Then There Was You (AMBW)

The Warning pt 2

                                                                                     Dakota

    Alice pushed the box into my hands and stared at me as if telling me to take the test. I shook my head and gave it back to her.

"Take the damn test Dakota!" Alice whisper yelled at me. 

    I took the box and opened it as Alice closed the bathroom door and locking it just in case one of the guys came up. I ripped the plastic wrapper off the test and took a deep breath and took the test. Once I was done, I cleaned up and both Alice and I waited anxiously for five minutes.

"Times up." Alice said as she headed over to the bathroom sink and picked up the test. Alice stared at the test for a few minutes before a single tear rolled down her face.

"Congratulations D. You're pregnant!" Alice smiled from ear to ear.

No fucking way! I thought as I made my way over to Alice and stared at the test and sure as shit, there in bold black writing was a single word.

Pregnant.

   I asked Alice to leave for a minute and she did so, humming to herself, happy at the thought of becoming an aunt. Once I was sure that I was alone, I let the tears fall, my hands wrapped around my stomach.

I'm going to be a mama. I thought. But then so many what ifs popped into my head.

'What if Shayne didn't want to be a father? What if he left me to raise the baby alone? What if I lose the baby during the birth process?

    I shook my head and gathered myself, clutching the pregnancy test tightly in my hand. I'm going to tell him and we'll go from there, but if he doesn't want the baby then I will raise my baby alone and I'll be the best mother I can be. Walking toward the bathroom door, I walked out and walked down to the living room where everyone waited. Shayne stood up and walked towards me, concern all over his face.

"Are you alright?" Shayne asked. I nodded and let out a breath I had no idea I was holding.

"I have something to tell you." I grabbed his hand and flipped it over, placing the test into his hand.

"I'm pregnant."

    He looked at me and then at the two pink lines on the test, realization washing over his face and then he smiled. Next thing I know I'm being lifted off the ground and spun around. Shayne sat me on my feet and kissed me then pulled away.

 "I'm going to be a dad! Oh my god I'm going to be a dad." Shayne started speaking another language, one I'm not familiar with just yet. I was happy that he was happy.

 "I got to call mama!" Shayne said taking out his phone and walking into the kitchen.

    Alice stood up from her seat with a smile on her face and pulled me into a hug. "Congratulazioni mamma! So che sarai una grande madre!" She pulled away and her smile widened. (Congratulations mama! I know you will be a great mother!)

"Grazie Alessandra." I smiled pulling her into a tight hug. (Thank you Alessandra)

    The whole night, the four of us celebrated with movies and pizza. It was an amazing night and Alice already decided what she was going to get the baby for their first birthday.

Oh yeah, my baby will definitely be spoiled by their aunt. I thought.

    After a long night of celebrating, everyone finally went to bed and the house quieted down. Shayne had his arms wrapped around me, more specifically, my belly. I can tell already he will be a protective and loving father. I finally allowed myself to sleep with a smile on my face knowing that everything good was finally happening for me.

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    The next morning Shayne and I got dressed for work and then afterwards we thought we would go out to dinner together with his family to celebrate my pregnancy. Taking a quick shower, I got dressed in an emerald green pantsuit and black wedge heels. I allowed my hair to hang in its natural curly style and put on a little makeup. I stared at myself in the mirror and smiled, my hand slowly made its way to my still flat belly.

   Shayne appeared behind me dressed in a black suit and tie. He rested his chin on my shoulder and rested his hand over mine.

     "Can't wait to meet them." Shayne smiled and the two of us walked out of the room and down to the living room where Alice and Jace were sitting. Alice was on her computer talking to someone in Italian and Jace was on the phone talking to someone as well. They were both probably both talking to someone in their companies about who knows what. Shaking my head, I told them that Shayne and I were leaving and they said goodbye.

   Shayne got into his car and I got into mine and we were both headed to the law firm. Once we got there, there were cars parked out front that didn't belong to employees and a bunch of people with cameras. Shayne and I walked towards the building and were immediately swarmed with flashing cameras and people throwing questions at us.

   We made it into the building and Bethany rushed towards us, grabbed our hands and pulled us both up to my office.

"What is going on?" I asked once Shayne and I were inside.

  "It's Valerie." Bethany said handing me a folder. I opened the folder and literally had to close it again. Shayne took it away from me and opened it, his expression was one of pure horror.

"Who did that to her?" I asked.

   "Police don't know yet but they did find a message on the living room table from newspaper clippings. It was addressed to you." Bethany said as she handed me her phone and opened it to the photo of the note.

'You're next Dakota. You're next!'

   I stared at the message in front of me and tried thinking about who could be doing this. I can cross Brayden out because he's in jail and he won't be getting out anytime soon, and Zach is a no because I literally saw him a few hours ago, and it would take him a few hours to get from Colorado to Florida and back again.

  So, who in the hell is responsible for this? I thought.

    I sat in silence for a minute staring at the note in front of me. I need to figure this out but first I'm going to go visit Valerie. Walking past Shayne and Bethany, I walked out of my office and a few minutes later I was walking towards my car when suddenly my car exploded to pieces, the force of the explosion sending my body flying backwards and into the windshield of another car.

    My ears began ringing and then I heard multiple people shouting and screaming, their voices are distorted. I felt a sharp pain in my leg and looked down, a piece of glass embedded deep in my left thigh, blood spilling all over the car and my leg. Warm liquid slowly slid down my head and my cheek. Suddenly people were crowding me asking me if I'm okay, but I was focused on the black truck speeding away from the scene even when Shayne's brother lifted me into his arms and ran with me across the road to the front of the building.

    He was speaking but I could barely hear him because I was fading in and out of consciousness. We got halfway across the road when Seojoon, Milan and the rest of Shayne's family appeared beside me. Shayne appeared and took me from his brother. 

Zach just tried to kill me. I thought.

   The sound of an ambulance sirens can be heard in the distance and Shayne said something to me, but I couldn't hear him because everything got dark and then the world faded to black.