Chapter 14
Ellie
Just after we get back to Cole’s and get the snacks set up, Jordan and Bri show up. We dig in to the snacks and get situated in front of the TV to pick out what we want to watch.
“Oh, this is so good. Why have I never tried this before?” They are all staring at me like I’ve grown an extra head while I dip my pickles into some marshmallow fluff.
“Uh, babe, probably because that’s disgusting,” Bri says to me.
“Yeah, no offense, but that’s nasty,” Jordan says.
“I’ll try it,” Cole says, and Bri and Jordan look at him like he is crazy too.
He takes a bite. “OK, yeah. Immediate regret. Sorry, Ellie Girl, but they are right,” he says around dry heaves. The sounds he is making immediately start turning my stomach.
“Cole. I need you to stop.” I am taking deep breaths to keep myself from getting sick.
“What’s wrong, El?” Bri asks.
I sprint to the bathroom. What the hell is this? Every time I eat anything, I throw up. I’m going to have to go to the doctor.
Bri knocks on the bathroom door and comes in. “You all right?” she asks.
“Yeah. I think so. It’s just weird, anytime I eat I get sick,” I say as I stand up.
“It is weird. Maybe you should go to the doctor?”
“I was just thinking that before you walked in. I’m going to go get a drink.”
“Hey, do you have a tampon I could have?”
“Yeah just a … Oh shit.”
“What?”
“No. No, no, no, no, no.”
“Ellie, what is your problem?”
“This cannot be happening!”
“Ellie, chill out. What are you talking about?”
Cole knocks on the door. “Everything all right?”
“Yeah, just fine!” I say just as Bri says, “I have no fucking clue.”
“Um, I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with those answers. Do you need anything, Ellie?” he asks, concern in his voice.
“No. I’m all right. We will be out soon.” He walks away, and I look at Bri.
“Bri. I don’t have a tampon because I haven’t had a period since I moved here.”
“Oh shit!” Bri yells.
“Shhh! I’m going to need your help here.”
“What do you need me to do?”
“Tell them you are going to get tampons. Grab some for yourself and then get me a test. I need to know. This cannot wait until I get home.”
“OK. Got it.”
We go back out to the living room, and the guys look up. “You all right?” Cole asks.
I nod. “Bri just needs to go grab some tampons. She needs one, and I don’t have any.”
“Ew, TMI,” Jordan says from the other couch.
“Grow up!” Bri yells at him. “I’ll be right back,” Bri says to me.
“OK. Thanks for the warning!” Jordan says to her, and she flips him off as she leaves.
Jordan and Cole turn on a random show while we wait for Bri to come back. I can’t focus on what is on the TV, knowing my life might be flipped upside down by what the test says when Bri gets back.
Finally Bri returns, and we both run to the bathroom.
“Girls are so weird,” I hear Jordan say as we close the door.
“Hurry, hurry,” I say to Bri.
“I’m trying! Here!” she hands me a test, and I take it.
“Three minutes?!” she shouts.
“Will you be quiet?” I whisper-shout at her.
We sit staring at each other until the three minutes are up.
“It’s time,” she says.
I flip the test over.
“Oh shit,” I whisper.
“I’m going to be an auntie!” she yells.
“Bri! Stop yelling!” I whisper-shout at her.
There’s a knock at the door again. “Everything all right?” Cole asks.
“Yeah, we will be right out, sorry!” I say.
“Shit, Ellie. What are you going to do?” Bri asks.
“I have no fucking idea. I have to tell him.”
“Well, duh. I think the father deserves to know, even if he is a piece of shit. I meant how are you going to handle having a kid with fucking Jason?”
“Bri, it’s not Jason’s baby.”
She thinks about it for a minute. “Oh fuck!”
Yep. Oh fuck.
Cole
“What the hell are they doing in there? It’s been like ten minutes?” Jordan asks.
“I don’t fucking know. Girl shit.”
“I bet they are looking at each other’s boobs.”
“Oh yeah. Because that’s what women do. Randomly go into the bathroom to show each other their boobs.”
“What do we know, we aren’t women,” he says, and I just stare at him, not knowing how to respond to his stupid comments.
Finally, Ellie and Bri come walking out of the bathroom. Ellie looks super pale again. I’m debating taking her to the doctor when she looks at me.
“Hey. Can I talk to you for a minute?”
She looks absolutely terrified, so I hop up and rush over to her. “Are you OK?”
“I think so. Let’s go in your room and talk.” And here is where I know she is about to walk away from me again. I don’t understand why she keeps changing her mind about me.
We go into the bedroom, and she takes a deep breath. I close my eyes and brace myself for the words I know are coming.
“Cole, I don’t really know how to do this, so I am just going to say it.” She takes a deep breath, and I prepare for her to walk away from me again. “I’m pregnant.”
My eyes spring open because those are the last words I ever expected. “You’re what?”
“Pregnant … With your baby … I am pregnant with your baby.”
“Oh shit.”
“I know. I’m so sorry.” Tears are forming in her eyes.
“Hey, no. What’s wrong?” I say as I wrap my arms around her. “It’s OK, you’re OK.”
“I’m so sorry. I take my pill every day at the same exact time. This wasn’t supposed to happen. I’m so, so sorry.”
“Ellie Girl. Look at me.” She looks up, and I smile. “It’s OK. I’m not upset.”
“You aren’t?” she asks.
“Not even a little bit.”
She looks so shocked.
“You are having my baby. No, we obviously were not planning this. But I’m so happy.”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course. You are strong, smart, drop-dead gorgeous, and a thousand percent out of my league. On top of all that, you are having my baby. I could not be any happier.”
She looks up into my eyes for a moment and then smiles, despite the tears in her eyes. “We’re going to have a baby.”
“Damn right we are,” I say, and then I grab her face and kiss her. I don’t know that this is what she needs right now, but I couldn’t resist anymore. This perfect woman is having my child. I’m on top of the world.
I push her back until she reaches the bed, and then I lay her down on it. I slowly pull her pants and panties down her legs and then kiss up her legs. Once I get to her center, I lick from one end of her slit to the other. When I get to her clit, I suck it, and she does her perfect loud moan.
“As much as I love hearing you, baby, you are going to have to keep quiet so our best friends don’t hear you while I turn your world upside down.” Then I put my mouth back on her. I grab her ass to lift her and shove her pussy into my face even more.
“Oh, Cole.”
I stand up and pull my cock out of my pants, leaving them mostly on.
This is going to be quick. I’ve gone too long without her.
I stroke myself while she watches. I know she loves that, so I do it a little extra just to tease her.
I push myself into her slowly, and she brings her hand up to cover her mouth while she moans.
I grab her hand, put it above her head, cover her mouth with mine, and slam into her.
My mouth is catching all her loud moans as I devour hers.
We are both so close, so I use my other hand to reach between us and circle her clit.
I kiss up along the line of her jaw, take her earlobe, and nibble it.
“Are you going to be a good girl and come for me?”
“Oh yes.”
“C’mon, Ellie Girl. Let it out.” I circle her clit twice more, and she is coming all over my cock as I climax inside her.
I pull out, and then I lie beside her, trying to catch my breath.
There’s a knock at the door. “Hey if you two are done fucking, we’d like to watch a movie sometime today!” Jordan yells.
We both laugh and then look at each other.
“It’ll all be OK, Ellie Girl. I promise.
” And I get another one of her award-winning smiles.
I kiss her, and then we wash up and go back to the living room.
After Ellie and I awkwardly do the “walk of shame” out of my bedroom and into the living room, all of us get comfortable, and then we proceed to watch three movies before we’re all passed out.