I am unbelievably sorry about the wait for this chapter! I don't even know how long it's been since I updated last. Please don't hate me! *offers cookie* *and another* I needed to wait it out so I could actually come up with something that was someway decent. Don't know when I'm going to update again but I will continue to update! Even if it is sporadically. Thank you so much for all your patience and support. I just hope that you all still have interest in this story Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 30- Would you hold it against me?

Bianca hadn't gotten much sleep the previous night. After the funeral and everything that had happened with April, she spent the whole night worrying. These days it was seemingly one bad thing happening after another and the blond couldn't wait for her upcoming wedding to lift everyone's spirits. It was just over four weeks away and she was getting pretty excited.

Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple for her sister. The whole pregnancy had been like a rollercoaster so far and that didn't look likely to change in the near future. Most of that was the fault of Heath Braxton. Bianca wanted so much to believe that he had changed but after recent developments, she wasn't so sure. He hurt April before and was liable to do so again.

The first thing she did after coming downstairs the next morning was go to check on her sister. God knows how much sleep she had gotten with all the worrying the brunette had been doing. Nothing could have prepared Bianca for what she found when she peered in the door; April was sleeping soundly… but she was not alone.

Her little sister was being held securely in Heath's arms and his hands were cradling her baby bump. Bianca gritted her teeth furiously and closed the door again. She couldn't believe it. Not twelve hours ago April was crying on her shoulder and now she was already back in the arms of the person who had caused the pain; who caused all of her pain.

Heath had cheated on April and, if that wasn't bad enough, the woman he had cheated on her with was now pregnant with his child too. Bianca felt even more bitter because she and Henri were supposed to be friends and the latter had known full well that Heath and April were together.

As she stormed back into the sitting room, Bianca collided with her fiancé. "Woah," Liam smiled and kissed the blond, "good morning."

The teacher scowled. "No, it most certainly is not a good morning! I just went to check on April and guess what I found!" Liam took a second to answer but that was obviously too long for his intended in her current mood. "I found her back in the arms of Heath Braxton. I am going to kill him!"

"Shh," he replied lowly, not wanting to wake his future sister-in-law. "Seriously, Bianca, can you honestly say that you didn't see this coming? April is completely in love with him… and he's the father of her unborn child. She was never going to just let him go," Liam gave his honest opinion.

"Well, she should! How many more times is he going to hurt her before she realises that? What April needs is stability, not a guy who got another woman pregnant while they were together."

The singer could definitely see where she was coming from. "You're right, and Heath probably realises that now, too. Everything was fine until Henri showed up again and it would have continued to be fine if she hadn't. I saw him yesterday; the guy was pretty torn up. That was easy to see. He does love her Bianca," Liam assured her, "anyone can see that. You just have to give him a chance to make things better."

Bianca huffed. There was no denying that there was some truth in his words but April was her sister, emotion clouded all logic whenever the brunette- and her niece or nephew- was involved. She headed for the door.

Liam frowned. "Where are you going?"

"Out. I need to think. And I'm not in the mood to see Heath Braxton right now," her reply was irate and the blond walked out the door.

Her fiancé sighed and rubbed the heel of his palm into his eye. Liam wished all this animosity between Bianca and Heath would be sorted. Sooner rather than later or things would get very difficult.

April woke feeling very peaceful, which was not at all what she had expected given everything that had happened the previous day. The familiar body pressed against her back made her smile. She placed her hand gently over Heath's which was draped over her swollen stomach.

The action made him stir. The River Boy shifted and placed a gentle kiss on the back of her neck. "Morning beautiful," he mumbled.

April very gracelessly turned over onto her other side to face her boyfriend. She placed a gentle kiss on his lips. "Morning."

"How are you feeling?"

She paused. "Better."

The memories of the previous day's events all came flooding back to him and Heath groaned. "April, I am so sorry. You don't even know how much."

The young girl frowned. "It's okay, Heath. I know. I'm still mad that you even slept with her in the first place but that's completely overshadowed by the relief that you're not the one who got her pregnant. We can work on it from there."

"I'm going to make it up to you, I promise. I'm going to be the best boyfriend you could ever have," he hesitated, "You deserve a lot better than me."

April's eyes widened in shock. She took his face in her hands, her eyes looking directly into his. "Don't say that. You're everything I could ever want. Do you want to know why? Because you love me and I love you and we're both going to love this baby. I couldn't ask for any more."

Heath didn't really believe it but he didn't want to dampen his girlfriend's mood. Instead of saying anything, he kissed her again. He heard voices coming from somewhere else in the house and something occurred to him. "I'll have to use the window again, won't I?"

The dark haired girl smiled sheepishly. "Just one last time? It's just that I need to talk to Bianca and I don't want her to completely fly off the handle when she sees you…"

Heath rolled his eyes but smiled. "Only because I love you," he gave her one last kiss before getting up and stretching. "I'll see you in a while?"

She nodded. "I'll come find you when I'm done with Bianca."

"See you then," he replied before hopping out the window as if he was sixteen years of age again.

April was really happy that everything was okay between her and Heath but she was worried about how her sister was going to react. That was a conversation that she definitely didn't want to have.