Princess Love

Princess Love - Chapter 32          Elizabeth awoke first that morning, running to the bathroom as fast as she could and she threw up. She brushed tears away from her face and went to take a shower.
         "I am such an idiot." She shook her head and cried in the shower. Brian sat up, able to hear her talk to herself in the shower. "He is going to kill me." She said, loudly, but not realizing it.
         Brian sat up and went into the bathroom and stood by the closed door.
         Elizabeth continued to talk to herself, not realizing that Brian was in the bathroom.
         "I am going to have to do it, there is no other way around it. I just want to die." She opened the shower curtain and jumped back when she saw Brian standing there. He walked over and wrapped a towel around her.
         "Is there something you aren't telling me?" He asked blankly and Elizabeth moved her eyes to the floor. Brian took her chin in his warm hands and moved her face up so that she was looking at him.
         He studied her face. Her skin was pale, paler than usual, her eyes were red and she had dark circles under her eyes. They were so dark that he was wondering if he was imagining it.
         "No." She went into the bedroom and picked up her clothes and Brian followed her. She walked back into the bathroom and shut the door, locking it behind her. Brian tried to turn the knob but felt that it was locked.
         She dressed and sat on the chair in the corner. Her head was in her hands and she let the tears fall from her eyes, to her nose and onto the floor.
         "Are you okay?" Brian was standing by the door, waiting. There was no answer. Elizabeth stood up and applied her makeup, trying to improve the paleness of her skin. "Are you in there?" Elizabeth was silent and sat on the floor, not saying a word. She looked up at the window and wondered if maybe she should leave, but decided against it.
         Brian turned around, but stopped when he heard her voice. "Brian, I don't know what is wrong with me."
         "Open the door!" He pleaded and she cried. She stood up and opened the door, Brian looked at her. Elizabeth went back under the covers and Brian came behind her, his arms around her waist. "What is wrong?" He asked in her ear and she didn't say anything. He sat up and looked down at her, she was asleep.

         "My family isn't going to like it." Howie shook his head at Valerie who frowned.
         "Okay, then let's wait on it." She looked at him carefully and slowly a smile appeared on his lips.
         "Nah." He stood up and kissed her on the cheek.
         "Okay, but we should at least tell them." Valerie said and Howie nodded.
         "Let's do it tomorrow, I want to make if official!" Howie grinned.
         They had decided that a big wedding wasn't for them. They wanted to be married in peace, without the worrying about caterers and invitations. They decided to get married by a judge with the guys and the girls, and that was it. Howie knew his parents would probably be upset, but it was what he wanted, what they BOTH wanted.
         "I'll call them tonight and we will tell everyone today." Howie said and Valerie nodded, studying his face. She looked over his handsome figures and looked into his eyes, just watching made her heart beat faster. She knew she loved this man with all of her heart and soul.

         "Nicky? Where is Jenny?" Sammi sat up, looking at Nick who was sitting on a chair on the other side of the room, reading a book.
         "I don't know sweetie, her plane has a boo-boo and they are taking awhile to fix it." He took his glasses off and looked at her.
        "I hope she comes back soon." Sammi sat up and went over to sit on Nick's lap.
         "I hope she does too, I know she will soon."
         "Nicky? Do you love Jenny?" Sammi asked, looking up at Nick. His hair fell over his left eye and Sammi was sitting on his right leg. She reached up and played with his hair.
         "Yes I do."
         "Why?" She asked and Nick wondered how you explained something like that to a six-year old.
         "Because she is beautiful and smart. She is funny and she makes me happy." Nick looked down at the little girl and his heart stopped. This girl had seen to much and he felt like he would do anything to make her happy. Looking into her eyes were like looking into her sister's eyes and it made him long for Jen even more.
         "Will you marry her?"
         "Sometime we will. We are still young though, we have plenty of time for that." Nick said and Sammi nodded in agreement.
         "I want to be the flower girl!" She said and Nick laughed.
         "You would make a beautiful flower girl," he said and she blushed.
         "Thank you."
         They sat that way for a long time and Sammi picked up a book that she wanted Nick to read her. Nick sat there that day, next to the phone, reading to the little girl and praying that her sister would be alright.

         "I have to go home for a couple of days." Kim said and looked at her hands as she sat at the kitchen table across from Kevin.
         "Why?"
         "It's not important, I will call you." Kim said and slowly looked into Kevin's handsome green eyes that sparkled like emeralds.
         "It IS important." Kevin frowned. "When are you leaving?"
         "Tomorrow." She said and rubbed her eyes, she was exhausted.
         "Why won't you just tell me why?" Kevin asked.
         "If you love me you won't push me." Kim stood up and went upstairs to pack.

         "When are you going to sue?" AJ asked Jasmine, sitting by the pool in the backyard.
         "I have been in contact to my lawyer and he said that he could start it soon. The good thing is that I don't have to go."
         "What are you going do to with the money that you win?" AJ asked curiously. He knew that the money that she might win would be a lot.
         "I am going to give it to an AIDS charity." AJ sat up, surprised.
         "ALL of it?!"
         "Yes, I am happy that I am HIV free and they only thing that I think I can do to prove how grateful to god that I am negative is to give the money to a charity."
         "You are such a wonderful girl." AJ smiled and Jasmine shook her head.
         "I am just lucky."

