All I Ask Is... Why?

"God this place is such a mess. I guess it wasn't such a good idea to have a wedding reception here in our new home." I whined as I dragged a half full trash bag around the kitchen with me. Beer cans and plastic plates, cups and forks everywhere. The used napkins were all over the floor and the trash can was over flowing. The back yard looked five times worse, almost like we threw an 'end of the world' party.

Brian chuckled as he helped me pick up the rest of the trash in the kitchen. "I told you it wasn't. But you insisted that we do it because it was cheaper."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him. "Smartass." I laughed a little and continued to pick up the trash around me. "Well, the point is that everyone, including Zacky and Mercedes, had a great time. That's all that I could ask for when it comes to doing something for someone that raise me. God, I'm telling you I-" I then turned around to face Brian to finish my sentence, only to be in shock with him at the moment. Brian was now right in front of me kneeling down on one knee. "Brian..." I finally forced out.

He smiled up at me. "I know we agreed not to give this a thought until further on in the relationship, but Evelyn, I can't hide how I'm feeling about you anymore. I love you with all my heart and I don't ever want to lose you." He then reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a small Tiffany's and Co. ring box. At this point, the tears are starting to form in my eyes as I drop everything I am holding in my hands. Brian opens the small box to reveal the biggest diamond engagement ring I have ever laid my eyes on. He takes my left hand in his and gently removes the promise ring he gave me when we first made things official. He then looks back up at me with pure happiness and hope in his eyes. "Evelyn Mendes, I love you more than anything in the world and I promise to continue that love for you for as long as you are willing to let me. Will you marry me?"

My heart was pounding so hard that I swore it was going to just explode. Tears of joy were already falling down my face and I tried my best to let the answer come out as a word, but I was so speechless from this surprising proposal that all I could do was nod until I was finally given enough air to talk. "Yes, Brian, I will marry you. I love you so much." I said wiping the tears away. He then smiled big at me and slid the engagement ring on my left ring finger, it was a perfect fit. We then embraced each other in a tight hug and kissed each other passionately. My smile only seemed to grow wider instead of fade, I haven't felt this happy since the day Brian said he loved me for the first time. And at least now I can comfortably say that I was sober when he proposed to me. And I'm sure as hell going to be happy to know that our wedding this time won't be a drunken mistake like it almost was in Las Vegas. Never in a million years did I think that I would be with someone as amazing and wonderful as Brian, and I am feeling very blessed to know now that he and I are always going to be together.

"I love you, future Mrs. Haner." He chuckled.

"I like the way that sounds. Let's just hope this wedding will go better than the last one." I laughed.

He laughed along with me. "Oh it will, trust me. I will make sure you have the wedding of your dreams. I don't care how much it will cost me." He smiled.

"As great as that sounds, I don't want it to be too over the top. The last thing I need is to have a big and expensive Kim Kardashian wedding."

He laughed once more. "Baby, it doesn't matter what you want to do for the wedding, you will still be a much more beautiful bride than Kim Kardashian."

I felt myself start to blush. "You always know the right things to say."

"I just know how to make you happy, and I don't plan on stopping that anytime soon." He leans in and kisses me softly.

"Good." I managed out in between kisses. What started out as small pecks, turned into a hot and heavy tongue wrestling match. "Brian... Let's go upstairs." I whispered in between more kisses. He then picked me up bridal style and rushed with me upstairs into our new bedroom, closing and locking the door behind him.



The next morning I woke up to see that Brian was still fast asleep next to me. I slowly got out of bed and placed on underwear, shorts and one of his sleeveless shirts and brushed my hair into a ponytail before taking care of my morning bathroom duties and making my way downstairs to finish cleaning up around the house. Once everything was picked up and thrown away, and the house was spotless, I started preparing me and Brian some breakfast. Now granted that I am not as good of a cook as Mercedes is, but Brian tells me that I am getting better and he loves it every time I cook for him. Once the smell of waffles and sausage starts taking over the house, I could hear heavy footsteps making their way down the stairs. Eventually Brian appears in the kitchen in just a pair of sweat pants. His tattooed chest, back and arms fully exposed and I was liking what I was seeing. I cannot believe that this sexy hunk of a man is going to one day be known as my husband. He made his way over to me and stood behind me with his hands resting comfortably on my hips. "You look so sexy when you wear my clothes." He chuckled as he placed butterfly kisses all over the back and sides of my neck, making me get chills.

We spent the rest of the morning talking about our plans on where to have the wedding and who should be in it. We also agreed that the reception should be held anywhere but our house. The more we talked about it, the more excited I was becoming for the wedding and I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about it. Mercedes was the very first person I wanted to tell and I know that she would be pissed if I told anyone else without letting her be the first to know about it. I even told her a long time ago before she even gave the idea of marriage and children the thought of day, that I needed to be the first to know if she got proposed to and I didn't witness it or else I would've thrown a shit fit. And now that she is on her honeymoon and doesn't want to be inturrupted, I am having to wait on telling anyone at all. This is going to be one hell of a week and I do not know if I am going to last this long on keeping the proposal a secret, especially with the huge rock that Brian gave me as an engagement ring.



Five days later...


Four o'two in the morning and my cellphone starts going off call after call after call. At first I didn't think it was anyone important, but after an hour of getting these phone calls, I finally decided to wake up and see exactly who it was that was calling me at this hour and what was so important that it couldn't wait until the morning. I looked at the caller ID to see that I've been getting phone calls from Zacky. When he called back once more, I answered. "Zacky? What's going on?" I asked, my tone still giving away that I was half asleep.

