Keditha's Betrayal

Chapter Five

We all gathered in the living room only a few minutes later. I stood by the bathroom, since my nausea came back.

This stress was really getting to me.

"Is there a reason for this?" Brynjar asks.

Louis points to me. "I don't know, she's the one with the complaint." He says.

I tense up when everyone looks at me. "Oh sure, call out the introvert." I mumble. "Are you sure you don't want to tell them? I already told you everything...mostly."

"You were the one who got kidnapped." He shrugs.

I force a laugh. "Yes cause that was a conscious decision." Louis gives me a look. "Fine, when I was at the place..." I say with great annoyance. "Casey mentioned that they have inside help."

"Like here? Like one of us?" Julian asks.

I resist the urge to roll my eyes. "Yes, that's usually what it means."

Louis huffs, rocking back on his heels. "We still don't know if this information is trust worthy. It is Casey after all, he could be trying to cause conflict between us." He tells the group.

They all mumble agreements or nod, but I click my tongue loudly. "Don't you agree A?" Jackson asks.

I run my hand through my hair. "I mean it sounds logical but...the plan never involved me escaping. They really meant it when they said I was never leaving."

"So if you were never intend to leave, why would they tell you that to build conflict." Julian says.

There was a awkward pause among us. "So one of us is really a traitor?" Kenny mutters.

"Apparently...or Casey lied because he's a jerk." I add.

Julian raises his hand. "I have something to say."

"Then say it..." Brynjar says in a testy tone.

"Can we get rid of Bryn, he's just a freaking annoyance. No one likes him." Julian say, a smile tugging at his lips.

Brynjar chuckles. "Bold of you to assume anyone likes you."

Julian and Brynjar start bickering and Louis keeps mumbling shut up to them.

I swallow as the nausea starts to get worse. I bite down on my tongue in hopes that it would get better. But the nausea only continued to get worse, especially when I tried to steady my breathing.

"Thea, are you okay? You look usually pale." Kenny says with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just-" I rush into the bathroom as my stomach wins and I empty the contents into the toilet.

Someone crouches next to me and holds my hair up. "Thea, are you sure everything is alright?" Kenny mutters.

"Yeah I-" I was cut off by the need to vomit again. Once I finished, I lean back and wipe my mouth. "I'm just stressed." I tell him.

Kenny rubs my back. "Okay, I can understand that. But why don't we let Donnie check you out and make sure you don't have a infection or anything."

I nod, holding my stomach as I curl up next to Kenny. "Okay, I can do that."

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I pull my feet up on Kenny's bed, sighing heavily. "What does this mean? So I’m…?” I trail off.

“Pregnant, yes.” Donnie finishes for me. The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Kenny inhales sharply. “Does this mean…”

“I've only been with one man Key, so yes.” I accidentally snap at him.

“Julian?” Jackson questions.

“What? No!” I say.

“Yeah, ew.” Julian adds. I give him a look. Julian notices and shrugs at me. “I don’t know, I’m just saying stuff.”

“Kenny?” Jackson bumps shoulders with him.

I exchange a look with Kenny. “We never did anything.”

Kenny rocks back on his heels. “Can confirm. It’s been kept a hundred percent PG.”

Jackson lets out a annoyed sigh. “Well I don’t know, fricking…Louis?” He points at Louis, who glares at him

“I would tell you if you stop guessing.” I snap.

“I'm just trying to-"

“Shut up!” I yell at him. Jackson mocks me in a small girly voice. “I will literally kill you.” I threaten.

“I’d like to see you try.” Jackson taunts.

“Can we move on please?” Kenny asks, sitting next to me.

“Right…who’s is it A?” Jackson asks, his mood instantly changing to concerned.

"…Casey’s."

Jackson grimaces. “You mean you actually...?”

I open my mouth to answer him, but pause staring down at my feet. “Casey raped Athena.” Kenny says. He grabs my hand, squeezing it tightly.

“What? When?” Jackson looks between me and Kenny. 

“A couple weeks ago...” I pull my hand from Kenny's and rub my hands together awkwardly.

"And where were you guys when this happened?" Jackson snaps at the others in the room.

"We weren't here." Kenny frowns, looking incredibly guilty.

Jackson sighs in annoyance. "Well, there you go."

"Okay listen here, you little-" Louis starts, but I motion for him to stop talking.

"It's not their fault Jack, they didn't know." I grab Kenny's hand again, fiddling with the sliver ring on his pointer finger.

Jackson nods his head, but I could tell he still wasn't happy. "Whatever." He mutters, storming out of the room.

"I'm going to make sure he's okay." Julian says, following Jackson out of the room.

Kenny shifts so he was facing me. "I mean we don't know you're actually pregnant, I mean we can get a test...and are you-" Kenny pauses, biting his lip. "I'm not going to ask that."

"I am late." I tell him, catching on what he was trying to say.

"You are?" He asks, his voice quiet and soft. I only nod.

"I can go to the store." Louis says, walking towards the door.

"I'll go with." Kenny says, jumping up. I tug on his arm, pulling him back on the bed.

"Can you please stay with me?" I ask him, tears already threatening to fall.

Kenny gives me a sad smile and nods. "Don?" He asks, looking at his best friend.

Donnie grabs a jacket out of Kenny's closet, following Louis out of the room. "On it."

I jump up to my feet and start pacing the room. "This is just..." I shake my head.

"Thea are you alright?"

I ignore him, continuing to pace the room. "I mean how did I not expect this? This is-"

"Thea." Kenny moves to his feet. He grabs my arms, holding me at a distance while he studied me. "Are you alright?" He asks again.

This time I burst into tears. I shove him away from me. "No!" I sob, holding my stomach. "This is really messed up, isn't it?" I sink to my knees, crying even harder.

Kenny sits next to me, pulling me on his lap. I cling tightly to his shirt and sob for the rest of the night.