A&L: Trial and Error

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Well shit.

My mouth fell open in shock and Liam's hands slowly turned into fists.

He turned around pure anger in his eyes and punched Chase right in the face.

Chase automatically reacted and jumps on Liam tackling him to the ground. They roll around fighting as Ashlee screams for them to stop and I just stand there, trying to comprehend everything.

My brothers girlfriend cheated on him my ex-best friend's boyfriend and is now pregnant with his baby.

Well shit.

I was brought back to reality by a tug on my arm, I snap my head to the side and see Ashlee. "DO SOMETHING!"

I take a deep breath and try to grab Liam's arm. "Liam! That's enough, calm down!"

He continues punching Chase's face in. "LIAM!" I demand.

He stops and stands up, his chest rising and falling rapidly. "That's what he fucking deserves."

Chase stands up his nose bleeding and lip busted. "Fuck this. Fuck everyone and that fucking mistake." He motioned to Ashlee.

He stormed out slamming the door behind him and a few seconds later the door opened again. "Ashlee! Liam! Down here right now!" A male voice called.

I took that as my que to go.
~*~
Wednesday
"So she's knocked up? Wow." Liv said as we walked to the bench.

"Don't talk about it around Liam, it pisses him off." I warned her.

"And how's your brother in all of this?" She looked at me.

"Ashlee came over last night and told him. She literally begged for a second chance but he kicked her out and told her to never speak to him again." I shrugged.

"Is he at school?"

"Nope. This is the saddest I've seen him in forever, I guess he really liked her. Maybe even loved." When we reached the bench I sat beside Liam and Olivia with Jacob.

Things were very silent just the noise of our chewing and dings of phones.

I looked behind me and you wouldn't guess what I saw.

Kallie. Sitting under a tree. Crying. In regular sweats and a t-shirt.

"I totally forgot this affects her as well." Jacob said softly. "I'm guessing her and Chase broke up."

For a second there, I wanted to run over and console her. Tell her that boys are dumb then we would binge watch a bunch of shows right when we get home.

But then I remembered all the petty shit she did.

I turned back to the table to see that Jacob and Olivia left. "Where did they go?"

He shrugged while looking down at a loose string on his jeans. I reached over and pulled the string making his head snap up at me. "We're going out after school."

"I don't kno-"

"It wasn't a question, it was a statement." I said with a straight face. "Your letting this whole baby mama drama, thing get to your head. It's not your child."

"Okay but my sister is fucking knocked up. My mom and dad are both stressed and Ashlee is probably going be called a whore by everyone." I ran his hands down his head. "I know she's a bitch but in the end she's my sister."

I sighed. "Look, I'm sure Chase won't tell anyone."

He looked at me for a while then sighed. "Where do you wanna go."
~*~
"The beach?" He questioned as I pulled into the parking lot.