Chapter 59: 59

~The Next Day~

-November 2nd, 11:02 a.m.-

~Tobias's POV~

I wake up due to how empty the bed felt, and not to mention, how loudly nature was calling me. I wonder as to where my wife was as I went to use the bathroom. After I was done I left our bedroom and head towards the stairs, and that's when I noticed red rose petals at the the top of the staircase. I bite my lip. What on earth has she been up to?

I head down the heavily petalled stairs, and follow the trail straight towards the kitchen. And I stop in my tracks at the sight of her, just sitting there, on top of the island. In this sexy, lacy, red lingerie one piece. With matching lipstick and matching lace pantyhose that stopped at the thigh. She hasn't noticed me yet, since she sat next to the oven, obviously cooking something.

I take a moment and run my hands over my face in anticipation, before walking over. "Oh my god . . ." I breath, finally getting her attention. "Good morning sleepyhead. Come here." She tells me, "Good morning to you too, and you definitely don't gotta tell me twice." I respond, walking over and in front of where she sat on the counter. I slept in nothing but my pants from the wedding yesterday so, she grabbed me my belt buckle and pulled me in between her legs. All while she stirred some eggs.

Eventually though, I look into her eyes, and I could see something different. Something new. So I take her spoon, and set it down in the egg pan, and turn off the stove. "What's this all about?" I ask her, gesturing to her body with my eyes. She giggles a bit, "Oh nothing, just figured I'd wear a little something to get our honeymoon started." She responds softly, pecking at my lips.

I kiss her back, and place my hands on her bare thighs. And unlike many times before, she doesn't jump. In fact, she spreads them some more, which isn't like her. There's something different about her. She pulls away from kissing me and trails her kisses to my neck, making me melt instantaneously.

"Natalie, what exactly are you doing?" I ask her, nearly breathless from her persistent attack on my neck. "Surprising my husband, can I not surprise you?" She responds, looking me up and down. "No no, by all means, keep surprising me. It's just, I feel like there's something else behind all this." I say, and I get inches away from her face. "You mind telling me what that something is?" I ask her in a whisper, and she bites her bottom lip. "Fine you caught me, the truth is," She starts, "I really, really, really want you." She tells me, and I clench my jaw out of shock, given she's never been so straightforward before.

"This whole morning I've been thinking about you." She tells me, tracing my abs with her fingers. "You have, have you? Are you sure you're not doing all this just because you think you have to?" - "Ask me." She says, nearly interrupting me. And I look at her a bit confused, "Ask you what?" I question her, and she gives me this smile. "I've been thinking a lot about all the possible answers to your question. So I asked myself, what would my very love-able, very handsome, and very selfless husband want to hear? So ask me. Ask me your question, one more time." She says, and I catch on. I smile back at her and look deep into her hazel eyes, "Why do you want me, in this very moment?" I ask her, and she loosely wraps her arms around my neck.

"Because," she pauses, "I'm ready." She simply says, "I'm not scared anymore." She adds, now avoiding my eye contact. I lift and hold her chin so her eyes stay with mine, "That's the right answer I was looking for." I tell her, "But it's only right if you mean it." I quickly add, and she smiles up at me. "I mean it, Tobias. I wouldn't have said it if I didn't." She tells me, and I feel my smile turn mischievous.

~Jade's POV~

(Mature Content Ahead, skip to the next *** if need be.)

"Good." Is all he says before placing his lips onto mine, and lifting me up and off the counter with one arm around me. I wrap my legs around him, and he carries me upstairs, lips still locked with mine. We get into our bedroom, and he throws me onto our bed. He sprawls on top of me, kissing my bare skin everywhere he could. He finds the sweet spot on my neck and I couldn't help but moan aloud.

Next thing I know, Tobias takes my lingerie from the top of my breasts and rips it, all the way down. Ripping me clean out of it, and I don't complain not one bit. He instantly goes for my breasts. Licking, sucking, and nibbling. Teasing.

Sexual frustration for me at its finest. "Tobias," I moan, and one of his hands fall lower to my waist as he held himself above me. I spread my legs wider for him, and his fingers find their way to my quite wet, and quite sensitive nub. And he teases me, using only his middle finger, moving slow circles around it. I whine, and roll my hips against his finger.

