ASHLEY'S POV :
I get out of the car and walk toward the door , with my cousin still staring at me as if he's trying to bore holes through me with his eyes alone . As I step up onto the porch , he steps back and opens the door , allowing me to step inside .
I've barely made it past the front door when I feel something hit my back , and I'm flying face - first toward the floor . I put my hands out to keep from slamming my head into something , and when we hit the floor , I grab him . We roll over a couple of times ,and I wind up flat on my back , with Brian straddling my chest . I look up at him , and for the first time in my life , I'm actually a little bit afraid of him . I've never seen him this angry , and I'm honestly not sure what he might do .
"Brian , I ..." , I start to say .
"Shut up !" , he practically snarls at me . "Just . Shut . Your . Fucking . Mouth ! I'll talk , you'll listen . And if you say one goddamn word before I'm finished , you may as well call the guys and tell them to start looking for your replacement ! Because I swear to you , you will never play an instrument again as long as you fucking live ! Are we clear ?"
I look at him again , and I can see by his expression that he's completely serious , so I just nod .
"Good ! Now , I'm going to ask you a question , and all I want to hear from you is 'Yes' or 'No' , okay ? My question is , do you have any idea what an ectopic pregnancy is ?"
I think about it , and I can't come up with anything , so I shake my head , and wait for him to go on .
"Kinda what I figured ." , he said . "I won't even hold that against you , a lot of people don't know that one . Allow me to enlighten you , then . It's also more commonly known as a tubal pregnancy , and that's when an embryo ends up growing in one of the fallopian tubes , instead of traveling to the uterus . It's impossible to carry to full term , and it can be extremely dangerous if it's not found early enough . People have actually died from it , Ashley ."
As this sinks into my brain , I feel my stomach starting to roll over , and I couldn't think of anything to say even if he wouldn't punch my lights out .
"THAT'S what happened , you stupid prick ! She made me and Kelli promise that we wouldn't tell anybody until she'd gotten to the point that nobody could try to make her get rid of it , and she was trying to figure out some way to make sure that you didn't get in trouble when everybody did find out ! To this day , I can't begin to imagine why she gave a damn , after you were such a complete asshole ."
"So , a couple of weeks after her birthday , the three of us were riding around , talking about the best way to tell everybody , and all of a sudden she just let out this ungodly scream , it scared me so bad I almost went off the road ! Kelli was freaking out , too , and the only thing my brain would come up with was to call Kyle ."
He pauses for a few seconds , taking several deep breaths , then says , "So I called him , and we got lucky , because his mom was at his place , so she said to meet her at her office ."
When he says this , I remember that Kyle's mom was a doctor , so I guess maybe his brain had latched onto that without even realizing it . He pauses again , and I see that tears are running down his face .
"We got to the office , and it didn't take long for her to figure out what was happening ." , he says . "Lucky for us , she was more interested in making sure she was okay than in doing things by the book , so she operated on her right there in her office . She actually went ahead and took out her appendix , too , just to make sure that everything matched what she put down . We were sitting out there in the waiting room until she finished , and I heard her talking to Kyle while we were waiting for the ambulance to come and take her to the hospital ."
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What Is Left Unsaid : An Ashley Purdy Love Story
ФанфикAshley is unexpectedly confronted by a part of his past he thought he'd left behind years ago. Will he be able to correct the mistakes he's made? And what will happen when he discovers that some of the people closest to him have been k...