A few minutes later, I left home, walking to Samantha's house to introduce her to the city. I walked the few blocks that separated our houses, and soon I was ringing her doorbell.She answered the door wearing jeans, a black sweater, and her hair in a ponytail with a few loose strands falling over her face. She had a sheen of sweat on her forehead, revealing that she was working hard at something. " Hi Apollo, I thought you were coming later," she smiled. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" I questioned a bit gracelessly. Samantha opened the way for me to enter the house, and I soon found out what caused her fatigue. All the suitcases and boxes I bought yesterday were open in the middle of the living room and most of them were already empty. " I hope you're not carrying any weight," I commented with concern. " Don't worry, we're fine," she reassured me. I walked through the boxes, looking at the contents of each one, identifying which one would weigh the most. " I'll help
Theon " You're squeezing my belly," Sam gasped as she parted her lips a little, causing me to come to my senses. " I'm sorry," I ordered before releasing her. She walked away to where she had left her shoes, putting them on while avoiding any kind of eye contact with me. And as for me, what was I thinking? This kind of thing can't happen, we don't have the right to act this way anymore. Soon we will have a child in the middle of all this and we can't spoil things. Despite my clear attraction to Samantha, I had no feelings for her, and going down that road would be a mistake. " I think we'd better go," she asked, "I'm hungry and I wanted to buy some things at the market before going home.” " Of course, yes," I agreed, feeling a little dazed, "come on, I'll show you where the nearest market is.” We both walked in an uncomfortable silence, so different from how we were before. It was more than obvious that we needed to talk about this, but I couldn't think of any sensible way to s
Samantha I closed the door after saying goodbye to Theon, placing the shopping bags on the floor and leaning my forehead against the wood before taking a deep breath. What was that all about? Have I gone insane!? This morning I told Harper not to worry about me because I wouldn't interfere in her relationship, and a few hours later I kissed her boyfriend!? What is your problem, Samantha? Of course the kiss wouldn't have happened if he hadn't wanted it to, but it was like he said. Just the heat of the moment. Yes, I need to get it out of my mind, it is not right, I cannot allow my heart to go that way. But that kiss was so good. What does that mean? " It means that the guy has a good kiss," I said to myself out loud, leaning away from the door and walking to the kitchen after picking up the bags from the floor, "you knew that all along, Samantha, you kissed him dozens of times!” Yes, and that wasn't the only thing he did well, that I know for sure. Harper is a lucky woman. " T
Samantha The next few days passed quickly, Delphine returned the next day, and the day after that. She helped me buy the things I needed to start school, and asked numerous questions about my life. I didn't meet Theon again that week, packed up everything and could finally feel at home. On Monday, I woke up early, had breakfast and thought about what that class would be like. I would only work in the afternoon, so I used the morning to get everything ready. I entered the school feeling a little lost. I hated firsts days. " Do you need help? " the girl from the office approached me. I looked at her, she was a black woman, with delicate features, sweet eyes, very short dark hair, and an infectious smile. A beautiful girl, if she could dance and we were in Vegas, Elle would recruit her without a second thought. " I guess so " I smiled " it's my first day, and I don't know what to do.” " My name is Dominic Carter " she introduced herself " anything you need, you can talk to me.”
Theon " I can't believe she did that! " Lara exclaimed when I told her that Callie had introduced Harper to Samantha without my knowing. We were having a relative heat wave for that time of year, and the streets were full of people enjoying the morning of mild sunshine and temperatures bordering on 77 degrees. Lara took the opportunity to walk with Daphne, and I met them both near the store as I left for lunch. Ever since I found out about what Callie had done, I had avoided going to my mother's house. I still wasn't sure that I could talk to my sister without saying things that I would regret later, and really offend her this time, so I preferred to keep my distance. " She did," I said dismayed, "in the end it wasn't so bad, since thanks to that Harper and I got along, but Samantha didn't have to go through something like that.” " And have you talked to Callie yet? " she asked. " If I talk to her now, our conversation won't be civilized at all," I admitted, "Mama is insisting t
Theon " So, are you going to Vail together? " Harper asked, looking uncomfortable. We were sitting in my kitchen eating breakfast together before I went to pick Samantha up at home for the exam. Although she had accepted the situation, I could see that she felt uncomfortable. But what could I do? I wanted to be involved in these details, and I had never seen an ultrasound before! " Yes, the clinic where Samantha was able to schedule her appointment is in Vail, but it is not that far away. We should be there in an hour at the most," I explained, while she sipped her cup of coffee. " I see " she started playing with her toast " have you ever seen an ultrasound?” " No, this will be the first one she will do after she told me " I poured some more coffee for her " I can't wait to see how it is.” She smiled, accepting the extra coffee. I felt a little bad for that smile, I know Harper has made an effort to be understanding, but I also understand how uncomfortable this situation was fo
Theon It didn't take long before we crossed the Vail limits and arrived at the clinic.Samantha went to fill out her chart, while I went to get juice from a vending machine for her. When I returned, I found her sitting on one of the chairs in the waiting room, I sat next to her, observing some people waiting for their exams. " Thank you," Samantha smiled, opening the bottle I offered her. " How long are you expecting? " asked a woman. " Twelve weeks " Samantha clarified. " Is this your first child? " Another woman, who was accompanied by her husband, spoke up. " Yes," I confirmed, feeling a little uncomfortable. I wouldn't want to talk about our situation with random people, especially people I had never seen before in my life. " This is our third child," the second woman explained, "you're really going to love it. It's the best thing in the world, I don't have a single complaint about motherhood.” " Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Samantha answered politely.
