THE SURROGATE: A LUKE BROOKS FAN FICTION

CHAPTER FORTY SIX

CHAPTER FORTY SIX
*BELLA'S P.O.V*
I was in the kitchen, helping Mrs. Freeman finish off dinner, when I heard a knock on the door. We looked at each other in confusion. It must be one of the Freeman's visitors, because I sure as hell wasn't expecting anybody. "I'll get it!" I heard Mr. Freeman shouting from the living room, not long before hearing footsteps walking toward the door. "I wonder who that could be?" Said Mrs. Freeman in a daze as she tossed the salad. So if Mrs. Freeman didn't know who it was, then it must be an unexpected visitor? I was 100% sure it was no one that knew; so imagine my surprise when Mr. Freeman walked into the kitchen and said, "Bella, its for you!" "For me?" I asked, unable to hide the shock in my voice. "Who is it dear?" Mrs. Freeman asked. Mr. Freeman looked back into the living, before looking at us, "we'll, this person would rather Bella come and check for herself" said mr. Freeman. What in the hell was going on? I looked at Mrs. Freeman, and then at Mr. Freeman. "Its okay, we'll give you your privacy" said mr. Freeman. I put the plates that I had in my hand, down on the table and slowly made my way into the living room. While walking, I was wracking my brain, trying to think of who it could be! It definitely wasn't Darcy or any of the Janoskians, because I made her promise not to disclose my location to anyone. I walked into the living room, and I knew who it was before I even saw him. I caught a whiff of his cologne, and my heart was racing so fast in my chest, I was sure that it could be heard throughout the house. When I walked into the living room and saw Luke standing there, I stopped dead in my tracks, as did my heart.

I didn't know why he was here, or what to say to him! It seemed like he didn't know what to say either, because we both just stood there, looking at each other. "Luke" was the only word I could form. "Bella, hey" he said smiling awkwardly. I had to be honest, I was fighting the urge to just run over to him and hug him! "What- what are you doing here?" I asked. "I-" he began, but his attention was drawn toward the kitchen where we heard the clattering of plates. "Can we talk somewhere more private?" He asked. I looked at him and wondered, why did he want to talk to me so privately? And wait, how the fuck does he know where I am? Stupid question! Darcy obviously told him! What did he want to speak to me about though? As far as I knew, we had nothing to say to each other. Looking at him one more time, I realized that he was waiting for an answer. I wasn't going to take him into my room, that's for sure! So I decided to take him to the only other place I knew. "Yeah, follow me" I said and we walked through the living room, through the kitchen -where he briefly greeted the Freemans- until we reached the backyard.

*ON THE PORCH, IN THE BACKYARD*
I was the first one to step out, with Luke following close behind me. It was a beautiful evening. The sun had just set, and I inhaled deeply as a pleasant breeze swept past us. "So-" I said, through a heavy breathe as I sat down on the swinging bench, "what did you want to talk to me so privately about?" I asked him, not wanting to waste any time. I waited in silence for an answer, but when I saw that it wasn't coming, I looked over at Luke, and noticed that he wasn't looking at me at all; instead, his eyes were on the huge garden. After a long while he said, "nice place, isn't it?" He still wasn't looking at me though. His question, however random it was, confused the shit out of me. "Uhm, yeah it is" I said, with an awkward tone in my voice. "Luke, what-" I began, but I was interrupted by him again, "and are you liking it here?" He asked, in a sort of daze as he was still looking over the garden. I couldn't see the point in these questions that he was asking me, but I answered nonetheless. "Uhm, for the few hours I've been here, yes I like it here" we were both silent again. "And how are they treating you?" He asked. At this point, I was tired of these questions! "Really great! Luke, what-" I was about to ask, when he interrupted me again with another pointless question. It took me a while to realize that Luke, was in fact stalling! "And-" he began, when I had about enough! "Luke! STOP WITH THE FUCKING QUESTIONS AND TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR! BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN LISTENING TO ME! I KNOW YOU LUKE, YOUR MIND IS A MILLION MILES AWAY!" I snapped; and he finally looked at me!

