There Goes My Life
Chapter 32- What To Do?
After the events of last night, Paul couldn't stop thinking about Stephanie and how much she changed. Sometimes he felt like he didn't really know her to begin with. His Stephanie wouldn't go and screw around, brag about it and shove backlash in his face, but this one did. He didn't know how to feel about it. As he sat in his car, wondering whether to go into his apartment right now, he didn't know whether to kick Stephanie out or just ignore her for the rest of the day because either way it goes, he couldn't stand to look at her. After a couple of minutes, he made his decision and walked into his apartment. Lights were off, and it was completely silent except for the sound of calm breathing coming from the living room. He walked towards the couch and saw her lying there sleeping peacefully. He went around the couch, stood in front of her, and rubbed her hair while kissing her forehead before walking into his bedroom, almost forgetting how angry he was at her. Walking closer to the bed, he took off his shirt, loosened his hair and laid back in his bed, trying to forget the events of the past and get some sleep before he has to start his day.
Stephanie was awakened by the sound of a baby crying. She checked her cell phone for the time and then sat up and rubbed her eyes. She headed towards Aurora's room and seen her lying there pouting, bout to make a wail again. Stephanie smiled at her baby girl and picked her up, snuggling her in her arms. As she looked at her daughter, she couldn't believe how much Aurora has grown since day 1! With her beautifully joined features of both her parents, she was a beauty, that Stephanie couldn't resist loving. Even though she sometimes felt she didn't deserve Aurora's love back, she still loved her with all her heart and just hoped one day life would get easier for the both of them. Thinking about that, her mind drifted to Paul and her bruised arm. The way he squeezed her arm last night made her rethink her feelings about Paul, but at the same time, she understood every emotion he felt last night and just let it go. She just hoped Paul would do the same.
Hours later after getting Aurora fed and settled, she received a call. "Hello!" said Stephanie while putting Aurora in her baby swing in front of her and sat back on the couch. "Hey, Steph! I was wondering if you are busy later on today. I woke up and realized you had already gone without saying anything and I just hope I didn't push the boundaries last night." Said Andrew as he rubbed his neck while relaxing on his couch. "No, not at all. I kind of pushed my own boundaries last night. I wasn't thinking straight and with all those emotions running wild in my head, I just, I don't know what happened! But I don't blame you! I mean it's not like it wasn't good!" laughed Stephanie as she turned on the TV. Andrew laughed and kicked up his feet on the table before replying, "Yay! I was good! (He laughed and smiled as he heard her laugh too) but I was hoping for great!" joked Andrew. Stephanie blushed and smiled. "I don't hand out great to just anybody, Andrew. I have to REALLY like this person to give them great." Joked Stephanie. Andrew nodded and replied. "I understand. I'm just going to have to make you nm REALLY like me then! Why don't I start by taking you out today? You, me and if you want, Aurora too!" said Andrew hoping she would say yes. Stephanie didn't know what to say. Andrew met her one time and that time was already a traumatic moment, but maybe if they did just try this time out the right way, she could get a hint of what being with Andrew as a family would be like. "Yeah, that would be great! I will call you later on to let you know what time to pick us up." Said Stephanie as she smiled. "Ok, great! I will see you then! Bye, Steph!" said Andrew. "Bye Andrew and thanks for everything you've done for me. I really appreciate it! Especially these last few days!" smiled Stephanie as she looked down. Andrew Felt the emotion in the last few words and replied. "Anytime, Stephanie! You know I am here for you. Give me a call later on." Said Andrew smiling. "Ok I will! Bye" said Stephanie as she hung up the phone. As she turned to go fix herself something to eat, she jumped as Paul stood there staring at her.
