through my soon falling tears and joyful smile. A few months ago, Stark would have demanded to know why I was crying and if I was upset but recently, since our dating relationship had gotten stronger, our bond had become stronger too and he could tell that they were tears of joy.
"Congratulations!" He told me, still staring at the piece of paper. He started digging around for something in his pocket with the hand he wasn't holding the picture with and out came a small, white velvet box. He opened it and there in the middle of the clear silk, was the most beautiful ring in existence.
"When I first met you, I thought you were beautiful, but I knew you didn't feel the same about yourself. You also looked vulnerable, hurt and sad. The only thought running through my mind that day was how you could be so sad when you were so beautiful. Since that day, I've seen you grow from that scared, upset little girl to a strong-willed, powerful, gorgeous High Priestess.
"I never want to see you hurt like that again and I promise with all my heart that I will protect you from ever feeling like that. You're everything to me and I love you with my entire being. I can't imagine my life without you and if you only say yes...
"Zoey Redbird?" Stark said, kneeing down on one knee and looking up into my tear-filled eyes, "Will you marry me?"
A/N: Awww, right? It's obvs what Zoey's gonna say but you're gonna have to wait for the next chapter to know for sure;) - THAT WAS MY PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN A/N, I don't even know what to say, I haven't updated so long, I guess I just have been busy with coursework and I have to keep travelling around for certain reasons..but I love you guys!
Favourite line? /lydia xox
