The Midnight Love

Chapter 19

The sand began to warm up under my skin and Bella began to squirm as she woke up. She rubbed her eyes and planted her small hands on my chest and she leaned up and looked around the beach curiously. I sat up easily and that surprised both of us. I looked down at my wounds and saw that they were almost completly healed. "wait here baby, i'll go get us some blood just incase." she told me, and she skipped her way over to our bags that we had left a little closer to shore.

I watched her lug the bags closer to our spot, and she gave me a death glare when I got up to help her. I sat back down in the warm sand and she took out a couple of bags of blood for us. We drank them down quickly, and i felt better than ever.

She smiled at me and began to wiggle excitedly. "you want to go exploring?" I asked and she nodded profusely. I rolled my eyes as she opened up one of the gigantic bags and showed me hiking boots that she brought along for the both of us.

We both slipped on our boots and got up and made our way into the island. It was like a jungle as we walked through a myriad of vines and bushes and trees. It seemed so sirene and peaceful as bits of light breached the top of the treeline above us. We walked for hours through what seemed to us to be a mystical rain forest.

"I'm tired baby, can we head back now?" Bella asked me and I nodded. I took her hand to lead her back towards the beach head. We finally made it back and Bella yawned as she climbed back up into the boat. The boat was fully up onto the sand now so we didnt have to worry about being swept out to sea. She stripped her clothing and dropped it to the side of the deck and I did the same as we made our way into the lower deck where the bedroom was. She crawled into bed first and I crawled in after her.

She settled onto my chest and I looked out the window at the bright moon. I heard her soft snores and I knew she was fast asleep as she snuggled on my chest. The wind blew into the boat briskly and the tempature dropped quicker than I thought it would. Bella softly shivered and curled up on me. I tightened my arm around her and pulled the blanket over us with the other.

I couldnt sleep that night. All I could think about was yesterday. I think I died, but I honestly had no idea. I wanted to tell Bella about it, but she must have been having a tough time lately and I didnt want to add more onto her plate. She looked so peaceful and beautiful while she was fast asleep on my chest. I kissed her forehead softly and laid my head back and forced my eyes to close. Eventually the utter exhaustion of walking for so long today, put me to sleep.

When the sun came up, the light flashed against my eyes and I woke up. I noticed that Bella wasnt on top of me and I sat up quickly and scanned the area for her. There was no sign of her so I sniffed out her scent and followed it to the bathroom on the boat.

I knocked on the door, "Bella?" I asked. "yeah baby, what is it? she replied. "nothing sweetie, I just got a little worried I didnt see you." I said to her. "yeah dont worry baby im fine... um, can you just give me, um a few minutes. please?" she asked awkwardly. "sure baby, is everything ok?" I asked her, confused. "yeah, i'll be out in a minute." she replied.

Some weird woman stuff, i guessed and I walked back into the room to put my boxers on. I walked onto the the sand again and felt it warm my feet. I looked at the tree line about 20 feet ahead of me and wondered how far the other side of the island was. As my mind started to drift, Bella came behind me and wrapped her arms around me.

I turned to face her and smiled. "you feeling ok, honey?" I asked her. She nodded and smiled reassuringly at me. "come on baby, lets go swimming." she told me and I smiled as she pulled me towards the water. The water was so clear, that even when the water reached my hips, I could still see my feet at the bottom. Bella splashed water at me playfully and I dunked her into the water. We both went under water and looked at each other. The water was so clean that it didnt hurt the eyes to open, and I could make out Bella's pupils under the water.

We came back up out of the water and she nudged her way into my arms. I tied my wet hair back in a pony tail, and did the same with hers as she rested her head on my chest.

We stayed there together in the clear, warm water for what seemed to be like all day. But the sun stayed bright in the sky, and kept the water perfectly warm. We moved to more shallow water and we sat down with just our heads sticking out from the water. She sat in my lap as I rubbed her back and she nestled her head in my neck.

"Baby, I need to tell you something." Bella blurted out, suddenly. I looked down at her, "what is it?" I asked. "i'm late." she said. I felt a lump build in my throat. "what?" I asked stupidly. "I'm sorry. I'm never late, but my week was supposed to start last week. It actually shouldve been done by now." she whimpered in my arms. My jaw was dropped open and I couldnt believe what I was hearing. We were on a deserted island all by ourselves, we cant have a baby now.

"it's ok honey, just relax. We're gonna figure all this out, I promise." I soothed her. I tightened my arms around her and she seemed to relax a bit. I sighed and searched my knowledge for something on pregnancy and parenthood. I had nothing. I looked up at the sky and wondered again if there was a god. What kind've god would do this, put a baby on a deserted island like this. I wondered about other babies too, and why they had to die when they didnt even get the chance to live yet. It wasnt fair, none of this was fair. My mind raced with rage and I snapped out of it when Bella shook me. "baby, are you ok?" she asked me. I nodded and relaxed myself.

"we're gonna be ok honey. dont worry." she told me as she rose up and pulled me up out of the water. The sun had gone down now and we made our way back into the bedroom of the boat. We layed down together, silently. She fell asleep in my arms quickly, but there was no shot that i was going to sleep tonight. Tomorrow was going to be eventful, i thought. Though there was no service on the beach, If I could get farther inland and up the mountain of the beach, I might have a chance to catch a signal at that height. Well, i wouldnt know until tomorrow. But I needed to do this, for me, Bella, and the baby.

I stared down her stomach, and forced myself to continue looking at it. I hated it, and loved it. I despised it, and treasured it all at the same time. I wasnt sure what we were gonna do, but we needed to figure it out quickly.