"Eve, thank God, I thought you were never going to answer. Listen, Mercedes and I are taking a jet home because we think that she's already fixing to have the baby." He explained, his tone expressing a bit of panic.

"What? That can't be right. That will mean she will be two weeks early, she can't be having the baby already." I responded with shock taking over my voice more than anything else.

"I know, and that is scaring us a little. We should be home by the morning and we really need you and Brian to be there with us. We already called our doctor and she already has us set up for arrival by the time we get there. Please be there Eve, we need you guys with us."

"Don't worry Zacky, Brian and I will be there. Just call us when you guys get there."



We get a phone call from Zacky around eleven in the morning to let us know that he and Mercedes were already in the hospital and she is set up in the room. She's been explaining to the doctors that her contractions are so painful that every time she has one, she feels more sick and in pain than anything else. When we got there, Mercedes didn't look like herself, instead she looked extremely pale and she had dark circles around her eyes almost as if she was dying, a state that I feared to see, but I tried to keep on a happy face for her. "Hey sis, how are you feeling?" I finally asked her.

"Good, I'm just anxiously waiting to see my baby girl. Zacky and I are still fighting over a name." She laughed to the best of her abilities, which didn't look like much. I wanted so badly to beg her to tell me the truth on how she was feeling. No woman that looks like this, especially if she's about to give birth, must be feeling good at all on the inside. I looked over to Brian, and he had just as much worry in his face as I did. Mercedes started to notice how worried we began to feel about her. "Hey, don't look so sad or worried. I will be fine, I'm just going through a hard time in this early process that's all." I wanted so badly to believe her, but something inside was telling me that this wasn't going to end well for anyone. Mercedes continued to hold a smile on her face as she looked at me. I tried my best to smile back at her. "Guys, could you give me a minute. I want to talk to my sister alone." She smiled at both Zacky and Brian.

"Sure baby." Zacky said with a small smile before placing a gentle kiss to her lips and walked out of the room right behind Brian. "Just hang in there and I will be back soon." He said once more before walking out of the room.

Mercedes smiled at him and waved a little. I moved to sit next to her and smiled at her as she looked at me with her on going smile. "You know Evelyn, I've never really taken the time to take a good look at you since you started dating your first boyfriend. You've grown so much, and now that you are happy with Brian, I see a glow to you. It's nice."

"I haven't changed that much, sis." I chuckled.

"Yes you have. You've grown up so much. And I am so proud of how far you've come in life. You have an amazing new life with a man and family that love you very much. And before you know it, you will be the proud aunt of my baby girl and I know that she is going to love you." She smiled as she looked down at her belly and then back at me. "One thing that I've always wanted out of life, is to know that I will be a better mother than our mom ever was to us and I thought I would never be able to prove that until I had a child of my own to take care of. Evelyn, I finally realize that I had proven that all along. You were the one I raised into the woman you are today. I raised you when we had nobody, and you even raised me in some ways. And now look at you."

I nodded in agreement. "Yes, you have raised me, and I am very thankful for that Mercedes. You were the mother I always wanted, and regardless of what you think, you did a damn better job than our mother ever would. Thank you. Thank you for turning me into the woman that I am today. I wouldn't be where I am right now, if it wasn't for you."

Mercedes then held out her hand and I held her hand with my left hand. She then noticed the ring and smiled at me. "He finally asked you?"

I nodded excitedly. "Yes. I'm getting married, sis. You're the first one to know about it."

A look of excitement took over her face as tears of joy started falling down her face. "Congratulations Evelyn. I'm so happy for you."

I embraced her in a gentle hug and we stood there holding each other for a moment until she started groaning in deep pain. "Mercedes, are you alright?" I asked as I quickly pulled away.

"Get a doctor!" She said in between groans.

I ran out of the room. "I NEED A DOCTOR NOW! PLEASE HURRY!" I screamed down the hall until three doctors came rushing into the room. Zacky and I were the only ones allowed to stay in the room with Mercedes.

The doctors came in and realized that Mercedes was already at ten centimeters and she was ready to have the baby. As she pushed each time, she screamed in pain and each scream made my heart hurt. I held her hand the entire time and kept telling her to push until the doctor finally pulled the crying baby girl out. For that moment, we all looked at each other in joy. But that was suddenly ruined when the doctor immediately pulled the baby into a room to clean her off, and another doctor noticed that Mercedes was still bleeding. I could feel her grip becoming loose until I noticed that she was slowly closing her eyes into and her breathing was slowing down. I started screaming in fear and Zacky was too. Four more doctors came into the room and forced both me and Zacky out of the room and we fought as much as we could to go back in, but they eventually got us out and had us wait in the hallway for about an hour. Finally, the doctor that delivered the baby came out of the room and he was covered in blood. "I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the baby is healthy and is doing great. The bad news, I'm afraid, Mrs. Baker has lost too much blood. I'm sorry, we did everything we could. She's gone." He said sadly.

My heart ripped into shreds and I immediately broke into tears in Brian's arms. "NO! PLEASE GOD NO!" I cried.

Zacky was dead silent until he finally sat down and held his face in his hands. His shoulders shaking to show that he was crying. I wanted so badly to go and comfort him, but I was in so much pain myself that I couldn't find it in myself to stand. Brian held me as tight as he could, and he began crying silently. I wanted to believe that this was all one big nightmare, but the pain hurt too much to feel like a horrible nightmare.

Notes

Sorry this chapter is so short and sad, but I needed to update here with something. I really hope you guys like the update, but I can also understand if you don't. This was a very hard chapter for me to write. Love you deathbats. <3