"Alright you ready to go?", Cappie asks me as we scramble around the main floor of the KT house that's currently strewn out with his brothers having breakfast.
"Yeah", I nod anxiously, stressed as all hell right now.
I'm currently trying to get everything into my purse that I might need, including things I probably, more like definitely, won't need but in my usual fashion I want to be prepared. They had sent me some papers by email that I'd had to print out, fill out, and bring back. Just basic things like medical history, most of them for me. Cappie only had to fill out a short page on his medical history.
"I'm gonna bring my prenatals to show to her just to make sure she thinks they're the right ones", I tell Cappie as I struggle to fit the bottle into my purse.
Then I freeze for a moment, worry arising in me.
"Wait… you don't think they could be the wrong ones right Cap?", I look at him fearfully, gesturing to the prenatal vitamin bottle I'm holding. "I've been taking them for like… 4 weeks now and what if they're not right? What if I should've asked her first? What if like… the baby isn't growing properly or getting enough nutrients because I didn't buy the right ones?!"
I'm definitely in a panic now. And it wasn't just about the prenatal vitamins, it was about this whole appointment, this whole entire day really.
"Case how could they not be the right ones? Isn't there just like… one kind of prenatal vitamin?", Cappie looks at me with confusion.
"I don't know! I'm a 20 year old sorority girl! How am I supposed to just know these things? I bet the baby won't even be developing right and it'll be all my fault and she's totally gonna think that I should've just had the abortion and that there's no way we can keep it and—", I ramble on now as I pace around a bit, looking around for my shoes frantically.
Before I know it Cappie's stopping me, interrupting my run on sentence as he holds onto both my shoulders, keeping me in place so I stop pacing around.
"Casey just breathe for a sec okay?", He looks at me seriously, his voice quiet and calm. Something I definitely wasn't right now.
"Whoa your girlfriends really freaking out Cap", I hear Wade's voice and I look over at him with a glare. He just continues to eat his cereal while looking a little scared of the death look I give him.
"Yeah seriously, I have some of my weed gummies, you should try one Casey", Beaver says with a smile, as if he really is trying to be helpful. Which I'm sure he is but he definitely doesn't realize how crazy that suggestion is.
"Beav she's pregnant, she can't have those", Cappie gives him an annoyed look like he's completely crazy. And Cappie never really did that with Beaver. To be honest he more so just acted like Beaver's understanding babysitter.
I used to think they were just regular friends but I've come to know Cappie better now, this new version of Cappie I mean, the having grown up from freshman year one. Now I'm realizing he's more than just a friend to all these guys. He's more like their caretaker. To be honest… he had actually taken on a great deal of work by being president here. I just hadn't realized that behind his show he puts on for everyone else, the one in which he acts like a typical dumb frat guy, he actually was taking care of these guys and this house pretty much alone.
And I couldn't lie… it was attractive to me, the way he took charge. Because he did it with me too. Hell, he was doing it right now by trying to calm me down. Maybe I'm just feeling this new, weird appreciation for him because I'm pregnant and there's like, weird hormonal changes. That has to be why.
After Cappie scolds him, Beaver pipes down and goes back to eating some of his Lucky Charms.
I look at Cappie now, our eyes locked in on each other. I can literally feel my body trembling with anxiety.
"It's gonna be okay Case", He speaks strongly. "You've done an awesome job ever since the day you decided to have it. You've literally done everything right and I'm sure Dr. Thomas will think so too".
"Yeah?", I confirm with him. "Because I'm really scared we're gonna go in there and she's going to think we're two stupid college kids that are way in over our heads".
I sigh out now. I mean… we probably were two stupid college kids who were way in over our heads.
"Hey, c'mon, we already met her and she was super nice remember? That's one of the reasons you decided you wanted to stick with her as your doctor through this", He reminds me of why I chose to go back to the same doctor that I'd seen a few weeks ago, the one that had confirmed my pregnancy.
