How to build a life together: Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Alex P.O.V

(Italics represent a flashback)

“I think I might be pregnant,” I said to Katie as she sat with me on the bathroom floor holding back my hair while rubbing my back.

“Are you sure that that is even possible?” She asked in shock.

“I don’t know.”

“Have you been with anyone else?” Katie asked.

“Of course not!! I was faithful. I can’t believe this is happening.” I said as I finally got up from the floor and started pacing around the bathroom.

“Come on. Let’s go get you checked so that we know.”

“I don’t want to know. What if it is positive? I can’t do this on my own.”

“You won’t be alone. You have me, Ella, and your brother we will take care of you.”

“No way. Ella can’t know she will immediately tell her and she will do something stupid." I said in a panic.

“You can’t keep this from her especially if the baby is hers. You have to tell her.” Katie said.

“There’s no if about it. The baby is hers. I first need to be sure if I am even pregnant then from there I will decide what to do.”

“Okay then. How about you get back to bed and I’ll go grab you a pregnancy test.”

“Grab three. You know just to be sure.”

“I’ll grab five. Get some rest I’ll be back soon.” Katie said as she led me towards my bed and then tucked me in.

“About two weeks after you left I started getting dizzy and throwing up and I just thought I was just sick but later I realized that I had missed my period so that’s when I knew there was a possibility that I was pregnant. Katie bought me a pregnancy test which confirmed that I was pregnant.”

“Why didn’t you call me then? Did you think that I won’t want you to keep the baby?” She asks the hurt very evident in her voice.

“No. I knew you would want the baby just as much as I did. I knew you would love the baby as soon as you knew about her existence and your love for her would blind you in making not-so-great decisions like when you almost broke your contractual obligations when I broke up with you.”

“You should have given me a chance to know about her from the very beginning and trusted me to make a good decision for all of us.” She was getting upset at that point and slammed the groceries she was unpacking on the counter. I move towards her and take her hands in mine in an effort to calm her down.

“Maybe I should have but I knew you were coming back in two years’ time and so I choose for you to live the dream of playing at a higher competitive environment then come back and live the dream of raising Harper together.”

“You still want me?” She asks in a soft innocent voice like that of a child when they want something.
I move my hands towards the back of her head and move her head down towards me. I place my lips upon hers and kiss her until I feel her body starting to respond involuntarily as well as voluntarily.

“Yes. I still want you. I want everything to do with you” I whisper into her ear and nibble it a bit knowing that she loved whenever I did that.

“I want you too.” She says and lifts me on top of the counter and starts kissing my neck as she unbuttons my shirt. Before she could take it off completely my mom walked in holding a sleeping Harper in her arms.