Unexpected Turns (EDITING)

*Chapter 12*

Weston was silent for a little while as we made our way to the store. He stared off into the distance like he was hoping this was a fake. My mind was racing and I was afraid of what he would say. I wanted to know what he was thinking but he was lost in translation and I could see his mind spinning.

"Three weeks to get used to the idea that we are going to be parents. I am not really sure what to say. I am happy he's a boy though then I can teach him everything he needs to know about being a real man." He stopped in his tracks and didn't say anything else but I knew he had more to say.

We made it back to his house just in time for everyone to leave for work. I was alone in the house and could do whatever I wanted to. I sat and thought about the next few weeks and how I was going to have to get out on my own, make ends meet and raise my son. This was going to be hard and I knew it but I also had overcome death once so I knew I would be strong enough to handle this. After all Weston was a great guy and I hoped he would be there to help me along the way. I didn't want to depend on him but I knew I was going to need his help. I went for a walk just to clear my mind and hopefully find some peace for the racing thoughts in my mind. I even took to my blog that I had neglected while I was drugged up.

New and unusual feelings,

Here is a pretty detailed update for all of you following me, if there are any of you left. Since the last time we talked I've had a lot of happen from becoming addicted to drugs, getting clean, leaving the person who I thought was the love of my life, meeting another great man, leaving him for drugs, almost dyeing finding out I'm pregnant and now crawling back to the other great guy. Let me start by saying the supposed love of my life got me hooked on drugs and I thought I would die if I didn't have them, turns out I don't need them. Sometimes I think about them and what they could have done to my unborn child but not about doing them. I was saved by this pregnancy and the other guy, he's amazing after all he took me in when I was alone. Everyone I thought I could count on turned me away because of my past. He was the only one who without a second thought took me in and now were trying to get through this together. He says he doesn't want a relationship and I agreed with him but something inside of me is saying that isn't what either of us want. He's been so kind to me I'm not sure if I could ever repay him, oh yeah the baby is his and he's growing well. That's right it's a boy and we have three weeks until he arrives. I've been clean now for almost eight months but some days are better than others. At this time, I'm confused but not alone he who will remain nameless has been a wonderful man and I can't thank him enough.

Lost in Translation.

The sun began to set as I made my way outside. It was a nice night and sitting on the porch reading would be how I spent the rest of the night. I was lost in my reading when I heard the garage door open and lots of laughter coming from that direction. The back door slammed closed and Weston came to see me on the porch.

"How long have you been sitting here?" he asked

"Long enough to read almost an entire book but I would say since the sun began to set." I said as he stared off into the distance.

"Are you going to come in and eat something?" he asked

He didn't have to say much but there was food on the table and I was pretty hungry. We all ate in silence as everyone was full of questions but no one was asking them. Finally Weston broke the silence.

"Ask away, I know you are full of questions and I haven't exactly been the nicest person." He said looking around the table.

"Brinsley how long were you going to wait before you appeared and ruined Weston's life?" One of his friends Zane asked. I was a bit taken back by the way the question came out but he was right.

"I had no plans on coming to Weston because I was happy with the man I was with. He was toxic for me and wasn't going to be the father I knew he could be if he tried."

"But it's not even the other guy's baby." His other coworker Harvey said almost yelling at me.

"No it's not he looks just like Weston."

"So it's a boy and now you're looking for what sympathy?" Harvey asked

"No sympathy needed I screwed up my life enough in the past and I don't want it to follow me to the future." I said trying to be calm.

"Guys this wasn't what I meant by questions. Here is what you all need to understand about the way this is going to work out. Brinsley and I made some choices and be it they may have or may not have been bad we are here facing this. I couldn't ask her to be alone with my child. What kind of man does that make me. All of you have known me long enough to know that I do not run from my problems. This may not be a problem but it is going to change the way things work." Weston said slowing the attack of questions on me. I already felt bad for the way I handled myself in the past and I don't want that to reflect on me now.

"I have to apologize for jumping into your lives likes this but when I had nowhere else to go I had to depend on someone to help me. My mother sent me away and Dom is never going to grow up. I need that man in my life that can show me how to function normally like I did before I was with Dom." I said trying to clear the air.

"So your saying you are trying to make this right by barging in on Weston with a child that he knows isn't his." Zane said slapping me in the face with his words.

"Zane, enough of that. Take a look at this." Weston said pulling out the pictures of the baby.

"He looks just like you, wow man." Harvey said sounding surprised that I knew what was going on.

"He is mine through and through. We may not like the idea but we have to get used to it. In just over two weeks he will be here and we are going to need all the help we can get from everyone." Weston said almost pleading with them.