"Yeah that's true", I nod up and down, realizing he's right and calming down a bit.
"So don't worry so much", Cappie gives me a bit of a smile now as his hands run up and down my arms gently. "She's gonna be understanding. And I'm sure the baby is totally fine".
"So you guys are gonna keep it then?", Heath asks us, both me and Cappie's eyes now darting over to him.
"I still… I still haven't decided yet", I say meekly.
"Oh sorry, it just sounded like you were keeping it because you're all worried about it being healthy and stuff", Heath shrugs.
I guess he had a fair point. I was pretty worried about this baby for someone who at the beginning of this whole thing claimed she could care less about it. But that was the thing. Now I really did care about the baby. Like really cared about it. It's honestly one of the main reasons I was considering adoption, because I truly wanted it to have the best upbringing possible. Even if it would kill me that it might not be me and Cappie who could offer it that.
"Wait you're not keeping it?!", Beaver's face falls. "I thought it was going to be like our fraternity mascot!"
"It's a human baby Beaver, not a mascot", Cappie gives him a disapproving look.
"I know but… we would be the only house on the row with a baby! There's so many cool things we could do with it! And imagine all the chicks that we could draw in with it! Girls love babies", Beaver grins and the rest of the guys nod up and down, chattering and looking excited at Beaver's suggestion.
"My baby isn't going to be used as bait to get girls to sleep with you Beaver!", I roll my eyes at him.
"Okay fine. But still, it would be so cool to have a KT house baby! And the number one thing that would be awesome about it would be being shoving its existence in the Omega Chis faces as proof that you banged Bing's girlfriend Cap!", Beaver smiles his usual dopey grin.
"Beav!", Cappie gives him a look and then sighs out deeply, groaning in obvious annoyance.
"Yeah uh… you saying that there's 'so many cool things you could do with it' is actually making me want to keep it less Beaver", I cross my arms. "I bet you guys would like… try to strap it onto a skateboard and send it charging down the street! I would never leave it alone with you guys!"
I throw up my hands.
"Wait…", Beaver's grin only intensifies as I watch the gears turning in his mind. "Casey that's like the coolest idea ever! I hadn't even thought of that!"
"Yeah we could see who could get it the farthest down the road!", Wade chimes in happily. "Have competitions and stuff!"
The guys look excited at this.
"Guys! Casey's already nervous as it is", Cappie immediately jumps in to scold them, putting an end to their excitement. "Plus neither one of us would ever let that scenario, or any other similar scenarios you guys are cooking up, happen to our baby. So… knock it off or…"
Cappie thinks to himself for a moment and then shrugs.
"Or have your own baby to become the house's baby or mascot or whatever you wanna call it", He lands on, clearly frustrated.
"Cap don't give them any ideas", I turn to him to say just above a whisper, Cappie nodding awkwardly.
"Actually nevermind about that last statement", Cappie announces as he looks back to the guys. "Always wear a condom guys!"
"Yeah I'm not really up for the whole dad thing for maybe another year or two", Beaver nods, being fully serious. "Oh hey Cap when you get home can you section out the marshmallow bits from the other pieces again so I can have my breakfast ready for tomorrow?"
Beaver lifts up a box of Lucky Charms.
"Yeah uh", Cappie shakes his head in frustration, like this is the absolute last thing he wants to even have on his mind again. "Sure, okay Beav".
"Thanks", Beaver grins happily.
"You know you two, I know you said no dangerous things with the baby but I'm sure there's still a bunch of fun, safe things we could do with him if you keep it", Heath suggests to us with a smile.
"Wait… him?", I shake my head in total confusion.
"Well yeah, we're obviously hoping it's a boy", Wade says and the rest of the guys nod like it should be completely obvious to everyone but me clearly.
"There's like… a 50% chance it's a girl guys!", I roll my eyes and then sling my purse over my shoulder, pretty ready to get out of here.
