I am so sorry that I haven't updated in ages! I just needed to leave this for a while and come back with a fresh approach. I know this chapter was long overdue and I will sincerely try to update as frequently as I can. I know I've said that before so I'm not making any promises but I really love this story and I love writing it so I will try my best. Especially because summer is nearly here and as soon as I finish my exams I should be free. Thank you for your patience and I really hope you like this chapter Love you all, xx Lo
Chapter 29- Love really hurts without you
Once again Heath made his way to Irene's door. He really needed to talk to April and wouldn't leave until he had. Heath knew that just because the baby wasn't his wouldn't make the fact that he had slept with Henri in the first place while they were together any better but he was sure that that was what April was most upset about and maybe they could work through everything else. Their relationship had really blossomed in the past few months and in a couple of months they would be welcoming a new addition. Surely all that was still there and he wasn't going to give up on the woman he loved and the child she was carrying without a fight.
Heath knocked on the door again and waited. When there was no answer after a minute he knocked again and twice more until Bianca finally opened the door.
"You really don't seem to be getting the message do you? You are not going to talk to my sister tonight. Don't you see that you've upset her enough already?" She wondered coldly.
"Bianca I have to explain. Henri-" Heath began but she cut him off.
Bianca stared at her former boyfriend in disbelief. "I do not want to hear it Heath. You made your decisions, now you have to live with them. You weren't thinking about my sister when you were sleeping with Henri, why should she even hear what you have to say? You've done enough to hurt her already. Just go. She's asleep in bed anyway. Think about how much this is affecting her and your- sorry her baby." She said with disgust evident in her voice and shut the door.
Heath understood what the older Scott was saying, but that made him even more determined to talk to April and he knew exactly how he would go about it. Just like old times. Heath made his way around the back of the house to April's window and cursed under his breath when it was shut. He looked in the window at his girlfriend. She was lying down on the bed facing the other direction so he couldn't see if she was actually asleep.
Inside, April clung to her baby bump as she cried. She should have known that everything was too perfect. Something had to give sooner or later but she couldn't bear the fact that that something was one of the things that she wouldn't have willingly given up until today, and even now she wasn't sure what she should do. April loved Heath so much that it hurt but now she was left doubting whether he felt the same way or if it had all been a lie. A lie that she had completely and utterly fallen for against her better judgement. She knew that Heath was bad news and yet she left herself fall for him and he surprised her. April got to see the real Heath and fell in love with him and now she was left questioning everything they had. She honestly had no idea what to feel. She was scared about the future if Heath was no longer in her life. April knew that Bianca and Irene and everyone would help her with the baby, but she wasn't sure if she could or wanted to do it without Heath. She just wished that all of this would just disappear and everything could go back to the way it had been.
April was pulled from her train of thought by a knocking on the window. It took her about a minute to actually realise what it was, such was the state of her mind at that moment. She knew who it was even before she turned over and the thought made butterflies appear in her stomach much to her chagrin. She was completely overwhelmed by a million different emotions; hope, fear, love, hate, relief, anxiety... the list went on and on. Finally, April made the decision to face the window and saw the face that made her fall in love a million times over. The face that was now breaking her heart at the same time.
"Please let me in." Heath mouthed earnestly.
Against April's better judgement, she decided to do just that. She knew that Bianca would be absolutely furious, but this was her future- the future of her unborn child that was on the line. She owed it to herself to at least hear what he had to say. April opened the window and sat down on the bed in silence as Heath clambered in as he had done many times before, although all on better occasion. When he was on his feet in the room, April stood up again.
"I'm so sorry April-" Heath began but April had other ideas. She gathered all her force and slapped him across the face. He took it. "I deserved that."
April nodded. "Yes, you did." She said, her voice gave away no emotion. "Now I take it you've come to say something?"
Heath nodded. "Yes. First of all, you do not know how unbelievably sorry I am April. Doing what I did was the biggest mistake I've ever made. It was back when we first started seeing each other and before I fell in love with you but I know that is not any excuse. You're the best thing that ever happened to me. Please believe that." He said desperately.
She sighed. "I don't doubt what you say Heath, but you have to understand, my trust has been broken. You got another woman pregnant!"
He quickly shook his head. "No I didn't."
April arched an eyebrow. "I was there Heath." She reminded him.
"Yeah well I thought I got her pregnant too but I told Brax and he forced Casey into admitting that he was the father. It turns out that they were sleeping together for a while. The baby is definitely Casey's." Heath assured the brunette.
April was lost for words. She had not foreseen something that outcome. Then again, she hadn't really seen anything that happened today coming. "What?" her voice was barely a whisper as she was overwhelmed by feelings of pure relief.
Heath smiled. "It's true. They didn't use protection a couple of times. April I am not the baby's father."
She suddenly slapped Heath across the face again, but afterwards threw her arms around him and buried her face in his muscular chest. "You. Do. Not. Know. How. Much. You. Scared. Me! If something like this ever happens again I swear I will neuter you! Do you hear me Heath Braxton?" April shouted but she was actually unbelievably relieved. The fact that Heath had slept with another woman didn't seem half as bad now.
Heath nodded. "I hear you. Does that mean I'm forgiven?"
April looked up at the middle Braxton and couldn't help but smile. "I'm working on it." She said and kissed him. Hope was quickly returning.
