It's Your Baby by Belén Domínguez (book recommendations for teens .TXT) 📕

Me:

What do you mean?

No reply.

Me:

Finn?

Suddenly I heard my name being called outside at my front yard. “Oh, God” I rushed to my window and opened it widely. There stood Finn, crossing his arms over his chest, smirking shamelessly.

“What's the matter with you!? You can't be here” I said. I covered my mouth with both of my hands and prayed that no one sees him here.

“I came to see you”

“Well, you can't. . .” I shrieked.

“Oh come on. . .You're seriously going to kick me out? Aww”

I rushed downstairs and took long strides towards him. I raised my hand, ready to slap him for coming here, but he grabbed it in mid-air. I gasped and tried to get away from his grip, but of course he's stronger than me.

“I won't get slapped by you anymore. . .This time, I actually saw it coming. You've been so violent lately” he chuckled. He finally let me go and I was ready to scream at him until he cut me off.

“Aww, we're wearing matching outfits” he said. I stared down at what he was wearing and sure enough, he was wearing a black buttoned up shirt with jeans, and black converses.

I groaned and then turned back to look at him. “Look, Finn, I will try to say this the nicest way I possibly can. . .I'm sorry, but we can't see each other"

“Why not? Your mother apparently loves me” he smiled.

“I don't mean her. I meant my brother. He will surely kill you if he sees you near me” I said and put my hands on my hips.

“He won't ‘kill me’, stop worrying” he said and casually put his hands inside his jean pockets.

“Finn, leave. . .” I commanded.

“But where are you going?” he asked.

“To this party” I answered, already getting annoyed by him.

“Can I take you?” he offered. I laughed and then crossed my arms across my chest. He knitted his eyebrows together, giving me a confused look.

“What's so funny?” he asked.

“You didn't actually just ask me that, I mean. . .Are you serious? No, no, the question here is: Are you even listening to any word that I'm saying to you?”

“No” he said without hesitation, which made me open my mouth and closed it again, not knowing how to answer to that.

“I just want to take you, what's so bad about that?”

“Dani, is driving me” I replied.

“Let me drive you, Gwen. . .I'm not a bad guy. I know maybe my past actions gave you that impression, but I'm not that bad. I want us to get to know each other. I mean, I thought we would get closer. We did have sex”

“And how is it that you didn't call me, huh? If you wanted us to get to know each other, or if making love would bring us 'together', why didn't you call?”

“Making love? What are you, five?” he chuckled.

I rolled my eyes. "Bye Finn" I waved at him and turned on my heels to leave, but he grabbed my arm, pulling me closer to him, so I bumped with his hard chest. I looked up from him, somehow, his eyes looked darker thanks that there's nearly no lights out here, except for the streetlights. 

“You look very beautiful; did you know that?”

I widened my eyes as I remembered. . .

“I never met such a beautiful girl like you. . .”

“You have like a million fans, I supposed you met half of them, and you tell me I'm the most beautiful girl you've ever met? C'mon, be more realistic” I said and rolled my eyes playfully.

“I'm serious” he said and moved an inch closer. “What's your name, pretty face?”

“Gwen. . .Just Gwen” I said timidly.

“Well, Gwen, I'm Finn. . .Just Finn” he said and kissed the top of my hand. I giggled and we locked gazes.

I tried to push away from him but he grabbed me tightly by my waist. “Finn, please let me go. . .” my voice cracking. I couldn't cry, not here, not when I'm about to go to a party. He looked at me and we locked gazes. There was a moment of silence and I just wanted to finally get away from him, rush to my room and hide under my covers.

“Gwen. . .I can prove to you, that I'm a good person. But you have to give me a chance”

“Give me one valid reason why should I be even here with you” I said, our breaths were mixing. I was starting to get lost in those eyes. Those eyes that make every single girl fall to their knees and melt in a puddle.

“This baby that's inside of you. . .Is that enough for you?” he said and caressed my cheek delicately. I closed my eyes as he touched me with his warm hand, but opened them right away. “Gwen. . .I just—” he was cut off by a car honk. I quickly pulled away and stared at Dani getting out of her car. She exchanged looks from Finn to me.

“Is this asshole bothering you? Just tell me, I have teargas in my purse” she said while walking towards us. She stood beside me and send Finn a deathly glare.

“Why do you have teargas in your purse?” I asked.

She shrugged. “Just in case I come across with a creep” she said. “It works on jerks too” she said and looked at Finn. He raised his hands up in defeat and smiled innocently.

