Saved by the Devil [EDITING]

20•Four inches

My cheeks turned red "I do not."

We discussed the subject as I was standing on the round platform in front of three mirrors and we agreed that I would talk to Diavolo about it because I don't like going against his wishes. Elena had to leave in the middle of the fitting because she has to pick up Alexandria from her playdate in the city but the dress fits perfectly but I can't say it will fit the same next week since my bump is quickly growing, I mean, my jeans still fit but not like when I arrived.

"Bye, Manolo," I waved as I walked across the hall, entered my code and giggled at my ring as I went into the bedroom.

"Hi gorgeou-" his voice startled me.

"AHH!" I screamed.

Diavolo chuckled as he stood up "Surprise, baby girl," he walked over to me.

I rested my right hand on my stomach trying to catch my breath "Diavolo, you scared the life out of me," I smiled nervously as he wrapped his arms around me.

"It was kinda the point," he pulled away and grinned looking into my eyes.

My eyes were on his tie "Yeah, um," I walked over to the bed and sat on the edge "why did you come back earlier?"

Diavolo took his jacket off "I wanted to surprise you and also tell you everything I have planned for our honeymoon," he loosened his tie as he went into the closet "I planned out a whole month of making love, eating delicious food, shopping, visiting places," he said from the inside and I couldn't help but feel anxious...I'm ruining his plans by being pregnant...

"Really?" I took a deep shaky breath.

"Yes," he walked out of the closet sliding his joggers on "it's going to be so much fun and we can read every night, we can even take Snow and Autumn if you want."

"Yeah, that would be really nice..." I frowned looking down at my hands.

"I have a very very big surprise for you at our final destination, you're goi-"

"I'm pregnant!" I shouted interrupting him.

Diavolo chuckled "Nice one bunny," he ruffled my hair "are you showering before dinner?"

I got up on my feet "Diavolo, I mean it," tears slid down my cheeks.

"Wha-what?" he's stuttering...I don't know if that's a bad sign...

I bit my lip walking into the closet, grabbed my bag and went back to the bedroom where he was sitting on the bed looking down at his hands. I pulled out the plastic bag from the purse and handed it to him "I'm pregnant, see?"

He grabbed the bag and looked at all the tests "How long?"

"10 weeks, almost 11," I sniffled "are you angry?"

Diavolo looked up at me with tears in his eyes "Are you kidding me? I'm the happiest man on the planet," he got up and hugged me tightly "we are having a baby," a chuckle left his mouth calming my nerves.

I wrapped my arms around his torso and let out a relief sob "I'm sorry I kept it a secret."

"No, bunny," he rubbed my back "I can't get mad at you, you're the love of my life..."

I gazed up at him and smiled "I'm so glad you're happy, I was going to tell you tomorrow but then you came back right now."

"I ruined your plans?" he caressed my cheek.

I nodded "Yes."

He laughed picking me up by my thighs and sat on his side of the bed with me on top of him "Baby DeLuca is coming with us to our honeymoon," Diavolo rubbed my stomach "do you know if it's a girl or a boy? Wait, is Elena actually pregnant or was that to distract me and give you time?"

I nodded shyly "Yeah but Francesco know-"

"Hush," he pinched my chin "give me a kiss."

Just when he was about to claim my lips I pushed him away softly "Before we get married and have this baby I need to tell you something," my eyes bore into his.

"Okay..." he nodded "go on."

I pulled up my sweater and grabbed his right hand "Touch it," I whispered guiding his hand to my scar.

"Are you sure?" he stopped just a centimeter away.

I nodded "Yes."

Diavolo traced it slowly, staring at it and I couldn't help but flinch a little "It's beautiful."

I smiled sadly "Do you want to know how it got there?"

"Only if you want to tell me," he whispered looking into my eyes.

"I need to."

"Tell me, bunny," he rubbed the healed wound up and down which made me feel somehow tranquil like it was just another scar.

I took a deep breath "I was six when I lost my virginity," his expression hardened "for years and years he would come into my room at least three times a day and touch me..." I wiped my tears away "my first period came when I was 9 and he started giving me birth control pills so I wouldn't get pregnant but as soon as I turned 13 he stopped giving them to me because I didn't deserve them, I wasn't making him cum like he wanted so for a year the pills were gone. Two weeks before I turned 14 I missed my period but it was something normal, I wasn't a regular until a year ago so I didn't think much of it, on the day of my birthday I was taken to the pharmacy to get more of everything I needed, a guard paid so I had to steal the test from the counter. I got home and took the test, waited the time I needed and it was positive-"

"You were preg-"

"Let me finish," I said softly and he nodded "I hid it in a hole my mattress had so nobody could find it, went to take a shower and when I came out of the bathroom he was leaning on the door with the test in his hands; he yelled at me for being a dumb cunt, he beat me up and made me beg for mercy so he wouldn't kill my baby so I did because I wanted that little being growing inside of me, he stopped and told me he was going to sell the baby as soon as it was born; I packed everything to try and escape in the middle of the night but he beat me to it...I woke up to a knife in my stomach," my voice cracked "he was moving it around telling me how I was never getting out of there, how I was born to be raped over and over again...that no one would care when I was gone because the only person who could've loved me was dying in my womb; I don't touch the scar because it replays everything in my head, I wash around it but never touch it and right now, as you're touching it I feel every bad memory linked to it and the ones all over my body, fading away."

Tears rolled down his cheeks "I love you, I love you so fucking much Davina," he held me close "you're the strongest human being in this entire world and no one deserves you but you deserve everything and I'm going to give you everything."

I giggled hugging him tightly "You and our baby are the only things I need to be happy."

Yesterday I felt like I weighed 10,000 pounds and now I feel light as a feather, that story has been haunting me for years that felt like decades. When I met Diavolo I was reborn, he is helping me build confidence, he is giving me the life of a Queen...one I'm starting to think I deserve; I've been through hell and back since I have use of memory and I will be forever scarred by it but I won't let it crush me because that wouldn't be fair for me, the baby or the man I love.

I'm more than my past.

Did you think the story behind the scar was going to be different or did you guess? :)

-M