And he seems to stop because of it. "Noo, baby don't stop." I pout, making him chuckle a bit. "I'll continue if you promise to stop rushing me." He says, and I nod my head. "Use your words." He demands, and I bite my lip a bit, "I promise I'll stop rushing you." I say, and he smiles before attaching his lips to my neck, and continuing where he left off. I moan, groan, whine, and curse under my breath at his touch.

He slides his finger passed my nub and to my soaking wet entrance, and slowly slides it in. I tense up and hiss a bit from the slight pain, and he stops immediately. "Remember, if you ever want me to stop, just tell me and I will." He says, and I nod, before he continued. After awhile, the pain subsided. "How bout we try," he murmurs to himself, before obviously getting an idea.

He reposition his hand and finger, and sped up the pace. And he finds this spot inside of me. This mind-numbingly pleasant spot. I gasp when he found it, and moaned as he kept persistent. "There it is." I hear him breath, driving me crazy.

Suddenly he stops everything he's doing and stands up, taking my hands and pulling me to sit up. After he does he stands there, and places my hand onto his belt. I get the hint and undo it and his pants myself. Leaving him in nothing but his underwear. I pull them down and off, and take his hard member in my hands as I sit on the edge of a bed.

He breathes heavily and I take him in my mouth, teasing the tip. He curses under his breath and his hands find their way into my hair. I go deeper, taking him halfway, going faster, gripping him at his v-line. He grips my hair tighter, and groans, letting his head fall back. After a while, he stops me, and pushes me to lay back onto the bed.

And his head finds its way in between my legs, and his tongue slithers on and around my nub. "Ohh Tobias," I moan, and he stops and trails his kisses up up my body and to my neck. I lift and spread my legs for him, and that's when I feel him. His tip teases my entrance, and a confusing chill runs up and down my spine. It was pleasant with a hint of fear.

But he kisses my neck, keeping his hips elevated, "Are you ready beautiful?" He asks me in a whisper near my ear, and I take one moment to breathe before nodding. He lowers his hips, and his members tip starts sliding inside of me, very slowly. And unfortunately, I immediately tense up and hiss in pain, making him stop. He continues to kiss on my neck and collarbone, leading to my cheeks and lips. He stops kissing me, "Just focus on me, okay? It'll only hurt for a few minutes. Just focus on me." He whispers, and I look into his chocolate brown eyes, and I nod.

He goes back to kissing all over me, and lowers his hips some more. I try my best to focus on his love but, it was hard to ignore him tearing through me. "Baby it hurts." I whine, feeling the tears well up in my eyes, and my legs shake from the intense pain. He slows down even more, and trails his kisses up my jawline and kisses away my tears. He finally lowers down one more time, filling me completely. I quiver and shake underneath him, and I bite back any and all whines and cries.

Because the last thing I wanna do is make him feel bad for hurting me. "Natalie." He gets my attention, and I look into his eyes. "I need you to relax. The more tense you are, the worst this is for the both of us. I don't wanna hurt you any more than I have too." He says, "So relax for me." He adds, and I try to do as I'm told. But, it's just, he's so big. And I'm so little.

The combination doesn't mix, at least for me. He looks me up and down, and he makes this concerned face. He kisses my cheek, and then my lips. But something felt different about the way he kissed me. It felt more sensual, and more loving than any of the other times he's kissed me.

I melt into his kiss, and wrap my arms around his neck. He thrusts his hips a bit, pulling himself out and pushing back in. And I focus on Tobias, running my fingers through his hair as I kissed him. It still hurt but, my love was definitely helping me through it. He thrusts again, and again.

Making it slicker and slicker between us. And the slicker it got, the less pain I felt. He sped up some more, and that's when I started to feel it. The pain started to be replaced with pleasure, and I wanted more. I pull away from kissing him, and let my head fall back as I gasp and moan just at his slow motions.

"Faster Tobias." I whine, and he shushes me before slowing down even more. "What did I say about rushing me?" He questions a tad aggressive, "I think I'm gonna take my time anyways." He says sitting up, and taking my legs by the back of my knees. He pushes my knee's near my ears and throws my legs over his shoulders, and continues his slow and deep strokes with his hips. Teasing me. "Please Tobias, it feels so good. Pleaseee." I beg, rolling my hips against his strokes.

