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Chapter 9(Riley)

I sit in silence waiting for my uncle to react. To say something. To do something. To do anything. The silence and disappointment on his face was starting to kill me.

"Does Farkle know your pregnant?"

He finally breaks the silence and I couldn't be more thankful even if I had to answer questions that were going to make me uncomfortable. "No" I answer. "He has no clue"

Josh sits further back in his seat. "Does he know you cheated?"

I shake my head.

"Riley" he sighs. "What have you gotten yourself in to?"

"A mess"

"You can say that again" he sighs.

"I made a mistake"

"We've established you made one hell of a mistake. A mistake now that involves a baby. Riley, this isn't something we can just fix. I can't tell you what to..."

He stops and I look over to see what he is staring at. A very confused looking Maya as she takes in the scene. Her eyes going back and forth between the two of us. Josh stands up and walks to his wife. He murmurs something in her ear that I can not hear and I see her look over at me.

"I'll be upstairs in our bedroom" she says giving me one last look.

We both watch her walk away.

"Don't worry I didn't tell her your secrets" he tells me making me release a breath I didn't realize I was holding. "You can tell her when you are ready"

He retakes his seat and I swallow.

"You two are too important to each other to let a stupid fight ruin your friendship"

I nod, "I'll talk to her. I will tell her everything when the times is right. I'm not going to stress her out with my mess"

Josh nods, giving me a small smile. I know he wants to keep Maya stress free as possible.

"Why is it so important for you to stay married to Farkle when you are in love with Lucas?" he asks the million dollar question.

"Farkle is what my sons need. They need someone like him to teach them how to be good men in life. Farkle is a wonderful husband and a good father. My boys deserve someone like him in their lives"

"What about Farkle? Does he not deserve a wife who is in love with him like he is in love with his wife?"

"I don't think Farkle is in love with me" I admit, surprising him. "I caught him in his office on Valentine's Day"

"You caught Farkle cheating on Valentine's Day?"

I shake my head. "He wasn't cheating but the way he was looking at the girl in his office...he has never looked at me that way"

I hear Josh heavily sigh and can see him running his hand through his hair frustrated at the details of what my life has become.

"Do you think the baby is Lucas's?"

I pause for a moment. "I honestly don't know"

"Riles, you have to tell Farkle. You have to tell him everything. The truth about your feelings and the truth about the baby and you two together need to decide what is best for your relationship. Just because he ends it with you...doesn't mean he will walk away from Liam and Jacob. He loves those boys as if they are his own"

"What if he walks away? What if he doesn't want to be in their lives because of me?" I question, not liking my uncle's suggestions.

"Then you have to get up and remake your bed. You can't pretend this didn't happen. What are you going to do? Pretend the baby is Farkle's? Farkle has to know there is a chance the baby isn't his and he should know you aren't in love with him"

I close my eyes before nodding. My uncle was right. I hate it has come to this because I want to hold on more than anything. I want to keep pretending nothing happened that I didn't sleep with Lucas but couldn't anymore because I was potentially carrying proof of my mistake. I knew I had to come clean. I knew I had to tell Farkle the truth about everything. The cheating. The baby. I knew once I did I was potentially blowing the roof off of the house I built for my children and I would have no one else to blame but myself.