Black Ribbons - Jeff Buckley

To fast? (10)

Continuing from last part ⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻

Jeff arrives home from his meeting with Columbia and almost instantly dials Colette's number. "Guess who signed with Columbia records?! me!" Jeff says happily into the phone "Oh my gosh I'm so happy for you Jeff!" Colette responds happily. "How are you baby?" He changes the subject. "I have been feeling a little bit off, but I'm happy now" Colette responds laughing lightly at the end, trying to not make him worry. "What do you mean? are you okay?" Jeff asks ignoring the last part Colette had just said "I'm fine Jeff don't worry, I'll speak to you tomorrow okay? get some sleep I love you" Colette informed the boy. "Goodnight Colette, sweet dreams, I love you too" He responds before hanging the phone back on the wall. 

Time skip (2 weeks later) •°. *࿐

Colette rushes to the toilet seat and vomits she pushes her hair back making sure it doesn't get in her face. She slowly lifts her head from the bowl and glances back towards the clock on the wall. '5:05' the clock wrote. 'Great' she thought to herself, feeling like shit. Colette sat on her bathroom floor and wondered why she had felt so under the weather the past week or two. 'No... I wouldn't be" Colette thought to herself, before quickly standing up and getting changed into some jeans and a flowy blouse before walking to her local store. She stood awkwardly in the shop, skimming her eyes over a few products before she reached the pregnancy test's. She tapped her foot as she read them and checked to see the cheapest one to buy. She grabbed 2 and headed to the checkout. As the person was scanning her items she chew her fingernail anxiously, 'there is no way, it might ruin everything Jeff and I have... we have only been together for like a month' Colette thought to herself. 

The sweaty girl slammed the bathroom door shut behind her and took the test. She set it on the counter and left towards her bedroom. Colette paced around her room waiting for the result of the test to show. Once 15 minutes was up Colette took a big deep sigh and shut her eyes and reached for the test, once in her hand, she opened her eyes. 2 big, clear, lines showed on the test. Colette instantly cried, happiness, fear, sadness washed over her, even denial. 'What am I going to do?!' she thought to herself. She had to take the other test before informing Jeff on the news. 

Time skip to the next day ｡.｡:∞♡*♥

Colette woke up with morning sickness around 7:00am, she took a nice long shower to try and relax her nerves. Today was the day, she would tell her boyfriend that she was pregnant. Colette knew the past with Jeff's father, so she was worried how he would take the news. Once the shower was over she got changed, not before glancing in the mirror and noticing the visible weight difference to her stomach, she smiled and rubbed her stomach gently. Colette dressed in a turtle neck and skirt with her ribbon. 

"Oh hey Col, what are you doing here so early?" Jeff asks opening the door being met with his favorite person, looking anxious. "Oh you know.. just came to see you i guess" Colette responded awkwardly. Jeff frowned noticing she wasn't being herself, so he moved to the side of the door to let her inside. Colette took of her leather jacket and sat on the couch with the jacket on her lap. "Come here please" Colette asked Jeff, and he did just that. Silence fell for around a minute before Colette reached her hand into the pocket of her jacket that lay on her lap, she pulled the now 5 tests she had taken and placed them all down on Jeff's table. "I'm sorry if this isn't what you want, I don't want this to come between us" Colette whispers just loud enough for him to hear. Jeff glances down at the coffee table and his eyes go wide, Colette looks down at the ground and sighs. "Oh" was all the Jeff could say... he sat and stared and didn't say a word. "This is not what i expected I'll admit C. My whole life has just changed, but for the better. I'm so happy with this news Colette. Don't feel ashamed or be sad, this is incredible." Jeff says standing up and sitting next to his pregnant girlfriend, tears swelling in his eyes. He lifted her head and grabbed her hands. "Wait, you want this? I mean really? We are still young, your career just started taking off" Colette asks surprised. "Of course I do. This is incredible news. I love you Colette Russo" Jeff says before kissing her with love and passion she hadn't felt. This was a different kiss, one she had never gotten from Jeff. A kiss that almost spoke, saying 'I love you no matter what'. 

Jeff and Colette spent the next month getting used to the fact they were having a baby together. Colette had started to grow a small, tiny bump and Jeff would sing songs to the baby every night. Jeff would spend less and less time at his apartment, he found it easy to be at Colette's. Michael was just next door and his girlfriend was by his side. The two agreed to move in together aswell as inform there family members on the news of the pregnancy, Colette's mother obviously not agreeing, with the choices they made to keep the baby. She was still fake as could be. Things were going great for the two, only a few months until they can find the gender of the baby. Colette quit her job, she stays at home during the day, and goes to every single gig of Jeff's, taking photo's of him and his new band, including Michael. Life was good for the two, they couldn't have been happier. 

Jeff sat on the lounge writing in his notebook, he had been working hard on his songs with Columbia. Colette came behind him and put her hand around his shoulders, kissing the top of his head. "God I do hate 'forget her' It's just so cliche and cringe... Columbia love it though" Jeff groans. On the page wrote:

Dream brother, Lover you should've come over, Grace, Mojo pin, Forget her, Eternal life, So real

"I feel like you need to replace Forget her with another song, you can't just take it out, then you won't have enough songs baby. I think you fight for whatever you want... Columbia will give in eventually." Colette says massaging Jeff's shoulders. Jeff smiled to himself, 'She always gives the best advice... and massages' he thought to himself. "Well what do you think about the beginning of this?" Jeff responded before picking up his guitar and playing a intro Colette had never heard, before singing  "This is our last goodbye, I hate to feel the love between us die, but it's over. Just hear this and then I'll go. You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know" Jeff sung gently aswell as strumming chords on his guitar. "I think it's your next biggest hit." Colette responded smiling at the talent that sat in front of her. "I hope you have your father's talent little one" She laughed, speaking to the baby, aswell as rubbing her tummy softly. Jeff smiled at the sight.