Layla was all smiles when she walked in the house, and headed up the stairs. Alaric walked in, quickly made his way up the stairs and followed her into the bedroom, slamming the door shut.

Adrian was pouring himself a drink when Layla came inside and went upstairs, then came in Alaric, he grabbed his drink and smiled "How did things go?" he asked, walking around the couch.

When he got no response, and saw him run up the stairs he looked at Angeline shrugging his shoulders, then jumped when he heard the door slam. "I take it things didn't go so well."

"Or... they had a wonderful time and want some alone time." she smiled "Maybe we should leave, and let them have their fun."

Layla let her hair down, and walked over to Alaric "Can you unzip the back of my dress?" she asked, turning her back towards him.

He slid her hair to the side and over her shoulder, and began kissing the side of her neck "I certainly will." he said quietly, giving her goosebumps.

He unzipped her dress, let it fall to the ground, and bent down to pick it up off the ground. As he stood up she turned around and gave him a smile that melted his heart.

He removed his clothes in a hurry, picked her up and carried her over to the bed "I could never get sick of doing this with you." he said as he hovered over her. He lowered his lips to hers and gave her a demanding, but loving kiss that had both their hearts beating faster.

He lowered his hand down to her moistened area and groaned in excitement after he placed a couple fingers inside her and felt how wet she was for him. "Damn."

He continued pleasuring her insides, and the wetter she became, the more excited he was for her, and lowered his mouth down to her pussy.

Her panting became heavier the closer she got to her climax, and grabbed a fistful of his hair, screaming out his name as she released.

She pulled him up to her face, placed her hand on the back of his head, and pressed him to her lips, kissing him hard and demanding. "No more foreplay, I just want you inside me." she begged.

She placed him at her opening, lifted her hips and thrusted him inside her. He thrusted for a while, and hit every spot inside her that had her squirming and moaning the entire time.

Wanting to show her love for him, she bit into his neck, and sent her love flowing all throughout his body, that had him tingling at the core. She pulled away and turned her head to the side, allowing him to do the same, only he had her feeling highly intoxicated, and on the verge of passing out from the excitement.

The longer he satisfied her, and the smiles she gave him while making love to her, had him to the point where he could no longer hold it in any longer and asked her to release with him.

Hearing him say those words in her ear, gave her goosebumps throughout her body, and her nipples harder than ever that he could feel pressed against his chest. He lowered his mouth to her breasts, licked, and sucked on each nipple, before pushing himself up with his fists, and pumping a couple more times into her until they released, together.

He rolled onto his back, and got quiet as he looked up at the ceiling. She noticed how quiet he became, rolled to her side, and placed her hands on his chest, softly caressing his chest with the tips of her fingers.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked worried, thinking he may be regretting about asking her to marry him.

He slowly turned his to the side and bit his bottom lip while looking at her, admiring how beautiful she was. He rolled to his side and propped his head up. "I was thinking about what it would be like if we were to ever expand."

"Expand?"

He chuckled after seeing her confused expression "Yes, expand... as in having children. What would you think about it, or is that not an option for you?"

She felt like melting, she wanted nothing more than to have children, and would love to have his child. It was always a dream of hers the moment she laid eyes on him. She always wondered what they would look like if she were to ever become pregnant with him and was happy to hear him say that to her.

She smiled and traced his lips with her finger, she leaned forward, and pressed her lips against his "Do you realize how happy that makes me, to hear you say you want to have a child with me?"

He smiled "I take that as a yes."

"Of course... but let's get married first."

He laughed and poked at her stomach "You never know, we have never used protection, and I could have placed me seed in you already."

She shook her head "No, I know I'm not pregnant, I've had birth control inserted in me... I would have to get it removed before we officially try having a baby."

He felt bummed hearing that, and was hoping they already had one coming into the world. He sighed, lifted her hand to his mouth and kissed the tips of her fingers "Then we shall get married right away, and start trying for a baby afterwards... I'm ready for a family, and would love to start immediately."

"What do you mean right away? Planning a wedding takes months..."

"Are you wanting a big wedding?"

She looked away from him, and twisted her lips as she thought about it. She felt there really was no need for a big wedding since most of her friends turned out to be fake, the parents who raised her were no longer around, and the one she would love to have at her wedding, she was told she could never bring back.

"No... no, I don't need a big wedding." she says, looking back at him. "Let's just do it." she smiled "There's only two people I need there, and that's Alyssa and Alex."

"So it's settled? A small wedding?"

"Yes."

The next few days, Layla went shopping with Alyssa, looking for the perfect dress and couldn't find one she liked. "Maybe Alaric will hold off until I find dress I want." she said, walking down the aisle of dresses that she had gone through three times already.

"You still have a few days..." Alyssa then had a thought, and got excited as she stepped in front of her, placed her hands on her shoulders and smiled big. "I have an idea, you have special magical powers, why don't you make your own with the snap of your fingers?"

"No, it's not that easy... I don't even know what I want, I need something to just pop out at me."

"Well, it was an idea."

"Thanks, I'm done looking for the day, there's another place I would like to check out tomorrow if that's OK."

"Whatever you want to do, I'll be there."

Layla dropped Alyssa off, then headed over to Alaric's parents. There were some things she wanted to get straightened out with his mother before they were married, and wanted to make sure there were no issues. Sebastian answered the door, and looked behind her thinking Alaric was with her.

"I'm here alone." she smiled "Alaric doesn't know I'm here, and I actually came to see Elizabeth, is she home?"

He let her in and offered to get her some tea "No thanks, I don't need anything."

"Go ahead and sit down, I'll go let her know that you're here."

