Chapter 45: "It can't be lost"
We dropped off our stuff and the rest of the gang before Taylor and I left to go to my mom's house.
Taylor and I pulled into my driveway and like usual, Licorice freaked out. My mom must have heard her because she opened the door. Her jaw dropped about three feet.
"Hey Mom." I said as I opened the screen door and pulled her into a huge hug.
"Why didn't you call and tell me you were coming to visit?" She asked, letting me go and closing the door.
"I wanted to surprise you." I said, sitting down, Licorice climbing into my lap.
"Well, okay. So what brings you back to Mora?"
"Mom, it's your birthday." I said. "And we have quite the little present for you." Taylor pulled a little box out of his pocket.
"Oh guys, you shouldn't have." She whispered as she took out the box. As tear came to her eye as she opened it. Inside was a diamond and sapphire ring. "Oh my god. It's beautiful." He hands were shaking as she took it out and put it on. "Thank you so much." She whispered as both Tay and I hugged her tight. I let her go and held her hand. "Amy!" Mom gasped as she looked at my ring.
"Yeah... I kinda have one too. Only mine's an engagement ring and yours isn't." I smiled.
"Oh my god." Mom choked out. "I'm so happy for you." And once again she pulled us into a hug. "I'm expecting you to treat her right." She said to Taylor.
"Of course." Taylor said.
"Mom, he already treats me perfectly." I said as we sat in silence for a few minutes. "Umm... Mom... there's something else." I glanced over at Taylor. He smiled and held my hand. I looked over at mom. She raised her eyebrows and patted my other hand. I couldn't bring myself to tell her. Luckily Taylor saved me.
"I had to do this at our house too. Mom, Amy's a month pregnant." The color drained from Mom's face and her jaw dropped open again.
"You're... pregnant?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah, Mom. I'm due September 15th." I said, as I patted her hand.
"That's great." She said, looking Taylor in the eyes, then me. "Your kids are going to be so cute. Blonde haired, blue eyed babies." She said smiling.
"No, Mom. There will be no babies. Only one baby." I said.
"At least that's what it'll be for awhile." Tay added.
"And you always told me you weren't going to give me grandchildren." Mom said.
"I guess she lied." Taylor laughed. We joined in and Mom pulled us into yet another hug.
"I love you guys so much." Mom whispered.
"We love you too Mom," Taylor and I whispered back. Tay and I hung around Mom's a little while longer then headed back to Leesha's at around 4:30p,. We got there at quarter to five.
"Hey, look who's here." I said. Taylor looked confused. "It's Alana, you silly boy." I continued as I hit him playfully. I hopped out of the van and rant to the house. Mandy was sitting at the kitchen table, blindfolded. I had to try my hardest not to laugh at her. I succeeded and ran upstairs.
"Mandy! If you're up again... so help me, God." Ashley said as he came out of the bedroom.
"Shh.... Ash, it's only us." I said quietly as we walked into the room. "Hey guys, what are you planning on doing to Mandy?" I asked as I sat down on the bed.
"Well, now that you're here was can show you." Beth said, getting up.
"Wait, I have to tell you guys something." I looked at the guys. "Could you excuse us please?" I asked and they went to the living room.
"What's wrong, Amy?" Care asked.
"We have another problem with Mandy. Remember when you guys had to wait for me and Tay?" I got a few confused 'yeah's. "Well, I heard him talking to Mandy around the corner by the counselor's office. And she was hitting on him like there was no tomorrow. Oh, it pissed me off so bad. I think that we should bring that up too." I said.
"Oh, that bitch." Alicia said.
"No doubt." Alana said.
"Okay then, let's go." Care said. We opened the door to four eavesdropping guys. "You are so dumb!" Care laughed.
We went downstairs and all stood in front of Mandy. "Who's there?" She demanded.
"Just some friends." Alana said. "Chill."
"Oh good, it's only you." She sighed.
