Goldenrod, Florida
Fear installed into her when she realized that neither Busta or Korea came to her. She heard someone move in the living room and she got scared. She slowly got up on her feet and went toward the room where she heard the noise coming from. She let out a scream when someone jumped in front of her holding both dogs.
"Please don't hurt me! Take what ever you want just don't hurt me!" Dani cried out as she fell on her knees crying hysterically.
"Please, don't hurt me.... Take the car, the money what ever you want.... Just please don't hurt me....." she whispered as she hugged herself and continued to sob.
The man kneeled down in front of the sobbing woman and placed the dogs down. He placed his arms around Dani's shoulder and pulled her closer to him as she instantly tensed up at his touch.
"Dani baby, it's me..... I'm so sorry, I didn't want to scare you." Chris whispered into her ear as he stroked her hair.
Dani pulled away from his embrace and looked into his eyes as her bottom lip trembled. Chris whipped her tears away and kissed her forehead then pulled her back into his arms. Dani slowly calmed down and fell asleep in his arm. He picked her up gently and walked up the steps and into the bedroom where he placed her on their bed. He took off her shoes and covered her. Before he left, he kissed her forehead and closed the door quietly.
Tuesday June 7 2005
"Baby, wake up," Chris whispered softly in Danielle's ear.
Her body stirred and she groaned at the sound. She just wanted to sleep the entire day. Just thinking of this day made her nauseous. She felt butterfly kisses on her exposed cheek and she knew that she couldn't ignore this day. She soon felt Busta and Korea's wet noses on her neck and she decided to let them know she was awake.
"Whaaat," she moaned hoping she could go back to sleep.
"Do you know what day we are?" Chris asked stroking Dani's blond hair.
"Nope." she lied as she turned around adn tried to fall back asleep.
"Two years ago, on this day witch is June 7 2003, I said 'I do' in front of the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." Chris said proudly playing with Dani's hair as he watched her beautiful face.
Dani tried her best not to cry right there. She forced a small smile and opened her eyes. She looked into Chris' eyes and saw nothing but love radiating from them.
"Should I be jealous that you have another wife and you're here with me?" she asked innocently still holding back her tears.
"Nope cuz you are my one and only wife. Now go get a shower cuz breakfast is almost done," he said getting up from the bed.
He walked to the door and turned around. He ran back and jumped on the bed almost giving a heart attack to Dani.
"Sit up please," he asked sweetly as he got off of the bed..
She slowly got up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as Chris made noises searching for something in the drawer of the nightstand on his side.
"Ah ha! Here you are," he said closing the drawer and turning around giving the box to Dani.
She bit her bottom lip that had started to tremble and looked up at him. Chris made a gesture and she opened the box. A tear ran down her cheek at the sight. It was a silver necklace with a heart shaped medal with diamonds around it. The middle of the heart was plastic that held the most recent picture of Chris holding Busta and Dani's face was beside his and she held Korea.
She tried her best not to cry in front of him. After a few minutes she looked at him and caressed his left cheek. He grabbed her right hand and brought it to his lips and kissed it slowly.
"It's beautiful baby..... I.....I love it," she whispered, still looking at him.
Chris smiled and placed her hand in her lap. He wrapped his arms around her shoulder and brought her closer to him He hugged her as he kissed the top of her head.
"I'm glad you like it. Never forget that I love you, no matter what life brings us," Chris said looking into her eyes.
"If you only knew Chris. Oh God please give me the strength to tell him tonight," she asked herself still looking into Chris' brown eyes.
"Now go and take your shower okay baby?" he asked pulling her away and looked at her.
She nodded not trusting her voice. She watched him get up for the second time and leave the room. She looked down at the picture and let the tears ran freely down her cheeks.
"I'm so sorry Chris," she whispered before placing the box on his pillow.
She got up from the bed and went into the bathroom closing the door behind her. She opened the water and took off her clothes and stepped into the shower. As soon as the hot water came in contact with her body, she started to cry like a baby. She slowly slid down and hugged herself as she cried. Flashbacks came to her, mostly of them being the happiest time she had with Chris.
"Oh God he's going to hate me... Worst, divorce me and kick me out of his life and house... I'm so sorry Chris for lying to you for such a long time... I didn't mean to..." she sobbed in the shower letting the hot water wash away her tears.
Chris soon came and knocked on her door signaling that the food was ready. She got up from the floor and washed herself quickly. She got out of there and grabbed her robe and put it on. She combed her wet hair and left the bathroom. Chris had asked her why her eyes were red and she just told him that she had soap in her eyes.
After their meal, they got dressed and went out to the special places. They went everywhere and it was just hard for Dani. From the first kiss to the place he had proposed. It was just terrible. For lunch, they went to the same restaurant then on their first date.
They were on their way home and Chris had felt that Dani was distant. He was worried about her and asked her if she was alright. She kept on saying that she was fine and that she was tired a little. They arrived home and they both went in and sat down in the living room. Dani slowly turned toward him, facing the man she loved with all her heart.
"Chris, I..." Dani took a deep breathe trying to calm down.
"You know that I love you right?" she asked slowly opening her eyes.
"Of course I do, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"There's something I need to tell you... I just..." she couldn't say it.
She grabbed her purse and took out an envelope. She gave it to him and didn't look at him. Chris looked from the envelope to his wife and back down. He then noticed that she was crying. He opened the envelope fearing the worst and took out a picture. He stared at it for a long time not believing what he saw.
Dani slowly turned toward him and looked at his face trying to read him, but his face was blank. She freaked out and got up.
"I'm going to pack. I'm sorry Chris if I didn't tell you sooner, I thought that this couldn't be said over the phone. I'm just sorry. I...I love you." she said turning around.
"Is this what I think it is?" he asked still staring at the picture.
"Yes it is." she said turning around, facing him again.
Chris dropped the envelope and the picture and got on his feet and took her in his arms and spun her around. He stopped and placed her back down and whipped her tears away.
"I'm going to be a dad," he whispered. "I'm going to be a dad. I'M GOING TO BE A FATHER!" he yelled hugging his wife tightly.
"Chris, you're...You're not mad?" she asked pulling away to look at his face.
"Why should I be? You just made my day, my life, my everything," he said cupping her face and kissing her.
"But, but we never talked about having kids... I just thought you wanted to wait, or adopt when you guys decided it was time to end the group." she said still not sure if he was serious or not.
"I never thought about it, but to know that in you, there's something that we did... I'm going to be a daddy..." he said tears coming to his eyes.
He hugged her and they both cried. Dani cried that it turned out well and Chris cried because he was happy to know that Dani was going to give birth to a little girl or boy that he and her did. He would teach his son to play football with the other guys, teach him or her to drive, teach his little girl or boy to ride a bicycle. He just couldn't wait to hold the baby in his arms.
"We have to call the guys and my parents," he said a few moments later.
They pulled away and dried their tears. Chris walked to the phone and dialed a number he knew by heart.
"Mom? Put me on the speaker. Mom? Mom, you're going to be a grandmother! Dani is pregnant!" he said grabbing the hand of his wife pulling her toward him so she could hear her mom and sisters cry at the news.