Best Friends (A Joe Sugg Fanfiction)

Chapter Twenty-Three

EMILY'S POV

Joe sent Zoe to get his stuff so I ended up talking to Zoe for a while over a cup of tea, 'Zoe, I made a mess of everything' I said getting tearful. She hugged me because she knew that what Joe did was wrong and she wanted to comfort me. 'It's alright, I'm here for you' she said getting a little tearful herself because she hated when people cried. 'I miss him you know' I cried and she nodded, she knew. 'He misses you too, he also told me about the baby...' she said.

'I didn't want him to find out like that... I'm such a bad person' I cried.

'It was his own fault, not yours okay? You remember that!' she said a little sternly. She ended up staying for an hour or two before she had to go. I had now gone back to fitting nicely into size 6 clothes and you could see a little bump developing now. 'Zoe...' I said before she left.

'Yes?' she turned around to look at me.

'I know it sounds weird but could you take a picture of my belly and show it to Joe. I haven't had a scan yet so this is what the baby looks like' I pulled my top up a little and Zoe took the photo before asking, 'when is your scan?' 

'Its tomorrow, at 10am tell Joe he can come if he likes...' I said because it was his baby too and he deserved to see what they looked like. She nodded and then left. I was alone again with Poppy of course. I invited Jim and Tanya over for tea to thank them for everything, they were both my best friends. I decided to make a quick spaghetti bolognese for us because it was simple and easy to do. I brought wine for Tanya and beers for Jim. They were coming over in about an hour so I went to my bedroom and chose a black tight looking dress which really defined my bump. I put my hair in a messy bun. The door knocked and I opened it to see my two best friends there. I hugged them both and we sat at the table and were laughing and joking. 

It was lovely to have a laugh after everything with Joe. Jim was Joe's friend too but he agreed with me that what he did was horrible. We decided to film for there channels, I quit my channel because I couldn't deal with it right now maybe I would continue in the future but not right now. I was still in videos with people though. We did a best friend vs boyfriend/fiancee in Tanya's case for her channel and for Jim's him and Tanya did a whose most likely too where I read the things out and kept the score. We had ice cream for pudding and by 8:30pm Jim and Tanya decided to go home so I could rest.

I hugged them and we said goodbye, I sat on the sofa and Poppy was asleep in her bed so I watched The British Bake Off I know, I always seem to watch this well it is my favourite program! By 10pm I decided to go to bed. I got into the bath quickly to wash my makeup off and to relax for a little bit. I got into my underwear because none of my pajamas fitted comfortably anymore. I had to go out tomorrow and get some maternity ones I think. I fell asleep straight away because I was shattered. 

(The next day)

I woke up at 8am to get ready for the scan, I was really nervous what if Joe did turn up. What would I say to him? I put on a t-shirt which was white and blue stripped with some jeans which were stretchy and my converse. I didn't put on any makeup and just put my hair in a messy ponytail. I went downstairs and gave Poppy her breakfast before having some porridge and then I left the house. I drove to the hospital and checked-in. I looked around the waiting room but Joe wasn't there. I felt a little sad that he wasn't though. I thought that he might be running late, I got called in to the room. I walked in, 'can we wait for a little bit please?' I asked sadly and the nurse said yes we could she was lovely. We had been waiting for 10 minutes when I figured that he wasn't coming. 

I had the scan and the nurse said that the baby looked healthy which was a bonus. The minute I got back in my car I cried a little because I thought that he would show, I text Zoe:

Emily: Hey, Joe never showed...

Zoe: yea, he said that he didn't want to make things harder for you... :( sorry. I told him to text you to tell you but clearly he didn't.

Emily: Okay, thanks Zoe...

I put down the phone and started to cry some more. I drove home and just sank by the front door, could he not see that I still loved him? I text him angrily:

Emily: Thanks for showing. Means a lot! 

Joe: Just leave me alone. Don't make this harder than it has to be.

Emily: For God's sake grow up Joe. You're going to be a dad fucking hell.

I was so angry at this point. How could he be like this? He never replied after that which annoyed me even more. How dare he do this... 'Looks like its just us for a while little one' I said to my stomach. I decided to get in my car and get some new maternity clothes for when I got bigger. I was excited for this baby and so happy that the pregnancy was going well so far. I ended up shopping until 5pm then went in Nando's for tea, why not treat myself? 

(3 months later)

I was now 4 months pregnant and I was getting even more excited. I still hadn't heard off Joe and I really wanted him to be a part of the baby's life. Today I was going to find out the gender of the baby and I was very excited. I got to the hospital and was called to the room in 5 minutes of waiting. 'You're having a baby boy!' the nurse said happily. I asked for two scan pictures and she gave them to me, I text Zoe saying that I was having a boy and then I text Joe telling him too. I drove to Zoe's house in Brighton and knocked on the door. 'Hello, I'm not stopping I just came to ask if you could give Joe this..' I said nervously she nodded and then I left. I didn't want to chat because I had nothing to say.

I drove back home and it was just me and Poppy again, I fed Poppy and then went in the bath to relax because my back was killing me. When I got out of the bath I heard Poppy barking so I went to check what she was barking at. It was the door, I opened the door and no one was there. 'Poppy!' I said a little annoyed but laughed a little. I had to stay happy it was better than being sad and angry all the time. I showed Jim and Tanya the scan picture and told them the gender, 'do you have a name yet?' 

'Yes!' I said excitedly, 'Oscar James Brown'

'That's beautiful!' Tanya said and Jim looked at me weirdly. 

'What?' I asked concerned.

'Brown? Not Sugg?' He asked.

'Yes, Joe's not been to a single scan or been bothered so why should Oscar have his surname? besides Oscar James Sugg sounds silly' I laughed at the last bit.

'Good point' Jim said before hugging me 'sorry to ask' he sounded guilty but he didn't need to feel like that, 'it's okay Jim!' I said before pulling away. 'I just have to come to terms with being a single mum...' I said a little sadly before remembering to stay happy at all times.