Chapter 10 – Uncle Bryant, Secret Keeper!
Author's Note:
Ok. Up to this point the story has gotten a bit complicated so I'm going to put a quick who-knows-what in here.
Everybody knows that Lara and Aonghus had sex, but nobody knows that Amanda knows they had sex
Lara knows Amanda likes Aonghus, and Amanda doesn't know that Lara knows.
Aonghus still doesn't know that Amanda likes him.
Lara thinks she's pregnant, she is not 100 sure she is yet. Nobody else knows about her situation... yet.
Please Enjoy!
Aonghus walked across the street over to Amanda's house. He knocked on the door, then sat on one of the patio chairs on Amanda's porch. The door open and Amanda stuck out her head. She saw Aonghus, and walked out and closed the door behind her.
"Hey," Amanda said. She saw the look on Aonghus' face and added, "Something wrong?"
"No," Aonghus said, shaking his head. "Don't worry about it. It's nothing."
"Ok then," Amanda said. "Oh! Hey I have good news!"
"Hmm?" Aonghus sighed.
"Well, my aunt, the one who lives down by the shore, she is going to Arizona for the next four weeks and she said that my family can go up there if we want to."
"Oh. Ok. I hope you have fun," Aonghus said, realizing he will be stuck with his brother all summer. There was also Lara, but she seemed to be avoiding him lately. He had no idea why, he just hoped it wasn't something he did.
"O, but wait, it gets better," Amanda added. "Now her house is HUMUNGO! Because it is so big, my mom said I could invite you and your family if you want."
"That's great! When is it next week!" Aonghus asked
"Yup. Next week, and I dunno how long you are planning on staying there buy my family is defiantly staying for two weeks," Amanda said.
"Now, I wanna make sure it's ok before I just invite Lara, but, is it ok to invite Lara?" Aonghus asked with a scrunched up face.
Amanda knew he would ask that, and she knew full-well the answer would be yes, but she said, "I'd have to check with my mom first. I am sure it would be ok."
"Great. Maybe then when we get up there we can work some stuff out and maybe she will stop being so distant," Aonghus said.
"Why is she being distant?" Amanda asked.
"No idea. She was just like that, ever since the other day when you came over. Girls...," Aonghus said. Then, after seeing Amanda's reaction to his comment said, "Yea, I'm gunna go no before I say anything else."
When Aonghus got home he called his mom at work and told her about Amanda's proposal, and she said she would have to talk to over with his dad. Then, after he hung up the phone, he called Lara.
"Hello? Lara?" Aonghus said over the phone.
"Aonghus?"
"Hey. You wanna come over today? Maybe watch a movie or something," Aonghus asked.
"Uhhh...," Lara said, stammering.
"Oh, come-on. We haven't been together since the one day you were throwing up in the bathroom. And even then you didn't want to see me," Aonghus said. "Please? I also have a surprise for you, but you have to come here to get it."
"No sex," Lara said.
"No, it's not sex. I am not going to pressure you to do something that you don't want to do," Aonghus said, disappointed that she didn't want to have sex. Why the hell won't she put out? GAH! Aonghus thought. "Look, just please come over. We haven't seen each other in forever."
"That was three days ago," Lara said.
"Well," Aonghus said, "It feels like forever. Please come over."
"Ok. I'll be over in a half hour," Lara said.
"Thank you. I'll see you then," Aonghus said. He hung up the phone and turned around to see Bryant, standing in the door-way, listen to the entire conversation.
"She won't put out huh?" Bryant asked.
"Shut up," Aonghus said, turning around to clear off the junk on the couch.
"You have to beg her to come over now? Doesn't sound like fun," Bryant said.
"Look, she's just in a funk, she will get over it," Aonghus said. "Now just go, either that or help and get your crap off the couch," Aonghus said, taking the magazines off the couch. "How many fucken magazines do you have?"
"Poor boy, without sex, now has to masturbate in his room to the memory," Bryant said. Aonghus grabbed a pillow and threw it at Bryant. He put his hands up to block it and when he put his hands down, he saw Aonghus charging at him, then tackling him to the ground.
Lara and Aonghus were sitting in the living room watching Anchorman. When they finished the popcorn, Aonghus got up to put another bag in the microwave. Lara took this opportunity to go into the bathroom and take her pregnancy test.
"I have to go to the bathroom Aonghus. Be back in a few minutes," Lara shouted to him.
"Ok, I'll pause the movie for you," Aonghus shouted back. Lara got up, and went to the now fixed bathroom in the basement, knowing she wouldn't be disturbed there.
Bryant was lying in his room, reading a book. He now had to go to the bathroom. He heard the conversation Aonghus and Lara were having in the other room, so he got up, and went to the one in the basement.
He opened the door and saw Lara standing over the sink.
"AH!" Lara shrieked.
"Oops, sorry," Bryant said, turning back around to leave. Something caught his eye and he then realized that Lara wasn't even on the toilet. "Is that a pregnancy test?" He asked. Lara grabbed his wrist and pulled him into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
"I thought I locked that door when I came in here," Lara mumbled.
Bryant was looking at the thing on the counter than Lara was staring at. "Is that a pregnancy test?" he asked again, a bit shocked.
"Oh my God. You have to promise not to tell Aonghus," Lara said.
"I can't do that he is my brother. And besides, you can't raise a kid on your own," Bryant said.
"I know that, but you can't tell him. I promise I will tell him on my own time, but that's even if I am pregnant," Lara said. "Either way, you can't tell him that I even took this test. I will tell him on my own."
"Figures Aonghus' first time he gets a girl knocked-up." Bryant said sarcastically.
"Do you promise not to tell him?" Lara asked.
"I can't do that. He's my brother," Bryant said. He looked Lara in the eyes and sighed. "Fine."
Lara looked over at the pregnancy test. She sighed and looked down. "It's positive," Lara said. A whole bunch of feelings swept over her, the biggest feeling was scared.
"Oh, this is not good at all," Bryant said. "Look, you have to promise that you will tell Aonghus, and if you don't tell him in the next nine months, I will."
"I'm 16, I shouldn't be pregnant," Lara said, sobbing. All the sudden she started crying. She was about to fall on her knees, but Bryant caught her and just held her for as long as she needed.
Aonghus knocked on the door of the bathroom. "You ok in there?" Aonghus asked. "And why are you in the bathroom in the basement?"
"I'm fine. I will be out in a minute," Lara said back, wiping her tears. She flushed the toilet and turned on the faucet to make noise. "Ok, Bryant, hide in the shower while I get out, and don't tell Aonghus."
"I won't tell. And Lara," Bryant said entering the shower, "I promise I will make sure Aonghus stays with you and that kid." Lara nodded, turned off the faucet, and opened the door.
"You ok? It looked like you were crying," Aonghus said.
"I'm fine," Lara said.
"Oh. I almost forgot to tell you. My surprise... Amanda's family is going away, and my family is invited, they also said that I could invite you if I wanted. So, maybe, do you want to come?" Aonghus asked.
Bryant heard there footsteps go upstairs. He took the pregnancy test out of his pocket and looked at it again. Positive. He put it back in his pocket, and made sure he was going to throw it away. He went back up stairs and saw Aonghus sitting next to Lara, with his arm wrapped around her. He went in to kiss her, and she gave him the cheek. Aonghus turned back to the T.V. screen, with a hurt face on. Lara had tears welling in her eyes and Bryant stood back, watching this entire thing, finally understanding why.