I open my closed eyes and watching him chuckle and bite his bottom lip. "Oh we're begging now? It's that good babygirl? I've barely given you a taste." He says, and he finally gives me what I want. He picks up the pace, squeezing the back of my thighs like crazy. "Oh fuck." I moan, feeling my eyes roll back. Eventually, he starts pounding.

Throwing his hips back and forth. Hitting that spot hard, over and over and over, making this sense of pressure built up inside of me. "Don't stop." I moan, and he lets my legs fall back on either sides of him, and he puts his hands on either sides of my head, keeping the exact same fast pace. I watch him as he closed his eyes and focused on his thrusts, and I could tell he was, due to his clenched jaw. He's holding back.

I kiss him and I immediately slip my tongue into his mouth, and he eagerly obliged entrance. And I break the dam he put up almost instantly, and I realize that once he starts groaning within our kissing. He pulls away, lowers down onto his elbows and dives for my neck, finding my sweet spot easily as he picks up the pace even more so. Driving my moans uncontrollable. I get lost in ecstasy until finally, my river floods.

I gasp sharply as my body quakes, and pleasure course through my veins. "Tobias!" I moan his name loud, clawing at his back as my climax reaches its own peak. My eyes roll back, and goosebumps trail down my body as the pace he had begins to stagger. I latch onto his neck with my lips and eventually my teeth, and I think that's all he needed.

***

He sighs, lifts his head from my neck, and looks into my eyes. Placing his forehead against mine. I look right back into his eyes, breathing heavily, with a smile on my face. I eventually see his smile too, making us both laugh a little together. "That was . . ." I start, trying to find the words to explain just how mind blown I am.

"The best sex I've ever had." My love finishes for himself, and I bite my lip. "Really? Cuz that was the best sex I've ever had." I ask and say, and he kisses me once. "Yes really, now I can say I'm in love with every part of you and actually be able to mean it." He says, making me laugh. "And for you, best, first and only sex you'll ever have. How good was it exactly? One out of ten." - "I'd give it a solid fourteen." I answer instantly, making him laugh. We stare into each other's eyes for what seemed like hours before, "Round two?" Flies out of my mouth, "Way ahead of you." He answers with a smile, before kissing me once again.

~Nearly a month later~

-November 28th, Thursday-

~Tobias' POV~

"So tell me man, how was your nearly month long honeymoon hmm?" My brother asks me as I walk into his apartment, "It was absolutely amazing, perfect, just like my wife." I answer simply, twirling my ring around my finger with my thumb. I think about how amazing these past few weeks have been with Natalie, and a smile forms on my face. "Ahh shit, I know that smile, that's the I got laid smile. You guys finally sealed the deal eh?" Alex asks, and I roll my eyes yet, nod my head. And he starts punching my arm a bit, "That's my brother right there. And by the looks of your neck, I think it's me that needs to buy you rubbers now." He mentions, and he points to his living room mirror. I head over and look, and as expected, hickeys were plastered.

But a word he said caught my attention, "wait, what did you just say?" I ask, and he immediately goes wide-eyed at me. "Oh don't tell me Tobias. . ." He starts, "Don't tell me you didn't use a condom." He adds, and I shake my head. "But it's fine, I freaked out the same way until she told me she's been on the pill ever since she got to Dauntless." I explain, "and before you blab off, it's double fine because, if she does turn out pregnant, we're married adults. We'll raise our kid, like normal adults." I add, and my brother shakes his head. "No, one of you is a married adult. No matter how much you don't wanna hear it, your wife's still technically a teenager. Your in-laws aren't going to want to expect a baby right after her being married to you. In fact they'll think you only married her to finally hit it." He says, "Okay you're right all the way up until that last part. I'm pretty sure they won't think that, especially her father. The man loves me." I tell him, and my brother chuckles a bit. "He won't be loving you once he finds out his baby got a baby inside her, more specifically, yo baby." He responds, "Whatever man, just go get dressed for dinner."

