Chapter 9

19: Davien Being a Worried Father

After Davien said his consent to the mother Avah did nothing but follow their wishes. In fact, the mother thinks only of their safety.

Avah and Davien went upstairs where the young man's old room is located which until now has been preserved by Divina in case the child stays for a night just like tonight. Davien leads the way because he knows which room they are going to. He stopped in front of a brown and shining wooden door. He unlocked the door and open it widely for Avah.

"After you," Davien said indicating that he'll get in after she gets inside. Avah entered the room and then Davien entered. He closed the door and then turn on the lights.

When Davien turned on the light it was only then that Avah noticed some large portraits of Davien. From childhood to old age there is a photograph in the bedroom. And she have to admit that Davien looks good even when he's still a kid. The boss of his face, but the charm in his youth faded because little by little it became masculine.

Avah shifted her gaze and saw large drops of rain from the glass wall of the room. His room has a terrace and the wall is made of glass. The material started sweating because of the heavy rain, sometimes even accompanied by lightning.

"You can take the bed, I'll sleep on the couch." Even Davien. His voice is so whole, deep and very manly. The dominance in his voice is giving Avah a crazy effect, a butterfly in her stomach.

"H-not anymore. I'm just there on the sofa," she said shyly. Davien is the owner of the room so it's embarrassing that he has to lie down on the couch.

"Who is pregnant with the two of us? You take the bed, and I will sleep in the couch. When you moan, we will sleep on the same bed." He said firmly which made Avah speechless.

She felt the creeping heat on her cheek. They stare at each other. Seconds passed, turns into minutes until there is a knock on their door.

"Brother? Can you see Avah?" said Daniela behind the door.

"A minute," Vien replied to the brother. "What is it?" he asked when he opened the door.

"Mama sends," Daniela handed over a glass of milk. Davien rolled his eyes but he eventually accepted the milk.

"Don't bother us again. We're going to rest," he said with annoyed voice and then shut the door. He walk towards the bedside table and then put the milk on the flat surface. "Drink it while I search comfortable clothes for you." Davien said then he opened his walk-in closet. His mother is a collector of old stuffs so the clothes he left behind are still there. Even though he insisted to throw away or donate those Divina did not consent. She really like to cherish memorable stuffs.

When Davien saw pajama pants with an adjustable waist band and a gray fluffy shirt he walked out of the walk-in closet. Avah is still drinking the milk when he toss the pair of clothes in the bed. She's sitting on the edge of the bed, near the bedside table.

"Use that for tonight. Bathroom on that door," he said like a boss as he pointed another door. Avah nods her head.

After drinking the milk, she went into the bathroom and changed her clothes. As soon as she exited the bathroom, Davien has to look away. His clothes looks so damn good on her. She made the simple pair look so sexy and elegant. Davien has also changed into his usual T-shirt and boxer.

He's setting up the couch and Avah is climbing on the bed when suddenly the lights turned off.

"A-what happened? I don't see anything," Avah said nervously.

Meanwhile, Divina and Manang Belinda are making tiny chuckles. They turned off the flow of electricity from the basement. Divina grabbed her phone and sent a quick message to her son saying:

"enjoy your night! I love you son!"

After reading that, Davien couldn't stop his eyes from rolling due to irritation. What the hell is she doing? What is she? Teenager to play this game? He thought.

Suddenly a lightning and loud thunder strike in making a flash of light. Out of shock, Avah cried out sharply. He was afraid of the combination of thunder and lightning. Because he touched the lamplight, he did not expect to fall out of bed.

Davien was suddenly alarmed by the crash in the room and because of Avah's scream. He grabbed his phone, turned the flashlight on and then he rushed towards Avah. Before Avah fell Davien's thick blanket had fallen off, the softness of the fabric lessened the impact of her bang.

"What the bloody hell is happening! The baby! Are you alright ?! What are you doing ?! You can't be bothered!" Davien shouted at Avah. He lift the woman bridal style and lay her down on the center of the bed. Davien's heart was pounding. She is very worried for the baby.

What if she had a miscarriage? The fuck no! He keep his thoughts synchronize but he can't. She was really nervous that there might be blood coming out of Avah and losing her child.

