The Devil and I.

The Message.

After that day Morgan didn't come to see me for three months. In those three months he texted me twice both saying "sorry can't talk" I gave up in the end. He didn't ask me how I was recovering if my lungs were getting better but to be honest they felt better than they ever had. Dolly came round when Newt was at work for a chat and a catch up, we sat at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits between us. It was all okay, neither of us mentioned Morgan, but I started to feel sick I ran upstairs to the bathroom and threw up. When I opened my eyes the toilet bowl was covered in blood, I shouted for Dolly who came sprinting up the stairs to me. "Oh my god!" And like that I passed out. Again I woke up in hospital, the doctor was there when I woke up, "Hello, my name is Doctor Lewis. You're friend brought you in but of course we couldn't tell her anything except that you will be okay."
"Thank you doctor Lewis. Can you tell me what happened please?"
"We suspect it was not blood but just something to do with what you have eaten that dyed your vomit. You must have fainted with the shock of seeing red. We ran tests and congratulations you are pregnant." And with that the world stopped spinning again.
Pregnant.
With Morgan's child.
"Are you okay miss?"
"Yes I'm fine did you tell anyone about this?"
"No mam."
"Okay thank you." And with that Doctor Lewis left seconds lately Dolly and Newt came in. Both hugged me and helped me to my feet I was free to go. They took me home, stayed for an hour and left.
Pregnant.
I cleaned the house from top to bottom and questioned whether I should text Morgan, but I decided I would tell Newt and Dolly first.
Emily: you and Dolly fancy coming round mine for tea at about 8?
I needed to do something, to keep busy otherwise I'd back out of telling anyone. Let's face it if I started to hate the idea I'd become a complete shut in until I gave birth and then the kid would be up for adoption. Morgan, Newt, and Dolly would never know.
Newt: Sure you better be making something nice.
I giggled. I checked at what was in the house, "oh Emily I would like lasagna", I went to the store and bought everything I needed to make lasagna. My mother always made it to make me feel better, it was the last dish she ever wanted. Come 8 o'clock everything was sorted I planned to tell them after dinner. They let themselves in and sat at the kitchen table whilst I was putting the lasagna on the plates, Dolly poured the drinks I didn't have any alcohol in the house so she gave us all some coke. "Thanks for this Em, I don't know if you've gathered by Doll isn't really much of a cook."
"Hey! You like my beans on toast!" We all had a laugh over it. When tea had finished I put the plates in the sink when I felt a huge pain in my back and had to sit down so Dolly and Newt did the washing and drying. We went into the living room, they sat, I stood pacing. "So guys I'm pregnant."
"Oh congratulations! Who is the dad?" Dolly always straight to the point. "Morgan. You know the guy I've been seeing."
"Em you had a boyfriend and didn't tell us?!"
"What are you talking about?"
"This Morgan what does he look like? You don't want to have an ugly baby." I was lost for words I know I hadn't mentioned Morgan in a while but they knew who he was why were they pretending different?
"Dolly you've met him! You both have!"
"When?"
"Dolly we met him in the descent! He even helped Newt move! He was here when I came home from the bus crash! He brought me home!" Both of their faces looked blank. They looked at each other for about a minute. "Em...we haven't met a man called Morgan."
They left congratulating me again, I watched them go all the way to Newt's new car.
Why did they pretend not to know Morgan? I don't understand it, the I heard a loud thunder clap and a sudden on pour of rain. I picked up my phone and dialled Morgan's number, three rings and he answered
"Hello Emily."
"Morgan I have to tell you something."
" What is it? You sound worried."
"I'm pregnant and it's yours."
With that he hung up on me. I felt used and let down, I felt look like he had left me in my time of need. I started crying. I've never cried over a man apart for my dad. I lay on the sofa with my phone as far as I could throw it. The thunder got louder, the rain came down heavier and then three sharp knocks came at the front door. I got off the sofa, the three knocks came again. "Hang on!" I opened the door to find Morgan soaking wet with a face of anger, "What the hell do you want?!", he pushed me into the house and slammed the door. "What do I want? What are you talking about pregnant?"
"What do you think I mean? I'm with child you ass!"
"You can't be!"
"Well I am!" At this point I'm glad the neighbours aren't joined to the house. He ran his hands through his hair, "listen to me Emily you can't be pregnant because I'm not human." Silence. Silence is what followed. It really took me aback we was yelling now he is telling me he is not human. "What do you mean not human?"
"I'm the fallen, the first fallen actually." He was using his horrible calm nothing bothers him voice. "What the hell do you mean?"
"Oh Emily, I'm the Devil dear." He chuckled darkly. "You have got to be shitting me! You couldn't come up with a better excuse than that?" I started laughing uncontrollably, "if you don't want to be a father just tell me!" Another thunder clap, a lighting strike which threw light into the windows. I went to close the window but Morgan grabbed my hand to stop me but images came thick and fast to my mind.

