I woke to the sound of a shower running. I sat up rubbing my eyes in a circular motion. Picking up my phone, I checked if I had any messages from Tori. None. That meant Riley was fine. I stood looking for my shoes.

Buzz

I lifted my head in reaction to a phone vibrating. I looked at the bedside table to see Tobias' black phone lit up.

Shauna-
I'm pregnant.

Stumbling, I snatched the phone and lifted it to my face to double-check what I had read.

Pregnant?

I got a sickly feeling in my stomach and dropped the phone back down. I grabbed my shoes and ran, slamming the door behind me without caring. Once I reached the elevator I leaned against the back wall. Slowly sliding down, I wiped the single tear that fell.

How could I be so stupid? Of course he's got a girlfriend.

I scoffed aloud and ruffled my fingers through my hair. Sweeping the sleep from under my eyes I stood back up just as the elevator reached my floor.

You need to forget about him. Riley can't get caught up in this.

Once I reached my hotel room I launched myself onto the bed and screamed into the pillow. Shortly after I sent a text to Tori.

'Picking Riley up now. Flight is soon.'

Lie. Our flight wasn't until the afternoon, but I couldn't risk bumping into Tobias. Not now. I knew I could have this all wrong, jumping to conclusions, but seeing that text, my first instinct was to leave. I grabbed mine and Riley's suitcase which I had already packed since I knew we were leaving today and hopped in a taxi. My phone buzzed and it was a text from Tobias.

'Are you ok? Why did you leave?'

I deleted it and focused on getting Riley. I felt so stupid for getting involved in something like this.

-Page Break-

"Are you ok, Tris?"

"Yeah don't worry, Tori. Just tired."

I lied faking a smile. Tori pulled me in for a hug.

"Have a safe journey home."

I smiled even though she couldn't see me.

"Thanks."

-Page Break-

"I'm bored, Tris!"

I pulled my eyes away from my phone screen and looked up at a stressed out Riley.

"What can I do?" He whined.

I sighed and put an arm around him, hugging him.

"I'm sorry Ri. I know its boring, but we'll be on a flight soon."

We'd been waiting for 3 hours now and our flight was in 30 minutes.

"Here." I handed him some money. "Have a look around that shop." I pointed to a shop directly opposite where we were sitting. I could keep my eye on him that way.

He smiled and ran off.

I waited until he entered the shop before looking back at my phone. Another text from Tobias.

'What's going on, Tris?'

I sighed heavily and looked back up. Resting my elbow on the table and my chin in my hands.

"Tris?"

I lazily lifted my eyes thinking it was Riley, but was startled to see Tobias standing there. I shot up from my seat, shocked.

"What the hell is going on?" His voice deep and angry.

I creased my eyebrows together, infuriated by his tone.

"Why don't you tell me?" I snapped back.

"What?" He scowled. "You won't reply to any of my texts and I find you here? Are you running away from me?"

"I'm not running from anything. I'm going home." I said. My voice softer.

He pulled a chair out and sat down. I looked, watching him.

"Well, are you going to explain?" He said with his arms folded across his chest.

I grabbed my bag and threw it over my shoulder. "I'd rather not talk right now."

Before I could walk to Riley I felt a tug on my arm. I turned around to see Tobias stood right behind me.

"Tris!"

My eyes widened at his desperation for me to talk.

"Tell me what I've done. What's happened?"

I yanked my arm away. "Before you ask me that again, maybe you should speak to your girlfriend first."

I stormed away as fast as I could and headed to the boarding gate with Riley

-Page Break-

A few hours into the flight I had to go the toilet. I waiting outside for the person inside to finish. I inwardly gasped as Tobias walked out and looked straight at the ground, hoping somehow that this would make me unnoticeable.

"Tris, we need to talk." His voice was low as the plane was surrounded in quiet chatter.

"There's nothing to talk about."

I grabbed the door handle. Tobias placed his hand on top of mine, stopping me.

"There's plenty to talk about."

I kept my eyes glued to the ground.

"Like how the fact that I don't have a girlfriend." His voice was sharper now, like he was telling off a child.

Again, I didn't say anything.

"What would make you think that?" His tone still angry.

Something inside me snapped, and my voice did too. "Who's Shauna?"

For the first time, I looked up at him, making eye contact.

"Did you know she's pregnant?"

Tobias' face dropped. "You went through my phone?"

"I didn't have to." I snapped. "Your light up messages worked well enough."

"Shauna is my friend!" His voice was firm. "I've known her since high school and she wanted me to be one of the first to know."

I looked away from him. Suddenly feeling like throwing up with guilt.

"I was going to take you to meet her…" His voice trailed off an he slowly walked back to his seat.

I rushed into the toilet shutting the door tight behind me. I wiped the formed tears from my eyes and threw my head in my hands.

How could I be so stupid? Its always a mistake jumping to conclusions.

I put myself together and walked back to my seat, sleeping off the rest of the flight.

-Page Break-

I yawned as I waited for our luggage to be brought through. Riley was asleep on my shoulder. Once I spotted our things I rushed over to grab them. Riley awakened slowly and I placed him down on the floor.

"We're home now." I smiled kissing his forehead.

"Thank you aunty Tris. I had an amazing time."

I hugged him tightly. "Anytime."

As we were walking to the car park I noticed Tobias.

"Stay here." I told Riley and walked to Tobias who wasn't far away.

"Tobias."

He looked over.

"I'm uh, I'm really so sorry about how I acted. I guess I was just paranoid . I was worried that this wasn't real. Any bit of doubt that I had, I grabbed on to."

"But why? I told you I didn't have a girlfriend."

"I know." I groaned, annoyed at myself. "And I feel terrible. I don't know why I done it."

"Just forget about it." He said before walking past me.

I turned around confused.

"Are we okay?" I asked softly.

He lazily turned his body around.

"We're… okay, just okay."

I looked at him dumbfounded at his lack of attempt to work things out.

"You didn't trust me, Tris." He scowled, then raising his eyebrows he said "That's all I need to know."

My chest felt like it had been stabbed a hundred times. I hardly knew him, yet I couldn't shake this feeling that I didn't want to let him go.

I had gotten myself into this mess, I needed to get myself out.