A Shade Darker (on hold)

Chapter 10

Blood sample y. Who was that? Chad or Colton? When they took my blood to test the baby's they labeled mine as 'w.' Colton took the test next, being labeled as 'x' so Chad's the father.

I'm pregnant with Chad Reale's baby.  Everything was going to be alright after all.

Taking yet another glance at the paper, Dr. Shaw spoke again, "So Aubrey, the father of your baby  is, Colton Elie West."

I thought 'x' was Colton. I'd been wrong. I must have gotten the labelling mixed up. Shit.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Chad cocked his head.

Folding his arms over his chest, Dr. Shaw told Chad off, "I don't really like that attitude. There is a baby on the line here, Mr. Reale. I understand that this arrangement is going to be tough but it's for the sake of a child."

Trying my best to ignore their conversation, I looked over at Colton. He was frozen. I knew he told me earlier everything would be okay but would it really? What if we were too young and immature to handle this? Colton and I aren't even together.

Taking my eyes away from Colton, I caught a glimpse at Dr. Shaw storming out of the room. "What did you say to him, Chad?"

"Oh, shut the fuck up, Aubrey! You're fucking pregnant with another guy's baby. I can say whatever the fuck I want to say! I have earned that right dont you think? God you fucking bitch!"

I shook my head, feeling fears come on, "No, Chad stop. Please don't do this to me. Baby we love each other. Don't let this get in the way. Calm down."

"Fuck no! You fucked Colton and he got you pregnant. What a nice welcome home surprise. Man, fuck you Aubrey. I'm so done with you."

Leaving me with that sincere goodbye, Chad jolted off the bed and out the door. I sat in bed contemplating whether to cry or not.

"A-Aubrey, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault." Colton whispered, barley audible.

I almost forgot about Colton. Chad had distracted me.

Taking my silence as an answer, Colton stood up, "Look. I know you've had a really rough day so I'm just going to go. We can talk more tomorrow?"

"Please don't leave me." I really didn't want to be by myself. My mom had gone home to help with my siblings and  who knows where Chad was headed.

Instead of coming over to lay with me, Colton began to retreat toward the door. His feet left echoing steps behind.

"Colton, I'm begging you. Don't leave me."

Sighing, Colton turned off the light in my room. He was going to leave me all alone tonight. After I just had discovered the biggest news and he assumed I could handle being alone.

"I won't leave you, ever." Colton's voice whispered as he climbed into my bed.

Smiling that since he stayed, I scooted over to make more room in the tiny bed. Colton's body faced toward me and his free arm wrapped around my waist.

It felt nice to be wrapped in Colton's arms again. Whenever we had been together before it always felt so wrong but now, it felt right. Colton could very well be my boyfriend.

"Aubrey, can I tell you something?"'

"Anything." I whispered, feeling almost scared. After today, who knows what else I'll know. I'm going to be expecting the worst from now on.

As Colton took a deep breath, my head floated up with his chest. He still didn't say anything though. Colton squirmed around a little bit but still didn't say anything.

"Colton, tell me."

Exhaling again, Colton whispered, "I'm not ready for this."

Amen to that. I wasn't ready either. We were both so young. How did the doctors and nurses expect me to be ready to give birth to a child? How did the expect Colton to be a father? We were in high school.

"Colton, I'm not ready for this either. Hell, I'm sixteen and I just found out I'm pregnant. I think I'm handling it  kinda well though."

Repositioning himself, Colton wrapped two arms around me. "You really are, Aubs. I just- I just don't think we can do this. What if we like chose adoption? We can give the baby to a family who can provide everything it needs."

Shaking my head, I disagreed, "We made this baby. We will raise it. You can't back out of that. This is our child. I'm not giving it away."

Completely changing the topic Colton asked, "What are we suppose to tell people?"

"Lucky us, it's summertime. It's not like I'll see everyone from our school. We will just tell our group of friends the truth."

"It's anything you want, Aubrey. I just don't want you to regret anything we had."

"No, Colton. I don't. I just wish we would have used better protection." I sheepishly looked up at him.

Smiling, Colton bent his head down. His lips were just inches away. "You look really beautiful right now. I don't know what it is but wow Aubrey."

I couldn't really concentrate on his words. My mind was mesmerized from his lips. It would be perfect to kiss him right now. I hadn't kissed him since we spent our last night together. If only that would ever be able to happen again.

"Aubrey?" Colton broke my haze.

I jumped, forgetting that I could hear. "Sorry. I was just," I trailed off.

Sexier than I've ever seen it happen, Colton bit his bottom lip. He locked our eyes in an intense stare. I didn't dare to move. I prayed he would continue where ever he was going.

"I want this baby to have two parents. Two parents that are in love," Colton smirked.

I nodded dumbly, just waiting for him to kiss me.

"Are you sure you're ready to be a parent with me? We are going to be tied together for the rest of our lives." Colton smirked again. He knew I was going crazy.

Not wanting to wait a minute longer I begged, "Colton, if you don't kiss me right now I'll freak out."

"That woudln't be too good for the baby. We need to keep you calm," Colton grinned.

Taking matters into my own hands, I pulled Colton's head close. I kept my lips just an inch away from his. Colton's hands ran up my back before resting both around my neck.

I tilted my head up slightly, and our lips met. My eyes slowly shut leaving me in darkness. I didn't need to see anything, though. My lips were doing all the work.

 Every moment went ever so slowly.  Each second resembled a minute. After an eternity of this soft and tender kiss,  Colton's plump lips parted ever so slightly as he tilted his head to the right. Mimicking him, I moved my head with his.

Colton executed his movements with so much emotion and tenderness, you would forget you were really kissing someone and not in a dream. Kissing Colton could really make you go mental. You could get cravings for the taste of his lips on yours. Once you got to kiss him again, all the feelings would come back even harder. You'd want to be permanently stuck on him.

After what seemed like forever, Colton's lips pulled away. Pushing my eyes open, I stared at him in awe. No one has ever kissed me with so much emotion. It was beautiful.

"Wow." I breathed out.

Shaking his hair, Colton grinned. "You like that?"

"No one has ever kissed me like that before. Don't ever hold that back again." I was still shocked how much emotion Colton put into that.

Biting his lip again Colton, stroked my cheek. "Someone needs to kiss you like that every damn day."