Quiet | afi

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I walked to my locker to see Chloe and Michael standing there

"Morning Natashia" I send a quick smile to Mike before my expression falls again and I open my locker "how are you feeling?"

"I'm sorry, I told him" Chloe blurts "I didn't mean to, I swear"

"Just don't tell anyone else, please" I sigh "that goes for you too Clifford"

"Got it" he nods "what are you and Luke going to to about it?"

"Don't know, I'm making an appointment next week just to be sure"

"Does that mean you told your dad?" I shake my head at Chloe "well are you going to?"

"If I am, then I'll probably have to. I don't want to talk about this right now"

"How was your time with a certain Ashton Irwin last night?"

"He came over, we worked on our English and he left"

"I think he likes you" Michael says, I raise my eyebrow at him "I'm serious, he talks about you all the time"

"He does not"

"Yes he does 'Natashia looks so cute today''I love it when she laughs her laugh is so cute'" Mike fake gags after it

"I'm going to class" I shut my locker and walk to the English room

I pull up in front of Brooke's school and wait for her to come out

"Hey" she says when she gets in "dad is pissing me off"

"And whys that" I ask as I drive out

"He's still treating me like I'm 7, and everyone at school thinks I'm stupid because I don't do my own laundry or anything. He won't even let me get a job but won't pay me if I do things around the house. How am I supposed to get money?"

"Do you want to have a sister night? We can go out to dinner and I'll let you stay in the back garage with me" the back garage is my place, neither dad or Brooke are really allowed in there

"Yes let's do it"

"Ok let's go to the mall until dinner"

"Isn't that kid in your grade?" Brooke points to a table behind me. I subtly turn around and see Luke at a table with his family. Our eyes catch each others and I softly smile at him, which he returns

"Uh yeah he is" I turn and look back at my food "Brooke I have to tell you something and you have to promise to not tell dad"

"Ok"

"I'm pregnant"

"What" she drops her fork which makes a loud rattle "who's is it?"

"His" I motion toward Luke

"How?"

"Luke and I had an odd friendship over the summer"

"But you don't talk to anyone but Chloe and Emily at school"

"Shut up"

"Does he know?"

"Yes"

"Who all knows?"

"Him, Em, Chloe and Michael. We can talk more about it at the house"

The rest of last night Brooke and I hung out, talked and watched movies so nothing that exciting. I was at my locker with Chloe and Michael, Emily had gone away with her family for a bit so I was third wheeling a lot

"Natashia have you made a doctors appointment yet?" Chloe asks and I shook my head "do it now"

"Google the number for me" she searched it up and I dialled it

"Hello"

"Hi I'd like to make an appointment for next week"

"Name?"

"Natashia Matheson"

"Does Tuesday at 4:30 work?"

"Yeah"

"Ok see you then"

"Thank you" I hung up and looked at Chloe "next Tuesday"

"are you going to ask Luke to come with you?"

"Ask Luke to go with you where?" Ashton shows up

"Nothing" I smile and shake my head

"I came to walk you to class, are you ready?"

"Yeah one sec" I grabbed my binder and book before shutting my locker "let's go"

"So what are you and Luke doing?"

"Not in a rude way but it isn't any of your business and I can guarantee you, you don't want to be involved with it"

"Ok"

I talked to Luke at lunch, I told him when the appointment is and that he's welcome to come if he wants. All I got was an okay so that's cool. Right now I'm waiting for Ashton to come ver and work on our English. I was just messing around with a guitar, maybe finding a sample for a song, when ash came in

"Hey"

"Hi Ashton"

"You should write a song about me" he smiles. I start off by playing a mix of C, D and E chords

"Ashtons kind of a loser," I sing as bad as I can "like seriously, how is someone so shit"

"that's enough, we have work to do"

"By the way, next Tuesday isn't going to work for me"

"Ok, I think practice ends early on Wednesday if you can wait until 6"

"That's good, sorry again"

"Don't worry about it"