I gave a nervous laugh, "What?"
Cindy smirked, "I know you're pregnant. I've been seeing the signs all day. Guilty conscience, eh?"
"Oi," Lola said in my defence. "Abi hasn't got a guilty conscience. You know nothing! Plus, it has nothing to do with you whether she is or not."
Cindy just ignored Lola and carried on talking to me, she started counting with her fingers. "This morning, you had ketchup on your scrambled egg on toast, Jay had his hand on your stomach for ages, when I told everyone I found a positive pregnancy test, you turned and looked at Jay like there was something to hide and finally, when we were going to go on that waterslide with the massive drop, you hesitated, refusing to go on!"
"Cindy," Peter warned her. "Leave it out, stop making assumptions about people!"
I turned to Jay, nervously. Jay put his hand on my knee, squeezing it before turning back to the others. He took a deep breath, "Alright, since Cindy opened her big gob, blabbing stuff out that is unreasonable, we were gonna keep this quiet for a bit but yes, Abi is pregnant!"
My mouth dropped; did he just tell everyone in the caravan? The whole caravan just went silent.
"Oh my god, cuz," Dexter beamed. "I have no idea how your parents are going to react but I'm more than happy for ya!"
I sighed with relief and started giggling as I got brought onto my feet before Dexter pulled me into a tight but awkward hug. I pulled away as Dexter turned to Jay.
"And you bruv," he began. "What do you think you were playing at getting my little cousin knocked up?!"
Jay and I both knew that Dexter was joking. I rolled my eyes at how he just called me his 'little cousin' Hello? I'm 17, 18 next year. I looked over as Jay and Dexter shared a manly hug.
"Well, Abi," Peter inspected. "I thought your sister was going to be the type of girl to get herself pregnant at a young age."
I laughed, "I reckon everyone thinks that! I'm supposed to be the sensible one."
"Well not now, you're not," Peter joked, winking. "Congratulations, I'm made up for the pair of ya!"
"Thank you," Jay and I chorused.
Without any warning, Lola gave me a massive hug. She's her bubbly self again! "I'm still over the moon for you, Abs! Lexi will have a best friend."
Jay laughed, which made Lola and I break away our embrace.
"Oi," Lola defended herself, "Don't laugh Jay Brown!"
Eventually, Jay stopped laughing and turned to Peter, "When's dinner Pete?"
We all gathered to enjoy Peter's homemade cheese pasta bake before we went out to spend the evening at the club. All his meals tasted pretty special. Well, his dad who is Ian Beale is a chef so what do you expect?
We didn't wear anything special to the club; we were very casual if I'm honest. We were at the club for two hours and nothing was happening. It wasn't as great that Kitty had recommended. I was feeling tired anyway, after all we did spend a whole day at the waterpark.
"Why don't you and Abi go back?" Dexter had suggested to Jay. "Like you said you and her wanted time to yourselves."
Jay and I glanced over at each other. "Alright," Jay agreed as he stood up, holding his hand out for me. "Come on babe," he urged. I took his hand, as he pulled me up. He pointed his index finger towards Dexter.
"I still want time with Abi in the caravan tomorrow night though," Jay told him.
Dexter sighed, "Alright. Go on, go! We'll see you back at the caravan!"
"Unless they're too busy in the bedroom department," Cindy teased, sipping her lemonade.
"Cindy!" Peter roared, "That's enough! Stop trying to ruin this holiday for everyone."
I watched Cindy as she slumped back in her seat, quietly sipping her lemonade. All eyes were on her for a moment until they turned back to others.
"We'll see you later," I told them, with a pleasant smile.
"Laters Abs!" Lola raised her glass to me, before taking another sip of her vodka and lemonade.
Jay kissed me softly on the cheek. What was that for? I looked over at him.
"Come on babe," he said softly, leading me out of the club.
Throughout half of the journey home, we were walking hand in hand in complete silence. It might have been because I remained quiet considering thoughts were swimming through my brain.
"Alright," Jay began. "You're thinking about something."
I looked at Jay. Quickly tucking a strand of my light blonde hair behind my hair for distraction, I lied, "I'm fine."
I kept looking at him, he raised his eyebrow. "What?!"
"I know when you're lying Abs," he smirked. "Come on, what are you thinking about my BranningFlakes?"
I giggled.
"Don't laugh your way out of this baby," he said to me in a stern manner.
I sighed, "I'm just worried about my family's reactions to this whole pregnancy."
He sighed, stopping in his tracks, leading me under a tree as his arms curled around my waist. "They'll come round babe, trust me. Hopefully, you won't need to put up with them for long cos as soon as we're back, we're going flat hunting!"
I beamed at him, "Sounds amazing! I remember us talking this year about how we will have our own place soon. I even told Lauren! But when we planned it, a baby wasn't even thought of!"
He chuckled, "That's a thought, but still." He started to rub my flat stomach a little, "I can't wait for us to be a little family."
"Neither can I, I love you so much!"
I smiled, I really did love him. Even if he's my first love; as they say, your first love can be your true love.
"I love you too!" With that, we locked lips, kissing each other passionately for a few minutes before pulling away.
"My dad's going to kill you when he finds out," I put it to him, bluntly.
He started to stroke my hair, "Well no matter what he does or says, it won't keep me away from you and our baby."
I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck, holding him close to me as he hugged me around the waist. I inhaled his neck, his scent. He smells so nice; I can sense the Lynx Chocolate lingering on his entire body. He's so perfect. How can he be mine? I sighed happily.
