Boy Next Door 2 | l.h [completed]

Chapter 13

"Where should we put the crib?" Luke asked. I've decided recently to move back in with Luke. It's been a month now, one more month until my due date. "Just over in the corner" I instructed. He did so, moved it a little until he thought it was perfect.

"Is it good?" he walked over to me and breathed heavily like he was out of breath. "Perfect" I kissed his cheek. He smiled and hugged behind me. "Ashton called" he mumbled into my neck.

I sighed lightly. "He's not going to give up the custody of this baby" Luke said. "I know. But I can't lose it" I sniffled.

"I know" he whispered into my ear. "What are we going to do Luke?" I asked, turning around to face him. "I don't know" he hugged me. "I'm scared Luke" I mumbled into his shoulder.

"I know" he whispered. Then, I pulled away from him and looked down at my round stomach. "Are we going to lose this baby?" I asked, still looking down. "No. I'm not going to let that happen. I can promise you that" he stammered and walked pass me and next to the crib.

"Don't keep promises that you know won't happen" I said. "I can promise you this, I'll try my best to help you keep this baby" he smiled back at me. "You can help. But I know that this isn't going to end well" I walked away, only to have him follow me.

"Emma" he called out, I ignored him. "Emma" he called again, a little louder than before. "Emma" he yelled. "What?" I called back. "Please just look at me" I turned around. "What" I plainly said with a straight face.

"I know your upset and mad about this, but we'll get through this together" he smiled and hugged me. "If I lose this baby its like losing a peice of me" I walked away into the kitchen.

"Emma. I promise that this is going to work out" he followed me.

"You can't promise that! You can hope it will work out!" I yelled. "Then I hope!" he yelled back. "This isn't going to work out and you know it" I stammered. "How do you know that? Ashton has a record of stalking people, hurting people and-" I cut him off. "Don't say it" I said through gritted teeth.

"You get the point. He won't be able to get custody of the baby!" he yelled. "You never know what will happen. You can't predict the future. He'll try to get the baby one way or another" I stammered.

Luke had no words after that. He opened up his mouth to say something but closed it back up because I just left him speechless.

 "I should get going to school" he mumbled and walked to our bedroom. I stayed in the kitchen, pacing back and forth, trying to find a way to keep my baby.

"Bye" he kissed my cheek and walked out the front door with his boots clicking against the wooden floor, and his over sized coat from his dad.

My phone started to ring. I snatched it from the kitchen counter and answered without looking who was calling. "Hello?" I asked furiousily.

"Hi Emma" Ashton whispered. "What do you want Ashton?" I asked, still furious. "Can we just talk?" he asked. "About what?" I asked. "The baby" he mumbled. "I know you want to take it. I won't let you!" I yelled.

"Emma. Just listen to me" he tried to calm me down but it only made me madder. "No. Don't Emma me. I'm done with this game Ashton. You can't have this baby. This  baby is mine if you like it or not" I yelled, I was so angry. I was so angry, that I threw my phone across the room. It hit the wall and shattered into a million pieces probably. I couldn't see from my blurred eyes from the tears.

I didn't care now. I cried so much till the point I got down on my knees. I curled into a ball, which was hard. Since it was hard, it reminded me of the mess I was in. Everything is hard for me. I don't even know what I'm going to do with my life and I don't know what I'm doing with my life now. The world seems like this big mess that everybody knows what to do. Except for me. Its like my life is planned out for me, but I don't know what will happen next. All my life everyone has told me what to do with my life. It would be nice if I made my own decisions for a change. But maybe I'm not meant to do that? What then?

All I could think about are the people I love the most in my life. All the people I hurt, all the people who won't leave my life.

The one person that is the most important to me is Matthew. He's everything to me, he's my everything. I really couldn't think of a life without him. But with this new child, I don't know what will happen. If I'll end up with Ashton or Luke. My life is a complicated mess that I don't know what will happen next.

You know how people already know what will happen in their life? What college they want to go to, or their next adventure, or maybe who they want to spend the rest of their life with.

I thought about that like every other person, but, everything changed after I met Luke. The boy next door who messed up my life, who entered my life and made it complicated. What a journey it has been with him.

I love him, Matthew, and yes, Ashton.

A/N

Sorry that this chapter was short. For the next chapter, yes it will be the last, but I suggest you read Chapter 2 of Boy Next Door 1 to know what is going on in the next chapter.