"I'm fine. Apparently the baby won't be affected badly. My fall won't hurt." Avah's heart was pounding too. Not because of the baby, she knew as a mother that the child was fine. She feels that because the baby is inside her body. The reason her heart was pounding was Davien's closeness.

He set the flashlight on her thighs and legs. He looked to see if any blood had leaked from his pajamas. Davien was really nervous. The moment he heard the news that he was going to be a father it gave him a strange joy. Alexa, her boyfriend, wants to have children. But Alexa doesn't want to because it will ruin her figure. Davien understands Alexa because he loves her.

But that was all before. Now she doesn't know how to accept in case the child disappears in Avah's womb.

"What are you doing ?! Are you going to kill my child ?!" Davien shouted again to Avah's surprise. He is so worried over nothing.

"W-I can't see anything ... I'm afraid of the dark, lightning and thunder." Avah is embarrassed to admit.

Davien cursed his mother in his mind. Because of his nonsense, his son almost disappeared. His mother wasn't this supportive on his past relationship so it's surprising that he wanted to like Avah.

"Are you hurt? Where does it hurt? Tangina kase!" Davien could no longer resist the cynicism out of concern.

"I'm fine ..."

But he wasn't satisfied on her answer. He quickly contacted Doctor Talaveda who became a friend of his mother and mother -in -law. The old man answered twice. He asked if a two months pregnant woman fell from bed have a chance of miscarriage. The doctor on the other phone asked if the impact was severe, but if the miscarriage was not severe, the child was unlikely to be affected. Davien's mother also asked why he was asking that kind of thing but his only answer was ending the call.

When did he lost his manners? Hey there, Davien. Mrs. Talaveda commented unspoken.

"You know I have no plan on sleeping beside you but you gave me no choice." Davien stands up. He uses the flashlight of his phone to get his pillow on the sofa properly. "We're sleeping together." Then he climb on the bed and lay next to Avah.

Avah's heart was throbbing crazily fast because of Davien's body heat.

20: Wedding Day

The day passed quickly. After the night they visited Davien's house, the young man didn't bother her anymore. Deep down Avah knew she was looking for Davien's somewhat chaotic temperament.

It was as if they had agreed, the young man was no longer staying there. But one day he passed by Avah's house to bring food. There are also days when Davien's mother suddenly shows up, she takes Avah to a wedding gown store but they don't buy anything because Divina doesn't have a temper. He and Davien were once again together. They took body measurements, taught them what to do on the wedding day. And they can also walk some paper for their single breast.

When Avah gave the wedding invitation to Melanie the girlfriend couldn"t believe it. There were so many questions and all of them were answered by Avah.

Almost every day Avah counts the rest of her days as a virgin. And now, he no longer counts days. Because in just a few hours, his life will change. She will be a wife, and in the next few months she will be a mother. Avah is now in a fancy hotel rented by Davien"s mother. Their location is in the hotel closest to the church. She will put her makeup there and she will also dress there.

On the other hand, Davien and his three friends were in his house. That's where the friends met.

"Vien, this will be the last day you can call your house a bachelor's pad. Are you really ready for this?" Tim asked while fixing his necktie.

"Yes. Once you're here to leave your wife that will prevent us from dropping by and drinking. Are you ready to leave the young man's life?" Now it was Gael who asked.

"Besides, you're only marrying her because of the child. Bro, I don't know ha. But are you really making the wise decision?" Hirro interferes.

"You know what, I'm really right in thinking all of you will only corrupt my mind today. I shouldn't have invited you. The three of you were the worst best men in the world." Davien said while having a difficulty choosing between a tie or a bow.

As the four exchanged words they heard a noise from the gate. Someone's shaking his gate making loud and displeasing noise.

Hirro opened the large curtain in Davien's room. He opened the window and saw Alexa on the gate. Screaming and shaking the gate.

"U-oh. You've got one less problem, bro." Hirro said and then he turn around to face Davien. The foreheads of the three furrowed. Because Gael and Tim were gossiping, they also went to the window to see what Hirro was talking about.

When they saw Alex they reacted the same way.

"You got a one less, one less problem." Tim sings to the tune of Ariana Grande"s music Problem.

"Tim, stop that. If you get caught, don't expect me to help you." Said Gael. He looked at his friend in the eye and continued, "Alexa is here. She's screaming outside. She wants to see you."

