One Night Plus a Lifetime

Responsible

she slapped him? she actually slapped him, this tiny girl had the audacity to slap him, no one in his entire life had ever dared to disrespect him like that, Devon was boiling with anger. he held her hands and moved closer to her " you....you how dare you slap me....clearly i was wrong i thought you were a decent girl but you are just like every other girl. a f**king lair and-"

"i don't care about what you think of me...i only came here to tell you that you could be a father. i don't care if you want it or not, i don't care if you think am not decent or not, just know this Mr Presley." Aria had no intention of slapping this man but he went too far accusing her of things she is not, she knew she was a lot of things, stupid? yes, immature? yes, childish? sometimes , irresponsible? absolutely. but she was never a gold digger or an opportunist. she had morals and self respect her father did not raise a paper chasing girl without any values. she may have made a mistake which led her here but she was still the same old Aria .

"if you don't care then why did you come here hhuuhh???? ...to extort money from me??? " he yelled back at her. Devon had never raised his voice to a woman before, but this girl was making him lose his brain cells.

"because i planed to-..." Aria stopped herself from saying the rest, she planned to inform him and ask if he wanted the baby or agree to an abortion but looking at the anger in his eyes. he obviously didn't " i came here because i am an idiot.." she smiled sadly and backed away from him heading for the elevator. She never wanted to cry in front of this man she did not want to seem pathetic but she couldn't help her tears falling as she walked away . She did not look back at Devon. he remained there were she left him. her eyes where glued on the floor of the elevator soon it closed and started going down. This had to be added on the top of the list of her worst days in life, the first was when her mother left ,the second was that incident at prom night , the third was when she caught Pete in bed with another girl and now today. tonight truly hit hard in the chest. she cried all the way till she left the building leaving without ever looking back.

the night seemed longer even though only a few hours were left before sunrise Aria feld to sleep. Her friends where sleeping in their beds soundly when she got back to campus . it never rains very often in this city but today, it rained hard. she pulled her covers close to her chest,her mind conteplating on what she should do now. Devon's words were still ringing in her head. his angry eyes where engraved and carved deeply in her memories , Ashe knew she will never forget the way he looked at her, until today she always thought Devon was an angel that saved her that night not only from those men but also from falling deeper in depression again when he made love to her it felt healing.

even though they did not love each other what happened wasn't just s*x right?, Was that all Devon thought it was?. now she was certain he was an angel, an angel of darkness.

the next day..

Aria did not waste a single second, Today she had an appointment with the doctors and she knew which doctor to see, she came to a conclusion and made a final decision. she got up took a shower and got dressed in her usual casual clothes, "Aria...????" Callie woke up rubbing her eyes trying to adjust to the light, she saw Aria was ready to leave. "where are you going...."

"to the hospital.....i made my decision Callie"

Callie jumped out of bed and and sprung to Aria.

"what decision did you make?...what have you decided??"she asked curiously.

"a decision that will be good for me" Aria said.

Callie looked at her surprised what kind of decision did her friend make she wondered.

"Aria...you talked to Devon, what did he say??"

"he said exactly what i expected him too he did not believe me and doesn't want the child . so now i have made my choice."

"what are you guys talking about??." Meredith woke up from the noises the two were making.

"ill explain when i get back." Aria told her, she looked at Callie once more before walking out.

Callie had a bad feeling, what if Aria decided to terminate the pregnancy, Callie did not want that to happen, she would forever hate her if she did. why did Aria have to act so cold today , not even tell her what her decision was. Callie bit her lips hard looking at the door. deep down she hoped that Aria made the decision to keep her pregnancy. and if she did not then she had to find a way of preventing Aria from making a big mistake. Callie looked at Aria's bedside table, there was a notebook and a pen, she hoped to find a contact of anyone close to Aria maybe they can talk some sense into her, this would be violating Aria's privacy and Aria would perhaps be mad but it was all she could think of. Callie picked up the notebook and a small piece of paper fell to the ground. at first she ignored it and proceeded to looking through the pages

. "what are you doing Callie" Meredith who had been watching her finally asked.

Callie did not respond, when she did not find anything useful. She finally shifted her eyes to the piece of paper on the floor. on it was an address with the name Mr Presley written on it.

"Mr Presley. " was that the father of Aria's child? she wondered. she needed to find out.

"Meredith...can you drive me somewhere its important right now" she told her.

"what happened...why are you and Aria acting weird"

"lets go quickly ill explain everything on the way. ....come on" they got changed and headed out. Meredith drove down the highway.

"drive faster Meredith. ...."

"Callie do you want us to have a car crush or something??? ....what the hell is going on"

A lot was going on were could Callie even begin from. , "Meredith ......Aria is pregnant..." Meredith almost lost control of the car and went into another lane. "hey don't kill us okay ....i have a daughter"

"what!!!!!!!.....what do you mean she is pregnant....when did this happen...is Pete??? ....,is Aria pregnant with my brother's child????" Meredith could not believe what she was hearing how did she miss out so much.

