Stuck in a room with a hot guy!

Part 11

The weather was awful that next week. The rain bucketed down from heaven with no sigh of stopping, rumour had it that floods were expected if the rain didn't cease fall. I stopped reading the novel Jas had bought me as a heart-break-relief gift but I just culdn't concentrate. The mysterious break up between me and Rex puzzled me more than saddened me. I should have been the one to break up with him, Icaught him cheating and then he acts all sorry at me the very same day and breaks up with me. Its too odd! I put the novel on the coffee table and walked over to the kitchen to find something to eat. My mom sat on a chair around our dining room table, her eyes were red and tears slicked her cheeks. I rushed over to her, my brows knitted with concern.

"Mom! Whats wrong?" 

She looked over at me, her eyes brimming with moisture.

"Oh, nothing." She sighed. 

"Well, if you're crying it is!" I Put my hand on her arm, but she shied away. 

"It's your sister," she took in a laboured breath," she's pregnant."  

Suddenly I felt cold. It was a coldness that I'd felt before. Something like dread, or panic, but this was more for my sister. Oh my god. She's pregnant. She's what, 18?! This is not good. 

"H-how far along is s-she?"  I whispered. 

My mother gasped," I could see it. A small lump." 

This was too much for me. I ran outside, into the pouring rain and cried. I slumped down onto the pavement and felt the sobs shake my body. I cried for my sister, the goody-two-shoes who didn't dream of getting married, who visited church every Sunday, who never dated. I couldn't believe it. She had just made it into college with a generous scholarship and now, now that she's pregnant she'll get kicked out for sure. She wont ever be able to keep that kid safe and attend lectures or handle the stress. Then Rex popped into my mind and made me cry even harder, his smile beamed through my thoughts and guilt rose up like bile in my throat. I was too busy crying to notice the two dark eyes peering from a parked car only metres away. 

An hour passed and I was still in the rain, my clothes were soaked but I'd finished crying. My mom must have guessed I'd run of to Jas's so she'd be asleep or on the couch. The rain continued to splatter around me, hitting gutter pipes and car windows. Suddenly I heard the slamming of a car door and a dark figure made it's way towards me, at first I couldn't make it out but as it drew nearer I noticed it wasdefinitely male.  He walked over and promptly sat down next to me, I blushed through the wet on my face. Uh, who the hell was thi-Rex!? What the hell is he doing here? And yes, Rex just sat right there without any words. He seemed to be wearing a thick raincoat with its hood up, but I could still make out his defined face which wore a worried grin. 

"Rex?!" I could hardly hide my astonishment. 

"Hey." He looked at my shivering body and stood up. Beckoning for me to follow him he made his way to a blue BMW parked only a few metres away. He unlocked the car and ushered me in. The heating must have been on for a long time because as I stepped in I felt a wave of heat and gladly plonked my wet body on the cream leather. He stepped in next to me on the drivers seat and took of his soaking coat. There was a moment of silence but it was broken by Rex.

"You're probably wondering why I'm outside your house."  He wrung his fingers together, nervously biting his lip. 

"Yes, actually." 

"Well, truth is, I came back to apologize. And I know it seems stalker-ish but trust me I wasn't planning on perving outside your window. I was kinda waiting 'till your moms night shift cos I thought she'd kill me for being an asshole to you. So that's why I'm in the car."  

" Rex, I appreciate it, truly I do but do you even have a licence?" 

He smiled and ignored the question," So I guess I owe you an explanation." 

I nodded crossing my arms over my chest. 

"Maureen, I know what I did was wrong. So very wrong, to just rub your affection in your face like that but I have something to tell you. Yes, you will be shocked and I ask you to understand that I pushed you away out of anxiety and shock and it is not personal cos I care for you, probably more than you realize and keeoing you away from me for a while was what I needed," He took a deep breath," Maureen, I have cancer."  

Numb. Thats all that I felt. A serious numbness. Like I was paralyzed and knew what I was meant to feel but couldn't feel it. I'm not sure how long I sat there staring at the radio player in Rex's car but it seemed an eternity. Finally I looked up at Rex. His beautiful dark eyes were filled with tears I saw he fought to control them but I didn't care if they fell. I grabbed Rex and pulled him into a huge affectionate bear hug. 

"Rex..." I whispered.

His strong arms grabbed me and he hugged me back. It wasn't a gentle hug, but one filled with all emotion. 

"W-why were you crying on the side-walk?" Rex's voice was shaky as he held me. 

 "My sister is pregnant and my mom is a wreck about it. I needed to blow off some steam."  I seemed surprisingly calm for the current situation. I really wanted to bombard Rex with questions about the cancer but he might think I was being insensitive. The bear hug lasted for a few more seconds and when we parted I told him he should come over to my place for something warm, for all I knew was that I would get ill if I didn't get inside and get warm clothes.

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Shock horror. D: