The one who doesn't lie

Chapter 12

"Jacquelyn wake up" I hear half asleep. Not wanting to open my eyes and not knowing who it is. "Wake up!" Louder this time. Rubbing my eyes to let my vision focus. "Mmm what time is it?" I ask still trying to see who it is but it's pitch black in my room.

"We need to talk." It's axels gruffy voice. "Right now, can't it wait?" I say rolling over to face away from him. Closing my eyes again. He then starts to shake me a little. "Please." He says.

Rolling back over to face him, rolling my eyes. "Fine." Throwing my fluffy comforter off of me forgetting I was only in my underwear. The cold air runs over my body making me shiver. I go put on an oversized hoodie to cover myself. "Say what you want to say." I said to him with my tired voice throwing my hoodie on.

He stays quiet for a second trying to form his words in his head before speaking them. "Are you really pregnant?" He asks me. I must've woke up on the wrong side of the bed because it irked me the wrong way. "You know what, come with me." I tell him. Grabbing my car keys we head outside driving 5 minutes down the road. I'll go inside without him and buy 3 pregnancy tests. Then driving back home. Going into our shared bathroom I pee into a cup and drip it onto the 3 pregnancy tests. "It takes a minute." I tell him which he nods not saying anything.

The one minute felt like an hour with how much silence there was. You could hear a cricket jump in here because of the quiet. Finally my timer goes off on my phone and I grab the tests. Giving them to him without looking myself. "There's your proof, goodnight." I say with a half smile. Exiting the bathroom with him on my tail. "Do you not understand what good night means?" I ask him.

"Why push me away if you're pregnant?" He asks me. "Ugh Axel. I'm exhausted. You do understand that there's another human growing inside of me right?" I tell him crawling back into my bed throwing the comforter over me. "I just don't understand. This should be good news right? I mean I love you I'm in love with you and now I'm going to be a dad." He says to me still staring at the pregnancy tests.

"You say you love me but you don't know everything about me. And it should be good news. And maybe if we couldn't really fallen in love then got pregnant I would be happier. The way I see it im raising this child on my own." I say to him closing my eyes.

"Then let me get to know you. Let me love you and be there for you and our child." He kind of asks me.

I don't say anything in return. "Tomorrow let me take you out on a date?" He really asks me now. "If I say yes will you let me go back to bed?" He nods yes in return. "Then yes, now good night." I tell him waiting for him to leave my room but he's still sitting there with the tests in his hands. Suddenly putting his hand on my belly. "I promise baby I'll be a better parent than my dad was." He says to the baby. "Goodnight Jacquelyn."

The way he talked to the baby honestly made me smile. I'm glad he's excited because I'm scared as hell holding my shit together. "You can stay, I mean if you want." I tell him rolling over and closing my eyes. Feeling his imprint in the bed and then his arm wrapping around me to hold my belly. I wonder if we'll be good parents. If we'll actually fall in love and be a family. It's now 3am and I'm exhausted. Stopping my brain and letting it finally get the rest it needs.

6am and I wake up with a sudden urge to throw up. This morning sickness thing is horrible I think to myself. Jumping out of the bed and running to the bathroom. Axel running in behind me holding my hair back for me. "Are you okay? Do you need anything?" He asks me. Out of breath from throwing up I can't answer I just shake my head no. He sits down behind me holding me up so I don't fall still holding my hair too. Maybe I am falling for him.

After 15 minutes of sitting at the toilet throwing up and gagging. "You know what sounds good?" I say laughing a little bit. "Maybe a toothbrush?" Axel responds. I laugh slapping him on the arm making him laugh more. "No I really want some donuts." I say.

"Really after all of that you want donuts?" He asks. "Well the baby does." I say looking down at my belly smiling. "I think that's the first time I seen you smile since you found out you were pregnant." He said getting to his feet. He holds his hand out for me to take. Brushing my teeth he grabs his keys. "Let's go get the baby what he wants." He says. "How do you know it's a boy?" I ask him. "Just a feeling." He says as we head down the stairs.

"Good morning you two! Where are you going?" Mia asks us. "Just to get some donuts" Axel says before I could respond. "Okay well we don't work tonight or tomorrow because of the holidays. Do you guys want to play some games and hangout?" Mia asks. Since nobody knows that we're pregnant they don't know I can't drink. Which means excuse after excuses until we're ready to tell people. "It sounds like fun but I don't think I'll drink tonight." I say.

"Aw man really!" Skylar whines. "I'll just drink for you so we can all still play." Axel says looking at me. And I smile at him, "okay that could work." I say. "Okay what's going on between you two?" Mia asks glaring between the two of us. I look down not able to make eye contact because I might just tell them everything. "Nothing we've just gotten closer the last couple days since we spent so much time together. But we're leaving do you guys want anything?" He asks them. "Maybe pick up a few bottles of alcohol." One of them asks I'm not sure which one because I already started heading toward the door.

"Okay okay bye" Axel says hurrying behind me. "After donuts is there anyway we could go shopping there's a few things I want to get?" I ask getting excited.

"What's that all about it?" He asks me smiling right back at me. Opening my door for me. "I just want to look at stuff for the baby is all." I tell him holding my belly. "Sounds like a great idea." He rushes out before shutting my door and running to his side.