"Come on," Jay interrupted as he gradually pulled away from our such loving embrace. He took my hand as we carried on with our walk back to the caravan. Within five minutes, we returned to the caravan and climbed onto the decking. I leaned against the caravan as Jay unlocked the door, letting us both in. Me in first obviously!
Jay and I literally pounced onto the sofa, lying back onto the sofa, just relaxing. It wasn't long before we were tangled up in each other's arms. We were sitting in silence for a minute or two, until I broke the silence:
"So, what plans do you have for us tomorrow night?"
"There's a DVD rental nearby, I could grab us a DVD and some snacks in the corner shop and just have a movie night?" Jay suggested.
I nodded in agreement, as I began to trace my index finger up his top, touching his bare stomach. I started to trace circles on it, "Does that end in making exotic love to me?" I asked suggestively, but in such a dreamy tone.
I could sense that Jay was smirking, "Does being pregnant result in a high sex drive or something?"
"Well, that is very well known," I replied very seductively as I looked up, locking eyes with the love of my life.
"Mmm, well this should be fun!" Jay suddenly grabbed me and pulled me down onto the sofa, lunging on top of me which made me squeal! He started kissing my neck, going up until he reached my lips. We locked lips, kissing each other with oh such passion. It seemed like we were kissing for decades but that soon got interrupted when my mobile suddenly went off. I sighed in annoyance as Jay got off me after pecking me on the lips one last time. I reached for my bag, scrambling through it, getting hold of my mobile phone. I looked at the home screen:
Mum Calling…
A lump in my throat suddenly appeared and I gulped, with my eyes staring at the screen. Oh my god, do I tell her? Get one parent out the way with? I turned to Jay.
"Should I tell her?" I whispered.
Jay nodded slowly, "Put it on loudspeaker. We'll tell her together." He finished this with a smile. I smiled back at him. He really did give me his word: he will always stick by me. Together always- you can never find a love as strong as mine and Jay's.
Before it went to voicemail, I quickly accepted the call, switching it onto loudspeaker before putting it down on the coffee table. "Hi mum!"
"You alright darling?!" She asked merrily, that mood will soon change when I tell her.
"Yeah, I'm fine! How's Oscar?"
"Oh, he's fine! He starts his new school next week," she replies, proudly. "How's the holiday going?"
It took me a few seconds to answer, "Great! Everything's just great. Jay's with me now," I took a deep breath. "You're on loud speaker because we have something to tell you…"
"Oh, yeah?" Mum responded, sounding confused.
"Yeah…"
"Hi Jay!"
Jay smiled a bit, "Hi Tanya!"
There was an awkward pause. "So, what was it that you wanted to tell me darling?"
I gulped as I turned to Jay. My hands started to shake slightly. Jay grabbed my hand and squeezed it whilst smiling reassuringly. "It'll be fine, I'm here." He said softly.
I took a deep breath and turned back to my mobile which was laying down on the round coffee table. "Mum…I'm pregnant!"
There was a long silence. I was just waiting for my mobile to start roaring with mum's yelling! But she didn't.
"Are you going to keep it?" Mum questioned.
"Yes," I said after a pause. "Why wouldn't I? Jay and I are in a committed relationship and we're happy together and we love each other so why should we get rid of it?"
"And what do you think about this Jay?" She sounded rather disappointed. Oh dear, this isn't going to end very pretty.
"I'm with her all the way," he told her and wrapped his arm around me, pulling me closer even though my mum couldn't see it, but still. It meant something. "I love your daughter Tanya, so very much. I worship the ground she walks on! I would do anything for this girl. She means the world to me!"
I smiled as I began to well up. I quickly wiped my eyes before I started crying. God, these hormones! Jay was so sweet, he is a good person, and he has such a sensitive soul. I love him with all my heart.
I heard my mum sigh, "Abi, what's happened to you?"
"I'm growing up, that's what." I put it to her bluntly.
"Well, what about university?"
"I'm putting my family first, mum. Whether I go to university or not is another situation but I'm putting Jay and the baby first."
"Oh Abs, to me you're still my little girl."
"Like I told you when you found out that me and Jay were having sex, it's not my problem."
"I know, I know." She agreed. "I guess that not everyone's perfect. Not even Abi Branning!"
I giggled, "Yes, you're right."
"Well I'm happy for the both of you, but Jay? Look after her- Cos deep down, she's still my baby."
I rolled my eyes, "Mum!"
Jay chuckled, "Even though, she's my baby girl," he teased. "But I will look after her, for the rest of my life!"
Mum and I laughed before there was a pause.
"Abi," she began. "If things start to get rough about this back in Walford then you and Jay are more than welcome to stay here." She offered.
I smiled, "Thanks mum!"
She sighed, "Oscar's just woken up. I'll speak to you soon, bye!"
"Bye mum," With that I hanged up, just staring at my phone. Jay rubbed my back.
"It wasn't so bad was it," he said softly to my ear, kissing my cheek.
I sighed, "Went better than I thought. I thought she was gonna yell at me when Lola gave me a pregnancy test which was positive and mum thought it was mine." I started to laugh at the thought, "And she was yelling at me saying: 'you stupid, stupid girl!'"
Jay laughed, "Well she didn't, eh."
I smiled a bit, turning to face Jay. "Now it's just my dad we have to deal with," I smiled weakly.
Jay smiled as he pulled me towards him, embracing me. I laid tangled in his arms.
