Chapter 38

Wesley's POV

My jaw drops and I raise my hands to my hair, pulling at the ends as I try and take in what she said. I begin to walk off and everything that has happened in our relationship, especially the miscarriage of our baby, hits me like a fucking train.

"Where are you going?" Melanie asks, walking up to me.

"J-just.. I need to be alone for awhile." I say, at a loss for words and she looks pissed off.

I walk out of the mall as fast as I can and push past everybody on Times Square, getting cussed at a bunch.

As soon as I get home, I take my phone and throw it across the room and it crashes into a vase.

How the fuck can she be pregnant?! I mean I know we didn't use a condom, but fuck! She can't be pregnant. I don't want her to loose the baby again.. I can't put her through that bullshit again.

"What do I do?!" I yell at my self and I shove some papers off of the table.

I hear a knock at the door and I walk over quickly and open it. I see Melanie standing there and I begin to shut the door but she puts her hand to it, stopping it from closing and I sigh.

"Wes."

"What do you want?"

"Why did you run off like that?" She asks, walking in and I shut the door.

"Because, I don't want you to be pregnant, Melanie. What if you lose the baby again?!"

"That's all you're worried about?"

"Of course it is! I don't want you going through that again!"

"Wes, that doesn't matter to me! If it happens, it happens! If it doesn't happen, then we'll raise this child together and be fine. Please just stop worrying." She says, rubbing her hands up and down my arms and I relax a little.

"I don't know..."

"Please just try. Think about this positively. I love you." I say and he rests his forehead against mine.

"I love you, too." He says and he rests his hands on my stomach, grinning at me and I grin back. "We have another chance at having a family.."

"I know, and everything's going to turn out great. I'm not going to get my hopes up and neither should you but let's just enjoy this experience together." She says and she seems a bit off but I push it to the back of my mind.

I lean down and kiss her sweetly, moving my hand to cup her cheek and she kisses back with just as much passion.

"I swear if I walk in on you guys kissing one more time..." We're interrupted by Keaton and we both start laughing again. "It's not funny, I'm serious."

We continue to laugh anyway but he rolls his eyes.

"So, what are you doing here?" I ask Keaton and he smiles a bit and my eyes scrunch up in confusion.

"Well, Julie's mom is getting remarried so I wanted to tell you I'll be gone for about a week. They're having the wedding in a week."

"Oh, that reminds me! We have to go to Candice's wedding this weekend. I'm the made of honor." Melanie exclaims, and my eyes widen.

"This weekend?! You have no time to plan! That's too much stress for the baby." I say, concerned and she smirks.

"Adam's best man has it covered. Don't worry, bae." She says, giggling a bit as she kisses my cheek.

"I hate that word. Why do people have to be so lazy.. Just say babe!" I say and she laughs really loud and Keaton joins in and I glare at the two.

"You're too cute." Melanie says, messing up my hair and I stick my tongue out at her.

"And wait, what does Melanie mean by baby? Are you pregnant, again?" Keaton asks and we both nod, and I wrap my arm around Melanie's waist.

Melanie seems hesitant and I look at her confused but she gives me a reassuring smile, I guess?

"That's great, guys! I'm so happy for you two." He says, walking over to pull us in for a hug and we hug him back.

Keaton leaves after awhile of talking and Melanie heads to our bedroom and I follow.

"Wait, why haven't you had morning sickness?" I ask and she freezes before shrugging.

"Guess it didn't effect me that bad this time. Sometimes that happens for some women."

"Oh... Well, it's about 7 pm. Do you wanna go shopping for some baby stuff? Might as well get some of it done now." I say, giving her a smile and she nods.

"Sure." She says and slips her shoes on and I walk out of the apartment with her, grabbing my keys and she grabs her purse.

We walk our way to Times Square and I wrap my arm around Melanie's waist, keeping her close to me as we pass by the dumbasses that linger these streets this time of night.

Melanie's POV

As we enter the baby store, I try not to feel guilty about lying to him about being pregnant. I mean, what else could I say to get him to stop flirting with other girls?

"Ooo, I love these baby cups." He says, picking up a sippy cup that was a shade of orange and wouldn't spill if someone were to knock it over.

"Yeah, let's get some of those." I say, and he puts them in the cart.

"Are you okay, baby?" He asks, coming up to kiss me on the cheek.

"Yeah, I'm just fine." I lie and we walk around to get other baby stuff, only getting the basics.

Once we're done, we head home and unpack everything and I sigh, changing into Wesley's shirt and plopping on the bed.

Wesley crawls up to me, pulling me into him and I snuggle into his chest. He turns on the tv and I groan.

"Candice's wedding is tomorrow, turn that off." I say, and he ignores me.

I smack his chest, my eyes closed and he takes my hand, lacing our fingers together and I start to drift off to sleep. Wesley's laugh being the only thing I hear before finally getting to sleep.

-

"Don't you need to get your dress on?" Wesley asks as I slip on a jumper and my sweatpants.

"No, she has everything I need at the venue where the wedding is. That's why we're leaving so early." I say, and help Wesley tie his tie.

"I swear I can never get these right." He says, gesturing to the tie and I laugh a bit.

"That's why you have me." I say and he slips on his suit jacket, and he gives me a big smile.

Wesley kisses my forehead and we make sure we have everything before heading out the door and down to the car.

"Mel, there you are!" Candice calls, coming over to me as I step in the room.

"Hey." I say, as she hugs me.

"Okay, so go get dressed quickly, we have to get this thing started!"

-

Once the wedding is done, me and Wesley head home and the lie that told him is weighing down on me.

I shouldn't have used the excuse of being pregnant to get him to stop flirting with girls. That was so fucking low. Having babies is such a sore topic for us and I fear that once he finds out that I'm not pregnant. He got so happy after his little freak out that I feel like I'm gonna break his heart when he finds out.

"Mel, what do you want for dinner? I know you're eating for two now." He says and I roll my eyes mentally.

"Um, I guess we can have pizza? I'm in the mood for some."

"Yeah, sure. We have a few frozen pizzas in the freezer." He says and I go lay down on the bed.

I can feel myself beginning to distance myself from Wesley and it hurts. We just got back together and I don't want him to worry about me. What am I gonna do? I decide to call my brother about it.

"Hey, Mel. What up?" Matthew asks and I sigh.

"I need your help."

"With what?" I hear him shuffle around in the background.

"Uh, I kinda told Wesley a big lie and I don't know what to do." I mumble, pulling at some of the threads on the blanket.

"Mel... What did you tell him?"

"I kinda told him that I'm pregnant when I'm actually not." I say, closing my eyes shut, waiting for his answer.

"Why did you say that?"

"Because he keeps flirting with random girls and I figured that'd make him stop." I say, sighing.

"'Melanie, that's not good."

"I know, I just needed him to stop. Please tell me what I should do." I'm practically begging by now.

"You need to tell him, it's what you gotta do." He says and hangs up, leaving me sitting there utterly confused.