Reckless Minds

Milan, Italy

"Ember, it's temporary." I try to convince her.

"Mom, you and Dad are going to Italy without me!"

"We need to have a little quiet time. We need to talk some things over."

"What about me?!?" I sigh.

"You can stay at Damian's."

"Since when do you want me to stay at my boyfriend's?"

"Honey, we will be there for 2 weeks."

"In the shopping capitol of the world!"

"Okay, how about we fly you in next Monday?"

"No! I want all of us to stay here!"

"Baby, before you get too upset, there's something I want to tell you. Okay?" She nods.

"You're going to be having a baby brother or sister soon." Her jaw drops.

"Mom, you're pregnant?" I nod.

"Okay. Fine. I'm staying with Damian." I nod then Damon brings our bags down.

"Come on. Our flight leaves at 10:00." I nod then we head out the door.

Ember's POV

I smile then I call Damian.

"Hey beautiful." I smile into the phone.

"My parents are going to Milan for 2 weeks."

"Do you want to stay here?"

"Is that an invite?"

"Maybe." I smile.

"I'll be over in 10." I hang up then I run upstairs to pack. I pull a couple pairs of pajama pants on when I find one of Damian's shirts. No! Oh no, we haven't done anything like that... he let me borrow a t-shirt.

I head over to his place. My heels click against the steps as I walk up. I smooth my dress down. The door opens and my boyfriends stands there smiling at me.

"Hey." I smile at him.

"Hi." He pulls me inside and shuts the door. I smile at all of the rose petals and candles.

"It's beautiful, Damian."

"I thought you'd like it." He takes my cardigan off and throws it on the couch. I smile as he gently kisses my shoulder. He pulls me into him and moves his lips to my neck. I turn around and kiss him. He responds by flashing us to his bedroom. I plant myself on top of him and he eagerly lets his hands roam amongst my hips.

We make out for about an hour when he unzips the back of my dress.

"No, Damian, we can't." He urges me on.

"Damian, I'm not ready. Not yet."

"C'mon Ember." He keeps pulling at it.

"Damian please stop." He keeps moving his lips across my neck. I push him away and I run a hand through my hair.

"Damn it Damian, I told you no. I told you I didn't want to and I don't want to have sex. I want to be ready. I want to be sure."

"I have condoms if that's what you mean by ready." I scoff.

"It's over." His eyes fill with sadness and regret.

"No. Ember-"

"I can't be with someone that can't understand the word 'no'." I head for the door until Damian flashes in front of me.

"Ember, I can't live without you."

"Well you're gonna have to. At least for a while, until I have some things figured out." He pulls at my hand.

"Ember." I pull him into a soft hug.

"Please tell me you still love me." I sigh.

"Damian, I still love you. But for now I need some space to think about things." He nods. I grab my bag then I head for the door. I hear Damian cry... which for him is rare. Suddenly, I realize how much I must mean to him in order for him to be this upset.

I stare up at the ceiling and I fall asleep with gentle tears falling down my face, somehow knowing he was doing the same.

I wake up to my phone buzzing.

"Hello?" I sit up and tuck my hair behind my ear.

"Hey baby. What's up?"

"Nothing. Are you and Dad in Milan?"

"Yeah. It's 3:00 pm here." I groan.

"Mom, it's 5:00 am here."

"Don't you and Damian like to get up early and make breakfast?"

"We broke up last night."

"Honey what happened?"

"His hormones happened." I hear her sigh through the phone.

"He tried to force you to have sex with him?"

"Tried. I can't say he forced be because it just started as making out which turned into him unzipping the back of my dress." I hear Dad groan.

"Ember, no details." I laugh.

"I should go."

"Wait. Before you hang up we need to tell you something."

"Okay."

"The Salvatores are moving to Italy. I guess relatively you could say we're moving back."

"Are you kidding me?!? Milan?!? I'm gonna start packing!"

"Okay. Well you gotta give us a few days to get ourselves settled, then you can clean out your locker this week, then we'll fly you in this weekend."

"Sounds good Mom."

"Okay honey. Love you."

"I love you too Mom, love you Daddy."

"Love you baby." I hang up then I go into Dad's office to get the fax for the paperwork all filled out by Mom and Dad to get me out of school. I take my time getting ready. I flash to school and I make it there with three minutes to spare. I head into the office.

"Hi, my parents faxed this to me."

"Did you not like it here, Ember?"

"No, I loved it here. We're moving to Italy."

"Wow. A big change. We'll do our end very soon Ember, thank you." I nod then I head out of the office. I do my locker combination when Damian comes up to me.

"Hey."

"Hi." I take a deep breath.

"We can't be together." He looks taken aback.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm moving to Italy." His jaw drops.

"When?"

"At the end of this week." He takes a deep breath.

"Ember, we're strong. We've been dating for 2 months. We can be together, we can make long distance work." I smile at him.

"I wish we could." He starts leaning in.

"We can." He whispers. I close the distance and he wraps his arms around my waist while I wrap mine around his neck. I finally pull away and I grab my stuff then we head to class.