One Night With Keanu Reeves

Chapter Three: Back Home and in Serious Trouble

"Mel c'mon what could possibly be causing this?" Kelly asked as I upchucked for what may well have been the umpteenth time in the space of a half-hour. It had been seven weeks since I spent two occasions in a hotel room bed with the one and only Keanu Reeves, who rightfully, in my view at least, had been receiving rave reviews for his action genre comeback as John Wick and I had heard from him at least twice in that time, mostly by Skype where we talked by typing and I heard his voice once during those two occasions.

"You're not thinking what I'm thinking are you Kel" I enquired of her during what proved to be a rare moment of reprieve from the physical sickness, only just managing to keep my eyes locked on hers as she nodded quietly. "I think we are thinking the same thing here Mel" was her quiet reply as I put my head against the tiled wall, relishing the coolness of the material against my hot forehead, wondering when my last monthly visitor was but I couldn't because of the stress of the death of my maternal grandfather and then moving into my own home.

15 or so minutes later, as I continued to sit by the toilet waiting for my stomach to be emptied of anything that was likely to make a reappearance, Kelly returned from her trip out with an average sized white plastic bag full of what I quickly found out to be at-home pregnancy tests to find out in the privacy of my home whether I was pregnant by Keanu Reeves or not. "Should I tell him if I am" I asked as we waited for the results of the first five tests out of the ten that she had brought home.

"Well I know your mom would tell you to get in contact with him" Kelly replied as the timer went off. Grabbing her hand as tightly as I could without hurting her, we made our way from the edge of the bathtub to the bathroom benchtop where five tests with unmistakable + signs in their windows looked back at us. "But whether you tell him or not is honestly up to you Mel; on the one hand he deserves to know that you're carrying his child but on the other it would mean constant intrusion on the part of the media".

When Kelly had left around midday, I sent a text message to Keanu, asking how quickly, if at all, he could be in Glendale, texting him my address as well so that I would be able to talk to him about it without the possibility of a reporter eavesdropping. I was surprised by just how quickly he had answered, saying he knew where that street was and that he could be at my home in less than 45 minutes, which made me laugh as I realised that he would be using his motorcycle to get here as quickly as he predicted.

Sure enough, not even  45 minutes later, I heard the distinct sound of a motorcycle coming up the cement driveway. Its engine died as I peeked out from behind the curtain and a lone rider removed his helmet. Damn hormones I thought as I saw what the helmet did to his hair as he removed it, at that sight all I could think about was jumping him as soon as he walked in the door but I knew I had to restrain myself as this was a very serious subject; one that I at least knew needed to have complete attention.

"Melody" he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and I put mine around both of his shoulders, not quite at his neck. Noticing it, he pulled away slightly, keeping me locked in his arms, his brown eyes searching mine for an answer but he couldn't find it so I led him to the sofa where we sat for a few minutes in silence before he asked why I wanted to see him so urgently. Taking a deep breath  I closed my eyes and steeled myself, "Home tests say I'm pregnant Keanu" I replied in a tone easily heard.

"Mel" he said, turning my face so that he could look at me directly, "Are you absolutely sure of this". I nodded, pointing to two of the ten tests that I had brought down to the lounge to let him see that it wasn't a joke, "Blame Kelly for the fact that there are eight others up in the bathroom" I said with a tone that was meant to lighten the mood and it did, his head shot up, a slight smile on his face as he shook his head, "So there's been no confirmation by doctors yet" he asked me.

"I have to go in at 2pm this afternoon; there's a cafe next door if you want to wait there so as to not draw attention to it" I responded as he nodded. "Well I would have brought my car if I had known that this is what we are going to be talking about Mel because honestly there is no way in hell that I'm letting you on the back of a motorcycle if you are pregnant" was his response and I had to slightly smile at that comment, "We can take mine" I said as he held my hand.

"We need to work out what's going to happen if I am Keanu" I said as we continued to sit in the lounge room, his arms now around my shoulders and my head under his, "Kelly said that to protect us; if I am pregnant that is; you might choose to stay away completely; watch from a distance as your child grows up". I felt him stiffen slightly at what my best friend said a few hours ago, "No way in hell am I abandoning you or our child if there is one" he stated firmly, "I'll do everything I can".

I was actually relieved to hear him say that because I honestly didn't know what I was going to do if he did take Kelly's suggestion into even moderate consideration. "I'm asking you this because I want to Melody; not due to the possibility of a baby" he said after a few minutes silence, "Since we parted ways in New York City I haven't been able to forget you; I know it sounds cliched as all hell but it is true; you have been on my mind day and night and now that we're back in contact" his voice trailed off.

My physical movements caused him to drop one arm from around me as I looked up at him through my long hair, "Are you saying you want us to be together regardless of whether there is a baby or not" I asked him and he nodded, his eyes briefly closing before opening again to see a smile on my face, "Yes I will be with you even if it turns out that there is no baby" I added as he leaned in and softly kissed me, his free hand holding my hair from my face, slowly but surely deepening the kiss.