+Lil Peep's Pov+
I woke up in cold sweats and I was terrified. The dream had seemed so real. It happened to her all over again and I was right there. I couldn't get the thought out of my mind. The picture was so clear. I got up and went to the bathroom. I turned on the cold water and let it run while I looked myself in the mirror. After awhile I cupped my hands under the water and splashed some on my face. When I was done I turned the water off and grabbed a towel to wipe my face off. I then put the towel down and went to sit back on the couch. I stared blankly at the tv, not even wanting to close my eyes anymore. Then at the empty wine bottle on the floor which made me sigh.
I then heard a feminine voice say,"Gus."
I turned around and seen Stephanie standing at the end of the staircase.
"What are you doing awake?" "Nothing..I just..had a bad dream is all." "Don't lie to me."
I sighed again and closed my eyes.
"Okay...so..maybe I did have a bad dream..so what?"
I felt the couch sink in and I sighed again.
"Babe.." "I'm fine Stephanie. I don't need you to counsel me about my dreams, okay?" "I don't wanna counsel you..I just..want you to know that..I'm sorry about my attitude earlier."
There was silence for awhile then she sighed and grabbed my hand to hold it. She started to rub it and I started calming down.
"Gus, tell me about your bad dream. I wanna help. And I promise I won't counsel you."
I looked at her hesitantly then down at my hand in hers.
"I can't tell you.." "Why?" "I just can't.." "Please tell me. Please. I don't want this running around your mind and you feel like you can't tell anyone about it."
She kept rubbing my hand softly and I finally broke.
"The guys..who did that to you..they did it right in front of me..I couldn't do anything, I couldn't move...it felt like..like I was glued to my spot..you reached for me and yelled for me but I didn't do anything..."
Tears started spilling down my face and I covered it with my hands. I didn't like crying in front of Stephanie even though I knew that she didn't care. It made me feel so weak.
"Please don't cry Gus...it's not your fault."
She wrapped her arms around me and I only cried harder.
"T-They did that to you a-and I let them." "No, you didn't let anyone do anything. I know if you were there it wouldn't have happened. I hate that you blame yourself for that night." "Because.."
I looked her in the eyes. Tears still running down my face.
"It is my fault..I know it is..I couldn't save you because I was in Dave And Busters thinking you were okay...you weren't okay..you were worse than okay and I should've known that."
I kept crying and she grabbed my face in her hands. Looking me in the eyes still.
"It's okay Gus. Don't cry. I'm fine now and I've never felt better."
She started wiping my tears away and I wrapped my arms around her. I then put my head in her shoulder. She held me back and I loved every second of it.
"I love you Gussie." "I love you too Steph, so much." "I love you more." "Not possible."
Then I started to think about Haidyn. I let Stephanie go and she smiled slightly at me.
"What?" "I was wondering...would you ever..get a.." "A DNA test?"
I nodded nervously and sighed.
"Gus, it's fine. I don't mind taking one. I know you've been curious..I kinda would like to know too, for sure." "You do?.." "Yeah. But, what if.." "If she isn't mine?" "Yeah.." "We're still gonna love her and raise her like our own." "Okay."
I started playing with her hair a little bit and she sighed.
"What's the matter?" "I would love some chocolate right now." "That's so good then because I have some whip cream and chocolate cake in the fridge." "Strawberries too?" "Mhm. I'll go make you a plate." "Thank you baby."
+Stephanie's Pov+
He smiled slightly then kissed me.
"Be right back." "Okay."
He got up and went to make us plates. As I waited on him to come back I set up my game system that I had brought. I was almost done with the last cord when I heard Gus yell. I ran downstairs and seen him in the kitchen hunched over. His hand was wrapped up and there was blood dripping everywhere.
"Babe!? What happened?!" "I was cutting us some cake and I cut myself on accident. Fuck. It hurts." "Oh God. Does it really hurt? Let me see."
He unwrapped the towel and showed me his hand but there was no cut at all.
"Babe.."
He started laughing and I just looked at him. He kept laughing and I finally realized that he just pranked me.
"Gus! That's not funny!"
I hit him and he only laughed harder.
"You asshole." "I'm your asshole." "What'd you make it with?" "Corn syrup, chocolate syrup and red food coloring." "You're such a jerk Gus. I'm going back upstairs to get the game ready. And you're cleaning all this up."
I walked back upstairs and went to the bathroom. I closed the door and locked it behind me. I looked in the mirror at myself and sighed. After awhile a knock had came to the door.
"Babe?"
I stayed silent and I heard him slide down the door.
"I hope you know I don't try to purposefully piss you off." "You don't piss me off." "I feel like since we came here...you haven't been having a good time. I feel like you aren't happy."
I stayed silent again.
"Are you not happy because you married me?"
I opened the door and he looked at me.
"I knew..EXACTLY what I was doing when I married you. Don't you dare think that I'm not happy." "So you are happy?" "I've been happy since we got here Gus." "Then why do you seem so tense?" "I don't know. I've been trying to figure that out myself."
He stayed silent for a second then spoke up.
"Is it Haidyn?" "No.." "Stephanie..if you're afraid that she isn't mine then, there's no reason to be. Either way she's mine because I'm in love with you. So whether she's biological or not, she'll be ours."
I looked at him and tried to find something but all I could see was truth. He looked back at me and smiled slightly.
"What?" "Nothing. I'm just..so happy that you married me. And I hope this love that we have never goes away." "Come here."
I scooted closer to him and he wrapped his arms around me. I rubbed my thumb on his hand and he yawned.
"Are you tired?" "Yeah. I kinda am." "Well cmon. Let's go get into bed." "But..what if I have the dream again?"
I smiled sadly and rubbed his cheek with my thumb.
"I'll be right next to you to hold you. I promise."
He took my hand and kissed it then rubbed it slightly.
"Okay." "Okay. Cmon."
We both got up and went to lay down in the bed. He wrapped his arms around me and I cuddled into him.
"I love you Gus." "I love you too babygirl."
He kissed my forehead and I only cuddled into him more. But, there was definitely no other place I'd rather be than right here.
