Filler. Nothing too big until the end.

Chapter 27

"I'm nervous." I tell Summer. She's holding my hand as the doctor puts the gel on my stomach. I'm in my 15th week now. He told me it's possible that we can tell the sex of the baby but if not then I'll for sure be able to at 20 weeks, which is when he said I need to schedule my next ultra-sound.

"Holy crap." She mutters under her breath. I'm too afraid to look at the screen even though both the doctor and Summer are telling me to. "Taylor, just look." She pleads. That's when I decide to look. At that moment I decide that I love this baby. At that moment is when I knew that I wanted nothing more than to care for the little being inside of me even if I had no idea what to do with it.

"Wow…" I'm floored by the baby. The doctor's pointing telling me where the head is and what exactly I'm looking at. The heartbeat is what's getting me. "That's my baby." I whisper to Summer. She grips my hand and smiles at me.

"It doesn't look like much…" She examines the screen.

"Don't call my baby 'it!'" I frown at her.

"Well what do you want me to call him or her?" She asks.

"Baby? I don't know maybe we should come up with like a unisex name so we don't have to call the baby 'it' that seems so informal." I tell my best friend.

After the exam the doctor gives me a picture of the ultrasound to take home. He said that he couldn't really tell the sex but he should be able to in five weeks. I really can't wait to show Ryan.

-

"Hey." I smile walking into Ryan's house to only have him greet me as soon as I enter the front door.

"Hey." He smiled instantly pulling me into his arms. I know he wants to know how the appointment went but right now I really don't want to think about that. I only want to think about ripping his clothes off and having my way with him. I started unbuttoning his shirt but he stopped my hand. I scowled at him. I didn't want to talk. My pregnancy hormones were getting the best of me. "Slow down." He smiled.

"Not going to happen. I need you…and like right now." I widened my eyes hoping that he understood that slowing down was really not on my list of things to do at the moment.

"Taylor…" He pushed me away. I huffed and put my hands on my hips.

"What?" I scowl.

"I have to go…" He sighs.

"And where exactly?" I become a little curious hoping he'll tell me this time instead of just saying 'out.'

"Out." Is all he says. I pout. That wasn't the right answer.

"So, you aren't even going to ask me how my appointment went? You don't even want to know if our baby is healthy or not?" I frown at him.

"Of course, I want to know. I'll bring dinner back and you can tell me all about it but I really need to go now." He kissed my forehead before walking around me and heading towards the door.

"I'm not staying unless you tell me where you are going. I'm tired of you just saying you're going out while I sit here by myself." I stop him from leaving. He turns back at me with a very angry look on his face.

"Then leave." He pointed back towards the front door gaining him a glare. He opened the door and stepped back so I could walk past him.

"I'm already gone."

-

"I like the name Madison." Summer said flipping through one of the baby name books I had picked up at the store after leaving Ryan's house. I needed to calm down before going over to Summer's so I wouldn't take it out on her.

"Too overused." I replied.

"Okay…uhm Shayn. S-h-a-y-n."

"Add it to the list." I pointed to the blank piece of paper sitting between us in the middle of her bed. It was the first name I actually decided that I liked.

"Finally." She laughed writing it down. "McKenna." Was her next suggestion. That went on the list next. I wasn't sure why I felt the need to already name the baby inside of me but after seeing it on that small screen it felt so real for the first time. I didn't want him/her to be called 'the baby' for the next 5 months. I decided I didn't want to know the sex, I wanted it to be a surprise. Since I had already decided that whatever name I chose for the baby would go either way, boy or girl.

"Okay, Taylor this all fun and stuff but I really think you should tell me why exactly you came over here and why you're not at Ryan's." Summer finally said. I'd been waiting for her to ask me.

"Ryan and I got in an argument. He's being stupid." I said with a flick of my wrist not looking away from the thick name book.

"What about?" She questioned.

"Nothing." I say not really wanting to go into what happened. "How are you and Seth?" I decided to change the subject to her and my ex's current relationship.

"Great! I seriously never thought things would go back to being good…after…well you know." She grinned.

"I'm glad." I nodded. At least one of us was having a successful relationship. Just then my cell phone rang. I glanced at the caller ID half hoping it was Ryan calling. It wasn't.

"Yes, mother?" I answered the phone coldly.

"You are in so much trouble, Taylor." My mother said quickly.

"For?" I ask a little confused at what I had done wrong.

"Your history teacher?!" She's yelling now. Oh crap. How in the hell did she find out about that? "Let alone he's much older than you and a married man!"

"Mom…" I try to get a word in.

"No, Taylor. I think you need to get home right now." She says sternly. I'm actually on the verge of tears when I hang-up with my very pissed off mother.

"I…have to go." I told Summer quickly getting off of her bed and grabbing my purse before rushing out of her room without another word.

This wasn't good. Not at all.