A few hours later I woke up to loud snores and I looked over to see Jack was asleep beside me. I rolled my eyes and shook my head, I had told him to go home when I had laid down to take a nap. I studied his face, squinting a little in the darkness. His mouth was open slightly and his hair fell into his eyes. He looked adorable and I smiled at his sleeping face for a moment before climbing out of bed slowly so I didn't move the bed and wake him. I walked out of the room, shutting the door softly behind me and walked to the kitchen.

"Hey." I said when I stepped into the living room to find Audrey and Charlie still in the same positions they were when I first came home.

Both girls said nothing to me, just continued to look at the TV and I bit down on my lip. I didn't like when my friends were mad at me and I needed to fix it soon. I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge then pulled out a couple things. I was hungry and I had a feeling Jack would be hungry too when he woke up plus I knew the best way to win over Audrey was with food. I was working on making broccoli chicken alfredo when I heard socked feet enter the kitchen and I looked up hoping it was one of the girls but instead my eyes fell on Jack.

"Hi." he mumbled as he sat down at the table.

"Do you like broccoli chicken alfredo?"

"I like food."

I laughed at him and then went back to cooking. While I waited for the pasta to boil I sat down beside Jack and just wanted to laugh when I saw his face. He looked exhausted; his eyes were shut as he leaned against his hand and his hair that was a mess stuck up everywhere.

"Why did you stay?" I questioned.

"I don't know." Jack mumbled while opening one eye

"Oh."

"Should I not have stayed?"

"No, I don't mind."

"So about that date, when are you free?"

"Well…Christmas break starts the twentieth and after that I only have work to worry about."

"What's today?"

"The tenth."

"Oh, so ten days."

"Yeah."

"Oh." Jack said while he bit down on his lip thoughtfully.
"Well I don't know if it'll be a very good date but I need to get a Christmas tree and some decorations, you can come if you want."

"When?"

"Tomorrow, it's my short day; I only have one class and no work."

"Oh, okay, sounds like fun."

After that I got up and started cooking dinner again. When I finished I pulled out a couple plates and looked over at Jack.

"Can you tell them dinner is ready?" I questioned.

Jack pulled a face but he got up and walked into the living room. I was putting food onto a plate for Jack when I heard more than one set of feet walk into the kitchen. I turned to see Jack was followed by Audrey and Charlie. All three of them sat at the table and I began making more plates of food, setting a plate in front of each of them.

"You want drinks?" I questioned while going to get cups but Jack grabbed my wrist.

"Sit and eat." he said standing up, grabbing my plate off of the counter and steering me to my seat.

"But Jack-" I started.

"No, sit and eat. Do you need anything to drink?"

"Jack I can do it."

"I know you can Josie but I want to do it for you." he said as he reached into the cabinet and pulled out two cups.

I watched him as he reached into the fridge, pulled out a bottle of juice and then poured it into the cups before returning it. Then he grabbed both cups and put one in front of me before sitting down beside me.

"I want a drink." Audrey said.

I went to stand but Jack caught my wrist before looking over at Audrey and saying, "Then get it yourself, you don't look like you can't get up to me."

I scrunched up my face worriedly as I looked between Jack and Audrey. They both glared at each other and I bit down on my lip nervously before pulling away from Jack and standing up.

"What do you want to drink?" I questioned.

"Juice." Audrey answered.

I nodded and pulled out two cups from the cabinet. I did exactly what Jack had done minutes before and then put both cups in front of the girls. I wouldn't look at Jack as I sat down and just stared down at the plate of food in front of me. Jack's eyes on me made me squirm nervously and I sighed before picking up my fork and beginning to eat. When I finished I stood up and went to grab Audrey and Charlie's empty plates but once again Jack caught my wrist.

"Can I talk to you Josie? Alone?" Jack asked and I hesitated for a moment before letting him lead me into the living room.

~Jack's POV~

I pulled Josie into the living room and gave her a look, her instantly looking down at her feet. I sighed before placing my fingers under her chin and pushing up until our eyes met. Josie's eyes were a shocking green and they were filled with fear.

"I'm not mad." I said.

"I know."

"Then what's with the kicked puppy look?"

"I know you're gonna ask why I let them treat me like that and I don't wanna talk about it."

"Okay, we won't but you cannot let them treat you like that? I don't like that."

"Jack, just drop it. It's none of your business anyways." Josie said with a bit of an attitude.

I bit down on my lip so I wouldn't say anything back that would make her cry. I knew she didn't mean the things she said, she would apologize soon but until then I should probably let her cool down.

"I'm gonna go home, thank you for dinner. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" I asked and she nodded.

"Okay, bye." she hesitated for a moment and then turned into the kitchen.

I wondered why she had hesitated; did she want to hug me? What if she wanted to kiss me? I shook that thought from my head, yeah we had had sex before but that had meant nothing. I knew she was only putting up with me because she was a good person and wanted the baby…..my baby to have a father. It felt kind of good saying my baby and I grinned to myself. After leaving I got in my car and instead of going home, I went to Alex's. I had always spent a lot of time there but now I was spending more time there because he knew and no one at my house did yet.

"Hey dude." I greeted Alex as I threw myself on the couch beside him.

"Hey, did you and Josie work everything out?"

"Yeah. She made me dinner, it was good."

"Oh, so did you ask her about a date?"

"Yeah, she said we could once she was on break."

"That's cool….you don't seem happy though Jack."

"Eh, guess I'm a little ticked off I guess."

"What happened? I thought you guys worked things out."

"We did, it's her friends." I growled and Alex raised a thick brown eyebrow.

"You better like her friends, y'know how girls are."

