She Was Grace

• CHAPTER TEN •

*two months later*

I woke up in his arms. His eyes were still shut and his hair was still the way it was last night, messy yet perfect like it always is. We haven't told a single soul what we've been doing the past few months.

My head hurt and my stomach was upset. I moved my foot to try to and get out from under his sheets. His eyes moved as I attempted to escape. His arms grew tighter around me.

"Grace?" He asked. "What are you doin?" His morning voice was as sexy as ever. His right hand moved a piece of hair that was falling into my face and put it behind my left ear.

"I'm so sorry for doing this." My eyes were red and puffy. "This is my fault." I cried and sat up in Derek's bed. "This can't go on for any longer."

"Baby I-"

"Do notcall me baby. Look at what we have done. This was a mistake. A big mistake. What about Lily?! What about Daniel..." I tried to hold back the tears, but I couldn't. "This has gone on for far too long Derek." The tears rolled down my face as I thought about them finding out about this.

"Grace... Just listen to me. We've both been enjoying it, and we've both loved each other. Nothing is going to happen. No one is going to find out." His hand moved up and down my arms. He tried to comfort me.

"But-but I don't love you. I'm with Daniel now. And you're with Lily. This just can't happen. Not again anyways." I stuttered knowing very well that I wanted this to happen just as much as he did. It's been going on ever since the night I picked him up from the gas station.

His heart seemed to shatter right in front of me. His jaw clenched and he grabbed my arm. "Fine then. You know what? Get out." His right arm towards his door.

His grip grew tighter and I let out a slight whimper. "It doesn't have to be this way. We can forget about this entire thing!" I tried to convince him but he picked me up off of the bed with his hands still wrapped around my arms.

"Please let me go!" I yelled as he put me down. "Grace. I've done everything for you. What else do you want?"

Ever since we dated a few years ago, I've always noticed him switching from nice to mean, or lovable to hatred. It's was like he was bipolar. After I shook my head and looked at the floor, he picked me up and threw me out of the door. My head hit off of the wall across from his doorway.

I stood up in pain. His strong grip left five black and blue marks on my arm. He slammed the door shut and yelled something to himself. I just laid there for a minute.

"Oh my god Grace! Are you okay?!?" I heard Elijah's voice from at the end of the hall. He was holding a peach yogurt and had a pair of blue American Eagle sweatpants on. He came running towards me. "I'm fine I'm fine. I just-uh-fell and hit my head on this picture." I pointed to the large picture of a lighthouse hanging above me.

He helped me up and walked me to my room. When we finally reached my bedroom, I walked into the bathroom and looked into my mirror. My face was covered in yesterday's makeup and my brown hair was tangled and knotted with blood. I put it in a messy bun that the top of my head and wiped the tear stained makeup off of my face with some toilet paper.

When I was finally able to get my contacts out I grabbed my glasses and put them on. I then leaned against the door and slid down it till my butt was on the ground.

"Grace... Are you okay." He squared down so we were face to face. He put his hand on my knee. "I made a huge mistake Eli." My lip started to quiver.

"I don't understand... What happened? You can tell me anything. I won't tell a soul." As I sat on the floor, my stomach grew even more upset. I covered my mouth and ran to the toilet and threw up. He was right behind me holding my hair since it was falling out of my bun.

"I'm sorry... Don't look at me. I'm a disgusting human being." My face was in my hands. "Everyone gets sick Grace. It's okay." His hand rubbed up and down my back.

"But I don't think I'm sick Eli..." As I've been putting the puzzle together piece by piece, i realized that I missed my period last month and I've been having morning sickness. I finally got the courage to go to the store and buy some pregnancy tests last night. That's why I was so upset this morning; they all came out positive.

I rubbed my stomach as he looked at me. His face finally realizing what I was talking about. "No..." He whispered. "You're not-"

"Pregnant" we both said at the same time. That was the first time I said it out loud.

AUTHORS NOTE:

I know I know... Too much is happening at the same time. I tried to fast forward this chapter but it ended up being kind of confusing... As always I love all of my readers😘