Forever and Always ✔️

Chapter fifty three - Penelope.

A few weeks had rolled around pretty quickly, I had a small bump that was hard to cover up and it was the last few weeks of the summer. School would be beginning soon which I was probably going to miss and just go back next year.

There had been no improvement in Zack's condition and Lauren kept contemplating about pulling the plug which John had convinced her not to many times. It had been hard, for all of us. I missed him dearly and I saw him everyday which my dad scolded me for because I was carrying a human being inside of me.

As I left the hospital for the day, I was greeted by Grayson and Flynn. I knew Flynn and Zack were pretty close but Flynn only came around once or twice to see him. Now, I found it odd that he was here.

"You're pregnant?" Flynn blurted out, making me want to avoid this conversation.

"Yes, I am." I said, trying to cover my belly with my jacket.

"How many weeks?"

I scratched the back of my head. "Thirteen."

He gasped and Gray looked confused. "Am I missing something here?"

My eyes widened, this was going to cause a whole new problem between us. "No, Flynn. This is Zack's baby."

"Or you just want it to be," he glared at me, "it could easily be mine after the night we had."

Grayson whacked Flynn at the back of the head, making him moan in pain. "You slept with your friend's girlfriend?" I really wanted to vanish away from here, he couldn't just walk up to me and expect this baby to be his because it was not, it was Zack's and I knew it.

"Zack and I were already broken up," I explained, "it was the night I got drunk."

I never expected this to cause a problem, all I wanted was to believe that it was Zack's baby.

If Flynn was the father:
1. I'd lose my relationship with Zack and possibly his parents.
2. They'd pull the plug for sure.
3. Flynn, Really? I couldn't see him helping me raise this baby. He was a party animal.

"Fine," I said confidently, "you want to know for sure who's baby this is? I can prove it. I'm thirteen weeks pregnant, right? Before Zack's party, we had sex fifty days and one week ago and I had sex with Zack the night before. Meaning that Zack and I had sex thirteen weeks ago."

I walked off, away from the hospital. I felt proud for proving that, I knew this was his baby and just because I slept with Flynn a month before, didn't mean it was his. I'd be eighteen weeks by now if that was the case. Once I got that problem sorted, I headed into my father's car. He always waited for me in the same spot. After the accident, I never wanted to drive again. I couldn't put my baby's life at risk, not after already hurting Zack.

I got a phone call, interrupting my train of wild thoughts. I answered it as dad left the parking lot. "Hey, Maddie."

"Hey, how's Zack doing?" I told her everything a month ago. I hadn't really kept in contact with her after she left but, now we had become closer.

"Still the same," I sighed, wishing it wasn't true. At least he's not worse.

"And the baby?" She asked, the sadness coming out in her voice.

I smiled as I think of the person inside of me. "My little pumpkin is doing good." Ever since the pregnancy, I had never needed Zack more than ever. He promised me not to leave me, he promised forever and always. He promised a life with me.

I chatted to Maddie a bit longer before hanging up the phone just as dad pulled up in front of our house. "Are you going to find the sex of the baby?" Dad asked, getting out of the car just as I did. I had never thought about the gender of the child, I had been so caught up in Zack and the pregnancy itself that I didn't even care if it was a boy or a girl.