Nothing But The Truth

12

:::Emma's POV:::

I said it fast like ripping off a band-aid and then braced myself for the worst. My heart was thumping loud enough that it was echoing in my head. He just stared at me in shock. I thought he might pass out but he just looked from my face to my belly and back up. Then when he opened his mouth nothing came out. He shook his head and tried again.

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

I placed my hands on my still growing baby bump and looked at him. "This baby in here. He's yours. It's your baby." I explained in the simplest way I could.

"How?" He looked unconvinced.

"Well we had sex and I guess either the condom broke or you didn't use one. Either way something happened and now I'm having your baby." I said.

"No I know how babies are made Emma, but how could you keep this all to yourself for this long!" He demanded.

"I was scared you freak and run off." I sighed. "I want you to be part of his life and. Just didn't want to scare you away."

"I'm going to have a baby." He still looked shocked. It wasn't a question, but more of a statement.

"Well technically I'm having him, but yeah." I laughed. "Come in and sit down please. You look pale."

"I feel pale." He sighed.

He came inside and sat next to me on my couch and kept staring at my stomach looking confused. I caught him counting on his fingers. "I'm seven and a half months Drew. I'm positive he's yours. There's not one doubt. You're the only guy I've slept with in the last ten months so it's not even a question in my mind." I said saving him from the adding.

"I wish you'd have told me sooner." He said after about five painful minutes of silence between us.

"You aren't going to leave?" I asked.

"And go where Emma?" He asked sweetly. "You knew I liked you from the start. If I hadn't then I wouldn't have slept with you in the first place. This doesn't change a thing. That's a lie, now that I know it's not someone else's baby it actually makes me like you more."

"What do you mean like me more?" I laughed.

"Well I was trying not to like you because I though you were having another guys baby, and that wasn't working out very well. You were honest so I will be too." He smiled taking one of my hands in his. "Emma you're on my mind constantly, and I can't think of anything but you."

"I really like you to Drew." I said realizing we sounded like two middle schoolers. "So what do you want to do about our situation?" I asked looking at my belly.

"Lets take it a day at a time. I'm not leaving though, so don't even let that into your pretty little head." He smiled.

There was a weight lifted off my shoulders at that moment. He wasn't leaving us. He wanted to be part of things. There is something else I should mention, but I don't think I can just blurt that out. I mean it's probably no big deal. It hasn't caused issues yet so the fact that I'm anemic is no problem. "Okay." I smiled nodding.

"There's one thing I want to do though." He said looking into my eyes.

"Sure." I shook my head.

He leaned over and kissed my lips softly taking me by surprise. I let himself kiss me and I even kissed back. It wasn't like we were making out it was just a simple kiss that made me feel warm and loved all over.

"I guess you told him?" Patience asked sending us shooting apart.

:::Drew's POV:::

I was going to be a dad. Emma was having my baby. This was all happening so fast. Emma was still talking to Patience about how she'd told me and I was taking it well. I felt like I was going to explode. I'm not sure what the feeling I'm having is eve. I'm not mad or upset, but I'm not happy. I think I'm actually scared. That's it, I'm scared to death! I don't know how to raise a baby! I barely raise myself and I'm in my twenties!

"Drew are you okay?" Emma asked me softly.

"Hmm?" I asked being pulled from my thoughts.

"Are you okay? You look like you're going to break something or faint." She said looking down at her hands like she feared I was going to bolt out the door and run away.

"Emma I'm fine." I slapped on a smile and grabbed her hand back in mine. "This is just a big surprise is all."

"I tried to get her to tell you sooner Drew." Patience said from the kitchen as she banged pots and pans around.

"Are you mad?" Emma looked up into my eyes with her sparkling blue ones. As I stared back into them I seen the fear of me being mad, the weight of the world, the fear of being a mother, and so much more. I also saw something else though, I saw the girl I'd been immediately drawn to. In that moment I realized I wasn't mad, and I wasn't upset. I needed to

"I'm not mad." I shook my head. "Everything's going to work out just fine."

"What if..." I cut her off.

"Don't stress yourself out about this okay." I smiled squeezing her hand.

She nodded her head. Then Patience spoke up. "So what's this make you guys?" She asked us.

"I don't know." I looked at Emma, sure I like her and I guess she's having my baby but I'm not sure what I want from her. I'd kissed her and she'd kissed back, but that doesn't make us a couple. This is a sensitive situation we have here. "What would you like to be?" I asked Emma.

"Drew you don't have to date me or marry me because I'm pregnant. Just being in the kid's life is more than I ever wanted." She smiled.

"What if I want you to be more than just the mother of my child though?" I asked making Patience say awe.

A light blush crept over Emma's cheeks and she looked back at our hands that remained joined together. "I guess that we can cross that when we come to it." She said still not looking at me.

"Well I think you two were soul mates." Patience stated.

"No input from the peanut gallery was requested." Emma laughed.

"Oh hush!" Patience waved a hand. "I'm going over to Wes's, apparently he wants to say sorry."

"He didn't talk to you yet?" I asked confused as to why he was so upset earlier.

"No?" She shrugged.

"I wonder why he was so upset then." I mumbled.

Emma sighed. "He had to take me to the hospital. I'm done lying about things so from here on out its nothing but the truth. Wes came to say sorry to Patience and the baby flipped really hard so I had him take me to the hospital. While we were there the doctor let it slip that Drew was the dad, and Wes flipped out and told me if I didn't tell you he would." Emma's explained.

I nodded as I processed what she said. My best friend knew I was going to be a dad before I did. "Was the baby ok?" I asked surprising everyone including myself.

"He's fine." Emma nodded smiling.

I found myself smiling too. "What are we naming him?" I asked.

She smiled brightly and laughed. "I haven't decided yet."

After some small talk about the baby and how this was all going to work, Emma yawned and I said I should get going. Before I left though Emma handed me a blue baby book and asked me to fill in some of the blank pages. I agreed and too the book with me as I headed home. Never in my life had I expected this to be how my day would go.