A deep sigh escaped Davien's lips. He thought it would be true when Alexa would no longer disturb his life, it would show up on the day of his wedding.

"What's your plan? Do you want us to talk to him?" Hirro suggested.

"With what attitude Alexa is showing right now, as if she's ready for world ward three? Hell no! You just talked to her, Hirro." Tim replied.

"Tim, can you please shut up? No thanks, Hirro. I'll end my relationship with her." That's his final words before leaving his room.

Davien exited his house. When Alexa saw him the woman stopped shouting. Because of the scandal he caused, it seems like he didn't study anything.

"Alexa, what the hell?" Anas by Davien.

When she opened the door, Alexa quickly hugged her ex -boyfriend.

"I'm so sorry, okay? Please. Please, let's get back together, okay?" Alexa pleaded.

"Alexa, hands off!" Davien violently removed his hand. He looked at her with disgrace.

"What! When are you going to end your show ?! I know you made up the whole marriage thing just to annoy me! And its so damn effective! Now that you know, are you going to end it? Why do you have to make it. it's so difficult for the two of us? You don't have to be jealous of me, Da— "

"Alexa, enough !!" Davien lost his temper. "What do you want? Isn't it you who asked for freedom? You break free from being my woman, what are you after now? Can't you just be happy for me? It's my wedding day, and it's not game just to win you back. We're over, for Pete's sake! "

"No! No! We aren't over! I don't agree! I don't want to! You're just mine, Davien. You promised me! You said you are mine!" Alexa cried helplessly.

On time, Gael came down holding a sleeping drug. He only saw that in Davien's room.

Guess being a doctor was a good thing. Gael thought to himself. It's in the syringe, and just a prick to Alexa she will soon lose her consciousness.

"Alexa, calm down." Gael interludes. He approached the woman, pretending to be comforted but the truth is that he will inject her with sleeping pills. When Gael approached, he brushed her shoulder. While not being noticed, he suddenly injected the drug. Just a few minutes later Alexa canned and she soon fell onto Gael's arms.

"Thanks, bro." Davien says.

"Of course, hurry up. Hurry up and you might be late for church. We will take care of her."

Davien move as fast as he can. If before he had a lot of time to choose between a necktie and a bow, now he just took a bow to wear quickly. He drove his Lamborghini Veneno going to the church.

He was so thankful that he came to church without a bride. Just his family and ... nuns? He questioned on his mind. Almost everything he saw was half red and half black. Uniformed nuns and sisters made up half of the guests which really surprised Davien. The theme of this wedding is red and white, so when Avah said that she would invite companions from the Catholic Church, Davien did not expect them to come to church in their uniforms.

While waiting for a signal from their wedding assistant, an elderly nun approached Davien. It introduced itself as Mother Superior Segunda. She said she raised Avah and she is happy to meet Davien. The two had a very polite conversation. Segunda said how kind Avah and stuffs are.

Their conversation would not have ended if the wedding assistant had not stepped in. He announced that the bride was already there.

Davien was already seated at the foot of the altar. Her heart was pounding. He feel excited and nervous at the same time. The church was full of people. All of them are looking forward to see the bride. All of them gave their blessing for Avah and Davien.

When the bell rang, the big door of the church opened at the same time as the smoke that Davien's mother had really customized. The first person who came in was the flower girl and ring bearer, maid of honor Daniela is their cousin's partner. Bride's maid and best man.

When all the people who were slowly walking on the red carpet were exhausted, the musicians hired by Divina started playing. They use piano, violin and other classic musical instruments. And the world seemed to slow motion as Avah walked closer and even though the veil covered her face, Davien could see the beauty of it coming out even more neatly. Leading him was the nun he had talked to earlier, Mother Superior Segunda.

By just staring at her, Davien's heart throb insanely against his rib cage.

21: Mrs. Sebastian

Davien watched his soon wife as she stroll down the aisle. He is looking at her like a hawk. The music continues and he just cannot turn his eyes away from Avah. The girl's beauty is really strange. No matter how much she tried to hide her beauty beyond the rag of her clothes, it just cannot be hide so easily.

And not only is her face beautiful, but also her mood. Nobody grew up in a church with bad habits, did they?

