Chapter 6

"I just don't get why Al had to be like that, you know? I mean, she's back and we're already fighting. I mean we're just friends and we're FIGHTING." Dom said after the race. Dom had won as usual. After the race, Jesse had asked Dom to drive him to Connar's apartment.

Jesse kept his mouth shut and leaned his head against the window. He knew Dom wouldn't shut up about the fight he and Al had had earlier that night. He should have gotten a ride from Leon.

"I mean, she's still gorgeous and everything but she's changed so much. She wouldn't even race with me tonight. She said she didn't want to take a chance of hurting herself. Like as if, I'd put her in any danger. And then, when I told her she had changed she blew up. She said something like, 'I have a good reason to have changed.' Damn PMS." Dom continued. Jesse rolled his eyes and rubbed his forehead with frustration.

"And you know, I think she's hiding something. I always knew when she was hiding something. Do you think she's hiding something, Jesse?" Dom continued making a left onto Connar's street.

Jesse opened his mouth to say that, No, he didn't think Allyson was hiding anything, but Dom interrupted him.

"Of course she's hiding something. It's so obvious. I wonder what it is? What do you think?" Dom said, parking into an empty parking spot.

Jesse shook his head, "I don't know Dom. Just, go to the party and don't think about it and shit. See you later, okay?"

He shut the door of Dom's car. He hadn't expected Dom to come with him into Connar's apartment but he was obviously wrong. He heard Dom shut off his engine and get out of his car. He waited for Dom and they walked in silence to Connar's first floor apartment.

Jesse knocked on the door and heard Connar unlock it and open it. She let Jesse in but hadn't seen Dom so she started to shut the door. Dom stopped it with his foot and walked in.

"Um, Hi? Don't have a party to go to?" Connar said suprised at seeing Dom in her doorway.

Dom nodded and looked around her house. He was looking for Allyson. He said, "How's Al? Is she here?"

Connar shook her head, "No. She's at home. She's probably sleeping right now."

Dom nodded and looked at Jesse and said, "See you later. You're coming to the party right?" Connar and Jesse both nodded. He turned to Connar, "Do you think you could get Al to come to the party?"

Connar shook her head, "I doubt it. She's really mad at you." Dom sighed and left. Connar shut the door and locked it. She turned around and found Jesse sitting on the couch. He had the remote in his hand and was flipping the channels of her TV.

She walked to the couch and sat down next to him. She curled her feet up onto the couch and leaned her head onto his arm which he had placed around her. Connar had butterflies in her stomach, but then she always had butterflies when she was around Jesse. Today those butterflies were for a different reason.

Still staring at the TV he said, "So what'd you want to tell me?"

"Um..." Connar stood up and paced nervously in front of Jesse. He shut the TV and stared up at her with eyebrows raised.

"Con, what's going on?" Jesse asked also starting to sound nervous. He stood up and caught her wrist. He pulled her to him and held her waist. He put his hand under her chin and pushed her face up untill she was looking at him and waited.

"Um, I knew we wanted to wait until after we got married and everything. But, you know, stuff happens and..." Connar said.

Jesse stayed quiet and waited.

"I mean, I don't know how your going to feel about this but..."

"Connar, stop stalling. What are you talking about?" Jesse said again, louder than he meant to.

"I'm pregnant. I think. I'm glad I am but we always said we wanted to wait until after and everything and--why are you laughing?" Connar said with her mouth opened. She couldn't believe he was laughing.

"Babe, you were nervous about telling me that? Why? I'm so happy. Are you sure your pregnant?" Jesse asked smiling.

"I think so. I think I'm about 3 months, I just never told anyone. I haven't gone to a doctor either." Connar said.

Jesse pulled Connar closer and hugged her and said, "I'm going to be a dad. Holy shit! I'm going to teach him how to race. And work on cars and shit." He let Connar go and grabbed her wrist. "Come on, we have to go tell everyone." He looked at her and kissed her and said, "I'm going to be a fucking DAD."

Connar felt as if a whole weight was lifted off her sholders. She had seriously thought that Jesse wouldn't be this happy. She grabbed Jesse's keys from the table and let him lead her outside. He opened her door and went around the car and got in.

They were half way to Dom's house when Connar remembered she was suppose to call Allyson. She took out her cell phone and dialed Allyson's number.

The phone rang about five when Allyson finally picked up the phone. Her voice sounded groggy and sleepy.

"Hello?" She said.

"Hey, Al. It's Con. Dom wanted me to call you and ask you if you wanted to come to the party." Connar replied quickly, knowing that her answer would be a no.

"No. Mrs. Jenkins already left, remember? And anyway, I don't want to be anywhere near Dom." Allyson replied and then stayed quiet.

"Okay. I'll tell him you hate him and you never want to talk to him." Connar said. She look at Jesse and smiled.

"Fine, I don't care. Do whatever you want." Allyson replied, trying to act non-chalant.

"Okay, I have to go 'cause we're at Dom's. Oh and before I forget I just wanted you to know that I think I'm three months pregnant. Bye." Connar said about to hang up the phone.

"What? Oh my god! Really?" Allyson replied, yelling into the reciever. Connar could hear crying in the backround. Allyson gasped and said, "Shit! Dominic woke up. Gotta go."

"Bye." Connar said hanging up the phone.

When Jesse and Connar walked into Dom's house they found that almost everyone was gone. They couldn't have been that late. Everyone was hanging out in the living room.

Leon had two scantily-clad racer chicks on each of his arms. They were rubbing his arms up and down and whispering into his ears. Letty was laying on the floor playing playstation with Edwin. Vince was watching them play and drinking a beer. Mia and Brian weren't in the living room. They must have been in the kitchen. Dom was talking to another racer girl who was also rubbing his biceps. He didn't seem to mind though. The only other people there were Hector and his girlfriend.

When they both walked over Edwin and Letty they didn't look up. But Vince noticed them walk in and said to Jesse, "What are you happy about? Did you get a quickie from Connar or something?"

Jesse kicked Vince's leg and said, "Ha ha. Very funny. Actually I'm happy 'cause I'm going to be a dad."

Dom stood up and said, "What?"

Brian and Mia had walked in at the same time that Jesse had said the news. Everyone else was looking at the both of them with opened mouths.

"Seriously?" Mia squealed. She continued, "Oh my god! We can be moms together!"

Connar rolled her eyes, "Oh dear god. Are you going to take me shopping for baby clothes? And are we going to swap funny baby stories? And stories about the most cutest thing our kid did that day?"

Mia nodded. "It'll be so much fun! It could be like a club and everything," She said jokingly.

Connar rolled her eyes again and said, "Oh yeah and I have another person we could invite that has had had a kid longer than the both of us."

"Who?" Dom asked.