Captain Marvel • C.E

31 • real life

Hey, I'm here where are you? Her phone pinged with the new message from Chris. She sighed and typed back her own message.

I'm just down the street, I'll see you in a second. She hit send and continued down the path, stopping outside Starbucks and looking inside before stepping in, finding Chris straight away, who was tapping his fingers against the table, looking down at his phone as she walked up to his table.

She cleared her throat, causing him to jerk his head up and he look at her. His face was impassive as he watched her sit opposite him. She shifted uncomfortably on the chair, trying to avoid his gaze.

Chris sighed, leaning back in his chair as he crossed his arms.

"Why didn't you just tell me?" He broke the silence. Marcie pressed her lips together.

"Imagine how I felt when I found out I was pregnant and the next minute there's articles saying you're dating someone." She said, meeting his gaze finally.

Chris shook his head, running a hand over his face.

"She's not my girlfriend, we weren't dating, she's just a friend of mine." Chris commented, "It still doesn't explain why you didn't tell me."

"We agreed to forget what happened between us, Chris, I can't just come to you later on all 'oh joy, I'm pregnant, how lovely'. We had a one night stand, Chris, and now we're dealing with the consequences."

"I thought you were covered." Chris mumbled to himself.

"So did I, but apparently it's defective before your next shot." She shrugged, "Look, what's happened, happened, but what do we do now?" She asked him, her eyes focused on him, looking for any inkling of emotion.

He shrugged.

She sighed and leaned back in her seat, tapping her fingers against the cup in her hands.

"Look," He said, leaning forward so he could lower his voice a little, "We'll work this out okay, we'll do a trial run between us and we can co-parent together. We might as well try before we give up on whatever is happening between us." He said, making her eyes widen in shock.

"You want to give this a shot?" She asked, furrowing her eyebrows. He grinned to himself a little before nodding, "Okay, then. You've got yourself a deal."

"Alright, girlfriend, let's go."

"Woah, going straight to girlfriend are we?" She smirked as she stood, linking her arm with his. He shrugged, feeling smug.

"We've already had sex, and we've been on multiple dates, why not?"

"You act as if sex with you is amazing, I've had better.."

"Sex is better with me.."