Love You Too: PART THIRTY FOUR

-TIFFANY-

"It's my mother" I said, although I could tell from Nate's pained facial expression that he'd already seen the screen. "I think this is going to be awkward"
"Accept it, don't ignore or she'll know something's up. Just be really cheerful" Nate said, placing a hand on mine.
"Okay" I said, taking a deep breath and pressing the green button. "Hello mother!"
"Tiffany, first of all what has happened to my house? It's totally trashed!"
"Victoria and Nate had a small falling out that's all. That's why we're at the hospital, remember?"
"Oh yes yes, well I'll be expecting you to pay for some of the damages" I didn't know why she'd said this; we both knew that the money I'd have to use was in my mother's account, as my trust fund wasn't available until I was 18.
"Of course" I said, sounding as polite as I could.
"And secondly, I was told some rather disturbing news today"
I squeezed down hard on Nate's hand, so he knew that the main terror was coming.
"I heard you're now leaving home and living with Ellie?"
"What? Oh yes, we are"
"Why aren't you staying with us?" she said, not sounding as hurt as I'd expected.
"Well, Ellie and I think it'd be good to finally get along, and there's no better time than now to begin!" I said, making all this up. I was just over the moon she hadn't heard about the marriage or pregnancy. That only meant one thing though: that we'd have to go round straight away and reveal it to her in person.
"I suppose it's a good idea. You'll still be living in Manhattan I hope?"
"Ellie said she'd get some viewings sorted out, it's all up to her really"
"Right right, well I'll see you soon darling" she said, briefly kissing the air before hanging up.
I looked down at Nate's confused face just as he said "That seemed easier than I thought it'd be?"
"That's because it hasn't happened yet. I'm afraid to say she didn't ask after you"
"What can I expect?" he said, smirking at me.
"That means we'll have to go round later and tell her, before someone else does" I said, feeling a nervous lump form in my stomach.
"It'll be okay" he said, rubbing up my arm. "What's the worst she can do? She can't throw you out, because we're moving in with Ellie; she can't throw a strop because the whole world will be expecting her to be supportive; she can't cut off your trust fund because--"
"She can" I interrupted.
"What?" he replied, sitting up a little and taking notice.
"It's frozen until my 18th birthday. And as that's in 4 days she can take it out of my name" I said, immediately deflating, as the knot grew tighter in my stomach.
"Well then we don't tell her" Nate said, before adding "Until 5 days time of course"
"And let her hear from another source?" I said, picking at the flaws in this plan.
"No. We'll spend the whole time with her, she has to be at Vogue for a little while longer so we'll ask Mimi to elongate it. Say we've got a surprise party for her or something, and tell her that she can't really see anyone in case they tell her" Nate said, clearly planning this all out in his head. "You can tell her that we've gone through a rocky patch, and you'd like to move back in for a while, and you make then cut the phone lines and whatnot"
"Are you sure you want the whole world to know that we're having problems?"
"If that means we can live on our own in 5 days, being self sufficient, then of course"
"Did you get your trust fund by the way? I never asked"
"Yeah I did, but we all know it wasn't as much as yours is going to be" Nate said, looking me deep in the eyes. "We'll be able to start again, and we'll be able to give this baby everything it needs" he said, rubbing his hand over my stomach. "I can't wait until you start to show"
"I can" I said, thinking about the masses of weight I'm bound to put on.
"I think you'll always look gorgeous" he said, reading my thoughts.
"And I think you will too" I said back, even though he wasn't having to go through the agony of childbirth.
He pulled my arm gently down so I was being lowered down onto the bed, and he allowed me to press myself into his side again. I was careful that I lay in the same position as usual, as I didn't want to hurt him in any new places.
"I love you" he said, kissing me once on the lips.
"I love you too"
"I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you". That's when it dawned on me: I would never have another boyfriend, I would never have another love interest. Not now and not ever. Some might say I was stuck with him now for the whole of eternity but in my opinion I was blessed to be with him forever.