Chapter 38 – Confrontation

August 19th, 2013

Recap: Will and Ronnie told his parents about the engagement and the baby but it didn't go well and when they return to the hotel Will's father comes to them. He tells the reason he thinks Susan doesn't like Ronnie – that she is taking Susan's only son away from her.

(Ronnie POV)

It had been just over two weeks since the unfortunate incident with Will's parents and there had been no sign of them since Tom came and talked to Will. Everything was getting back to normal for the both of them – they had gone to the beach with Jonah, enjoyed evening strolls together while Jonah was asleep – but no matter what they were doing there was always a tension between the two of them that Ronnie knew wouldn't go away with time.

Ronnie also knew the reason behind the sudden tension – Susan and Tom. After Tom left that night it had been awkward for the rest of the night and as soon as it got late enough that it was acceptable Will laid down and pretended to be sleeping, Ronnie had known that he was lying but she also had the feeling that he didn't want to be bothered so she didn't.

Ronnie wanted Will to talk to his mom; it was the only way that he would ever get some peace after what his father had said to him.

Tomorrow would be Ronnie's 19th birthday, Will had asked multiple times what she wanted to do for her birthday but she had never given him a solid answer. She had something she wanted to do before she could think about celebrating something as simple as her birthday.

She woke up to Will's arm wrapped around her stomach and his breathing on her hair, she loved when she would wake up like this, it was one of the best things about staying in Wilmington with him. They could wake up and go to bed together and no one could tell them otherwise. She could also hear snoring but she knew that wasn't from Will – Jonah had gotten the worst from their father – the snoring.

She slowly eased her way from under Will and went to the bathroom. She always liked to look at herself in the mirror – not really herself as much as her belly and how much it was growing. She never thought she would be one of those girls that would look at her belly constantly but she couldn't help herself, between all the pain that had happened in the past couple weeks this miracle had grown in side herself and she couldn't stop being so amazed with the result.

She took a shower and got dressed in something that showed off her stomach, she was now almost three and a half months pregnant and had a bump that couldn't be disguised anymore. She had already seen one doctor in Wilmington that had prescribed her with the medicine that would make sure her baby was born healthy.

Ronnie was wearing a maternity dress that she and Will had picked up from a store, the dress was a yellow and one of the most girly things she had ever worn – not counting the dress she had worn to Megan's wedding.

Ronnie made sure that she had her shoes and wallet with her before she left the hotel, Will and Jonah were both sleeping. She had something to do that she had to do alone and she didn't want to worry Will or have him think he had to come with her or something.

Ronnie got in Will's truck, she knew how to drive it since it wasn't a stick but she was still wary. She was just glad that she didn't have to worry about traffic since Wilmington rarely ever saw any. She knew, sort of, the direction to where she wanted to go, she had never driven there herself but she didn't really think she would get lost in such a small town.

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Ronnie pulled up to the white mansion that had so intimidated her the first time she had showed up. She had never thought that she would willingly show up on her own – especially without Will. But this time it was different, she knew that if Will came with her it would just end up in an argument and she didn't think that she could handle that right now, it would be best if she was alone.

She knocked on the door and held her breath while she tried to listen to anything inside that would give her a clue that someone was home. She was just about to leave when the door opened and she was face to face with someone that had terrified her for over a year now.

Susan Blakelee.

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"What are you doing here?" Susan asked when she saw Ronnie standing outside of her door. Ronnie smiled at her not really knowing where to start this conversation. This would be the first time that she had talked to Will's parents since they had met all that time ago.

"I need to talk to you," Ronnie said. She thought it was the best way to get something out of Susan.

"Did something happen to Will?" For the first time Ronnie saw a sign of fear and worry cross her expression but it was gone as soon as it had shown up.

"No, but I do need to talk to you about him," she said.

"Alright," Susan said reluctantly. She opened the door wider and Ronnie walked in after Susan.

They sat down on the couches and Susan just stared at her, waiting for Ronnie to say something first. Ronnie took a deep breath before she continued.

"I don't know if he told you but Tom came to visit us at the hotel after we left here the last time. He talked to Will and I, he made good points on why you don't like me and have never given me a chance or gotten to know me, something I haven't understood since the very beginning," Ronnie took a breath and gave Susan a chance to say something but she just kept quiet and kept staring at Ronnie. "He said that, since the death of Mikey, that you don't want to let Will go and I understand that. Will is your only son and now he is your youngest and it's something that I am soon going to understand. What I don't understand is why you won't give me a chance, I'm going to marry your son and I'm going to have his baby, shouldn't that mean that we have to get along. It doesn't scare you that if you keep this up you may never know your own grandchild?" Ronnie stopped talking and just stared at Susan waiting for her to say something and finally she did.

"I don't want my son wasting his time with someone that is just with him for his money and I don't want you to deny it anymore," she ignored when Ronnie shook her head. "I know that he is blinded by your beauty but I can see right through you," she said adamantly.

"You know that it's not true, you just don't want to lose your only son! He's growing up too fast in your eyes, he's nineteen and he's getting married and going to have a baby, it's fast and I know that better than anyone but I wouldn't change a thing about what's happened in the last year," Ronnie said. She could see something changing in Susan's expressions.

Susan shook her head and stood up to walk out of the room but Ronnie caught her by the arm before she could.

"You are not going to walk away. For a year I have wondered why you hate me, I don't drink, curse, or do drugs, any mom would be happy to have someone like me with their son but you never seem like you like me. I think I deserve to know why you don't," Ronnie was almost yelling at this point. She didn't want to lose control but she was getting really close to doing just that.

Susan looked at her for a moment before she shook Ronnie's hand off her arm, "You are low class, and you have been from the beginning, I have always been protective of Will and especially after the death of his little brother," she took a deep breath before going on. "I don't think anything will change how I am about my children. I want them to be happy but I don't want to see them hurt," Susan said the last sentence quietly, Ronnie barely heard her.

"I love Will with everything in me, I would never hurt him like I would never hurt anyone in my family. Will is the kind of man that I didn't know existed; he is so sweet to me and makes me feel beautiful every day. I never imagined that I would be having a baby when I'm so young but I wouldn't change it because this is part of me and a part of Will, it's a miracle and I would never take advantage of it. I just don't understand how you can't grasp that fact," Ronnie told Susan desperately.

When it didn't seem like Susan was going to listen to her Ronnie pulled something out of her pocket that she had stuffed in there before she left the hotel room, she had a feeling she might need it.

"Will and I have gone to the doctor when I was about two months along and this was taken at the last appointment, it's a sonogram. I want to give it to you so you know what you're going to miss if you don't change your feelings and at least get to know me. I'm not saying that we have to get along but wouldn't you rather be in your son's life, be there for the birth of his first child and for his wedding?"

She gave the picture to Susan who took it reluctantly and looked at the little picture in awe, Ronnie was quiet for a little bit while Susan looked at the picture.

"I'm going to head back to the hotel so I can be with my fiancé. If you want to talk to Will you can just go there, I'm not going to come back and neither will Will," Ronnie told her. Susan didn't say anything so, with a last glance at her future mother in law, Ronnie turned around and headed to the truck.