Angel's Secret ✔️

[EPILOGUE]

[TWO YEARS LATER]
•AVIANA•

I didn't think my life would be so eventful.  I thought I was like every other teenager, until I got kidnapped.  Nothing good can come out of being kidnapped.  You're away from your family, you're somewhere new with strangers that treated you like shît, and you could've died.  Nothing good can come out of that.

But it did for me.

After the police busted Dom and put him behind bars for as long as he lived, and killed Raphael (which neither Angel or I was mad about) my life became brighter.  It was like the sun finally decided to stop hiding behind the filthy, venomous clouds and shine like no one was watching. 

We had my mother's funeral the next few days and it was a very sorrowful day for everyone.  Aislin came, and so did Lil, and Gabe.  Novian fell into a little depression, but I promised him that I'd let him be my human diary if he'd let me be his.  We agreed on that, so at least I'd know what was going through his head. Angel watched him very carefully to make sure nothing was up.

My father was alright.  He'd never let my mother go, but he was alright at the funeral.  He told me and Novian that he was going to move to San Francisco.  He gave Novian the choice of staying with me, or going to stay with our grandparents.  Novian didn't want to burden me, so he went to stay at my grandparents.

I however had issues of my own. Like telling Angel that he was the father of our unborn child. He and I cried a river. I couldn't handle it, and he was beyond shocked.

For once I surprised him.

"I'm not ready for a baby," I had sobbed holding my stomach. "But... we can't abort it either."

He softly caressed my face. "Even if we could I wouldn't let you take my baby away from me. Aviana, who's ever ready for a baby? So what ours wasn't planned? Doesn't mean we can't take care of it. You'd make the most amazing mother anyone could ask for. And... I'm blessed to father our baby."

I looked into his eyes to see the sincerity. He smiled softly and palmed my stomach. I wasn't showing but knowing that a little human was growing inside me was enough to set me off into tears. A little human that Angel and I made. He grabbed me and pulled me into his arms.

"We won't be perfect parents, but I know our baby will be loved like no other," he whispered into my ear. "We can do this."

I shook my head yes. We could do it... we could do it. And then he pulled away.

"I—I wanted to do this later. Maybe next month, when everything dies down. But so much is happening right now, and I really don't want you to be my girlfriend," his words were like a knife to my heart. It was plunged deeply into me and I moved away.

He was kidding right?

But then Angel got onto one knee, and revealed a black box from his pocket that I didn't even know was there. My heart was revived, and it thrummed like the drums Native Americans beated on.

"I don't want you to be my girlfriend. Girlfriend means temporary. I-I-I want you to be with me forever. I'll love you forever and ever. I want to wake up beside you each and every morning, I want to raise kids with you. I want to grow old with you and be that elder couple on Instagram in a rocking chair holding hands," he gently opened the box showing the engagement ring. "Aviana Laurent, will you make me the happiest man on Earth or any other planet, and marry me?"

My words failed me as I gulped. I shook my head rapidly and dove into his arms. He hugged me back, and I looked at him to kiss him. I hugged him again.