AppleHeart

Chapter Sixteen

"JACK!" Apple growled. Jack Heart ducks to his hands and knees, hitting the bare floor. Dalmatia looks down and watches his best friend.

"Why is he here?!" Jack hissed.

"Don't look at me," Dalmatia responded, "At least you don't have to wait to tell him."

"Dal, the whole point of waiting to tell him tonight, is to give me time to come up with HOW I'll tell him." Jack begins to crawl away while bumping into several people's legs until he disappears under the door of the changing room. Dal hears the store door open and sees Apple enter. "Dalmatia, where did he go?"

"He went this way," Mr. Dalmatia takes Apple hand and leads him towards the changing rooms. He presses his face against one of the doors, "Jack?"

"Is he gone?" Jack's whimpers from the other side.

"Jack I need you to listen," Dalmatia pulls Apple closer so that the taller male is facing the door, "I want you to know that you're my best friend and I care about you, but this is for your own good." Dalmatia used all of his strength to shove Apple into the changing room where Jack was hiding. "Talk it out, you guys!" Dal steps away from the changing room to look at more clothes. In the darkened stall, Jack was quivering with his back pressed against the wall and Apple hovering over him, still angry. There was silence at first, then Apple spoke through clenched teeth.

"Tell me the truth Jack, are you pregnant?"

"Y-yes." Apple Poison stands back and takes a sharp inhale before punching the mirror hanging on the wall. The mirror formed cracks from the impact of Apple's fist, but it didn't fully shatter.

"Why?" His voice sounds as if he's going to cry. Jack folded his hands, guilt swelling his body.

"I was scared," Jack replied in a softly, "Things were happening too quickly. I wasn't careful and... and..." Jack turns away so that his back was facing Apple, "I didn't want you to leave me." He pressed his forehead against the wall. Tears threatened to appear in his eyes. As Jack was wiping his tears away, he felt Apple stand behind him, only a few inches of space between them. "I can't blame you if you're angry at me."

"Yeah, I am angry," Apple said, "but I'm angrier at myself than at you." Jack perks his head up and slowly turns around. "I was the one who wasn't careful enough. I didn't even think about wearing protection."

"If anyone's to blame, it's me, " Apple caresses Jack's cheek with his hand then wipes one of the tears away with his thumb. "I'm so sorry." Heart raises his hands and touches Apple's as he sobs.

"I'm sorry too." Jack stands to his tip if his toes and kisses Apple. Poison wraps his arms around Jack's curves and kisses back with more passion. Apple's tongue dominated Jack's for the second time as he pushed the smaller male against the wall. Meanwhile, Mr. Dalmatia is still looking around the store and getting slightly irritated at the lack of fashionable choices, at least by his standards. Dal rolled his eyes at the shoe rack towards the back a muttered something under his breath before walking back to the changing rooms. He was about to knock on the door until he heard a low moan from the other side of the door. Dalmatia pressed his ear to listen better.

"No...no," that was Jack's voice,  "we can't do it in here, Apple." 

"Alright, how about tonight?" That one was Apple's.

"Yes, I think that's good."

"You know, I missed you, a lot."

"I missed you too." There was silence for a moment then Dalmatia heard a click from the knob. The stall door opens up and collides with Dalmatia's face.