Second Chance

Chapter 93

Relief. Excitement. Happiness. Jubilation. Thrilled. I am all that and more as I scoop up my pregnant girlfriend who is carrying MY child. I twirl her around in a circle, and she laughs, wrapping her legs around my waist. I stop, and look up at her with bright eyes. She leans her head down and kisses me, and I kiss her passionately back.

When she pulls back, she gives me a smirk. "You know, the thing with already being knocked up, I can have sex as many times as I want, and not get extra pregnant."

"Really?" I give her a devilish grin. "Well, there's no time to waste, is there?" She laughs again as I whisk her into my bedroom, and slam the door behind me.

—-

Later that night, Maria and I go down into the kitchen to make dinner, since it's our turn to do the cooking. When we haven't been sucking each other's faces off earlier today, we discussed how we're going to tell everyone, and how I will tell Morgan. I've already broken her heart countless times before, but this one might just take the cake.

When we round the corner, I see Jasper and James hugging. Alex is there too, giving Jasper a sad smile. I have no idea what's going on, but it appears as if Jasper is leaving, but where is Morgan?

"Hey....what's going on?" I ask hesitantly, stepping forward.

"Morgan has finally finished fixing the boat, with my help, of course." Alex informs me, looking mildly proud of herself.

"Hey, and mine too." Jasper snaps indignantly, stepping back from James and giving her a hard look. "I did all the heavy lifting."

"Yeah, okay, whatever." Alex waves her hand dismissively, and Jasper makes a grumpy noise. "The point is that Jasper is leaving with Morgan, but James and I are staying here."

"Wait, so we're all not going to Morgan's village?" I ask, frowning at her.

"I really like it here, and James has been here for a while. Also, that boat only fits five people, and there's six of us. Someone has to stay behind." She reasons with me, and that gets me thinking.

Maria and I don't necessarily have to go with Morgan. In fact, that would probably make it really awkward, especially with a baby on the way. Morgan will hate me even more than she already does, and Jasper isn't exactly my biggest fan either. Maybe it would be better for us to stay behind, and let them have their own future. That being said, I don't necessarily want to stay in this cottage forever either. Maybe we could just travel around until we find our own spot. Maybe we'll just build our future together, just the three of us.

Alex, Jasper and James have gone back to talking amongst themselves, so I figure this is a good time to slip away. "Tell them now, I'll go find Morgan." I say to Maria quietly.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" She asks me, looking concerned.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." I say confidently. "I'm just going up to a fuming ginger, no problem."

Before I leave, however, I catch Alex's attention again and briefly ask her where Morgan is. She tells me she's just doing last minute preparations on the boat, so she should still be down by the shore. I thank her, then go out the front door to find the girl with the heart I have broken far too many times.

—-

Walking down to the shore is kind of exhausting, but Morgan has the truck already down here, so I couldn't use it even if I knew how to drive. When I finally get to where I need to be, I'm relieved to see Morgan still here. She's standing on the dock of the boat, adjusting the ropes. She already looks thoroughly pissed, and she hasn't even seen me yet, so this will definitely go over well.

"Morgan." I say a little nervously, standing on the floating platform thing that leads to the boat.

She glances down at me, anger briefly shooting through her eyes, then focuses her attention back on the ropes. "What do you want, Justin?" She finally asks.

"You're leaving today?" I ask, even though I already know the answer.

"Yeah, I am. It's up to you if you want to come with me or not. James and Alex both decided they're staying here, but Jasper is coming with me. That's really sweet of him, because my boyfriend is actually loyal to me." She shoots a scathing look at me, and I sigh in defeat.

"Look, Morgan I-" I start, but she cuts me off.

"Stop." She orders, whirling around and glaring daggers at me. "I don't give a shit about what you're trying to say. You are not going to charm your way into earning my forgiveness. You hurt me so bad, Justin. You never loved me. You just used me as yet another girl you could get in bed with. You're with Maria now, and that's fine, but leading me on and cheating is a horrible thing to do! I can never trust you again or forgive you. You ruined everything!" She screams at me, tears flooding down her face.

"I didn't come here to make you forgive me, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. That, and Maria and I are going to go our own direction." I say quietly, staring at the ground.

"Fine. Whatever. I hope you have a good life." She says stoically, covering her face full of pain with an emotionless mask.

She turns back to what she was doing, and I'm about to leave, but I stop myself. There's one more thing I need to tell her. "Morgan, I uh....I got Maria pregnant."

Morgan stops in her tracks, and slowly turns her face to look at me. Her hair should be flames right now. That's how mad she looks. She doesn't say anything at first, then finally hisses. "Leave, before I kill you."