"Ugh I guess you're right", Beaver frowns. "A girl baby would just be so much less cool. It wouldn't even be a KT legacy".
"Cap when you… you know…", Wade gestures awkwardly. "Put a load in the dishwasher a couple weeks back… did it feel like a boy?"
After a second it registers in my mind what Wade's referring to.
"Ew!", I give the guys a look of disgust at their gross euphemism for Cappie getting me pregnant. "I'm seriously like two seconds away from moving out!"
"Yeah guys, c'mon, you're making Casey uncomfortable", Cappie gives them a look of his eyes that says that he's pleading with them to just be normal for like, one day. "When they tell us the gender we'll let you guys know right away okay? But we don't know what it is yet and it could very well be a girl so… cool it on the KT legacy fantasies".
Cappie rolls his eyes.
"Wait guys… I'm looking it up here on my laptop!", Beaver announces as him and Ferret stare at the screen intently, clearly ignoring Cappie. "Some old science guy named Dr. Shettles said if you want to have a boy it can depend on the position the guy finishes in. What position did you guys do?"
All the guys look at us as if this is a completely normal question to ask.
"I am so not answering that!", I whine in annoyance for having to now live with what seemed like a billion guys.
"We have to go in a sec anyways guys", Cappie sighs out loudly but they don't take the hint.
"Just please tell me it was doggystyle!", Beaver begs like he's a little kid. "That's the one you're supposed to do for a boy. Just blink twice if it was!"
"It probably was don't worry", I hear Wade whisper to Beaver. "That's like, the best way".
"Oh my god! I should just go wait in the car!", I groan.
"Yeah guys seriously. Don't some of you have like… classes? I'm pretty sure you're all still enrolled at this university",' Cappie looks at them nervously and I can't help but scoff to myself at the fact that this is probably the first time Cappie's ever actually urged any of them to go to their classes.
They all look at him blankly.
"Classes? Yeah real funny Cap",' Wade scoffs and the rest of them coherently chuckle as if Cappie is making a joke.
"Oh hey if you guys don't keep it… you should totally let a couple of hot lesbos adopt it!", Pickle points out and the rest of the guys nod up and down in agreement, them smiling and cheering together.
All I can do is just cross my arms across my chest and keep an annoyed glare across my face.
"Totally! Then invite them to come by the house so we can meet them!", Beaver adds with excitement.
"You guys this is really personal and emotional for Casey okay? And for me too for that matter. This isn't a joke alright?", Cappie speaks completely seriously to all of them and I watch them pipe down, watch them realize they're being scolded like school children.
Most of the time over the past 4 weeks I've actually enjoyed my time with these guys. They're completely harmless and usually pretty sweet to me. But at the end of the day they were also typical 20 year old fraternity guys who only cared about a few things; drinking, girls, partying, and sex.
And I had thought that was exactly who Cappie was too. I was sure of it, was sure that the guy I fell in love with in freshman year was gone. But… he was sort of the only one here who was different. Unless he was just putting on an act for me. That's why I was so hesitant to trust him with all of this. Because I knew full well that having a KT guy's baby would probably mean they wouldn't want to be involved in this at all. But ever since I told him Cappie has just been proving me wrong.
"I told you guys, we all have to be respectful of Casey while she's making this decision. If we do adoption it'll be our own personal thing and if we keep it you guys can definitely meet him or her but it's not like we'd even raise it here anyways so you can curb your KT baby boy fantasies. If you guys want a mascot so bad we can… look into getting a dog", Cappie shrugs, looking like he's just coming up with this on the spot. "Or maybe a fish tank or something… that requires less work".
"Wait...", Beaver looks completely worried now. "What do you mean you wouldn't raise it here Cap?"
Cappie looks at me now to share a worried look. Neither one of us had really talked about the fact that if I decide to keep the baby his presidency might be up in the air. Honestly everything was up in the air.
