I sit down on the bed slowly... I am back in Nathan's bedroom, no sign of medical equipment. I look down at myself a little at a loss... I turn and let my feet dangled to the side of the bed. I am more than ok. It was as if Aurora didn't do anything to me...

"Waiting for the hurt?" The voice murmurs. I follow the voice and stare at Nathan. He has a crooked smile on his face that is not authentic... Nathan is more than mad. "You're not going to feel it. I turn you."

I'm pretty sure I die once again. "You did. WHAT?!" I don't know what is on my face but Nathan speaks again even faster.

"No... I only healed you."

"Thank you," It comes out in a whisper. I am still terrified of Nathan cruel lie... Nathan purse his lips and a glare starts to appears in his face.   "Why are you mad?"

"Is it true?"

"What?"Nathan stands up from the rocking chair and walks all the way towards the bed. He puts a hand on each side of my leg in the bed and leans down until we are face to face.

"You and Marcus are lovers?" Pain crosses his face as he says the word lovers. I stare at him feeling nervous on the inside, but I don't show it to him. Deep down the last thing I want to do right now is dig the knife deeper into the wound.

"What happened to Marcus?" His face turns even darker and angrier.

"He was fired." He says thru clenched teeth.

"Fire the human way... Or the vampire way?" He growls at me, a low menacing growl.

"The human way!" His voice has an animal quality. "Now answer the god damn question!" He lifts one of the hands putting it into a fist and punch the bed so hard to my side it makes a dent. "Did Aurora saw you two kissing?"

"Yes," I sound lame and stupid... Yet I still say... "But the only reason I was kissing him in the first place was that he kissed me first-"

"So Aurora was telling me the truth? She beat you up for my sake?" Now I am the one that is pissed off. I put two hands in his broad chest and push him away from me. He falls to the floor in a sitting position and looks at me with a glare. I stand up and pace around the room.

"That bitch is still alive!"

"Of course she is!" He snaps right back at me. "You were cheating on me!" I burst out laughing at him sarcastically.

"Since when are we in a relationship?!" Nathan is in front of me within seconds. He put his hands on my arms ever so gently and pulls me until we are face to face.

"Are you being serious right now?" I arch an eyebrow at him angrily. "What about Dubai? Celebrating your birthday?"

"What about it? And if you call a birthday cake brought to the bed celebrating something then ok." Pain crosses his features, and his hold on me falters. All of the sudden I am not so sure about my words. But I can't stop my stubborn mouth from saying...

" You took me there, so you can punish Marcus and I wouldn't interfere." Nathan lets go of me as if my whole body electrocuted him. He walks towards a wall and starts to punch it over and over again. 

Nathan turns slowly towards me letting his hands hang limply to his side... In his face, I can see his feelings. "Really Zoey?" His voice breaks and sounds weak. "The Fountain? The hotel? The water park? The birthday cake? The beach? You honestly think I did all that just to distract you and make you forget about the human?" I purse my lips and fought hard to keep my face neutral.

"Nathan...I," My voice is hoarse and I'm whispering the words. "You said it yourself... Right before we left... You were taking me on a vacation." In a fast maneuver that leaves me dizzy, I am against the wall. My hands are pinned to the wall at my side and Nathan is right at my face looking really angry.

"Nathan," I whisper yet again.

"Zoey," He whispers right back. It was slow and deliberately. I relax my body and sigh defeated as I look into his sad green eyes.

"Yes?" I murmur losing my stubbornness. Nathan just stares at me with a painful expression in his face as if he's waiting for me to realize something. Something important.  But I am so fucking clueless and so fucking confused. "What do you want from me?!"

"I want you to realize I love you. I am in love with YOU." My mouth drops open and a gasp escapes from my lips. I never thought I would hear those words coming from his mouth towards me. ME. The Slayer, the annoying human, Zoey the girl that was ruining his life and plans. The girl he said many times he hated because of whom her father is...

Against my better judgment, I find myself smiling too and put a hand on his cheek. "You more than anyone knows how much it pains me to admit it... But I love you too Nathan." Nathan lets go of my arms and put it behind his waist and pulls me to him into a kiss. I have never wanted any other man like I want Nathan. This feeling is so new, so amazing.

I put my arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. From this moment on, something new between Nathan and I is born and I know that no matter what my future holds for me... I belong to Nathan...

Eventually, Nathan steps back to let me breathe, then put a strand of hair behind my ear. I love this side of Nathan...

"I'm going out... an hour or so." I frown. Every time Nathan leaves for an hour or so... Is to be with Aurora and I could feel myself being jealous. Especially since he let the bitch alive after she almost killed me...

