“Don't you even think about getting near me, Alex Gaskarth. You have that smug smile on your smug face. God dammit,” I shout as I lean against the locked car.

“I'm sorry for being happy. Did you see little bean? Wasn't it cute. That's why I'm smiling,” Alex beams, thrusting a strip of scan pictures at me.

I accept them, sighing as I get slight butterflies, although I don't like to admit it.

“Whatever, Alex. All you care about is the fact you're right, I didn't abort, happy now?” I sigh, getting in the car as Alex unlocks it, my whole body overcome with extreme tension, like I could just snap at any second.

“I'm not happy that I was 'right'. I'm just happy you didn't abort,” he beams, getting in the driving seat.

“Well just so you know, just because I won't abort doesn't mean we're keeping it,” I sigh, looking out the window, feeling the scan pictures on the dashboard looking at me.

Alex starts to drive carefully, like he knows there's a precious load on board.

“Look, Anna. I know you're up and down all the time at the moment, you're confused. I get it. So I'm going to give you one, best friend-to-best friend speech before we get home and say nothing more on the subject, okay?” Alex laughs, looking at me with a cheeky grin that is enough to soften anyone’s heart. “I will stand by you 100%, no matter what you do. Abort. Adopt. Keep. I don't mind. I just want you to be happy. But I'm just going to say this- if, not saying you will, but if you do keep this baby, I will take on all responsibility for it. We can just tell it that I'm the dad, we can get in a relationship and make all this shit stop. We can build up your trust again.”

“A relationship is the last thing I want right now. I want to be alone,” I lie, not turning down his offer to act as a parent to my baby, showing I'm thankful in my own strange way.

Alex pulls into the driveway, Peter's car missing, meaning him and Isobel are most likely out shopping.

“If anyone asks, we were at school,” I mumble, going inside and grabbing a microwave meal and throwing it in to cook.

I turn around and admire Alex walking in, trying to fold up the scan picture into his wallet as to not crease a single picture of the baby's face.

I laugh slightly as I grab a fork and eat my sweet and sour chicken, feeling obliged to now that I have a baby to feed as well.

“I'm going to bed,” I say, looking at Alex, making eye contact.

“Want me to come up and cuddle you?” He suggests, testing the water.

“Not hope in hell, Gaskarth, but nice try,” I laugh “A kid changes nothing. Only that I'm actually making an effort to eat and get dressed. Today, kissing my bump? Holding me hand? That was a one off. Now go to sleep, soldier.”

“I missed this,” Alex smiles “You, being a bitch.”

I flip him off as I walk to the stairs.

“Oh and Lex?” I smirk.

“Yeah?” He responds, looking up at me.

“Thank you for coming today, I needed you. That is a lot of bonus points for you.”

Alex laughs it off and shakes his head, cleaning around the kitchen.

Notes

It's not much of a chapter, really. Just a little filler before we get to the good stuff!

Enjoy!

-All Time Lily.