6 Years Too Late

Nine

Andi's POV

"Thanks for meeting me out here to go riding, since Totsie's didn't work out a couple days ago." Liza grins as I pull Brody's old pickup into the barn.

"No problem. Thanks for understanding when I had to cancel. Kason was a mess, and I'll be honest, so was I." I sigh, hanging the truck keys on the wall and grabbing the bridle off the peg beside it, wandering towards the chocolate colored beauty in the third stall.

"We are going to discuss that today, right?" Liza calls from the stall across the barn.

"Yes." I chuckle, "Hi, Twix." I smile, patting the horses nose as I ease the bit into her mouth and fit the strap behind her ears, kissing her nose as I tighten the buckle behind her jaw.

"Kas didn't want to come ride today?" Liza asks, walking into view with Shadow.

"He is making cookies with grandma. He didn't want to do anything else." I chuckle, opening the stall gate to follow her outside to saddle up.

"So what's up with Kason's dad being in the picture suddenly?" Liza asks as we slowly ride towards the hills a few minutes later.

"He was almost in the picture." I sigh, "Our paths crossed again finally, something I knew would probably happen at some point, seeing as we both work in music. His best friend found out about Kason first, and then I told him that he had a son. He was shocked, obviously. He kept going on and on about meeting Kason, just pure excitement in his eyes. I told him to give it a few days for the news to settle into his system, and the next time I heard from him, he texted me plain and simple, I can't be a dad. Sorry."

"No!" She gasp.

"Yep. That was Sunday night. So I booked flights and called you. I had to get out of LA. I had to get away from the whole thing, and from him. I was scheduled for like nine writing sessions with his band this week and next. I couldn't go into that room and not slap him though. I never ever saw him cowarding out. I knew he would be pissed at me, but I thought he would love Kason no matter what. I thought he would hate the situation, and the media troubles with it, and telling his friends and family, but not Kason. Never Kason. And now Kason is heartbroken by the dad he never met."

"Andi, that sucks. Oh man, that so sucks."

"Ya. That's not all either." I sigh, biting my lip as I think about the rest of my issues.

"What else?"

"Okay, Liza you have to understand no one else knows this. Not Niall, not Brody, not Jane. No one except him and I." I say first.

"Lips are sealed, Andi, don't worry. As far as your parents know you got pregnant the first time you ever had sex, remember." She laughs.

"Right." I chuckle, "Um, about a week and a half ago now, Kason's dad asked me to come over, so we could talk, except we both knew that wasn't what was really going to happen... this was before he knew about Kason. And well, karma? Ya, that bitch got us. The condom broke, and my phone broke the next morning, and he was out of town and well six days later I found out. So you know, karma may get another one on us and give Kason a sibling." I sigh, honestly it feels good to get it out to someone.

"So Kason's dad may have got you pregnant, again. And then disowned Kason, and with that the possible unborn child?" Her jaw is hanging open.

"Basically. I'm screwed." I groan.

"No shit, Andi! Can I come out to LA and hit this asshole in the balls a few dozen times with a sledgehammer?"

"As much as I wish I could say yes, part of my heart still believes the goofy, loving, sensitive, and wonderful guy I knew six years ago is still inside him somewhere. Hiding behind fear and panic."