While waiting for Elizabeth, Layla pulled out her phone and smiled thinking about how Alaric got a phone. She sent him a message, and giggled knowing he wouldn't know how to retrieve it, or to even open it. Hopefully he can figure it out on his own... she whispered as she typed Be home soon, I stopped to have a talk with your mother, no need to check on me. Love you!

Elizabeth walked into the room and sat down next to Layla "What brings you on by?"

Layla turned, crossed her legs and gave her a nervous smile "Being that Alaric and I are getting married in a few days, I came over to talk to you about a couple things. I feel like you hate me for some reason, and I'm sure it's because of Frederick's past relationship with my mother Phoebe. I beg of you to please not hate me for what they did... I love Alaric with all my heart and I would never do anything to hurt or deceive him in any way."

She lowered her head when she saw how desperate she looked, and knew she had no part in her husband's infidelity. "I'm sorry Layla, I know it wasn't your fault. After he told me that you could be his child, I wanted to scream, kill him, kill you, and wanted to get Alaric far away from you. You two could have been related and it would have been disaster. I felt relieved to find out you were not his, but was still hurting that he deceived me like that. Phoebe knew we were married, and I felt you would be just like her. You're her flesh and blood, but you are also Sebastian's flesh and blood, and I need to come to terms that you are your own person. I have to trust that you will not do that to my son, and hope that you will cherish how my son feels about you."

Layla reached for her hands, squeezed them and assured her that she would never do anything like that to her son. Letting her know how she felt deceived herself all these years and how her life changed when she figured out who she really was.

"Have you found a dress yet?" Elizabeth curiously asked, hoping that she hadn't.

"No, I haven't." she said sadly.

"Good."

"Good?" Layla questioned upset "I'm sorry you still hate me, but I beg of you..."

Elizabeth held her hand up, stopping her from speaking "I didn't mean good in a bad way, I was saying good in a good way... I have a dress that you may like to wear. It was my mother's wedding dress, and I would love for you to wear it. Alaric gave you her ring, and now I'll give you her dress... would you like to see it?"

Layla had tears forming in her eyes, and quickly wiped them away. She was shocked to hear her offer her mother's wedding dress and stood up "I would love to see it."

"Follow me." she said as she stood up.

Sebastian had been listening in and quickly walked away when they exited the room. He was happy to hear Elizabeth finally give her a chance after she told Sebastian she would never accept her. He walked into the kitchen, grabbed a tea for himself and headed back to his hidden room. He had been trying to figure things out to make Layla happy, and to see if there was a way some how to bring her mother back.

He looked through the book he took away from Layla, after she tried bringing her mother back herself. He took a sip of his tea while looking at a spell that had caught his eye, he thought maybe it would work, but when he saw the last part of the script, he knew it wouldn't work since a life had to be sacrificed. He turned and looked at the books on his bookshelf, and eyed a book he hadn't looked at in a long time. He got up, walked over to the book and pulled it down from the shelf, and stood there scanning though the book. He knew what he had to do to bring Phoebe back, and wanted to do it to make Layla happy, he felt she deserved it, and wanted to see that same smile on her face that he remembered from when she was little whenever she saw her mom.

Layla left Alaric's parents house with a smile. She was excited to wear his grandmother's wedding dress and couldn't wait to see his face when he sees her wearing it. She called Alyssa, told her about the dress and decided to stop over to show it off to her. "Wow, Layla... It's different, but very pretty! I love how it all flows, the fact that it's antique and that it looks like a dress a vampire would wear." she giggled

"Can I leave it here, so Alaric doesn't see it?"

"Sure, but what would his mother think about it being here?"

"I'm sure she wouldn't mind, she knows I was going to keep it a secret, and if I have it there, he will definitely see it in my closet... besides, I'll be getting ready here before the wedding anyway, so why not leave it here." she winked.

Alyssa took the dress from Layla's hands and hung it in her closet, she couldn't help but be happy for her, but felt sad in a way as well. She was feeling she was going to lose her best friend, and since Layla will now never age, she felt Layla would later stop hanging out with her, the older she gets. "Layla... I'm so happy for you, you deserve this, and he deserves you... I'm so glad everything has worked out for you and you can finally be happy. But please don't forget about me."

Layla shook her head wondering where that came from, and assured her that she would never forget about her just because she was getting married "Just because I'm getting married, doesn't mean I'll stop hanging out with you, you and Alex are my only friends left. You're my best friend, and when I start having kids, I want you to be there."

"No, but every year I'll be growing older, and you're not going to want to hang out with me when I'm grey, old and wrinkly."

She laughed "Don't be stupid, you'll always be my friend no matter what... who cares what you will look like." She stopped talking and thought about what she just said to her, she then thought about what she would think if she was able to turn her into a vampire, if she would even want to, and wondered who would be willing to do it. She would do it, but then she would be sired to her, and she didn't want that, not to mention Alaric wouldn't go for it.

"See... you just thought about what I would look like old, and it disgusts you..."

Layla walked her over to the bed, sat her down and looked her in the eyes "No, that's not what I was thinking... I was thinking about what it would be like to keep you as my friend forever, and wondering what your thought would be to be turned into a vampire? Tell me... what would you think about that? Just think you'll stay looking this way forever, you'll never have to worry about aging, never have to worry about taking the pills you do to help keep you look young, or even the lotions you use to keep your face look young... and the best part about it is, we live forever." she smiled.

"I don't know about that... then I'll have to feed off people, and I'm not so sure if I could do that."

"Think about it, I would just need to find someone willing to do it... that is, if you're interested."

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.😊😍❤