Davien doesn"t know why but he is happy with the event in his life. He feel excited about the fact that he will soon be a husband and father. He didn't even think that he could forget Alexa so quickly.

He was busy thinking things when finally, after feels like forever, Avah reached the altar. The curve on his lips automatically formed. Avah looked at Mother Segunda. The women smiled at each other sweetly as if they were real mothers.

Segunda squeezed Avah's hand and then take it off from her arms.

"I pray for your prosperous life with your future spouse," the old man said to Avah. A single tear escaped Avah's eyes. If all this hadn"t happened, they would definitely be celebrating another ceremony today. It is definitely not Davien who will marry her but God. "May you take care of Avah more than our nuns take care of her." He added when he was able to give Avah's hand to Davien.

"You can count on it, Mother."

Davien took Avah's soft hands that would soon carry the ring symbolizing their single breast. They walk towards the altar. Facing them is a Reverent Father, higher than the normal priests in the Catholic church. And then the ceremony began which was conducted in English.

The priest, accompanied by Avah, first read some words of God because he had memorized the bible. How could he not master it when he was a child reading the books of the old and new testaments.

When they exchanged "Yes, I do" then the little boy approached. If called is the ring bearer. The two rings are on the white pillow. Davien initiated the act. He grabbed the smaller and feminine ring. He took Avah's soft hand. Later, he slid the wedding ring onto her ring finger. He was looking at her hands the whole time.

It fit perfectly. And it look beyond beautiful on her. Commenting on Davien's mind. Avah took the matching ring and she did the same action. When they put the ring on each other their eyes met.

"By the power lend to me as a Reverent Father, Davien and Avah, I now pronounced you husband and wife. Davien, you may now kiss the bride." Masayang turan ng pari.

Davien holds the edge of Avah's veil. He slowly opened it and left it behind Avah. Their eyes were fixed on each other as if they were the only people inside the church. Slowly, Davien put his both hands on Avah's cheeks. He leaned closer, and closer until he can feel the softness of Avah's lips against his. He kissed her passionately at first until he claimed his wife's lips.

Avah can feel the gentleness of the kiss causing her to close her eyes.

All the guests who witnessed their oneness struggled to stand up while clapping. Divina and Segunda cannot hold their tears back. Divina was very happy for the child, so was Segunda for the girl who was considered her child.

When Davien broke the kiss, he didn't take his face away. His palms stayed at her cheeks, his eyes were once again bored into her. The innocence in her eyes, the gentleness, the angelic face Avah behold are enough reason to lost control. And for the second time, Davien reclaimed the remains of the wife.

The applause grew louder again when Davien kissed Avah for the second time. If Davien and Avah's friend just didn't know the real reason why they got married, they would actually think that the two are really in love. They can see the attraction of the two to each other based only on their actions.

Avah's heart was beating relentlessly. This is not the first time the young man has claimed her lips but when his heart beats it seems like this is the first time he has kissed her. There is something different about the young man's kiss today. Gentle, gentle, a kiss that seems to express true feelings. It was different from the kiss they had already shared.

When Davien finished the kiss they were both gasping for breath. But they don't notice it because so many people are watching them.

Davien bore his forehead on Avah's. Then he said, "you look so damn beautiful."

Avah immediately gulp her own saliva. Why does the young man speak such words? They do not love each other. Is it just acting because a lot of people are seeing? That"s their question in Avah"s brain. But even though many things were running through her mind she couldn't help but remember the kiss they shared just seconds later.

"You are my wife now, Avah." Davien said. Her name slipped his mouth like a sacred name. Avah's name is a good thing. A name is holy, just like Avah herself.

"I know that," Ava replied here.

"Good, because I don't want to remind you all the time that you are my wife, mother of my child and mine. Mine alone." He said possessively as if he was holding the title that would prove that the girl was his.

Avah look at him confused. He could not determine what that meant. Avah just drifted along the course of the situation and that she just realized that they had already left the church. When they left the convent, someone sprinkled flowers on them. Avah threw the flower she was holding as is tradition. The one who caught it was Melanie. As Avah looked at the friend with a big smile on her lips she didn't expect Davien to lift her up. Her both knees are closed together, he was holding her by her back and the back of her knees.

"Let's go to the reception, Mrs. Sebastian." Davien said emphasizing her new name.

To be continued...