Paul woke up and heard talking coming from the living room. He didn't know if he was ready to confront her at the moment, so he chose to check on his daughter first. He went into her room and noticed she wasn't in her crib. After realizing Stephanie woke up earlier and got her, he slowly walked past the living room and into the kitchen to try to go unnoticed by Stephanie. It worked because she was still deep in conversation with whoever was on the other end of that phone. He grabbed a bottle of water and headed towards the couch to talk to Stephanie, when he heard Stephanie mention Andrew's and his daughter's name. With that in his mind, he stayed back to eavesdrop on the conversation. The more he listened the more he became angrier and all that happened last night came back. He waited for Stephanie to end the call before making himself known. As soon as she said bye, he waited for her to turn around. When she did, she had a sight of fear on her face. "Paul, you scared me!" said Stephanie scared and shocked all at once. "I seem to be doing that a lot lately, huh!" replied Paul as he stepped closer to the couch. Stephanie nodded and replied. "Well, actually yes you have! I'm starting to think you are doing it on purpose, seeing as you know you are doing it!" said Stephanie as she stood up. Stephanie was heading towards the kitchen when Paul pulled her back to him. Stephanie flinched because of his contact to the bruise that was already on her arm. "Ouch Paul! Geez! My arm still hurts!" cried Stephanie as she turned to face Paul. "I'm sorry, Steph! I didn't know I hurt it that bad last night" replied Paul. Stephanie rubbed her arm and lifted up her sleeve to show him her bruise "There is a bruise here, Paul. You squeezed pretty hard." Said Stephanie as she showed him her bruise. Paul took a look and realized how bad it was. "I really didn't meant to hurt you! It was meant to get your attention! Never wanted to bruise you" said Paul as he was worried about her arm. "It's ok! I'm not dying! It's just a bruised arm. But since we don't go back to school until next week, I was wondering if I could take Aurora to Andrew's house for a while. I just need a break from here and I know A.J hates me being here" said Stephanie as she looked at Paul in the eyes. "What makes you think that? Has she said that to you?" asked Paul. "No, but who wouldn't hate their boyfriend's ex-girlfriend / baby mama who he recently slept with again? I know she probably is asking you to kill me in my sleep right about now!" joked Stephanie. Paul laughed and put his hands on her waist, "But you know I love you too much to even consider doing that, right?" smiled Paul. Stephanie blushed and nodded "Yeah, I guess" she replied but broke out in laughter as Paul began tickling her. They failed to notice someone else walk in the room. "Am I interrupting something?" asked A.J as she stood watching the duo with folded arms. They jumped away from each other as A.J's voice was heard. "No, we were just talking about some things" replied Paul. A.J tilted her head and then looked at Stephanie. "Seeing as you are here with this slut, I would think otherwise!" replied A.J as she stepped to Stephanie. "Excuse me!" replied Stephanie as she didn't step down. "Yeah, you heard me! You are always trying to stick you slutty hands on my boyfriend! If you don't want him, then stay the fuck away! I don't get you Stephanie! You are just a confused, pitiful teen who doesn't know what to do with what's between her legs!" screamed A.J in Stephanie's face. Stephanie felt tears and her eyes. She gave one last glare to A.J, one quick look back at Paul and then ran into the Paul's room. After hearing the door slam, Paul looked at A.J in shock. What the hell was that!" screamed Paul. He heard Aurora start to cry and picked her up. "We talked about this yesterday, Paul. You two have too deep of a connection to live under the same roof! Every time I think about you two, all I could see is you two screwing each other! You even kicked me out just so you could screw her, huh!" said A.J as she glared at Paul. Paul stared at her like she was crazy! "NO! Stephanie didn't even get back here until later that night! I just didn't want to do anything at that moment! It had nothing to do with Stephanie!" lied Paul. "You and I both know that is full of crap!" replied A.J. "Ok, well before we continue this conversation, I need to check on Stephanie. She was going to leave anyways so if you are ready to see her gone, let me talk to her in peace" said Paul so he could get a reason to go see how Stephanie is doing. "Whatever! I have to use the restroom anyways!" said A.J as she walked past Paul towards the bathroom. Paul sighed in frustration and walked towards his room. "Stephanie, are you ok?" asked Paul as he peeked through the door as much as he could with Aurora in his hands. When we walked fully in, he seen Stephanie packing some of her clothes in a luggage. "Stephanie, you don't have to leave like this" said Paul trying to get her to stop. Paul placed Aurora on the baby play jungle and then walked towards Stephanie. "I do! I can't stay here with you. A.J is right. I don't know what I'm doing. I just need to go. If I don't, who knows what more trouble I could get into here with you?!" replied Stephanie still packing. "There is nothing more crazy that could happen between us than what already has!" replied Paul sitting next to her. "You will be shocked at what could happen between two sex crazed teens" replied Stephanie as she stared at Paul with a tear streaming down her cheek. "What do you mean?" asked Paul confused as to what she was hinting at. "Nothing, Paul! I'm not even sure…just nothing" said Stephanie as she shook off her thoughts. Stephanie didn't want to say anything about that unless 100% sure about it. "Listen, I'm going to move in with Andrew, or