The Veil

Chapter Fourteen

End of September

It was eight weeks later before we told Jade or Andrew anything.

Well, Jade walked into my room without knocking and Tom was in the bed, half naked.
It was really hard to convince her we weren't actually together.

We'd spent almost every night in my bed or his for those two months and we'd managed to sneak out before Jade or Andrew realised.

Jade just laughed at our denials, and she had a right too, it was completely obvious.

"Okay, any other time I'd be delighted to sit here and talk about how and when this happened, but right now I need Tom to get his naked ass out the bed so I can talk to you Lily. Now." She looked so worried and panicked.

"Jade, I'm trying to sleep." Tom mumbled, he'd put his head back down after he realised Jade wasn't mad.

"Tom, move, move." I whined as I pulled the covers off him, exposing him to the cold morning air.

"God, can't a guy just sleep in this house?" He moaned back as he heaved himself off the bed, walking towards the door. "Fine, but I'm taking Sky." As he said her name, she looked up at him and he motioned for her to go with him.

That wasn't her visual command for 'come' normally, but she wasn't stupid, she knew where she was going to get attention right then.

"Fine, fine, go." I waved at him distractedly as Jade crawled into the bed next to me, laying her head down on the pillow and facing me.

I laid down too, turning to face her.

Her red hair spread across the pillow, looking so much brighter against the white pillow case.

This was how she used to talk to me, those days I'd felt like I couldn't get out of the bed, couldn't move, she'd never asked why I couldn't, but she'd always crawl under the covers with me, distracting me any way she could.

"What's going on Jade?" I asked as I grabbed her hand under the covers between us. It was cold, but mine soon warmed it up.

"Something big is happening. I'm freaking out. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to deal with this. I'm not ready Lily." She said in a rushed panicked tone. A single tear slid from her wide eyes, hitting the pillow.

"Jade, slow down. What's happened? What's wrong?" I gripped her hand tighter, letting her know I was there for her.

"We messed up lil, we really messed everything up." She started to cry.

I grabbed her into a hug, I had no idea what she was talking about, it was safe to assume the other person in the 'we' was Andrew, but I hadn't heard them arguing at all, I couldn't see them messing their relationship up, they seemed to be as solid as they usually were.

"You and Andrew? What's happened? You both seemed fine last night?" I asked, stroking her hair.

"Not last night, weeks ago!" She cried into my t-shirt.

I was getting confused now, they couldn't hide being broken up for weeks, could they?

Me and Tom had hid being together for longer though, so maybe they could after all.

My heart started to race, I didn't know what would happen if they had broken up.

"You broke up weeks ago?" I whispered, hoping that if I said it quietly enough, it might not be true.

Jade sniffled a few times, then pulled back to look at me, keeping hold of my hands.

"We didn't break up." She shook her head, smiling slightly through the tears. "I'm pregnant Lily."