one-shots || bughead + sprousehart

"it's mine isn't it?" - sprousehart

[nick is lili's ex-boyfriend in this story]

NEWS FLASH: Lili Reinhart is PREGNANT, and this time FOR REAL!

A Reinhart baby? It's real. She's pregnant!

GUESS THE FATHER!!
Lili Reinhart is pregnant, but who is the baby's father..?
Cole Sprouse 
Nick Hallows
Kj Apa
TAKE YOUR PICK !

As I read the news titles I felt tears bubbling up in my eyes again. Stupid hormones.

My hands flew to my stomach, holding it, feeling it. A little human was growing inside of there.

Laying there, crying, my phone suddenly started ringing. I turned it, seeing Nick's ID flash across the screen.

I closed my eyes briefly before answering. "Hey Lili.." He said, his voice clearly a bit shaken.

"Hi Nick." I answered, trying to prevent myself from sobbing.

"I just.. I read the news and you were all over it with uhm.. you know.. the pregnancy. And I just wanted to make sure that it isn't mine. I mean, I know we've been broken up for a while, but I just wanted to be sure." He started rambling on and on, and I sighed before breaking his sentence.

"It's not yours Nick. I promise you, it's not yours." I responded before hanging up the phone.

I fell back on the bed, dropping my phone beside me. I bit my lip to prevent myself from crying more.

My phone rang again, and somehow I knew who it was. "Hi Cole." I said, answering the phone.

"It's mine isn't it? Don't lie to me Lil."

"Cole we shouldn't—"

"Tell me. I want to know."

"Yes, yes it's yours."

"I'll be there in ten."

—

When he entered the apartment I was crying, my head buried in a pillow.

I could hear him call my name but he didn't come close enough to touch me.

I didn't respond. I waited for him to make a move. But he didn't.

He didn't because he knew that if he'd touch me and soothe me, he'd never be able to let go.

"You don't have to be here, Cole." I sobbed, my voice quivering with anxiety.

"Lils.." His voice was dripping with sadness and I could tell he was fighting himself. Whether to come close or run out the door. I could hear him mumble a silent, "I love you," but his voice was so quiet I'm not sure if I was supposed to hear it.

"Not enough." I said after a while, finally lifting my head out the pillow and staring at him with my red rimmed eyes.

He swallowed. "What does that even mean?"

"It's not that difficult, Cole. You might love me but you don't love me enough to also keep this baby."

"No, Lil.." His struggle to find words was obvious. "I just—" He still wasn't making a move to come closer to me and it said more than anything else he might've wanted to say.

"I think it's best if you just go." I stood up, walked past him and opened the door, gesturing for him to leave.

He opened his mouth to speak but quickly snapped it shut when he realised he had nothing to say. Silenced and with guilt written over his face, he stepped out the door.