A month and a half later after that fateful party weekend and summer had begun in the small town of Dillon, Texas. Noah had come by early one warm morning to see the driveway full of cars making his forehead crease in confusion. Making his way to the front door, he heard talking and laughter especially from his ex. Seeing a young guy come to the door, shocked Noah "Hey I'm here to see Chloe and Tim?" Laughing the guy stepped back "Doll, some guy's here" he yelled back "I would say come in but I'm assuming you know the way?" He walked away shaking his head as Chloe came to the front hallway rubbing her growing belly. "Ahh hey, I didn't know you were coming by, I don't have a doctor's appointment this week what's up?"
She sits on the couch and points to the other side allowing Noah to sit. "Yeah, I just wanted to come by, see how you were but obviously you are fine." Noah nods towards the kitchen which is loud with conversation causing Chloe to shake her head "Seriously? That's Tyler Street and he's like a brother, I'm not you; I don't move on with a snap of my fingers." Chloe snapped at him before pulling herself up. "You know what if it doesn't have to do with the baby then we don't need to talk about it. I'll see you at my appointment." She pulled the door open and ushered him out before slamming it behind him and sighing in frustration. "Hey you okay?" She turned around, taking deep breaths and looking up. "Yeah Uncle Billy, I'm good." He pulled her into a long hug, kissing the top of her head before joining them back in the kitchen.
After breakfast that morning, the groups split up leaving Tyler and Chloe sitting on the porch "Do you remember all the summers the two of us have spent out here? Just the two of us, always together." They reminisced in silence until Tyler broke it "So what's your plan, I mean what are you going to do about the bump?" He gestures to her belly as he massages her swollen ankles. Chloe shakes her head "You've seen how fucked up I am from knowing my mom didn't want me, how could I do that to someone else? So I'm getting ready to be a mom and I hope he'll be a dad but I can't make that decision for him especially now." Tyler nods as they hear the front door opening and people coming in "Looks like everyone's back," Tyler stands up and holds out a hand to help Chloe up.
They walk into the kitchen to see Tyra standing talking to the Saracen's while Coach was chatting to Jason. Mindy points down the hall to where Billy and Tim had disappeared with Noah, which Chloe promptly waddles along to find them. "Hey, what are you guys doing?" She finds them in the soon to be nursery. "Um, I bought a crib for your place and mine and we thought we'd bring it over." Noah played with his hands nervously as Tim and Billy watched on awkwardly, "Thanks, you really didn't have to do that but it was super nice of you." Chloe hugged him and Tim and Billy nodded in agreement making Noah smile. "I wanted to, I've been working all summer to help pay for the stuff that the baby needs." Tim brightened up hearing him and nudge his daughter gently on the arm nodding towards him, "Thanks," she mumbles before walking out of the room. "Well, we're grateful and if you want to come around and set up the nursery with me and Billy and you can bring your dad and coach too if you want." Tyler smiles and walks back out with his head hung low in defeat. "You guys should stay for dinner," Tyra spoke out making two teenagers send their parents death glares which were promptly ignored.
The sun set with Chloe and Tyler sitting in the pool soaking up the coolness during this hot Dillon evening. "When you're pregnant, you just get hotter." Chloe exclaimed splashing water at Tyler noticing Noah standing with his Dad awkwardly, "You could invite him over you know, it's just a pool, actually," Tyler jumped out "Hey Noah come in with us it's really nice." And following a nudge in the back, he walked over already pre-dressed in board shorts.
An hour later, the three of them had gotten over any initial awkwardness and were sitting out of the pool, laying around on towels. Chloe shot up causing both boys to jump up in feat. "The baby's kicking!" She grabbed Tyler's hand and placed it on the spot as the two of them laughed before he withdrew, "Noah give it a go it's so cool." Chloe grabbed his hand anxiously and placed it on the same area, as his eyes widened "Wow that's amazing." Shortly after it stopped and they returned to their original positions as dinner was called.
Later that night when all that was left was some dirty dishes and the entire Riggins family, they sat down on the couch and Tim started what was to be an uncomfortable conversation. "I know that you aren't ready to forgive him and neither am I but you do have to give him credit for trying to be a dad and he is the dad, you can't deny him that or give it to someone else…" Chloe saw red as Billy and Mindy agreed with him. "I'm not replacing him with Tyler if that's what you think, I'm just trying to enjoy what's left of my life before that's ripped out and guess what? I don't actually like being around him," She spat before exiting the room and slamming her door closed.
Billy and Mindy left after calming Tim down enough to go and talk to his daughter. He found her laying down in his room with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry, but I've been the dad that Noah was at this stage and all he wants is to not get pushed out and honestly if your mom had brought some other guy around and let him feel you kick first, I would have been furious." Tim placed his hand on her belly and felt slight kicks against his palm. "I'm just scared that he's going to leave, so I guess in some way I was kind of making a back-up plan, just so that in case he left there would be someone there to love me again."
So My question is does anyone even read this and if so what do they want to see happen?