Flint came back to the apartment after his meeting. It ran longer than anticipated and he was over an hour late. Jaye grabbed her purse when she heard the tell-tale sound of the keys in the door and stood there with her arms crossed waiting for him to enter.
Flint pushed the door open and saw Jaye's angry face. "I'm sorry babe. The meeting ran late. I came back as fast as I could." He walked over to her to give her an 'I'm sorry' kiss but she ducked away from him and went around behind him.
"Take me back to the base now!" Jaye said hotly as she looked at him while he was turning around.
"Honey, I said I was sorry. It wasn't…" Flint didn't even get a chance to finish before Jaye interrupted me.
"Are you ashamed of me?" Now there was hurt mixed with anger in her voice. Her green eyes glistened with unshed tears.
"No! Why would you ask something like that?" Flint was totally confused.
Alison shook her head and looked down. "Your mother called. She'll be calling back later. Forget about the ride. I'll go down to the lobby and call Shana to pick me up." With that she turned and walked towards the door.
"Oh God!" Flint moaned softly to himself realizing now what had happened.
Jaye turned and looked at him. "I don't understand why you didn't tell her about me. It's not like I'm some fling." Then her face turned pasty white. "Or am I?"
"No. Never. Honey I'm sorry. I should have told her. But I kept putting it off."
"So you are ashamed of me." Jaye looked as if she had just lost her best friend.
"No, that's not it." Flint ran a hand over his face and looked down at the floor. "My mom is old fashioned to a certain extent. I didn't want her knowing you were a soldier. She would have worried too much and kept badgering me about keeping you safe."
"So you just conveniently didn't even mention me." Jaye grabbed his keys off the table where he had set them beside the door. "And when I became pregnant?"
When Jaye grabbed his keys that scared him. He didn't want her to leave. Not with how upset she was. And she had every reason to be upset. "Baby, I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't tell her about you being pregnant at first because I didn't want to get this monster lecture about being responsible. I kept putting it off I know. I should have told her by now. But I was afraid she would chase you away."
Jaye just stood there looking at him with a dumbfounded look on her face. "You're kidding right?"
Flint shook his head no. "I know it sounds stupid…"
Jaye walked over to him and caressed his cheek. "You and I have been through a lot together. I think it would take more than your mother to scare me away." As if on cue the phone rang. "Want me to answer it?"
"I don't care."
Jaye went over and answered the phone. "Hello? Oh hi Mrs. Faireborn. 12:30 tomorrow afternoon? Yeah that will be fine." She started writing down information for the flight on a piece of paper. "Alright we'll see you then." She hung up the phone.
Flint looked at Jaye wide eyed. "She's coming here?"
"Yes."
"I am so dead."