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Chapter 31 – Chelsea's P.O.V
I took a seat in front of Nathan and took hold of Denny's hand who was sat next to me. Nathan smiled warmly at us before picking up a folder and running his finger down it.
"So I've heard that you wanted to get married in our church" He smiled at us. We both nodded as Denny squeezed my hand.
"And so there's the question,why do you want to be joined in holy matrimony here with us?" He asked, placing his elbows on the table in front of us. I turned to look at Denny who smiled at me before pushing his curly brown locks out of his eyes.
"Well Sir," He cleared his throat. "I want to marry Chelsea because she is the love of my life. I don't know if you heard but she was recently taken ill and was in a coma, I thought I was going to lose her. And the moment she woke up, I knew that I couldn't live without her. I love her so much that I couldn't bear to lose her, marrying her would ensure that I could spend eternity with her. Till death do us part" He smiled as he turned to face me. I squeezed his hand tightly before looking back at Nathan who was nodding and smiling.
"And you Chelsea?" He asked turning to look into my eyes. I swallowed the lump in my throat.
"The reason I'm marrying Denny is because a fucking stupid, ignorant cowboy ordered me to so he could go off and shag Sabrina. Oh and I also forgot to mention I'm pregnant. Oh no it's not Denny's, it's Vaughn's…" Okay so that's what I said in my head. It would have had such a good reaction as well. What I really said was;
"I want to marry Denny because I love him and know that he would protect me from harm. After waking up in hospital he was so happy and relieved I knew that I couldn't ever leave him. He's my … soul mate" I cringed at the words that spilled out of my mouth. What dribble was that? Denny smiled widely and moved his hand down to my thigh where he squeezed tightly. Seriously dude, you do NOT want to squeeze me at the moment, I defiantly wasn't in the mood. I know being pregnant was supposed to make you super horny but with all the built up anger, bullshit and damn right lies floating around my head made me close to ripping off anyone's head who came within a five meter radius of me. I smiled at him but I felt as if it was more of a snarl than a smile. Luckily he didn't seem to pick up on it.
"And how long have you been dating?" He asked looking at us. To be honest I didn't really know, but Denny sat up straight in his chair.
"About three seasons" He chirped in. I wanted so much to face palm myself but Denny's grip on my arm stopped me from doing so. I just continued to smile and nodded. Nathan looked at us with a weary frown.
"Don't you think it's a bit early to get married?" He asked looking at both me and Denny. I frowned but inside I was screaming. OF COURSE IT FUCKING WAS. Denny shook his head and laughed, I cringed slightly. This could go really good or really bad.
"Ahh Reverend Nathan, you see I knew from the moment Chels wound up on my porch that she was the one. She is my whole life and I would give anything for her, that's why I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with her." He finished at turned to look at me, his deep chocolate eyes filled with love. I felt a twang in my stomach, guilt. I wish that I could just love Denny, forget about Vaughn but his eyes, hair, face was plastered all over my head. Even though I hated the lying cowboy he still had a hold on me that I wish I could just cut and throw into the sea for all the sharks in the world to eat. Nathan turned to me and I nodded. Not really wanting to say anything like that because I knew I would be lying. He pushed the papers to the side and leant forward in his chair.
"Mr Holloway and Miss Edwards. I don't get a lot of people here asking to be married, and it's clear that you two are in love. So I would be overjoyed to have you two marry here under the home of the Harvest Goddess" He chuckled. I sighed in relief and turned to Denny who squeezed my hand tightly.
"So when would you like the date to be set?" He asked turning to me. I frowned and turned to Denny. Sometime soon, Sometime soon, Sometime soon. I repeated over and over again in my head, hoping it would somehow be sent telepathically to either Denny or Nathan.
"I've got an opening for Winter 1 or Winter 14" He then said and I spiralled into oblivion. That was a season away; I would defiantly be showing by then!
"How does Winter 1st sound Chels? A snow wedding?" He smiled at me. Unfortunately my face was frozen and it looked like I'd just had a massive seizure. I turned to Nathan in panic.
"Isn't there any earlier dates?" I asked trying to mask my horror. Nathan flicked through his books before shaking his head.
"I'm sorry that's the earliest we have" He said looking at me. I sank back in my chair and nodded.
"Winter 1st is fine" I muttered. Denny grinned and Nathan wrote it down in his books. I had to think quick on my toes, what the fucking hell was I going to do?
Soon enough we were heading back to the mainland and back to my farm where I swirled around to face him on the bridge.
"You're nearly Mrs Holloway" He smiled taking hold of my hair and rubbing it between his two fingers. I nodded and stared off into the distance. Denny frowned before moving to look into my eyes.
"Are you sure you're alright, you've been a bit … off since you came back" He asked looking at me; I shook my head and reached up to kiss him.
"I've just been feeling a little lightheaded but I'm fine, trust me" I smiled at him. He nodded before pulling me up into a hug. I drew a heart onto his back before pulling away and looking into his eyes.
"I'm just going to finish off the farm and I'll meet you at yours later?" I asked smiling at him. He nodded before reaching down and kissing me.
