Part 22. That Wasn't Me

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Previously in MBBF

"Call yourself ugly one more time, I dare you."

"Too lazy," I respond with a sassy smile. He just smiles back at me, a look in his eyes I never saw in Jack. Is this what I've been missing my whole life?
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Me and Corbyn snap out of our moment to his phone blowing up, 7 messages from Jack.

Jack
HOLY FUCK

Jack
NO

Jack
THAT WAS ZACH

Jack
HE STOLE MY PHONE

Jack
I STG

Jack
ROSE COME BACK PLEASE

Jack
BABY

I gasp and tears spring to my eyes. I hear the door to my room open to see Jack, out of breath and scared. "Please... believe... me..." he said between breaths.

"Jack, it's okay."

"No, Jack. It isn't okay," Corbyn butted in. "How do we know he isn't just playing you?"

"Corbyn what the hell's gotten into you?"

"Your girlfriend, Jack. I love her. With my entire heart. Honestly I don't think you feel the same."

"Jack, is that true?"

"I love you more than this fuckin nerd ever could."

"DO NOT CALL CORBYN A NERD," I yell, trying to hold back my tears.

Corbyn grabs my hand and looks at me as I look up at him, a tear rolling down my cheek.

"Corbyn, can we talk? Alone?" Jack asks the blonde boy.

"Hurt her and I'll kill you."

And with that Corbyn left.

"I swear to God I love you, Rose."

"Do you?"

"Yes."

"Prove it."

And with that he smashed his lips to mine, smiling out of the kiss. "Oh my God, I missed kissing you."

"That doesn't prove anything, Jack."

"Okay, then what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to love me like Corbyn does."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"With your whole heart."

"I already do."

"Then I guess there's nothing you can do. I'll give you one more chance, Avery. Fuck it up and I'm never coming back." He pulls me into his arms, but from a distance, and that's when I remember: I'm pregnant. With his baby.

He places his hand on my stomach, as I feel the human forming in my body kick at Jack's hand. He looks up at me and smiles, knowing that soon we'll be parents. I look out the small window on the door, seeing Corbyn forcing a smile with tears in his eyes. My smile fades, as I realize what I'm doing to him. "I love you, Jack."

"That sounded forced.. what's up with you this morning?"

"Nothing.." I trailed off. "Its nothing."

"Whatever.."

Doctors come rushing in, pulling Jack off of me, hooking up yet another few wires. "Jesus christ.."

Jack attempts to walk over between one pair of nurses refilling a fluid bag, reaching for my hand. I try to grab it without moving my arm much, but all I can reach is his finger. I take my pinky and wrap it around his, something I used to do with Corbyn in middle school. One nurse turns around to Jack and says, "it would be best for her if you got out of our way."

His half smile faded into a frown as his pinky slipped from mine and he walked out of my room. Corbyn and Jack started talking, which looked like it turned into a heated argument, considering I could hear bits of what they were saying through the door. "Stay away from her, you don't deserve it," I heard one of them say.

"Really? Which one of us here saved her life? You walked out on her. She could've died if it wasn't for me." I assumed that was Corbyn. The nurses finished with their jobs and all walked out, allowing the boys back into my room. Only one walked in: a blonde haired, puffy eyed boy. Tears rushed to my eyes as I saw him walk to my bed. I covered my face as I sobbed into my hands, Corbyn wrapping his arms around me and letting me cry. I heard footsteps as Jonah walked in with his phone in his hand, "I need to show you something, Rose."

He walked over to my bed, unlocking his phone and showing me a picture of Jack and a girl I hadn't seen or remembered for over 7 months: Gabriela Gonzalez.

He walked over to my bed, unlocking his phone and showing me a picture of Jack and a girl I hadn't seen or remembered for over 7 months: Gabriela Gonzalez

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"I saw this on Jack's camera roll, from August 23rd," Jonah told me.

I just sat there, staring at the picture of my fiance and his ex girlfriend, certainly having fun cheating on me.

"Was there anything else?"

"No."

"And this is from this August?"

"August 23rd, 2017."

I buried my face in my hands as the cheating bastard himself walked in to see me in Corbyn's arms. "Fucking bastard!" I yell at him, tears streaming down my face a mile a minute. His face drops as Jonah shows him the picture of him and Gabbie, clearly confused. "Why don't you ever let me explain myself," he laughed at me, "because I'm sure this relationship would go a hell of a lot better."

"Fine. Explain then, cause you have about 30 seconds before I beat ass."

"My friend Brandon sent that to me to blackmail me into doing something for him, or else he would release the photo."

"Why did you save it to your gallery?"

"I honestly don't know how it got there."

"Jack, swear to me you're not lying."

"I swear on that child inside of you."

Corbyn unwraps his arms from around my waist as he gets up and runs out of the room, for what reason I didn't know until it was too late. Jonah gets up and runs after Corbyn, as Jack comes over to me and grabs the ring from the table. "Rose, I know.. that I haven't been the most trustworthy guy.. at all."

"You're right. Point?"

"I love you. No matter what I love you. I'll never stop loving you. Forever and always, and even past that," Jack smiled at me, opening his arms. I gave everything I had to this boy, crying into his chest. He got into the bed, not letting me go. "You are perfect."

"The fuck I'm not."

"Ha, well maybe not perfect, but perfect for me," he smiled down at me as I cuddled into his chest, falling asleep.
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