Labyrinth 2: What Happens Next

Chapter 17: So This Is Love

Sam's POV:

I was sitting in my room on my rocking chair humming the tune of So This Is Love from Cinderella. I looked down at my belly. "So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of." I continued humming and rocking. Looking around my room I noticed how young it still looked. When you walk in you can definitely tell it's a teenage girl's room. I have pink walls with thin frilly curtains on the walls. When the sun shines through, the room is really warm and cozy. Posters of various male celebrities are plastered all over the place. I have a signed poster of Ziggy Stardust. Toby bought it for me at the first concert we ever went to, two years ago. He wanted to get a poster for each of us, but he only had enough money for one. I insisted that he buy it for himself, that I didn't need one, but he wouldn't listen to me. He said he'd rather spend money on me than himself. That was the night I really felt that he might like me. You know, sometimes I forget that Toby and I are only sixteen. We've both grown up so much over these last few months. We are both overjoyed for this baby. At first, it was terrifying. I didn't know what my parents would think, I didn't know if Toby was ready for this. After all, the baby was conceived after the first, and for a while, the only time we did it. We were afraid that this would happen, and then it did, but before anyone else knew, we had the accident, and I hurt my back, and he hurt his shoulder, but after things slowed down, we picked up again. Toby ended up being just as happy as I was, if not more happy. He's been reading Sarah's book to the baby every night, even if it's over the phone, he never misses a night. When he comes over soon, we're going to discuss different names for the baby, we're finding out what we're having today, the appointment's in a few hours. God I'm lucky.

"Hello, hello!" Toby. I smiled and turned around and greeted my boyfriend with a kiss.

"I heard you humming, what's that from? Cinderella?"

"Yeah. I figured it was fitting. My two most loved people are right here with me, and I'm the happiest person in the world." I invited him a seat on my bed and we turned on the American version of The Office to play in the background. We both have seen the show so many times, we could zone out for most of an episode and still know what's going on.

"It's kinda blurry." Jim said, taking out his fake glasses and putting them on. "That's better. Question. What kind of bear is best?" Toby paused the episode, and I quickly looked over at him like "why?"

"Question," Toby said, crawling on top of me. "What kind of love is best?"

"That's a ridiculous question-" He silenced me with a kiss.

"False. Our love is best." I smiled and let out a moan as Toby kissed my neck. "Fact. We're having a baby. We're in love. We're having a baby. We should get married." I looked up at him in awe.

"Question," I started as I sat up. "Did you just propose to me, acting as Jim impersonating Dwight?" Toby got off the bed and fumbled around in his pocket.

"Better question," Toby said, lowering down on one knee.

"September second, two-thousand seven. My first day at school. My mother and father dropped me off in the doorway. I watched them leave as I clutched Lancelot, The stuffed bear whom I never left the house without. I cried, wanting them to come back. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and when I turned around, and saw a girl with pigtails, in a purple dress. She said, "I like your bear. What's his name?" She grabbed my hand, and we walked over to her table, where we spent the rest of the day. January thirty first, two thousand and fourteen, eleven fifty nine pm. Jeremy's New Year's party. I invited three people. My friend Joshua, his sister, Brittany, and the girl. She wore her brown hair in a bun, with some loose wispy, uncontrollable curls falling around her face. The dress she wore was pink, matching with silver shoes that were her first ever pair of heels. When it came to the New Year's kisses, mostly everybody had someone, except for us four kids. We agreed that we'd just hug each other, nothing romantic. I begged Josh to hug his sister, because I knew she had a huge crush on me,and I was creeped out by her. He eventually caved in and I got to hug the girl. Just as we were loosening our embrace, the girl quickly pulled back in and kissed my cheek, then she ran away. I stood there like a bloody idiot, blushing, and went the whole night, and every night since then in a fog. Even through my rough patch after my parents died, I have spent every day since we were little children loving that girl. Samantha Rose Timothy, you are the girl in which I speak so highly of. You. The love of my life, and the mother of my child, will you please do me the honor, and marry me?"

"Yes! Of course! I don't have any beautiful speech prep-" Toby swept up to my face and kissed me while slipping the ring on my finger.

"I love you." He said, feeling the ring perfectly placed on my hand.

"I love you, too." I kissed my boy- no, my fiance, god, just the thought was making me smile ear to ear. I continued to kiss him realizing, discussing baby names will have to wait.