But I knew the guys here were smart enough to know that they would be completely lost without their president.
"Uh… you know what? We're gonna be late so… why don't we just talk about all this stuff later?", Cappie says nervously, giving them an awkward smile and then turning to me, leading me to the door with his hand covering the entirety of the small of my back.
"Okay bye!", I hear some of the brothers call out in unison and I give them an awkward wave, Cappie holding the door open for me so I can walk out onto the porch.
"Well that's gonna be a hard topic to bring up if it comes to it", I sigh out, looking up at him as we walk to his car.
"Yeah I know…", Cappie looks stressed for what seems like one of the only times I've ever seen him like this.
He unlocks his car and I go over to the passenger side to get into what felt like his mammoth of a car compared to my cute little red one.
Once we're in and strapped in with seatbelts I hear us both let out a sigh of relief. Or a sigh out of fear. Probably both to be honest. Relieved to be alone now, well alone with each other, but also simultaneously scared to death about having to go to this appointment.
"I'm really really sorry about the guys Casey", Cappie groans slightly as he starts his rickety old car up, the car making a lot of noise as it does so. "They… they mean well I think".
He scoffs as he rolls his eyes and I can't help but join in with the smirk he's giving me.
"It's…. It's fine", I let out a laugh now. "Honestly they're too ridiculous to get mad at really. And I mean, what should I expect from a bunch of 19 to 23 year old frat guys? Especially the ones at your fraternity."
I give Cappie a joking look now, teasing him.
"Well…", Cappie shrugs jokingly. "Ferret is actually 24, but you're right".
I giggle now with a shake of my head.
"They're crazy but honestly… they kind of kept me distracted from having a literal panic attack", I sigh.
He looks at me more seriously now, empathetically too.
"Yeah I know. I know how scared you are", he nods and then reaches out to slowly rest a hand on my thigh. His hand is a warm contrast to this cool Fall morning. The feeling of it is so nice that I just about gasp, taking a sharp breath in at the contact.
I look from his hand up to his face now, my heart skipping a beat when we lock eyes.
"I'll be there the whole time though", He tells me. "If that… makes any difference. If you want me there for the whole thing of course, I don't… I don't know how personal it gets".
He stammers his sentence out, something he typically doesn't do. He's usually never nervous. I'm the one that sometimes has a hard time getting out what I want to say, not him.
"Well I don't think it could get much more personal than last time so…", I laugh a bit, seeing his face soften at my joking. Last time he'd literally sat beside me and held my hand while the doctor stuck a probe in me and then felt around inside me. We pretty much couldn't get any more comfortable with each other than we were now. Even if it was a bit awkward between us at points.
Cappie licks his lips, nodding to himself with a smirk. He's looking me up and down now, giving me that devilish look he usually does before he either hits on me or teases me. Because those two things are usually one in the same when it comes to him.
"And um…", I add in. "This time we're closer than we were last time so… the way I see it it'll only be better".
His smirk changes to a genuine smile now, like he's really happy to know that I feel that way.
"Yeah?", He nods, looking like he's unable to hide the way this makes him grin.
"Yeah", I say like it's obvious. "You still annoy me sometimes but a bit less so now Cap".
I give him a teasing smile now, one that I know annoys him, as I can't help letting out a giggle at the look he gives me in response.
"Seriously though", I say. "I do want you there in the room the whole time. It… it'd honestly be a lot harder to go today if you weren't coming with me Cap".
He just continues to smile sheepishly, taking this in.
"Okay well that's what we'll do then", He assures me, pauses, and then scoffs to himself. "And to think, last time we went you didn't even want me to take you".
"Yeah I know", I share a look with him, remembering how just 4 weeks ago I'd tried my absolute best at pushing him away. If it was anyone else but him it probably would've worked too. "Thanks for… pushing past my stubbornness and taking me".
I'm giving him a sincere look now and I can tell his eyes are gazing on my lips. Just like he so often would right before he'd kiss me.
