Staying Strong

Twenty - Eight

Waking up to the smell of breakfast is the best, I walked downstairs rubbing my eyes.

"Hey sleepyhead." Steven whispered.

"Why are you-"

"Shhhh!" Steven pointed to the couch facing the TV.

I walked over to the couch peeking, who was sleeping on there? I walked to the face of the couch and peeked again.

Kyle.

"What is Kyle doing here?" I whispered and walked to the sizzling bacon.

"I called him before you snored your head off." Steven grabbed a few plates from the cabinet above revealing all his tattoos.

I let out a small laugh sitting down at the dinner table.

Steven slid a plate with eggs bacon and a waffle in front of me, "When did you learn how to cook?"

"It was one of the only books I read when I was away." Steven smiled before eating his eggs.

After licking my plate clean I checked the couch to see if Kyle had woken up yet. Nope.

I sighed and walked up to my room changing out of my pajamas.

After I picked out my outfit I walked back downstairs noticing Kyle had just woken up.

His hair was messy and his jawline sharp AS FUCK.

"Hey..." Kyle's said in a raspy tone and rubbed his eyes getting up from the couch and walking over to me. Friiiiick that raspy voice, daaaaaamn.

"Hey." I responded walking closer to his burying my face on his sweatshirt.

His arms rubbed my back in comfort and we hugged for at least five minutes before Steven interrupted.

"I'm growing old here." Steven smirked and dangled his keys in the air meaning it was time to go get my mom from Los Angeles.

We both looked at each other and blushed before I pulled away completely and walked out the door with both guys following behind me like lost puppies.

"Should we have a barbecue for my mom? You know as a welcome back sort of thing." I clicked on my seatbelt and pulled out my phone.

"Dude yes!" Steve got excited, he grabbed his beanie from the secret compartment and fixed it on his head.

I laughed to myself dialing Lenas number.

"Hello?" I mans voice said.

"Uh, who is this?" I was confused but before yelling into the speaker I let the man speak.

"It's Emmett, why are you calling Diana?"

"Uh can I talk to Lena please?" I tried not to sound irritated.

The phone made weird sounds before hearing Lenas voice, "Hey what's up?"

"Why in the world are you hanging out with Emmett? Weren't you with Nate?" I put Lena on speaker.

"I got bored of Nate he'd only talk about Bella and it annoyed me so I dumped him and called Emmett to come comfort me."

Before I said anything else Steven started to talk, "You seem like a fuckgirl, you just dumped someone for talking about another girl they haven't gotten over yet I mean you guys started going out right when Nate and Bella broke up. Feelings don't go away over night. I sure in hell wouldn't go out with you."

Lena stayed quiet, Kyle nor I had anything to say either after a while I cleared my throat, "Anyway, do you think you'd be able to set up a barbecue, you already know where the extra key is and uhhh feel free to invite Emmett."

"Yeah sure." Lenas voice trailed with sadness I hung up before Steven said anything else to make her feel bad.

The whole two hour of pure silence with the radio on full blast I texted Lena once in a while asking her how it was going but I didn't apologize about Steven because it was sort of true.

•••

"Hey guys!" My mom went into the back seats of the car.

"Hello Ms. McPhee." Kyle smiled and looked out the window.

"Hey knucklehead." My mom laughed and messed up Steven hair and his beanie fell off his head.

"Hey what was that for?" Steven grabbed his beanie fixing it once again.

Another two hours of not-so-pure-silence but my mom telling all about the new people she met and how she laughed when she saw my dad with an orange jumpsuit.

•••

When we got home we all came out of the car laughing when I saw the smoke rising from the back yard.

"Darn I told you not to set the house on fire." My mom shook her head hiding her smile as she unlocked the front door.

Kyle grabbed my hand and we both blushed walking out into my backyard.

Bella, Lena, Emmett, Alexis (Stevens Girlfriend) and my moms friends were all jumping up and giving my mom hugs and "Welcome Backs" though I knew she'd be busy and Steven was busy cooking the hamburger patties, Lena was talking to Bella and Kyle was talking to Emmett. Well great now I have to talk to Alexis.

I rolled my eyes and walked over to Alexis who had a can of Coke in her hand.

"Hey." I said pulling out a chair from the table.

"Oh hey." Alexis was startled that someone was talking to her.

{ A L E X I S }

Why was she talking to me? Out of everyone that is here she's talking to me.

"Why are you by yourself?" Diana asked as I noticed her natural features.

"Oh just because," I shrugged. "I don't know."

"It seems like something's wrong I can tell." Diana tilted her head.

She was right something was wrong but I didn't want to tell anyone.

"N-Nothing wrong." I stuttered.

Diana simply nodded her head then I began to think.

Well, Diana is Stevens best friend and if Steven can trust Diana with anything them so can I. Right?

I sighed, "Okay, don't tell Steven I'm not prepared to tell him."

Diana looked up from her cup in shock giving all her attention to me.

"I had um a brain tumor at least one and a half years ago and they doctors said they found something unfamiliar but didn't tell me about it. Long story short, I have stage four cancer."

Diana stayed silent for a while before clearing her throat to talk, "How long?"

Before I could say anything a figure ran out the door starting an engine and driving away.

{ D I A N A }

After talking with Alexis someone ran out the door after I while I got a call. "Excuse me." I got up and went to someplace quiet, without looking at the Caller ID I picked up the call.

"Hello?"

"I'm pregnant."