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Chapter thirty-eight
Eric's POV
Marriage. Pregnancy. Is my daughter insane?
"Dad, I-"
"I don't want your excuses. You are 16 years old! You are not a whore, you are not a slut! And that is exactly what you are making yourself look by talking about all this nonsense. Only whores have children at such a young age and only idiotic imbeciles get married illegally. You are 16 fucking years old! I forbid you to do such stupid things" I growl at her, my fists clenching at my sides as I walk into the room, my fury rising when my sight lands on the Were. This is his fault.
"Whore? Slut? Imbecile? Is that really what you think of me?" she whispers, tears trailing down her cheeks as she stares at me in disbelief, the Were wrapping his arm around her, only spurring my anger on further.
"You will release her right now otherwise I will rip your arm off" I warn him, my fangs sliding into place in warning. Ammy bravely stepping away from him, her anger rising almost as fast as mine.
"You do not tell him what to do! If he wants to hold me, he can. He is my boyfriend, soon to be husband if you don't like it then get out of my life. My decision is final, I am in love with him and that makes this situation all the more better; this is the only way and you would know that if you even bothered to hear the entire story" she screams at me, only making me snap as I rush across the room with Vampire speed until I have Ammy pinned up against the wall. My hands gripping her upper arms. Ammy whimpering in pain.
"You will not talk to me like that. I am your father, I am the head of this household. You will not treat me as if I am nothing but dirt on your shoe!" I roar at her.
"Get off of me!" she yells, her entire body lighting up life a fireball before I find myself being flung across the room until I smash into the wall on the opposite side of the room.
I shake my head to shoo away the minor dizziness before I look over at Ammy who is stood pressed against the wall shaking, tears streaming down her eyes as she slowly slides down the wall until she is sat on the floor crying. Alec jogging over to her.
"Are you insane? She is just a child" Sookie scolds me, kneeling down in front of me, but I do not fully register what she has said as I am still flabbergasted as to how Ammy managed to exert so much power. Plus when did she learn such a powerful magic attack.
"She was on fire" I mutter, my eyes stuck on Ammy. I finally break my gaze away to look at Sookie, her eyes meeting mine.
"I'm sorry, mom. I'm so sorry, but I can't stay here" Ammy sobs before running out of the room, the Were chasing after her.
"She is no normal Fae" I note, Sookie sighing.
"She is an Angel, Eric. You will never know what she is capable of, you don't have a clue about them. You were never there to go with her to these classes, you were never there to help her or show her who she truly is. You don't know. Just like you don't know what she is going through. There's this Shadow woman, Eric, one that is stalking her and is going to kill her. The only way she can be free of this woman is if she can destroy that person, but in order for that to happen she has to go to this never world or something like that. But she can't get there unless she fulfils three acts of purity. And if you had actually bothered to hear the entire story before turning all psycho Vampire on her, you would have known that she has no choice. And now instead of her letting us in to help her, she has run away from us. You scared her, Eric" Sookie murmurs the last bit, shaking her head before walking out of the room. Avoiding all eye contact with me. I have royally screwed things up. Again.
Ammy's POV
I stare at myself in the mirror, taking in my reflection. Today's the day, but I will have to go through it without my family. I haven't seen nor talked to mom or dad since he pinned me against the wall and shouted at me, I guess I have just been too scared to try contact them again. I'm scared as to what they will say to me. This is all so rushed, I know it is, but Alec has assured me that he loves me, that he's in love with me, and that he really wants this with me. Of course, I did have my doubts at one point, but I don't have them anymore. I know this is what I want, what I need. Alec has been there for me so much over the ten years I've known him, I don't know what I would do without him. He has been my rock throughout all of this, he has supported me and protected me. And now I can declare my love to him forever. We spent ages planning the ceremony. The plan is that I will walk over the 10 metres of bubble wrap bare foot to get to the ceremony, then, as long as I do not pop a single bubble, I will stand there and we will be married. Then tonight is our wedding night; I think everyone knows what will happen tonight.