~Jade's POV~

"Hey hun could you be a dear and cut these carrots up for the stew?" My mother-in-law asks of me, and I happily obliged. I grab the bag of carrots from her, and find a cutting board. When I do a place it on the islands counter and rip the bag open, heading over to the sink to wash them. After I do, I head back over to my cutting board with my bowl of clean carrots and a sharp knife. Usually, I'd just clean and cut things up with my mind but, I choose not to this time.

I lay a carrot out, and chop it into semi-thick slices, and then another, and another, and another until, "Fuck!" I hiss, dropping the knife on the counter, and holding my wounded finger. My wounded finger. Tobias's mother turns and sees what had happened, "Come dear," is all she says and heads over to the kitchen sink, and guides my hand into the cold water. Cleaning the blood off, and the germs out. "Stay right here, I'll go fetch a bandaid." She says, and I nod as she leaves the kitchen.

I look down into the sink and watch as my blood leaves my body. Something that I haven't done in months. Why am I vulnerable again? Where has my ability gone? I check for my other abilities.

I move my hand out the water and clean the knife with my mind. Telekinesis? Check. I make a fire, water, air and earth ball with my uninjured hand. Element Generation? Check. I listen for my husbands voice passed our apartment walls, and I hear him. Heightened senses? Check.

But my invulnerability has vanished, I can't even feel it as much as I did before it fully unleashed. Tobias' mother returns, and patches me up, "Thank you Evelyn." I say, "Don't mention it," she says, "But don't think I didn't notice, your invulnerability is constant, and by the looks of that cut on your finger, I'm getting the feeling it's not as constant as you thought." She adds, and I sigh. "Trust me, I have no idea where it went. I wouldn't have just switched it off either. I don't think I can do that so, I'm just gonna have to talk to my younger brother about this." - "Talk to me about what?" My little bro comes into the kitchen, drinking a bottle of water. "About how missy here just cut her finger, her invulnerability has just poofed into thin air." Evelyn explains for me as I get back to cutting the carrots. Just then, Liam spits his current chug of water all over our older brother.

"Dude! What the hell!" Miles yells, and I don't laugh considering his quick and worrisome reaction to the news definitely means something. "Sis, do you mind?" Miles asks lifting his arms, and I clench my fist once, and lift the spit and water mixture off my brother. "And do you, Mr. Super soaker, mind explaining why the dramatic reaction? Or can you not?" I ask of him, he looks at me wide eyed. "Natalie you're-," Just then my door bell rings, and knowing Tobias has his key, I walk over to look through the peephole to see who it is. My heart drops, and I open the door.

And eyes land onto two people. A slim, pretty blond female, and a little boy. A little boy no older than five, tops. "Can I help you two?" I ask, and the blond obviously forced a smile. "Yes you can actually, I'm looking for your boyfriend. Tobias. Is he here?" She asks, and the way she spoke reminded me of someone.

One of my inconclusive initiates; Stephanie. "My husband," I pause, emphasizing my martial stance, "is out fetching his brother for dinner, he'll be back any minute. But I'll be glad to pass along any message you have, Elaina." I nearly sneer, given there's a child present. "Very well then, tell Tobias his son, wants to meet him. See you later, Step-Mommy." She simply says, and alongside my heart, my eyes drop to look at his little boy right before his she-devil of a mother pulls him away. Brown hair, brown eyes. I close my front door without a single breath, and I lean my back up against it.

She's taken everything from me. Everything I've ever wanted from him. I want to be his first, I wanted to be the first woman to bare his child. And now, she's gonna steal him altogether. She'll make it to where if not every single spare second he has is spent on their kid, she'll threaten take him away from him.

She'll control him, and destroy me. As if she already hasn't though. I lose strength in my legs as I feel my tears cloud my vision and I slide against the door, letting my emotions out. I sob, and Dauntless headquarters shakes from the ground up, but I don't care. I sob even harder, and that's why my brother Liam comes to my side.

I look into his eyes and instantly, I know he knows. I cry harder when he doesn't immediately tell me she's lying. I feel him lift me to my feet, and quickly drags me out of the quaking apartment and to the nearest exit of Dauntless. We make it out and he takes me as far away from the building as possible, or at least, until my knee gave out. He falls to his knees with me, and I cry on my brother.

