Chapter eight

All four of them left the skate park and went into Rex's. They walked in laughing and joking and getting along like they all had been friends for years. Much like if Bam was hanging out with his old group of friends, or the old "CKY Crew" that he used to hang out with all the time. Luke spotted two girls who were sitting at the front counter.

"Hey! Maxine! Sara!" he called out, getting the girls' attention

The two girls looked back, both smiling from ear to ear and waved them over. The second Bam saw the face of one of the two girls his stomach sank into his shoes. He tried to smile and act like normal and ignore this bad feeling that made his stomach churn. The four of them went over to the two girls and greeted them.

"Aaron this is Maxine Taurus." Luke said, pointing toward the girl closest to him "Maxine this is my roommate Aaron Lewis."
Maxine stood up and gave Bam a hug, which took him by surprise "Nice to meet you Aaron."
"Um…" Bam looked at Luke
"Don't worry; she hugs everyone when she meets them."
"Oh…"

Bam pulled away from Maxine and smiled lightly at her before looking at Luke again. Luke put a hand on the other girl's back and grinned.

"And this is Maxine's lovely best friend, and one of my best friends, Sara Chase."

'No no no… not her…' Bam thought to himself.

Sara turned away from the counter and stood up. This was the first time Bam had seen that she was about eight months pregnant. This caused him to feel sick all over again. The feeling he had before had grown much worse. He hoped that this was one big coincidence but inside he now knew for sure that this was the girl that he had got pregnant. He just nodded and smiled at Sara.

"Very nice to meet you."
She placed a hand on her stomach and grinned "Nice to meet you too Aaron. I hope to become good friends with you."
"That would be nice. I mean if you're just as cool as my other new friends, then I would be more than glad to be friends with you." He smiled

They all sat there at Rex's for a while, hanging out and talking. Bam, even though at first he had to try to calm his nerves and stomach and keep a smile on his face while he did so, spent most of the time talking to Sara. As he talked to her be began to feel more and more at ease around her. He was able to pretend that he was just meeting her for the first time, and soon he almost forgot that he had once slept with her many months prior. He felt as though they were meant to run into each other again. A couple times he caught himself looking down at her stomach with a soft smile, and having the urge to place his hand on it. He was beginning to feel good knowing that his child was in there, but he tried not to let it show. The hard part about knowing that it was his child was the fact that he couldn't let anyone know that it was his, especially Sara.

At one point Bam looked up and saw that the others had moved away from him and Sara, giving them a little privacy. He had to wonder if they had planned on hooking him up with Sara ahead of time, or if it was just coincidental. He really didn't care either way. It surprised him that, this being only the second time he was with her (the first time him being drunk and carelessly sleeping with her), he was already beginning to develop feelings for her. He wasn't sure if these were actual feelings for her or if he was just happy over the thought that he might actually get to be around his baby once it was born. (It even surprised him a lot that he felt like he wanted to be around his baby after it was born, when before the mere thought of him being a father scared the hell out of him) Either way he felt good about being around Sara right then.

Bam looked at Sara and smiled. He swallowed, suddenly feeling his nerves act up again. This time his nerves were acting up for a different reason than before. This time he was nervous for what he was about to ask her.

"Sara I…" He paused "This may seem weird that I would ask you this so soon but um… are you seeing anyone?"
"You mean am I dating anyone or do you mean am I in a relationship with someone?"
"Well… either I guess."
"Well then the answer is no."
Bam let out a slight sigh of relief "So um… would it bother you if I asked you out on a date some time?"
"No it wouldn't bother me if you asked me out on a date."
Bam snickered "Ok let me rephrase that. Would you like to go out on a date with me sometime soon?"
"Do you normally ask out pregnant girls?" She grinned
Bam grinned and blushed slightly "No you're actually the first one I asked."
She laughed "You're cute Aaron. I wouldn't mind going out on a date with you. But how about this first. How would you like to come by my apartment so we can hang out and talk some more just the two of us?"
"Um sure that would be nice."
"Then if we still want to we can talk about this date some more."
"Ok." He smiled with the urge to kiss her on the cheek "That sounds great."
"Great. Well I'm ready to go now if you want."
"Ok yeah sure."

Bam stood up and then helped her up as well. They went over to where the rest of their friends were and let them know that they were leaving. Then, once they had both said goodbye to their friends, they left and headed for Sara's apartment.