Chapter Twenty-Five

The breath caught in my throat and I was only able to stare at him. His face became abruptly worried.

"Rose?" I lunged at him.

"Yes! Yes, I'll marry you!" I brought my lips to his and he picked me up and spun me around.

"Oh, thank you!" he exclaimed happily and brought his lips to mine again. He set me down and carefully slid the ring onto my finger. It was a beautiful round diamond with a silver rim. Two smaller square diamonds were placed next to the main diamond. It glistened beautifully on my finger. I brought my eyes up to his face and saw him smiling lovingly at me. I wrapped my arms around his waist and laid my head on his chest. We stood like that for several minutes. Finally, he let go of me and I stepped away.

"I'm going to tell Lissa. I'll see you later." I kissed him one more time before stepping away and leaving the room. I ran out to the living room and was surprised to see that Lissa wasn't there. I made my way to her room and pounded on the door. She answered and smiled at me.

"Hey, Rose. What's up?"

"Let me in, let me in, let me in!" She looked at me in confusion and let me in. I ran to her bed and plopped on it. I stuck out my hand and she gasped.

"Oh my God!!!! Rose!!! That's amazing!" She ran towards me and threw herself into my arms. "Oh, Rose! That's amazing!"

"I know! I'm thinking that maybe we could adopt later on… You might have to take care of the kids though…" Suddenly she gasped.

"Oh no!" I looked at her surprised.

"What's up?"

"I'll be right back," she muttered. "No, no, no, no!" She ran to the bathroom and slammed the door. "Come on, come on!" I heard her going through cabinets. "Thank God." I somehow kept out of her head and out of the bathroom until I heard her start crying. I barged into the bathroom to see her sitting on the floor with something in her hand.

"Liss, what's wrong?" I asked hesitantly.

"Oh God. Oh no." she kept muttering.

"Liss!" She silently handed me what she was holding. It was a pregnancy test. My stomach sinking, I flipped it over to see the little green plus sign.

"Oh Liss. Is it Adrian's?" As soon as I said that, Adrian came into the bathroom.

"What's up ladies?" He took in our expressions and said, "What's wrong? Lissa, what's wrong!?!?" She still didn't say anything, so he turned to me. "Rose, what's wrong with her?" I held up the pregnancy test. "But… I… We… We never…. It can't be mine!"

"I know." Whispered Lissa.

"Is it Christian's, Liss?" I asked hesitantly.

"No." she said crying. Adrian gasped.

"Lissa. I need you to tell me this. Is the baby Eddie's?" She looked at him sorrowfully.

"Yes." With that, Adrian stormed out of the room. Lissa broke into tears. "It's not what you think, Rose. I swear."

"I know, Liss. But when did you, you know."

"Do you remember the night when Christian and I broke up?" I nodded at her.

"I went to see Eddie. I never planned on anything happening, but I was just so upset! And I had known he liked me, and I just needed something to distract me, I swear! Oh, God, Rose! How could I have let this happen?"

"Shh… Liss. It will be okay. Are you sure the baby's his?"

"Yes. Before Christian and I broke up, things hadn't been going well. We never…" she trailed off.

"I know. But, who's idea was it?"

"It was mine, Rose. This isn't Eddie's fault. And I might've… you know…."

"What, Liss." This could not get worse.

"I think I used compulsion. He was against… it… Not against the whole idea, just against it while I was so upset." I squeezed my eyes shut. I had been wrong. It could get worse.

"Alright, Liss. Do you plan to keep the baby?" She looked at me with shocked eyes.

"Of course! Even though it's not my boy friend's baby, it's still mine, and I plan to keep it!"

"You know the rumors this will cause, right?"

"Of course, and it will cause more then rumors. But I can live. Just a little while till graduation anyway."

"Yeah. Well, you need to go talk to Adrian and explain." She suddenly looked at me with terrified eyes.

"No, Rose! I can't! I can't face him yet!"

"Liss, You have to! The longer you wait the harder it will get!" I started crying again.

"No, Rose. I really can't do this!"

"Liss, by God you have to! I will force you if you don't do it on your own. You love Adrian, right?" she nodded. "Then you have to explain if you value your relationship! He'll understand!" She nodded and sniffed.

"I know. But I'm scared, Rose!"

"Don't be, Liss. Adrian will understand and he will forgive you!"

"Alright, Rose. I've trusted you before, and I'll trust you now. You want me to go explain to Adrian? I'll go. Just give me a little time to prepare."

"Sure, Liss. Take however long you need. Adrian will wait for you. I promise." I smiled and hugged her, knowing that she wouldn't have to go through this alone.