It starts raining around us as the sadness in my heart fights the anger, seeing which could overpower which. "Breathe sissy." My brother coos, and I take one deep breath, and the quaking staggered along with the rain. "There you go, another deep breath." He says, and I take one more. "Liam what the hell's going on?" I hear a far, unfamiliar voice yell through the pouring rain, and at the moment, hearing his voice was like a stab in the heart. I sob once again, and cling to my brother harder.

The ground shakes harder than before and the rain worsens. "Tobias, get the fuck back into Dauntless! Now!" My brother yells, throwing an arm behind him to gesture him off if he didn't hear through the now storm occurring around me and my brother. "Natalie, breathe. Deep breaths." I hear my brother say, and I try to. But I can't stop thinking about what's going to happen now. "You remember our birthday?" He blurts pausing, "You remember when me and you were in your guys nursery? Do you remember how you comforted me?"  He questions me, and I remember back to that day last year.

I pulled him into my room to get one of my paint buckets, the blue one. And then I pulled him back to the nursery door, and dipped his hand in, and had him place his handprint next to ours. I smile remembering our little moment and our hug. The ground stops shaking, and the rain stops. And everything goes black.

~Liam's POV~

Natalie passes out in my arms, and I pick her up bridal style. I carry her back into Dauntless, and back into her apartment. "Oh my god, is she okay? Who was at the door?" Miles questions running over, and Tobias takes her from me and lays her onto the couch. "Somebody was at the door? Who?" Tobias asks, combing her wet hair out of her face. "Okay first of all, you," I say, pointing at my brother-in-law, "If your the first person she sees when she wakes up, she'll bring this whole building to the ground so please, move away." I instruct, and even though he hesitates, he moves away.

"Why? And once again, who was at the door Liam?!" - "Your fucking Ex-girlfriend! That's who! And guess what my oh so clueless brother-in-law? You have a five-year-old son." I yell back, "And he's not my nephew." I add, giving him the dirtiest look before tending to my sister. He looks down at his wife as his breathing obviously quickened.

~Tobias' POV~

"So you mean to tell me, Elaina came to my apartment with a little boy, claiming he was my son, and Natalie was the one who answered the door?" I ask, feeling rage flood my bloodstream. "Yes, and she started crying, and I knew what was going to happen so I hauled her outside and comforted her until she passed out." Liam explains, and my fists clench. "I'll be back, tell her that when she wakes up." I say, and I rush out of my apartment, and through Dauntless halls. I'll be damned if I let this woman ruin my life any further. This little boy is not mine and I know that for a fact.

I head straight to my Ex's apartment, and I bang on her door like I'm the fucking police because technically, I am. Moments go by and the door swings in and opens, and a blond opens the door. But not the right one, "Where's your sister?" I ask Stephanie, and she tries to close the door on me, but my foot stops her from doing so. "Let's try that again, why did Elaina come to my door claiming her son was mine?" I rephrase, and Stephanie gasps before a smile soon forms on her face. "Because he is yours, he's five, you and Elaina we're still together five years ago." Stephanie responds, "No, she cheated on me with Eric five years ago and ended up pregnant. And now, she's trying to slither her way back into my life using her own son." I rebuttal, and I hear someone deeper inside the apartment scoff.

"Is that what you think?" That someone says walking into view. Elaina. "Yes that's exactly what I think. Why else would you come to my door and terrorize my wife?" I say to her, looking into her big blue eyes. Same blue eyes I fell in love with many years ago. But now, they can't compare to the Hazel ones I've grown to love.

"Okay first of all, it's not my fault she answered the door. Second of all, I only came over because your son wanted to meet you." She tells me, and I roll my eyes. "How on earth do you know he's mine? I wasn't the only possibility back then and you know that. " I ask her aggressively, and she shrugs her shoulders. "He can't be Eric's." - "Mommy, aunty, who's at the door?" I hear from below and inside the apartment, and I look down. Brown hair, brown eyes. Just like me.

"Go back to your room honey, I'll be right there." Elaina tells him, and he's gone just as fast as he was here. "Eric is blond with blue eyes. Do you believe me now?" She asks, and I hesitate to answer. That kid could be mine, and I wanna find out, "No, I don't. I refuse to believe anything you say after what you did to me." I say holding her now dim eye contact, "But," I add, and for some reason, Elaina lights up. "I'll be more than happy to partake in a paternity test. Just in case he somehow is mine." I tell her, "And when the test shows he's yours, what exactly are you gonna do?" She asks me, and I roll my eyes. "If the test shows he's mine," I pause, "I'm gonna be apart my son's life, no matter what."