Conceiving is always the next step. I turn to my side to take in my dress, it has a fitted bodice that emphasises my waistline. The design on it is of little flower, I thought it would look great considering we are to be wed in a flower garden type of scene, and the skirt part has been designed with summer in mind. After all, it is usually sunny here in Angeli diligeno terram, and if it is not sunny, then it is skirt of the dress is layered but as I recall mom calls them gypsy skirts. I still can't help but giggle at the thought. This is the type of dress mom would have loved, it's a shame I'm on such bad terms with my family. But to be fair mom didn't do anything, it was dad. But what did I expect? He has that whole fatherly protection thing going on, plus he is a very protective Vampire as well. It was bound to happen, but I can't dwell on that now. Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life, I sent them an invitation with Clarence's phone number on it. He suggest that we put his name and phone number on because if my family decide to come they can call him and he'll go and fetch them. Only Angels can open the portals to this world after all, plus you need to be with an Angel in order to pass through the barrier.
"No shoes?" Isaac probes, walking into the room, his hands buried in his pockets.
"I don't think heels, or normal shoes for that matter, are suitable for trying to walk across bubble wrap"
"You have a point" he agrees, leaning up against the wall beside where my mirror is. I run my fingers through my soft, wavy hair that I have allowed to fall over my shoulders.
"You know, I always dreamed that one day it would be me standing at the alter, grinning like a fool as you walked down the aisle looking as beautiful as you do. You look breath taking by the way" he smiles at me, only making me sigh as I throw my head back, closing my eyes.
"Isaac, you can't keep doing this. You keep telling me how you love me, and care for me and now your telling me about these dreams. But, Isaac, I don't get you. If you felt so deeply about me then why be such an ass-hole? Why did you cheat on me when you had your chance? And why do you keep throwing all this love crap back at me? I don't love you, I don't think I ever did. I'm in love with Alec, and I'm such a stupid person for not realising sooner how I felt about Alec, it would have saved me a lot of heartache"
"I didn't realise I loved you until it was too late. When I was with you I thought of it as just a bit of fun, you know, try out this relationship thing. It wasn't for me, I cheated, I'm an ass-hole, I get it. But I didn't realise then just how much you meant to me. I have spent the last year thinking about how I love you"
"You have a funny way of showing it. You have been sleeping around more than a prostitute" I mutter.
"Thanks for that, but you're right I have. I'm addicted to sex, I'll admit it"
"Then you need help" I tell him, not quite believing I'm having this conversation on my wedding day.
"And I will get help, but what I feel for you. It's real" he tries to persuade me, making me sigh again as I shake my head.
"It might be real but I do not love you, I love Alec. You know that"
"Ammy, I accept that. I'm not going to wreck your day over it, you love him, he won, I accept that; I just want you to remember that I'll always be here for you. For those days when he cant, I am. Just remember that. Now, are you ready to go? It's time and the people are struggling to hold the bubble wrap down" he chuckles, making me giggle as I give myself one last look in the mirror before turning to head out, Isaac walking beside me. He's even got himself dressed up in a suit.
"By the way, I do have heels. They're just waiting for me at the alter. Anyway, I'm only going to be walking on fresh clean grass for a little bit before I get to the bubble wrap"
"Oh, hang on" he halts our movements when we get outside, he leans down near a bush where he picks up a bouquet.
"How did you..." I trail off in disbelief, accepting the bouquet from him.
"I made it for you earlier, I hid it in there so I wouldn't forget, plus it matches the bush with it's bright colours. The bouquet is made up of hot pink dahlias, sanaa roses, tenga venga roses, blue hydrangea, vanda orchids and celosia cristata. They're all really bright colourful flowers, I feel as though they match your personality" okay, that's it, where the heck has this really sweet side come from?
"Thanks" I smile, stepping along the grassy path carefully to make sure that I don't stand on any stones.
"Good luck, I hope you'll be happy" Isaac smiles at me, pressing a light kiss to my cheek before he walks off, leaving me to stand there in front of the beginning of the bubble wrap. I can see Alec from here. Well, here goes nothing. All I can do now is hope and pray that my family will turn up, that we all make up and have a laugh about it later on. I need them right now, and it kills me to not have them here right now.
I take a deep breath, preparing myself for the daunting task of walking across bubble wrap without popping any of the bubbles; but just as I go to take my first step I stop. My eyes staring over to the side where I can see my family. They came. Almost right on cue dad begins to walk over towards me.
AN: I hope this chapter was okay for you all, I thought I would do both to get the plot moving more. I hope that's okay :D xx And what do you think to Isaac suddenly becoming a sweetie pie? Also, I am going to try to make all the chapters from now on longer for you all xx
Ammy's wedding dress:
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And here is Ammy's bouquet:
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