She patted the corner of her lips, sitting up right.
"You remember Samantha?" She asked looking down while using the fork to poke the meat.

"Samantha?" He responded.

"Yeah, tall, long hair, the lecturer..."

"Ohhh"

"Ye-"

Complete silence.

"Though you apologized for it, you're excused but next time let me know before time ok baby"

She didn't respond.

"Did I make myself clear?" He asked.

"Yeah" she said in a soft tone.

*Complete silence*

*Still silence*

"So since we are here communicating, something we barely do but-"

The phone rang.

"Hold on a minute...." He said raising his finger up.

She rested her hand on her jaw watching him talking on the phone while she played with the remains in her plate.

Walking towards her now.

"Ye so what was it you wanted to say?"

"Sooo I have a question for you" She said trying to fix her posture in the seat.

Meanwhile he was on the phone texting.

"Are you listening?"

"Yeah shawty...."

"How come we've never talked about marriage?"

The noise from the keyboard could be heard tapping from his phone, it became a bother to Ella but she played it off by acting like it didn't.

"Huh?....are you hearing me? Or you too busy to talk?..."

He looked up.

"Yea yea I'm listening...."

"Then what did I say?" She asked.

"Uhhh, you were saying sumn bout your friend getting married" He said.

She stared at him for a good second then got up, walking away.

"Forget it"

He pulled her arm, pulling her close to him, putting his hands around her rear, attempting to kiss her but she was slightly pushing away, trying hard not to give in but he won. He placed his hand in her jeans looking up at her as she bit the bottom of her lip, holding his hand.

"I don't want to fight....I just want to love you Ella...can't you see that? now you have my full attention, what were you saying?" He asked while looking into her eyes and his hands still in her.

She removed it.

"I was saying....how come we haven't talk about marriage and we have been together for ten years...."

"That's a good question but it's not like I don't want to, it's just that-"

"Just that what?-.....don't you think I've proven myself enough to be in deserving of a ring?"

He sighed then said "See you always wanna argue mane"

"How am I arguing? it's just a simple question"

"Yeah but I'm tired of explaining this shit to yo ass, I tell what it is and I feel like I gotta sit here and keep explaining this shii to you mane over and over...and it's annoying! " He yelled.

She stood there folding her arms as tears fell to her eyes.

"Whatchu crying fo now?!" He asked while he got up to give her a hug. She raised her hand to block him from doing so.

"So what about having a child?" She asked.

He breathed in and out, raising his hand not to hit her but out of exaggeration.

"I'm gonna go upstairs because right now you're misbehaving and I don't want to do something I might regret" He said. "Thanks for ruining a good moment Ella" He added.

She stood there, sobbing with her arms folded still.

"You always wanna turn sumn positive to a negative" He bickered in the background.

She walked over to the couch and took up the picture frame with her and Shane ten years ago. She stared at the photo thinking to herself where have they gone wrong.

Reflecting......

It was a sunday Shane was seen shopping in the grocery store, taking with him a case of Guinness, he had a regular haircut at that time in his marina and cut-off-foot jeans. Ella walked pass him, he couldn't help but to look at her, watching her strut. She was looking through the freezer for a box of ice cream, she was trying to reach for it but it was situated at the very top behind the other flavors at that. Shane saw she was struggling so he used this as an opportunity to go over there.

"Hey...can you help me ? please sir..." she asked.

He took it down effortlessly without even stretching.

"Damn you made me look bad for being short" she said while chucking.

"Nah, short looks great on you" He said.

She smiled at him.

"Shane" He said.

"Ella....." she responded.

Both of them were smiling at each other. Shane was full on confidence and so he didn't hesitate to make his move, however, they went from talking about ice cream to their personal lives until he asked her out but she told him that she's not looking for a relationship at the moment. He didn't take offense to it.

"We can be friends thoo" He said.

"Uhh maybe" she said.

The two exchanged numbers and talked everyday since. Ella fell inlove with him and the two became inseparable.

[Back to present]

She was smiling, she went upstairs for her book and stayed downstairs to write.

Tapping the pencil on the side of her head every five seconds, she wrote.....

"At first i wasn't looking for love until i met this guy, strong, tall and attractive. The confidence, persistence and consistency is what he used to win me over. Nothing like the ordinary, never thought i would've fell so hard that quick, this deep....the rest was history..."

*******
The sun arouse......

Shane was packing his things, getting ready for the road and whatever life throws at him.
"Sleepy head!" He said to Ella, who slept with the book on her face.
He took it off to kiss her goodbye for the day, her eyes cranked open.
"I made breakfast" He said while smiling.
He went through the door.

She took her time to get up from the couch. She felt a sudden cramp in her belly, she rushed to the bathroom, vomiting. She was confused as to where this came from. Her head started pounding.

"Help! Help!"
But there was nobody to her rescue.

She tried to call Shane but he wasn't answering his phone so he called Samantha. Ella directed her to the house and she found it within no time.

"Ella? Ella?" Samantha called.

"Over he..re.." her voice strained to respond.

"Oh my goodness"

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