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Secrets Don't Make Friends

Fool's Holiday

Alex

"Bambi, come over and try this. Did I put too much salt?" My mom asked as I walked through the kitchen. She was cooking a dish to take to my aunt’s house for Christmas dinner today. I walked over to the stove and let her shove the spoon into my mom.

"Mhm it taste fine, mom." I assured her.

"Okay good, because last year Nicole swore up and down I put too much salt and she wouldn't shut up about it." She complained about her sister and I lightly chuckled.

"It's good. Don't worry." I said. I went to the island in the middle of the kitchen and grabbed an apple. Then I took a seat at the table and took a bite and stared off into space. Usually I was in the holiday spirit on Christmas, but lately I've been stressed out.

"What's wrong?" I heard my mom ask.

"Hmm? Oh nothing. I was just. . . Thinking." I shrugged.

"About?"

"Nothing." I lied. I was thinking about how to tell her and my dad that Jack was pregnant. I didn't want to tell them now and ruin the holiday so I was waiting until tomorrow.

"I know when something's bothering you. Just tell me so I can help you fix it." She said.

"It's really nothing, mom."

"I don't believe you." She sang. "Is it about Jack? You had dinner with him last week right? How'd that go?"

"It was fine, we were just catching up."

"Mhmm is he what's got you thinking so hard?" She pressed, not giving up on the subject.

"Yeah, kind of." I said.

"Did you two talk about getting back together?"

"No we just. . . Ugh can we talk about this tomorrow? I can't do this today." I was so close to telling her, but I wasn't ready. I was scared of her reaction.

"Can't do what today? Just tell me what's wrong, Bambi and stop suppressing it. You'll feel so much better afterwards." She turned off the stove and came to take seat next to me.

"I'd feel better if I told you tomorrow."

"Why? What's so special about tomorrow?"

"Nothing. I just don't want to ruin today." I groaned.

"How will you ruin today by talking to me? Did you do something bad? Illegal? Should I be more worried?!" She panicked.

"No mom. I um I..." I trailed off trying to think about if I should just say it or not.

"You what, baby? You're scaring me."

"Jack's pregnant." I sighed and she sat up. She stared at me for a minute while I stared at the table waiting for her reaction. It wasn't long before I felt a slap on the right side of my cheek. I gripped it and looked at my mom in shock.

"What the hell did I tell you about doing drugs?!!" She yelled at me. "Don't think I don't know that you still smoke weed! I can smell on your clothes when you come home! You're going to get yourself hurt or killed!!"

"Mom, mom, mom no stop!" I yelled over her to get her to stop. "I'm not high. I'm being serious! Jack's pregnant, call his mom and ask." I told her.

"Hey what's with all the yelling?" My dad asked as he walked in the kitchen.

"Your son is high." My mom told him.

"No I'm not!" I defended. My dad walked over and looked at me for a second.

"He doesn't look high." He told my mom.

"That's because I'm not."

"He just told me that Jack is pregnant." She said and my dad chuckled.

"Alright son, what's going on?" He asked.

"Exactly what I said. Jack's pregnant and I might be the father."

"What year is it?" My mom asked me.

"It's twenty-seventeen and I'm eighteen years old." I sighed, she was so dramatic.

"Isobel let's hear him out." My dad told her and she nodded. "Okay continue." He told me.

"Okay so apparently Jack was born with both reproductive systems and he can get pregnant. I don't really understand it, but he told me-"

"-How do you know he wasn't just messing with you?" My mom asked.

"Because he's almost five months and he's showing." I said.

Both of my parents gave me blank stares after that. I wished I would have taken Jack up on his off of a picture of his stomach because obviously they didn't believe me.

"Okay. Um we're just having a hard time believing this. How about you video call Jack and ask him to show us his stomach?" My dad asked.

"Yeah I'll do that." I picked up my phone and went to Jack's name. Then I pressed the FaceTime icon. The phone rang a few times and then he finally picked up.

"Hey Alex." He said, with the camera on his face.

"Hey, I um have my parents here with me and I just told them that you're pregnant but they don't believe me. So can you umm show them your stomach?" I asked.

"Oh hi Mister and Misses Gaskarth. Um let me just go to the bathroom for more light." He said and got up.

We watched as Jack walked from the living room to his bathroom. He flipped on the lights and went to stand in the mirror. Then he pulled his shirt up, exposing his stomach. My mom immediately gasped while my dad stared in shock.

"Yeah it's kind of hard to believe." Jack told them.

"How did this happen?" My mom asked and Jack and I both turned red.

"I think you know how." My dad told her and she hit his arm.

"Wait! He's five months?? How long have you know about this?" My mom turned to me and asked.

"Sort of since the beginning." I answered and she glared at me. "Jack I'll call you back later if I'm still alive." I joked and hung up our FaceTime call. I didn't want him to see me get chewed out by my mom.

"Why did you kept this a secret from us??" She scolded me.

"I was confused and scared. I didn't know what else to do." I complained.