         Brian went downstairs and called everyone into the kitchen for a group meeting. Nick and Sammi stayed upstairs because Brian didn't want to worry Sammi about her sister. Elizabeth also stayed upstairs, taking a nap.
         "Where is Liz?" Valerie asked.
         "She doesn't feel well." Brian frowned and Jasmine watched him.
         "Let me go talk to her." She stood up but Brian shook his head.
         "Just let her sleep, I have to tell you all something anyway."
         "Tell..." AJ said, wondering what was wrong. Brian looked like he was going to deliever bad news.
         "Jen was an unlucky person last night. She got on board a plane that an Arab terrorist had also boarded."
         "WHAT!?" Kevin looked shocked and Brian continued.
         "He is holding the passengers and crew. He wants something here, I guess he has friends that are in jail here and he wants them to get out. The only way that he will let the people on the plane off is if he gets what he wants." Brian looked at each of his friend's faces and wasn't surprised by the looks of amazement.
         "Oh my god..." Valerie cried. "That poor girl..."
         They talked about it for a little while longer and Jasmine stood up and went to check on Elizabeth. She told Brian to wait downstairs.
         "Liz?" She asked and pushed the door open, the bed was empty.
        "Damn.." Jasmine muttered to herself and went into the bathroom and saw Elizabeth sitting there. Jasmine gave her her hand and helped her up and to the bed.
         "What's wrong?" Jasmine asked and sat next to her on the bed, rubbing her back.
         "I'm pregnant." She burst into tears and Jasmine looked at her in amazement.
         "Oh god..." She gave her a hug and Elizabeth cried.
         "I'm going to have an abortion." She said and Jasmine backed away and shook her head.
         "Don't, please don't. You will never forgive yourself."
         "I know. I had one before." Elizabeth said, her crys dying down.
         "WHAT!?" Jasmine looked at her in amazement.
         "After Sean died I found out I was pregnant, I couldn't deal with having his child, it would be too hard to see the face again. If I had a child I would have to give him or her to the royal family, they would want to have him to sit on the throne. I wouldn't have been able to deal with that."
         "Don't do it, talk to Brian." Jasmine said and Elizabeth shook her head.
         "I can't.." Elizabeth said and Jasmine stood up and ran downstairs.
         "You HAVE to talk to her." Jasmine shook her head and Brian looked at her worridly and went upstairs where he found Elizabeth crying on the bed.
         "What is the matter?" Brian held her in his arms.
         "I'm an idiot." She said and shivered in his arms.
         "What? No you aren't! Why do you say that?"
         "I'm pregnant." Brian backed away from her and looked at her with a blank stare. "See! I knew it!" She stood up and packed an overnight bag.
         "Where are you going?"
         "To the hosptial." She said, staring at him with disgust on her face.
         "Why? Is there something wrong?" He looked at her, still a blank stare on his face.
         "Yes! I am pregnant." She shook her head and walked downstairs.
         "So why do you have to go to the hospital?" Brian followed her.
         "For an abortion." He grabbed her arm and turned her around.
         "WHAT?" He stood close to her and everyone heard them and went outside, they didn't want overhear what they were saying.
         "You heard me!"
         "What makes you think of doing that?" He looked at her and she looked at him. She no longer looked upset, she looked like she was in a rage.
         "I've done it before and I will do it again."
         "WHAT!?" Brian screamed at her, this time louder. Everyone could hear him from outside.
         "Yeah, I forgot to mention it." She walked downstairs and he continued to follow her.
         "Was it mine?" He asked behind her and she turned on her heel and glared at him.
         "No." He burst into tears, wondering if maybe she had an affair.
         "It was Sean's, from before he died. I couldn't bring myself to raise his child while he layed six feet under." Elizabeth said and Brian was shocked to hear her put it that way.
         "Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, calming down.
         "You didn't ask."
         "OH MY GOD! How the hell was I supposed to know!?" He screamed again. She shrugged her shoulders and went to her car. Brian was closely behind her.
         "You can't do this to me!" He pleaded.
         "I can do whatever I want!" She said, acting snobbier than she had ever acted before.
         "No! That is 50% my child." Brian stood with his hands on his hips.
         "The other 50% is mine AND it is in MY body." She glared at him, throwing the bag into the backseat.
         "Don't do this to me!" He repeated and she rolled her eyes.
         "How do you think I feel?" She cried and he slowly walked towards her.
         "I love you and I will love our child." He said and she shook her head and sat down in her car. Brian opened the passengar side door and jumped in.
         "GET OUT!" She screamed. She looked at his face and her heart sunk. "I hate myself." She said under her breath and got out of the car.
         "Don't." Brian had heard her. "Please. It would be a gift if we had a child." He said and she burst into tears and sat down on the hot pavement.
         He came over to her and held her in his arms.
         "I am so sorry. I don't know what my problem is." Elizabeth cried and Brian shook his head and smiled.
         "Hormones." They both laughed. "You have the smile of an angel, I hope our daughter will look like you." He looked at her carefully.
         "Who said it won't be a boy?" She smiled. "Who will play basketball and sing like you." She smiled and he jumped up, taking her up with him.
         "WE"RE HAVING A BABY!" He screamed at the top of his lungs and Elizabeth grinned. Brian stood behind her and put his arms around her waist on his hands on her stomach. Be bent over and kissed her. "I love you."
         "I love you." She said and they walked upstairs.