"Yeah of course", He looks back up at my eyes now with a slight smirk. "I sort of have a lot of experience in persisting even when you reject me".
I give him a light smack on his arm in annoyance as we laugh, Cappie giving me a quick smile and then putting the car in gear now. He looks back behind us as he backs up out of the driveway and then we get started on the short drive to the Cyprus Women's Clinic.
I stare out the window, out at the roads I knew so well now, and I wonder to myself how I'm back in Cappie's car again just like I was when I was just getting to know Cyprus. Except now it's two years later and we're on the way to see our baby. That sentence didn't even seem real in my brain.
I'm so distracted by my thoughts that I don't even realize that Cappie's quietly scoffing to himself, looking like something has sparked a laugh in him that he can't quite seem to stifle in.
"What?", I look over at him in confusion, wanting to know what he was currently thinking about.
"Nothing, it's really stupid", He shakes his head.
"I'm too stubborn for you to not tell me Cappie!", I cross my arms across my chest and when he sneaks a look over at me from the driver's seat I know he can tell that I'm not gonna let this go. "You know that!"
"Okay, I was just thinking to myself about what the guys were talking about back at the house", He explains, still staring ahead at the road, coming up to a red light. Once we're stopped he looks over to me. "And I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a girl Case".
He gestures down to my belly for a quick second as he scoffs to himself but I just raise my eyebrow at him to further explain.
"You uh… you hate doggystyle, always have", He says with a laugh.
"Oh c'mon", I groan overdramatically so he can really hear me. "Do you actually believe what Beaver randomly found on the internet?"
I give him a look, stone faced and narrowing my eyes at him before the light turns green and he drives forward, him still smirking about this.
"And besides it's not my fault I don't like it!", I refute. "It's like… I'm not a dog, or a porn star! And I did do it with you like once or twice… remember? When we were together I told you I would try stuff I don't typically want to do on special occasions".
I don't know why but I'm fully giggling right now, somehow the anxiety of this appointment wavering a bit with us joking around together about this.
"Yeah uh…", He swipes his tongue across his lips and then gives me a look. "If I remember correctly, the last time we did one of those 'special occasions' it was spring break and you were telling me how wrong you were about not trying it sooner. Then when we got back home you wanted to do it all the time".
It clicks in my mind now what he's talking about and I know that my whole face must be turning beet red right now. I can literally feel it.
"Right, well... Sometimes your ideas aren't that bad Cap", I give him an overdramatic sigh and then turn to give him a sheepish look that we both share. "I just needed to work up to doing that, it took awhile to fully trust you".
He just gives me a winning scoff, grinning at me with a nod of his head. Then he goes back to focusing on the road solely as an excuse to keep on smirking without me seeing it as well. It looks like he's trying to compose himself but he can't. Because he takes too much joy from this.
"But I still firmly stand by the fact that doggystyle, which I can barely even say, is much more for the guys enjoyment", I cross my arms again, speaking matter of fact to him. "It's just so unromantic! I mean, forgive me for wanting to be able to see you during, and be able to kiss you and stuff otherwise it's… it's just like using each others bodies and not actually connecting with the person".
We share a look as we come up to another set of lights, him looking at me like I'm kind of crazy.
I roll my eyes now at him.
"Right, sorry. I forgot who I'm talking to", I groan and lean back in my seat a bit, obviously referring to the fact that he couldn't care less about that kind of thing.
"No, no", He's completely serious now. "Honestly I feel the same way you do, I do Casey".
I look over to him to give him a look that says I don't exactly believe him.
"Okay fine. I feel that way about being with you, that's the truth", He says, throwing up his hands from the steering wheel for a second in a bit of frustration I think.
He turns left and pulls into the parking lot of the women's clinic, finding a parking spot as the tension is palpable in the air between us right now.