Theon " Theon? " Harper stared at us dumbfounded, alternating her gaze between us as I mentally analyzed my situation with Samantha. I released her, walking over to my girlfriend, giving her a little kiss on the lips. " Harper, I didn't know you were going to be here," I commented, watching her with a wry smile. " I didn't know you were coming here," she replied. An uncomfortable atmosphere fell between the three of us, Samantha seemed about to make up some excuse and leave, but well, we weren't doing anything wrong, it was just a small miscommunication. " Theon, Sam? " my sister Lara appeared at the door "why are you standing there? Come in!” Lara took Sam by the hand and pulled her inside, leaving Harper and me behind. My girlfriend watched the mother of my son before turning back to face me. " What just happened?” " I brought Sam to meet my family," I clarified, entering the house and closing the door behind me, "I thought…” " That I wouldn't be here? " she raised both eye
Theon" Are you ready? " I called out to Sam as I made sure that Henry didn't get dirty.I was in the living room, waiting for her to finish getting ready so we could go to the ceremony that awaited us, but she was taking longer than I thought." I'll be down in a minute, Apollo," she shouted in reply, "don't let the pancake get Henry dirty.”I watched my one-and-a-half year old boy lying on top of the dog with an angelic smile on his face. Maybe we should get him out of there before his mother comes downstairs." Henry, come with Daddy," I called, bending down to meet him.He lifted his head, which had been resting on the dog's back, and opened his smile even wider when he saw me gesturing to call him." Papa," he stammered, struggling to get up before running toward me in faltering steps.He was wearing a small tuxedo and his slightly curly hair, like his mother's, was adorably messy; he will steal the spotlight at this wedding. " Mama," he called, looking up the stairs befo
Theon I made my way to the maternity waiting room where everyone was waiting anxiously for some news. Carl and Selena were the first to see me and soon stood up. " Adamos, what happened? " Carl asked. " Henry decided to be a few weeks early, but everything is fine. He is perfect and healthy," I smiled as I remembered my little boy. He was better than I imagined, much better. " What does he look like? Can we see him? " Lara asked anxiously. All the excitement seemed to have served to make her momentarily forget everything that had happened that night. " He's with Sam in postpartum, he'll be there for a while," I explained, "Does anyone know about the…” I fell silent as I saw Callie coming down the hall beside Harper, the two of them talking quietly, while Daphne, who had just started to take her first steps, ran awkwardly in front of them. " Callie put them in the corner there," my mother pointed to Sam's two suitcases. " Thank you. I'll take them up to the bedroom.” I felt
SamanthaEveryone remained silent for seconds, not sure what to do before I decided to take action." I'll go…”I indicated the stairs without needing to explain much." Sure, I'll wait for you here," Theon assured me." Yeah, maybe it's better if someone neutral handles this," Iris endorsed.I nodded and went upstairs, in time to see Delphine approach Theon.She was certainly going to question him about his line from earlier.I walked uncertainly to the door of the room where we had been getting ready and exchanging confidences a few hours before. Poor Lara, I couldn't imagine what awaited her.I heard the doorbell ring, reminding me that the rest of the family would have some work to do to dispose of the ruined party guests. At least I could help here.Once again I felt that discomfort when Henry moved, followed by a slight pain in my groin. I tried to adjust the pants I was wearing comfortably before I knocked on the door, hearing the muffled cry coming from inside the room." Lara
SamanthaTheon parked the car in front of his mother's house again, it had been over two hours since we had left to go after Marcus and we didn't know what we would find there.Theon, however, didn't seem to want to burst the bubble of happiness we had created inside that car, and I couldn't blame him for that. For me, just our conversation in that car was enough to make me forget about the whole mess that had happened.Theon leaned in and kissed me again, erasing from my mind anything but the two of us. I brought my hand to the back of his neck, tangling my fingers in his hair.I couldn't believe I had run away from this for so long, this was all I needed, and Henry certainly agreed with me, as he kept moving inside me.But reality couldn't allow us to run away for so long, altered voices coming from inside the house caused us to separate immediately. Theon took a deep breath, looking worriedly at one of the windows." We have to get back there, don't we? " he looked tired." If we d