"Before I take the blindfold off, I need to know something. Is it true that you almost had sex with Keith?" Ashley was behind Mandy ready to untie the scarf.
"Hell yeah." he was untying the scarf. "and I almost had Amy's boyfriend - Taylor." The scarf was free.
"You fucking bitch!!!!!!" Alicia and I yelled. Mandy's jaw dropped. She was speechless and struggling to get up.
"I don't think so." Alicia snapped, pushing her back in her chair. "You were supposed to be one of my friends. How could you do that to me?"
"I.... I..."
"Oh SHUT UP!" I yelled. "How dare you said you almost had my fiancé? He wouldn't touch your skanky ass with a 37 ˝ foot pole!"
"What makes you such hot shit all of a sudden?" Mandy snapped at me while kicking me in the stomach. My first thought was the baby. I got a concerned look on my face and a tear came to my eye as I grabbed my stomach. Instantly everybody gathered around me, except Alicia.
"Now you really deserve this." She said right before she punched Mandy in the face twice then pulled her to the floor by her hair. And kicked her three times in the gut. Taylor and Ike helped me upstairs. "Now if you'll take your sorry as to Jon's I'm sure he'll be happy to bring you right home."
"I'm so sorry." Mandy whispered.
"It's too late for that." Leesha said as she opened the door for her. She then made her way to me.
The pain was unbearable. I was crying and praying that my baby was okay. Taylor was holding my head in his lap telling me it was going to be okay.
"Guys, what's going on? What's wrong?" Alana asked. Her voice was shaking as she knelt down beside me.
"Alana, what Amy wanted to tell you was that she's pregnant." Zac explained.
"Amy, you will not lose our baby, ok? It will be fine." Tay said, brushing the hair out of my face, tears running down his cheeks.
"Oh my god." Alana said. "Amy, it's okay. You'll be fine. Don't worry."
"Don't worry?! God, Alana, this is my baby. This is our baby. Tay's and mine. I can't lose it." I cried. The concerned faces around me reminded me that they were there for me. "Hey guys, I just want to lay down, ok? But thank you so much for being here for me. That means a lot to me." I said as I struggled to get up.
"No, here baby. Let me help you." Taylor said as he picked me up. "Where can she lay down?" he asked.
"In my mom's room would be fine." Alicia said as she walked in and pulled down the covers. Taylor laid me down and covered me up.
"You'll be fine. Out baby will be fine. Just go to sleep. We'll wake you up in like, an hour." He said and kissed my cheek. I was beginning to feel better but I was still worried. They all left me alone as I drifted off to sleep.
Taylor's P.O.V.
I left Amy alone even though I didn't want to. We were all very sullen as we went downstairs.
"Guys, what do you think happened?" Zac asked. "I mean, do you think the baby is ok?"
"Well you know she's not very far along. I think it was just a shock to her. I think the baby will be fine, but I think we should make her an appointment with a doctor just in case."
"Care must've seen me staring off into space because she came to comfort me. "Tay, are you okay?" I shook my head. With so many thoughts running through my head how could I be okay? "Listen, she's fine. Ok? Your baby's fine."
I lost it. "She just HAD to get in Mandy's face, didn't she? Did she forget there was someone trying to live in there? How could she do that?!" My voice was shaking with emotion.
"It was NOT her fault!" Alicia screamed as she slapped me.
"I'm sorry. I can't... lose it. It was our baby. Just a little baby. Guys... so helpless. What am I going to do? How would we tell Mom & Dad & Sandy & the kids? How could I let this happen?" I cried.
"I can't take this." Alana said as she went outside to have a smoke.
"Taylor, calm down. She's fine, okay? Listen to me, she's fine!" Alicia yelled then also went outside to talk to Alana. The other girls went outside too, and the guys stayed inside with me.
Alicia's P.O.V.
"Alicia, I didn't think you were going to hit him." Beth said.
