Unexpected. by Ash . (ebook reader browser txt) 📕

"Where'd you go, babe?" he whispered hoarsly.

"I had to pee," I lied and felt him sigh deeply before going back to sleep.

- Katie's POV -

"Kathryn!" I heard Alex shout from upstairs.

I stopped eating my french toast and turned to see him red with anger. I'd never seen him this angry before and it frightened me a bit.

"Yes, love?" I asked in the middle of chewing.

"You want to explain the message I read from Alecia this morning?" he shouted at me.

"She called you 'babe,'" I said quietly.

"So that gives you fucking right to-,"

"Don't you dare yell at my daughter like that!" my dad shouted over Alex.

"Sir, I didn't-,"

"Get the hell out of my house," daddy shouted again.

"Dad, it's fine. I was wrong for messaging her back in the first place. Alex, she has no right calling you 'babe.' Why would she even call you that?" I asked.

He didn't say anything and averted his gaze from me quickly. I nodded and took my plate to the sink.

"It's not what you think," he said softly.

And I lost it. "Then what the hell is it!" I shouted and threw the plate at the wall.

It shattered into a million pieces, just like my heart did.

"She's just obsessed with the fact that I'm not hers anymore and she's trying to do everything she can to get me back."

"And so she has the right to call you 'babe,' but then when I go to confront her, I'm wrong? I'm the one carrying your child, Alex! I'm the one you're going to marry someday!"

"She was carrying my kid too, ok?" he yelled back and then sat down.

I stopped yelling and my dad looked at him. I held up a hand to keep him from yelling at Alex next and sighed.

"I found out last week," Alex continued. "She texted me when we were at Kaylin's house. She got an abortion and didn't tell me that she was even pregnant."

"How many months was she?"

"She was 3 months."

"We were together 3 months ago," I shouted.

"Which doesn't make sense because I haven't had sex with her in over a year! And the reason I got upset and worried was because she threatened to call you and tell you all these lies about her fantasies and stuff. You can read the text messages, Katie. She made it all up just so that I'd-,"

"I don't want to hear anymore, Alex." I was done.

"No, Katie, listen to me," he tried.

"I've listened to enough in these past 4 months and I don't think I can listen to any more from you. I'm done with all of this," I whispered and started to walk away.

"Katie!" he called after me.

I stopped in my steps and looked back at him.

"I'm sorry," he cried.

"I'm sorry, too," I said and walked out.

- Katie's POV -

"What are you going to do, baby? You can't raise this child on your own," my mom said to me on the verge of tears.

"I'll find a way, mom," I said to her as I zipped my suitcase and turned to her. "I'm going to make a living for my child and that's not going to happen here with all of this drama. I promise, you and dad can come visit every weekend. I'll tell you where the spare key is."

"I love you, baby," she said and hugged me tight.

"Oh, mom... I love you so much. Now don't make me late. My ride is outside waiting and I doubt that grandma is all that patient," I joked and scored a little because mom chuckled.

"Alright. Call me as soon as you get there and don't forget to take the vitamins and floss."

"Mom, I may be a kid still, but I'm having one and eventually have to grow up." Saying that made her start to cry again. "Ugh. Mom."

We hugged and cried together for a few minutes more before she kissed my forehead and rubbed my stomach then sent me off to the car. I put my bags into the trunk with the help of my dad and we shared a quick hug before he released me; stroking my hair and kissing my forehead just like mom had. I smiled gently at him.

"Thank you, daddy," I whispered.

"I'm a terrible father," he replied.

"You're the most amazing daddy in the world. I couldn't imagine having a better one because no one gets better than you. If it did, then they'd be perfect and I don't want a perfect daddy."

He chuckled. "You've always been manipulating."

"I had to get it from someone," I said and poked his chest gently.

A loud roar of thunder came from above us and we shared another smile before I got inside of the car.

"Everything set?" Nana asked me.

"Yep," I told her and buckled my seatbelt.

My parents stood at the door and kept waving as we drove off. I knew they still stood there even after the tail lights disappeared from view.

- Katie's POV -

"Yes, I'm taking the vitamins, mom," I told her for the 13th time since we'd been on the phone.

"Baby, I'm just making sure my grandson is healthy," she said.

"Alright mom but he can't be any healthier the way I've been taking these pills. He's going to be fine."

"You can't guarantee that."

"I can guarantee that I'll burst into a million pieces if I take any more of these vitamins," I joked and it made her laugh. "Mom, I have to go. Nana's making soup for me."

"It's good for the feet swelling. Go ahead, darling. I love you," she shouted into the phone and I heard a loud "Love you," from dad.

"I love you guys, too! I'll speak to you real soon," I said before ending the call.

"Are they being parents again?" Nana asked me as she brought me a bowl of soup.

"As always, Nana. But it's fine. I'll have to get used to it, seeing as though it's a parent thing."

"Have you talked to the baby's father?" she asked quietly.

"Alexander Milan cannot and will not be my child's father. He won't be in my son's life either, Nana. I may sound selfish but if he's got an altar ego so big that he gets another girl pregnant while he's with me, then he's not worth it."

"That's no ego, darling; that's the whore in men. He's young and he made one mistake," she said considerately.

"And that mistake hurt me to the core."

"I can imagine."

"I love him so much that it hurts to even let him go like this. I mean, it's been a month since I left that place."

"I know. Do whatever your heart is telling you to do, sweetie."

"What if my mind doesn't agree?" I asked and looked at her.

"Only one way to find out," she said and winked at me.

- Katie's POV -

"Congratulations," everyone shouted as I walked into the room.

"All of this for me?" I asked in fake disbelief.

"And for our little one inside of you," Kaylin said and rubbed my stomach gently before hugging me tight.

"Is he coming?"

"We don't know. Kevin and Marcus are trying to get in touch with him," Kaylin's sister, Janice, told me.

- Alex's POV -

As I drove, a million thoughts ran through my head. Three months without seeing Katie was complete hell and now that she was back in town, I could prove that I really was sorry. Well, since today was her baby shower, I didn't do much for the baby but more for her. I stopped by the florist shop and got her a dozen Carnations, then I went to the store and bought her favorite ice cream, and finally I got her the biggest teddy bear that I could find. Then I started towards her house before my cell phone rang.

"It's Marcus," Josh said.

"Answer it," I told him as we turned onto her street. Thankfully no one was outside.

"Marcus, we're coming to her house now. Wait like 10 minutes before bringing everyone outside, man," Josh said into the phone and disconnected the call.

When I stopped the car, Josh helped me unload everything and carry the bear and flowers to the side of the house. I hid behind the bush with everything and smiled in the hope that she'd take me back.

- Katie's POV -

"Alright everyone, I'm going to need you to come outside," Marcus shouted over everyone talking.

"What's going on?" I asked as people started towards the door.

"I don't know, I guess we'll find out soon," Kaylin told me as she grabbed one of my arms and started towards the front door.

We made it outside and I saw a huge teddy bear sitting in the middle of the lawn. I was confused and then all eyes turned and Alex came into view. I couldn't help the tears that came to my eyes when he started singing Nothing Like Us by Justin Bieber to me.

On the final line, he started to walk towards me. "There's nothing like us... There's nothing like you and me together through the storm. There's nothing like us... There's nothing like you and me together..."