One More Chance (Part 2)(27)
“Oh my gosh, this is the coolest thing ever,” Quinn says as she watches the monitor.
I can’t help but feel excited seeing this tiny person moving and living inside of me. As much as I was scared before, I’m actually getting excited.
“What is that?” Quinn asks as she points the screen.
I start laughing instantly, “That’s an arm.”
“She’s right, it is an arm. Well, it looks like Haley is having a baby girl.”
“Seriously?” I ask shocked.
“Yes ma’am,” she says as she continues to move the wand.
“Yes, I love shopping for pink,” Quinn squeals in delight.
“A girl. Lily Anne it is,” I say proudly.
“That’s a beautiful name,” Dr. Dixon says.
“Thank you.” After the doctor wipes the jelly off, she advises me I can get dressed. She comes back in and hands me a few small photographs, the first pictures of my daughter. “Thank you so much,” I say happily to the doctor. I set another appointment for right before I leave to go to London and then we head out to go home.
“I can’t believe you are having a little girl, that’s so exciting. I will have her room all ready for you before you get home.”
“You don’t have to do that.”
“I want to,” she squeals.
“A baby girl,” I say in a dreamlike state.
“Are you excited?”
“I am. I didn’t think I could be this happy, but I really am. I’m having a baby, a sweet precious baby.”
“Yes, you are and we are going to figure everything out, because you are going to graduate with me next year.”
“I know. That’s the plan.” We head home and I’m surprised to see Brody sitting on the porch waiting for us.
“Hey, what’s up?” I ask as I walk towards the porch.
“What’s going on?” he eyes me curiously.
“Come inside and I’ll fill you in,” I say as I unlock the door. He kisses Quinn on the cheek and they follow me inside. I sit on the couch and Brody sits with Quinn on the couch beside me.
“You two are in an awfully good mood, what’s up?”
“I’m pregnant,” I state proudly.
“What?” he asks shocked. “Since when?”
“About five months ago.”
“Seriously?” he asks as he looks at my stomach. I lift up the sweatshirt so he can see the small bump, “Holy shit.”
“We just came back from her doctor’s appointment,” Quinn says happily.
“Is everything alright?” he asks, now looking worried.
“Perfect, she’s perfect.”
“You’re having a baby girl?” he asks looking intrigued.
“Sure am. I just found out the sex today,” I say beaming.
“Congratulations,” he says as he leans over to give me a hug, “But Haley, I thought you said you and Jason didn’t have sex.”
“We didn’t.”
“Then who’s the father?” he asks with a shocked look.
The question I’ve been dreading.
“She had a one night stand,” Quinn says quickly, knowing that I suck at lying.
“Okay and?”
“She doesn’t know his name, they were both drunk,” she says, answering for me.
“What? You don’t get dumb and careless like that Hails, you never have,” he says calling us out.
Shit.
“Everyone makes mistakes Brody, but she’s getting a beautiful baby girl out of it,” Quinn quips.
“When did this happen?” he asks curiously.
“Shit,” I say worriedly.
“Tell me the truth,” he demands.
“I can’t lie to you, but please don’t hate me and please promise me that what I tell you will stay between the three of us. No one else Brody,” I plead.
“I promise,” he says looking between Quinn and me.
“No, I mean it. You can’t say a word to anyone. You have to swear on our lives you won’t tell.”
“I swear I won’t tell a single soul. Now what’s going on?”
“It’s Liam’s.”
“What? How?” he asks surprised as all hell.
“I don’t even know for sure how it happened; I just know that it did.”
“What the hell does that mean?” he says louder than intended.
“It was the day I drove back to school to move out of this house.”
“Yeah, he came to talk to you to stop you. How does it go from him talking to you to you two having sex and you getting pregnant?”
“It just kind of happened,” I state.
“Have you slept with anyone else?” he asks.
“No, that’s how I know it’s his.”