Outlaws

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Skye

*next day*

The next morning mark decided to join me for some homemade pancakes.

"Okay I'm going to make them with my one hand skills so sit back and relax and enjoy the failure that I might have."

I pour the mixture onto the pan and make it into a perfect circle. I wait for it so it could be the perfect brown for flipping. Once time was up I pick it up and flip it onto the other side. While waiting I say to mark, "and I will do a complete 360 flip and not drop it with one hand."

I lift the pan and lower it for the perfect 360 flip. Once at the perfect level I throw the pan up and watch the pancake do a full 360 and land right onto the pan just as it was a few seconds ago.

Mark claps me and yells "Yeah, so pro!"

"Thank you thank you, no need for applause." I say as I put the first pancake on the plate.

"Ready for round 2?"

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"And finally the last one." I say as I put the last pancake on the plate, ready to serve.

"How can you flip a pancake with one hand?"

"My mother taught me how to flip once and I always did it with two, so I got lucky today."

Mark

I grab both plates and set them down on the wooden table. I sit down and realise that I forgot the syrup.

"Skye if you don't mind if you can get the syrup, you know what I'll get it."

"No I got it don't worry."

Skye gets on her tipy toes and reaches for the syrup on the high cabinet. Her shirt lifts up a bit and I happened to look and I saw a dark line go up her stomach.

"Got it." Skye says as she hands me the syrup.

"Thanks, Skye what's that on your stomach?"

Her smile disappears and she sits down quietly.

"Umm when Jacob and I first got together I ended up getting pregnant and I lost the baby wen I was 6 months."

"Oh my god, how did you lose it?"

"I was coming doctors office to find out what the baby was and I was in the parking lot by myself because Jacob was out of town at the time and someone tried to mug me. But they ended up beating me to death and before they left they stabbed me in the stomach. Luckily someone saw me on the ground and took me to the ER. When they opened me up to look at the baby, the knife it..."

"It what?"

"The knife went through the babies head, killing it instantly."

"Skye."

She starts to cry and I wrap my arms around her body.

"It's okay Skye, it's not your fault."

"It was a girl at the time, she was going to be my world and I lost her like that." She says as she digs her head into my chest.

"Skye, you will have another baby one day don't worry, and it will be better."

"I'm scared that it will happen again."

"As long as you remember that there are people who love you and care for you, you will be alright. No one will ever hurt you."

"Thank you mark, thank you."

"Anything for you."

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Skye and I laid in her bed all day today watching movies and talking. She told me that January 8 was the due date and that this year was the 1 year anniversary of the baby's birthday. She says she likes to pray to the baby and talk to it a bit because she knew that she never would. She even showed me a dress she bought her when she was pregnant. It was a white dress that had little ruffles and flower patterns.

It was 10o'clock at night and Skye was fast asleep in my arms. I had to leave because I had something to do the next day so I slowly unravel my grasp and get off the bed. I take a blanket and cover her so she wouldn't get cold. I look down at her and kiss her forehead.

"Good night my lovely princess."

I leave without a sound and made sure that the front door was locked.

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Skye

*1o'clock in the morning*

I heard some ruffling so I woke up and saw that Jacob just came in.

"Jacob?"

"Hey Skye, they let me come home for the weekend. How you feeling?" Jacob says as he looks at me with a smile.

"I'm okay." I say getting up from my bed, also realising mark had left.

"Were you crying?" Jacob said as he rubbed my cheeks, looking at the dried tear stains.

"Yeah." I say as I give him an embrace.

"What's wrong?"

"I was just thinking about her that's it, but I'm okay now."

"You sure?"

"Yeah I'm fine." I say as pull away.

"Then maybe you're up to this now."

"Up to what?"

Jacob then gets on one knee in front of me and says, "Skye Emilia Connor, will you marry me?"

Mark

I just finished uploading my second video and I had my window open to Skye's, just in case if she woke up. I looked over because her light turned on and I saw that Jacob was there. I watch Skye hug him and tell him something, but I couldn't really pick up what she was saying. When she let's go of him, he gets on one knee. I knew where this lead up too.