Only Fools (shared fanfic w/ Ariel)

Ariel had stayed in the room when Daemon and James had left. She cried to herself before she could no longer cry. She laid on the bed, staring at the wall as silent tears fell down her cheeks. She sniffled before she pushed herself up into a sitting position on the bed. She slowly looked at the time and noticed how late it was. Ariel looked away from the clock and sat on her side of the bed, her legs hanging off of it. She slowly took off her engagement ring and started to play with it in her hands. Her eyes didn't tear away from it as she watched it glisten in the light. Tears fell down her cheeks and onto the ring as she thought of what happened.

Ariel remembered how James looked as Eric made love to him, and their faces when they were caught. She noticed the guilt in James' face, before she noticed the shock in Eric. They had looked at her like they never thought she would catch them. They had been doing this behind her back for a while now. Which made her wonder.. Were they doing this when James had escaped from jail after Eric gave him a hairpin to pick the lock? The thought of this made her gasp as she felt herself breaking down again.. Did he love him more? Was that why he was sneaking away behind her back?

More tears fell on the ring as nothing but negative thoughts ran through her mind. A part of her wanted to throw the ring right there, but she couldn't let it go. After everything they had been through she couldn't throw the one thing she felt that she had left of him. Her grip on the ring tightened before she heard the door open.

Ariel felt herself tense as she heard James call her name before he moved to the side of the bed to talk to her.

"Are you alright?" Ariel didn't look at him, only kept her vision on the ring. She couldn't answer that question because she wasn't alright. She was far from being okay. She sat there in silence before she finally spoke.

"Is he better than me?" Ariel asked out, her voice weak from crying. "Is that why you did it? Because he makes you happier? He can please you like I can't? Is that it? Am I just not good enough? Or.. do you just find me vulgar cause of what happened with your father?" She asked as she twirled the ring around her fingers.

Ariel listened to James as he spoke to her. Telling her how he couldn't explain why he did it. He knew it was wrong and that he was sorry. Her eyes closed as she didn't feel happy with that answer. If he knew that it was wrong, why did he do it? Her eyes opened as he told her it had nothing to do with her father. Before he told her how long he knew Eric, and that he shouldn't have given in. She was about to speak but stopped when she felt his hand on her arm. Her body winced a little bit before she slowly looked away from him. Not wanting to see him in the corner of her eyes. But when she heard him say that he knew she hated him and was going to leave, she looked at him from the corner of her eyes.

She felt him stroke her hair before he turned to leave. But before he could make it far she suddenly grabbed his hand. "Who said that?" She asked as she didn't let him out of her grip. Tears could be felt as she held his hand. "I don't hate you.. but I just can't understand why you had to do this.. You tell me you don't know, but I have a deep feeling you do. I don't know what to think right now. All I can keep thinking about was what happened to even make you go and do that. I feel like it's all my fault." She said as she dropped his hand.

She placed the ring back on her finger as she got up and walked to the mirror by the bed. She held herself as she looked at herself in the mirror. "Like I didn't give you what you wanted. I saw how you looked like when he was.." She stopped for a second, "When he was on top of you.. You looked like you were getting the most wonderful pleasure in your life. Like he excited you.. Like he excited you like I can never do that.." She said, not really remembering a time when he looked like that when they had sex.

"I just don't know what to think or what to say." Ariel said as she looked down at herself. "I feel so disgusting after everything that has happened. I keep looking at myself and keep seeing the weak person I am. I couldn't get you out of jail, I couldn't get your Dad off of me.. I can't do anything right. And right when everything started to feel better I see you with Eric and I.." Ariel said as she felt herself break. She tore her gaze away from the mirror and hid her face with her hands.

"Just tell me why!! Just tell me why you did it when you knew it was wrong!? If it's not because of me, then what is it? Do you love him more than me?! Does he make you happier? Just why him!? I thought I was the only one.. the only one who could.. Who could.. I just don't understand any of this!!" Ariel gasped as she broke down and fell onto her knees. She bent over on the group and cried in her hands.

Ariel jumped when she heard him slam the dresser with his fist. "How did it mean nothing!?" Ariel yelled before she felt him grip her shoulders and turn her around. He lifted her chin and forced her to look at him. Lavender eyes that use to hold so much happiness were now filled will sorrow. She felt herself gasp as he told her to listen to him. He spoke how it was different with Eric and how it was always amazing with her. Tears fell down her cheeks as he told her this stuff before he pulled her into an embrace. Ariel didn't hug back, but her hands were on his chest. She wasn't pushing him away, she was just sitting there stunned. And before she knew it he pulled away and told her that he loved her before kissing her.

Ariel grabbed his shirt as he kissed her, her eyes closing immediately, pushing more tears down her cheeks. She kissed him back before she thought of Eric. She pushed away from him a little, not having the strength to push him away. "Please.. don't." She whispered before she felt him pull her back into the kiss. Her cheeks turned pink as she felt all of his love in the kiss.

Tears streamed down her face as she kissed him back finally. Her hands gripped at his shirt tighter as her body shook in his arms. She pulled her lips away from him as she let out a gasp. "Please don't hurt me like that again.. Please, I don't want to lose you." She whispered before she lowered her head into his shoulders and started to cry as her arms wrapped around him. Holding him close.

Ariel lifted her head as he brought his lips back to hers. She held him close to her as she kissed him back. Before a sudden thought came to her, causing her to pull away. She remembered what she had found out a few days ago and how today was when she was going to tell him. And after everything that happened she was now afraid to tell him after she had been so excited. Lavender eyes looked at his green ones as she put her hands over her stomach, feeling sick once more. She grabbed a hold of her dress as she looked at him in fear. What if he was going to leave her for Eric after being told this? Her head lowered as she felt herself getting emotional again.

"Before we go any further, I have to tell you something.." She said before she walked to the dresser and pulled out a box. She gave the box to him. "I was planning on telling you today.." She said quietly as she watched him open it.

In it were two outfits, one for a baby boy and another one for a baby girl. With booties to match. She had made them herself when James wasn't home. She watched as his expression turned into shock. "I'm pregnant.." She said with a soft smile as she braced herself for his answer to this. "And before you ask or start to worry.. The baby is fine, your animal side didn't hurt it. It's protected by my powers, Celestians create a powerful shield around their babies when they are pregnant. It can withstand anything." She said as her smile widened. "That's why I've been so tired.. I'm using my powers all the time now." Ariel said as she slowly looked away from him, waiting for his reaction.