The Little Lockwood

Thirty Two

EDITED

** One Month Later **

"BRANDON, I'm going to find you, and absolutely KILL YOU!" I shout through the forest surrounding the house.

I race at super speed, following his familiar scent.

Brandon Keys has also stolen the wifi modem for the computer, and he knows that on Wednesdays I email Tyler.

"Catch me if you can Debria!" Brandon calls back from somewhere on my right.

His laugh sounds like music to my ears, as I turn right and dash faster through the green foliage. My bare feet hitting the ground at an inhuman rate. 

I see the back of Brandon coming up fast and I brace myself for slamming into him, knocking him to the ground and pinning him there. He flips so his back lays on the ground, and I'm now straddling his waist. 

We are in the center of an empty clearing, the damp grass staining my jeans, my toes becoming cold in the late fall air.

Brandon looks up at me and smiles cheekily, 

"Caught me."

I sit up and make sure I'm holding him down with my super strength and hold out my hand, 

"Wifi Modem, please."

"I hid it in the house, under the desk actually," Brandon chuckles as he plays with a strand of my hair that has fallen from the bun I twisted it in earlier.

"You are such a pain," I snicker as I sit up from him, needing a bit of air.

We haven't really talked about our one night stand. And he's given me the space I have asked for since then, I needed to process all of it.

"Debria?" He asks slowly, assessing my stance which was nervous. 

He grabs my hands in his, 

"What is it?"

I smile, and look up at him through my eyelashes, unsure of how to break this news to him.

"Brandon, I'm pregnant," I say, gazing into his blue eyes that could mirror the sky.

It takes a moment for this information to sink in, and his face goes from shocked to excited in a split second.

"Debria! This is wonderful!" Brandon picks me up by my waist and spins me in a circle, the wind whipping my hair out of it's bun and around us.

He sets me down onto the ground and holds my face in his hands, gazing into my eyes before hurriedly kissing my lips passionately.

I pull away and laugh gently, having hope at this news. I want a happy future. And I know that Brandon would be wonderful for me, he would take care of me, and make me incredibly happy.

"I love you, Debria Lockwood," Brandon says. And his voice sounds so sure, so warm, I cannot fathom there being any doubt in his words.

I smile in happiness, this feeling overwhelming me, 

"Brandon, we are having a baby!"

He chuckles, another smile forming upon his lips as well, 

"Debria, I do not want to live without you. These past few months, you have given me life. You have brought meaning to my life Debria. And you'll be eighteen soon enough. Debria, I'll pressure you, and argue with you, and love you, until the day I die," Taking my hand Brandon gets on one knee, my heart speeding up, "I do not want to raise this child without you by my side, together we can decide what is right and wrong, as husband and wife. Marry me, Debria, and make me the luckiest man on Earth...Say yes Debri...."

Tears have stung my eyes and one flows down my cheek as this love seems to radiate through the air from him into me. I take a beat. 

Do I want this life? Do I want to be with Brandon? I ask myself.

"Yes, Brandon," I whisper as I look up at him.

Brandon stand up and embraces me, picking me up bridal style to carry me back to the house.

Ty,

I'm pregnant. And engaged. I'll send you more details soon. But I'm finally happy .

I miss you terribly,

Debria.