Theon Rushing footsteps followed me and I didn't have to look to find out who was following me. I could still hear my two sisters' argument getting louder and louder." Where are you going, Apollo? " Sam asked, panting as she struggled to keep up." Don't run," I murmured." Then walk slower," she pleaded as we reached the stairs.I complied with her request to prevent her from rushing up the stairs, but my mind was made up, Marcus would learn to keep his distance from any of my sisters!" Where are you going? " Sam asked again." I'm going to kill that bastard," I muttered, expecting her to try to stop me.My mother and sister were in the living room, looking startled at the confusion unfolding upstairs." Theon, what happened? " My mother asked.I didn't answer, I headed for the door while Sam shouted a summary of what had happened, running to catch up with me. I got into the car, preparing to start it when Sam took the passenger seat." What the…"" Come on, Apollo, you're not goi
Theon I parked the car in front of Sam's house, sending her a message to let her know that I had arrived. I was on my way to my mother's house when I received a call from Lara asking me to pick up the mother of my son. It seems that Sam had arranged with Lara to help her get ready for the party.Sam and I had become somewhat closer again after I had gone to her house two days ago, not quite the kind of closeness we were used to, but it was something. In fact, I was beginning to wonder if maybe I should have some hope for the future, since from the comments I heard, Sam was no longer with Mike Laffay.I was trying not to delude myself so much, not after everything that happened at Christmas, but it was still hard to deny that I still had feelings for her.Samantha left her house, hurrying to get into the car because of the snow that had been falling insistently since yesterday. It was the beginning of February and her belly was getting bigger and bigger, we had already started the cou
TheonI was lying in my bed on the verge of the unconsciousness I so longed for, when the sound of my cell phone vibrating on the wood woke me up. I sleepily groped the nightstand in search of the device, finding a message from Sam there."Are you awake?"I frowned, sitting up in bed, trying to find some sense in that message. Sam had become very distant from me in the last month, and I hadn't expected that contact." Is something wrong?"I returned the question." I just can't sleep."" Why not?"I replied feeling puzzled by the situation. I remembered the time we had spent hours exchanging messages, it seemed like forever since that had happened."Henry is agitated and I can't get the ice on my foot.I frowned again as I read the end of the message. So, to satisfy my curiosity I ended up calling her." Hi, I hope I didn't wake you up," her voice sounded a little fearful on the other end." What happened to your foot? " I questioned." I stepped on the last step of the stairs and twi
Samantha After opening the gifts that each of us had brought, this time more informed about the use of each of the things, I had won, I decided to step away from the guests for a bit, stepping through one of the glass doors that led out onto a balcony overlooking the snow"capped mountains of Colorado. I hugged myself as the chilly breeze hit me, I shouldn't be out there without a coat in the middle of winter, but somehow, it helped me clear my mind a little. I walked over to the guardrail, watching the entrance to the house quietly.A few moments later I heard footsteps approaching, but I didn't bother turning around to find out who was there, it must have been my mom bringing me my coat, or crazy Delphine trying to convince me to eat something, but when the person stopped beside me, I didn't know what to do.Harper leaned over beside me, watching the scenery as I did. I bit my lower lip, feeling my heart race at her presence. Why was she there? What did she want with me? I mentally
Samantha"We can deny those feelings all we want, but that doesn't mean they don't exist."Theon's words came swirling around in my mind once again. I was teaching the girls, we were already in the third week of January and his words had not left me for a single second in the last few days. We didn't stay on the best of terms either, I ended up convincing my parents to take me to Denver to get away from the New Year's celebration at the Adamos house, and I avoided talking about it with anyone.I heard the studio door opening and turned around quickly with a racing heart, hoping that he would show up just to see how I was doing, as he did before. But in the end, to my surprise, who was there was my mother. She didn't usually visit me at work, but I decided not to focus on that. I would finish the class and then I would deal with it.Everything was so difficult, it wasn't supposed to be like this. As much as I knew I was doing what my conscience demanded, I missed him, I wanted his comp