maybe back in with my parents if they let me, but staying here is just giving me more drama each day! I can't…I'm just going to go" said Stephanie as she lifted up her luggage and headed towards the bedroom door. "What about Aurora, Steph?" said Paul. "I'm taking her with me! She doesn't need this either. I don't want her or anyone else to have to go through this mess with me but myself. Andrew just happened to volunteer his services" joked Stephanie. "Well, what about us, Stephanie?" asked Paul. Stephanie looked back at Paul and stared him in the eyes. "Don't you get it? There is no more us! We both moved on and we are dragging others behind us every time we end up creeping together. Right now, I just can't do this! I'm surer than ever about this" said Stephanie as she felt her eyes began to water. "Was it the pregnancy scare that is making you feel like this. Or is it A.J…I mean…" said Paul before being interrupted by Stephanie. "That scare proved to me just how crazy our relationship is when we have alone time like this. Tell me Paul, if that test was positive, what would you have done?" asked Stephanie. Paul didn't know for sure what to say so he just spoke what he was thinking at the time. "I don't really know, Stephanie. Maybe, I would have you keep her and A.J, you, and I would have just tried to work out the parenting of two babies. I would've looked for another job and helped you find one too" said Paul. Stephanie nodded. "And what about college and football in a couple of months? Would you still leave and go live on a dorm wherever the talent scouts sent you?" asked Stephanie. Well, Steph that is and has always been my dream to play football. You knew that when we first met. We even discussed this while you were pregnant with Aurora" replied Paul. "Yes, but that was when everything wasn't this bad and it would have just been one baby involved. I would not be able to handle two by myself!" said Stephanie. "Well that's why we don't have to worry about that because the test was negative!" said Paul. Stephanie let a tear fall before taking a deep breath. "Yeah, you're right! And we don't need any more worries at all, you agree?" asked Stephanie. "I agree" replied Paul. "So before I go, I just need you to agree that everything I have to do when I leave here is to keep us from having any more worries. Can you promise me, you will support me through all my decisions no matter what they are?" asked Stephanie really needing that reassuring. Paul nodded and agreed. "Thank you!" replied Stephanie as she ran into Paul's arms and hugged him. Paul hugged back tightly and didn't want to let go. He kissed her forehead and pulled back. "I will take you where you need to go" replied Paul. "No its ok! Andrew should be pulling up, anytime now!" said Stephanie before she heard her phone ring. "Speak of the devil" joked Stephanie as she smiled at Paul. "Well, I will take out your bags and you can get Aurora" said Paul as he carried her stuff towards the living room before Stephanie could reply. Stephanie grabbed Aurora and placed her in her car seat and carried her out. Once reaching Andrew's car she attached the car seat in and sat down in her seat. Paul closed the trunk and walked towards his door. He looked back and waved as Stephanie and Andrew drove off.
Paul walked back in the apartment. As he reached the bathroom, A.J came out with tears on her face as he held a test in her hand. "What are you doing with a test?" asked Paul. A.J looked at Paul angrily. "I thought you said you were done with her! You said there was nothing to worry about cause it was a scare and blah blah blah!" said A.J. "Yeah, and it was! You are looking at the test right now. Don't you see the negative on it?" screamed Paul. "Yeah! I see two!" screamed A.J. "What the hell are you talking about?" said Paul as he snatched the test out her hand. "That is not possible! I seen the test she took!" said Paul in disbelief of this positive test. "No, you seen the one she wanted you to see! There is one more plus sign in the trash too, Congrats! You are going to be a father again!" said A.J as she placed her hands on her hips. 'What were you doing, trash surfing?!" screamed Paul. "No! I dropped my mascara by the trashcan and when I went to get it, the tests were staring at me in the bin, hidden by toilet paper. It doesn't matter! Point is, she is most likely pregnant again and probably doesn't want you to know because she is ready to get rid of it" replied A.J. "Stephanie would never do that!" screamed Paul as he stepped in her face. "Paul, a girl says she won't do a lot of things until that point comes when she feels like she has no choice. Imagine how many times Stephanie probably said she would never get pregnant, have sex in high school, move out from her parents' house during sophomore year and so on! Girls don't hide a pregnancy unless they already have a plan for it!" said A.J caressing Paul's cheek. "I'm not trying to be mean and I hope you forgive me for saying this but Stephanie is at her deep end and she doesn't want any more 'distractions' from her getting back to her happy place. It's so obvious!" said A.J. The more Paul thought about it and the conversation between them both, he realized maybe A.J was right. "I can't believe she would do this to me!" said Paul as he grabbed his car keys. "Paul, please don't be mad at me though! I still care about you and the only reason I attacked her, was because I know how she plays mind games with you and I am sick of it! It's just…." Cried A.J before Paul interrupted her with a kiss. "I understand and I am not mad at you, but I am about to deal with this right now!" said Paul as he walked out the door. Paul was on his way to Andrew's house! What was going to be said, he didn't know, but he did know something had to be done!
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