Faster than the Night

Chapter 60

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"Jim?" I swallowed under my breath, staring at the love of my life for two years.

"Elaine?" he gasped, jumping back a bit and letting go of my hand, causing me to fall back to the ground. "Oh shit! I'm sorry."

"It's ok." I said as he grabbed both of my hands to help me back up. "Sorry about that."

Just about every word we said to each other was full of mumbles. We had never really spoken to each other before. However, the connection we had without words was stronger than just about anything I've ever felt. I was in love with him for two years and forced myself to let go of him, because I knew I could never be with him. His stepfather was the coach of Peter's entire baseball league. Knowing I could never jeopardize Peter's relationship with them, I never did anything about my feelings.

"Oh it's ok. I wasn't really looking where I was going either." he tried to let out a light laugh. I could tell he was nervous, maybe even more than me. No, that wasn't possible.

"Congratulations." he said, after clearing his throat during an awkward silence.

It took me a minute to think of what he could possibly be congratulating me on, until I felt Baelynn kick me. She always made herself known in the most important moments.

"Oh thank you." I smiled, looking down at my baby bump as I laid my hands on top.

"How far along are you?" he asked, his face showing nothing but shock. Why was he so confused? He liked my pregnancy pictures, even the one from this morning.

"Thirty-one weeks." I said happily, letting out a sigh. "Almost seven months."

"Cool." he said, looking down at his feet. "Well I should probably get these to your brothers team. They're all kind of staring..."
"What?" I almost yelled, noticing my mother pointing towards us with all the baseball moms. "You've gotta be kidding me."

"What?" he asked.

"It's nothing." I huffed, leaving Jim to walk over to my father. I decided to ignore my mother and her gossip girls for now.

"Can I get that for you?" Jim yelled, gesturing towards the chair.

I had already been about a hundred feet away from him, but the chair kept trying to slip off my shoulder. He must have been watching me. Never mind, that's crazy. He probably just noticed with all my huffing and puffing.

"Nope I'm good." I yelled, not looking back at him.

I didn't know why I was being dismissive of Jim, but I didn't want to talk to him while I was seven months pregnant. That's not exactly what guys look for in girls. Not to mention, I didn't know how I felt about dating other people one month after dumping Hunter. To be fair, we had only dated for six months, and it's not like anyone was looking to date me anyway.

Walking over to my dad, I let out a sigh to try and get rid of all frustrations so I could enjoy Peter's game with him. When that failed, I used my anger towards yelling at Peter and his team mates while the game went on. My dad laughed a few times when I would walk up close to the field to tell them what to do.

"I'm glad you're back." he nudged my arm as I hugged him.

"Me too." I sighed into his shirt. What I wanted to add was that it was only for today, but I refrained and let him enjoy this moment.