I saw him falling from a great height, I heard him screaming as he turned into the ground. Literally into the ground. The floor closed up and more people fell from the sky. I saw a woman with an apple in her hand. I saw a man outside his collapsed house. I saw a man in the desert. I saw him laughing at a woman who was loosing her mind as demons plagued her. I saw fire. I saw hell.

I had collapsed on the floor, he went to touch me again but I moved away. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" He looked angry but withdrew his hand. "Why does that keep happening?"
"When you died I'm guessing He granted you the gift of seeing."
"He?"
"Well it certainly wasn't me so that leaves only one other alternative."
"But why?" I was sat on my kitchen floor, sobbing feeling like an idiot. "So you'd know who I am I'm guessing." He shrugged like it was nothing. "No I mean why did you come to me?" He stared into my eyes coming down to my level. "Because Emily you and your friends were very close to me. To what I like."
"What?"
"You all had some shame, some guilt. I love guilt it essentially feeds me. But then you, there was something about you. You felt different and I planned to work it out." He looks at my stomach. "Looks like I tried too hard." He started laughing, I put my arms around my waist, I couldn't even look at him. "I loved you. Did you know that?"
"Yes Emily I did." I said nothing, didn't look at him once. I got up off the floor, I felt numb, I walked to my living room and just sat on my sofa. He followed. The thunder got closer. Morgan was looking out the window, "looked like we really pissed Him off." I couldn't even bring myself to look at him. There was no we. I didn't want to believe it but I saw his past, the past can't be made up of fabricated, the mind reveals all the secrets we possess. "What have I done?" I said quietly to myself but Morgan sat next to me and quietly said "you gave into temptation. You're mine."
"Yours?"
"Well dear Emily, you sinned, you polluted your body with drugs, and now you're pregnant with the spawn of the Devil. Any more stupid questions?"
"I don't think they're stupid at all."
"No you're right Emily."
"Why do you keep saying my name?"
"I like the sound of it." I stood up and walked to the same window Morgan was just standing by. Shock suddenly hit me. "Please tell me I'm not going to Rosemary's baby! Please tell me I'm not going to start eating raw meat and have really bad pain! I couldn't handle that Morgan!" He just started laughing. "Emily don't believe everything you watch or read." He stopped, put his hands behind his head and looked thoughtful. "Then again I've never had a baby before...biblically I have but they were more of a concept. I honestly don't know what this pregnancy will do to you. If it's anything like me you won't be eating raw meat."
"I know you're the Devil I've seen it but can you try to do something to comfort me? Say anything!"
"Have you been hearing voices lately?"
"Oh my God seriously Morgan!" He shrugged AGAIN! "I'm going to bed you do what you want!" As I was leaving he pulled me into a kiss making sure not to touch my hands, I'm sad to say after everything he had just revealed I let him I kissed back. I went to bed without him I told him if he was staying he could go in any room but my mother's.
At around 3 he decided to crawl into my bed, who knows what he was doing till then. When I woke up, he was gone. Again.