My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter 27 - It Sounded Pretty Serious

*Mickey's POV*

        I'm so tired and all I really want to do is go to bed right now. I just fed Cocoa and as far as her pregnancy goes, she's doing really well. Justin and I have been taking her to the vet and it turns out, she's having five puppies! I can't wait until they're here! So far, she's six weeks along. Typically, a dog's pregnancy lasts for a total of nine weeks. I'm still scared something might happen while Justin and I are gone. What if she has the puppies and we're not here to see them? After I take Cocoa up to Justin and I's room, I tuck her in her little bed, and kiss and rub her tummy. She starts to whine a little.

     "Baby, I know you're in pain, but I assure you, once you have those puppies, it'll all be worth it in the end." I whisper to her as I kiss her head. After that, I walked over to the bed and laid right next to Justin. He was in the middle of writing down lyrics on a note pad for a song about God knows what. Once he notices my appearance next to him, he sets down the pencil and note pad on the night stand and wraps his arms around me. He gives me a gentle kiss on my forehead, along with rubbing up and down my arm. I look up to see his face, only to see a look of sympathy, as if he knows I'm stressed.

        "You seem stressed baby." He says with a caring voice. "May I ask what's wrong?"

      I didn't know whether to say that I'm fine or to just be honest. Then again, he reads me liked an open book, and besides, I can't lie to him. I'm a terrible liar, and plus, he knows that I'm a terrible liar.

  "You're really sweet, you know that?" He just smiles and gives me another forehead kiss. "I don't know, I mean, it's a lot of things."

    "Like what?"

      "Like, what if we're not here when Cocoa's puppies are born? Also, what if I start to have an anxiety attack at my mom's memorial tomorrow? She meant everything to me, and just knowing that she's gone--" I cut myself off.

        Justin just laid there and kept stroking my arm as I started crying a little. It's hard to know my mom made the choices she made and I still can't help but feel that it's my fault she killed herself. It's hard knowing she had become an alcoholic. I have only my dad to blame for that. He walked out on us knowing my mom didn't have a job, I had to work to pay debt, and Ryan was never around. I felt so alone for so long. Besides, my dad's the reason I have anxiety attacks. He walked out on us because he fell in love with some other woman who's a lot younger and had better curves. I don't expect him to be at the funeral service tomorrow, but if he is, screw him. He can rot in hell for all I care.

     "Honey, I know it's hard and I know you're struggling what with your mom gone, but I promise you, things will get better. If you start to have an anxiety attack, just remember to breathe and think happy thoughts. Just think of it this way; she's in a much happier place now. She's not suffering anymore and she still gets to watch her baby girl and boy from a far." I started to smile through the tears. "She loves you. I know she does. I'm sure she wants to be here but she can't. She's in a much better place now where the angels are taking care of her." We gave each other a very passionate kiss filled with love and care. He really knows how to make me feel better. After we pull away from the kiss, we look at Cocoa who's already asleep.

    "As for Cocoa, I'll just get Ryan or my mom to watch her." We both just laugh.

        I sigh. "I love being in a relationship with you." I say as I look back at him.

     "Woah, where'd that come from?" He chuckled.

        "Justin, I love you with all my heart. You mean everything to me, and I honestly don't know where I'd be without you. I've made some bad choices with my life and I always hated myself for putting myself in the position I was in. I thought there was no way out and well, you showed me the way out and gave me a reason to keep moving forward." I told him.

     He was speechless, I could tell.

        "Wow, thank you sweetheart. I know what you mean by bad choices. Hell, I mean, before, I was some punk ass kid who just used women for sex. I wanted to make things work with Selena but that ended up not happening. I at first wanted to just use you for sex, but after the first couple of times, I ended up having some deep feelings for you because let's face it, you're the best I've ever had. Then when I ended up cheating on you, I got upset, I panicked, and I knew I had to tel you. I was afraid of losing you and yet, for some reason you stayed with me." He says.

    That kind of hit me there for a second when he mentioned the fact that he cheated on me. I know we've discussed this a couple of times but I still feel upset knowing that it happened.

    "Excuse me for a second." I say as I get out of bed.

        "Was it something I said?" He asked.

        "No, I just need a glass of water."

     I went downstairs to the kitchen and poured myself a glass of water. As I was sipping it, I started thinking about everything that's happened over the past year. Who knew things could change so quickly in just a short period of time. My phone started going off, interrupting my thoughts. I took it out of my pocket and saw it was a call from Ryan. I decided to answer it even though it is weird he's calling so late.

    "Hey Ryan, what's up?" I answered.

   "Mickey, could you come over for a sec?" He asked.

   "Why, what's going on?"

        "Just come over."

      "Okay."

        I hung up and grabbed my coat and keys. As I started to walk out the door, Justin stopped me.

    "Mickey, where are you going?" He asked in a worried tone as he came down the stairs in a robe.

        "Ryan asked me to come over. He didn't say why but by the tone in his voice, it sounded pretty serious." I explained. He nodded his head and pulled me in for a hug. "Drive safe, alright?" He says as he gives me a peck on my lips and I head out the door.

        I drove to Ryan's house and parked in the driveway. When I got out if the car, I say a very familiar red car parked in the street. I know I've seen that car before. I shrug it off and walked up to the door and walked in. When I walked into the house, I saw a man in front of Ryan about six foot, same hair color as me when he turned around, I immediately recognized him.

    "Hello Mickey." He said.

        "Dad?" I manage to say.

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          I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while. I don't have a new laptop but I'm updating from the app on my tablet and I think this'll work just fine until I get a laptop. Anyway, I hope you guys like the update and to all you guys who complain about me having almost no drama in my story, this is not the story for you then. I'm not a drama person; therefore, I don't put a lot of drama in my stories and if you don't like it, don't read the story then. I write my stories the way I want to. Anyway, I hope you lime the story and I really need more comments on my stories. A lot of you guys just read and vote but I really need your guys' feedback; otherwise, I don't know what you think of the story. I promise I will be updating more often now that my first book is done.