"Well, he no right saying this was Amy's fault. It wasn't her fault. How was she supposed to know that Mandy was going to do that?" I said, sensing my emotions over-riding my body. "She didn't know!! I swear, if Amy loses this baby..." I hit the door, paying no attention to the pain shooting up my arm. "I'll that fucking whore, Mandy!"
"Whoa... Alicia, Alicia." Care said as she approached me. "Calm down." she said quietly as she pulled me into a comforting hug.
"I don't know what came over me." I said while wiping the tears out of my eyes.
"You're just concerned." Beth said, joining the hug.
"We all are." Alana whispered, as she too whispered the now group-hug.
Meanwhile, Tay's P.O.V.
"I can't believe she hit me." I said in disbelief once I calmed down a little bit.
"Sorry to tell you Taylor's but you deserved it." Isaac said.
"Yeah, I mean, you're jumping to conclusions. We don't for sure if she ... y'know... lost the baby. Or not. Just calm down." Zac said.
"You look pretty frazzled. Have a drink." Ashley said, pulling out a bottle of vodka.
"Ash, you know I don't drink." I said as he pulled the orange juice out of the grocery bag.
"Trust me, Tay. A little won't hurt you. And you definitely need this." Ash said as he put the glass in front of me.
"No, really, Ashley. I don't drink." I said.
"Maybe it would help. I mean, Amy drank on New Year's and I think that's the thing that made it so that she could survive the night." Zac said.
"Okay, but JUST ONE." I said as I took a drink. "This is really good, Ash. What's it called?"
"You really don't drink." Ashley laughed. "It's one of the simplest, but best tasting drinks. It's a screwdriver. Just vodka and orange juice."
Alicia's P.O.V.
"Do you think we should cancel the party?" Beth asked.
"Well, let's go ask Amy." I said as I opened the door.
"Alicia." Taylor called after me. "I'm sorry for freaking out on you." he said calmly.
I approached him and pulled him into a hug. "Taylor, it's okay. I know you're just worried. I am too. I have to go talk to Amy now to see if she's still up to having the party. Did you want to come with?" he nodded his head on my shoulder, then pulled away. And Taylor and I went upstairs.
My P.O.V.
I was feeling much better, but only half asleep when someone came in. Someone sat down on the bed and another knelt down next to me. I then felt a loving hand stroke my cheek. I knew that it was Taylor -- I stirred.
"Amy?" the other person whispered. It was Leesha.
"Leesha?" I whispered back, as I opened my eyes. "Hey honey." I said to Tay when I saw him sitting next to me. I reached up and lovingly stroked his cheek like he did mine.
"How are you feeling?" he asked with a very concerned look.
"I'm feeling a LOT better. I think I just needed some rest." I said, sitting up.
"God, I'm so happy you're feeling better." Tay said as he leaned forwards and gave me a huge bear hug. "I was so worried." he said, he voice shaking. I couldn't see it but Taylor was starting to cry,
"Tay, honey, it's okay. I'm fine. I'll still have to see the doctor tomorrow but I'm pretty sure both the baby and I are fine. Okay." he pulled back, wiped a couple of tears away and I kissed him.
"So Amy, are you still feeling up to our little party?" Alicia asked.
"Of course. I'll have to take it easy but haven't seen any of these guys in so long. We can't just cancel on them. What time is it?"
"5:40--"
"I have to get freshened up before they get here!" I said as I climbed out of bed. "Alicia could you get the other girls?"
"Sure." She said and she left Taylor and I alone. I was standing in front of him, he was sitting on the bed still. He pulled me to him, lifting up my shirt to expose my stomach and he kissed it gently. "I love you." I said as he stood up. He kissed me. The said "I love you too. BOTH of you." I kissed him again then entered his warm embrace.
"Hey you!" Care said as everyone walked in. I let go of Taylor and hugged her. "How y'feeling?"
"Much better. Thanks for asking." I said as I let go of her and hugged everybody else. "I had to get ready and I wanted my girls to help me.
"Okay, I guess that's my cue to leave." Taylor said. "Bye honey." he whispered as he kissed me and left.
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