~Liam's POV~

I left my unconscious sister's side to go make me a sandwich when suddenly, the building starts shaking again. "Nat, wait no, calm down I'm coming!" I yell, seeing that my sister was sat up with her hands over her face. I run to her side, "Natalie, look at me," I tell her, and her watery eyes find mine, "I know it's hard, trust me I do, but I need you to stop thinking about what's going on right now. Think about family. Think about mom and dad, me and Miles. Think about the day you guys came and found me, to tell me I was your brother." I say, and her tears fall, and I wipe one away. "Is she awake? Is she okay?" I hear our older brother ask from upstairs. I see that she spots him on her upstairs balcony, I see her eyes light up at our brother.

I also notice she's finally thinking, thinking about something other than Tobias and Elaina. "She sure is, and I'm thinking as long as someone a little more nostalgic stays with her, she will be." I tell him standing up, and he takes my place. I go back to making my sandwich, and as expected, I see my sister race to the downstairs bathroom. Which just so happened to be directly in my view. Miles races after her, just as my vision perceived, and he holds her hair while she throws up into the toilet.

They exchange a few words, and then she does it. She looks at me through the bathroom door, and I give her a slight nod. Miles glances over after she looks back at him, and his eyes widen. I have a nephew on the way. My sister's pregnant.

~Jade's POV~

I wash my mouth and hands in the sink as my older brother just looks at me, in shock. But before he could say anything, I hear the front door open and close. And knowing who it was, my heart drops and I panic. I shove Miles out of the bathroom, shut the door and lock it. I listen through the door, "She's awake? Where is she?" I hear his voice and I feel a tinge of pain in my heart.

I pray that my brother's doesn't snitch my location out but, once I heard footsteps come this way I knew they already did. My mouth waters once again and I drop to the toilet, throwing up some more. "Natalie, are you okay? Let me in, unlock the door." He says on the other side of the door, jiggling the knob. "Yes I'm fine and no, I-I can't see you right now." I manage to get out after throwing up for what I hope is the last time. "If you're fine, how come I can hear you throwing up? How come you won't let me in?" He asks, and I try to answer him but, my mind overwhelmed me.

Thoughts of him, Elaina, and their son having little moments together. Little family moments. Jealousy and sadness tears through me, and I start weeping, holding onto the toilet. "Because, I just c-can't." I say through my sniffles. "Natalie please, I wanna talk to you. I can't stand to hear you cry, especially because of me." He tells me, and I sit back against the wall.

Gathering my knees to my chest and resting my arms, and then my head onto them. I unlock the door with my mind, and he opens it. He sits down in front of me, and his scent hits my nose and I clench my jaw. I keep my head buried into my knee's, unable to lift my head and look at him. "Can you look at me, please?" He asks, and I sniffle some more before I finally decide ignoring him would be childish.

I lift my head, and open my bloodshot eyes. And there he is, as handsome as ever. I bite my lip and furrow my eyebrows to choke down the sob that's trying to claw its way out of my throat. New tears fall as we just look at one another, he lifts his hand and tries to cup my cheek but, I couldn't stop myself from pulling away a little. He stops too, and I release my bottom lip and breath deep breathes.

He continues and this time, I let him touch me, and he wipes away a tear. "I'm so sorry Natalie," He finally says to me, and that certainly didn't make me feel better. "Sorry? So it really is true? He really is yours?" I ask him, and the ground starts to crack around me. He tries to real me back in but, I shove his hands off of me. "Please Natalie, don't be mad at me." - "How can't I be Tobias?!" I yell at him, and I obviously take him by surprise with my tone.

