Chapter 12: New Roommates
When we got back to my apartment Ashley had a seat on the couch. Ashley was white as a ghost. She hadn't said a word since I hung up the phone with her.
"Ashley what was so important I had to pick you up from Vermont?" I asked.
"You were right" she said.
"Right about what?" I asked.
"John and I aren't together anymore. I told him I was pregnant and he totally flipped out"
"Oh Ash come here" I hugged her tightly. "I didn't want to be right"
"What am I going to do I can't raise a baby by myself?" she asked.
"You are moving in with me and I don't want to hear anything about it" I said.
"Addie I couldn't" she said.
"Yes you could I have 2 extra bedrooms and it'd be fun having a little niece or nephew running around" I said.
"If you really want us"
"Now I'm going to call Lucas and have him get your stuff from John's house" I told me.
"Ok thanks I'm going to go lay down" she said.
"Hey Luke, It's Adrian I need you to do me a favor" I said into the phone.
I told Lucas the story and he agreed to pick up Ashley's stuff.
"By the way if Cena happens to be there giving him a broken nose would be a good thing" I said.
Lucas laughed "will do" he said "I'll bring Damian with me"
I laughed because my cousin Damian had a very interesting job, he was in the "coffee business" aka a mob enforcer. Yes he was the Italian version of Jason Morgan. If anyone was going to make John pay it would be him.
I checked on Ashley before I went to the store. I bought enough junk food to kill 4 people, I figured she'd be upset about John leaving plus she was pregnant… it seemed like the right thing to do.
She was just getting out of the shower when I got home.
"What'd you buy?" she asked.
"All the junk food a pregnant woman would want" I replied.
"You know you're not helping my cause" she said grabbing the canister of Cheese Balls.
She popped a handful into her mouth.
"What I love Cheese Balls" she said.
"I didn't say a word" I replied.
"You were thinking something"
"Yeah like how are we going to tell mom about the baby without her killing John with her bare hands" I said.
"I plan on telling all of the baby's grandparents at the same time" She said.
"You are going to tell Carol and John?" I asked.
"Of course they have the right to know about their grandchild and to be in his or her life" she said.
"You are a lot braver then I would be" I said.
About 2 weeks later Ashley and I went back to Massachusetts to tell everyone the news. Ashley seemed calm on the outside but I knew better to think that.
"You sure about this?" I asked.
"It's not like they are going to put me in prison" she replied.
"I was just trying to help" I said.
"I know you were but this isn't about what you or I want this is about what is best for the child"
We pulled into the driveway of our childhood home. The lights in the living room were on. Everyone was waiting in that room to hear my sister's news.
After everyone was sitting down in the living room Ashley began to speak.
"I know you guys are probably wondering why I called you all here" she said.
"Adrian called and said it was urgent are you ok?" mom asked.
"Physically I'm fine mentally I'm not doing so well" she said "I don't know if John has told you but we aren't together anymore"
"What… when did this happen?" Carol asked. I think she was hoping that John would finally settle down with Ashley.
"About a week ago" she replied "you see I told him I was pregnant and he broke it off"
"You are kidding right?" John Sr. asked.
"I wish I was" Ashley said.
"I can't believe he would do this" Carol was shocked. "I should beat the shit out of him"
"It isn't worth it I have accepted that he wants nothing to do with our child" Ashley said "but that doesn't mean you don't have a right to be in the baby's life"
"Of course we would want to be in our grandchild's life" Carol said.
"John isn't a bad guy he just has some major problems to work out" Ashley said.
I was amazed that even now Ashley was still defending John. She truly was an amazing person I could never to be able to do what she was doing. I can honestly say now that Ashley is my hero. Things in life are never easy but it seemed that Ashley got the short end of the stick all the time but it never broke her down and that quality is what makes people great.