Palaye Royale Fanfic

Chapter 18 - Remington

Chapter 18 - Remington

"The trip was cancelled so I'm - Elodie? What are you doing here?"

I didn't know what to say and looked panicked until Sebastian stepped in.

"She still isn't feeling well so we're just looking after her."

Remington looked worried as he came over and put his hand on my forehead.
"You alright, love?"

"Yeah I think it's just a fever,"
I lied. He couldn't ever find out about the abortion.

"I'll get you some water," he offered, but as he stood up, he noticed the leaflet from the clinic on the table that I hadn't remembered to throw away. I was so tired when I got in I just put everything they'd given me on the table. I hoped he wouldn't read it and just throw it away, but my heart sunk when his eyes scanned over the text.

"What's this?"

Silence.

"'How to take care of yourself and others that've had an abortion'... Abortion? Elodie what the hell is going on?"
I'd never heard Remington so angry and was too scared to say anything.

"Bro just calm down and we can talk about this," Sebastian said, putting his hand on Remington's shoulder but he shrugged it off aggressively.

"Have you had an abortion?" He asked lowly. I hadn't heard that tone of his voice before and it sent a shiver down my spine.

I couldn't get any words out so I just gave a small nod. Sebastian left the room but Emerson stayed by my side.

"Are you serious?" Remington asked me.

"What else could I do?" I said.

"It's my child too, Elodie! God, do you know how selfish that was - not even telling me you were pregnant?" Remington shouted at me.

"What did you expect me to do? I'm nineteen for crying out loud. We can't raise a kid? It was the only choice!"

"A choice we should have made together. And my brothers were in on it too, that's real low that is. Don't call me."

He stormed upstairs to his room and I stood there in shock for a minute before I couldn't take anymore of Emerson's pitiful stare and left. I couldn't stop the tears on the way to my house and locked myself in my room, ignoring my mum and Ryan too.

I curled up in a ball and cried myself to sleep - wishing the last 48 hours could be restarted then it might have ended differently. I ignored everyone for two days; only leaving my room to get water and go to the bathroom. I couldn't even stomach any food. I was too embarrassed to tell my mum about the abortion and Ryan wouldn't understand.

On the third day of isolation, the lock of my door clicked open and Remington walked in. He must have picked it because it couldn't open from the outside otherwise. He stood by the door and didn't make any attempt to come closer after he'd locked it again.

"Hey."

"Hey."

He walked over and sat on the edge of my bed, I could feel the tension between us and I hated it.

"I'm sorry," he finally said.

"No, I'm sorry Rem. I should have told you I just didn't want you to be angry."

He sighed and took my hand.

"I'm angry that I wasn't there for you. It must have been a traumatising experience and I always want to protect you. I just wish you'd have told me so we could have dealt with it together. You did the right thing getting an abortion because we're too young to be parents - I'm just sad I wasn't there for you. But I'm so sorry baby for making you cry."

I squeezed his hand and he gently bent down to kiss my forehead. I tried to sit up to hug him but I winced in pain from the abortion.

"No don't move, baby. Lie back down and I'll lay with you."

He climbed into bed beside me and I cuddled into his chest. I was dealing with too many emotions and hormones and couldn't stop the tears of pain and relief.

"It was so scary, Rem."

"Oh, love."

He kissed the top of my head and held me tight until we both fell asleep.