St.Luke's

A/N: This may be one of the last chapters I write for this story. . .. Or is it?? Muhuahahaha. Oh anything like ~blah~ is a flashback.

“Anna?” Alex took her hand and lead her into the night air.

“Hm?” she stared at the glittering diamonds.

“I just want to be with you.” he said.

Anna snapped her head toward him and stared. “Does that mean…”

“I already saw your parents. They sent in another letter. But,” he knelt in front of her “I thought I should do this right.” he cleared his throat and pulled a ring from his pocket “Will you do me the honors of becoming Mrs. Alexander Serrano?” he grasped her hand and slid the gem onto her finger.

Anna nearly melted from the warmth that spread through her entire body. She bent, with tears in her eyes, and kissed him. “Is that a yes?” he asked.

“No.” she said seriously. Alex’s face contorted into anger. “It’s a hell yes.” his face brightened and he stood. Alex swept her off her feet. He marched right back inside and ran up onto the stage.

“I just want everyone to know…” he started. Anna blushed all the shades of red and tried to hush him. “That Anna Katherine Vaughn, is the near future Anna Katherine Serrano.”

The room burst into applause. Anna felt like she was flying. She could not stop grinning. She spotted the headmaster and Aaron glowering in a dark corner. They glared at her, she didn’t care though. She was going to marry Alex.

The rest of the night flew by. Dancing and singing in the halls went on until two in the morning. Anna refused to go to her dorm. She was on an adrenaline high. She sang and danced her way along with a tired Alex and some of his friends.

“Anna you need to calm down.” He said laughing softly at her movements.

“Honey,” she said dancing over to him and kissing his cheek. “I don’t need to do anything except love you more.” she slid her arms around his neck.

“Oh?” he said “I bet I love you more.”

“No way.”

He sweep her up in his arms and cuddled her close to his face. “Way.” he kissed her forehead and opened the door to his room. “Bed time.” he said laying her on the bed.

“No.” she complained pulling him down onto the bed with her. “Just,” she paused “lets just sleep like we are.”

He tilted his head to the side and looked at her for a moment before removing his shirt and folding her and himself under the covers. She snuggled against him. Her hair tickled his chest and he stroked her hair. “Night love.” he said.

She would have said the same thing, except for the fact that she was already in a dream world that was promising visions of their future together. A little house with vines growing up the sides. A garden and picketed fence. A little dark haired girl with sapphire eyes chasing a little golden Labrador puppy. Her dreams transferred into the night they had first made love.

~Alex pulled off the corset and kissed along her shoulder blades, down her back and then back up. He kissed her neck and tickled her with his breath. He noticed the light bruises on her back and he kissed them “So tender.” He kissed each one “Turn over, let me see you.”

She did, slowly and hesitantly, she turned over to show him her body. He stared down at the perfect angel. She was not as skinny as most though she definitely wasn’t heavy. She had nice sized breasts. “Why do you blush?”

“Well…”

“You shouldn’t.” he commanded kissing in between the mounds “You’re beautiful.” He explored her body slowly, memorizing every crevasse and every curve. She giggled when he tickled her and moaned at every soft spot.~

The dream made her smile in her sleep. She could see the dark haired little girl still chasing the puppy in the garden. It was as if it were an alternate reality. The dream changed, again. She was shivering and staring at a beautiful star littered sky. The curtains drawn back and someone was whispering in her ear.

~When I woke I was still in the headmaster’s chambers. Embarrassed and cold I sat up and covered myself with a small blanket made of red velvet. My clothes were nowhere to be seen. I stood and went tot the large window near the bathroom. I pulled the curtain a bit and realized that the moon and stars were out. What time is it, I wondered. I stood at that window for a long time. Trying desperately to figure out what I had just done. What I had just let happen.

I felt arms slide around my waist after a while. A head set itself on my shoulder and a familiar pair of lips caress my neck. “You’re going to catch cold little Anna.”

I could feel his warmth through the blanket around my shoulders. I turned to him and he hugged me tightly. It felt so good to be in his arms. My body met his curves perfectly. I could smell his soap again. I pushed away about a foot and turned away from him. My head hung when I said “You would do well to remember that I am not of age Jason.” my mind scolded me for that. I had meant to say headmaster or sir, anything but Jason.

“I don’t know.” he slid his arms around me again and I could feel his longing to take me again. “That’s not the impression I got a few hours ago.” He turned my head and kissed me again.

So sweet, my body said, what’s one more go with him. You know you want to. His tongue traced my bottom lip and I opened my mouth and let him explore. No my brain screamed. I forced myself to push him away. “I should go.”

“Alright,” his voice was practically orgasmic. “But remember my little Anna Banana, this school is very loving. Take care to love everyone.”

“May I have my uniform?”

“No.” a wicked smile crossed his face. “You are creative, use that blanket well. Goodnight.” with that he pushed me out into his office and then into the main hall.~

The dark haired little girl was running up to Anna now. She was crying because the puppy didn’t want to be nice and let her pet it. Anna scooped up the little girl and stared at her dark face. It was tanner then her own and an arm slid around her. Aaron stood beside her in the dream. He took the little girl and smiled at her.