"Okay. I'll catch you later Chels, I love you" He smiled before walking away. I watched him till he disappeared off towards the beach before dragging my feet and heading into town. Today was a Thursday which meant that Vaughn was here so I headed off to the forest to avoid him. As I reached a little path off the main route I saw a little sunny spot which seemed to be warmish. I began heading over and stood in the single patch of warm sunlight which slipped in from the canopy. I closed my eyes and soaked in the sunlight on my delicate pale skin. There were a few muffled footsteps close by so I opened my eyes to see a familiar cowboy with hunched shoulders dragging his feet behind him. The anger from before build up inside of me and I walked out of my little hiding spot to confront him. Standing in front of him I planted my feet on the floor and stared into his deep amethyst eyes.
"Hey" He mumbled quietly before flicking his hat back so he could see me properly. My heart skipped a beat but I thought back to mine and Natalie's conversation and filled it with rage instead.
"I figured out why you wanted me to marry Denny now" I said through my teeth, not sure if I was going to cry or just explode with everything that was now beginning to build up inside. It felt like my mind was constipated. He frowned slightly before taking a step closer to me.
"Chelsea, it's because …" He began but I cut in.
"How could you? Was I just some game to you or something?" I asked, my voice growing higher towards the end of the question. He frowned again and scratched his head slightly.
"What are you talking about?" He asked looking into my eyes. Now he was pretending that he didn't know, did he think I was stupid?
"You and Sabrina!" I yelled, loud enough that Shea could probably hear us over in the jungle. His expression changed to an 'oh shit' face.
"Chelsea it's not what you think, she kissed me." He said looking at me. A tear rolled down my cheek but I wiped it away in one swift motion.
"Save it Vaughn; is that the reason why you didn't want me? Because if I married him it would let you and her be together?" I asked looking at him, another anger tear running down my cheek. He shook his head and looked back into my eyes. Taking off his hat he ruffled his hair and threw it to the ground.
"No. Chelsea I don't like Sabrina, I…" He began to explain but I didn't want to hear it, anger filled my vision and controlled my mouth.
"Don't you lie to me Vaughn" I said through gritted teeth. His expression changed to anger as he took a step closer to me.
"For god sake Chelsea, I love you, not Sabrina. And that is why I'm telling you to marry Denny. Everything I love turns to crap and I don't want it to happen to you." He said, half shouting, half laughing. But not the good kind of laugh, it was a 'what-the-fuck-are-you-saying' kind of laugh. I wiped away my tears again and took a deep breath. I didn't answer I just closed my eyes.
"Then why were you kissing Sabrina?" I asked after a couple of minutes of silence. I opened my eyes to stare at Vaughn who had taken a few steps closer towards me.
"Chelsea you have to believe me when I say she kissed me. I pushed her off as soon as I could but it was a bit of a shock. It's not every day you get a mad women jump on your face" He sighed ruffling his hand through his messy silver hair.
"And that's why I got you these …" He said as he reached to his back pocket and pulled out a little yellow item before placing it in my hands. Lifting them up, I saw that they were a pair of tiny yellow socks. I switched my gaze to Vaughn who was blushing ever so slightly.
"I might not always be around for him … or her but I want them to know that I still love them, no matter who they call 'dad'." He said scratching the back of his head while blushing. I let the tears well up in my eyes as I looked into his amethyst eyes. He truly was the guy I fell in love with. And I believed him.
"Winter 1st" I said quietly looking up at him. He frowned slightly before I reached down and picked his hat up in my hands.
"What?" He asked looking at me oddly. I closed my eyes as I ran my finger over the rim of his hat. I took a step closer so that I was really close to his chest and placed the hat in the centre where he took hold of it. Our hands brushed against each other's as I looked up into his eyes. His lips were so close that I could smell his sweet scent of hay.
"The wedding is on Winter 1st" I repeated looking up into his deep amethyst eyes. He closed his eyes before nodding. I couldn't resist any more; I reached up and kissed him on the lips. His eyes sprung open in shock but I didn't remove them. He reached up to run his fingers through my hair as I ran mine through his. Just then then was a gasp and a loud thump. We broke apart and sprung about 3 feet away from each other. Panicked I turned around to look for someone nearby but there was no sign of anybody. Looking back at Vaughn he frowned before heading over to a group of bushes. Suddenly a figure stood up and ran away. They were wearing a pair of jeans and a large scarf around their head so it was impossible to tell who it was.
"Hey wait" Vaughn called after them before chasing them. I came back into the centre of the path and turned to look down the path where Vaughn was walking back slowly, his face pale.
"I lost them, it seemed they went off the path …" He called over to me. I ran my hand up to my mouth in shock. Someone had seen me and Vaughn kissing and the baby socks. I closed my eyes and shook my head. Who wore Jeans and scarves on this island? Maybe it was a visitor? But then why would they run away? I reopened my eyes too look at Vaughn who was standing in front of me.
"Vaughn …" I started but couldn't finish. What was there to say? We were truly fucked now.
Dun, dun, dun. Someone knows about Chelsea and Vaughn then? Mysteries. Thanks again for ready, I'm really grateful. 58 reviews! Never thought I'd get so many on my first story :D Please stay tuned for the next chapter and pop in a comment :D Over and out.