The Babysitter//Zach Herron

Ch 33-The hardest thing I've ever done

My heart sinks... it's positive.

So many thoughts fill my mind all at once.

I'm not ready to be a mom, I can't have a baby at this age. How am I going to tell Zach? More importantly, how are we going to tell our family? My dad will be so disappointed in me. Will Zach leave me?

There is one thing I am certain of in this moment, I am keeping the baby no matter what.

I snap back into reality and force myself to walk downstairs. Myta is in the kitchen putting the dishes away from breakfast. Everyone else is outside.

"Hey Myta, can I talk to you?" I say wiping tears from my face.

"Sure honey, what's wrong. Are you ok?" she's concerned.

Little does she know, the simple question she just asked will have an answer that is anything but simple.

"Um, can we talk upstairs where no one could possibly walk in or hear us?"

"Of course we can." she puts her hand on my back as we walk up the stairs.

I sit down on the bed and she sits next to me, holding my hands. I pause, frozen, barely able to speak.

"Sweetheart, talk to me." 

I get an ounce of bravery, "I'm pregnant." I say sobbing into her shoulder.

Myta is silent as she consoles me. Once I calm down a little bit, Myta starts to talk.

"Are you, are you sure?" she asks in disbelief.

I stand up and Myta and I walk to the bathroom where there are 4 pregnancy tests lined up next to each other, each one is positive.

"Oh no, y/n." Myta holds her hands to her mouth, leaning up against the bathroom wall.

"I'm sorry," I begin crying again. 

Myta hugs me. "Baby, explain this to me. I thought you and Zach were using protection."

"We always have, except this one time. I wasn't taking my birth control and we didn't use a condom. I lied to Zach and told him I was still on birth control, this is all my fault." 

Myta shakes her head. "How far along are you?"

"2 1/2 months." 

"Oh god honey. We need to tell Zach," she says holding my hand and leading me down the stairs.

"I'm scared he's going to be mad at me. What if he breaks up with me?" Myta wipes the tears from my face.

"I wouldn't let Zach leave you, y/n. I doubt that thought would even cross his mind, I raised my son better than that."

I sit down on the couch and Myta peeks her head out to the backyard. "Hey Zach, can you come here?" 

Zach walks in, "Hey mom what's up." 

His head turns my way when he hears me crying.

"Y/n what's wrong?" he runs over to me wrapping his arms around me.

I don't respond at first. Myta looks at me, "It's ok y/n..."

"I have something to tell you," I say once I catch my breath. 

"I'm pregnant." those words send chills down my spine as they leave my mouth.

Zach is stunned. "Wh-what do you mean? It's not possible." 

"Yes it is," I start. "Before tour when I said I was taking birth control, I lied."

Zach stands up. "Why would you have lied to me? That's so selfish!!"

I cry even harder. 

"Zachary, stop. Don't you see how distressed she is?" Myta says.

He runs his hand through his hair.

"I'm sorry, this is just so overwhelming, I didn't mean it." Zach puts his arm around me and I lay my head on his shoulder.

"We will raise this child together, this is just terrible timing for something like this to happen."

I nod in agreement.

The three of us sit on the couch talking things through. Zach has managed to stay positive. The more we discuss it, the more I feel like we can do this...not like we have a choice.

I picture this family that Zach and I are building. Zach would still be in the band, and we would eventually get our own place when the baby is born.

Sure, the timing is awful since our careers are just now taking off, but this could actually work out...we should make the most of the situation and embrace it.

We decided that we will keep it a secret until after New Years, we want to wait till I'm 3 months pregnant. 

Myta promises not to tell Mr. Herron or my dad. Thank god we have such a trustworthy person to talk to about this.

Later that night, Myta calls to make a pre-natal appointment with an OBGYN for tomorrow at noon.

Zach and I are laying in bed when he puts his right hand on my belly.

"Our baby is in there!" he says leaning down and gently kissing my stomach.

"We are going to start a family Zach!! Even though we didn't want a family this soon, we can do this...we can do this together."

"I know we can, baby." He kisses me and we drift off to sleep.

A/N-When I wrote this I was so nervous idk why ugh this just made me terrified!!!!

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