𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜 | 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

Chapter 48 - Pregnant

"Are you serious?!" Darry yelled as we all slowly walked into the kitchen. "Yes. I'm sorry..." Matilda said quietly as she picked at her fingers. "Are you guys alright?" Soda asked, concerned. They quickly turned to us.

"Yeah we're fine." Darry said. Matilda went back to picking nervously at her fingers. "What happened?" Pony spoke up. Darry looked to Matilda with concern. "We'll tell you later." He stated as he looked back to everyone. "Are you sure you're alright?" Two-Bit asked. Darry nodded. Everyone started heading back to the living room after a second of silence. I stayed near the kitchen to listen to them.

"You're serious?" Darry asked. "Mhm." Matilda answered. "I'm sorry..." She trailed off. Darry chuckled. "It's ok." He said. I poked my head through the doorway and saw Darry hugging her. I smiled as I watched him comfort her. "We're gonna have a baby!" Darry whisper yelled with a huge smile across his face. Matilda looked up to him with a smile.

"Wait really?!" I heard from behind me. I looked back to see Soda with a big grin. Darry and Matilda looked up in surprise. "I'm gonna be an uncle?!" Soda yelled as he ran towards them. "I'm gonna be an uncle." Soda said. Darry and Matilda stayed silent. "Right?" Soda asked, confused. Darry looked at him and then at Matilda. She nodded her head. "Yeah." Darry said as he looked back to Soda.

"I'm gonna be an uncle!" Soda yelled excitedly as he wrapped his arms around Darry. "You're gonna be an uncle!" Darry yelled happily. "Me too!" Pony yelled as he ran to them from behind me. He joined Soda and Darry in a warm hug. Me and Matilda looked to each other and chuckled. Everyone came in from behind me and ran up to the hug as Dallas and Johnny came to my side.

"What happening?" Dallas asked quietly. I chuckled. "She pregnant." I whispered as I looked up to him. "Really?" He asked. I nodded my head as I looked back to everyone. "They're in for a ride." Dallas mentioned. I looked to him and slapped him on the shoulder. "What was that for?" He asked, putting his hand to his shoulder. "You could be a bit more positive." I said. He playfully rolled his eyes at me before we both looked back to everyone.

We stayed still for awhile as we watched everyone in silence. They all jumped up and down in excitement. After all the hoots and hollers they eventually calmed down and congratulated Matilda and Darry. For the rest of the evening, everyone surrounded Matilda and asked her questions. Me, Dallas, and Johnny watched them and laughed.

I hoped that everyone would react positively, but not overwhelmingly positive. Eventually I had to shoo everyone, except Darry, away, because Matilda looked overwhelmed and tired. "Thank you." Matilda whispered to me as I shooed off the last boy. I nodded my head at her as I walked back to Dallas and Johnny. We began smoking and talking outside along with Pony as we all watched the sunset together.

As we all sat on the porch in silence, I looked to Dallas by my side and watched as he played with his ring. I smiled as I admired the small details of his face that I could see in the remaining light of the night. God I loved him. I watched for a while as he focused closely on his ring.

After awhile we all headed inside and spent the rest of the night together. The night had eventually ended and Dallas walked us home. He gave me a quick kiss before me and Matilda headed inside our house. We quietly and slowly walked through the door, trying not to alarm our parents.

"What's this?!" I saw our mom standing in the middle of the living room with the pregnancy test hanging from her fingers. My dad stood next to her angrily. "Whose is it?!" She yelled. Matilda rubbed her arm nervously. Our dad noticed her nervousness and knew exactly who it was. He ran towards her angrily and threw her to the door. She slammed into it and immediately passed out cold. I screamed loudly and immediately ran to my dad.

I started angrily fighting him, forgetting how weak I was compared to him. As I started attacking him he immediately threw me off of him and I fell to the floor. I quickly got up and ran towards him again. I didn't care that he was going to beat the hell outta me, all I cared about was the fact that he hurt Matilda. Tears ran down my face as I yelled and screamed. I began aimlessly attacking my father. My mom stayed to the side, she didn't even bother to help.

After I threw a few punches I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. My dad punched me hard in the gut and I fell to the ground. I slowly lost my consciousness and  couldn't get up. My eyelids slowly closed and in that moment, I thought I was dead.