Marriage and Carriage
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother"
~ 4 months ago ~
{ Vivienne }
"You look dapper" I laughed, watching Colt stroll into the grand foyer of the venue
"Why thank you" he smiled. Since he inherited all of Lord's money, he's been living the high life
Trying to juggle all his new houses and tenants he's rented them out to.
"Ready to go?" Lucian asked, appearing finally
"Yeah, where's Dmitri?" I asked
"Dad has him" he said
"He's supposed to be taking it easy, we can't leave that devil with him" I said, walking past him to look for them.
Today was the wedding day
And everything had to go smoothly
"Have you seen Rowan?" I asked Cleo
"No, try the garden?" She suggested
"Yeah, you look nice" I said.
"I know" she said, making me chuckle
"As do you" She said
"Mm, I notice you're wearing blue" I said
"Yes?"
"Well I also noticed Cassian's tie is the same blue" I teased.
"Mere coincidence" she commented, taking a sip of her champagne
"Sure" I laughed.
"Look I'm not the marriage and baby type alright? Me and Cassian... we're nothing" she said
"Nothing?"
"Casual" she corrected.
"Mm, you say that now, I'll be walking you down the aisle in a year" I joked
"If you ever catch me in a wedding dress. Shoot me" she said, making me chuckled as I walked away.
"There you are" I smiled, finding them sat on a bench outside
"You're supposed to be with the groomsmen by now, and you're supposed to be resting" I said, shifting my attention from Dmitri to Rowan.
"Oh leave it will you, I've had enough nagging off Rose and Alex to last me the whole day" he said
"Because everyone's worried about you" I said, taking Dmitri.
"You don't need to be, I'm fine" he dismissed
"Oh there you are, stop wondering off" Rose said, rushing outside
"I'm not a pensioner Rose for fuck sake" he mumbled to himself towards the end.
"I'll leave you two to it, come on darling" I said, taking him inside.
{ Rowan }
I watched with a smile as they left
That little boy was getting cheekier every day
I can't wait for the next one
My second grandchild.
"Do you need anything?" Rose asked, sitting down with a sigh
"Don't concern yourself with my health Rose, I was fine before you, now I'm fine after you" I said honestly.
It was fun while it lasted, she was the first woman I had any sort of feeling for since Allegra
And then she cheated for the first time. And since that... we were shattered. Broken
"I still care about you Rowan" she said
"Never seemed like it" I said truthfully
"Well I do. I know we had... hiccups in our marriage. I know we were better off apart, I know I can... stick the knife in sometimes-"
"Only sometimes?" I interjected.
"But it's a two way street Rowan, all I get is shit off you, shit off the boys, I want us to have a good relationship, but it's just hard sometimes" she said, looking down
"Where's Kamala?" I asked after a moment
"She's getting her dress on, I didn't want her to ruin it in the car" she said.
Forever focused on image
"I'm not a well man Rose, I'm old, I can barely get myself around after this fucking heart attack" I said
She nodded
"I know, I know you're not telling the boys the full extent either" she said.
No, I wasn't
Because I didn't want to worry them
I didn't want everyone babysitting me
"I was wondering, if you wanted to spend the day with Kamala tomorrow, I know it's normally weekends bu-"
"That'd be great" I said, I missed her so much.
"Okay, I'll bring her round tomorrow" she said
"Rose"
She looked at me
"Move in with me" I said
"What?"
"Why not?" I said. If this is it. If I have to slow down.
If I'm deteriorating then I wanted to spend as much time with my daughter as I could.
"I..."
{ Vivienne }
"You look good" I said, smoothing Lucian's tie down
"You look good" he said, stroking my stomach
"Not long now" I chuckled.
"I can't wait" he smiled.
"Right let's get this show on the road" Alex said happily, clapping his hands together as he burst into the room
"I never thought I'd see the day" I said
"Well, take it all in Viv, after today I am no longer a free man. I will be shackled to the lovely chains of marriage" he laughed.
"Shut up" Sugar said
"No, today is the day brother, by sundown I will be just like you" he grinned
"Hopelessly devoted to my gorgeous wife" he said.
