Hope you all enjoy this chapter! I was planning on writing the next one tonight but I started trying to learn There She Goes by The La's on the guitar and I can't get it and it's driving me crazy! My OCD doesn't help! If anyone can play it and would like to give me a few tips then PM me :) I can't promise that there will be a chapter up tomorrow but I will try my absolute best xx Lo

Chapter 8

As soon as April left, Ruby knew she had to confront Heath. She couldn't just let him get away with doing that to her best friend. Ruby also knew it would be better to let him know what she thought tonight, instead of getting into it tomorrow and upsetting April. She went to look for Heath straight away. It took her a few goes, but Ruby finally found him playing pool with his mates in the Surf Club. She should have guessed. When Ruby walked in the door, Heath barely glanced at her but when she started storming towards him he took more noticed. "What were you thinking?" she shouted furiously.

Heath looked at his mates. "Would you give us a minute?" he asked and they left. None of them wanted to cross Heath. "I don't know what you're talking about." he told his brother's girlfriend.

"Really? Is that why you just gave all your friends the boot?" Ruby wondered indignantly. "And you know exactly what I'm talking about! April told me."

That surprised Heath. He was sure that April hadn't wanted to share their news with anyone. "She did?"

Ruby nodded. "Yeah she did. How could you be so completely stupid? She's way too young for you! Is this some game for you?" she scolded him.

"It's not like we planned for this to happen and no it's not 'some game'!" Heath said, getting defensive.

That didn't appease her at all. "So you're just thick then? Either way, you've ruined my best friend's life and here you are playing pool! April's way too good for you. She had rare potential and now that's gone."

Heath frowned. He knew what Ruby was saying was true and he felt so guilty. "I know that and I am so sorry. You don't know how much. But Ruby, April isn't like all the other girls. I really like her. She's special to me. I'm not just hanging her out to dry."

"Whether or not that's the case Heath, she's eighteen, pregnant and terrified. Are you going to stick by her when she starts to show? When she's six months gone? When she goes into labour? April needs someone that she can depend on and if you're not going to step up to the plate then that person is going to be me. I have no problem with being there for her every step if the way instead of you Heath, but I'm just going to let you know that if that happens, I'll make you that you never see your child." Ruby told him seriously.

Heath would never let that happen. "Ruby, I'm not going to abandon April. That I can promise."

Ruby found that hard to believe. "Yeah, no offense Heath, but forgive me if I don't hang on your every word! Do you know how angry is Casey is going to be when he finds out. What kind of position does that put me in? I'm keeping this from him. April is his friend and she's pregnant by you. Do you know how much that is going to piss him off?"

"Well Ruby believe what you want to believe. And Casey is a big boy. He'll get over it."

She sincerely doubted that. "Yeah, whatever about Casey, what's Brax going to say? This isn't going to do a lot for the image of the River Boys. Not to mention, it's putting April in danger. She shouldn't be caught up in this."

Heath chuckled. "Brax has already made his opinion known." he said, gesturing to his face. "And I won't let anything happen to April. I'll step away from the boys if that's what it takes."

"You know what Heath, it's easy to make all these promises, but keeping them is a different story." Ruby didn't want to listen to what he had to say anymore and began to leave. "Oh yeah, by the way, I'm going to the hospital with April tomorrow and I just want to let you know that I'll be supporting a termination. This conversation never happened." Ruby warned him and left.

Heath stood there in awe. He couldn't imagine April getting rid of their baby and he wouldn't let Ruby talk her into doing it.