"I'm in love with you! And you have a kid!" My voice weakens at the end, "She's taken everything I've wanted from you. I wanted to be your first, and I wanted to be the first woman to bare your child. And she's taken both from me! Don't you get it? I'm gonna be a fucking step-mother before I get to be a biological mother!" I yell, less at him, and more like because of him. "Natalie calm down, we don't know if he's mine yet. She agreed to a paternity test and we're doing it in like half an hour. I'm meeting her in the infirmary." He tells me, and I roll my eyes. "You don't need too, we have our own walking-talking paternity test in the living room. He's yours Tobias." I tell him, and I hear him gasp. "There's no way in hell, Liam!" He calls my brother, and a few minutes later, "Yes?" I hear my brother say, coming into the bathroom. "Did you tell Natalie that that little boy is in fact my son." He asks my brother, and I cringe at the words.

"No, I didn't actually, I didn't say yes or no. I can't actually." And it's my turn to gasp, "What? I thought you nodded at me earlier to confirm that he was." I ask and say, and he shakes his head. "No I was nodding to confirm that you're p-," My brother says but I cut him off, "To confirm that other thing." He corrects himself but, I hit him again, since it didn't help. "What other thing?" Tobias asks, looking between the both of us. "Don't worry about it, let's just worry about finding out if that little boy is yours or not."

***

Me and Tobias meet Elaina, Steph, and her son in the infirmary. We tell the nurse what we want and she grabs two cotton swabs and hands one to Tobias, and kneels down to Elaina's son. "Okay, what's your name little guy?" She asks him, "Camden." He says, and I can't stop my bottom lip from poking out. But the sweet feeling soon vanished when I realize this is will be the first time I'm in a room with Tobias and Elaina. And I feel the tension between them, the way they look at one another gives it off completely.

"Okay Camden, I need you to open your mouth, and what I'm gonna do is swab the inside of your cheek okay?" The gloved nurse says, and he nods before opening his mouth. The nurse swabs, and I assume Tobias does the same. The nurse takes the little boys sample and inserts his and steps in front of the machine to adjust something in the back, "You guy's are lucky this is the twenty-second century or else the waiting time on this would be like ten days instead of ten minutes. And it looks like nobody in this room wants to be here anymore than five." The nurse comments, pressing a couple buttons on the machine. "Make that one." I comment, rolling my eyes. "Aww, don't tell me you're not excited to be a step-mom Natalie." Elaina sneers, and I slowly clench my first, keeping myself from doing something I'd regret.

"Don't get your hopes up Elaina, for all we know, he could be the son of any man in a fifty mile radius, since that's how you roll." I fire back stepping away from everyone, and Tobias gives me this look, and instead of looking at him confused, I give him a look right back. Eyes flickering gold and all. But instead of him backing off, he does the same. Eyes flickering silver. "Either one of you say another word, go ahead I dare you. I may be in the middle of all this but, I'm still this factions leader. I could have you both put on punishment." He says, and I can't help myself from laughing.

"Okay first of all, punishment? What are we, twelve? Second of all, you are not in the middle of all this. You are apart of it, and she is the cause. I am in the middle of this! End of discussion." I say, going to sit down onto the first empty infirmary bed.  Tobias looks at me crazy, and I give him a short, sweet, and sarcastic smile. "Wow Tobias, I wouldn't talk to you like that if I ended up your wife." Elaina blurts, and I can't stop myself from reacting. "Yeah you'd be wayyyy too busy gagging on the next guy!" I yell, and Elaina passes off her son to Stephanie, I raise my eyebrows and I also raise from my seat. She walks over to get into my face and I meet her halfway.

Or, I would've, if Tobias hadn't come in between us. "I hit a nerve didn't I?" I say looking dead into her cold blue eyes, and Tobias holds me back. "Natalie!" Tobias raises his voice at me, and even though I hold my grimace towards her, I back off. "Look at you, all mad cuz I'll always be his first. First kiss, first fuck, first love and now, I had his first kid." She still fires at me, and I decide to take the high road and laugh. "And you! You should be more mature than this, your kid is in earshot, and five year olds aren't dumb." He says to Elaina, and I flip her off when he turned his back to me.

Childish, I know. But she's brought the petty out of me. "Both of you just shut the fuck up for five minutes. Five minutes and this'll all be over." Tobias adds and Elaina scoffs, "You must not want him to be your son then, cuz in five minutes this has just begun." She says, and now Tobias scoffs. "It's funny how you think I want him to be. I want nothing to do with you Elaina." He tells her, and I watch her face contort into sadness for a spilt second. And it was a magnificent sight.

