Falling Backwards

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Month: July 4th

ROCKY'S POV

I was frozen. "No," I said, almost inaudibly. Alyson stared at me with tears in her eyes and I couldn't move. She was crying and I was frozen. "No," I said. I couldn't breathe correctly; I couldn't stop her from crying. I couldn't say anything but no. "No," I continued to say, as my hands gripped tighter to hers. "How... No..." I fell backwards, still sitting down, but now I was lying flat on my back looking at the sky.

She stayed sitting. I didn't get up. We sat in silence for a few minutes. She cried and I attempted to comfort her, but my heart pounded and my head spun. "Not possible." I said to her, finally gaining some sort of strength back. She shook her head and whispered, "I thought so too..."

"I'm sorry..." She apologized to me. "Why the hell are you apologizing?" I said to her. "Because I... I don't know." She buried her head in her hands and brought her knees up to her chest. "When?" I said to her, a question that didn't require a response. I was sure I knew when. "I guess New York..." She said quietly. "Oh, I meant when you found out."

She laid herself down next to me on the sand. "On tour," Her breathe hitched like she was going to cry again. I cleared my throat, "Baby, please don't cry." I grabbed her hand. "We promised no more secrets, and I broke that promise." She cried, leaning into my shoulder. I brought her closer to me, I still didn't know what to say. "It's okay..." I said, "I just want to know when babe,"

"Well," she breathed. "We were in Greensboro," She said to me. "We still had two weeks left on tour and you didn't tell me?" she shook her head, "There was so much going on, you found out about Rydel and Ellington, Ross found out we were moving in together. It was a lot of stress," She said to me. I sat up. "Who knows?" "Ross and Rydel," She said. "Why'd you tell Ross and not me?" I replied. "Because I didn't know how you'd react. You had gotten so angry at me for keeping the Rydellington secret, I knew telling you would add to what you already could barely handle, Rocky."

"What about Rydel? When did you tell her?" I said. "Today, just before dinner, I needed to talk to someone about it besides Ross. He really wanted you to know so he didn't have to keep it to just him anymore. He was dying to talk about it with someone."

I kept shaking my head, "This isn't true. Is this a joke?" I said her, I was getting upset for no reason, and I knew it was true. Why couldn't I bring myself to admit that? "No, Love, it's not a joke." She said, sitting up with me. "I have an appointment in two days; do you want to go with me?" I was unable to respond. I nodded slowly, standing up. She stood up with me.

"We can talk about this later," I said, "it's still Fourth of July, our families are all over there running around and we are going to run with them." I took her hand and she smiled softly at me, I turned to face her. "I honestly can't believe this, Alyson. I'm freaking out right now babe, but I'm here. Okay? I love you, this is my responsibility too, It's ours, And I'm here." I said to her, bringing myself down to kiss her sweetly. We walked to the crowd.

NO POV

Alyson went to find Ross. Rocky went to talk to Rydel. Ross saw Alyson coming and brought her into a hug, "Did you...?" He said. "Yes," She sighed, "It went better than I thought, we didn't yell, he's just like, shocked." Ross nodded, "Understandably so, he's just been told he's going to be a father." "Who's going to be a father?" Alyson's younger brother Blake said, putting his arm around his sister. Ross spoke, "A friend of mine from work." Alyson mouthed thank you to him and Blake smiled, "At least you aren't going to be a father, Ross!" Ross laughed, "Haha, yep! Thank God! I am not ready to be a parent." He looked at Alyson, who put her head down a little. Blake wandered away to a girl he had invited to the party.

Rocky and Rydel came over to Ross and Alyson. Rydel hugged Alyson, "How are you doing?" She said sweetly. "I'm honestly exhausted." Alyson said, "These hormones are kicking my butt. I'm sick one second, I have to pee the next, then on top of that my energy is depleted ten minutes after I wake up." Rocky put his arm around Alyson, "I love you," He said. She looked up, "What?" he smiled down to her, resting his hand on her hips, "I just wanted to say I love you." he kissed her.

Alyson smiled, leaning into him. "I'm just insanely tired," she said to Rydel. Rocky checked the time, "Hey, you guys, It's 11 pm," he said to his family. Mark looked at his watch. "Aw man! The band has rehearsals at 8 am tomorrow. I was having such a good time!" Mark shook hands with Charlie and everyone began to say their good nights.

Alyson's mom came up to her, "Are you sure about this boy, Alyson?" She pulled her away from everyone for a moment. "You're moving in together, that's a big step honey." Alyson nodded, "I know, but Rocky and I are ready for this," Melissa shook her head, "I'm happy that you two are having such a good time, but remember, you're still 19, he's going to be 20 soon. Have some fun, explore, travel, relax. Don't let things get too serious, and please," she sighed, "Be safe...In everything you two do,"

Alyson rolled her eyes, "Yes ma'am. Our entire relationship so far has been very fun loving and relaxed, We're being careful." She said. 'If only,' Alyson thought. "Good night Mom! I love you," she hugged her mom and her dad. She said good bye to her siblings and the Lynch's. Rocky was staying with her that night. They had a lot to discuss.

A/N

Holy crap. It's out there for Rocky, Rydel, and Ross. How do you think the rest of the family will deal? Do you think Rocky's gonna keep it together? He seems pretty chill to me.

alli xx.