Inciting Incident [A.I]

T W E N T Y - O N E .

"I actually don't think we'll work." Ash sighs. "I'm looking for an apartment so-"

"What?" TJ almost shouts. "Ash, I- you can't move out, please, we can just, Ash." TJ continues, running her hands through her hair.

"TJ, it's hard." Ash groans. "Clearly a relationship isn't going to work, fuck buddies leaves me wanting more, and living here makes me want you, and I can't."

"Ash!" She cries.

"I'm sorry." He sighs. "I'll be gone tomorrow." He adds.

"Seriously." She cries.

TJ slumps off to her room and calls Luke.

"Luke, we're over. He ended it." TJ cries.

"What T?" Luke frowns, unable to hear her due to her sniffling.

"I'm gonna have to go to the dorm." She explains still crying. "He left me, we're over."

"Shit T, calm down, I'm on my way." Luke sighs.

Within half an hour Luke was sat on TJ's bed, holding her close.

. . .

"T, are you ok, whats up, T." Luke says frantically, finding TJ sat on the bathroom floor.

"I'm fine." She sighs, getting to her feet.

"Are you sure, what happened?" He question, wrapping his arms around her waist as she brushes her teeth.

"I felt sick." She shrugs.

"You ok? Not pregnant are you?" He suggests playfully.

"No." She smiles. "At least I don't think so."

. . .

"Mum." Ash smiles making his way in to the family home.

"Ash, why are you back?" She frowns.

"We, broke up." He stutters as she pulls him in to a warm hug.

"Ash." She groans disappointedly.

"I know mum, I know." He mumbles.

"She was the best girlfriend you've had." She sighs.

"I know mum, I know, she was special."   He groans, slowly becoming angry. "And I just let her go. No one understands mum, she changed me. She - she was my inciting incident." He says like realisation had just hit him.

. . .

"Right Ash, come on, time to get up. You can't hibernate now, you have work." His mum was the only morning person he knew. She makes her way in to the room and opens his curtains.

"Right I'm up." He groans, quickly sitting up. His mum nods and makes her way out of the room.

As soon as the door shut Ash wraps his hand around his length, hoping to relieve himself after the dream he'd just experienced, which of course, was about TJ.

Within an hour Ash was on his way to work.

"Mr Irwin. How are you today?" One of the blondes in reception ask as he makes his way inside.

"Fine." He snaps, stepping in to hand elevator.

"Ash, where was you last week?" Dee groans.

"Not now." He groans. "It's sir or Mr Irwin." He adds. "Can I have a coffee please?" He requests as he is turning on his computer.

"Of course, be right back." She grins, rushing out of the office. Ash takes a seat at his desk and loosens his tie as he gets to work. "Here's your coffee." Dee sings as she returns. "You have a visitor, shall I let her in?" She asks.

"Sure, whatever." Ash grumbles. "TJ what are you doing here?" Ash snaps as she enters the office.

"I'm sorry it's just, I- we need to talk." She stutters.

"Talk then."

"I, think, we- I, well I'm pregnant."

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Sorry I haven't updated in ages.

Sorry about the multiple skips.

I think the next chapter will be the last.

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