Chapter 12 … The Drama You've Been Craving
Jeff's POV
I opened the door and there stood the last person I wanted to see. Even now that we had split up she still managed to ruin my fun.
"What can I do for you Beth?" I asked even though I could really careless why she was here.
"Jeff I really need to talk you."
"I'm busy right now Beth. Maybe some other day and time." I said to her even thought I had no intentions in spending any of my free time talking to her.
"Having a party huh?"
"Yes Beth I'm having fun with my friend. Something you would know nothing about." That was completely true too. She know nothing about any of my friends. In the ten years we were together she never once spent anytime trying to get to know my friends at all."
"What's that supposed to mean Jeff?"
"Nothing Beth." I didn't want to get into this with her. Not here, not now, not ever. "Please just leave."
"No I really need to talk to you. It's very important." She began speaking louder trying to get the attention of my friends inside.
"Whatever it is that you want or need I'm not interested in hearing it." I tried to shut the door to get her to leave.
"It's about OUR BABY." She said practically screaming as she stuck her foot in the door to keep me from shutting it on her.
That statement drew the attention of all my friends. They all looked towards the door where Beth and I were. Everyone wanted to see what was going on. The majority of the people here knew about Beth's pregnancy, but Leila was not one of those people and this was definitely not the way I had intended on her finding out.
Harley got up from where she was sitting between Shannon and Leila and walked over towards Beth and I. I was hoping she would be able to put this all to rest. Getting rid of drama was definitely one of her specialties.
"I believe Jeff asked you nicely to leave his house Beth. I suggest you do as told. You don't want to start any trouble here." Harley said trying to keep her cool which I knew was taking her a great deal of strength because she hated Beth to put it nicely.
"Stay out of this Har… Susan." Beth said mockingly knowing how much Harley disliked being called by her real name. "This is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS." Now Beth was trying to intimidate her. However if she had spent anytime trying to get to know my friends she would know that he tactics weren't going to work on Harley.
"Excuse me? I don't think I heard you correctly! It sounded like you said this was none of my business, but it clearly is. You come here making a scene in front of all of us. You made it my business."
"I don't think so. I came here to see my boyfriend."
"Your boyfriend? Are you nuts?" I asked. Obviously this was getting way out of hand. Harley was ready to rip her head off, but if I could I would do much worse.
Shannon's POV
The second I heard Harley getting loud I began to inch closer to the situation. I knew that Beth had a tendency to push people's buttons and Harley was defiantly not one of those people you can pull that shit with. I could see that Jeff and Harley were both losing their cool so I decided to interject myself.
"Is there a problem here guys?" I was trying to play dumb. This wasn't the first time Beth had tried to make a scene like this to get Jeff's attention. She was an attention whore to say the least. Whenever Jeff was home she wanted him all to herself, but now things were different and she couldn't stand it.
"Shannon I think you and your girlfriend need to mind your…"
Beth as Harley just said to you this is all of your businesses. You came into our friend's house and are trying to make a scene so you can have all the attention. You've gotten your attention and now it's time to take you drama elsewhere." There was no need to be nice to her now. We all wanted her gone.
"No Jeff is my…"
"Jeff is you NOTHING!" Harley yelled at her. "You cheated on him. You lost him. It's all you fault. Just fucking leave!"
"I…Je…fine, but I'll be back." Obviously Beth realized she no longer had the upper hand here. This was not a battle she was going to win and she could hardly handle that. Jeff slammed the door after she stormed of towards her car.
As the three of us waked back towards the living room you could see the group of faces all felt bad for Jeff. For years now we all watched as she treated him like shit. But there was nothing any of us could say or do to make him see what we all saw in her. He needed to find the time in his life where he could realize it all on his own. Now that he was ready and willing to let her go she wouldn't let him. She stuck her claws in him and refused to let go.
Harley and I took our seats back on the couch with Leila. Almost immediately she began questioned what was going on.
"Jeff had a baby?" She asked surprised. Apparently Jeff hadn't told her about the circumstances with his ex. Not that it surprised me because he hadn't really told any of us. If it hadn't have been for Amy all of us would have been as shocked as her right now.
"No… he… um… they…" I didn't know how to explain this to her. I didn't think this was my place to say anything in the first place.
"She's pregnant, but no one believes it's Jeff's baby." Harley said saving me from choking on my own words.
"Oh… umm… alright." Leila replied obviously not knowing what to say. I wondered how much of Jeff's past she was aware of.
"Beth is a real bitch. I highly doubt the baby is Jeff's, she's cheated on him with so many different guys she probably doesn't even know who the daddy is. Or there's always the chance that she's making up the whole damn pregnancy to try and get Jeff back." That's the one thing about Harley, she doesn't hold anything back which is actually one of the main reasons I love her.
"I hate cheaters." Leila said. It was simple statement I think we could all agree with.
I looked around the room for Jeff, but he was no where to be seen. Moving to the upstairs I could hear him pacing back and forth in his bedroom. I felt bad for him. I knew letting Beth go was a difficult decision for him to make and she was making it increasingly harder.
"Hey man you okay?" I asked as I opened the door. Jeff stood in front of me with a look of such pain in his eyes it hurt to look at him. I couldn't do anything except feel bad for my best friend.
Author's Note: Hope you are all still enjoying this one. I'm working on another story that I should be posting soon. Thanks for reading! xoxo Melissa
