So, Here is a somewhat exciting chapter!
"Hey, Jenna," I answer my phone thinking it was Jenna calling to find out if Eli had brought me to her doctors appointment yet or not.
"Clare?" a male asks me in a frantic voice. I register the voice a minute later to be her brother Kyle's voice.
"Yeah," I pause. "Kyle, where is Jenna? Eli and I are on our way to her doctors appointment." I tell him, I feel a little worried that he has called me. I look to see if we are running late for her eleven o'clock appointment, it's quarter to. We should be arriving in a few minutes.
"Stop, don't go there." he starts. "Jenna is in the hospital, her water broke this morning at ten, she forgot you were meeting her there. She wants you to be here." He tells me.
"Eli, we aren't going there anymore. We have to go to the hospital." I say to Eli before returning my attention to Kyle. "She wants me there?" I ask. Jenna and I have been getting along better than before, but I didn't know she'd want me there.
"Yeah, does that mean you are coming?" he asks, urgency thick in his voice.
"Of course, we should be there in less than ten minutes, tell her that?" I look around outside figuring out where we are.
"Yes, thank you Clare." he says I smile and say goodbye into the phone. I turn to look at Eli.
"Jenna's water broke this morning, she wants me there," I say the word me like I am shocked, which I am, greatly.
"I had a feeling that was what was going on, since I was sitting right here during the whole phone call, you know." he smirks.
"Well it shocked me. I didn't realize we were in such a good place. It's kind of exciting, you know?" I gush to Eli who probably doesn't understand the feeling.
"Honestly, kind of. I don't know why it is so shocking to you, you two have been doing a lot together," he reasons with me, we get into the parking lot and we have to park near the back of the main lot. When we get out I grab the blue and white bag from the floor. I got baby an outfit and planned to give it to her at the appointment today, since we missed her baby shower. We walk hand in hand into the hospital, I walk up to the young man sitting at the desk.
"Can I help you guys?" he asks us with a genuine smile on his face. I can't help but smile back at him, something about him smile and the situation made me happy.
"My friend came in this morning, she's having a baby." I explain to the man. His smile fades a little as he looks at the screen.
"You are a little young, breaks my heart," he says. "Who is your friend?" he asks me, his lisp makes him seem really adorable, he has white teeth and lit up hazel eyes.
"Jenna Middleton." I say automatically. He types in the name on the keyboard and clicks a few things before frowning.
"I'm not really allowed to admit you, only the baby's father family it says," he says, I feel my eyes blink a few times, they feel sad.
"I'm the baby's father, we're dating," he swishes a finger between us. "Jenna doesn't know that yet though, since they are best friends. To be honest it is just a lot of teenage drama." he says.
"You can go in, it's maternity room seven, " he says to Eli, "But you are going to have to stay in here, at least until her brother comes and tells me you are allowed in." he says turning the attention on my. I sigh and sit in a chair near the desk.
"So are you and the baby's dad dating?" he asks me, I shake lightly.
"His name is Eli. The baby's fathers name is K.C. he is my ex, she stole him from me," I add to my mild head shakes. He looks at me so strangely I am taken aback a tiny bit.
"So, you dated the baby's father, and this Eli who I just let in has nothing to do with the young lady in there?" he asks me, I smile.
"Pretty much, Kyle will be out here in a minute saying we can both be in there anyway." I can't help but to laugh a little at him. He lets a chuckle free.
"Clare," Kyle comes up to me. "She's good, sorry I should have told you they would be coming here in a little bit." he says to the attendant at the desk, he shrugs his shoulders and cocks his head to the right towards the hallway. Kyle walks me down to a doorway and opens it for me.
"Clare," Jenna says excitedly, with a solid hint of terror and nerves. She has the typical white gown on decorated with the ugly gray polka-dots. Her face is moist with what I assume is sweat. Her hair is pulled into a tight pony tail.
"Hey, Jenna. How you feeling?" I ask walking over to her. She forces a smile.
"Like crap," she says losing the smile, Eli is sitting in a chair closer to the door and I stand my Jenna putting a hand on hers. She turns it over under mine and holds it tightly. "It just hurts so much, everything just hurts."
"You can do this," I tell her rubbing the back of her hand softly, her face is streaked dried tears and her eyes are glossy.
"I really hope that I can, Clare I know we haven't always gotten along, but I am really glad we have been lately, you are honestly the closest girl friend that I have right now, and I know it sounds obnoxious, but Alli has been so distant lately because of Drew, and you are always willing to talk to me," she confesses to me, my eyes get moist. I smile widely.
"Jenna, I am really glad we got to this point too," I say letting a tear free, she smiles. "I have a question, though." I look at her again, my smile melts away. "Have you tried talking to K.C. yet? Like about the baby, or well today?" I ask her. She shakes her head. A nurse walks in telling her that she is going to check how dilated she is. She tells her she is five centimeters and leaves the room.
"We haven't even talked since I told him that the baby wasn't being aborted." she explains, she seems saddened greatly.
"Do you want me to call him, Jenna, I will. He should be here, whether he wants to be or not, he is the father." I say trying to get her to let me to call him.
"If you don't mind, I would really like him here, maybe then he'll actually want something to do with him." she says tearing up.
"I will call him, I will be back in here in a minute." I say leaving the room. I look through the phonebook in my phone for the number I used to know my heart, and wait for him to answer.
"Clare?" he asks answering the phone.
"Yeah, K.C. It's Clare. We need to talk about Jenna, and the baby." I say he doesn't answer me after twenty seconds, "She's in the hospital, how can you go from saying 'I love you' to ' I want nothing to do with you or our baby' K.C. that is not the person you used to be," Eli comes out of the room to see what I am doing.
"K.C." I yell into the phone, "At least say something to me, don't just ignore me like I'm not trying to talk to you." I say and the line goes dead. I groan loudly, in a semi scream. "Eli, I don't know how to make him see things," I feel like crying. "I am going to just tell her that he didn't answer and I will/ try calling again later." I tell him as I am going back into the room.
So, yeah? Did you like it?
K.C. asshole or scared? What do you think?