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Chapter 11

"9 Hours, 13 Minutes, and 27 Seconds"

Bayleigh tried, unsuccessfully, for at least an hour to try to get me to calm down and explain what's going on. I finally just decided I was coordinated enough to talk, sob, and drive at the same time. I pulled back onto the highway and headed home again.

"Just tell me what's wrong? Is it about Embry?" She asked trying to stay calm.

"Do you have room at your place or should I find another place to live? I mean, this won't be forever, but just for now," I said avoiding her question. But I couldn't ignore the pain in my chest at hearing his name.

"You know you can always stay at my place," she said.

"Thanks, can we please just talk about this when I get to your place?" I begged.

"Fine, but I don't think you should be driving. Where are, like what city?" She asked.

"Almost to Seattle," I said wondering what she was planning.

"Go to Seattle, get a hotel room and I'll be there as soon as I can get a flight," she said.

"Bay you don't have-"but I was cut off.

"You are my best friend and I know you would do the same for me. I can't let you drive right now. You should like an emotional wreck, no offense," she said gently.

"You know when someone says no offense to another person, that person normally takes offense," I said.

"Oh whatever, but I'll be there as soon as the next flight lands. Just go to sleep or something," she said. Then she said a quick goodbye and hung up.

I was only about 30 minutes or so from Seattle so I tried to focus on driving, which surprisingly worked and somehow I ended up in front of a hotel. I hurried to check in and ran up to the room. I looked in my bag hoping I brought something to sleep in. Thankfully I did and I quickly fell asleep.

My eyes flew open when I heard my phone. I found my phone on the night stand, but didn't bother to see who was calling, it was probably Bay anyway.

"What hotel and room number?" Bay asked. "I just landed and I'm getting my bag so I should be there in like 30 minutes or so."

"Ok, Westin in room 2021," I said.

"Go back to bed," she said and then hung up. I just stared at the ceiling trying not to think.

My phone rang again, but I ignored it, if Bay was here, she could just knock.

After a few minutes, my phone rang again, and since it was annoying I just answered it.

"What?" I said irritated.

"Where are you?" My heart stopped and I felt like crying. "Please Jenna, I've given you 9 hours, 13 minutes, and 27 seconds to come back, but you haven't. Just please talk to me."

I had a lump in my throat, making it impossible to reply.

"Jenna, I'm so sorry. I'm trying here, but I don't know what to do," he said sounding defeated. But when I thought about replying, I heard someone knock lightly on the door. I ran to open it and was relieved when Bayleigh stood there with a sad smile on her face. Not knowing what else to do, I handed her the phone, which she took without hesitating.

"No, this is her friend. For the welfare of my best friend, I'm going to ask you to please stop calling her," Bay said and then hung up.

She handed me the phone, pushed me back into the room, and pulled me into the bathroom.

"Let's go home," she said when I was ready.

I got ready in a haze, not paying attention to what I was doing. I dressed in whatever clothes Bay handed to me and before I realized what was going on, I was in the car and we were headed off.

"When are we going to talk?" She asked calmly.

"I'm pregnant," I blurted out without thinking about it. Bay took a deep breath and looked over at me with worried eyes.

"Do you know who the father is?"

"Yes," I whispered.

"Do I know of him?"

"Yes," I whispered again.

"Did he just call you?"

"YES! It's Embry, ok? Are you happy now?" I yelled.

"That you told me, yes. That you're pregnant, no. That Embry's the father, no," she said acting as though my yelling didn't affect her. "But what are you going to do? I mean you can't let this kid grow up without a father. Unless you don't plan on having it," she said as she looked over at me.

"You know that's out of the question. I could never, ever, do that again. It killed me to do it last time, and it kills me to just think about it," I said.

We didn't talk after that. I knew she was trying to give me space, which I was thankful for.

After some arguing, I persuaded Bay that I was well enough to drive. She couldn't really tell me no when I said I just wanted to go home. So I drove through the night.

"I'm sorry but we need to stop. We both need rest," Bayleigh said when the sun started coming up.

I went to the first hotel I saw.

When we were settled into a room, I started feeling claustrophobic.

"I'm going for a walk," I said as Bay went into the bathroom.

"Please be careful," she said.

I walked outside and saw a park across the street. I went and sat on a bench to watch the kids play.

They were all so carefree and full of joy. They didn't care about the world; they just saw it as a game. I wrapped my arms around my stomach as I tried to keep the tears in.

"So which one's yours?" A young woman asked. She was short, with green eyes and red hair.

"Oh, I was just watching. They all seem to be having so much fun," I said as I wrapped my arms tighter around myself.

"Yeah, it's the most wonderful thing. I never understood how someone could love their children so much, but then I held my little girl and it all made sense. So are you expecting?" She asked.

I took a deep breath. I don't think the realization of me being a parent really hit me until now. I was too busy being pissed at Embry.

"Yeah, I'm expecting," I said softly.

"Congratulations, it really is a joy to bring another life into the world," she said.

I, Jenna Rutledge, will be in charge of another life. If I made bad choices it no longer affected just me. Seeing all this made my chest hurt even more.

"Excuse me, but I have to leave," I said as I ran across the street. I leaned up against the hotel building and pulled out my phone and prayed he would answer.

"Hey, you've reached Embry…Call me back or leave a message."

I hung up the phone and ran to the room, trying to make it until I had a breakdown again.

After I finally made it back, Bay was laying on the bed watching TV. She looked up and gave me a sad smile.

I just cried. I fell against the door and buried my head in my hands. I felt Bayleigh wrap her arms around my shoulders. She didn't say anything, she just let me cry.

"Maybe you should move to the bed so you can try to sleep," Bayleigh said gently.

I looked up at her. "Bay, I'm going to be a mom. I can't do this," I said as I started sobbing again.

She helped me up and led me to the bed. After I calmed down, she gently pushed me back and as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out, dreaming of nothing but Embry.

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