My Little Bump

Chapter 17

I walk into Shelby's house where her parents greet me with open arms. I love her parents. They're the hippie type so they let her kids do pretty much anything. It's Shelby's ambition that gets her good grades, not her parents. The two hug me quickly before welcoming me into their house.

Next one is Shelby's younger brother, Wyatt, who's a freshman this year. He's always had a crush on Kate, but she doesn't return the feelings. He comes out of his room with his messed up hair and bright brown eyes. He smiles at me looking around, obviously searching for Kate.

"She's not here." I tell him. He looks over at me and gives a small smile.

"Oh, um, I wasn't looking for her." He lies. I don't catch him though since he already looks embarrassed that he was caught as it is. Instead, I give him a sisterly hug to which he returns with a pat on the back standing awkwardly.

I laugh at his response and pull away. He smiles awkwardly again and walks to the room. I look over at Shelby. "What was that all about?"

"Oh, he's been a little weird since I told everyone about the pregnancy. Apparently he thought you were the innocent one so now he sees you in a whole new light." She reveals. I almost fall from how hilarious this is. I stumble though. Me? Innocent? Ha, yeah right. Shelby soon joins in my laughter as she knows I am quite the opposite.

"Let's go to my room and get your stuff set up." She says. The two of us walk upstairs still giggling and I walk into her normal but crammed room. She has carpeted floors with light purple walls that still haven't been changed since she was little. Her bed is a double with gray covers matching her white bed perfectly.

She isn't a slob. Actually, she is quite the opposite. She's actually an absolute neat freak which is why I freaked out so much when her hair was messed up that week that she was apart from Ken. Everything is in it's place.

However, her room is still the smallest one of the house since Wyatt claimed the other one. She has given this room as much space as humanly possible, but it's still crammed.

She looks at me smiling. "We can share the bed." She says.

"Oh no no no. You hog the bed. Seriously, one time, I woke and you had your arm around me. I get the bed." I demand. She opens her mouth to complain but I point to my belly. That shuts her up. She shrugs giving up and grabs my bags from my hands.

"Let's unpack. I have a feeling you'll be here a while." She tells me. I nod and walk over to the bed. "I already got the right side of the dresser ready for you." I tilt my head and smile at her.

"You're amazing." I tell her. She smiles cockily in response.

"I know." She says just as cockily as her smile. I shake my head at her and continue to unpack. We have everything put away just as Shelby's mom comes in to tell us dinner is ready.

We all sit down at the table and Wyatt is set beside me. I smile at him innocently and he returns it with an uneasy smile. I have to hold back my laugh and decide to just shake my head starting to eat dinner.

"So Nicole, how far along are you?" Shelby's dad asks. They're like family to me, so I don't mind talking about personal things with them. And I know they won't get mad at me for having sex, so I don't have to worry with that.

"Oh, around four months." I tell them.

"Oh great, I always had lots of gas and some constipation during that part of the pregnancy. I hated it." Her mother says.

"Mom! I don't want to hear about that!" Wyatt yells covering his ears. I end up laughing at her comment and actually respond.

"Oh yeah, and some bloating. I hate it so much!" I tell her. Now Shelby's dad looks down at his plate shaking his head and smiling a bit. Shelby laughs with her mom and me at Wyatt's embarrassment.

"But that's okay. At least we got these two wonderful kids as a result." Her mother says. I smile at her comment looking over at Shelby and Wyatt.

She did get two amazing children in the process. Her mother also looks at the two with loving eyes and a sweet smile. Her dad has the same expression looking at the two. Wyatt goes back to eating oblivious of his parents stares while Shelby looks back at the two.

"I love you too mom and dad." She says. I almost aww out loud, but hold it back.

"Are you keeping the baby?" Her dad asks me after a few moments of silence.

"No. The father, Austin, is. He doesn't believe in adoption. That's what I wanted to do in the first place though." I say.

"Doesn't he visit with you often to check up on his child?" Her mom asks me.

"Oh yeah. He goes to the doctors appointments with me and he always talks to me at school about the entire thing. I think he'll be a wonderful father."

We talk about the baby for a few more minutes until dinner is finished and I help them clean up. Afterwards, Shelby and I go up to her room and I am too exhausted to do anything else. I walk over to the bed and slip the covers down. Right before I'm about to lay down I stop in my tracks and my head whips over to Shelby.

"What?" She asks panicked at my sudden change of mood.

"You didn't, uh, do it with Ken in this bed... Right?" I ask her nervous for the answer. She doubles over laughing at my expression.

"No, we did it in his bed when no one wa-"

"Okay, that's enough info. He's still my brother." I tell her. I lay down now feeling better and unfortunately end up laying in bed staring at the ceiling.

My hand moves to my belly and I think about the baby. I haven't really done this at all as I don't want to become attached. However, I can't help it.

If it's a girl, then I'm sure she'll be beautiful with Austin's dark hair but my waves. She'll have great skin with an amazing fashion sense. She'll love herself and not never be self conscious because I'll compliment her every single day.

If it's a boy, then he'll have Austin's messy curly hair that's blonde like mine. And I can teach him to dress nicely and how to respect girls.

What am I talking about? I'm not keeping the baby. I won't be able to compliment her every day and I won't be able to teach him how to respect girls. He or she may not dress well or even have my hair at all. It doesn't matter because I'm not keeping them.

Or should I?
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