I Just Had To Be A Vampire Slayer... Chapter 38

Emalynn - I know ... I'm really sad too but don't worry I already have another story on the way, don't worry !

Vatsala - Awh, I'm sad too. LOL I love Mariah, I'll miss her too !

Alejandra - Thanks honey ! I'm glad you like it so much & pay attention in this chapter, especially when she's describing her new ROLES !

Asian Cutie - You're a doll, thank you ! LOL having their 'fun' ? Haha, thanks, I try my best ! We'll see if I ever get this published HAHA I just saw the other comment you made too and I know I'm late but I also wanted to wish you a very Happy Chinese New Years as well ! May this year be wonderful and very prosperous ! You're absolutely awesome darling ! Love ya !

Tavita K - HAHA ! Thanks so much ! I'm glad you liked this chapter so much ! I already have another story made up and it makes my day knowing you'll read it, thanks ! I love you deary ! And I love how 'Twists & Turns' is going ! A NEW brother ??? Say it ain't so ! LOL

Sumaiiya - Awwwh thanks love ! I'm not too sure about a sequel ... I'm actually thinking about it but not too sure just yet xD I have another story I've been meaning to post up so hopefully you'll read that in the mean time ! Thanks !

Lizsizzle - I TOTALLY GET IT NOW ! OOPS MY BAD ! I'M SORRY IF I SOUNDED A BIT STUPID ! Hopefully you didn't think of me as stupid, I went and double checked and you're right .. guess I forgot to take that out when I was adding parts in. That's why it's so great to have another editor besides me ! Thanks honey ! IF I ever get it published, I know who my editor is going to be ! Thanks so much for reading, you've been a great help ! Can't wait to read your story !

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Faith K - YAY ! You commented ! You're amazing but you already know that of course ! Yes, I noticed that mistake too ... ooopsies ! I'll be extra careful now but that's why I have my other set of eyes out there to notice my mistakes . Thank you lovely . I know right ? 'Make Love' sounds so much better, I'm like that too. It's so romantic than just 'let's have sex' ...big nono !
NO it's just that I have a lot to say back to you that's why my comments are long all on its own, don't worry . Damien is very funny, I know. Mariah and Damien are perfect for each other. I love my sarcasm, I use it a lot. Sure, I made Mariah sarcastic but that's just how I am. Sometimes people don't even know whether I'm being sarcastic or not, I LOVE IT !
I"m so glad you'll read my next story as well, I cannot wait to post it now ! An epilogue ... ? Hmm....
Oh, I wanted to know ! Where are you from? OR where do you live ? I've been meaning to ask for a while but I kept forgetting !

Vemn P - haha, I think it's safe to say that there are no more major twists so you can happily keep reading ! Thank you !

** Thanks to all my comments ! You guys are my regular commenters and I just wanted to say that I love you all so much and everything you write to me about means so much to me ! Thank you !

To all my readers, the same goes to you. I appreciate the time you take to read my story. Even if you don't comment, I'm still glad you read it at least ... although I wouldn't mind a comment, even if it's just one word !

MWAAAAAH ! <3

(The image is a picture of the vampire castle located in Italy !) -->
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CHAPTER 38

(5 YEARS LATER)

"Do you have any allergies to certain foods?" he asked.

"Foods? No. Damien? Yes." I replied, grinning at Damien.

He wasn't amused. "Funny, I thought that you might've loved me all these years."

"It was all an act." I laughed.

"Ouch."

I looked over at the doctor. "Sorry, Dr. Arnett, we're always like this."

"This is how we never stay bored. We can't always be the lovey-dovey couple we used to be five years ago," Damien added in.

"We were never like that," I winked.

"You're right, except in the bedroom." Damien winked back.

"Damien!" I wanted to die.

"Sorry, Dr. Arnett," I mumbled.

"That's quite all right, Mrs. Aresio...in fact, I was just going to ask about your sex life,"

"Go right ahead!" Damien encouraged.

"How is your sex life?" he asked.

"Very good! In fact, it's pretty much sex every night. We have a very healthy relationship!" Damien said.

"Damien, I thought I was the blabbermouth. Could you please be quiet?" I muttered.

"Sorry, I'm just very proud of us..." he whispered.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I never knew you were one that was pregnant! Would you like to switch places with me?" I said, leaning up to get off the bed.

"No thanks...I'd rather just be there to hold your hand," Damien smiled, grabbing a hold of my hand.

"Yeah, thought so."

"I'll shut up."

"Thank you."

"Doctor, you can continue."

