Thank You For Saving Me // Stauren

chapter thirty six

Lauren's P.O.V
Next week. Steven's birthday. Shit. We had been SO caught up in everything else, that we haven't even talked about it. I've never forgot his birthday before. Ever! But it was in 7 days, that's how long I've got. Damn it!

I tried to figure out what to do. It was hard, I couldn't invite Emily round here because Steven is here, and I know that he won't like the idea of me driving to Emily's on my own. I guess she could pick me up? Waste of gas for her, I know but this is an emergency in my case.
So I texted her, I didn't want Steven to hear us talking on the phone.

Me: Hey Em! Xx

Emily: Yo! What's up? 👍

Me: Can you come pick me up from my apartment please? It's urgent! Xx

Emily: Yeah sure! I'm guessing it's about next week 😉

Me: Yes. It is. Now hurryyyyyy!

Emily: Okay okay! But you know I can't keep secrets 🙃

After around five minutes Emily picked me up. And yeah, she has an obsession with using emojis in every text.

"Hey Steve! I'm going to Emily's!" I shouted through the apartment to hopefully get his attention.

"What? Is she here? Are you sure that's a good idea??" He asked with worry as he walked around the corner.

"Yes, she's here and yes I'm sure it's a good idea. I'll be alright. Emily's with me." I said reassuringly.

"Alright. But don't be too long. I hate being alone." He said with a chuckle.

I kissed his cheek and we said goodbye to each other.
It was only a 5 minute drive to Emily's so we were there quickly. After around 5
minutes, me and Emily were at the table thinking of stuff and thangs (A/N - sorry I had to 😅) to do for Steven's party. It took us a while but we just decided to throw him a surprise birthday party. I'd rather do that then go out to a restaurant with the cast since we always do that. Every. Single. Year. You can only do it so many times until it gets boring. So we were changing it up.
There was a long line of focused silence, before anything was said.

"Hey, Lauren?" Emily randomly said out of the blue, since we were in silence trying to concentrate on the party.

"Yeah?" I replied not looking up from writing down little notes.

"When was the last time you went back to England to see you're family?" Emily asked randomly. I mean I didn't mind answering the question, but it was just random.

"Umm... In the summer. Why?"

"Just wondering. So they haven't met Steven?" She asked another question while writing down another note about the things we need.

"Well, no. They don't exactly know that I'm with Steven..." I told her and soon after her head looked up from what she was writing. It was true, I hadn't told them about Steven. There was so much going on at the time that I never got around to telling them about him. I don't even think they know that me and Jay are over either, which is the worst thing. I don't really have a great relationship with my mother. And my dad? I don't really have one. I have a step-dad but that's it. That's the closest I have, it could be worse I know but I feel like an outcast. I also have two younger sisters, one is 5 years younger and the other is 7. They were the centre of attention, so I was never really involved. I hated it. The only time I get attention now, is when I come "home" for summer since they don't see me in a while because I only visit in July/August time. I don't class it as home. Home is here. In America. With Steven and Emily and the cast. And my near to perfect job. The blood on the show can get a bit too much. Anyway, that's my home, not back in England.
They didn't want me to go into acting, but I did. Because that's what I wanted. Me. Not anyone else.
No one knows really. Emily knows and that's it. Not even Steven knows about them.

"So when are you gonna tell them? You have to tell them at some point. I'm guessing the think the baby's Jays" she says, pulling me from my thoughts. Oh. Shit. I pull a face that pretty much says "umm oops, kinda haven't told them I'm pregnant either. Hehe." And from Em's facial expression after she sees mine, totally shows that she realised what my expression was showing.
"Lauren!! Are you serious?! So, let me say this out loud to get my head around it. Your parents think that you're still with Jay, they don't know that you're with Steve, and they have no idea you're having a BABY!?" She says trying to make me realise what I've done isn't good, but I already know that.

"Well, when you put it like that--" I began in a slightly sarcastic tone but she cuts me off.

"I'm serious Lauren. Tell them and soon. Even if it's over video chat. I don't care how, just do it. And fast." She said to me, obvious seriousness in her tone of voice. She was clearly not happy, you can tell. She called me Lauren! It's usually, nearly always, 99.9% of the time, Laur!!

"Alright... I'm going to, I just... Need things to be calmer. Wait for things to settle down before I tell them anything. But I will, I promise." I replied. Wow. I really failed on this one, huh? Geez.

Who knew Party Planning could end up like this?

--A/N--

Sorry this took soooooo long!
Still got a lot of exams to do 😓
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