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Thursday 4 September 2014

Chapter Five

The Sunshines through the window and onto my ring, it reflects onto the walls making shapes of sunlight that are quite distracting. I sit at my desk drawing plans for one of my clients houses. It's a big beautiful thing with big oak beams across the ceiling. So far buissness as been slow, only one couple wants me to renovate and a restaurant wants a new dinning room built onto it. So life is good. I've gained a few pounds in the last few months living with him, his food is so delicious and he makes so much, but frankly I think it's good for me. I look healthier too, no more bags under my eyes, my hair feels soft and happy to be alive.  
In a few days Salem and I are taking a trip up north to  Sea Foam Lake. It's where he grew up, and where his parents live. We're going  to tell them the big news. I simply can't wait to meet them.  Salem seems to hate his parents, he rarely talks about them and when he does it's always just a childhood memory. I've never seen him contact them in the months we've been together. However he and his brother, Jade, are pretty close. I've met him once before when he came over to our house for lunch. He and his girlfriend travel the world, they make their living emptying out tombs. They had a sister Clover but she died in a fire when she was nine. He also very rarely talks about her. 
Every minute Salem and I have together we use to plan. We want to have our wedding in the fall so we don't have much time. The leaves have just started to turn colors. Our weddings going to be big, Salem's family is huge and he has to invite everyone. My family is smaller with only my one aunt and uncle and their kids, plus my grandmother. We talked about the wedding and who will walk me down the aisle. Salem offered his father but that seems strange, I think my grandmother will since we're close but we might have a problem since she doesn't speak English. 
We now sit in our little living room which is covered with wedding things. Planning our trip this weekend.
"So is there anything you wanna see?" He tilts his head questioning his own question. 
"Salem I don't think there is anything to see, I meant lets go to the lake and spend time with your parents."
"But are you sure you wanna stay at their place?" He scoots beside me on the couch and leans in close. "I mean we could get a room. " When he kisses me I feel the magic, I don't think this feeling will ever get old. Even at his touch I still get nervous, in a good way. When we pull apart I smile.
"As wonderfull as that sounds, I have to meet them."  With a sigh he leans to give me peck on the cheek and goes to start dinner. 

I wake up with a swore back in Salem's car. I takes me a minute to remember where we're going before I see the sign. ' Welcome to Sea Foam Lake population 580 ' The little town is sweet, it's got all of one street with about 10 stores. One of which is labeled  Berrylooth's general store. 
"Hey I didn't know your family owned a store." 
"Ya we have for generations, my parents run it now but I used to run it after school when I was little. It makes quite a big profit actually." 
He smiles proud of his old life. I don't get why he has such a problem with his parents, they had what looks like a great life together. Just a little bit down the road we turn a huge left down a hill, at the bottom is a cluster of mail boxes. 
"What's that?" I ask pointing to the mail boxes. 
"The mail man's to lazy to drive to each house so the entire road puts all our mail boxes here." 
Further down the road we pull into a long pebbled driveway. When I see the house my jaw drops, it's a massive property for a massive house. The house is entirely brown and has so many widows it's impossible to count. Standing infront of the house are two almost elderly sims, their skin green like their sons. They smile and wave as we park and get out. 
"Oh there's my little Sally." Shouts his mother. I nearly fall to the ground I laugh so hard.
"Don't you ever call me Sally." He tells me as his mother hugs him and kisses him on the cheek. I nod still laughing. 
"And this must be Malarie, I'm Pea."
"Dad her name's Malibu, I've told you a hundred times."  I give him a disapproving look.
"You can call me Mal, I'm so glad to finally meet you." 
"You know we've never met any girlfriend's of Sally's" His mother says while patting his cheek. "My names Emerald but you can call Em. Come, come inside I made dinner, I hope you like clam chowder." 

I can clearly see where Salem learned to cook. Em's food tastes like it came form a five star restaurant. 
"Wow this food's amazing, thank you so much." 
"Well we hope so it's such a great suprise to see the both of you. I was so surprised you actually even showed up." His father nodded to every word his mother said.
"Well Mom, Dad there is actually a reason we came out here." He looks me in the eyes and grabs my hand under the table. Together we sit up and look at the both of them. "We're Engaged!"  At the second he says it his mother leaps up from the table squealing and jump around to our side of the table, giving us kisses and hugs for a good five minutes. 
"Oh that's such great news, I was thinking it was never going to happen. Oh when's the wedding." His mother says giddy with excitement. 
"Some time at the end of the fall." I say.
 "So when do we get to meat your family Mal, I assume they know." 
And the room goes quite, his father looks at Salem for an explanation. And that's when the shouting begins. 
"What the hell is that type of question are you trying to make her feel bad I mean seriously what's your problem you dick." 
His fathers face turns read with anger as he prepares to shout. But I start talking before he can.
" Salem don't you ever talk to your father like that." His parents are still confused so I try to explain. 
"My family died in a fire, I mean I would have too but I was lucky enough to be late for dinner. That's how me and Salem met, he was one of the firefighters on scene. I'm sorry he's just really protective about that." When his parents hear my story their faces drop. His mother immediately gives me one of her big hugs and I start crying.  
We spent the rest of the night playing board games and getting to know each other with only a few dramatic situations. Before going to bed his mother made us a cup of calming tea. 

When I woke up the next morning I ran straight to the toilet to throw up. And that's pretty much where I stayed the rest of the morning though for the rest of the day I felt fine, only a cramps stomach. I change into my bathingsuit to go swimming in the lake and I cach a glimps of myself in the mirror. I'm a thin woman and I always have been but for some reason my belly seems to have a bit more fat on it as usual. I remind myself to cut down on my calories and carry on with my day. 

For the next week I'm very sick, I'm almost always throwing up and my stomach is always so swore. I realize as I'm getting dressed one day that my bra is really tight and I can get it on properly. And I do the calculations in my head. Could it be? Within minutes I'm in a cab on my way to the store. 

'Pee onto stick then set on a flat surface for 2-3 minutes.' I read the instructions on the box over and over again trying to make sens of what I'm about to do. It can't be can it? I squat over the toilet and pee, then I set it on the bathroom counter and set the timer. When the alarm goes off I pick it up looking at the little circle that will deside my fait. I can't quite make out what it says...  





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