Falling Backwards

No more secrets

Month: Mid-June

Rocky walked down the hallway to Ross' room, knowing well that she'd be there. She and Ross had been friends ever since Rocky and Alyson started dating. He stopped outside the door and heard talking, "Then he said I needed to leave and he couldn't talk to me if I was going to keep secrets..." She was crying. Rocky's heart sank, He heard Ross next, "I mean you shouldn't keep something like that from him! Alyson, oh my god..."

She cried more, seemingly into his shirt because it was muffled. Rocky thought, 'She told him about Ell and Rydel already?!" Alyson sighed from beyond the door, "I just don't understand how I could be this stupid. He got so angry at what happened this morning, how is he even going to respond now..." "Well, was the secret a big deal?" Rocky gasped, "She didn't tell him yet!" He had to stop them before she told it. He knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Ross asked politely. "Rocky." He replied. "One sec," Ross said to him. There was mumbling going on, "I don't want him to yell..." Alyson said quietly, "I don't feel well, I can't handle this..." Ross sighed, "You need to talk to him." He got up and footsteps walked to the door, Ross opened it only in his pajama pants and no shirt. Alyson was looking down at the floor, sitting on Ross' bed. Rocky walked inside and sat down next to her. "Hey, baby..." She looked up a little, "Hi."

Ross sat down in the chair across from the bed and spoke, "Alyson..." He said to her, almost as a reminder for something for her to say. "Rocky..." She said, breathing heavily, "I love you..." He nodded, putting his hand on hers, "I love you too... More than anything..." She put her head down again, "You yelled at me... Rocky, you were so angry. I've never seen that. We've been together going on seven months, we have plans to move in together... Is that going to happen again?"

Ross butted in, "You guys are going to move in together?" Rocky turned, forgetting he was there. "Yeah, Ross... I'm sorry; we were keeping it a secret." He shook his head, "I mean, I think it's cool, you just won't be at the house with us anymore. Ratliff is probably going to ask for your bed. Hah!" they both half smiled. Alyson let go of his hand, "Rocky, I can't bear to think of you getting angry like that again. I mean, no matter what life throws at us, we're a team, and I love you and we need to be on the same page." Rocky nodded, scooting closer to her. She spoke, "I'm sorry I kept that secret from you. I just didn't know how you would react, but now I do." She half smiled, "Is everything smoothed over with them now?" He nodded, "Yeah, I fixed it, everything is okay."

Ross sighed, "Alyson..." Alyson looked at him, "I know..." Rocky looked at them both. "You know what? Did you tell him?" Rocky asked. "No!" She said, "We just have to finish a conversation about something. Is that okay Rock? You've had a crazy morning, go take a shower before we leave for the venue." He nodded, "That's okay babe, but no more secrets..." She smiled at him, taking both of his hands, "After this, no more secrets." He kissed her and walked out.

"Oh, so no more secrets," Ross said to her sarcastically. "Ross, I couldn't okay?! We just had our first fight, you guys have a show tonight and tomorrow, I can't say something like this and expect him to be cool so close with everyone. We have days left on the road, I can't..." Ross sat down next to her, she was crying again. "You're so emotional, Al," He grabbed a tissue for her. "Haha, thanks dude," She said to him. "I don't know how I'm gonna keep this from him... He's gonna figure it out, Ross. I tell Rydel everything, she's gonna find out. I'm not telling anyone, but they're all going to suspect something." Ross shook his head, "I think you're over estimating Rocky's ability to analyze things. And the rest of my family isn't going to take notice too quickly. And as for Rydel, she's smart and she knows you, but she's been in la la land over something these past few weeks. If she figures it out, then she'll come to talk to you first, I'm sure."

Alyson smiled, "Thanks, Ross. I know I can always count on you." He smiled, taking her into a hug. "No problem, and listen, I don't know how he's gonna take this, I certainly wasn't calm when you told me, but he will understand, just give him time. Y'all are 19 and soon to be 20, you're young. I know this is weird me saying, because I'm 18, but still." She nodded, "No I understand what you mean, Trust me. I definitely didn't take it well."

He cleared his throat, "Yeah, um I guess I should ask... when?" She shrugged, "I don't know for sure, but I think New York..." He looked down, "Well thanks for the time and date but like, I meant when did you find out?" She sighed, "Oh, Well, being on tour with you guys has been crazy and fun and Fly by the seat of our pants fantastic, but I wasn't paying attention to the dates or anything. And a couple weeks ago, we were in Pennsylvania, and I got a notification on my phone from this app that I have." She looked up at him and nodded, "Mhm?" he said. "It tracks my cycles..." He nodded, "Oh, I gotcha now."

"Yeah," She sighed, "And it said I was 4 days late, and immediately the thought in my head was, 'That's wrong!' We haven't been on tour for two weeks, but we had, and so I checked my calendar and was like oh shit." She started breathing a little bit more and he took her hand, "And?" He said, trying to calm her down. "And I tried not to freak, because I thought, maybe it's just weird because we're so busy and we're on the road, you know?" He nodded, "But...?" She sighed, "I waited a few more days and then still nothing. So I had missed entirely by this point."

Ross nodded, "So?" She sighed, "I snuck across the street at our hotel in Greensboro and got like six tests. There were some girls in the store that recognized me and I was really scared they were going to tweet about it, but nothing ever happened." She laughed a little, "I came back to the hotel, It was just me and Ryland, everyone else was doing something, and Ryland was in his room. So I told him I'd be in my room and I went in and took three of them." Ross nodded. "I was keeping the other three to take at random days to see if I still was or whatever. So I took three, and hid them under the sink and went to the show with Ry, not knowing anything because we couldn't wait."

Alyson started tearing up again, "And when we got back inside, I looked," She smiled lightly, "All three were positive." He hugged her again. "I just don't know how this could have happened. We were so careful; we're only seven months into this relationship. What if he leaves? What if I'm stuck alone?" Ross quieted her, "Alyson, I don't care what happens, I know Rocky and he won't leave you, and if he does, it will not be for long. He'll just need to get his head straight for a few days or weeks." Alyson lay back, "But this is all out of order. I have to tell him." She sat back up, "After 4th of July. The party at my parent's house is where we're going to tell everyone we're moving in together." He nodded, "So after that?" She nodded back to him, "Yeah, I'll just have to sit him down and tell him I'm pregnant."

A/N

Whoaaaaaaa.

Big shocker there!!! I'm actually kinda excited in a wayyyy. A baby!! Comment vote please! ❤️

alli xx.