Please don't forget that all my stuff is unbetaed! If you see any mistakes, I'm very sorry! I will eventually get a beta and have everything fixed up. Also, I'm super sorry it took so long to get this out! I have had like a two years writers block and this story is kind of my way of forcing it away. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Dinner was quiet. At least on my end it was. Everyone else seemed to enjoy their conversations as usual while I pushed around the food on my plate. Sora talked about school, mom talked about the new recipe he found, and dad grumbled about some useless coworker. Normally, I would add in my own two cents, talk about school with my brother. But tonight I had nothing to say. My mind was far too jumbled to even attempt to hold a decent conversation.

"Roxas," my dad called from across the table. I slowly looked up. "You've been awfully quiet tonight."

Mom put a hand to my forehead. "You seem kind of flushed. Are you sick?"

Sora gave me a knowing stare and glared back. "I'm fine. Just not hungry," I pushed away my plate and got up without another word.

Back in my room, I sat in the middle of my queen sized bed. My fingers floated above to dial button on my phone, hesitant on whether or not I should actually press it. I took a deep breath, calming my heart, before touching to button and holding the phone up to my ear.

It rang only a couple times before a rough, familiar voice responded on the other end.

"Axel, hey, it's Roxas," I ran a hand over my face, my fingers stopped at my lips to nervously play with the piercings.

I heard could almost hear the smile in the other's voice. "Roxy, what's up?"

"Can we meet somewhere? I need to talk to you," I sighed out.

"Yea, I guess. Is everything okay?" understandably, worry was laced in his voice.

I shook my head before realizing he couldn't see me. "Not really. Just meet me at the café on the corner of Yale, okay?"

I hung up once I heard his agreement, tossing my phone onto my bed. I sighed deeply before getting up to throw on the sweatshirt I stole from Axel on that one night. Grabbing my phone and keys, I headed downstairs.

I walked over to the kitchen where everyone was putting away their dishes from dinner. "I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back before midnight."

My mom nodded, his forehead scrunched up in confusion. "Be careful," she called, but I barely heard it as I shut the front door behind me.

As I walked down the sidewalk, I fingered the pack Camel Crush menthols in the pocket of my sweat shirt. I really wanted a smoke right now but knew better that I shouldn't. It wasn't just my body I was poisoning anymore. I could feel tears brimming at the edge of my eyes and quickly wiped them away. I tried to take my mind of the second life inside me and focused on the sounds that filled the nightly air. Cicadas chirping, wind howling, dogs barking, all the normal noises of a traditional rural area. But there was another sound that was different. A heartbeat. It came from inside me but it wasn't mine. I could barely hear it but it was there. I decided to stop thinking.

Before I knew it, I was opening the glass door of the café, hearing the familiar ring of the opening bell. Walking up the counter, I ordered a large black coffee before quickly changing my order to an iced green tea. As I reached into my wallet, I watched as a ten dollar bill fell onto the counter and the owner of it gave the cashier their order as well. I knew who it was before I even turned around.

"You didn't have to do that," my voice was flat.

I heard him sigh behind me. "Yea, well, normally when you're on a date you buy things for the other person. Even if the date is at nine o'clock in the evening."

I rolled my eyes, picking up my tea and heading towards a two person table by the window. "What makes you think this is a date?"

Axel shrugged and sat down across from me. "Why else would you ask to meet me a coffee shop?"

I hesitated, looking down into my cup. "I need to talk to you."

"So you said over the phone," I could feel his acid coloured eyes boring into me. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head a couple times, feeling the tears come back. "Axe…" my voice cracked.

His eyebrows furrowed together and he scooted his chair close to me, rubbing a hand up and down my back. "Roxas, what's going on?" I could hear the concern in his voice.

I looked up at him with watery eyes. "I took a pregnancy test today," I sighed out, speaking quietly.

Axel paled, knowing exactly where the conversation was going. "That's not possible. I used a condom. How…?"

"It fucking broke, Axe!" I screamed, glad the café was empty save the guy working behind the counter. "Don't you remember? Or were you really that drunk?"

He didn't respond, only pulled away from me and put his head in his hands. His fingers raked into his blood red hair, gripping at the roots tightly. I could almost hear his teeth grinding with how much pressure he used. "Fuck!" he shouted, and out of the corner of my eye I saw the cashier flinch.

I leaned back in my chair, looking away while waiting for him to calm down.

"Okay," he breathed out after taking a few breaths. "What do we do?"

I looked back at him, confused. "We?"

"Yes. We. I'm not leaving you alone in this. This is my fault too," he scoffed.

I looked away again, not wanting to make eye contact. "I may not even be pregnant. Hell, it could have been a false positive."

"If you thought it was a false positive then why would you have called me out this late?" He countered.

I had no response. Wiping at my eyes and sniffing, I pulled out the cash for me drink and threw it down in front of him before standing. "I'll see you at school," I tried to walk off but I didn't get very far before Axel grabbed my wrist.

"What are we going to do?" he asked again, determined to get an answer.

I laughed. "I'm going to get rid of it if that's what you're thinking," I pulled my arm away from him and walked towards the door, taking a sip of my tea.