One Night Plus a Lifetime

Hair.

As usual the media let her pictures flood the internet with all sorts of headlines. Devon was being covered on the news and large media cooperation's. it was as if people where still in shock with the idea of him getting married. and no matter how bad Aria wanted to look away, she could not help but read the awful things they wrote about her.

fashion houses were posting Videos analysing her outfit and calling her a classless woman how does a girl dressed in casual clothes end up being the center of attention, these people really had nothing better to do with their lives. still this affected her self esteem.

she did not want the media to stop her from living her normal life despite the unwanted attention they were throwing on her Aria just wanted to go out and buy things like a ordinary person does.

3 weeks had gone by without seeing or hearing from Devon. it was as if he never existed ever since he left her here on the night of their wedding Life was different here but not having him around made her at ease . she had started to develop a routine with Natasha and if she wanted to go somewhere. she always made sure it was dark and wore clothes that made her unrecognisable. even got a black wig to hide her Red curly hair that was also criticized by the media and being labeled "a lot" Aria always loved her hair even though she had more hair on her head than an ordinary person.

no one ever suspected it was her when she wore the black wig and she made Sure Gabriel was there everywhere she went.

after days and days of convincing him, Gabriel finally agreed to ditch his normal work suit and ware casual clothes only when Aria wanted to go somewhere. if he blend in with the crowed,.no one would suspect him to be a body guard.

she woke up and went to get ready in the bathroom, today she had an appointment with the doctor .Aria was almost 11 weeks pregnant and her stomach started to change a little. due to her having a frail body . the changes where barely noticeable when she had clothes on.

she stood in front of a large mirror in nothing but her under ware observing her reflection. she saw her breast had started to grow and her stomach too but the rest of her body looked like it was getting weaker and losing weight. it worried her at first because normally people gain weight during pregnancy. Aria being the curious one researched this on the internet. and found it was normal for women to lose weight in the early stages of pregnancy.

but that was not the the only thing that worried her. her skin was also starting to get paler. even though Aria had pale skin because of Genetics. on some days it would get worse.. she would get tired easily and sleep for longer hours than usual. and some days she would be just normal and energetic. this was something she needed to run by her doctor.

her Red hair was. dripping water in her back it was curly and bulky making her look like a doll she thought. she took a brush and ran it through her hair. when she was done. she saw a lot of her hair was stuck on the brush. Aria had never seen her hair fall out so much. thinking maybe it must be the shampoo she used . she ignored it and proceeded to tying it up into a bun and wearing a wig on. she fixed it perfectly making it look like it was her real hair. getting dressed was now becoming a challenge. Finding the right clothes to hide in was not easy.

when she was finished, she left the bedroom.

Natasha was inside the kitchen making breakfast for them like always.

"good morning Natasha,"

"good morning Aria ..... you are leaving so early?"

"yes.. i have to go to the doctor.. "

"oh.. ... is Mr Pre-" Natasha stopped and did not finish her sentence. usually couples who were expecting a child would go to the doctor's appointments together. but her boss had not even been home since he got married. he would only call to ask the state of his wife and nothing else. she wanted to ask what kind of a marriage this was but kept quiet. she also noticed Aria never spoke about him despite her chatty nurture. newly weds are never this distant so what was keeping these two apart.

"you should have breakfast first.."

"am running late but ill always have time for your delicious pancakes"

she placed some pan cakes on the kitchen island and Aria ate like she had been starving for days. her appetite would come and go sometimes.

once she was done she grabbed her bag and headed for the door. She was in such a hurry and walked out. Gabriel was waiting for her by the door. "you know ... you should come inside and try Natasha's cooking she is the best"

"Good morning Mrs Presley... maybe next time"

he always said that every time she asked. Gabriel was so formal and so serious. Aria always asked out of politeness.

they reached the elevator when it opened. she checked her phone for the time it was 7am in the morning . Aria accidentally dropped her phone on the floor. she bent to pick it up and when she got up she bumped into someone so hard it made her hiss in pain. raising her eyes to see who she bumped in, she saw a pair of angry eyes looking down at her. .

Devon was aware Aria had an appointment with the doctor. he kept track of everything concerning her pregnancy. he knew it was important for him to be present at this appointment and despite her not telling him about it , he still came . He purposefully stayed away from her and made a promise to only see her if it was necessary and never other wise. when she bumped into him. he did not recognise her because of the hair but after she looked at him. her eyes where as clear as always and as bright as always. Devon did not know why but seeing her in dark hair made him mad . he remembered how fire like her hair was, it always made him stare at it. the thought of her cutting it made him frown hard.

