Last Chance: Rock Romance #2

Chapter Twenty-Five

Natalie

As usual, I wake up alone. I toss the covers off of me and grab some clothes from my dresser. I step into the bathroom to change out of yesterday's clothes, and neaten my hair a little before I walk into the kitchen.

Looking at myself in the mirror, I can see a light purplish bruise in the valley of my neck. I hadn't realized he had bitten me hard enough to leave a mark. I run back into my bedroom to grab a shirt that would cover it up. Just to make sure Layla, nor Liam, will ask any questions.

I throw the new shirt on and step into the hallway to go to the kitchen. I can hear Liam and Lals talking quietly, but as soon as I step into the kitchen to make my coffee, they immediately stop.

The silence is deafening.

"Go on with your discussion. I'm only here to grab a cup of coffee." I say, implying that they had stopped talking because I entered the room.

"Nat it's not what you think, but maybe after you get your coffee in, we could talk?" Layla says.

"Sure." I say, wondering what's going on.

I take a coffee cup out of the cupboard, and turn the Keurig on. While waiting for the water to warm up, I grab the creamer and milk out of the refrigerator, all the while Liam and Layla stay silent.

Once I finish my cup of Joe, Layla starts first.

"Liam told me." She spits out.

I look at Liam in anger. I know what she's talking about. "How could you?"

Before he has a chance to reply, Layla jumps on.

"What do you mean how could he? I'm your best friend Nat, or at least I used to be. What happened to the time you used to come to me with everything? We never hide anything from each other. Something this big Nat, you should have come to me. And Ryan? You should have told me about him. Why didn't you?"

"For one Layla, you liked Steele. If I remember correctly, you made a not so subtle hint that you wanted to join us when you could at certain stops, so you could try to seduce him. You practically drooled over an album cover that had him on it."

"Nat that doesn't mean shit. I thought the man was sexy; I still do. It doesn't mean that I would go after him if you and he had something going on. Also, it still doesn't explain you keeping it from me for so long."

"I really thought you would have been upset."

"I don't think that's the whole story. We need to sort this out. You're pregnant with his baby, for fucks sake!" Layla yells, her patience wearing thin.

After last night, you wouldn't think I would still be trying to protect him. I know that Liam and Lals must have talked after I went to bed last night, or while I was with Steele. Liam knows I slept with him while they were on tour, so I am sure that he and Layla put the idea together.

"I know I am pregnant. Last night he made it very clear that he doesn't want children now, and probably not in the future. He made his decision in all of this."

"So you weren't just walking? I knew it." Layla says, calling my lie out. "See Liam, I told you."

"Yes, I was with Steele. He actually grabbed me and shoved me into his car, if that's any condolence. I didn't go with him by choice. Hell I didn't know it was him to begin with."

"He just grabbed you up and shoved you into his car?" Liam asks in disbelief.

Now you jump in, I think to myself.

"He came up behind me and dragged me backwards. I didn't know it was him until I saw him walk across the front of the car to get in. He child proof locked my door so I couldn't open it."

"Why did he do that?" Layla asks.

"Because he wanted to become friends or something. He wanted us to bury the hatchet."

"What did you say?" Liam questions.

"Well I wanted to smack him across the face for being such an asshole back in New York, and after thinking about it, I thought why not try to be friends with him. I am pregnant after all."

"Did he bring you anywhere? Did you tell him you were pregnant?" Layla quizzes me.

"He brought me to a house that he recently purchased, and no I didn't tell him."

"Why would he buy a house in Massachusetts?" Layla asks, but this time the question is directed at Liam.

"I have no idea. I barely talk to the guy. It's easier ignoring his phone calls while I'm here than answering him. Anytime I do answer, I end of hanging up on him because he wants to play twenty questions." Liam replies.

"Twenty questions, about what?" I ask.

"About you." Liam replies.

"What about me?"

"I don't know, everything. It's the first thing out of his mouth when I answer, he always asks who you are. What you're into. That sort of stuff."

"Why haven't you told me this?"

"Would you really have cared Princess?"

"Maybe, I don't know. When I went into the house with him, I thought maybe I had misunderstood back at the hotel what happened. Maybe I was wrong about him. Turns out I was right." I say on a sigh.

"You went into the house? Natalie, you slept with him again, didn't you?" Layla asks.

"It just happened. One minute we were talking, the next I was arguing with him and backed into a corner. I just caved. I can't deny him."

"Natalie, I really think you should try to work something out with him, especially since you're going to be having a baby that he fathered." Layla says.

"But he doesn't want children. He might even think I planned on getting pregnant. After everything else, I just wouldn't be able to handle it if he accused me of that."

"You won't know until you talk to him. I have known him a long time Princess, and I swear he isn't a bad guy. He's had a rough ass life, but he would ever reject his own child. Whether you guys were together or not, he would be there." Liam says, defending Steele.

"I appreciate you saying that Liam, I really do. But right now I feel like I just need to do me, you know. I have to wrap this school stuff up, and with a baby coming, there is no way I would be able to stay here. Sorry, Lals."

"We're not here to pressure you into doing anything you don't want to Nat. We just want to see you happy and to be truthful with us. We will always support you. It doesn't matter what it is, we have your back." Layla reassures me.