“Don’t you remember?” dream Aaron asked her.

Anna shook her head “No.” she didn’t understand.

He cupped her face with one hand and she stared at his muddy brown eyes. “Why don’t you remember?”

“What is it. ..” she tried to ask.

“Shh.” he adjusted the little girl on his hip. Anna looked at her and she almost screamed.

“You know don’t you mommy?” she asked “Don’t you know who daddy is? I do.”

“Show me baby.” Anna said.

Aaron let the little girl down and she took her mother’s hand and let her to a door. It was cherry wood and beautifully carved. She stopped and let go of Anna’s hand.

Anna stood dumb founded at this. She looked at the little girl and she pointed at the door. “Go on mommy. Don’t be afraid.”

But she was afraid. She entered any way and was back in the night that Aaron had raped her. She heard the familiar phrase “Oh that’s right. You’re Wises bitch” The words hurt just as much as the night he had said them. She watched in a literally out of body experience as she shoved Aaron as he came.

The dream changed again. Anna was sitting in the bathroom in October. She wasn’t sure how she knew it was October but it was. She was musing about being late. ‘Did I forget that?’ a part of her asked. The scene was then transferred to November, where she sat again in the bathroom waiting on her belated period. Anna knew then, she had to be at least two or three months pregnant.

The little raven haired girl came up to her again. “Do you remember mommy?” she asked sweetly.

“Yes, baby girl,” she scooped her up in her arms and hugged her tight. “I remember now.”

Anna woke gasping for breath. Her clothes were soaked with cold sweat. She sat in the semi darkness panting and trying to recover. She took several deep breaths and stood. She walked to the bathroom and locked the door. She knelt by the toilet and threw up. Morning sickness was not going to be fun.

“Anna?” a sleepy voice asked through the door.

“Yeah.” she said coughing up her last meal.

“You okay?” this time Anna recognized the voice.

“James?”

“Yeah?”

“Give me a minute.” she threw cold water on her face and opened the door.

“Can I come to the wedding?” there was a dramatic pause where Anna felt shell shocked “Please?”

“I think you might want to ask Alex.” she pointed over his shoulder and eyed her fiancée carefully.

“I think that maybe it would be best if you didn’t.” Alex was glaring intently at James who was glaring right back.

“She’s my friend.” he protested angrily “I think…”

“No she might have been your wife. Now that she will be mine,” he smiled. “I think you get the idea. But just in case you don’t, fuck off. ”

“Fine.” James looked as though someone had put his puppy in a blender.

Alex shut the door and locked it after him. “You know,” he said kissing her forehead “You look good for just having woken up.” he kissed her again a little more heatedly this time. “We could both use a shower.” he whispered pulling back from the kiss.

“Alex,” she whispered, feeling a familiar heat spread through her body. “I,” she didn’t want to say it “I am pregnant.”

He didn’t draw away completely. “Are you sure?” there was an undoubtable fear that she read in his eyes. “Is it mine?”

“Not it,” she said looking at him in the eye “Her.” she said almost in a breath of air.

“Her?”

“Yes.”

“How do you know?” Alex walked over to the mirror and sink. He splashed cold water on his face and stared at her through the glass.

“I don’t know.” Anna’s arms went around her stomach “I just do.”

“Is she mine?” There was a pause before Anna shook her head. Alex sighed deeply. “So she is Wilson’s?”

Anna felt the hurt in his voice. “No.”

Alex’s face lit up in the mirror. He turned and hugged her. “So she’s mi…”

Anna was shaking her head violently as if to dislodge the memory. “Wise.”

Alex let go involuntarily. “That bastard.”

“She’ll look like you.” Anna pleaded “You two look alike, she won’t know.”

“But I will.”

“Will you still love her though?” she wrapped her arms tighter around herself “Will you love me?”

“Could I ever not?”

“Who was your first?” it came out of her mouth before she knew it.

Alex sighed as if she had hit a nerve. “Izzy Byrd.”

“Who?”

“She already graduated. You don’t know her, but she deflowered me.” he was smiling slightly. “I can think of only one other person who I loved.”

“That’s me right?” she asked naively.

“Yes you.” he kissed her lightly. “You and our baby girl.”

“Our?”

“Yes.” he smiled even bigger “I don’t care who gave her genes, I will be there to love her.”

They stood, for a moment, cuddled against each other in the bathroom. They let the world pass them by and for them at least it was not long enough. “When did you want to get married?” she asked.

“Well, the law says you have a month to choose and a month to be married.” he smiled.

“Christmas is nice.” she said looking at him.

“As in?”

“As in a snow white wedding.” she said grinning like a cat.

“Well….” he thought a moment.

“Please?”

“I think…” he smiled at her and her eyes lit up. “Colored lights or white?”

“Really?”

“Yes really.”

A/N: Oh such a cliff hanger, I think that maybe the next chappie shall be the wedding. . . .Or not. . . . You’ll have to keep reading to find out.