Chapter nine
Bam walked downstairs wrapped in a blanket. He walked over to the couch and sank down deep into the cushion. His mouth was turned down into a pouty frown that did not appear to be going away at any time soon. He rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand and let out a soft moan.
"Missy?" He called out with a whiney tone
Missy, upon hearing Bam's call, came into the room. She went over to him and ran her fingers through his hair, pushing it away from his forehead as she felt how warm he was.
"What are you doing down here? I thought you were sleeping."
"I was sleeping. But now I'm not. Could you do a favor for me?"
"What do you need me to do?"
"Get me something to eat please."
"Alright."
She turned away and went into the kitchen. A few minutes later she came back with a bowl of soup and handed it to Bam.
"Here you go Bam."
"Thanks."
Bam held onto the bowl and stared into the soup before beginning to eat it.
"You do look a little better, bam. Not as pale and your fever has gone down."
Bam nodded his head while eating a spoonful of soup "I feel better. Well I still feel like shit, but I feel better."
"You're so stupid for being outdoors for so long. We're you trying to make yourself sick?"
"Yes."
Missy rolled her eyes and shook her head. The phone rang and she got up to answer it. While she talked on the phone, Bam sat on the couch minding his own business, calmly eating the rest of his soup. When he was finished he sat the bowl on the table near by and then leaned his head back against the back of the couch and closed his eyes. A few minutes later after hanging up the phone, Missy stood right in front of Bam.
She stood firmly with her hands on her hip and tried to keep her cool. She cleared her throat to get Bam's attention. He looked at her and saw the anger forming on her face.
"What?"
"I just had a really interesting conversation over the phone, Bam." Bam swallowed, having a gut feeling what the conversation was about "Tell me, Bam, would you happen to know a girl named Sara?"
"I…"
"She says that she met you at a bar a couple weeks ago. Is this true?"
Bam was about to say something but then he nodded his head instead.
"You slept with her, didn't you?" Her anger that she was trying to control was rising. Once again Bam just nodded his answer "Yeah that's what she old me. Well it turns out that you left something behind after you slept with her."
He looked directly at her with slightly wider eyes. He was about to explain to her what had happened and why he wound up sleeping with another girl, but before he could speak Missy slapped him hard across the face. He held the side of his face where she hit him and looked at her. He was stunned but yet he knew it was coming. He also knew that he deserved it and felt as though she should have done more than slap him.
"Congratulations, Bam, you're going to be a father."
Bam's jaw dropped and he looked away. He looked back up at Missy and saw tears in her eyes. Neither of them knew what to say but they both had many things running through their minds right then.
….
Bam and Missy had been screaming at each other for hours. They both had reached the point that they were in tears and their voices were getting hoarse from all the yelling they had been doing. They bother had grown exhausted and emotionally drained from fighting with each other. This was the biggest fight that the couple ever hat with each other and they both felt that their relationship would never be the same afterwards.
Missy went up to their bedroom. Through her tears and all the emotions she was feeling at the moment she gathered up all her clothes and piled them on the bed. Bam stood in the doorway and leaned against the frame of the door as he watched her pack. Despite the fight they just had, his heart sank as he watched her.
She threw the rest of her unpacked clothes into a suitcase and then took off her engagement ring and placed it on the bed. She turned to leave the room and stopped in front of the door where Bam stood.
"Move." She said curtly
Bam looked down and stepped out of her way. In a way he wanted to beg her to stay. But he knew that at the moment it was best that she was leaving. He really messed up. He messed up so badly and there was no way he could fix his mistakes. Now as he watched Missy leave he felt his whole world crumble around him, and there wasn't anything that he could do about it.
