A/N: OMG I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY! You have every right to come to my front door with torches and pitchforks (only until I finish my story though). I can't believe I put this off for so long! Really I don't have much excuse for it so yeah.
On a better note: IM BAAAAAACK! You didn't think I would abandon this story did you? Well no worries because I'm here and our favorite couple have lots of challenges ahead of them-not to mention romantic moments- and that's only during the pregnancy! Really hope you like this chapter!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE KISSES!
I was sitting on the couch in the TV room eating a big bowl of ice cream and reading Dracula by Bram Stoker for probably the fiftieth time in my life. Alexander was upstairs taking a shower. Once he finishes getting ready we will be on our way to Hipsterville for my fist doctor's appointment. It is going to have to be an "over night" trip though because it will take most of tonight to get there and we very well can't go to a vampire doctor during the day so the actual appointment will be tomorrow night.
As I was just polishing off the last of my frozen, sugary treat Alexander came walking in the room with a disapproving look.
"You know you're not supposed to be eating that," he said while crossing his arms over his chest.
I cowered into the couch under his gaze and gave him my best puppy dog pout. "But it tastes good and I really wanted it."
My gothic mate crouched down next to me and looked me straight in the eye. It made me feel like a little kid about to get in trouble with her parents.
"You may have wanted it but it isn't good for you."
"Of course it's good for me! It makes me happy." Why does he not seem to understand that a girl needs her sweets?
He narrowed his eyes at me. "You know what I mean Raven. Now come on we have to get going. I'll have Jameson pull the car around." Alexander got up and walked out of the room to go find his creepy butler.
Sighing while doing so, I followed my boyfriend's lead and got up off the couch, bringing my bowl into the kitchen.
A few minutes later Alexander came in telling me it was time to go. I picked up my Emily the Strange purse and started opening the front door.
"Where do you think you're going?"
I turned on the heel of my monster boot and faced my boyfriend who once again had his arms crossed over his chest.
"What?" Didn't he just tell me that it was time to get in the car?
"Where do you think you're going?" he repeated.
I glanced between Alexander and the door repeatedly. "To the car…?"
"Without a coat?"
"I'm wearing a sweater."
"It's cold outside."
I gaped at the gorgeous gothic vampire before me. Is he serious? "It's like forty-five degrees out there!"
"I know so go get your coat and then we'll leave."
Knowing that I couldn't change his mind, I stomped over to the coat rack and pulled my coat on angrily.
"Happy?" I growled.
He didn't respond, just opened the door and followed me out to the car. I slid in the back seat. Alexander shut the door, walked to the other side and sat down next to me. James started the car and drove off.
There car was silent as James drove down the street at a zombie-like pace (aka really slow). Alexander was looked over at me but I ignored him and stared out the tinted window at the dark night.
I was irritated. My reasons for being so were unknown to me, but I war irritated.
The feeling of Alexander's chocolate brown eyes gazing at me lasted for at least five minutes until I finally turned around and glared at him.
"What?" I snapped, probably harsher than I intended.
He looked startled slightly. "I, um, nothing." he turned his head to look out the window.
Now it was my turn to stare at him. That was unlike him. He's not shy around me at all. Did I do something? Is it my fault? He's probably sick of me I bet. Great! Now he hates me because I'm such a pain to him but he's too nice to push me away!
Before I had time to stop it, tears were flowing down my cheeks.
"Raven? What's wrong? Does something hurt? Are you in pain?"
I undid my seatbelt and flung myself at him, wrapping my arms around his waist and crying into his shirt.
"Please don't leave me!"
"What?"
"Don't leave me! I promise I won't bother you anymore and I'll stop needing so much attention! Just don't go!"
Alexander's strong, pale arms wrapped around me. "Leave you? Why in the world make you think I would leave you?"
I lifted my face from his chest and he wiped my tears away with his thumbs. Concern clouded his face. "Because you're sick of having to take care of me and constantly put up with me."
"Raven, I love you. Nothing in the world can change that. Do you know what my favorite thing to do is?"
I shook my head.
"My favorite thing to do is take care of you," he said softly and kissed my forehead.
This just made a fresh new round of tears leak out of my eyes and I hugged him tighter.
He chuckled. (A/N: CUBES!) "Why are you crying now? I thought that would make you happy."
I wiped my tears away with the sleeve of my coat. "I don't know!"
He laughed softly into my hair and then kissed my forehead again. Then he undid his seatbelt, moved my back to my seat, pulled my seatbelt over me, and then wrapped his arms around me once again.
"Wouldn't want anything to happen to you now would we?"
I should my head and then looked at him. "No. But now you're not wearing a seatbelt."
He chuckled (A/N: CUBES!) again. "I'll be find. Besides," he said while placing his hand over my somewhat rounded stomach. "We can't afford for you to get hurt."
I sighed and snuggled into his chest, almost instantly drifting to sleep.
I woke up while Alexander carried me up to the Lennox Hill Manor. I remembered climbing up the tree to the attic window and then another time I came to Hipsterville when I snuck in to see Alexander climb out of his coffin. He was so startled to see me that his eyes turned red.
"Good morning sleeping beauty," my vampire boyfriend teased me.
"Mmm… hi."
He laughed softly at my tired response.
"Let me down I can walk."
