The Secrets That Bind Us

Chapter 8

JOEY POV

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A baby. Dad always told me no glove no love and this is exactly why.

I walk back into the living room and I think I'm about to throw up. Everyone is fussing over the puppy that my brother Parker has just got for his girlfriend Chloe so it takes a moment to notice I've returned. I must look how I feel because my oldest brother Cole jumps up from his seat to see what's wrong. I take a deep breath and look at them all, "guys I fucked up. I'm gonna be a dad"

It's silent for a moment before I hear responses one after the other.

"some poor girl actually had sex with you" that came from Mia.

"you fucking moron" that one was Cole.

"you have the mental age of a 6 year old it should be illegal for you to even have sex" that was Parker, Chloe is just sitting with her mouth hanging open.

"Ha, bet you wish you had of kept the condoms you got Parker for yourself now." We all turn to look at Grace in shock, she hardly talks to any of us never mind cracking jokes. I shake my head and turn back to everyone else.

"Can you all please be serious for two minutes and I know that's ironic coming from me but for fuck sake I'm going to have a baby!" my voice comes out loud and high pitched as I finish my sentence I am freaking out. "oh god I can't breath, I'm going to have a panic attack. Mommmm, will someone please get mom!"

Chloe leaves the room and returns with my mom and dad, my mom looks at me worriedly and takes my face in her hands inspecting me for any viable damage, "Joey, deep breaths sweetie in and out." She makes sure I'm breathing properly and then turns to everyone else with my face still in her hands, "will someone please tell me why Joey looks like he's going to throw up."

"Actually mom, I think it's the girl he knocked up who's going to be throwing up." I shoot Mia a glare, way to let me tell her. "th.. the..girl he" she turns slowly back to face me and takes her hand off my face. Mia then rubs salt in the wound "yeah, he gave all his condoms to Parker I think, because he never used one with his baby momma" and then the hand my mom had on my face slaps me across the back of the head instead. I rub my head where she slapped "ow mom." "don't you ow mom me, Joey Anderson at any point when I was talking to you about safe sex did you freaking listen to me?!" okay shes pissed. And now she's crying. And now I'm crying because I've just realised, when my mom was crying, that I'm going to have to get used to crying, because my baby will cry! Ohhh god.

I look at my dad nervously to try and work out how pissed he is. His face is unreadable. "dad?" I ask in a quite voice. He looks at me with a look of anger, "Joey, I've aways told you no glove no love, and this is why. Your going to have to grow up now. No more acting like a clown and fucking around you need to take care of a human being. Your mom's upset because she knows how much your life is about to change and your only 19" he takes a breath "Having said all that you have our full support, your our son and we love you." His face breaks into a small smile "I'm going to be a grandaddy"

My mom looks at me and finishes sniffling, "we love you baby, I just didn't want this for any of you. I wanted you to be married or in committed relationships, but it's done. So we move on from it. I want to hear all about this girl, her name, how you met and then you are going to invite her to lunch new years day, no arguments."

I smile and hug her as I hear a scoff behind me, "From what I heard she's called Brooke, he met her at a bar and boned her in the toilets" I turn to face my asshat sister who can't help rub salt in the wound, "Mia you're dead"