Lost In Our Imagination 2: Not As Planned

59 - All That Matters

April 2019

Katie P.O.V

"Katie, hey, wake up" I heard Brad's voice whisper as he slightly shook my shoulder.

"What time is it?" I asked as I turned round to face him.

"About 10 I think" he replied as he sat on the edge of the bed,  "I made you some breakfast" he smiled placing a plate down on the bedside table.

"Thanks"

"No problem"

"Is James still downstairs?"

"Yeah he's just going to jump in the shower then he said he's going to head off?"

"Oh right okay, well tell him theres no need to rush"

"I feel bad for him you know, he's been through a lot for Livi and I just hope it doesn't turn out to be for nothing"

"Well he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if you hadn't of opened your mouth" I snapped.

"So your blaming me are you?"

"Not blaming, I'm just saying that maybe this was one thing he didn't need to know"

"Well what did you expect me to do, he's my best friend"

"Oh really, if your his best friend then where were you when he showed up here last night?"

"I was out"

"That's not a good enough excuse Brad, you know I trust you but after everything we've been through lately, you're really not helping yourself by keeping things from me"

"Katie, I'm not hiding anything okay, I was just with some old friends who were in the area"

"Let's not have this conversation right now"

"Look, I'm sorry I wasn't here last night when I should of been"

"It's a bit late for an apology now Brad, I didn't know what to do, I was up here on the phone to Livi who was pretty upset by the whole thing whilst James was downstairs, I had to comfort them both which I was fine with because they are both my friends but my point is that I shouldn't of had to, James needed you here more than he needed me"

"I know that, and I'm sorry, I don't know what else to say, I don't know what you want me to say?"

"I don't want you to say anything, and if I did, I shouldn't have to tell you what to say, you need to figure that one out yourself"

"And in future I will but for now I'm sorry okay?" Brad said standing up off the bed and walking towards the door, "I'm going to go see Emily and Lily, I'll be back in a couple hours"

"Brad even though I said I was okay with this, which I am, it's going to take me a while to get used to it so for now I'd rather you didn't tell me and you just went, and then I won't have to think about it"

"Okay I'm sorry, I understand" he nodded, "I'll see you later then"

"Don't forget we have an appointment at 2 with Amanda"

"What? We only saw her just last week"

"I know but its getting closer to the due date so I want to meet with her every week to insure that absolutely everything is sorted, Id like...." I sighed, "I just want this to run smoothly, is that too much to ask?"

"Of course it's not, I think that it's a great idea to meet with her as often as we can"

"So you'll be here?"

"Yes, don't worry I'll be back in time" he smiled before walking out the bedroom door.

After Brad had left I headed downstairs to find James gone with the duvet he'd borrowed folded up on the sofa and a note on top thanking us for letting him stay the night. I placed the note on the coffee table, put the duvet back in the cupboard before lying across the sofa with my plate of breakfast rested on my very rounded belly. I picked at my food and flicked through the TV channels for about an hour before heading for a shower, most weekends I just sit at home in my pyjamas but I didn't think that would be a very good idea considering that today I'll actually have company, instead of it just being me, the TV and a large bag of chocolate buttons.