Chapter 37

I unbuckled my seat belt and began to climb in the back of the car so Allie could sit up front. "Nick! Don't push me!" I turned and looked at him while sliding through both the front seats.

"What??? It's funny."

"I could break my neck!"

"You are exaggerating." He turned and smiled.

"Yeah right jerk!" I pinched his arm.

"Ouch! that hurts so bad." He rubbed his arm. "You should cut your nails."

"Shush Nick I'm on the phone." I laughed.

"You are so mean to me." He shook his head and turned back around.

"Hey Allie we are outside."

"Okay I'm on my way down." She hung up and I laid down in the back.

"You can't tell me your tired." Nick turned back around and gently squeezed my leg.

"Nick babe, you don't understand before I met you I used to sleep till 2 in the afternoon."

"Well, I'm glad you get up early now. If you slept till 2 I would hardly get to talk to you."

"Awww!" I sat up and kissed him on the cheek.

"I know, I know, I'm adorable." He rolled his eyes. About 2 minutes later Allie opened the door.

"Front seat." I looked at her.

"Oh okay." She shut the door and slid into the passenger seat. "Where we going?"

"Out to lunch with a bunch of animals!" I sat up.

"Hey! those are my team mates!"

"Sorry." I smiled and winked at Allie, she laughed.

"So." She did her best to turn around and look at me. "What are you doing for you birthday this weekend?"

"Well of course hanging out with you! And someone...." I coughed and pointed to Nick. "Is going on a road trip because he plays hockey or something so he won't be here."

"Don't make me feel bad." He looked at me through the rear view mirror.

"I'm not trying to, just messing with you, plus all of my brother's are here for a little bit so we will probably be going out."

"You don't think that will be weird?" Allie said while looking in the mirror checking her make-up.
"No, not really. I'm not sure if Riley will be able to come so it should be fine."

"Well Johnny is still coming, so that will be weird. If Riley is going then I probably would just stay home." I raised my eyebrow and gave her a confused look.

"Why is that weird?"

"Because I still haven't told him, and you know so it would just be weird." I sat up a little more.

"What?!!" Nick hit the brakes a little bit because I yelled so loud. "What the hell are you talking about!!"

"Kate you told me your knew who the dad was??" She turned around a little more.

"I thought it was Justin! Oh my god." I was at a loss of words. "Johnny has a Fiance! holly shit Allie! He is getting Married in 6 months! I need a minute Nick pull over." He pulled over but the car wasn't even stopped before I got out. I walked in a circle, my fingers linked together on top of my head, I kept letting out deep breaths. Nick got out of the car and walked towards me.

"Kate." He walked a little closer. "Calm down, Allie is crying just calm down."

"You don't understand Nick, this could tear my family apart, Riley is still in love with her, Johnny is getting married, Shit."

"You just need to calm down, she is really upset, you have to remember she is pregnant. You haven't even heard he side of the story yet."

"Nick think about if your brother got me pregnant. That is exactly what is going on here."

"Don't turn this around on us, I don't really want to hear that, just get in the car and lets go." He sounded aggravated.

"Are you mad at me?!" I turned around so fast.

"I just think your overreacting.""

"Overreacting!!" I screamed, maybe I was but this wasn't the time to tell me that. "Let me explain, I'm closest to Riley, when he finds out he is probably going to want to kick Johnny's ass, Johnny is going to get mad at me because I'm going to side with Riley. Johnny's Fiance is going to leave him, my mom is going to flip. Brandon will side with Johnny because they are the closest, Chris will be stuck in the middle, my dad is going to hide in a corner!" I took another deep breath.

"Okay, okay I understand, just remember she is still in the car." I took one more deep breath and Nick took my hand and led me to the car. I got in the backseat and didn't say anything. "Okay." Nick started. "I'm going to take you two back to my apartment and I will go out to lunch so you have time to talk, alone."

"Okay." Allie wiped her eyes with her sleeve, I still didn't say anything. Nick pulled up to the parking garage. We got out and I gave Nick a kiss.

"Don't flip out on her." He looked at me. "Kate?"

"I won't." I said goodbye and we walked to his apartment. I didn't say anything to her. We got inside and I sat down and put my head on the table.

"Kate I'm sorry, just hear me out." I sat up quick to come back at her but I remember what Nick said.

"Okay." I put my head back down.

"I went to a party, Johnny was there we talked for a little bit then went our separate ways. Well we were both drunk when we met up again and he started to tell me how he thinks his fiance is cheating on him with her coworker. One thing led to another, it was just a drunken mistake."

"Okay." I didn't move.

"Kate we haven't talked since, he doesn't even know, honestly I don't think he remembers that night. I have no feelings for him whatsoever.

"Okay."

"Please say something other then okay."

"I just don't know what to say, I can't be mad at you for that. I'm just thinking."

"If it means anything, if this was Riley's baby I would probably be really really happy. I still think about him all the time." I got up and gave her a hug, I felt horrible for the way I reacted and I have been around Johnny when he is drunk, he never knows what he is doing. All I was hoping for was that Riley would understand too.

"I'm sorry I flipped, but this is just, well I don't even know." I shook my head.

"It's okay, and I'm sorry." She gave me another hug. We both sat down and had some cereal and talked about it a little more. About two hours later Nick slowly opened the door and peeked his head inside.

"Is it okay for me to come in?" He smiled

"Yeah." I put my finger up to my mouth. "Be quiet though she fell asleep about thirty minutes ago." He sneaked over to me sitting on the chair and gave me a kiss on the head.

"The guys missed you at lunch, they all thought you were coming." He said in a whisper.

"Yeah tell them I'm sorry and I'm coming for sure next time." I got up and gave him a hug. "Thanks for calming me down today and I'm sorry I snapped at you, I was overreacting."

"It's fine I don't mind." I turned around as I heard a huge yawn come from Allie.

"Hey, I have been up since 5 this morning and I'm so tired do you mind if I just sleep?"

"Yeah." I walked over to help her up. "You want to sleep in our bed?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm just so tired." I walked into the bedroom and handed her a big t-shirt and some shorts, she laid down and I went back out to talk to Nick. I leaned into him and he wrapped his arms around me.

"You feel a little better about all of this?" He ran his lips from my ear down to my colar bone.

"No, but it's nothing I can control so I just have to sit back and let this take it's course."

"Well cheer up tomorrow is your birthday and I'm expecting you to be happy." I smiled and kissed him.

"I will, I promise."

"Good." He picked me up and pined me on the couch.

"Don't you dare start anything silly mister!"

"I won't!" He kissed my neck.

"Watch it! I have to see my brothers tomorrow, better not leave a mark."

"What can I do??" He stopped and looked at me.

"Anything else." I laughed.

"Okay lets see." He ran both of his hands up and down my side and my hips. "I wish I didn't have to leave this weekend." He said in the middle of kissing my stomach.

"Me too."