"no...its not Pete's child"

"wait what????...." this was more confusing than she thought. "did Aria also cheat on my brother????"

"she did not cheat on Pete when they were together ......it happened after their break up, she met someone and well it happened"

Meredith was shocked. As her mouth hang open "how come you guys did not tell me anything. " she was pissed at them for hiding this from her.

"Aria only found out 3days ago and now i think she is going to have an abortion."

"what the hell is going on Callie ....". Meredith's ears were being attacked with news left and right.

"that's why we need to find the baby's father, that asshole needs to step up and stop her, ill drag him there if i have too." Callie said.

"Callie shouldn't you respect Aria's choice i mean if that's what she chose then we shouldn't interfere with it"

"don't tell me you support this???"

"Callie its not even a baby yet its just basically just blood still forming its not alive yet so she can choose to- "

Meredith couldn't even finish her sentence when Callie cut her through.

"its a life forming inside her whether developed yet or not. Aria will be making a big mistake....we need to find this Mr Presley and stop her"

the name Mr Presley sounded familiar to Meredith he was one of the most most influential men in the country when it came to politics, even running for senator, he was in his late 20s probably 28 and was a bachelor. his entire family had been into politics, they where billionaires and his grandfather was once the president of the country, it was believed he was following his footsteps and would one day be president too, but it cant be, it cannot be the same Mr Presley, they where a lot people with that name, Meredith had never met him in person but from what she heard, he was a cold distant man.she did not think Aria would get involved with such a man.

"drive faster Damn it" .

"hey i am"she answered and sped trough the road.

when they arrived at the penthouse building, both girls where shocked at the structure they were looking at, even though Meredith was rich she could not even think of living in a place like this. they looked at each other before walking forward slowly. Meredith was now starting to doubt her theory of this being just another Mr Presley. the security at the entrance stopped them of course. "we are looking for Mr Presley if you cant let us in at least get that asshole out here," Callie demanded. the security guard seemed irritated by their presence "leave now or ill have you arrested" he told them but Callie was not scared of this man she had dealt with worse men than him. "listen i want to see Devon and i am not leaving here until i do so..."

"Callie..." Meredith tried to calm her down. "Devon..?" she repeated the name, "that man is a politician and wealthy he can really have us arrested,...maybe we should leave"..

"i said i am not leaving Meredith" Callie crossed her hands and stood firm on the ground. Meredith started to panic, she knew that they shouldn't mess with Devon like that, but how was she going to convince an already enraged Callie. "Mr Presley is not even in the building he left hours ago, don't waste your time and scram from here" he talked back to her. Callie was ready to fight with this guard if she had too but Meredith pulled her away, "Callie calm down, ....look I don't think it will be easy to find Mr Presley he is obviously a busy man but .....i know where his family company is maybe he is there come on let's go". she pulled her back towards her car. Callie only agreed because she felt as though they were running out of time.

soon they were yet at another large building the security here did not seem very tough. as soon as they got out of the car, Callie walked fast to the glass doors with Meredith behind her. "Mr Presley???" she asked the receptionist anxiously. "am sorry do you have an appointment with him??". the receptionist asked.

"no but i need to see him its important."

"sorry you need an appointment to see Mr Presley." Callie felt like this man was surrounded but Idiots of some sort, which part of important did she not understand, a life depended on this. she did not even wait for Meredith and ran up straight to the elevator, "Heyy!!! security" the receptionist screamed at her and called for security to stop her, Meredith had no choice but to also dash towards the elevator , they both made it in time, before security could catch up and the door closed on them.Meredith felt as though she just committed a huge crime, what will her father do if he found out that she caused chaos in the offices of Mr Presley. the elevator stopped at the last floor and the girls run out again. "Mr Devon's office???" she asked a man dressed in black walking in the long hallway. the man pointed to the last corner on the floor, most of the building was made of glass windows, they could see security rushing up the stairs to them. it was the fasted they ever ran. They were heading towards the corner of the glass conference room when four tall men dressed in Black suits appeared, they had other men behind them possibly bodyguards. Meredith And Callie did not stop running they almost reached them when three men blocked their way. Callie did not want to stop she needed to see Devon wherever he was. "let us go through i need to find that jackass Devon".

Meredith recognised Devon among the four men. she looked behind and saw security heading for them they did not have any time. "Callie he is the the one in a Blue tie" she yelled. Callie looked at them till she saw Devon looking at her with a questioning expression on his face. "you are Devon Presley" she asked without waiting for him to answer " you f**king asshole" she cursed at him . Callie wanted to get to him but the guards blocked her. "don't touch me,...let me go"

she struggled to break free, " you rich people are all the same ,...you think you can do whatever you want without taking responsibly for your actions, you enjoy taking advantage of people, ...you are disgusting ....let go of me ......you know she is pregnant and you let her decide to get an abortion, you Jackass, you can not step up for your own baby????"

Callie screamed as everyone on the floor looked at her.