Uneducated Submission

Sudden Realizations

***Jaxon's P.O.V***

I stormed up to my dorm,slamming the door as I entered.

Running my hands through my hair I huffed. I had the urge to throw something; to break it.

How could she be so oblivious? Was she that naive or did she just not care.

I enter the kitchen to see Zane slumped over the counter, beer in hand.

"You look like shit", I comment as I grab a beer from the fridge.

He grunts in response and I look at him.

His eyes were bloodshot and he had bags under them. He looked tired mentally and physically.

"Did you visit her?", I ask sitting across from him.

He scoffs, "Why should I?"

I look at him at disbelief, "Are you serious, right now?"

He looked at me, emotionlessly.

"She's in hospital, unstable and in pain, she literally just woke up from her concussion and went back under an hour later and your telling me you have no reason to see her?", I say accusingly, my voice raising.

"Maybe if she wasn't such a whore she wouldn't be in that position", he said taking a swig of his beer.

I couldn't believe him.

"You're gonna look at me and tell me you believe that? You're gonna really sit there and say that about her? After being so head over heels?", I shouted at him my blood boiling.

He laughed and got another beer, taking a swig before speaking.

"Newsflash, Jaxon. Royalty's a whore. A goddamn manipulative whore. She cheated on me, she slept with you yet I still wanted her back goddammit and then she goes and hooks up with some random. So yeah, I am saying that. I don't give a flying fuck".

I face palmed. He was really testing me.

"You really believe that shit story? I mean seriously am I the only one not in the least bit concerned that maybe it was Laila who did this? I mean they just patched up everything easy peasy like that. I call bullshit."

He stares at me indifferently as he processes what I just said, "It doesn't matter, and either way Laila wouldn't go that far and hurt Royalty. Why would she?"

I stare unbelievably at him, "Get out. Clean yourself up, get your fucking act together and visit Royalty. Trust me. She needs you right now Zane. And I'm not letting you back here until you visit her."

He glares at me grabbing his beer and his keys.

Snatching them back I quirk my brow at him.

"Fine fine", he says holding his hands up as he exits.

"Get an uber there. And sober up", I shout to him, handing him a fifty before locking the door.

Here's to hoping he doesn't just waste it on liquor.

***Zane's P.O.V***

My head swirled as I exited campus.
I felt detached. I wanted to hate Royalty but somehow I just ended up hating myself more.

Something was wrong, I could feel it in my guts. Against my better judgement, what little of it I had left anyways, I hailed a cab to the hospital.

Was Jax right? Would Laila really lie about Royalty's attack?

Could she really have hurt Royalty?

Leaning my head against the cool glass of the window i stare aimlessly at the scenery as it whirred past us. Why would Laila even do such a thing? It seemed incredulous. I knew her for Pete's sake, albeit we weren't on speaking terms she would never go that far as to hurt someone like that, much less get them assaulted.

My head pounded even harder as I pondered over endless possibilities. The cab pulled up to the hospital and after paying the driver I faced the entrance sighing before entering. Instantly my sense of smell is invaded by the nauseating antiseptic smell of medicine.

Heading to the water cooler I gulp down water praying it gets rid of the headache that seems to just intensify by the moment. Wetting my face with some of the water my stomach churns uneasily again as I realize where I am.

Do I really want to see her right now?

Glaring silently at the floor I look up before heading to the receptionist's desk.

"Royalty Evergarden's room?", I growl out.

She looks up at me with a bored expression before replying and I nod in thanks before heading off in the direction she tells me.

With each step I take I feel my nerves start to build even more. Why I was suddenly so nervous I had no idea but I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was awry, not to mention Jax's words left me with an overwrought feeling.

Reaching Royalty's room I stare at her sleeping body through the door's glass. She seemed so at peace sleeping;calm. As though the sight of her sobered me up, I realized how much I had missed her, how I missed seeing her, touching her, hearing her laugh.

I could only imagine what she thought of me, abandoning her in her time of need.

Again.

Clenching my fists, I inhaled deeply before entering her room.

Taking a seat in the chair next to her bed i just stared at her first. Her eyes had bags under them and her skin was pale; her lips slightly chapped.

I ran my hand over her face, brushing a lock of her hair away from her face. Her eyes fluttered open and I pulled my hand back as she came to, realizing who I was.

"Zane", she said in a breathless whisper.

My heart palpitated and butterflies seemed to erupt in my stomach.

I could never hate her, no matter how hard I tried, I was helplessly in love with her.

Her eyes scanned my face, searching for something and I felt nervous once more. Something was wrong.

"What's wrong", I said taking her hand in mine.

Her eyes looked down at our enclosed hands before she stared brokenly at me, pulling her hand away. Turning her body she stared up at the ceiling.

My heart fell. I should've known I couldn't just ignore her for 2 weeks and then show up half drunk expecting everything to be fine.

Just as I was about to get up she spoke.

"You're gonna leave me when you find out.", she started

I stared at her in confusion,"What are you talking about?"

"I mean I would to, after all its what you do best and either way we're too young. It'll ruin us. God if you're parents didn't hate me then they sure are going to now",she rambled.

I stared at her, my pulse quickening and my temper rising.

What the hell was she on about?

Grabbing her face I force her to look at me, her eyes watery and her lips quivering as she stares hopelessly and emptily at me.

"Royalty what the hell is wrong, you're fucking scaring me", I say anxiously, my headache returning.

With tears rolling down her face her next words made my heart stop.

"I'm pregnant. With your baby, Zane"