That Girl

Chapter 41

*Ari's POV*

I felt so torn, I was so in love with Ken, we were about to have a child together, but I felt like my feelings for Jackson were becoming too strong. He was a childhood crush, someone I'd forgotten about regretfully. He had kissed me, and sadly I just sat there, unable to do anything about it. I just let him kiss me, I honestly had no idea what else to do about it. He stopped right before the waitress came back with our drinks, we ordered sushi then after she walked off he spoke again, "I'm sorry.. I shouldn't be making you so uncomfortable.." He whispered softly. I frowned, feeling my stomach ache with anxiety, the only thing keeping me from puking was the fact that I hadn't eaten anything all day, and puking this morning had emptied my stomach, "Let's just forget about it for now, the stress isn't good for the baby." I said quietly. He nodded and I changed the subject, "So why are you being so kind to me today?" I asked, nudging him on the arm jokingly. He shrugged, "Because I care about you, and you're pregnant. You deserve to be pampered!" He laughed. I smiled at him and giggled. Our food came to the table and we sat, eating and talking like when we were kids. When we finished, he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the booth, then payed for the food. "I wanna show you something." He smiled at me, grabbing the helmet from the seat of his bike, setting it on my head, "O-Ok." I smiled, letting him strap it back on. I got on after him and waited for him to put his helmet on. He reved it up and started off, he drove through town, passing all of the stores and cars. It felt amazing riding on motorcycle, I'd forgotten because my dad had sold his when I was a teen. We finally started slowing down right outside of town, I looked to see a small park with little kids running around giggling. I smiled, thinking about the baby I was going to have, making me let an arm go to hold my stomach as we turned onto the road, leading to the entrance. He parked, yet again helping me off the bike and take my helmet off, "O-Omo." I whispered as soon as the helmet was off. He smiled at me, setting or helmets in the seat, "Come on." He grabbed my hand, leading me to the swing set on the opposite side of the playground. I sat in a swing and he started pushing the swing for me, "Omo!" He took me by surprise when he stopped the swing, wrapping his arms around my waist, and kissed my jaw from behind. I blushed hard and put my arms over his, holding his hands. I relaxed sighing slightly, it felt wrong, but it felt so normal and relaxing. We sat quietly, looking around the playground at all of the kids that were playing. A small boy ran up to us after a moment, "Anyeong! Are you two a couple?" He asked shamelessly, making me blush, "We-" "Yes." Jackson said nudging my side, whispering, "Play along." I nodded along with him and the little kid smile, "You two are cute together!" Jackson and I smiled, I giggled slightly. Jackson let go of me and knelt in front of the boy, "What's your name?" He asked, "Gabriel!" Gabriel gave him and eye smile, making me grin stupidly, "Ah, that's a great name!" Jackson laughed, smiling at him and ruffling his hair, "Wanna know something really cool?" He asked the boy and he nodded vigorously, "Ne!" "Well," Jackson turned towards me and placed a gentle hand on my stomach, "She has a baby growing inside of her." He said, smiling at me. I blushed as the boy's face brightened up in awe, "Really?! That's awesome!" The boy walked up and place a hand on my stomach, "Is it a boy or girl?" He asked curiously, looking up at me. I scrunched up my eyebrows and mouth in thought, "I don't know yet," then my expression loosened as I looked down at the boy, he had short dark brown hair and a small nose. His eyes were the usual dark brown colour and were slightly big for his face, "but I really do hope its a boy." I smiled at him. He made an 'oh' face and smiled, "Ok! I do too!" I smiled at him, and I looked over at Jackson seeing him already looking at me, smiling thoughtfully. I blushed, looking back at Gabriel, "You should get back to playing." I laughed ruffling his hair, making him giggle and grin, "Ok! It was nice to meet you!" He said before running off to the slides. Jackson stood back up, going back to swinging me on the swing set, "I like the name Gabriel.." I said thoughtfully. Jackson bummed in agreement as he swung me carefully.

After we spent a while there we rode back to the apartments, and once there we walked up the stairs not saying a word. We got in the apartment to find everyone was still there. Cora, Jaebum, and Bambam were watching TV on the couch; Candice, Mark, Jr., and the others were in the kitchen messing around with did and stuff, probably making a mess is have to clean up later. I sighed, walking towards the hall to change, when I was stopped short by a loud and exaggerated gasp. I turned, knowing it was Cora because she's seen my hair, and saw her jump up, "YOU DYED YOUR HAIR IT'S SO PRETTY." She was jumping with joy over my hair and I laughed, "Yea, thanks." I blushed smiling at her. She scurried over to feel on my hair and I felt another pair of hands. They were Candice's, unsurprisingly, and I laughed, "This isn't a petting zoo!" "But it's so pretty!" They both said in union and I snorted, "Yeees but I'd like to change brehs." I said earning a different array of chuckles through out the room. After I finally got them to stop, I went back to the room, shutting the door. I finally dropped my fake smile, and sat on the bed, expressionless. 'Ottokaji..' I sighed, dropping my head into my hands.