an. I don't think I left you guys too long with that cliffhanger, thank you for the reviews! It means a lot that I still have people hanging around for this story. Here's the second part! Enjoy.

Moments of Truth

A long silence filled the room, Randy hadn't moved an inch, his eyes still locked on the picture in his hands. Ashley wasn't quite sure what to do. She knew that she should probably say something, but without knowing what his reaction was, she wasn't sure what that something should be. As the seconds turned into minutes, she felt herself getting more and more agitated. Couldn't he just say something already?

Right before she was going to say something, he cleared his throat. The moment of truth was – possibly – only a couple seconds away. God she hoped that she could handle whatever came out of his mouth.

"It says here that you're ten weeks, what's that like, two months? How could you have kept this from me for this long? How could you have been drinking when you knew that you were pregnant?"

"Randy… you know that I hadn't been feeling sick until a couple days ago. And since I was on the pill, I credited them to me missing my period." Taking a deep breath, she allowed herself to continue, "Everything was as it usually was, until I started throwing up. I swear I didn't know until a couple days ago."

Rubbing his eyes, the man sighed, "I still don't get why you didn't tell me then."

"We haven't talked about having kids in three years. Back then you said that you weren't ready, since you said that you'd bring them up when you were. And since you hadn't done so, I thought that you'd be mad at me."

"Ash… three years ago, the both of us were in between jobs. We were living in my parent's basement, Alyssa and her unborn child had just passed away. Did you think we were ready?"

Before she could answer, he continued, "Then we moved here, getting our business started was tough. It was even tougher to actually make profit. Between that and taking care of Phil, I didn't even think about children."

"I can't help but get the feeling that you still aren't ready." Wiping away a stray tear, Ashley rose up from her chair, "It's okay, I'll be upstairs getting my stuff together."

She had managed to get halfway down the hallway that lead to the staircase, before she felt his warm hand on her arm. Within moments she felt her back up against the wall, her boyfriend's face inches from hers. "Ashley Marie Massaro, you ain't going nowhere."

"Randy you don't want kids, I'm not going to make you raise ours."

"Ashley, you didn't give me a chance to finish in there." After placing a small kiss on her lips, he leaned his forehead against hers, "I'm sorry for never finding the time to talk about them with you. I'm sorry that I made you think that you had to keep this from me."

Feeling one of his hands make its way to her flat stomach, she smiled when she saw a smile of his own come onto his face, "Make no mistake about it Ms. Massaro. There's nothing that would make me happier than to share a child with you. There's no one else I'd rather go on this adventure with than you."

"You really mean that?"

"Yes ma'am, I do. I love you so much."

"I love you too, baby. More than anything."

A week or so later, Phil found himself at AJ's beach house after work. He deemed it unfair that she was always going over to his house, consequently not being able to spend time with her best friends. That was the whole point of this trip, wasn't it? He felt bad for seemingly taking her away from them, so he gave them some money – not that they needed it – and told them to go enjoy themselves. He'd be there when they got back, to hear all about their adventure.

In the meantime, he'd enjoy some much needed solitude. His sister was at home resting, in her second month of pregnancy she liked to be close to home. She was dealing with a lot of morning sickness throughout the day, and she didn't feel comfortable being at someone else's home right now. And with his weak stomach, he was more than happy to leave her to her business.

Pouring himself a glass of sweet tea, the man made his way to the balcony. The view was beautiful, crystal blue water crashing up against the shore. Seagulls flying up ahead of him, swooping down every now and then to snatch whatever they saw in the sand. The whole atmosphere put him into a relaxed mood.

Now was the perfect time for him to think about everything. The beach was his favorite place to do so, which was another one of the reasons he wanted to come over here. Between work and watching after his sister, he had very little time to think about the question Violet posed both he and AJ with.

What would happen to their relationship when AJ left? Would the duo be able to keep something going long distance? Or would everything fall apart once she crossed state lines? Would they both continue on with their lives, as if they didn't even know each other?

All these questions were giving him a headache.

AJ had said the other day that she was just "going with the flow" and "having fun". Was this whole thing just a summer fling to the teenager? Something that she would occasionally have flashbacks of, but never really remember?

That's not what it was all about for him. AJ was the first girl he'd even thought of in this way, since his fiancé. The teenager had somehow managed to bring the same light into his life, as Alyssa once did. He never thought that he'd feel this way about someone again.

If things did end between them, he wasn't sure of how he'd handle it. The loss obviously wouldn't be of the same caliber as the one with Alyssa. But it would be pretty high up on his list. Any chances of anymore relationships would surely be shut down.

He was sure that he sounded like a love sick child at the moment. But in his years, he had learned to listen to what his mind told him to do. At the moment it was telling him to cut and run. Leave her before she left him, make changes for himself before others did it for him.

At the same time, he knew that he needed to give his heart a chance. There was a reason he decided to give it a go with AJ. He – obviously – didn't understand it, and he probably never would. But one thing he was absolutely sure of, was that he and AJ desperately needed to sit down and have a talk.

A decision needed to be made, before time made it for them.

an. What did you guys think? How do you think the talk will go between AJ and Punk? And what did y'all think of the Ashley/Randy segment? Let me know in a review!

Abrazos y besos para todos!

P.S. I am starting my Fall semester on Monday the 26th! I will try to update regularly, but most – if not all – of my efforts will be put towards my schooling. Good luck to anyone else who will be starting/has already started!