"I know Alex but they're not good friends."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean their treat her like crap. One of them was angry with her so the other one was automatically angry too! And then she makes dinner and serves it to them! They don't even say thank you and then they want a drink and their like oh Josie, I'm thirsty and she gets up and gets it for them!" I said angrily.

"Jack, you can't get mad over that."

"And why the fuck not Alex?"

"Because she chooses to have them as friends and chooses to let them treat her that way."

"It just frustrates me! She has no problem snapping at me or telling me how she really fucking feels but when it comes to them she says nothing!"

Alex didn't say anything, just gave me a sympathetic look. I growled in frustration before climbing to my feet and stomping out of the house. I drove home and I sat in the car for a moment hoping that my family would already be asleep or busy doing something so they wouldn't ask me any questions. I wasn't a very good liar when it came to having to lie to my family.

"Jack? Is that you sweetie? Come into the kitchen." my mother's voice came from the kitchen as soon as I shut the door.

"Yeah mom, it's me." I said before walking into the kitchen.

My mother was sitting at the table with my sister and both of them had cups of what I was guessing was either tea or hot cocoa in front of them. I gave my mom a weak smile as I came and sat down beside her hoping I could get away with saying I didn't feel well and go on up to bed.

"What's the matter Jacky? You look upset." my older sister May said worriedly.

"Just tired, can I go to bed?"

"Jack, I can tell when you're lying." my mother said instantly and I held back a groan that threatened to fall from my lips.

"Yeah Jack, what is it?" May questioned.

"I, uhh, I don't know." I said softly when I couldn't think of a good lie.

"Jack sweetie, you can tell me anything." my mom said while reaching out to stroke my face.

"Yeah Jack, you can tell us anything, we'll always love you." May said as she reached hand across the table to rest on top of mine.

I chewed on my lip for a moment and looked down at the table. I was trying to figure out what their reactions would be if I told them I got a girl pregnant. It could go two ways, either really well or really badly. Both options didn't really seem good to me but I knew if I wanted to go up to my room anytime soon I would need to tell them something and I currently had nothing.

"Mom, I…" I started trailing off.

"Go on Jack."

"Mom, I got a girl pregnant." I said closing my eyes tightly.

The room was silent and I began freaking out. My mother was gonna yell at me, she was gonna kill me and then she would tell my dad who would kill me too. The safe sex talk I had had with my parents so many years ago came swimming back to me. They had stressed the use of condoms many times; then the talk with Joe, my older brother came back too. I knew he wouldn't be happy when he found out.

"Oh Jack." my mom finally said after ten minutes of quiet.

I opened my eyes slowly and saw she was looking me over sadly.

"Are you serious Jack?" May inquired and I nodded slowly.

"Oh Jack." my mum repeated.

"Wow Jack."

"My baby is gonna have a baby." my mom said softly and then she threw her arms around me.

She started crying into my shoulder and I didn't know want to do. I looked at May begging her for help and she shrugged. I began awkwardly patting my mother on the back and few minutes later she pulled away. She smoothed my hair and then kissed my forehead.

"My baby is gonna have a baby." she repeated.

"I'm sorry mom."

"No Jack sweetie, it's okay. I'm just….surprised…. I thought I'd always be hearing that from Joe first but, but, I guess not. It's okay, I'm not upset with you." she said softly while reaching over to pat my hand.

"I'm gonna be an auntie!" May squealed a couple minutes later and I couldn't help but laugh.

"And I'm gonna be a grandma. Jack is the girl nice? Please don't tell me she's one of your little fans." my mother said worriedly and I shook my head.

"She's really nice and smart. Her name is Josie."

"Does she have a job? Go to school?" May questioned.

"She has a job and she goes to school."

"Where does she work? And go to school? And what is she going to school to become? How old is she?" May questioned quickly.

"Whoa! Slow down. Uh, she's nineteen and I guess I don't know the answers to the other questions….." I said my voice getting softer towards the end.

"Well I wanna meet her." both my mother and May said in unison and I groaned.

"What? We would have to meet her anyways. How about tomorrow night? She can come over for dinner and meet the family. It'll be great, I'll even call Joe!" my mother said getting up and I let my head smack against the table.

This was gonna be great. Josie and I barely knew each other and now she was about to be interrogated by my family. I wanted to say something but I knew my mother was right. She would have to meet her anyways and I guess it didn't matter when.

"I'm gonna go call her and then go to bed, night mom, night May." I said before quickly getting up and walking out before either could call me back.

I walked upstairs to my room and shut the door softly. I undressed until I was just in my boxers and then grabbed my cell phone before jumping onto my bed. I stared at Josie's name in my phone before pressing call and bringing the phone to my ear. It rang for a couple moments and then,

"Hey Jack, I was just about to call you. I just wanted to say I'm sorry for earlier. I don't know what's wrong with me lately." Josie said.

"It's okay. I, uh, I have a question for you."

"Uh, okay?"

"Would you mind coming to my place for dinner tomorrow? I mean I understand if you don't, it's just my mom kind of got it out of me and now her and my sister want to meet you. You, you don't have to go so don't-" I said starting to babble but she cut me off.

"No, it's okay! I uh, would love to go to dinner and meet your family. It's no problem."

"Really? I mean you don't need to."

"No, I want to. How about tomorrow when I get out of school I'll call you and then we can get my tree and decorations, you can help me set up if you want and then we'll go to your place for dinner?" she said unsurely.

"That sounds great; I'll see you tomorrow then Josie."

"Okay, bye Jack." she said before hanging up.

I sighed as I placed my phone down on my bedside table and brought my blanket up to my chest. I was kind of worried about tomorrow; I hoped they wouldn't question her too badly. I sighed before rolling onto my side and shutting my eyes, there was no use worrying about it, it was gonna happy whether I liked it or not.