LUKE'S P.O.V*
Bella's outburst shocked me! But I knew that it wouldn't be long before she figured out I was stalling. I looked at her and thought to myself, "its now or never!" I walked over to Bella and sat next to her on the swinging bench. I looked at her and hesitated; wondering if I should take her hand -I decided not to-. "I'm here to do two things ... The first, is to apologize..." I said, and paused. "What's the second?" She asked. I completely ignored this question. "Anyway, back to the main thing" and I took a deep breath. I still had no idea what to say to her; so I'm just gonna say what's on my mind. "Well, I could easily go on and say that I'm sorry, and that Im never going to be like that again and I can just tell you everything you want to hear; but the truth is Bella, that this won't be the last time that we argue, maybe some arguments will be even worse! But the reason for that, is that I really do care about you, and there's always gonna be this matter of opinion and... My point is, we are gonna argue, and that's okay, because I am 110% sure that we'll always make it through and we'll go back to the way we were." I took a pause, and looked at her face; she seemed to still be following, so I continued. "Also, I said some really stupid and shitty things to you, and for that I'm so fucking sorry! There's a million excuses I could use, but in all honesty, there is no excuse for me acting like a complete dick! Bella I really hate fighting with you, and its clear that we've been distant thses last few months; I'm not blaming the baby! We'll we haven't been distant, but you know, we're not as close as I'd like to be.. I paused again, and was shocked to find that my hand was on top of hers, squeezing it! When did this happen!? I was about to remove it, but I noticed that she was slightly squeezing mine too. "so-" "Luke wait!" Said Bella, stopping me, and gently putting her hand over my mouth. I stopped speaking immediately. "Firstly," she said, taking her hand off my mouth, "you're really shit at making apologies!" She said with a serious face, and my heart dropped; so did my face. She must have noticed, because she broke into a huge smile there and then. "I really appreciate it though! I also appreciate the fact that you drove all this way and went through so much effort just to apologize to me! And-" "Aaaand?" I asked hopefully. "Well I could just tell you what you want to hear-" she said in a voice that mocked mine, "Luke Brooks, you're forgiven!" She said, pulling me into a tight hug that lasted for what felt like hours. After a while, she said, "so what's the other thing you wanted to talk to me about?" My eyes opened wide in surprise.I thought she'd forgotten about it! "Huh?" I asked as I felt her grip of the hug loosening. "You said you were here to do two things; so what's the other?" She repeated and broke the hug. We looked at each other, and without even thinking about it or rehearsing it my head, I took My hand, and placed my fingers gently behind her neck, while stroking her cheek with my thumb as i said, "this" before pulling her in for a kiss! At first, I thought she might pull her head away and slap me in the face; that's what it seemed like anyway, but I was so wrong! She kissed me back with just as much urgency as I had kissed her with. At that moment, nothing else mattered! It felt like everyone in the entire world had faded out and it was just the two of us. The feeling of her lips finally on top of mine, was a feeling so amazing that I couldn't even describe. There had been many moments where I pictured what Bella and I's first kiss would be like; and it was nothing compared to this! I wrapped my free hand around her waist and pulled her in closer; I felt her hand in my hair, entangling her fingers into it. What she did with her free hand, made me jump a bit -mainly because I wasn't expecting it-. With her free hand, she found her way to my crotch, and started rubbing it as the kiss deepened. I was the first one to break the kiss, reluctantly of course. As the kiss broke, she bit my lip. "Woah!" We said simultaneously. As if reading my mind, which I often thought she could, she said, "I'm sorry for touching you like that; I didn't know you'd react that way!" "No! No! I'm not complaining! I don't usually act that way; but it just... It surprised me that's all!" I said honestly, as I stroked her upper arm. She smiled, "what? You think pregnant women don't got game? I'm just kidding.. But lately I've just been having a lot of..." She paused and ran her fingers through my hair and pulled it a bit as she bit her lip and said, "... URGES" "urges as in..." "Yes! Fucking hell its fucking weird! I've never wanted to have sex this much in my entire life! I desire - no! I CRAVE a D !!!" She looked at me with a shocked expression, as if she was just realizing what she said. "I'm not asking for yours!" She said quickly, "I'm just-" I laughed. "Don't worry about it ... You never know, you might just get what you're asking for..." And I paused, building up all the courage I had to say the next few things as casually as possible. "Do you think you could have the urge to say yes?" "Say yes to what?" She asked, looking away from the ground and putting all her attention on me. "Well," and my heart was off, beating erratically against my chest, I was certain that you could actually see the outline of my heart beating against my chest if you looked at it. My heart was beating so fast and so loud, I could barely hear myself asking her, "to being my GIRLFRIEND?"