Abomination (UNDER CONSTRUCTION!)

Extra: Beside You

This isn't a chapter, sorry, it's just a little short story that I wrote off the top of my head. The real chapter to the story will be up soon :D it'll be part of an 8 chapter upload for august :D AGAIN THIS SHORT STORY HADS NOTHING TO DO WITH ABOMINATION!!

Beside you

"Here lies Nathaniel Drake Fate..." I heard the doctor say before I tuned out. During the whole meeting, I kept thinking about the night Nate died. It happened 6 months ago,yet it felt as if it happened yesterday. Nate was taking me out and I remembered feeling very uneasy going out in the winter night, but I went anyways. He took me to the park where we first met, surprising me with an empty ice rink that had been personally reserved. I thought of the twinkling blue and white decorative lights that illuminated Nate's amber eyes and chestnut hair.The snow had darkened his peach skin but at the same time it accented his masculine features.

     He knew that I used to figure skate but he had never seen me do a routine before. I was glad I got to show him. He once told me that his friends used to make fun of him for never having the courage to come and talk to me. That particular memory would always bring a smile to my face seeing as how I had the same problem. After skating we walked hand in hand down the aisle of beautifully lit Christmas trees.

     Even after 5 years together, I still blush a furious red every time he touched me, and if I looked quick enough I would see his cheeks faintly light up too. He knew that walking in snow could betiring, so he arranged a horse drawn carriage for us. I had gone speechless at the sight of how thoughtful and romantic Nate had been. I remember feeling so overwhelmed and happy that I hadn't notice Nate had gotten down on one knee until he called my name.

 "Gloria Hamilton, will you do me the greatest honour that a woman can do a man by becoming my wife-"

     I jumped into his strong arms before he could finish, kissing his entire face, whispering 'yes' as tears streaked my ivory skin. At that moment I never knew I could love someone as much as I loved Nate. I never knew how I could fit so perfectly in the crook of his neck, and I especially never knew that your soul mate could be ripped from your life so fast. One minute I was in Nate's arms and the next he was on the ground, bleeding from a gun wound, while some guy took our carriage. I couldn't believe that he was being torn from me just as we had promised to spend the rest of our lives together. I begged Nate to stay with me while we waited for the paramedics to arrive. Time seemed to slow dramatically as blood poured out from Nate. Nate told me that he loved me and that he needed me to calm down while I was choking back sobs and tears streamed down my face. Since I was a doctor I did what I could while the paramedics had yet to make anappearance. The best night of my life had turned to one of the worse in a matter of seconds. 

     Snapping out of my flashback, I caught the last of Nate's stepmother's words "- I have decided that tragic as it may be, we will no longer be needing the hospitals treatment. We are going to let him pass peacefully as he would have wanted."

     At the sound of her words, everything turned into mass chaos. For the second time in my life my heart had stopped. I stood frozen along side Allegra, Nate's sister, gripping her hand whilst they discussed the terms and agreements. Doctors were asking Debora, Nate's stepmother, if that was her final decision, when I interrupted them.

"How could you give up on your son?! Do you even care about him?" I shrieked, then turned to the doctors, "And you two! How could you say those words? This isn't a freaking game show, like-like who wants to be a millionaire!!! You're talking about someone's life here! Nate's !!!" My pent up rage made my speech stutter and my body shake.

     "Nathaniel Drake Fate, your stepson and my baby brother, already died once and we're sure as hell not letting him die again!" Allegra spat at Debora. "My father-"

     "Don't you mean our father, Allegra?" Debora cut in with a condescending tone. "And my hus-"

     "You know what Deb-bor-ra, NO! Just no! He wasn't really your husband because if he was, then you wouldn't have had multiple affairs with other men!" Allegra said her voice dripping with venom as she glared at her stepmother.

     Tuning out of their argument, I turned to the reason I was here in the first place, whyI had been here for the past 6 months. That night that Nate had proposed to me left him bed ridden in his family's hospital, stuck in a frightening coma. I was ecstatic that he didn't die, but I couldn't feel relieved until Nate woke up. Sliding on the bed, I took a hold of Nate's hand. The hands I had come to love over the years had gone pale and cold.

     Letting tears escape my hazel eyes, I curled up to his side so that I was now hugging his head to my chest. Struggling to relax, I started to hum softly into Nate's ear. I hummed 'Beside You'by Marianas Trench to the beating of my heart. Itwas our song and we sang it as a sign of when one of us desperately needed the other. Needless to say, it was our little secret code and had only been used once by Nate when his father died. Stroking Nate's hair, I began:

 "When you're overwhelmed and you've lost your breath. When the space between the things you know is blurry nonetheless. And you try to speak but you make no sound. And the words you want are out of reach but they've been so loud. If your heart wears thin I will hold you up. And I will hold you when it gets too much. I'll be right beside you. I will stay. Nobody will break you-"

  Glancing up from Nate, I saw that Allegra had been slammed up against the wall by the heartless witch. Seeing Allegra's eyes close, I knew that she been knocked unconscious and by the look in the Debora's eyes, I knew she wasn't done. Sheltering Nate with my body, I looked into his emotionless face as I braced myself for the wrath of that twisted woman.

     I was pretty sure she wouldn't attack Nate but I wasn't taking any chances with the crazy lady. I took blow after blow, protecting Nate as best I could while the witch screamed her frustrations at me. Whilst she beat me, I never broke eye contact with Nate and before I knew it I was unknowingly singing the song lyrics in between my gasps of pain, "And I'll hide you when it gets too much. I'll be right beside you..."

     "If you weren't here, then that slut over there would've submitted earlier and I would've gotten rid of Nathaniel.-"

     For a brief second I closed my eyes and let my tears run free. Strike after strike she kept coming and I was about to pass out from the pain when I felt something brush against my cheek. My eyes immediately shot open to see the amber eyes that never failed to make my heart race.

     "Na-" I started as Debora's fist connected with my shoulder blade, making me whimper.

     Hearing me in pain, Nate pulled me in close. When helooked he saw Debora's raisedclenched fist, he growled, "What do you think you're doing to my fiance?"

     Stuttering in complete shock she failed to answer him, which aggravated Nate, making him even more furious as to why I had been hurt. "I'm going to repeat myself once again, Debora. What do you think you are doing to my fiance?!" I could feel Debora flinch as Nate spoke, "Never mind. LEAVE, before I decide to have you arrested or worse."

     As soon as I heard the door shut, I immediately pushed away from his chest reaching for his face. Quickly planting my lips onto his, I kissed him long and hard, only to have him pull away and stare into my eyes. After a couple seconds he turned away looking shy. Still staring at him I waited for him to say what he wanted. "... Gloria do you still want t-to marry ...me?"

   Dumbfounded by his question I sat there speechless. To answer him, I grabbed his face once again, and kissed him thoroughly, feeling his lips with my tongue. Before we could get too carried away I regained my composure and I broke out in a grin, nodding eagerly. "Of course, I will. I love you."
  Matching my grin he pulled me close as our lips met. "I love you too." There was no reason to rush anymore, we could take it slow and enjoy our time together. We knew when we faced reality there would be hardships with his stepmother but right now we wanted to hold each other. For now, we were happy in our own little world.