"good morning Mr Presley " his former Driver Gabriel greeted him. Devon looked at him and noticed he was not dressed in his proper suit he also noticed Gabriel was standing next to Aria, looking at them right now one would not tell if the relationship between them was mutual or work related .

"Good morning" he said, his voice as plain as always his eyes fell on the now black haired girl again. she did not say anything to him and walked inside the elevator. this made him even more mad. the way she did not acknowledge his presence or ask what he was doing here. did she not care to know.

Devon wanted to ask a lot of questions, he wanted to ask why her hair was black and why Gabriel was dressed as such. but why did he even want to ask. it was her hair .. and he did not have any right to question her especially because of what their relationship was like. but she was still his wife . the word that was now not hard to say. people had been congratulating him about his wedding everywhere he went. and his campaign manager was right. the odds of succeeding in the up coming elections were starting to rise in his favour.

he entered the elevator and stood next to her breathing the anger out of his system. Gabriel also entered and stood on her other side .

Aria did not know why Devon would suddenly show up and so early in the morning, was he aware she was going to the hospital and decided to go with her. that cant be it she thought. it must have just been a coincidence they met, she just stood there between the two men and did not say a word. the elevator stopped at the ground floor. and opened. she stepped out walking towards the parking lot. Aria did not know if Devon was going to follow her or not but she did not look back to check. she took long strides walking . she did not see the wet floor sign, walking on the wet floor carelessly she almost tripped and fell but both men were quick to stop her from falling.

"Careful .. Ari-.. Mrs Presley"

"Thank.. you" she collected herself and stood.

Devon did not like the way Gabriel almost called Aria by her name. the way Gabriel also looked at her when she almost fell he did not like that. he saw a look of worry in the man's eyes. Devon was also worried she might get hurt and get injured, she was pregnant. but he was her Husband and Gabriel was only her body guard. he pulled Aria's hand and made her face him.

"are you okay.. ? ?... be careful"

he said to her. he could see the look of confusion in her eyes.

"Gabriel.... you can take the day off today... ill take my Wifeto the hospital ... the doctor said its important for both parents to be around at the appointment today" he said those words on purpose.

Gabriel looked at Aria and looked back at his boss. he was not aware Aria was pregnant. he tried so hard to hide the shock on his face. when he was told to pick her up from the private practice that day.. he was not aware about any of this. he did not even question why his boss would send him to pick up a girl at such a time from such a place.

apart from the fact that they where married, he did not know about their personal lives. all Gabriel thought was that Devon must have married her for a reason but her being pregnant did not ever cross his mind. he knew they had a strange relationship and he even thought the marriage was not about love but maybe he was wrong. he looked at Aria one more time before nodding at his boss " excuse me" he turned and walked back to the elevator.

he held her hand and walked with her away from the wet floor. Outside Devon opened the door for her. she was hesitant just like always but got in.

She moved all the way to the end of the seat making sure there was a distance between them. it irritated him but he did not say a word. his new driver started driving into the main road. while they sat in the back seat like strangers.

"Ga-... ummh sir this is not the road to city hospital " she spoke to the driver.

the driver was following orders from Devon and did not respond to Aria

Devon looked at her. did she almost call his driver Gabriel . was she used to saying his name all the time it got engraved in her head that every man she saw was Gabriel. Devon knew his thoughts where stupid but he could not help his anger from rising. Why did that simple thing she said make him so mad. why was it that he was easily provoked by her. he moved to her and pulled her into his arms and lifted her chin up.

Devon acted out of anger he simply lost control and could not help but pull her to him, he surveyed her face . he could not also stop himself from looking at her lips. he remembered how they felt when he kissed her last time. Devon brushed his thoughts away, these thoughts were dangerous to have. he should never think or desire her like that again. that's the main reason he stayed away all these days. if Devon had spent the night in the same house as her on their wedding night. he would have broken the promise he made himself. of always hating her.

"what did you do to your hair? .. " he finally asked the question that was driving his head insane since he saw her. "what???...... why... i mean.. my hair? .... what do you mean?"

does she have holes in her ears, does everything he say pass through her. why does he have to repeat himself every time he says something to her. "Aria you heard the question!" .

"i heard it but i don't understand your point of asking!!.." neither did he understand his point of asking.