"You should have told us. We could have helped you." My dad said and I nodded.

"I know. I just didn't know if or how to tell you both because there's a chance I might not be the dad." I told them.

"What do you mean?" My mom asked.

"Jack had sex with Zack too." I stated and both of my parents looked at me confused.

"You and Zack had sex with Jack around the same time?" She asked. "So Jack cheated on you?"

"It’s complicated. I sort of cheated on him first and then Zack used that as a way to get Jack to have sex with him." I explained.

"I was actually starting to feel bad for slapping you, but now not so much." She said. "I feel so bad for Jack. He must be so scared."

"He was at first, but now he's dealing with it way better." I said.

"What about you?" My dad asked.

"I was scared at first and I didn't react in a good way when Jack first told me, but now I'm making up for that. I think I'm ready to be a dad now." I said and my mom chuckled.

"You can't even feed yourself, how are you supposed to feed a baby?" She said.

"I'm trying to be more responsible. I got a job didn't I?" I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Mhmm. Is this why you stopped talking to Zack?" She asked.

"Yeah, I hate him."

"There's no need to waste energy hating someone, Alex." My dad told me, but I couldn't help it. Some people actually deserved for you to hate them.

"And plus it's not entirely his fault. Jack made the conscious decision to have sex with him too." My mom added.

"I know. I was mad at Jack too, but I'm not anymore."

"Well what are you going to do because I don't think you can be in a band and take care of a newborn baby too and I'm not going to let you put all the responsibility on Jack or on us." My mom said.

"I haven't really thought about that." I never thought about how having a baby would force me to change my dream. My mom was right though, I couldn't help raise/support a baby and be in a touring band.

"Well you can take some time to think about it since there's a chance you might not be the dad, but I think you also need to have a backup plan." My dad told me.

"Yeah, I'm going to start looking into that." I agreed.

I know I told Jack I wanted to help with the baby even if Zack was the father. Now I couldn't help thinking if it was worth giving up my dream for a baby that wasn't mine. Zack's family was probably going to get fully custody like Jack said so why should I have to put my dream on the back burner?

*Jack*

I pulled my shirt down and walked out of my bathroom once my call with Alex had ended. I was really worried about how his parents were taking it. I just hoped they weren't reacting like Zack's parents. I don't think I can take any more of that drama.

"Where'd you go?" My mom asked from the kitchen. "One minute you were in the living room then you were gone."

"Alex had FaceTimed me. He finally told his parents that I'm pregnant and he FaceTimed me so I could show them my stomach." I said.

"Oh, that's awkward. I wonder how they're taking it. Did they seem mad?"

"Um no they looked more confused and shocked, but I don't know what happened once we got off the phone."

"Ugh they're probably going to want to have a talk with us too aren't they?" She groaned.

"Yeah, especially Alex's mom. But I don't think it'll be as bad as the talk with Zack's parents went." I assured her.

"We'll see. Now go get ready so we can go. I don't want mom yelling at us for being late to dinner." She told me.

I nodded and went upstairs to my room to get changed. My mom and I bought ugly Christmas sweaters so that's what I was wearing today. I was happy to see them in maternity size. I pulled my shirt off and looked down at my swollen stomach. I never got use to the sight of it. I felt like I was just fat and not pregnant. The baby didn't do anything inside of my stomach. I never felt he or she move or anything to let me know they were okay. I guess the heartburn and increased appetite I occasionally got was the baby trying to show me it was in there.

"Can you do like a backflip or something?" I asked down at my stomach, and of course nothing happened. "Hey I'm talking to you." I said while poking at it.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed my jeans. I probably looked like a crazy person talking to my stomach. I pulled my jeans up and made sure the stretch part went comfortably over my stomach. Then I put deodorant on and threw my sweater on. The worse part came next; my shoes. Bending over to put my shoes on was such a hassle. I sighed as I put my left foot in my Vans and bent over to put my heel in it. Then I did the same with my right foot. I stood up feeling out of breath and grabbed my phone. I went to my mom's room to see if she was ready.

"I'm dressed, mom." I called from outside of her bathroom.

"Okay, I'm just finishing up my makeup." She called out.

I sat down on her bed and unlocked my phone. I was going to text Alex to see how things were going with his parents, but I decided it'd be best if I asked him later. I also thought about texting Zack to be nice like my mom said, but I hadn't talk to him since he texted me last week.

"I'm done." My mom said when she walked out a few minutes later.

"Finally." I playfully exaggerated.

"Aww you look so cute in your sweater. You look so pregnant!" She exclaimed.

"Ugh thanks." I said and she chuckled.

"Let’s take a few pictures."

"Nooo, I don't want people seeing me like this online." I complained.

"You do know that you have to go to school five months pregnant right? Also most of our family is at my Mom's house so they'll see you too."

"Okay fine." I agreed. Our family already knew I was pregnant cause my grandma told most of them, but going to school like this actually did freak me out.

