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In Your Darkest Hour
Ch. 18
Scott and Daisy didn't talk much more. Scott was beginning to feel guilty about this whole situation with Shelby, which was crazy because he was the victim here. She had kept this from him. She had kept t from him the whole 9 months she was pregnant, and she had kept it from him, still, after Chelsea was born. Daisy had forced Scott into agreeing to go out to dinner with her the next night. He had reluctantly agreed because he didn't feel like doing anything at all, just laying around and wallowing in his self pity.
The night of, Scott decided it was time to take a shower and change his clothes. Daisy would be really embarrassed to be seen with him if he didn't. He stepped out of the shower, dried himself, and changed into khakis and a t-shirt. He pulled on a gray sweatshirt over it (think the end of seductions when they're playing soccer) and tennis shoes. He was a little underdressed for the occasion, but he really didn't care. He was beyond the point of caring about anything, and he didn't care about that either.
He grabbed his keys and headed to the restaurant. He entered a very nice restaurant called "Carini's" in his casual getup and approached the counter.
"Can I help you, sir?" the lady behind the counter asked him giving him a once over.
"Lipenowski...party of two." He said following a man with his eyes who had given him a snotty look.
"There's a wait. You'll have to take a seat." She said motioning to the line of chairs in the foyer. He groaned and sat down in a blue chair, slumping like a little kid.
A few moments later a nicely dressed couple approached the same lady. "Anderson, part of two." The man said with a smile. The girl handed the boy standing next to her tow menus, and the boy took them into the dining area. Scott jumped up from him chair and confronted the lady.
"Excuse me, but I said party of two not five minutes ago and you told me there was a wait."
"Yes, well- -" she started but Scott interrupted her and started to be smart.
"Would it make a difference if I told you Julia Roberts was the second person in my party?" he asked her. She smiled big.
"Right this way." And she led him into a private dining room.
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Scott sat alone in the room for 10 minutes waiting for Daisy. Suddenly the door opened. Scott looked up and expected to see Daisy, and instead saw Shelby lugging Chelsea into the room.
"Sorry I'm late, Dais, traffic was horrib---" she looked up and saw Scott staring at her.
"What are you doing here?! Daisy invited me!" they both said at the same time. Shelby shut up so they didn't continue this parroting thing.
"She told me it was just gonna be me and her." Scott said.
"Yeah, me too. She conned us." She agreed
"Why am I even here." He said and started to get out of the chair.
"Don't leave, Scott." She said quietly touching Chelsea who was in her carrier. He sat back down. "At least hear me out and then you can leave, okay?"
He nodded slightly and made himself comfortable in the chair.
"Scott, I know what I did was wrong and I'm not even going to try and justify it, so let's not talk about that right now. That's not the most important thing here." She said and leaned over and picked up Chelsea and then put her in Scott's arms. "Chelsea is. Like it or not, she's yours. I can't change that, and I wouldn't want to. If I had to pick any man to be her father it would be you—" she was interrupted when the waitress entered.
"I thought you said Julia Roberts was in this party!?" she said eyeing Scott.
"No." Scott said. "I asked you if it would make a difference if I told you that she was. Obviously it did. We'll just have two soups for now." He said trying to get rid of her. She huffed a little and left. Shelby looked down. Chelsea ad her hand clamped tightly around his finger.
"Look, I'm not going to force you to lover her, so it's all or nothing. None of this every birthday and Christmas and we never hear from you again crap. I wont let you do that to her. So you either be her dad or nothing at all." Shelby gave him the ultimatum.
The thought scared him. If he said yes If he chose to.....he would devote the rest of his life to make this little girl that he just met happy. Fear was replaced by terror. He would ruin her life just like his parents had ruined his, he was sure of it. He didn't think he could handle knowing he had once been so small and innocent and now look at him. 20 years old, running scared, absolutely terrified by this little baby laying in his arms.
"Scott......" Shelby said. "Scott, did you hear me?" HE snapped back into reality and forcefully handed Chelsea back to Shelby. She set her down in her carrier.
"I can't. I'm sorry.......I just.....can't.....If I'm in her life I'll only ruin it. I have to get out of here....I have to go...." he got up and ran to the door. Shelby chased after him and ran in front of him.
"Scott, don't do this." He looked away. She grabbed him and pulled his neck down and kissed him. He was stunned for a minute.
"I have to....just....I have to go now." He said and ran out almost knocking over a waitress. He had just reacted totally opposite of what she had expected. It wasn't like him to walk out on his responsibilities.
Shelby stood shell shocked, alone in the room. She spaced out and the only thing that brought her back to reality was the sound of Chelsea screaming and crying. Quite possibly for her daddy, but he couldn't hear her, because he was already on his way home.
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