He puts the car in park and then looks over to me as I give him a wide eyed look, buzzing a bit at what he'd just said. Nervous about it too though. Nervous about him, nervous about the baby, nervous about being here, nervous about the fact that hearing what just came out of his mouth made me feel like I was flying.
We just stare at each other for a moment, I think both of us not knowing what to say.
"Well uh… maybe the internets right and it will be a girl then Cap", I shrug and try my best at a laugh but it just comes out as if I'm trying to force it. "It would sure come as a disappointment to the guys at the house though".
"Eh, they'd get over it", Cappie shrugs nonchalantly and then pauses. "And... I wouldn't mind".
My heart beats faster in my chest thinking about him and a baby girl. And not just any baby girl, our baby girl. But then I quickly snap myself out of it, clearing the thought from my brain as quickly as it had entered it.
It's too much to talk about his feelings for me and about our baby in one conversation. Especially today.
"Well, uh, we should probably go in", I let out nervously, feeling my hand shake a bit as I reach for my purse. "We're a bit early but I want to get in and make sure we have all the right forms filled out and stuff".
"Okay yeah, good idea", Cappie nods, the two of us both full well knowing that we'd just shared an awkward moment together.
Once we're out of the car I take a deep breath, Cappie standing beside me as I just stay frozen still.
"C'mon, it'll be okay", Cap takes the lead, giving me a steady, assured nod and then moving in front of me to open the door for me, urging me to take this leap.
And thank god he does because honestly if he didn't I might've just stayed outside here, unmoving in paralyzingly fear.
Once we're in the crowded waiting room we sit next to each other, both looking around awkwardly at the other couples in here, some with babies and toddlers. And those of which were mostly crying or running amuck.
I tap my foot nervously against the chair as I play with the silver heart toggle bracelet on my wrist, two of the three actions I found soothed me lately when I was nervous.
Weirdly, the third was talking to Cappie. So I decided to focus on that since we were early.
"I forgot to say this earlier during all the rushing around this morning but happy birthday Cap", I give him a smile.
"Hey thanks", He smirks at me.
"I uh… I bet you never thought you'd be spending your 21st birthday in a gynaecologists office about to see our baby on a screen", I give him a joking look, but I'm still really nervous.
"Yeah I definitely thought my 21st would be more of a 'drunk all day' situation", He scoffs to himself as he uses air quotes. We laugh for a moment, him pausing as he thinks to himself and then shrugs. "But this is cool too".
"Oh c'mon, no it's not", I scoff out sort of bitterly, shaking my head and then sighing deeply. "I'm so scared Cap".
"I know, me too", He gives me a nod and a rare genuine look of fear.
We sit for a second, my leg still swinging anxiously, one of the babies in here whaling out in a loud crying noise that fills the whole room.
"Are you scared of if it's gonna be healthy and stuff or just… scared of it becoming even more real this appointment?", Cappie looks over to me, looking quizzical, like he wants to have an insight into what my exact feelings on this baby are.
I knew that he wanted to know all my feelings about the baby. Knew that every day he wanted to know where I was at with it, whether I wanted us to keep it or not. And honestly I couldn't really even blame him, he was going through this just like I was but had none of the control over it like I did. I didn't know which position was worse to be in, mine or his.
"Both honestly", I tell him. "Even if that's crazy…"
"No it's not crazy", He gives me an empathetic look.
"I want it to be okay", I explain. "I mean… I think I would know if it wasn't, I'd be bleeding if I was losing it so…"
I shrug, him nodding and taking in what I'm saying.
"But I just… I want to make sure that I'm doing what's best for it and not missing anything since…", I look around the room. "Since even though I'm having the baby and carrying it to term I still don't really feel like any of the people here Cap. You know, the much older and ready people here who are real adults".
I gesture as we look around the room at the mid 30s looking couples. The women who looked like actual adults and weren't wearing a juicy couture zip up, one that I got at 16. Which was only 4 years ago. And now I was having a baby.