I stood in front of my Mom's bathroom mirror with her and posed for pictures. Then she posted some to Facebook. Once we were finished she grabbed her keys and we went to my grandparents’ house. All of our family was coming to visit from various places. This was going to be the first time in a while we all spent the holiday together which made me nervous. I didn't want to get judged in person for being a pregnant, teenage, boy.

My mom and I walked into my grandparents’ house and we were greeted by multiple family members. We took turns hugging my great aunts and uncles and some of my cousins. And of course there were plenty of comments on my stomach.

"Oh my gosh, I didn't believe it when Cecilia told me, but you're actually pregnant!" My great aunt, Mona, told me.

"Yes, I'm almost five months." I said politely.

"Wow I wouldn't have guessed that you'd be the first one to get pregnant out of us." My cousin, Justine, joked.

"Shut up!" I said and we both laughed. We went to sit by ourselves in one of the guest rooms to catch-up.

My cousins were actually my second cousins and my Mom's first cousins, but they were closer to my age since my grandma had my mom young and my mom had me young.

"So show me a picture of the dad!" Justine said excitedly.

"Which one?" I sighed and she laughed.

"Just show me." She said and I pulled out my phone.

"This is Alex." I showed her a picture of Alex in my phone.

"Oh yeah he's the guy you showed me last time. Are you two still together?" She asked.

"No. We broke up when I got pregnant." I said. I scrolled through my phone and showed her a picture of Zack next.

"Who's that?" She asked.

"That's Zack, he um might also be the father." I said and she stared at me.

"You're just fucking with me right?"

"I really really wish I were."

"Dude this is like something from TV! How are you pregnant by two guys??"

"I'm not pregnant by two guys!" I corrected her.

"You know what I mean, how do you not know which one is the dad?"

"Because I had sex with both of them." I sighed and laid back on the guest bed.

"Slut." She whispered under her breath and I slapped her thigh.

"I'm not a slut. I just made a dumb decision by having sex with Zack." I chuckled.

"So, you want Alex to be the dad?"

"Yeah I do." I sighed. "Alex and I made a great couple and we have more chemistry. I would love to raise the baby with him. He said that he would help raise the baby even if it turns out to be Zack's."

"Aww he's so sweet." She gushed.

"Yeah he is. But Zack's parents threatened to take fully custody if he's the father so I don't know what to do. My mom told me to get on Zack's good side so he can convince his parents not to take the baby from me."

"Hell yeah, do that."

"I don't know how to start a conversation with him." I complained. "Look at the last text messages he sent me." I handed her my phone and she read the messages from Zack that said he was tired of me ignoring him.

"Hold on." She said and typed out a message to Zack.

Jack
Merry Christmas!!
Delivered 2:28pm

"Why'd you do that??" I asked, and tried to grab my phone from her.

"Hold on." She repeated.

Soon three dots popped up to show that Zack was texting back.

Zack Merrick
Why are you texting me back now?
Read 2:29pm

I let Justine type a message back to him.

Jack
What do you mean?
Delivered 2:29pm

Zack Merrick
Didn't you get my text messages from last week?
Read 2:29pm

Jack
The last message I have from you is telling me good night, and that's from like two weeks ago.
Delivered 2:30pm

Zack Merrick
Oh… maybe they didn't go through. I'm sorry. Merry Christmas to you too!
Read 2:30pm

My mouth flew open when I read his message. Why didn't I think of doing that? She actually got him to believe I never received his text messages.

"Oh my god! Thank you!" I told her.

"You're welcome, I have to do that to my boyfriend sometimes. He thinks I have the worse service in the world." She chuckled.

I looked down at my phone when I got another message from Zack.

Zack Merrick
So how's everything with baby going? Have you been to the doctor lately?
Read 2:31pm

I quickly responded to let him know everything was fine and that they doctor said the baby was healthy. I didn't want to mess things up again.

Notes

Luckily Jack is getting a second chance to get on Zack's good side!

Lol I ran out of titles from the song Take Cover

Comments

@dirtylaundry
You’re welcome <3 and thank you so much for reading it!!

Jalex95 Jalex95
10/16/17

@T-what
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! And thanks again for reading it and all your feedback! I hate reading stories that take forever to update and that don’t finish too, that’s why I try to make stories that I can upload at least once a week lol but thanks again <3

Jalex95 Jalex95
10/16/17

I loved this story! Thank you for taking us on this lovely journey and for a wonderful ending!

dirtylaundry dirtylaundry
10/15/17

Awwww, no thank you, it was a lovely journey and I enjoyed this fic so much. Probs to you for never abandoning this and pulling through to the end. I hate reading stories that are put on hold randomly and never get finished.

T-what T-what
10/15/17

@Apathy4Sympathy
Lolol Alex has finally come to his senses. And a PTV and ATL hybrid would be weird in real life now that I think about it lol I don’t know what I’ll do without this fic either, Well I might become bored and write another one haha

Jalex95 Jalex95
10/11/17