No-one but Nate

Chapter 18

Lisa’s POV

“What’s wrong, Lisa?” Craig comes and sits next to me on the couch and grabs my hand in his.

I can feel tears start to form at the back of my eyes but I try and hold them back, “I’m so sorry but I –I –I’m pregnant.” By this point tears are constantly running down my face.

Craig let’s go of my hand and stands up, his hand covering his mouth. He’s walking back and forth, saying something under his breath which sounds something like, “I’m going to be a father?”

I try to calm myself down, “Look, I know you weren’t asking for this and because you don’t want to be a father yet, I understand if you want to break up with me.”

“Are you sure you’re pregnant with my child?” Craig sits back on the couch.

“Of course I’m sure.” I raise my voice, then lowering it,“You’re the only person I’ve been sleeping with.”

“Okay then, how do you know you’re pregnant?” the same question is asked once again.

He takes my hand againand graciously rubs his thumb over my knuckles. I begin to tell him the exact same story I told Ella and Nate.

When I’m finished the story, Craig takes me into his arms. “I won’t leave you and our child. You guys are my responsibility now; I will take care of you both. Don’t worry, I will never think about leaving you two.”

“Promise me?” I muffle into his shirt.

“I promise.”

We decided to watch a movie and fall asleep in each other’s arms.

*****

Ella’s POV

“Did I miss something when I was gone?” Nate asks me as we walk towards my car.

“Yes, you missed a lot.” I tell him, “I’ll fill you when we get to my place.”

*****

Both Nate and I seat ourselves onto my couch when we get to my place. “Where have you been?” Adrian says at the entrance of the living room.

“We’ve just been at Lisa’s place.” I tell him.

Adrian takes his seat on the floor. “What? The both of you went?” He finger points at Nate then me then back at Nate then back to me. “What for?”

“There are so much you guys missed out on.” I tell them.

“Why? What is it? Can you tell us?” Nate says.

I shake my head. “I can’t. It’s not my place to be telling someone’s secret to people. You just got to wait for Lisa to tell everyone. “

The boys sigh; Nate sinking into the cushion of the couch and Adrian falling to the floor, face flat on the ground with his arms covering his face.

*****

Unexpectedly, after Nate went home, we had a special guest in the McKenzie household. Everyone seemed to know about it but me. I am part of this family, they know right? Once I was getting all snuggled up for a Teen Wolf marathon in my room, Adrian barges in telling me to dress nice, “she’s coming for dinner.” Then walks straight out, not even bothering to close the door behind him.

He leaves me all confused. Who’s coming for dinner? Who is this ‘she’ he is talking about?

I dress nice for this special guest of ours and head downstairs to ask whose coming over.