Nightmare

Chapter Forty-Five

Dezzy

I fell back asleep after Zack left, sleeping for awhile until I had to pee.

I got up doing my usual morning ritual, peeing, vomiting a little, brushing my teeth, taking my vitamins, eating some toast

I sat around reading what to expect when you're expecting, thinking about my little baby.

I couldn't wait til tomorrow to find out, if I was having a boy or a girl. I didn't care either way. I was just happy to be pregnant, even if it was making me sicker than a dog. I wouldn't change any of it for anything. The morning sickness meant life.

The door bell rang and I jumped at the sound of it. I wasn't expecting anyone. Usually everyone called before stopping by. Maybe Zack had a package coming.

When I opened the door I felt like I was going to pass out. I knew it wasn't good. This was really bad.

"Rachel" I whispered attempting to close the door.

"Oh no you fucking don't" She snapped pushing the door open "We're going to fucking talk"

"Please, no" I whimpered. "Please"

"Shut the fuck up" Rachel snarled seizing my hair dragging me in the door slamming it shut "We are going to fucking talk."

"Rachel don't do this please" I begged knowing it was probably useless.

"How the fuck are you pregnant?" She demanded throwing me to the floor "HOW?!"

"I had one ovary" I explained.

"One ovary" She snarled kicking me in the stomach "You're a lying bitch"

"Rachel god please don't do this" I whimpered trying to protect my stomach from her foot "Please."

"Don't do what?" She laughed manically. "Kill your baby? Why not? You've already killed one"

"Rachel god no" I whimpered "Please you don't understand"

"I understand completely" She laughed again "I understand you took what was mine. Zack is fucking mine"

"I didn't take him Rachel" I whispered "I swear I didn't. I didn't even know about you."

"You're a fucking liar" She hissed kicking me again, adding a slap for good measure "You saw me in Mexico. You should've left then."

"I wanted to" I cried "I swear I did. Zack, Zack made me stay. He said he didn't want you. Please don't hurt my baby please."

"Fuck your baby" Rachel laughed again

"Zack wouldn't forgive you." I whispered "He wants this baby."

"No he won't forgive you, you stupid little bitch." She giggled "He's going to think you did this to yourself."

"Rachel he knows better" I cried "He knows I want this baby. We argued over it. He knows that I would do anything to keep this baby. Anything Please, please, don't hurt my baby. Please. I'll do whatever you want me to do. Anything you want. Please just not my baby"

"Don't you fucking get it you little twit?" She snarled "You're not supposed to even be able to have a baby. He was supposed to not want you because of that. Don't you fucking get it, I don't care about your baby, I don't fucking care about you. I care about Zack and as long as you're around, I can't fucking have him."

"Rachel I'll leave. I swear" I whimpered, pleading with her "I swear just let me get my stuff and I will leave. I have money I will disappear and he won't ever be able to find me. If you do something stupid he will never forgive you"

"He won't know I did a fucking thing" She smiled "Just like Matt won't know Victoria did either."

"Victoria" I asked, fearful of what she had to do with anything.

"Oh yes" Rachel giggled "Victoria is with your pathetic little friend right now"

"oh god no" I whispered "Kat didn't do anything. Neither of us did anything to you. Either of you."

"You both did." Rachel snarled "Don't you two realize that the only reason they even want you is because they want to clean up their image?"

"That's not true Rachel" I whispered "Matt loves Kat, he loves her. Zack, well Zack loves me but he can get over me."

"You're right" She smiled "He will and so will Mat. When their precious little baby mamas are six feet under dead and gone apparent suicides well then they will need shoulders to cry on"

"Rachel, it won't work like that." I whispered.

"You really should fucking shut up." She snarled kicking me in my ribs again "You're not helping yourself at all."

I heard the phone ringing and the answering machine pick up "Dez, girl its Dani, listen Kat is on the way to the hospital. It's time. I'm going to come by and get you okay?"

"Rachel listen you can stop now. You can stop and no one will know this ever happened okay?" I whispered "I promise you I will leave. I just want my baby. Please"

"Fuck you and fuck your baby" She snarled kicking me again.

"Dani will be here. She will see your car." I whispered "Brian knows your car. They will know something isn't right."

"They won't know shit you stupid cunt" Rachel laughed slapping me "My car is parked around the corner. They will think you're not here."

"But everyone will know something is wrong when I don't show up at the hospital" I tried explaining "They will know because they know I promised Kat I would be there for her."

"By then it will be too late for you" Rachel smiled "By then you'll be long gone."

"Okay, let me leave." I begged again "Please just let me get in my car and go. I'll leave a note. I'll tell them I don't love Zack. I wanted to leave. Anything you want me to say I will say it."

"I don't want you say a fucking thing." She snarled punching me in the face. I felt my eyebrow split open. The blood clouding my vision.

I couldn't help it, I don't know if it was from the smell of my own blood, the pain, the stress, or the fear for my life, I vomited. I puked right on Rachel.

Hot yellow stomach fluids spewed everywhere.

"You disgusting bitch." She snarled grabbing fistfuls of my hair dragging me towards the stairs, as more vomit flew from my mouth.

"I'm so sorry" I choked "Please I'm sorry"

"Shut the fuck up" Rachel snapped kicking me in the back of my head.

Now on top of vomiting I felt dizzy. Everything was clouded. I was terrified I was losing consciousness. I was afraid I was dying.

I felt the cold of the bathroom tile. Dread filling me even further. Was she going to drown me? What was she going to do?

"Get up you pathetic bitch" Rachel instructed grabbing my hair and pulling me to my feet

"I can't stand" I mumbled.

"Too fucking bad" She snapped "Stand up"

I tried, I tried desperately but I felt my knees buckle and the room spin.

Then after something hard hit my head everything went black.