Restricted (Michael Clifford)

'Maybe it will change him'

Zoe's POV

1 month later

I was laying in bed feeling quite ill. I had just booked the day off work and i'm now waiting for Troye to come round. Michael had 'work' to do so I was bored alone. I honestly have no idea what is wrong with me but whatever it is all it doing is causing me to eat millions. I have a lot of weight these past few weeks and i've started exercising so I could lose the weight i've gain but I can't. Even when I go a day without eating I just wake up a little bigger.

"Hey" I heard Troye say as he sat down on the bed "How you feeling?" He asked.

"Still the same...I'm gaining weight from all the food cravings i've been getting" I groaned.

"Zoe have you ever consider that..." He stopped himself.

"Considered what?" I asked.

"That you...Well...That you might be pregnant?" He slowly and awkwardly said. 

"No...No of course i'm not!" I said "Michael uses protection...He's not an idiot" I sighed.

"I think you should take a test" He bit onto his lip.

"I'm not buying a test...People in there will just think I got knocked up" I shook my head.

"You don't have to buy one...I got you one on the way here" He pulled put a box.

"Troye! I'm not pregnant!" I spoke a little too loud.

"You won't know unless you try" He said.

"Fine! I'll take it but I know i'm not pregnant!" I snatched the boxed then walked to the toilet and done the test.

Of course i'm not pregnant. Michael uses protection. I shouldn't have to check each time because I know he's smarter then that. 

I walked out of the bathroom not even looking at it. I know i'm not. So I just threw it to Troye.

"I'm not pregnant...I know it...I shouldn't have to look" I rolled my eyes then sat back down.

"You know maybe you should...Zoe this test is positive" Troye slowly said.

My eyes widened as he spoke them words.

"No! No! There's a mistake!" I looked at it. It wasn't. I was pregnant.

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I was literally laying down on my bed thinking of the positive and negative side of this.

"Maybe it will change him" I said "Maybe having this baby...Maybe it could be the beginning of him. He might want to be a better person...Change his ways...Maybe having this baby is good after all" I started to smile.

"So you're keeping it?" Troye asked.

"Of course I am!" I sat up "I should tell him...Can you drop me at his please?" I asked him and he nodded.

My mum has took Ellie out for the day and Craig is at work so I didn't have to tell them right there and then.

But Michael should be the first to know. Even though Troye was the first to find out. Michael needs to know.

There was no traffic on the road so it didn't take us long to get to his.

"Good luck" He said and I smiled then ran straight to the door.

The door opened and I walked straight in after him.

"You should of called! I would of picked you up!" Michael basically told me off then continued counting the money he clearly stole today along with packets of drugs that he will sell onto others.

We can't have things like that around while there's a child walking around or even living here. I don't know if we will be living here. Maybe i'll just be at my mums and he'll visit or i'll visit him.

"Are you going to sit or just judge me?" He snapped and I sat down.

"I'd never judge you!" I snapped back "Why are you being so snappy with me?" I asked.

"I'm just stressed. I've been left to sort this out, Ashton is being an ass and your ill...Well you was" He sighed.

"It's okay...Just do what you have to do then we'll talk" I said and laid down on the sofa then went into a quick sleep.

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I woke up to the sound of talking coming from next to me. I opened my eyes slightly and at the other end of the room was Michael and Luke discussing what seemed to be me.

"I don't know man...She's just been off with me. Like she's sick every morning which sucks for both of us to be honest. Whenever I go to touch her she's knocking me off or saying she's too tired. She's having constant mood swings like one minute she's all over me then the next she's pushing me off...Do you think she's losing interest in me?" Michael said.

"Of course she isn't!" Luke said "Maybe she's pregnant" He joked. Well I am but he made it seem a joke.

"Pregnant? You seriously think she's pregnant? Are you trying to call her fat?" Michael said.

"No,no,no! Of course i'm not!" Luke started "My brothers girlfriend was like that...Mood swings,eating shit loads,sick every morning and just acting weird" Luke finished.

"She better not be pregnant...I can barely deal with my sisters son coming round once a week let alone having one here permanently" I could here how much he didn't want this baby in his voice and it was terrible. It hurt hearing what he had to say about this.

"That's just what my brother told me...He said they didn't have sex for the whole time she was pregnant! He was annoyed like hell but he loves his sons" Luke said and Michael laughed.

"A screaming child? Anyway I doubt she's pregnant" He said and I took a deep breath before standing up.

"I am" I grabbed there attention.

"What?" Michael said turning around to me.

"I am...Pregnant" I swallowed a lump rising in my throat.

He looked so shocked. Like he'd seen a ghost.

"Mike-" I went to grab his hand but he pulled it away.

He just continuously took shook his head while staring wide eyes at my belly.

"Don't worry...We'll get that thing out of you" He spat.

"Thing? You think I want to get rid of it?" I said.

"Well what else is there to do? You think I want to sit and watch the little on suffer? I don't have the money to provide for all three of us!" He yelled. Luke was literally standing there looking very awkward.

"It's just the same selfishness with you! You don't understand!" I yelled back.

"Me? Selfish?" He spat.

"Just because your dad neglected you as a child doesn't mean you have to do the same to this child! I thought...You'd want to be the dad you would of wanted your dad to be. Give the child everything you didn't have but clearly not!" I yelled and he looked gobsmacked.

"So if you don't want this child...Then you clearly don't want me either" I said.

I waited for him to say something but he didn't so I just walked out of the house and headed home.

This child is a part of me now.

Nothing is taking this away from me.