"Come on then, out you go Viv" he said, shooing me out the room
"Watch it" Lucian snapped
"Yeah I can't move that fast Alex" I laughed, I was carrying around 7 months of baby with me.
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I smiled, watching Alex and Dola hold hands up there, reciting their vows and showing everyone... all 200 and more guests in the room that they love each other.
I turned my attention to Lucian
Stood there as Alex's best man, and he was already looking at me, making my smile even wider
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"Today was perfect" I said, leaning my head against Lucian's chest as we swayed with the music
"Mm, certainly went a lot smoother than our wedding" he said.
"Yeah" I chuckled, remembering it
I adjusted my position, winding my arms round Lucian's neck
It was pretty hard to slow dance when you're 7 months pregnant.
"Least I finally got you down the aisle" he said
"Hey" I laughed
"It's true, finally locked you down" he teased
"Well I'm glad you did" I smiled.
"Not interested" he said after a moment
"What?" I asked confused
"That's the first thing you ever said to me...not interested" he chuckled
"And now you're my wife with our second child in you" he said.
He had a point. I shunned him so much in that nut house
And I'm so happy he persisted
Because my stubborn ass didn't want to admit how attracted I was to him.
~ A month later ~
"Don't fucking move" Sugar warned
"I won't" I groaned
"I mean it, I'm leaving for half an hour. That's it, half an hour, don't go running off anywhere, don't go into labour, don't end up on a warehouse floor giving birth" he said.
"Promise" I said
"Okay. I'll be back" he said, walking out of the room
I sighed, putting my feet up on the coffee table, ready to drown in reality tv.
"No, can't do it, I'm staying here" he said, walking back in
"Jesus" I jumped.
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"Are you okay? Is it the baby?" Lucian asked worriedly, bolting upright.
"No, I just need the bathroom" I said, getting out of bed
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"It's been 3 days" he said
"I know it's been 3 days" I sighed
"You tell me every 5 minutes that it's been 3 days!" I stressed
"Calm down, you don't need stress right now" he said
"Then shut up" I snapped.
"I'm sorry I don't mean that" I said afterwards
It was just hard
I was sick of pregnancy at this point
It's been 3 days
She was supposed to come out 3 days ago!
"I know" he said, hugging me from behind
"I'm just sick of this" I said exhausted
"I know" he sighed
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"Lucian!" I shouted
"Lucian?!" I shouted again
"What's the matter? Is it the baby?" Alex asked worriedly, running into the kitchen
"It's happening. Get Lucian. It's happening!" I shouted, looking at the water all over the floor.
{ Vivienne's Outfit }
"I'm here! I'm here!" Sugar shouted
"Get in the car! Alex get her in the car" he shouted, running back upstairs
I'm assuming for the bags.
When I had finally got in the car, he was running out of the house with a billion bags in his hands
"What the... Lucian we're going to the hospital" I said
"Exactly, we need to make sure we have everything" he said, getting in the drivers seat.
"It's a hospital" I said
I'm pretty sure they'll have anything we'll need
"The last time you gave birth you were in a drug warehouse, I'm not taking any chances this time" he said.
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"She's... beautiful" I smiled, holding her in my arms
I've got to say, this was a lot comfier than the last time I gave birth
"She is" Lucian said, just staring down at her
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"She's just so... small" he said
"Well yeah" I chuckled
"So was Dmitri" I said
"Yeah but, this is our little girl love" he said
Yeah. It was
I already knew she was going to be the most sheltered child ever
"Safe to come in? No afterbirth lying around?" Alex asked, peeking his head in
"Wow, thanks Alex" I said
"Awe she's beautiful" Rowan said, letting go of Dmitri's hand.
"You got a name yet?" Alex asked, watching Dmitri climb up onto the bed
"Yeah, we were thinking Aleandra" I said
"Aleandra Allegra Ivanov" Sugar said fully
Rowan just looked... stunned
Before he smiled
"That's really nice" he said
It was. Giving her Lucian's mother's name was a way of remembering her.
"Hey, you want to come and meet your sister?" I asked Dmitri
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