"Are you sure about that?" She asks him, giving him this look with her eyes. He hesitates, and at first I don't react, until seconds go by. I sit up just as he speaks up, "Yes," he pauses, "As a married man, I'm sure." He adds, and I sit back, even though I know damn well that long pause meant something. And speaking of another long pause, there's a nice long pause of silence until finally, "The results are in." The nurse announces, and everyone rises from being seated. "It's a match." She says, and my heart tears into pieces.

I grip at my hair, while Elaina looks straight at me with the biggest smile. The ground starts slightly cracking underneath my feet and I clench my jaw. But oddly enough, Tobias stops me from freaking out with a smile on his face. "He's a match to a Eric Coulter," The nurse adds, and I quirk. And I connect the dots. I realize I didn't see Tobias give his swab to the nurse.

Elaina's smile fades, "What? How?" She asks, obviously in disbelief. "I was previously given a sample from an anonymous source and I popped it in for shits and giggle, and I guess it's a good thing I did." The nurse half-ass explains winking over at a smiling Tobias, and after she does, Tobias whistles. And in walks the new man of the hour; Eric. And something I'd never thought I'd see, happens right in front of me. My husband and Eric do a handshake, and Tobias pats him on the shoulder. "Well, I guess me and my wife will be leaving now. Blessings to your new found family." Tobias wishes and I hug Eric before entwining my hand with my husbands. I look back at him as we leave, "Happy early birthday," Eric says, as I'm pulled back to our apartment, and I see that everybody had that dinner without us.

Only my brother's, Alex, Lauren, and Grace were here still. "Damn you look like you need a drink." Alex comments staring at me, and I stare at the liquor in his hands. "I do need a drink." I say walking over and taking it from him, I put it to my lips, "Natalie stop!" Liam yells and rips the bottle from my hands. "You know you can't fucking drink." He scolds me, and I remember. I'm pregnant.

I totally forgot. But I cringe when I see my husband abruptly stop in his tracks at what he just over heard. Oh no. He turns around with this look on his face, "Why can't she drink?" He immediately asks my brother, and I look to Liam, he points to me, puts his hands up and flees. "William Sean Carter-Harris! I'm gonna remember this!" I yell in the direction he ran. Tobias walks over to me, "Why can't you drink Natalie?" He questions, getting closer and closer.

"I honestly don't know why he did all that to be honest. I can totally drink." I say, trying to play it off. Tobias squints his eyes at me, "Yeah? Alright, come with me then." He says, offering me his hand.  I take it, and he drags me into the kitchen and takes out two glasses. He grabs another bottle of liquor from the cabinet, and pours us both a glass. He sets it down, and picks his glass up.

"Drink with me." He says, just before drinking some of his. I pick mine up, and just the smell of it makes me wanna puke now that I've remembered I'm pregnant. I put it to my lips and take some into my mouth before taking the glass away. But of course, I don't swallow. "You gonna swallow that?" He asks, and I give up and shake my head.

I spit it back into the glass, disgusted. "I'm gonna ask you one more time," He says, "why can't you drink?" He asks. And I sigh, and suddenly, the glass slips out of my hand and shatters onto the floor. Both me and Tobias crouch down to start picking up the pieces, and I cut my finger on a big piece, forgetting I'm not invulnerable anymore. I hiss and I suck on my finger, and Tobias stops picking up pieces.

"Did you just cut yourself?" He asks me, and I take my finger out of my mouth. I shake my head no, but he grabs my hand and lifts it up. "Well if you didn't now, I can see you did earlier by that bandage on your finger. Your invulnerability is gone," He says, "Why?" He immediately asks. "And don't lie to me Natalie." He also adds, and I struggle to keep my eyes with his. I have a feeling my pregnancy has something to do with my missing invulnerability.

"I don't exactly know why my invulnerability is gone but, I do know one thing." I say, and he raises his eyebrows, wanting me to go on. "I'm pregnant, Tobias." I tell him. And he smiles, even after all that's happened between him and Elaina, he smiles. He carefully puts down the glass in his hands, and makes me put down mine. He stands up, pulling me up by my hands too. And he hugs me.

I hug him back.