"Yeah I know what you mean", He nods and I see the gears turning in his mind. "But I think you underestimate yourself Casey. You're honestly just about the most responsible 20 year old I know".
He scoffs to himself now, smiling a bit.
"I don't think these women here are doing anything better than you are", He tells me sweetly. "You're constantly reading up on it and you want what's best for it. You're already good at this for what it's worth".
I can't help but feel a little teary eyed now, his words striking a cord in me for some reason. It was something I didn't realize I actually really needed to hear. Since I was constantly worried I wasn't equipped for this.
"Thanks Cap", I croak out and wipe a tear from my eye as I get myself together, trying to get my emotions in check.
Cappie's expression immediately goes worried now as he notices I'm emotional.
"Oh crap", He looks like he doesn't really know what to do. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry".
"No it's okay", I wave it off. "I'm not crying, I just got a little teary eyed. I think it's just… hormones maybe, I don't know".
"Oh okay", He relaxes a bit now, sighing of relief slightly as he gives me a smile.
"And uh, for the record Cap, you've been pretty good at this too, it's not… just me", I shrug awkwardly, not wanting to accidentally show too much of how I feel about him.
"Really?", He smirks, looking surprised. "That's progress since I distinctly remember sitting in this waiting room a few weeks ago and you saying that you were carrying the spawn of Satan. With, y'know, me being said Satan of course".
He's giving me his usual joking grin now, me just letting out a laugh and giving him a playful roll of my eyes as I struggle not to smile.
"Fine… you're not… exactly Satanlike anymore", I sigh jokingly. "At least not all of the time".
"Thanks", he scoffs, his blue eyes lit up as he grins at me in that charming way he does.
"And thanks for coming with me today and for… for being here and saying things like you just said to me", I give him a genuine smile. "I know there's like a billion other ways you'd rather be spending today so… thank you".
I give him a sort of shy smile now. I certainly wasn't naive enough to think that someone like Cappie wouldn't have had an idea for what his 21st birthday would be like. I mean, not that he was waiting for this day to drink for the first time, that thought is honestly laughable. But still... I knew he wasn't ever thinking he'd be spending it here, doing this.
"You don't have to thank me Case", He assures me sincerely. "I want to be here with you. I'm pretty sure you know that for me being there for you always trumps anything else I'm doing. Whether you're pregnant with my kid or not".
He looks at me completely seriously now as I sit here speechless, my jaw falling open a bit to perhaps speak but nothing comes out.
It was the truth too, what he was saying. It wasn't just a line he was putting on to woo me. I knew it deep down, I had known it for a long time now. And even before I got pregnant I felt way better knowing that he was always here to be a safety net of sorts for me. It was just sort of an unsaid thing between us even after we broke up... Even if I acted like I disapproved of his lifestyle and had moved on from him forever.
"Casey Cartwright!", I hear my name called and it interrupts this charged moment between the two of us.
I immediately jump in my seat, me and Cappie breaking our gaze as we both stand up.
"Room number 3", The girl tells us with a smile.
I nod and give her an awkward smile, me and Cappie then shuffling off quickly down the hall.
Well here goes nothing...
Author's Note:
Sorry this chapter wasn't longer but I decided I wanted to group the pieces of this day into two parts! It's leading up to a fairly dramatic event/ plot point. Hope you guys liked this kind of more humoress chapter with the KT guys!
A week and a half ago I lost my best friend of 14 years unexpectedly and it was a major shock so... writing this story has sort of been unexpected therapy for me. A distraction at least.
And I have many future chapters of this story written, I'm just weaving them all together. I'm trying not to drag out the slow burn aspect too much but I also want to make it fairly realistic to the characters and realistically they probably wouldn't get together all at once right away. Especially because they're both, but especially Casey, really scared and focusing on the baby and trying to completely trust Cappie again. So they'll definitely be a lot of development and angst!
Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment, review, etc!