It's your Baby (A Nash Grier Fanfic) | COMPLETED

Chapter 52

The next morning I had a pain in the neck, probably from sleeping in a bad position the night before. I vaguely got out of bed and rubbed at my sored neck in my way to the bathroom. When I turned on the light switch, my reflection in the mirror caught me off guard. I had forgotten how bad I looked. My skin was pale, my eyes were kind of puffy due to so much crying, my hair was a tangled mess. There was smudged mascara under my eyes, making me look like if someone had punched me and had left me black eyes. I cringed at my own reflection, it was too horrible. I grabbed the make-up remover and started wiping out my entire face.

I decided to take a quick shower, perhaps it could make me feel a little better. When I was done, I dried myself and then wrapped myself with the towel, walking directly to my room again. I went inside the closet and put on a loose over-size white shirt that Dani got for me last week, and gray sweatpants. I put my wet hair in a high ponytale, no make up this time.

I walked downstairs and was greeted by my brother sitting on the counter, a coffee mug in his hands. He smiled at me, and placed the mug down. "Morning" he said.

"Morning" I replied, my voice hoarse.

"I've never seen you sleep this late on a Sunday" he said.

"Wait! Today's Sunday!?" that helped as a cold water bucket to wake me up for real this time.

"Yeah, so?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"So? I have school tomorrow! And–and I didn't finish my History paper, due tomorrow! Dammit"

"Now that's the Gwen I know and love" he said, taking a sip from his coffee.

"Ah!" I screamed and bolted up the stairs, earning a chuckle from Alec. I closed my door and grabbed my laptop, opening Word. I've been working on that 20 page essay the entire morning, with my book and notebook beside me. I had totally forgotten about it, and the fact that it's a Summative.

"Gwen, can I come in?" I heard Dani at the door.

"Hmm" I mumbled, I was too concentrated to get distracted now. I heard her soft foot steps approaching me, but I didn't bother to look up. She placed a Starbucks coffee next to me on my desk.

"Alec told me on the phone that you were getting all crazy because of this History paper, so I thought some caffeine could give you a little boost"

I smiled gratefully at my best friend. "Once again, you win the award for the best friend of the year" I said which made her laugh.

"Oh wow, I already have like ten best friend awards in my shelf"

"Well, you earned them fairly, always surprising me with the way you understand and know what I need" I took a sip from my latte, feeling way much better than the time I woke up this morning. I was thankfully on my last page of the paper, so I stopped for a moment.

"My fingertips had never hurt this bad" I moaned, earning a chuckle from Dani, who sipped from her coffee.

"You fogetting about doing Homework is so unlike you" she said, and I nodded in agreement.

"I know, I know, but with everything that's been happening, I forget about what's importamt to me, school for starters"

"Yup, you're still goody-goody two shoes Gwen" she said, which made me nudge at her shoulder playfully.

"I need good grades if I want to go to a good College" I replied, now sitting on my bed, Indian style. She nodded and sat beside me. We stayed a few moments in silence before she spoke up.

"What happened yesterday?" I knew she was going to ask that. Though seriously I didn't want to talk about it, I believe Dani deserves to know. Not only is she my best friend, but she also was the one to actually show me what was going on.