Made to Love: Carmen and Cooper's Story by Candace Werts Page A

special day? Really?” Cooper
laughs sarcastically. “You are only here because of Carmen. Thank
her.”
    As soon as Cooper finishes his
sentence, my parents miraculously appear. “You must be Cooper’s
parents,” My mom says politely and extends her hand to them both.
“I am Candace, Carmen’s mom. And this is her father, Christopher
Williams.” My dad follows my mom in extending his hand out as
well.
    “ It’s a pleasure to meet you both;
I’ve heard a lot of great things about your daughter. And this is
my wife, Beverly, Cooper’s mother.”
    Cooper walks away and heads to the bar for
another scotch. I rush to catch him.
    “ I’m sorry; I realize this must be
hard for you” I say.
    “ Don’t you apologize, I’m fine.
It’s just something I have to come to terms with. Right now all I
want to do is celebrate my birthday with you, my beautiful
vampire.”
    Thriller begins to play and Cooper
takes me by the hand. We’re off to meet the others already on the
dance floor. The floor is packed as everyone tries to dance the way
they did in the video. I end up laughing at Marcia trying to keep
up. She messes up my flow when she bumps me as she exits the dance
floor.
    Beverly taps Cooper on the shoulder and asks
if they can talk. Cooper’s face hardens and he expresses that he
has no desire in speaking with her.
    “ Please Cooper”, Beverly
begs.
    I squeeze his hand and when Beverly’s eyes
begin to water, he reluctantly agrees. Before he walks away I tell
him to give her a chance and that it might not be bad having her in
his life. Cooper looks doubtful.
    The DJ announces that it’s time to cut the
cake. We all gather around and proceed to sing happy birthday.
Cooper kisses me in mid verse, and whispers he loves me in my ear.
After blowing out the candles the cake is served. Cooper thanks
everyone for attending. He looks at Beverly and smiles. Then he
acknowledges the work of my mother. She graciously accepts his
accolade and my dad is smiles as he strokes her ass. I hope I can
have that type of love.
    “ David and I are going to load the
gifts in his car. He and Marcia are going to drop them off at the
house”, Cooper states.
    Cooper bends to kiss me on top of my head, I
watch as they push the gifts out on the luggage cart. Giselle
informs that she has to leave because Chad is waiting for
her.
    “ Thanks for coming Giselle.” We
hug goodbye.
    I take the last bite of cake and close my eyes
to savor the flavor, only to be interrupted by Beverly.
    “ Carmen.” I open my eyes and
grin.
    “ Hi Beverly, did you enjoy the
party?”
    “ It was cute.” I frown as she sits
beside me. “You are not at all what I expected Cooper to settle
for.”
    Trying not to become irritated and keep my
facial expressions in check, I say, “Excuse me?”
    Beverly leans forward “My son should be with
someone like Marcia, now she is the type of woman he can be proud
to have on his arm.”
    In complete shock, I lash out, “Now you want
to play mommy. You have a lot of nerve to try to insult me, when I
am the only reason you are here. You should be on your knees
thanking me.”
    She laughs, “Thanking you? Cooper is acting
like a child. He is almost finished pouting and then he will
forgive me. Once that happens, sweetie, I will find him a proper
woman. So enjoy the ride while you can.”
    I want to slap her, but I refrain.
Beverly stands up and joins Timothy. Lost in my thoughts, I didn’t
see Cooper return.
    “ What were you and Beverly talking
about?”
    Tonight Cooper has been happy and
I will not let her ruin his day again.
    “ Nothing, we were getting to know
each other. Let’s get out of here.”
    My parents stay to make sure the party
operations are shut down properly. All my focus is on Cooper, he’s
one astonishing vampire. David and Marcia say their goodbyes and we
thank them again for coming and the nice gesture of taking the
gifts back to Cooper’s place. I hug Marcia, and wish her a great
evening.
    As