Only You - Artem Markelov

Chapter 6

So ehmm.... hi? Yes, I'm still alive! I didn't fall off the face of the earth ;) Life just got.... busy and so many things have been asking for my attention so writing kind of disappeared to the background. But I want to change that! It might take a bit, so bare with me!

But for now, here is the next chapter!

Short recap:

Amaya gets up and opens the door to find Noah standing in front of her.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" she asks confused.

"I just wanted to check on you after yesterday, see how you were feeling," Noah says as he walks inside. It doesn't take longer than a second for him to find Artem sitting on the bed, causing the look on his face to change from worry to confusion to anger in a matter of seconds.

"What is he doing here?" Noah asks, not taking his eyes off of Artem.

"He just came over with some pizza to catch up a bit," Amaya says, hoping Noah won't make a big deal out of this.

"Seems quite cozy."

"Look man, I promise we're just talking," Artem says as he gets up from the bed.

"Don't say anything," Noah says, finally taking his eyes off of Artem. Instead, he looks at Amaya.

"Can't we catch up? There's a lot of history between us and seeing each other again has been quite a shock," Amaya says.

"I know there is, but I also know Artem. I don't want him to make a move on my sister," Noah says.

"That's all you think of me? That I'm just doing this so I can sleep with her?" Artem asks, clearly shocked and hurt.

"You have a reputation man and you know it," Noah says, looking at Artem again.

"Yeah, but as Amaya said, there's a lot of history between us. That changes things, massively. I would never make a move on her just so I can sleep with her. She's important to me because she was important to Layla," Artem says, feeling a pang in his chest as he thinks about his sister. Amaya looks to the ground as she sighs at the mention of her best friend. 

"You're right, I'm sorry man,"  Noah says as he walks up to Artem and gives him a hug.

"No worries, I understand where you're coming from," he replies as Amaya sighs in relief.

"I'll leave you to it, enjoy the pizza," Noah says as he hugs Amaya as well.

"Thank you," Amaya says as Noah walks out. After closing the door, she sits down on the bed again, sighing heavily.

"You okay?" Artem asks as he sits down next to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just wish he wouldn't make such a big deal out of it."

"I know, me too. But he'll realize that he's wrong," Artem says, making Amaya look at him.

"Really? Because so far he's right," Amaya says and although she didn't mean to sound upset, she knows that's the case when she sees the look on Artem's face.

"I know that, but I do really care about you. Like I said, you're important to me and I want to get to know you again. If something happens, that's great. If it doesn't, that's also okay. But we might as well have some fun, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I just don't want to get hurt."

"I understand that. Let's just promise that we'll always be honest about how we feel, okay?" Artem suggests and Amaya nods.

"I like that."

"Now let's eat some pizza!"

Later that night, a knock on the door makes Amaya jump up from her bed. Artem left a little while ago and as soon as he did, she texted Rose to come over.

"Finally," Amaya says as she lets Rose in. 

"I didn't take that long," Rose says as she hands Amaya the bag with the test in it.

"I know, but it feels like it took forever. Plus I've been waiting to go to the bathroom so I really have to go now," Amaya says before disappearing into the bathroom.

Not too long after, Amaya comes back out with the test and puts it on the bedside table before sitting down on the bed. Rose sits down next to her in silence. The time seems to pass by slower than ever. Amaya gets up and starts pacing around the room.

"It's gonna be okay," Rose says as Amaya sighs heavily.

"I don't know Rose, I have just have this feeling that this test is gonna be positive."

"Why?"

"I have no idea," Amaya says as the timer goes off. She walks to the test and takes a deep breath before picking it up.

"And?" Rose asks when Amaya doesn't say anything. She still doesn't say anything, but hands the test to Rose instead.

Positive

"You're pregnant," Rose says shocked as she looks at Amaya.

"What am I gonna do?" Amaya says as she paces around again.

"You need to talk to Artem."

"And tell him what?"

"That you're pregnant and the baby is his of course," Rose says as Amaya sits down again.

"I can't do that, he's completely focused on his career as he should be. I can't just come in and tell him I'm pregnant with his baby."

"Do you want to keep it?" Rose asks and Amaya doesn't respond immediately.

"I have to."

"What do you mean?" Rose asks confused.

"It's a promise I made to Layla before she passed. She asked me to always look out for Artem and her family. Technically, this baby is her family so I can't hurt it," Amaya says, trying not to tear up.

"I understand. So tell him that. Tell him you're carrying his child and that because of this promise to his sister, you are going to keep it."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"But forget about him and this promise. How do you feel?"

"Scared, worried, freaking out," Amaya says.

"Of course, that's so normal in a situation like this."

"But also weirdly at peace and somewhat happy?" Amaya adds, also to her own surprise.

"That's good, right?"

"Yeah, it is. Weirdly enough, it is."

What do you think? Let me know in the comments and don't forget to vote for this chapter! I really hope I'll be able to post the next chapter soon!

Love,

Evy