“I have plans,” she states.
“I know you do, with me. See you at seven.”
I end the call and she attempts to call me back, though I ignore her call and leave her messages unread. She may or may not show, we will have to wait and see.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Kendall
“Hun,the two of you aren’t even engaged.”
“I know,” Adley says with a huff.
“So withholding sex until marriage seems a little crazy considering the two of you have been living in sin for months.”
Her eyes fill with tears.
“Um, no,” I say, feeling like the floor rocks beneath my feet. “Why in the hell are there tears in your eyes?”
“It’s all backward, everything is.” She covers her eyes with her hands and I notice her shoulders bounce as she starts to cry. I feel like I am stuck in the twilight zone because Adley does not cry, like ever.
“Please don’t do that.” I pat her shoulder like you pat a dog. I am so confused. “What’s backwards?”
“We met, we had each other, we had lots of sex, we bought a house, we are raising his son together and now.” Her body shudders as she looks up at me. “Now I am pregnant and we aren’t even engaged. I can’t seem to get any of it right.”
“Wait what?"
I want to kill Aaron, how in the hell did I get wrapped up in this rollercoaster. Then I am reminded of her words. “Did you say you are pregnant?”
“Yes, and I think Lexi is too. But they at least ran off and got married and then Sutton is about to pop. We are all getting knocked up yet here I am still doing things backwards.”
“So getting married is going to somehow changed the fact that you are pregnant?”
“No but at least everyone won’t look at me like I’m some whore.”
“Who is looking at you like that?”
“Everyone,” she cries harder and I know now that it has to be all the hormones she’s got rushing through her. Because this version of Adley is so not the Adley I know and love.
“Girl you need to pull it together. No one thinks you are a whore and forcing Rory to propose isn’t going to help anything.”
“So he doesn’t want to marry me?” Her eyes grow wide and I laugh.
“Oh my God this is going to be one hell of a ride for that poor guy. You are a flipping mess, girl. Of course he wants to marry you, but it will happen when it is supposed happen and not because you are pregnant. Does he even know?”
She shakes her head no.
“How long have you known?”
“Since last Friday.” She sighs, her voice shaking from the recent emotional outburst.
“First off, you need to tell him, because from what I’ve heard he is hours away from igniting, that man is a ticking time bomb. Two you need to stop with this doing things backwards thing because you and I have never done things in order. We create our own order of things and until now that has always been fine. Don’t you dare let anyone convince you otherwise.”
Adley takes a deep breath.
“Is there more?”
She nods.
