Fall back in love

Chapter 40

"We need to talk," I say as soon as Ross opens the door to his house. After seeing the results and calming myself down I asked my mom if she could bring me here so I could talk to him.

"What's up, baby?" He pecks my lips. "Here, let's sit down." I grab his hand and we both sit on the stairs of his front porch.

"I got my acceptance letter from Stanford today." I look down at our intertwined hands. "Ashley, that's great! I'm so proud of you!" He grabs my cheek and presses his lips to mine, his way of congratulating me.

"Wait, why don't you seem happy about it?" He asks examining my features. "Have you been crying?" He frowns caressing my cheek.

"Because that's not all." I pull away and can't seem to look him in the eye as I process what I'm going to say next. "Ashley, why have you been crying?" He asks again, more sternly this time, but I ignore it.

"You know how I got sick last night and it went on until today?" He nods and I continue. "Well, when my parents came home my mom asked if I was okay and offered to take me to the pharmacy." I look up at him and his eyes are wide, mouth dropped.

"Are you pregnant?" He asks with a big smile plastered on his face.

"Yes, and I know the timing is terrible but I'm keeping it. You don't have to be in-" I get cut off from my ramble by his lips pressed to mine.

"Shut up. I love you, I'll never leave you." He kisses me multiple times. "Well, that turned out better than expected." I smile leaning my head on his chest and hugging his waist.

"Will you move in with me now? I have the perfect house for us." He says stroking my hair. "You already looked into this?" I tilt my head up to look at him. "Yup, I was just waiting for you to say yes." He smiles down at me. "We can go see if you like it tomorrow." He kisses my forehead and I nod.

"You should stay the night. It's pretty late and I want to hold you all night." He holds me a little tighter.

"You aren't such a bad boy, after all, goof." I giggle and kiss his nose. "Not with you around. Come on, let's go to bed." And with that, we both walked up the stairs and lay in each other's arms until the next morning.

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When I woke up this morning Ross made sure to bring me breakfast in bed and right after we got ready and headed to the house he wanted to show me. (House at the top)

"The house is beautiful. I'm in love with it." I give him a big smile. "I knew you'd like it." He kisses my forehead and wraps his arms around my waist. "I can't wait to have a family with you."