"Can I go with you?" He stares into my eyes with a grin, enjoying that I am jealous. I know what Nathan answer is going to be. He needs to do something without me... He would have asked me if he wanted me to go with him... I know I sound like one of those suffocating girlfriends, but right now I do not care. Nathan out of the house for an hour or so would eat at me...

"Jealous of something baby?" I purse my lips in annoyance. I hate when he does this and turns things around on me.

"No." He arches an eyebrow.

"You're not?"

"No." His grin turns slowly into a crooked smile.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." A small chuckle escapes his lips, but he tries to hide it by clearing his throat.

"Ok, good. So you trust me?" NO!!!!! I do not want to answer that question, because it would erase the beautiful crooked smile. "Zoey?"

"Yes," I say thru clenched teeth, knowing I just forfeited the argument and let him win. He smiles smugly.

"Ok, baby Are you scare?" His tone is taunting.

"NO." There is no way in hell I will admit to being helpless around a house full of vampires. Nathan chuckles and leans down kissing my neck softly. I close my eyes enjoying the feeling.

"That's my girl." He murmurs against my neck. If he has to leave, why the hell is he turning me on? He kisses my forehead and steps back, turns around and leaves...

I slide down the wall until I'm sitting on the floor with a grin on my face.  Nathan loves me. He loves ME. I don't know how long I stay on the floor enjoying the afterglow but eventually, I stand up, walk to the bathroom and turn on the tub letting it fill with water. I put oils and soap taking my clothes off slowly.

I get in the tub and lay down closing my eyes. I laugh enjoying this feeling. I am in love... With a vampire none of the less... I spend an hour in the tub just enjoying the feeling of being in love. I wrap a towel around my body and walk back to the bedroom.

This could work... I could be happy with Nathan and live happily ever after...

I put on comfortable panties and an even comfortable bra, then put on sweatpants, and a tank top. I put on comfortable sandals and put my hair into a messy bun. I walk out of the bedroom walking all the way towards the kitchen. 

Adrian ask me what I want to eat and I ask for chicken and waffles laughing. He turns and stares at my face knowing damn well I am not going anywhere. "Do you need a real knife this time? You know as your first attempt sucked.

I pretend to think for a moment as he has the audacity to mention that to me. "Would I be stopped?"

"Nope."  He starts to work on the chicken and waffles and gives me a real knife with my food for kicks.

I cut into the chicken and eat with a big smile on my face... What the hell? The more I eat the chicken the sicker I feel. I look down at the plate with a frown. The chicken was cook through no pink parts. I stubbornly cut the chicken breast again and try to put it in my mouth and vile comes up thru my throat. I clamped a hand over my mouth fast preventing the food I manage to eat come out of my mouth. I slid the chair back fast making a lot of noise...

I run all the way to the first bathroom I find and throw up all the chicken I had managed to eat. I keep throwing up until nothing else comes out of me. I sit on the floor weakly resting my head on top of my arm breathing hard.

I have a good immune system. I have never before thrown up in my life. The chicken was cook perfectly... So what the fuck?!

Once the dizziness went away I stand up slowly and walk towards the sink to rinse out the vile that was left in my mouth. I pick Nathan's toothbrush and brush my teeth twice until the smell of vomit is off my mouth replaced by mint.

I look up and stare at the mirror. My face looks pale, but I know is because I just threw up...

"Ma'am?" I turn to face Adrian.  He is staring at me with a grim face and has what looks like a stick. I stare at his hands no doubt looking stupid. "It's a pregnancy test." Dread came to me faster than the vile did.

"Is not what you think-" I start to say and Adrian stares at me waiting patiently. Is not possible... but even if it was...  "It's not possible... If I were pregnant Aurora's attack towards me would have killed the fetus..." I feel sick but there's no way a fetus would have survived the attack I suffer. "Maybe this is the aftermath of the attack-"

"You were healed by a vampire. There's no aftermath-" I open my mouth to argue about being pregnant. "And if you are pregnant with a vampire child-" I must of look sick all over again because Adrian doesn't finish the sentence. "Just... Do the pregnancy test, Zoey...Nathan has been waiting for sign's of pregnancy." I snatch the stick out of his hands and slam the door in his face.

I pee on the little stick and put it on the sink. And sit on the floor covering my face between my legs. Nathan couldn't do this to me... He wouldn't... Because if I am pregnant...  I know happily ever after would never come into my life.

The two minutes are up. I stand up slowly picking the thing that would either ruin my life or just let me know this was just a horrible scare...