“Dani, first. . .” he started “You scare the living shit out of me. And second, I was just talking to Gwen, and letting her know that she's going with me to this party”

Dani laughed, hard. It was so loud I bet the whole neighborhood could hear it. Finn and I stared at her until she finally came to a stop. She took a long breath before turning to Finn.

“What is it with both of you laughing at me all the time, huh? I'm starting to get offended already. You guys are mean” he said with a pout in his face. And call me crazy, but he looked kind of adorable, I couldn't help but smiling at his reaction.

“Stop it Gwen!” my subconscious scolded at me. I tried to put my thoughts at the back of my head and turned serious.

“Is that you're actually very funny, on YouTube and also in real life. Wow” she chuckled. She put her hands on her hips and took a step towards Finn. “You hurt my best friend. You never called my best friend. You took something that wasn't yours, it belonged to my best friend. In other words. . .You're dead for my best friend. Didn't you get it? Do you want me to e-mail it to you?”

“I'll tell you the same thing I told your ‘best friend’” he said using quotation marks at the end.

“I'm. Not. A. Bad. Guy” each word deliberately slow.

“Bullshit!” she said.

“Well, I was trying to prove it to her until you came. . .”

“Saying that you will take her to the party, how do I know you're not trying to kidnap her or something worse, huh?”

“I just want to make a truce, okay? I know I fucked up. . .I was the one who slept with her, the one that forgot to use protection and that's why now she's pregnant. And I know that this looks like a fucking mess since I just complicated her life and made it 100x harder. . .But I just need one chance to prove to her that I can be good. If you knew me, the real me. . .You would actually like me”

“You won't fool me with that, you—”

“Okay” I said cutting Dani off. Both of them looked at me with shocked expressions. They exchanged looks with each other and then their gaze fell on me again.

“What?” they asked at the same time.

“I will go with you, Finn” I said.

Dani chuckled nervously. “You're not serious, are you?”

“Yes. I am. . .” I let go a sigh and then crossed my arms across my chest. Dani grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Finn so he wouldn't hear us.

“Are you crazy!? We're talking about the guy who used you for some fun and took away your virginity, and the cherry of the cake would be. . .He got you pregnant!” she whispered/shouted.

“I'm tired of running away from him, and I don't see evil on those eyes of his. Perhaps he is telling the truth. But we won't know until we give him a chance”

“Gwen, are you listening to yourself right now? Please make some sense”

“Look, Dani, trust me on this one, yeah? You're my sister, remember? Sisters trust each other, even when they're against it. Please” I said. She let go a frustrated sigh and I knew she meant that as a yes.

We walked back to Finn, who was looking around to occupy himself while we talked. He looked at us and then brushed his hair with his long fingers. I shivered as I remember how he touched me, how he caressed every inch of my body, with those slender fingertips.

"So?" he asked while crossing his arms across his chest.

“Fine. You guys can go together” she spoke bitterly. “BUT. . .” she started, and once again moving closer to him. He was towering over her, but didn't intimidated her. In fact, she wasn't scared at all. She did behave like a sister. But in this relationship, she would be the oldest one. You know, the one that always has that motherly attitude.

She pointed with her perfect manicured finger at Finn. “If she tells me that you did something inappropriate, or that you behaved in a certain way that actually bothered her. And I swear I will kill you” she said with a menacing tone.

“Actually. . .You'll have to wait in line, because her brother wants to kill me too. But don't worry, I'll make you an appointment” he said smiling. “C'mon, Gwen”

I followed him to his car. He opened the passenger's seat and waited patiently as I got in. I stared at him as he got in the driver's seat and started the engine. “Where is the party?” he asked.

Once I gave him the address, we drove off my driveway.

He was talking to me, about anything. . .Our conversation became so random I just didn't understand, but I won't deny it was kind of fun. Literally, we started talking about ourselves, our personality, and then we ended up talking about action movies. . .

“That explosion was epic” he said.

“It was not. It was as fake as the boobs from this classmate of mine” I said which made him laugh and shake his head. He glanced at me and smiled.

“Anyway. . .We actually didn't finish talking about each other. I mean, I don't really understand how me ended up talking about movies and explosions” he chuckled and then cursed under his breath because of the idiots on the road.

I giggled. “It’s true. So, you said you have a younger sister?”

His eyes instantly light up, adoration was clear on them. I couldn't help the smile that crawled to my lips at his reaction when I mentioned her.

“Yeah. She is like the cutest little person ever. She's so beautiful and my little princess”

“Aww”