Truth kept

Chapter Twenty-Five - Who ever knew?

I woke up from her fall and was in agony.

"What happened to me?" I asked the nurse.

"You got yourself too worked up and collapsed," She explained.

I looked over and out the window to see Mitch in the room next to me. Why would he try to take my baby away from me? That's outrageous!

"I think it's time though don't you?" She said giving me a smile.

"For what?"

The nurse left the room and returned holding a tiny baby in her arms... my baby.

"Gimme, gimme, gimme!" I requested.

"You have to be calm, he's still recovering, and still very delicate."

I grabbed a hold of Alfie and snuggled him up to me. I could see him moving up and down to the pace of my heartbeat. His eyes shut, his little button nose sniffing and taking in the new scents. His tiny little ears listening in to everything. His cute baby hands feeling for anything he could touch. I created this. I created another human being. We created this... the word we brought shivers down my spine. The person that left me in the park in desperate need of an ambulance. He left me there not knowing that I was about to give birth to a child. HIS child. I clutched hold of Alfie knowing that possible in a few days he will be home safe and sound with me. He can lay in his brand-new cot, and wear his freshly washed clothes.

"I love you," I whispered in his ear.

His ears moved slowly like he was taking in every word I said and was preparing to answer. Just to think that I will be the one teaching him to say those words back, and to walk and toilet train him and everything else.

I looked back around and Mitch was no longer next door. A few minutes later he came wondering in and stood next to me like a lemon.

"What you doing stood there like that?" I spat.

"I just want to be a family." He replied

"You left me,"

"Please not this again, you already said all this to me once, and you fainted." He chuckled.

"Do I look in the laughing mood right now?"

He stared down at the wires draping over my body like they own me. He looked at Alfie and the twinkle in his eye was the cutest thing ever. No.. stop thinking of Mitch and concentrate on Alfie.

"He needs to go back now," The nurse said reaching out towards him.

I held on tightly not wanting to let go. I kissed him softly on the cheek and released my grip, handing him over to the nurse.

I started to feel tired and dosed of for a bit. When I awoke Mitch was still stood in the same position.

"I can see you swaying like your going to fall over there humpty dumpty." I said looking at him.

He didn't say anything and kept on staring at the clock.

"What you doing now?"

There was still no reply.

"We are never going to work anything out if your not going to talk to me!" I warned.

He snapped back into reality and replied "Wishing that time would go back, so this would of never happened."

"What! I would never go back now that I have Alfie,"

"This wasn't planned Ali, it was a mistake, if that condom wouldn't of broke Alfie would of never been here and the thought of having a baby would of never crossed your mind,"

"Your a father now whether you like it or not!"

He could tell that I was getting pissed off with him again. "I know that I am, you won't let me Alfie's life so what am I supposed to do?" He asked.

"Should of listened to me, and not make me frightened to tell you anything, especially when it is important stuff like this!"

"You should of told me then," He chopped back.

"I couldn't... I remember when Jennifer Kender got pregnant last year and you and your friends were calling her names... nasty names at that!" I explained.

He couldn't find any words to say and there was a moment where the atmosphere went awkward.

"Your selfish.... yep that's it... your selfish." He finally said.

"How dare you,"

"You wouldn't even tell the own dad of the baby that he was about to become a dad, you would ignore my calls and texts, you would lock yourself away not letting anyone come into your world and ask you whats wrong, and blaming me for shooting off at the park... what do you expect Ali!"

I had never heard him like that before. So emotional and yet so angry.

"Maybe you should of never slept with me then if I am so selfish."

"HA. I loved you then, you were an outgoing girl with an amazing personality, but now you have had this nine months alone you have turned into a complete and utter cow!"

I tore a few of the wires from me and stood up.

"What are you doing, your going to cause damage to yourself." Mitch asked trying to push me back down on the bed.

"Don't call me selfish as I am doing this for you."

"If you were doing it for me you would get back down on that bed," He argued.

This boy never gives up does he?

I grabbed his t-shirt and dragged him outside.

"You wanna be in this family! You should of thought about that before treating me like shit!" I yelled.

"Please shut-up about the whole 'treating me badly thing' its bollocks, I just think your trying to use me to get over the fact that your the one in the wrong."

Maybe he was right, was it me that was being a jerk? It can't be. He's the one in the wrong... right? Take what I have done, and what he has done and compare them.

"Bla bla bla, well you have had many chances and you've blown them all, so once I go back inside you can quite frankly go and fuck off!"

"Your a bitch!" He shouted as I was just about to turn around.

I shot back around and my hand came across his face like ink and paper.

"You know that I will always love Alfie, I will always do whatever he needs me to," He cried grabbing his cheek.

"Well we don't need you, now back off before I am not held responsible for my actions."

I walked back inside with my hand throbbing.

"Yo, yo, yo mate can I have one?" I heard behind me.

I took a peek over my shoulder and saw Mitch with a haribo ring in his hand. "Ali, I know you're a bitch, but you're my bitch ever if you will never think it..."

I stopped and laughed. He is so annoying why wont he leave me alone and quit with the pathetic 'I'm sorry' excuses. He will never give up and kept on babbling on.

"Marry me?"