"I'm seeing a whole new view of the king and the queen," Dr. Arnett said.

"I prefer the term 'leader'... I don't like being associated to Damien," I grinned.

"Ha...ha... you're a riot," Damien muttered.

Dr. Arnett cleared his throat.

"Sorry... you would think we would need marriage counseling, but no not really." I said.

"Maybe for your sarcasm..." Damien mumbled.

"That's a psychiatrist, not a marriage counselor."

"Do you still have intercourse even with the pregnancy?" Dr. Arnett asked.

"Mhmm...we wouldn't need to if Damien could keep his hands off me," I sighed.

"Right... because I'm the one who comes onto me every night?" Damien said.

"It's quite all right. Mariah's hormones would be off the charts right about now. So she would get those urges," the doctor said.

"Then maybe you should check Damien's hormones. He might be pregnant too," I muttered.

"Would you like to see the sonogram?" Dr. Arnett asked instead. He had given up on the questions. I don't think anybody would want to keep asking us questions. To think we would've matured by now.

"Yes!" Damien and I replied in unison.

I lifted up my floral off the shoulder blouse so the doctor could apply the special cream on my tummy. Damien looked at me and smiled. That was all the encouragement I needed. No matter what, we were always there for each other.

The doctor pressed the device against my stomach and rubbed it around. Our eyes were glued to the screen.

"There it is." He pointed.

"Wow."

I could see a form of a little being in a crouch; the common position for most babies. It's already developed so well.

"Only two months and already so much has been formed," Dr. Arnett said.

Damien squeezed my hand. I could the tears glimmering in his eyes.

"Only 3 months to go." I whispered.

"You'll be fine." Dr. Arnett said, "First child, am I right?"

I nodded.

"It'll be a beautiful birth," he said.

"It better be, or else I wouldn't have found the best doctor in town for this," Damien said.

"Damien." I warned.

"He's right. I have a lot riding on this. My entire career really. The first child for the king and queen. Plus the first half human child." Dr. Arnett said.

"Don't think of it like that. You're great. You'll be fine," I reassured him.

"Would you look at that? I should be reassuring you but here you are reassuring me," the doctor said.

I smiled.

"Do you want to know the sex of the baby?" he asked.

I looked at Damien. He had a huge grin on his face.

I nodded.

"It's a healthy girl."

I gasped.

"A girl..." Damien whispered.

"Wow."

"She'll be as beautiful as my queen," Damien replied.

"No, she has to be like you." I said. Damien chuckled.

"Any ideas of names?" the doctor asked.

"We haven't really thought of it yet," Damien replied.

"I have an idea..." I whispered.

"What is it?" Damien asked.

"I'll let you know."

We left the office soon after. All along the way, vampires in the doctor's office (we had gone to a vampire gynecologist) wanted to take pictures with us and ask me for advice. The vampires were all very excited that I was pregnant. I was showing tummy already. It looked as if I were really six months along even though it was only two...and a half. I had grown used to it now. It started ever since word got out that I was their leader. The king stepped down from the throne as soon as he got back to Italy and quickly handed the position to Damien. Damien had declined it at first. Apparently, he had decided he didn't want to be king but rather just be a normal vampire and have a life with me. But after much persuasion (from me) he took the role since I would soon have to work alongside him as well. There was a huge ceremony for both the leader and the king. Since we were both together, we held the ceremony together. The elder vampires performed the ceremony. They may be elders but they seemed only around 50 years old. Life was definitely good for them.

They 'promoted' Damien from prince to king while they initiated me to be their leader. Since Damien was king, I was automatically queen so no extra initiation there.

It was a beautiful ceremony done in Italy. Yes, we had it at Italy! We went during the summer along with my other vampire friends. I finally got to see the vampire mansion (castle, whatever you wanna call it) and let me tell you, it was BIG! And very gorgeous. It has been in their family for generations and been passed down from all the fathers of Damien's family. I got the chance to wear a nice silky red dress embroidered with black sequins and jewels. It came up to my toes (which was paired up with heels so I didn't fall flat on my face) and had a slight train that came behind me. It hugged me at all the right spots. The dress seemed to flow in every direction whenever I took a step so it was a lot of fun to walk down the aisle to the front where I bowed in front of the elder where they spoke some blessings in Italian. I looked very sexy if I do say so myself. Damien came right after me along the aisle. He looked very handsome as well with a nice black suit with the royal sash and crown that was handed over to him from his father. It was like a wedding.

