Lucky Number Seven: A Roc Royal Story

Chapter 13: The Ugly Truth

 -Camryn's POV-

After I shut the door, I leaned back on it. He is such a asshole, I thought to myself. Fuck all the crying I'm doing over him, fuck whatever game he's trying to play with me. I walked up the stairs and knocked on Cayla's door. "Wake up!" I waited 30 seconds and got no answer. I walked inside and pulled the covers off of her. "Get up Cayla!" she groaned and tried to get the cover back. I pulled it away.

"Come on! Daddy is coming back today." she sat up nervously. "I can't tell him...I can't. I really cant" "Look I'll tell him ok and then you can talk to him. It's fine." I assured her. "Thanks." she said kissing my cheek and going off to the bathroom. I started cleaning the house up, trying to keep my mind off Roc. In about a hour the house was perfectly clean and me and Cayla were on the couch, waiting for our dad to show up.

"Are you showing yet?" I asked her. "No." "Good, maybe we should wait until tomorrow to tell him...you know?" I said. "Why don't you want to tell him.You think he'll still freak out?" The last thing I wanted to do was worry more. "It's not that...I just-why don't we just wait until he settles in?" "Camryn I really just want to get the whole thing over w-". We were interrupted by a ringing on the doorbell. "Shit." and Cayla said at the same time. 

I walked to the door and looked through the peephole. Tears came to my eyes as I saw my dad for the first time since Christmas two years ago. I opened the door and jumped in his arms. He squeezed me tight. I can't help being such a damn crybaby. I stepped out of the way so he could hug Cayla. She ran to him as he took off his army hat. I just stared at him. I can't believe how much I missed him. "I missed you two so much." I hugged him again, trying to realize he was actually back. "Please don't leave again." I said into his chest. "I won't." he assured me, patting my back.

"So I have a surprise for you two." he said walking back to the door. "Huh?" my sister said following behind him. I followed as he opened the door and walked out. I got out there and saw a navy blue Infiniti M. I gasped. "Is this-?" My sister stood frozen with her mouth open. "Why don't yall try it out." Both me and Cayla raced to the drivers seat. "Ya'll used to race for the front seat like that." My dad said laughing. "But remember you two are sharing this okay?"

She got there first so I sat in the passenger's seat. She zoomed out the driveway and screeched. "Damn Cayla!" I yelled as she zipped right down the street. "CAYLA SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!" "You wanna get some food?" she said, ignoring me. "No, damn! I just had breakfast can we go back?" "Well shit I'm hungry. We can stop at this CVS." she said as she pulled into the parking lot. I sighed as we stepped out. "I'm driving it on the way back." I picked up some lemonhead & friends while she raided the ice cream section. "CAMRYN GRAB ME SOME SWEDISH FISH!" Cayla yelled from across the store. I rolled my eyes, laughing. She has completely lost her mind since she's been pregnant.

We met up at the front, got our stuff, and left. Driving the car made me feel grown, I'd been wanting my own car for like a year. But it was over quick and before I knew it I had to go in the house and ruin my dad's day. "Go upstairs." I whispered to her as we walked inside. She headed up the stairs as I sat by him on the couch. I sat there for a while before I decided to just get it over with. "Daddy please promise after I tell this you won't freak out. Just please don't be too hard on her." I rambled. "Camryn what's going on?" he said turning to me, catching the fear in my voice.

I sighed. "Cayla, she...needs you right now, to be sympathetic." He looked scared of what I was about to say too. "She...she's. Pregnant." His head dropped to his knees. It's like I had knocked the wind out of him. He took deep breaths and sat up. He stood up and went upstairs to her room. I convinced myself to not worry because stress was starting to overwhelm me.

(Monday, 9:52 AM)

-Chresanto's POV-

I left the gym from my meeting with the coach. Today was the day I committed to the college I would be playing at. I wasn't excited, not one bit, especially since I wasn't sure at all that I wanted to play basketball proffessionally. Since I was being nationally recruited, there was press outside waiting for me to announce. I didn't have much inspiration for my decision. I stopped in the bathroom to splash some water on my face and then my locker. 

I opened it and got my brush, neatening up my hair. As I was getting ready to close it, I saw Cayla passing me. I didn't know why, but I wanted to apologize. I could tell she was going through things right now. "Hey, Cayla." She looked at me and then looked away from my eyes. Damn...even though she did me wrong, I couldn't help but feel bad.

"I...I'm uh...sorry." She gave me a weary smile, "It's fine, really. I dese-" "You didn't. I'm sorry." I opened my arms for a hug, and luckily she accepted. "So, we can be friends?" "Of course Roc. Good luck out there." She said walking away and smiling. I closed my locker and walked out to face the press, a little happier than before.

-Camryn's POV-

I couldn't quite tell what happened last night with Cayla and my Dad, but they seemed fine this morning at breakfast. All my anger at Chresanto, I mean Roc had seemed to fade away.

The bell rang and I bolted out. Everyone was rushing to the front of the school, and then I remembered that Chres would be announcing his college choice in a few minutes. I wanted to be there for him so bad, but I knew it couldn't be like that. I met Jacen at his locker and he greeted me with a long kiss. As we kissed, the only thought running through my head was; He's right, completely right. Jacen can't kiss me like him.

 I guess I wasn't responding anymore, because he pulled away. "Babe what is it?" Shit shit shit. The words were going to come out of my mouth, I knew they were. Before I could think I blurted. "I can't do this, I'm so sorry Jay." He broke contact with me. "I don't know when you'll realize Camryn. He's a fucking jerk.  He's not the one for you why can't you-" He stopped himself when he started getting louder and walked away from me.

I don't know why I avoided it so long, or I why I was just realizing it. Either way, I just wanted him to know I felt the same way, for sure. As I started to walk towards the door, I realized how dirty I felt. I hurt both of them too much and all I did was go back and forth. Before I could reach the door I ran into him coming in. He looked drained, like me. He sighed. "I'm sorry. Again." he didn't mean it.

-Chresanto's POV-

"I'm sorry. Again." I didn't know what else to say. I'm not saying I gave up, but I know no matter what I do, she would still run to him. "So who's the lucky school?" "Arizona." I said nodding. We had a weird silence. Then she decided to confuse the shit out of me, jumping into my arms. I hugged her back but froze for a second when she kissed me. Yep, she kissed me. But when that ended I came back to reality. She was talking.

"What?" "I said I want to be with you. I realized that-" She went on, but I could feel myself starting to get angry. I had been chasing her for too long, for her to just decide to like me. My brow creased. "You think that's how it works? You can't do that. I've been trying to get to you for so long Camryn. You think now you can just pick me up now? It's a bit late." 

"I don't understand, I-I-I want you. I didn't see it before, I feel so much towards you...I...I" "I'm glad I could finally wear you down. No fucking thanks." I said walking away. I regretted it as soon as I heard her sobs. I forced myself to keep walking away. Damn Chresanto, that was too rough . I felt so bad already, and that wasn't even everything I wanted to say. I wondered if she meant it.

I wondered...when I cut her off, if she was going to tell me she loved me.

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Sorry for the ending =p. More pictures of Jacen in multimedia.