Toxic

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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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