The royal family usually lived in Italy but Damien brought it to California, where he lived a normal life with me...well partly normal. Sure, we both had duties to uphold but at night we always came home to each other. I had moved out of my parents' house after Damien and I had married. We bought a house in the same neighborhood as my parents. So we were still close by. Yay!

I had been reunited with Jesse's family. Jesse's sister, Liz, had been one of my bridesmaids along with, Rose and Esmeralda. Jesse had been Damien's best man. We had gotten married three years ago right after I had finished university. It was a beautiful ceremony. Damien's father had attended as well. We had it in the back of the inn where Damien had taken me out for my first official date. It held so many memories so it was the perfect place. Damien had wanted to do it bigger but I had declined. I've always wanted a huge wedding but I realized that this was more meaningful. It was perfect.

During the past five years, I've been learning spells from the elders. The elders were pretty cool and had a lot of advice for me. They've helped me so much and they've even gotten used to my big mouth...I think, if not, they don't show it.

Vampires would come to me for spells concerning their health because certain vampires can still get sick, from tuberculosis and such. Tuberculosis was very dangerous for vampires and could kill them very quickly. I've helped many get rid of their sickness and it always made me feel good. I've grown very attached to my role as the vampire leader and I wouldn't trade it away for anything.

I had finished university, which was a surprise. Damien and my otherworldly duties had distracted me a lot but miraculously I got through. I went onto teacher's college and now I was a teacher. An elementary school teacher! I taught fourth grade at a public school. I loved working with the small kids. So many roles but somehow I managed. To be honest, teaching was my first priority. It always made my day to be watching those small confused kids hit a light bulb in their heads when they understood something. When you get used to the little guys, it's very easy to notice and it was so adorable! I loved seeing them smile.

When my baby girl was born, maybe I'd get the chance to teach her class as well. Heck, I'll make it happen!

We got into the car and Damien took us back home. We both had a break from all our jobs today.

My phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"What's the sex of the baby?" my mom squealed into the phone.

"Oh, mommy," I laughed.

"Well??" she asked. My mom still never knew that my husband was a vampire nor that I was a vampire leader. I let her know that I was six months along but that we didn't want to know the sex of the baby. I had let her know yesterday that I was going to be finding out today.

"It's a girl!" I shrieked back.

"Oh my god!" she yelled.

"Well, what is it?" I heard my dad ask in the background.

"A girl!" I heard my mom scream to my dad in glee.

A lot of people kept calling throughout the day to find out the gender of the baby. It was really nice, comforting, to know how much people cared.

Damien and I got home and he made me lunch. I was getting a lot more hungrier more often now because of the baby. There was hardly any food in the fridge or cupboards due to the fact that I was finishing everything. Damien kept on restocking our cabinets weekly just for me. Damien didn't like the chefs that we had in our house making the food for me ever since I got pregnant so he always made it nowadays. He thought that if he made it, he'd make it safe. I trusted my chefs, unlike him! But I was still so very grateful for my loving husband. I still loved using that word.

Husband. Hehe.

Plus I loved his food.

I had gained at least seven extra pounds but yet I looked the same. All the weight was definitely impacting my stomach and nowhere else. Hopefully I could burn it off after my baby is born.

That night, we were both curled up on our bed, watching TV. I always loved coming into our room. My mom had designed our rooms in our new house as well. I really did miss my room but my parents kept it the same way back home just for me. Damien had let me design our rooms. I kept the same colors, purple and blue but now it fit a married couple more than just a teenager. It had a huge king sized bed (purple) and a huge home theater set TV right in front of our bed. Damien was rich. Yeah. We all knew that by now. Our floor carpet was blue and our washroom was double the size of my old washroom. Sure, we had a washroom just outside our room but we also had one in our room. It was necessary since I always took long in the washroom in the mornings and Damien needed a place too, since he always left so early in the mornings. Plus, now I got morning sickness often so I needed a place to run to.

We had also taken one of the smaller rooms across our room and turned it into a nursery. It was blue and pink. We didn't know the sex of the baby until today so we made it common by making it blue and pink. We'd probably be changing it all into pink now. Yes, we decided to go with the typical pink.

I had my head on Damien's shoulder while watching some old 1990s movie.

I abruptly took my head off. "Damien! The baby's kicking!"

Damien quickly placed his hand on my stomach. He felt it.

He looked at me and smiled. "Wow."

"I'm surprised it's taken her this long to kick," I smiled.

"I guess she's as stubborn as you."

"You are so funny!" I glared.

"I love you." Damien simply said as if that was supposed to make up for everything but it actually did. I was becoming a softy.

"I love you." I replied. I kissed him.

We slept in each other's arms.