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Tye’s elbow tightens and her other hand comes down on a nerve in Chrissy’s neck in a manner that causes her to screech. “Try again, and use your nice words this time.”
“Fine,” she hisses, trying to keep herself as far away as possible from Tye. “I'm sorry. Can I go now?”
“I'd like nothing more,” Tessa says, and with Tye keeping a tight grip on Chrissy’s shoulder, they spin her around and the two of them escort her right out the door.
Amelia, who appeared next to me at some point between Chrissy showing up and Tessa and Tye taking over, snorts and shakes her head. But me? I can't stop smiling.
“They're like little tag team pit bulls,” I tell her.
She giggles. “I know. I love them.”
THE WARM BREEZE BLOWS across my face as I sit on the back deck. Some of the students come out here to smoke a cigarette, but for the most part, everyone is inside. It makes this the perfect place to escape to. The perfect place to get lost in my self-deprecating thoughts.
“There you are,” Easton says as he steps out the door. “I've been looking for you. What are you doing out here?”
I shrug and keep my eyes set on the backyard. “It just felt a little crowded in there. I needed some fresh air.”
He sits down next to me and sighs. “Now that's a lie if I ever heard one.”
Yeah. Yeah, it is. “Easton.”
“No,” he argues, shaking his head. “We agreed to do this as a team. I can't help you if I don't know what you need help with.”
“I don't think there is any helping this,” I admit. “I'm a twenty-year-old college student who has no business trying to raise a baby. He deserves better than me.”
Exhaling slowly, he puts a hand on my back and rubs up and down. “Kennedy, every decision you've made lately is with that baby in mind. You've made sacrifices and held your head high because you knew it was worth it. You are the best person for our baby.”
“You have to say that,” I murmur.
“Bullshit,” he claps back. “I don't have to say anything. I'm saying it because that's the God's honest truth.”
Running my fingers through my hair, I look up at the stars. “It's just so fucking scary, and I didn't let myself think about it before Chrissy made her stupid little comments.”
He snorts. “You're letting Chrissy get to you? Really, Ken?”
“I know,” I reply. “But she had a point. A few points, actually.”
“Somehow I doubt that.”
“No, really. She did.”
“Okay. Like what?”
I finally turn my attention to him. “Like I trapped you with a pregnancy.”
That shocks him. “You didn't—”
“No,” I interrupt. “Think about it. You can't go out and find someone else. You can't date. I made the decision to keep this baby, even when you didn't want to, and because of that, you're stuck with me. I trapped you and I'm—”
My words are cut off as he presses his lips to mine. He kisses me with the same skill he always has, but this time there's more desperation to it. I don't stop him. Don't push him away. Instead, I place my hand over the one he has on my cheek and kiss him back.
After a few minutes, he pulls away and kisses my forehead.
“There are a lot of things I don't know,” he tells me. “But one thing I am absolutely fucking sure of is that you did not trap me in any sense of the word. If you hadn't gotten pregnant, I'd still be pining over you and trying to get you back. I was never going anywhere, so don't for a second believe anything that bitch says. She's just jealous of you because you're perfect.”
With that, he gets up and walks away—leaving me alone again with the lingering feeling of his kiss.
I want him so bad I can't think straight.
