Chapter 22

**Annabel**

The moment Alyssia had walked out of bathroom with both tests in hand I knew it couldn’t be good, the way her face looked all but ready to break down into tears had her telling me exactly what it was that I needed to know before she even had to say it, she was Pregnant and it was Zac Hunter’s baby.

“Well?” I move to ask, wanting her to physically tell me without me actually figuring it out like I already did.

“I-I’m Pregnant”

And that ladies and gentlemen is the straw that broke the camel's back, for the moment she said she was pregnant was the moment she all but burst into tears, my body now moving over to her as I move to wrap my arms around her gently, the need to protect her from all this now weighing heavily on me, for Alyssia was only 21, a baby at most and here she was about to become a mother, with a baby of her own and while I may not know Zac’s opinion or how he feels in all of this, all I knew for sure was that I would stand with her no matter what she decided to do with the child.

“Shhh… It’ll be okay Alyssia, I Promise, and maybe who knows, maybe Zac will be super excited and will want to be apart of its life, to be the ever loving father he was destined to be” I move to say to her hoping that by me telling her that he’d more than likely to accept the child as his would help ease her pain.

“Thanks, Bel, you're the best” whispers Alyssia, her nickname Bel all but reserved for her and her alone, for if anyone else ever called me Bel or Anna would surely get their ass kicked by me and they wouldn’t like it one bit.

“Of course, just promise me that if you decide to keep the baby that I get to be aunty” I move to tell her, wanting to be a part of the child's life no matter what.

“Of course” was all I heard as she slowly moved to pull away, slowly getting her emotions under control as she moved to look at the tests once more. “Pregnant? It almost sounds unreal….”

“You're telling me, so when are you planning to tell father to be?” I ask, knowing she would have to tell Zac sooner or later and I was hoping it was sooner, knowing he had a right to know before she started to show.

Sighing, she moves to speak up her eyes still on the test. “I don’t know.. Heck, I don’t even know anything about him other than he’s drop dead sexy and that I’ve all but slept with him twice.”

“Girl, how do you go and sleep with a man not once but twice and still not know anything about him?” I question blinking at her in shock, baffled she never took the time to talk to him.

“Sorry, but what more did you want from me? He was supposed to be a one night stand, not for him to be my fucking psychology teacher, who for some appearant reason wants to be with me when Brian couldn’t even stand being with me” snaps Alyssia her emotions rising yet again.

“Hey calm down, first of all don’t think like that, second of all I think its cute that Zac wants to be with you, besides Brian is a fucking asshole who doesn’t deserve you one bit and it’s his lost for hooking up with Lyra and not staying with you which means Zac can persue you all he wants” I all but tell her knowing it was true, that she was fair game and if Brian couldn’t see that past his thick skull then it was his lost for that meant he wasn’t deserving of her and someone else was allowed to claim her as they saw fit.

Groaning, does she move to walk away from me, letting me know she was done with our debate as she moves to sit down on my tiny couch, leaving me to stand within my tiny kitchen area that was connected to the bathroom she had just used as I move to grab my phone deciding that if she wasn’t going to try and reach out to Zac then I would.

Pausing, I move to realize that I didn’t have a way of contacting Zac other than through the school but, I was talking to someone who did have that ability, a sexy man by the name of Sam, silently smirking I move to pull up Sam’s name before moving to create a new text message, not wanting Alyssia to know what it was I was doing.

*Annabel: Hey, Is Zac with you?*

Hitting send, I wait. Thankfully it doesn’t take him long to respond.

*Sam: Hey Beautiful, no Hi, how are you? Love you? Miss you? Just is Zac with you? I see how it is*

Rolling my eyes at his message I know he’s being dramatic, ever since we agreed to go out on a date he had been nothing but a goof ball as I moved to reply to his text message.

*Annabel: Just answer the question, Is Zac with you?*

Now waiting on his reply I carefully move to watch Alyssia from a far wanting to make sure she wasn’t watching what it was I was doing, knowing she would be angry with me if I was caught spilling the beans but after knowing my friend for 22 years I eventually knew when she lying to me and this was on time I knew she was as she was never going to tell him, at least not yet which meant I had to be the one to tell him.

Feeling my phone vibrate I moved to see who it was only to see it was my man, although I would never admit that to him out loud as his ego was already too big for his head as I moved to read what he texted.

*Sam: Yeah, he’s here. What’s up? Why do you need to know? Is his girl okay? Is she hurt? She’s been kind of distant from him lately since the incident in the bathroom, Zac says she avoids him whenever she can that he’s moping always complaining that he doesn’t get to see her*

Trying not to burst into laughter at a grown ass man moping over a girl I move to reply back to his text.

*Annabel: No she’s fine, and you’d be distant to if you were almost raped by someone you thought you loved, just give her time, she’ll come around. But the reason I ask is because there’s something important that he needs to know*

Sending my message I move to wait hoping he’ll text me back fast before Alyssia can catch on. Then as if my prayers had been answered I feel my phone buzz, moving to look I see his reply.

*Sam: Define Important…*

Frowning I move to text back before I call him bitching at how stupid they were being, my fingers flying across the keyboard of my phone as I move to tell them what I truly thought.

*Annabel: Do you have to be so fucking dumb? God, sometimes I wonder why I even agreed to talking to you, you never take me seriously.*

Knowing I probably pissed him off, I couldn’t care less, he was acting like an ass and not taking this seriously, Zac needed to know and I was done playing games. Feeling the buzz I know he texted back so I moved to look at my phone.

*Sam: I’m sorry Princess, I didn’t mean to anger you, go ahead, what’s so important that you need to get a hold of Zac baby*

Now trying not to smile at his text I all but move to text back, knowing that this one text was about to change his and Alyssia’s life forever and I just hoped it was in a good way.

*Annabel: He might want to sit down for this, but Alyssia’s Pregnant and it’s his*

Letting that sink in, I move to put my phone away, knowing they’d both be in shock for a while so I decide to go hang with Alyssia on the couch, deciding we would couch surf as we moved to look at all the cute baby things to help ease her into the idea of being a mom.