WHAT ABOUT IT?, jesse lee soffer

♪ forty - two

"You're w-what?" Jesse gasped out; his hand never falling from hers. "I'm pregnant." she muttered again as her teary face became sullen. Dread filled up her stomach as undeniably, worse after worse thoughts came to her mind. "You're pregnant." he whispered out; the words still a shock to him. Oh god. Is he happy? i can't tell, Arielle muttered to herself as she managed to calm herself down despite thinking the worst.

A couple minutes had passed with Arielle still hunched up; crying and with Jesse on the floor looking straight ahead. He turned his head swiftly and stared at her. "You're pregnant?" he asked her as she nodded her head. "You're PREGNANT." he yelled out this time causing Arielle to jump in shock. "You," he spoke out; pointing his finger at her as he asked, "are pregnant?" Arielle nodded her; his reaction still confusing her. "OMG! OMG! OMG. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY. You. Me. We're going to be parents!??! Omg." he rambled on; his fingers anxiously tapping on hers. "Wait- you're crying..... You're not happy?" He inquired; his eyes finally meeting hers. "No, no, no. I-I'm ha-appy." she replied in a brittle voice. Jesse nodded his head as he spoke; "I feel like there's a "but" coming." as Arielle nodded. "B-But," she paused and cleared her voice before continuing, "but J, look around us. Once w-we get a little happy, something hap-pens. Us. We're not meant to be happy. We're not meant to be parents. E-lle, look at what happened ther-e." she solemnly spoke as Jesse sadly smiled at her.

He slowly grazed his fingers on her wrist as he spoke; "Ari, look. What-t happened wasn't our fault. Life..... i-it's unfair and it throws pain and sufferings on all people and w-we were one of them but it won't define or make us bad parents. Somehow, it will make us great parents to this baby." He picked up her hand; placing a short kiss on her wrist. Arielle quickly nodded her head as some peace settled in her. "We'll never forget her?" she asked after some time. "No, we won't cause she's a part of us and this baby. She'll forever be here." he replied in low tone as tears gushed out again from both their eyes. "Promise me that whatever happens, we'll-l protect the baby first." "You and the baby. Yes, I'll protect you both with my life." "N-No." she whispered out, "You'll always put me behind, okay?" "No, Arielle. I will protect both of you cause now that i-i know that I'll get to be dad. It's all because of you, Arielle." he whispered out as his hands travel up to her cheeks.

"I love you, ari and I'll never stop loving you or her." Arielle let out a small chuckle as she looked at him with a smile on her lips, "Her?" Jesse laughed and replied; "Yeah, her. She'll be our little girl. The most spoilt princess in this world." "Spoilt? I think not. I don't want another 'you'." Arielle spoke with a gleam in her eyes. "Oh wow, Ms Wood. Are you implying that I'm spoilt?" "Honey, do you need your ears checked cause i didn't imply shit." Arielle replied in strong voice as Jesse looked at her in amusement. "Yeah. Yeah, okay. Now, up to bed." "Bed?!?! Are you sick?" Arielle asked as she placed her hand on his forehead, which Jesse immediately picked up.

"Are you crazy?" she asked again and replied to herself; "Nah, screw that question. You are crazy." "Lady, go to sleep." "Jesse, it's 7pm! When have you seen ME sleep at 7PM? Huh?" "Elle, you're pregnant-" "God, no. I shouldn't have told you that." she exclaimed as she hid her face in her palms only to be removed by Jesse, who placed both his hands on her cheeks and just gazed at her. His eyes immediately softened as he softly spoke; "We're going to be parents." as a smile spread on their faces. Arielle slowly went forward with her chair as she captured his lips.

 The kiss that reminded her off their first one. The same passionate one that made her fall in love. The same possessive one that made her fight for them. The same soft one that made her stay. Now, matter when she would her met him. By the way, their lips perfectly collide or how their hands perfectly fit; she was sure that he, after all was her soulmate and there was nothing denying their love. They had pulled away; gasping for oxygen. Not knowing that they were each other's oxygen and they gazed at each other's like it was galaxy full of stars and they couldn't concentrate on just one. Their love was the type of love, you dream about. The love that you waste all your life looking for. Their love was weird, complicated but somehow epic.

"Ow! Ow!" Jesse screamed out, "My legs are asleep." Arielle laughed at him before taking a second to help him up from the floor. Somehow they both knew that whatever life will throw at them; they would be fine.

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a/n : if you read "what about it?" through all it's shitty phases, i love you and even if you didn't; i love you. I never thought i would actually finish up the book cause commitment issues but over time, i gradually fell in love with arielle and jesse and you guys. No matter how many times i say 'thank you', it won't suffice cause y'all made my childhood dream actually true so whether you're ghost reader or not, I'm thankful for every one of you.

 Now, this isn't the last time you'll see ariesse, i still have a bunch of bonus chapters in my notes app and I'll continue to update this cause let's be honest, the starting sucks! 

I love you. I love you. I love you. 

(Keep your eyes out for "Find Me" now ;))

xoxo,

Mar.