He set me down on my feet. I took a few steps but tripped over my own feet. My Gothic Guy caught me though and kept me steady.
I don't remember how but eventually we made it into the manor. Jameson followed behind carrying our three bags.
Not much happened the rest of the night. Jameson retired to his room after whipping up some Romanian smoothies for us. We drank them in the parlor.
A few hours later we headed up to the attic where Alexander kept a second coffin so he didn't have to bring his own from home. We changed into sleep clothes (him in boxers and me in fuzzy red shorts with skulls and a black cami) and climbed into the black coffin.
Alexander's arms automatically wrapped themselves around my waist. He nuzzled my neck. "I love you."
"I love you too Alexander." With that he kissed my hair and a few minutes later the sound of his soft snoring filled the small space of the casket.
"Leave me alone," I groaned as Alexander shook my shoulder, attempting to wake me up.
"Come on Raven! You have to get ready or else we'll be late!"
I groaned and turned over. "I don't care."
I could see Alexander's frustration in my head. Honestly, I didn't care. "I'll throw cold water on you if you don't get up now," he growled in a frustrated town.
"Alright! I'm up I'm up!"
I sat up and glared at him. He glared right back.
"Go get ready. We have to leave in an hour." He turned on his heel and walked down the stairs to the second floor.
I climbed out of the coffin and trudged my way into the bathroom. After stripping my clothes, I examined myself in the mirror. Yes, there was a mirror. I guess they didn't feel the need to remove them all since they didn't stay here often-which I was thankful for.
I turned to the side. It had been about a month and a half since I got pregnant. There was a definite curve to my stomach. I sighed and climbed into the shower, letting the hot water sooth my tense muscles.
Doctors' offices have always made me nervous. But I have never been as nervous as I was then, sitting in the waiting room holding Alexander's hand and tapping my feet anxiously.
I really did have a lot to be nervous about. This was my first appointment for my baby. My half-vampire baby. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I wondered what the doctor was like. Apparently she was from Romania but came to Hipsterville, USA about ten years ago. I really hoped she wouldn't judge me for being a teenage mother, or for being a human.
Eventually a nurse called me to the back and took my weight, temperature, and blood pressure. She said the doctor would be right in and left the room.
We sat there silently, me in the large cushioned patient's chair and him in a folding chair next to me. We were holding hands.
I looked over at him. He was glancing around the room lazily seeming completely bored out of his mind. Somehow that offended me. If he didn't want to come why did he? I mean I didn't ask him to come.
By the time the doctor finally came in I was pissed off because I though Alexander felt like he was wasting his time.
The door opened and in stepped a woman with a white coat on. She had long black hair and she must have been in her late twenties or early thirties. At least that's what she looked like, she could be centuries old for all I knew. She looked very normal except for the spider web tattoo on the side of her neck.
She walked over to me and held out her hand to shake.
"Hello my name is Dr. Zaharu, you must be Raven."
"Hi. Yes I'm Raven and this is Alexander,: I said gesturing to my boyfriend who was now standing. They shook hands and Dr. Zaharu gave him a strange look.
"You're Alexander Sterling aren't you?"
He looked startled. No one has said anything remotely similar to that to him here in America. I mean everyone he's known previously is in Romania.
"Um, yes I am."
A grin broke out across her face clearly showing her fangs. "I knew you looked familiar. I was your mother's doctor when she was pregnant with you. The last time I saw you, you were just a fe weeks old. But those eyes are your father's without a doubt."
"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you… again."
After they chatted for a few minutes about Romania, the Sterlings, and why Alexander was here, the doctor turned to me.
"So you captured the vampire's heart huh? It's been a while since I treated and human."
I blushed and didn't say anything.
Dr. Zaharu chuckled (A/N: CUBES!) and pulled her chair up to sit next to me.
"Let's have a look," she said and pulled my shirt up just enough to show my slightly swollen stomach. Alexander squeezed my hand.
I tensed when she put her freezing cold fingers on my stomach. They probed my abdomen for a few seconds until the vampire doctor pulled back and wrote something on her clipboard. She took my blood and checked a few other things I would prefer not to explain.
She left the room to run the blood through the lab. Alexander finally relaxed once it was removed from the room.
"Well I'm sure you'd like to know that you are in face pregnant," Dr. Zaharu said while wheeling in some kind of machine. It was kind of small and consisted of a screen and other equipment.
She wheeled it over to the side of my chair. The doctor announced we were going to try and ultrasound. Apparently some hybrids end up being more human than vampire, or the other way around, so sometimes they will be able to capture an image on the screen.
"First we are going to find the heartbeat." I just nodded and watched when she placed some kind of instrument on my stomach and moved it around.
Seconds later, a strong, stead beat filled the room.
My eyes widened in shock. A heartbeat. That was it's heartbeat. The sound was like a slap in the face, waking me up to reality. It was the most beautiful sound I had ever heard.
Dr. Zaharu flipped a switch and the screen next to me flickered to life. She spread this freezing blue gel onto my stomach and rolled the wand over it to get an image.
"That is your baby," she said pointing to an oddly shaped figure in the middle of the screen.
It didn't look like a baby, but somehow it was so beautiful.
A/N: Okay so how was it? Did it make up for the long wait? The second this is uploaded, I will be working on chapter 10!
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