What Happens After

Chapter One

By KellyQ

Jaden stared out the window and smiled. It had been a year since he and Jesse had been together. Jaden had grown up mentally and physically. His hair was a little longer, his eyes that held innocence were sharper, and he felt more sure of himself. Jaden placed a hand on his slightly swollen belly. He was two weeks pregnant with Jesse's child, and he couldn't be any happier. It shocked everyone at first, considering that everyone was sure that Jaden was a guy ...

Jesse woke up to the sound of Jaden vomiting in the bathroom for the second time. He got up and walked in. "Jay ... is everything all right? You look a little pale."

"I .. I just don't feel good," Jaden answered weakly.

Jesse frowned. "You've been sick for a while. I think we should go see a doctor about this."

Jaden chewed on his lower lip. Sh-should I .. I tell him? Haou snickered. You can if you want. You know it's not going to make any difference.

"Jay ...?" Jesse murmured, seeing fear in his boyfriend's eyes.

Jaden looked at Jesse for a moment and looked away before he started. "Jess ... there's something you should know. I was born a girl but ... but my family wanted a boy ..."

Jesse's eyes widened with the realization after putting two and two together. "Jay ... are you ...?"

"Pregnant ... yeah. I ... I know that..."

Before Jaden could say anything else, Jesse pulled his boyfriend close. "No! Don't even say it! I'm happy that we'll be having a child ..."

Jesse walked in and wrapped his arms around Jaden and felt the baby kick when he rested his hand on Jaden's belly. "What should we name it?" Jesse asked.

Jaden chuckled. "You're really impatient aren't you?" the brown haired teen teased. He turned and wrapped his arms around Jesse. Jaden chuckled again and kissed Jesse's pouting lips. "I thought we agreed to wait until we found out what gender, then we'll name the baby."

Amusement flashed across Jesse's eyes. "I know. I was thinking that if it was a girl we can name her .."

Before Jesse could finish, his cell-phone rang. The two teens pulled apart as Jesse pulled out his cell-phone to see that it was the hospital.

"Who is it?" Jaden asked, seeing the confused look on his boyfriend's face.

"It's the hospital," Jesse answered, sounding confused. The phone stopped ringing and made a sound indicating that a message was left. "Well. Lets see who it was." Jesse flipped the phone open and pressed a couple of buttons and put it to his ear.

You have one new message.

"Jay, it's me Sy! Please come to the hospital A.S.A.P! It's Zane, he collapsed at the gym!"

Jesse's eyes widened in shock. "Jay, that was Syrus! And he's at the hospital right now -!"

"Is he all right?" Jaden asked with fear in his voice.

"He's fine," Jesse reassured. "But the message said that Zane collapsed at the gym," he informed his boyfriend.

Zane slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he felt was pain. He moaned lightly knowing that he was in the hospital. The smell of cleaning products passed his senses.

"Zane, are you all right?" came his brother's high-pitch voice, full of concern. The older Truesdale turned to see his little brother in tears.

"You haven't been good about taking you medications," came a familiar voice. "And don't deny it. I have the test results right here." Zane groaned in response to what Alexis had said. "And I just changed your meds to something different because the ones you're on are not working anymore."

"Jay, slow down! You shouldn't be pushing yourself!"came Jesse's worried voice.

All three of Jaden's friends turned toward the voice as the brown haired teen dashed in. Zane raised a brow when he caught sight of his friend.

"Jay ... you've gained some weight," Syrus said, noticing that his best friend looked a little on the heavy side.

Jaden chuckled nervously when Jesse walked in and whacked his boyfriend lightly on the back of the head. "Jaden Yuki," he scolded. "If anything happened to you and the baby you'll be in worse pain than you are."

Syrus blinked in confusion and his brother snickered. Zane had known that Jaden was unique. "How far you are in your pregnancy?"

Jaden's eyes widened. "How ...?"

Zane snickered again and closed his eyes for a moment and a playful smirk made itself know across his face. "You don't exactly smell like a guy ..." Alexis whacked Zane at the back of the head. "Anyways, Congratulations."

Syrus was about to Congratulate his friend too when they all heard a familiar voice from the hallway. "Where is he?! I'm going to kill him!" Zane stared at his brother.

Syrus cringed. "I had to tell Aster ..."

As if on queue, the blue eyed teen came dashing in almost knocking Jaden down. Jesse grabbed his boyfriend and stepped to the side as Aster ran to the side of the bed. Sapphire blue eyes saw amusement flash across Zane's black cold eyes. After a moment of staring at each other, Aster slapped his boyfriend across the face.

"You may think it's all amusing!" Aster said, showing pain and anger. "But it's not!"

Jaden and Jesse looked at each other and nodded their heads, silently agreeing to leave; the atmosphere was getting to Jaden.

"Are you all right, Syrus?" Jaden asked, seeing the stressed out look on his best friend's face.

After Jesse and Jaden snuck out, Syrus followed them to the waiting room. "I don't understand them. They keep a lot of secrets away from each other, and I'm the one who gets yelled at for revealing them," the blue haired teen shared to Jaden. "My brother's heart condition has gotten worse and I needed to tell Aster what had been going on."

Jaden knelt in front of his friend and pulled Syrus close. "Don't worry, I'm sure Aster will take care of Zane."

"Damn right I will," came Aster's voice full of anger. The two friends pulled a part to see the blue eyed teen making his way into the waiting room. "I'm not going to make the same mistake happen twice."

"Aster ..." Jaden finally called out. The brown haired teen knew what had happened between Aster and the young blue eyed teen's friend named Satorious.

Aster blinked and that's when he finally noticed Jaden was present during the whole ordeal. Aster combed Jaden's body up and down. "Jaden? Is that really you? You've gained some weight. Maybe you should go see a Doctor."

"He's pregnant," Syrus piped up with a little excitment in his voice. He had his hands on Jaden's belly so he could feel the baby kick.

Aster blinked a few times and stared at Jaden and smiled. He walked up and hugged the brown haired teen. "I"m happy for you, Jaden. I think ... before Satorious passed away, he did say something about you having a bright future. I think that this was what he was talking about." Aster pulled away. "And don't worry about Zaney. He's not going anywhere."

Jaden studied his friend. He could tell that Aster was trying to hide his emotions. The brown haired teen placed a comforting hand on the blue eyed teen's shoulder. "Don't give up on him -"

"I'm not. I just don't understand why he doesn't trust me," Aster admitted.

"That's not true, Aster," Syrus said. "My brother didn't want you to think he was weak."

The blue eyed teen stared at Syrus and Jaden for a moment. The two teens nodded their heads, giving Aster reassuring looks. "Thanks. I just don't want Zane to wind up with the same fate as Satorious."

Jaden hugged his friend again. "What happened to Satorious wasn't your fault, Aster. He was really sick ..."

"I know. I just wish I told him how ... listen to me," Aster rambled, cutting himself off. "I need to get going. Lets get going Syrus."

The younger Truesdale followed Aster out the door. Before Syrus walked out, he turned. "Call me if you need anything!"

Jaden beamed. "Will do, Sy!" he said feeling Jesse wrap his arms around him.

Syrus glanced at the two one more time before losing sight of Aster in the sea of cars in the large parking lot.

To Be Continued ...