Bound To You

Chapter 8 - Date with Derek

I was in Miami and Derek was on his way to pick me up. Roman wanted to hang out tonight and I had to lie to him. I hated lying to him. I don't think he really believed me though. This was bad and to top it off, I had to hide this pregnancy from my parents and Derek.

Derek finally arrived and I went out to his car. I climbed in and he leaned in for a kiss. "Not right now. I'm not feeling well." I said.

"Okay. Well let's get going." he said.

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ROMAN'S P.O.V.

Lauren said that she had to go do some things. I wanted to go with her but she insisted on going by herself. I had a feeling that she was cheating on me but I couldn't think that yet. I would just have to wait to see how late she comes back to the hotel. Then I'll have my answer.

There was a knock on the door and I went to answer it. Lauren and I shared a room so any of her friends could come to our hotel room. I opened the door and Nikki was standing there.

"Hi Nikki." I said.

"Hey Roman. Is Lauren here?" she asked.

"No. She went out somewhere. I'm starting to get a little suspicious."

"Oh. Well tell her I stopped by." She started walking away.

"Nikki." I said. She turned around and looked at me. "You know something don't you?"

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"You know where she's at. Please tell me."

"I don't know anything Roman. Obviously if she hasn't told you by now she  doesn't want you to know. I'm sorry." she said. She walked away and I shut the door. This just made me more suspicious. I had to find out. I had to follow her. She just walked out a few minutes ago. Maybe I could follow her easily.

I made a run for it and made it down to the parking lot in time to see her get into a car with someone. I got in my car and followed them.

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LAUREN'S P.O.V.

We pulled up to a carnival. It was really pretty at night. Derek got out and came over to the passenger side to open up my door for me. He really was sweet but Roman was on my mind the whole time and our baby.

Derek grabbed my hand and pulled me along with him. "Are you hungry? We can grab some food and sit down." he said.

"No thanks. I'm really not feeling the best." I said.

"So I've been meaning to ask you something. I just don't want you to get upset when I ask you." he said.

"Okay?"

"When do you think we can have sex?"

I coughed and tried to regain myself. "What?" I asked shocked.

"I want to have sex with you. We could start a family together."

"No. Um, I don't think that's a good idea Derek. I, um..."

"Listen, I know you're hesitant but it'll be fine. I promise. I'll even be gentle this time." he said.

"What do you mean you'll be gentle this time?" I asked.

"Never mind that. I want to have sex with you and I expect it to happen tonight."

"Excuse me? Who are you to order me around? I am not your property." I said.

"Would you rather have sex with the guy you've been seeing? What's his name? Roman?" he asked.

I looked at him shocked. "How do you know about him?"

"I've been watching you. I thought something wasn't right. I know you're pregnant too. With his baby."

"Listen..."

"Let's just get on with this and have a good time. Then in no time at all, we'll be married." he said. He took my hand and we walked a little further.

"Well, well. I guess what I was thinking was right." I heard from behind us. It was Roman. Oh no. This was not how I wanted him to find out.

We turned around and Derek pulled me close.

"Roman. What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Seeing for myself that you're cheating on me." he said. "Who are you?" he asked Derek.

"I'm her fiancee." Derek said.

The hurt in his face was so clear. "Fiancee?" he asked.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you and then I found out I was pregnant and I tried to tell you then but. I'm sorry." I said.

"How do I even know it's my baby now? You've been lying to me this whole time." Roman said.

"It is your baby. I'm not lying about that." I told him.

"But you were lying about being engaged to this dweeb."

"Who are you calling a dweeb?" Derek asked getting in Roman's face. That was not a good idea.

"You. You got your hands all over my girl right there." Roman said.

"Your girl? She's my girl dude. And I plan to make her happier than you ever could." Derek said.

Roman balled up his fists and got back in Derek's face. I got in the middle and pushed them both back. "Stop it. God you both are acting like I'm some sort of prize." I said.

I turned to Roman and he looked at me with such hurt and betrayal.

"I'm sorry Roman. I never wanted to hurt you like this. I wanted to be with you." I said.

"What about me?" Derek asked.

"She's talking to me right now buddy so shut the hell up." Roman said.

"Stop." I said. I grabbed Roman's arm and pulled him away a little bit. "Listen, just let me explain, okay? There's no way I can make sense out of it, okay? There's no way that I can make this okay but just give me the one chance to explain things to you."

"I was just your second choice. I was a back up in case things with him didn't work out. And now you're pregnant. What am I supposed to do with that?"

"You are not my second choice. You are my first." I said.

"Yeah. Which explains why you're engaged to him." he paused. "You know what? I can't deal with this right now. I'm out of here."

"Roman please. Just let me explain. Please." I said.

"No. Lauren, as of now, we're done. I'll be here for the baby if it's even mine but you and I are over. Goodbye." he said.

I let tears roll down my face as I stood there and stared after him. I knew I hurt him deeply and I deserved every bit of this but I couldn't help but feel like Derek and my parents were to blame for this. I hated them right now.