Jenalyn: A Splitting Personality (#2) [Complete]

Chapter 17: Jenalyn

Thursday, 8:19 P.M. EST

"We only have about an hour before Dane is going to be back, is your time really wisely invested with your nose in your phone right now?" Rob asks frustratedly. He paces back and forth in the empty living room of the newest apartment Dane had rented out for some of the Philly girls he's relocating next week.

I try to pay him more attention, but the TMZ article claiming that Sophie Ryan is pregnant with Tyler Robson's child is burning in through my eyes, and swarming my mind to a distracting point.

Sure, I'd heard the rumors, but he told me they weren't even serious...

"Jena!" Rob snaps, swatting my phone from my hands with force before waving his own hand in front of my face. "Hello! If you want me to follow through with this shit you're gonna have to work with me here! C'mon!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I mumble, grabbing my phone from the floor and inspecting it for cracks with annoyance. "Don't fucking swat my shit, okay? I'm listening!"

Rob sighs, and apologizes before running his hand through his hair. My heart doesn't want to, but I have to force Tyler and Sophie from my mind to remember that I put Rob in this position the moment I told him I thought it was his.

"Evelyn knows, by the way..." I quickly mutter, following up before he has a chance to panic. I can just sense it coming on... I've gotten to know Rob a little bit. "Don't worry! She doesn't know about us- we can still come up with something!"

His face still shows that he's stressed, and I find myself quickly growing empathetic for him... it must be the hormones.

"I'm sorry!" I say, softening my voice as I shove my phone into my pocket and step toward him. "Aren't you... excited at all? I'm gonna do things right so that this kid can have everything!"

Rob's face scrunches up for a moment and he cocks his head towards me as if to question my sanity. After a moment though, his face softens seemingly sensing the fact that his response could trigger a hormonal break.

"Maybe under different circumstances." He says almost reluctantly after a second. "Look, I get it- he took something from you, and you want to rebel to make sure you get to keep what you want this time-"

He trails off for a moment, shifting his weight to the opposite leg before continuing on.

"-but this is not an ideal situation, and you need to realize that. It's not a game. If Dane ever finds out about us?That kid, in or outside of you, will be killed anyway! Is that really what you want for your baby? Is that what you really expect me to want?"