Count on Me

Chapter Thirty-Three: Argument Over Breakfast

Taking a deep breath as she mentally prepared herself for breakfast, Katrina knew that it wasn't going to be an easy meal and she dreaded to think what would happen between her family and Mesut's.

Katrina had put off heading down for breakfast for as long as she could, she didn't want to have to listen to snide comments about her relationship or repeated questions about her pregnancy.

Things had been rather quiet since everyone had gone downstairs for breakfast and Katrina could only hope that they would stay that way; the hours were counting down until her wedding tomorrow and she didn't want anything to upset the balance.

Resting a hand on her bump, Katrina smiled to herself feeling the baby kick and she knew that the feeling was the only thing keeping her calm right now; she doubted that her nerves were going to get any better.

"Are you coming down for breakfast?" Mesut asked appearing behind Katrina, he had been worried when she hadn't appeared for breakfast and he knew that things were rather tense downstairs even if they did seem to be getting along.

His father was the main issue and Mesut had done his best to make sure that he had made clear that any sort of problem that he may cause wouldn't be welcomed and would be cause for him to be uninvited to the wedding tomorrow.

He crossed the room and wrapped his arms around her, he didn't blame her for being nervous and he wanted nothing more than for them to be able to relax when this was all done.

Downstairs was rather crazy and Mesut knew that everyone was excited about the fact that the wedding was tomorrow; he closed his eyes wishing that everyone would just relax and enjoy themselves.

***

"I haven't heard anything about the prenup," Mustafa mused sipping on his coffee, he had been as quiet as he could over breakfast and he couldn't help but dislike the family that his son was marrying into even more.

He had come down the stairs early that morning wanting to relax and read the paper before breakfast only to find that the kitchen had been taken over by Katrina's mother and aunt.

The two women had made breakfast fit for an army instead of the twenty-odd people that were staying at the house; he couldn't help but wonder just how involved they would be in Mesut's life when he had married Katrina.

Silence fell over the kitchen and everyone turned to look at Mustafa unable to shake the words that he had uttered; it wasn't the sort of talk that one expected during breakfast conversation.

Katrina looked down the table at Mustafa and she couldn't help but feel awkward at his words; she had never even considered that a prenup would be needed in their situation.

Prenups were usually only used for those who married without being soul-mates, in-case they ever did meet the person that they were meant to spend the rest of their lives with.

"That's because there isn't one," Mesut replied with a shake of his head, he sat down next to Katrina; he didn't know what his father was playing at but he wasn't going to deal with it today.

He took Katrina's hand knowing that there was no changing his mind on this, he just wanted to enjoy breakfast with the family before they had to focus on the wedding.

There was no telling just what his father was planning now and the only reason that he was even here right now was because Gulizar had pleaded for Mesut to let him attend.

"Is that a wise decision?" Mustafa asked raising an eyebrow at his son, he had thought that he had raised him to be smarter than this and the last thing he wanted was for Mesut to lose everything to Katrina.

It didn't matter if the woman was meant to be his soul-mate, he could only see this ending with his heart being broken by Katrina; to make matters worse he had already gotten her pregnant.

"It's my decision and there will be no prenup," Mesut snapped glaring at Mustafa, he had warned him about this and he wasn't in the mood to fight; he got back to his feet wanting to make it clear that there would be no more of this discussion.

Katrina peeked down the table at Mustafa, she didn't know what he was planning now but she knew the peace that had settled once Mandy had been removed from their lives wasn't going to last.

"I am marrying Katrina and we are going to have a baby together, nothing you say or do will stop that from happening tomorrow," Mesut snapped before he walked out of the kitchen, he was trying to keep the peace for his mother's sake but he couldn't allow his father to do this.

Things were good between him and Katrina, they were expecting a baby girl in November and he was excited about being a father for the very first time.

There was silence for a moment before Kostas glared at Mustafa, he didn't know why the other man disapproved of Katrina so much but he wasn't going to ruin the celebrations.

***

Leaning back on the bed, Katrina couldn't help but wonder where Mesut had gotten to and she hoped that he wasn't allowing his father's words to upset him; they had enough to worry about without thinking about him.

The bedroom door pushed open and Katrina blinked confused at the sight of Mesut all dressed up, everyone else had gone out for the day wanting to relax for a few hours after how breakfast had gone.

"How quickly can you get dressed?" Mesut asked chewing on his lip, he had everything planned and he just hoped that he would be able to get away with what he had planned.

He had thought about what had happened at breakfast and it didn't fill him with much hope for tomorrow; he didn't want anything to ruin the wedding that they had planned.

Katrina furrowed her brow as she watched Mesut approached the wardrobe and open it, she had no idea what was going on right now and she watched as he searched through it before he pulled out a cornelli dress and shrug.

"What is going on?" Katrina asked carefully getting up from the bed and moved over to Mesut, she was a little worried about what might have happened while he had been gone and she hoped that he hadn't done something stupid.

Mesut took a deep breath and moved towards Katrina, he was hoping that she would agree to the plan that he had come up with so that nothing could ruin tomorrow for them.

"I'm not going to let my father ruin tomorrow for us... we're eloping tonight," Mesut whispered taking her hands, she was everything to him and he was determined to have a wedding where he didn't have to worry about anything that might go wrong.

The idea of getting married in front of both of their families had left them nervous and Mesut knew that there was every chance that their wedding would turn into a massive argument between their families.

The tension was building and he felt like everything would just explode on what was meant to be the happiest day of their lives.

"My parents will kill us," Katrina replied as a smile formed on her face, she was curious about how much he had planned and they would have to act quickly if they were going to make this plan work.