Aidens pov:
I'm worried about her.
She's been acting so weird, I don't know if it's because of what's going on or something else. She won't talk to me.
I know this shit is hurting her, I hate seeing her suffer because of me. I want her to talk to me.
Iv tried everything, she just won't.
Since that night at the bridge she's been more alert. She's not sleeping much and I'm blaming myself. I scared her and now she thinks I'll try to do it again.
Iv tried to get her to understand that it was a mistake and I would never do it again, she just tells me she's sleeping fine and she's not worrying about it.
I know she's lying because every time I wake up she's lying next to me half asleep, forcing her eyes to stay open.
She's at work right now, it's just me and Jonah in the house and I'm stuck in the bed.
My body hurts, I try to hide it from Mia but I know she can see it.
Every time I move it aches.
I need some pain killers.
I slowly get out of the bed and make my way to the bathroom. I open the medicine cabinet and scan through the medicine, looking for some ibuprofen or some pain killers.
My eyes stop on a pink and white plastic strip.
A pregnancy test?
I pick it up and look at it.
2 lines. 2 lines means positive.
A positive pregnancy test?
Is this Mias? It has to be she's the only girl in the house. Is this why she's been acting so strange?
Why didn't she tell me. I'm so confused, why did she keep this from me. How long has she been keeping this from me?
What the fuck.
I take it with me back to the room.
I decide to text her.
Me: we should talk when you get home. Her reply comes instantly.
Angel: ofc, is everything okay?
Me: yeah.
I should have added more context but I'm just so confused.
I don't know if I should be pissed or happy. She kept this from me for I don't even know how long, but she's pregnant. We're going to have a baby.
Oh fuck.
What if I don't make it? I won't even be here long enough to see her pregnant, to see her belly hold our child.
I'm dying.
I know this, it's just so difficult to know I'm leaving her. And now she's carrying out baby, she's going to have to do it alone. Without me.
Tears stream down my face, I can't believe this is happening. This is real.
A knock on the door brings me out of my head. I wipe the tears and shove the test under a pillow before telling them to come in.
"Hey, don't mean to bother you I just wanted to know if you wanted some food? I was gonna order something" Jonah says, walking further into the room.
"N-no, I'm good" My voice comes out shaky and I clear my throat.
"You alright? You look a bit pale." He asks me, concern lacing his tone.
Should I tell him? It's his sister and she didn't even tell me so maybe she has a reason to be keeping it a secret.
I don't really know if he'd be happy about it, he may try to kill me.
"Yeah I'm fine, just tired" I lie. He nods his head before leaving the room and closing the door.
I lie down, looking up at the ceiling. I still have around 3 hours until Mia gets off work.
I'm going to be a father.
We're going to be parents.
Fuck.
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"Hey, how you feeling?" Mias voice brings me out of my thoughts, she just walked into the door.
"I'm uh, I'm fine" I tel her quietly.
"O-" she goes to speak but I cut her off.
"You're pregnant?" I blurt out. Dammit
Her eyes widen and her face pales.
"Y- how did you..." she trails off not knowing what to say.
"I found the test in the bathroom" I whisper, pulling it out to show her. "Why didn't you tell me?" I ask her, my voice breaking.
"I was going to, but I was scared. I didn't want you to feel worse." She tells me, tears now falling from her eyes.
"Worse? I want this with you Mia why would I feel worse?" I ask her confused.
"You're dying Aiden. I didn't want you to think of this as you not being able to raise this baby with me." She tells me softly.
"So you were just never going to tell me? Keep it from everyone till I died?" I raise my voice at her. I hate doing that but I'm just so angry.
She wasn't going to tell me? I would never of known.
"No! No of course not, I just wanted to wait and see if we got any good news. If the doctors found something for you." She tells me frantically.
Fuck!
"I don't wanna die Mia! I want to have a future with you, I want to raise this baby with you" I choke out through my tears.
I want this baby with her.
"I know" she whispers, coming to sit on the bed with me. "It'll be okay, we'll be okay." She tells me, kissing my cheek.
"We're going to be parents" I whisper, looking down at the test in my hands.
My heart feels so full. For the first time in months, my heart feels so full.
She laughs from beside me, she turns my head to kiss my lips. She gently strokes my cheek as she kisses me.
I pull away and gently push her to lay on her back, I scoot down on the bed until my face is above her stomach.
I lift her shirt and press small kisses all over her stomach.
"Hi my baby" I whisper down to her belly.
She giggles from above me as I continue to press kisses to her stomach.
"Daddy's not going anywhere, I promise" I whisper to her stomach again, gently stroking my hand over it.
Mia lets out a sad sigh at my words, I lean up over her and press my lips to hers.
"I'm not going anywhere" I promise her. I pray I can keep this promise.
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"So who all knows about this?" I ask Mia as we watch a movie.
"Just us and Rylee" she tells me, looking up at me. "We should tell Jonah" she smiles at me.
"Um, that sounds terrifying" I tell her with a slight nervous laugh. She laughs and stands up.
"Oh come on, he loves you. He'll be happy"
She tries to reassure me.
It's not working. But the smile on her face shows this means so much to her, anything to make her happy.
I agree and we head down stairs. Jonahs in the kitchen and we both sit across from him at the table.
"J, we have something to tell you" Mia says nervously.
He looks between the both us and narrows his eyes "Alright" he says suspiciously.
"Um...I'm pregnant!" Mia exclaims, throwing her hands up.
Jonahs eyes dart to me and I smile.
He narrows his eyes even more.
Oh shit.
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Woop Woop!
Jonah is on his big bro shit!
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