It's a promise

Chapter 49

Steve's POV

I couldn't believe it but I was holding Rylee in my arms again and I didn't want to let go ever. I looked down at her and remembered the last day we were together. It was the day when I brought back the stones. Two months ago for me but ten for her but I still remembered what she said that day and I never had a chance to answer so I did it now.

'I'm yours, always.' She stared at me and smiled. I lost every thought and our eyes interweaved. I dove into the amber. I got lost in them. Her hair was messy and her lips swollen. She was never more beautiful than in that moment. I gave her another sweet kiss just to emphasize that I was meaning what I just said.

I stopped the kiss and pulled out of her. I walked into the bathroom to get a washing cloth and a towel. She tensed before I even touched her and when I looked down at her I saw that her smile disappeared. She looked at me with wide eyes. I was concerned I might have hurt her. 'Everything okay? Did I hurt you?'

Rylee shook her head and whispered to me. 'No, you didn't hurt me at any moment but... we didn't use protection' I needed a moment to understand what she meant but then it hit me.

'Oh' I helped her clean up, threw the towel and cloth in the laundry basket and took a seat on the bed again. I organized my thoughts before I blurted out with everything. We just found each other again, I didn't want to overwhelm her so I wanted to know what was going through her mind. 'Tell me what's going on in your head right now.'

'I'm not ready for another baby yet. Charlie is just three months old. We just got back together and it's too soon.' I wouldn't mind having another baby because I wanted a big family with her and I would love to see her pregnant. I missed everything with Charlie and I wanted to be there but I knew that it was her body and her choice so I didn't want to pressure her into anything.

'I understand that. If you're not ready we can drive into the pharmacy tomorrow morning and get you a morning-after pill.' She stared at me like a second head grew out of my shoulder. She pulled the sheets over her body and raised her eyebrows.

'How do you know about the morning-after pill?' Was that jealousy? I suppressed a smile and answered her.

'Even though I'm over a hundred years old, I have lived in this century for over ten years. I read a lot. As far as I know none of my past relationships ever needed one so you don't need to worry.' The tension left her body a bit and I waited for her reaction. I knew that the possibility that she would be pregnant was very small but it was there.

'I don't think something happened. My cycle is still totally messed up since I gave birth and I just had my period. Let's just use protection from now on and when I am pregnant then it's supposed to be.' She put her hand on my cheek as if she knew what I was thinking. 'Don't think I don't want more kids, it's just too early after everything we've been through.'

I knew she was right. I just got her back and we had Charlie but I wouldn't mind extending this family. I was just glad that she wanted more kids in the future. A thought still crossed my mind. 'We always used protection and I still got you pregnant.'

Rylee started to laugh. 'The only contraceptive method which is one hundred percent effective is when I would keep my legs closed.' I started to laugh with her. I hoped she was just joking. 'Condoms have an expiration date and when we used the ones Nat gave us years ago the material was already becoming brittle.'

'So the condoms Nat gave us to not make her an aunt too soon were the reason that you got pregnant in the end?' We looked at each other and started to laugh again. It was a little bit ironic and I knew that Nat would have found that hilarious. I was missing her and I knew Rylee missed her even more. 'Speaking of condoms. We still need to get to the pharmacy to buy some'