Not Your Average Love Story

Chapter 33 : Stand By Me

Chapter 33 : Stand By Me

** Explicit Sexual Content Below **

I stood there staring as if my eyes were glued to his hands holding the ultrasound photos.

His arm muscles were visible more than normal from holding the pictures so tight, he was livid.

I put my head down, not wanting to look him in the eyes.

How could I have been so stupid? Why would I even take any of the photos home in the first place? Did I even know for sure what I wanted to do? Ugh!

He cleared his throat loudly causing me to jump.

"Deion it's just a lot right now I really can't talk about this."

"Yes you can and we're going to discuss it. How long did you know? Why did you keep this from me? I can't even wrap my head around this," he stuttered.

"Can you at least ask one question at a time," I sighed.

I plopped down onto the couch and grabbed a nearby throw pillow to squeeze, my anxiety was through the roof.

"When did you find this out?," he asked, his eyes were filled with shock and sadness all in one.

I avoided eye contact with him and slowly answered, "Not long ago."

"Naomi I'm trying to be patient but you don't need to continue lying to me."

I rubbed my temples and shook my head, "Okay I've known since your accident. They made me do a routine test because I was frantic and I ended up getting a positive result."

He sat down and placed his head between his hands as he stared down at the floor, silently.

His lack of words was making me even more anxious than before.

I hadn't thought of how I would tell him but I knew I never wanted it to be this way.

I hadn't ever had to lie to him since we'd met, that was one of the things I valued most about our relationship.

"I'm just so confused as to why you didn't tell me. I'm hurt by it. Am I a scary boyfriend or something?"

"No you're not at all baby. I just didn't know what I wanted to do and I didn't want to put all this on you if I didn't have to."

I moved over and sat down next to him starting to gently rub his back.

"What do you mean what you wanted to do? Are you thinking of aborting?," he asked, his tone had become way more serious.

"I was taking all options into consideration."

"So that's a yes. You were going to do that without telling me? What you thought you would just tell me after it was done just leave me out of the decision?"

His big brown eyes widened the more he asked each question.

"I didn't know what I was going to do or how I would handle any of it Deion. I was confused and scared," I replied, bursting out in tears.