Just a what-if one shot cuz I like torture.
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Many dates and several fights and apologies- one that happened tonight because she got upset at something he'd implied but didn't actually mean to say, later and she couldn't hold back on telling him how she felt.
"I wanted to hate you forever; that was my plan, to hold you leaving against you for the rest of your life..."
"What if you'd never seen me again? ...not that I'd blame you!" He confessed while standing dangerously close to her and causing her pulse to quicken.
"If I'd never seen you again then I'd hate you in theory for the rest of your life and I wouldn't blame me..."
"My life?"
"Well you'd die before me, so..."
"Well I'm not dead now and I'm here; I've been here for months and I'm not going anywhere." His mouth was so close to hers that she could feel the shadow of his kiss on her lips, they both wanted it.
"So you say"
"So I mean! ...Say it!"
"You first" it was a risk, she knew, but she also knew that this; whatever it was couldn't leave her with her heart alone and she had to be sure though she already knew, had known.
"And if I said it...?"
"Do you?" She asked. It was a long pause, one that ticked by slowly for the both of them as he looked into her eyes.
"More than everything I have; for a long time. I just...say you love me too!" He pleaded as her eyes lit up and she smiled, garnering a playful:
"You first!"
That night when they made love, giving no cares to anything else, drowning in one another was like a revelation that they were where they needed to be all along. Suddenly the past and all of its heartaches didn't matter and when she laid across his chest, listening to his heart beating...
"I'm not giving this a chance to go wrong again... Marry me!"
That was two years ago and now she looked down at her stomach and she can't believe how lucky she is.
"The water feels good, huh?" Her daughter, already such a lady, just snuggles under her skin and offers a small hand as confirmation causing her to laugh. She's already adopted her role and personality and she can't wait the 10 weeks till she gets to hold her; but for now she settles for holding that tiny hand that splays out on her right side and gladly says "hi there."
She thought that she would never have the joy of children in her life, certainly never be blessed to be pregnant and that was okay; she had been given a second chance with Elliot and that was enough for her. But life has a funny way of giving us what we need even when we don't see it coming.
"Okay...how about we get out and get something to eat?" She's been in the water now for a half hour and it's started to get cold. The thought of a nice bowl of spinach dip with cheetos drawing her out.
Suddenly the kicking started, her son being the ringleader and her daughter joining in with her brother this time, it's like they're playing a game of tag in her womb but she knew it was because their father was home. It was the only time their daughter got excited enough to kick like this and Olivia was thankful that she wouldn't have to struggle getting up and out.
"Just in time!" She said as Elliot wandered into the bathroom, looking at her lovingly and extended his hand after he kissed her. She looked into those gorgeous blues and she knows she doesn't regret saying yes to him two years ago. It was random and insane but she knew just as well as he did that it was right.
Funny how love.
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