Anything But Ordinary
Grit your teeth, pull your hair. Paint the walls black & scream 'fuck the world, cause it's my life; I'm gonna take it back,' & never for a second blame yourself.
Alex arrived at noon to help me start packing. I was excited, yet nervous, because this was a huge step, and we'd only been dating three days. But I was determined to make this work, because Alex isn't a bad guy, like at all.
Jack was helping as well. The more the merrier, right? We loaded box after box until I couldn't take it anymore. I sat myself down on my bed, grabbing a water bottle and screwing off the top, taking a huge swig of it before setting it back down. Alex placed himself next to me as Jack taped the last box of the day shut.
"Done for the day?" Alex asked me with a little nudge. I smiled.
"Yeah. It's almost four," I said. Alex smiled and wrapped an arm around my waist, pressing a sweet kiss to my temple. He stayed for dinner, then kissed me goodbye when he had to leave. As soon as the door was shut, Jack piped up.
"Are you alright?" I turned to face him, looking at him questionably. I approached, sitting down next to him on the couch.
"What do you mean?" I questioned, picking at the skin around my fingernails. I looked up from my hands when he took a breath.
"I mean, are you seriously okay with keeping this baby? It's Oli's," Jack said. It was my turn to take a deep breath.
"I don't want to be the bad guy. If being the bad guy means getting an abortion, then I won't do it," I said stiffly, trying to contain control of the waver in my voice.
"Claire, getting an abortion doesn't make you a bad person. Any sane person would know that. And as much as I want a neice or a nephew, I want it to be from someone you actually wanted to have sex with. Not someone like Oli, okay?" Jack asked.
"But what if doing this is a good thing? What if I want to try this?" I asked. Jack met my eyes for a brief second before looking across the room at God knows what.
"Then I'm gonna support you. You aren't alone in this, Claire," Jack said. I smiled.
"Thanks."
Notes
Just a filler, because I have writers block. I've got five stories (different sites, y'all) on hold cause of it lol. Writers block can suck my ass.
Aw, figuring out baby names. Hmm... I'm pretty tired right now so I can't really give any good suggestions, lol, but I'm sure you'll come up with something. Or if you really do need suggestions, let me know; I'll try and give some when I'm less tired maybe, lol.
But great job with the update! :)
9/14/16