My Aquaman (a.u)

Chapter 37

I woke up with the book on my chest and searched around for my phone that was ringing. I found it and saw that it was my alarm going off. It was 10 am, and the alarm was telling me to get up to go to work. It had been ringing for a while since I usually enjoyed waking up early before work.

I got up anyway and thought it would be good if I got out of the house a little, getting some fresh air. Maybe going to work would take my mind off everything else. I walked into the bathroom and got in the shower, trying to make the warm water wake me up a little more.

I walked towards the cliff behind the house at first. It was actually sunny today after a long time of it just raining. Sighing heavily, I looked out at the horizon before I for the first time in a few days I touched my stomach. "Guess it wasn't meant to be, huh?" I tell myself and sigh again. I knew I had to move on and not dwell on it, but it was hard. "I guess this is goodbye for now little one" I continue and rub my stomach one more time before turning around and seeing Arthur standing there watching me.

"You, okay?" he asks as he approaches me. "Yeah, I will be" I tell him and strain my face a little trying to smile at him. We both stare into the horizon for a while in total silence for a while before I turned towards Arthur. "Are you okay?" I ask, and he turns to me. "Yeah," he says and sighs. I wrapped my arms around him, and he placed his arm around my shoulders.

It was nice just standing here like this. It felt like we were both saying goodbye and moving on. Maybe this was a sign for me to go to Gotham to study my dream subject, even though it meant that I had to leave Arthur behind.

"You wanna go somewhere?" I ask as we head towards the house. "Where do you want to go?" He asks as we stop. "How about that cave you showed me?" I ask and try smiling again. He wrap me in and kisses my head before we leave the cliffside.

We had some time before the tide came back so the path out to the opening in the cliffside was possible to get to without getting soaked. The cave was as beautiful as I remembered it, though reflecting on the bit of sadness I felt as the dark walls surrounded us. The saltwater smell filled my nose and I felt at ease, closure. I was ready to move on with my life and get away from here. I would go to school like I had always wanted, even though it meant that I had to leave Arthur.

I opened my eyes and lowered my head to look at him to find out he was looking at me. I tried smiling again and it felt a little more natural this time. "Let's go back home" I say and holds out a hand which he grabs, and we start leaving just in time before the tide comes back.

"Something else you want to do today?" He asks me and I shake my head. I was exhausted as this was the most of physical activity, I had done these last few days after my miscarriage. "I'm exhausted" I tell him, and he nods before we start walking back home.

Back at home I went to bed as I could barely keep my eyes open. Arthur weren't leaving my side today and laid down next to me letting me cuddle up next to him while I drifted off to sleep. It kind of felt like he was still worried for me even though I had told him that I was fine. Not gonna lie it was actually quite nice having him around right now though as he was probably the only one who did understand me.

Instead of words him just being here did a lot. I knew it would be hard to leave him when I went to Gotham, but I knew he would be here if I ever decided to come back someday. For now, I wanted to enjoy the summer as much as possible, working my last few times at the pub with Palina and Victor. The rest I hoped to spend as much as I could with Arthur.