J eff……
I watched as Gunner and Ellie pulled away for their honeymoon. I was so happy for them I could hardly stand it. Ellie had looked so beautiful and so fucking happy. I shook my head at the idea of my baby sister getting married. I guess it was my turn next. The thought of Rebecca and the baby popped into my head. I fucking knew there was no way that kid was mine. I was not drunk that night and the condom was not broke. At least I swear it was not broke.
Jenny walked up to me with a huge smile on her face. I felt in my left pocket to make sure I still had the engagement ring. Ari felt it once in my pocket while we were dancing but I told her it was the box for Ellie’s ring.
“Hey Jeff, the cabin is completely ready for you and Ari. I kept it simple just like you asked.”
“Thanks Jenny. I’m not exactly like that over the top fucker best friend of mine.”
Jenny laughed and gave me a hug. “Thanks Jenny, for everything you did for me and for Gunner and Ellie. The wedding was beautiful.”
Jenny smiled and patted my arm. I watched her walk away as I saw Ari walking up to me with a wicked smile on her face.
“Hey you…...feeling a little lucky tonight?” She said as she reached up and bit my lower lip. I let a small moan escape and she smiled.
“I am indeed. I have a little surprise waiting for us back at the cabin.” I said as I pulled her closer to me. God she smelled so fucking good.
“Well then, I think now that the bride and groom have left, the best man and maid of honor can leave as well.”
“Best fucking thing I’ve heard all damn day baby.”
We turned to leave and was stopped dead in our tracks by Ari’s dad Mark. FUCK ME!
“I think we need to talk.”
Ari looked at her dad and gave him a confused look. He looked over at me and I swear if looks could kill I would have dropped right then.
“Um, dad is it something that can wait? I mean we’re both exhausted.”
“No Ari, I have been waiting to talk to you since yesterday. I didn’t want to ruin Ellie’s wedding but now that she and Gunner have left we have a serious problem.”
Holy fuck, what the hell was going on?
“Daddy you’re starting to scare me. What has happened?”
“My office received a restraining order against you yesterday from a Rebecca Moore.”
Holy fuck……I felt all the air leave my body in one second flat.
“Who the fuck is Rebecca Moore? I don’t know anyone by that name daddy I swear.”
Just then it must have hit her. She turned to look at me and I’m sure my face was pale as a ghost.
“Tell me that that is NOT the same Rebecca that you fucked!”
Holy shit! I cannot believe she just said that in front of her dad!
“Jesus Ari! Really?” I said as I looked over at her dad.
“Listen, Jeff, I don’t know what the hell is going on. Two weeks ago you were standing there asking for my daughter’s hand in marriage and telling me you planned on asking her to marry you the night of Ellie’s wedding. Then there is some nut case girl claiming that she fears her life from Arianna. What the hell is going on?”
I threw my hands in my hair and dragged them down over my face. What the fuck? He totally just told her I was planning on asking her to marry me tonight. This was NOT fucking happening.
“Wait! WHAT? You were going to ask me to marry you tonight? OH MY GOD!” Ari screamed as she jumped into my arms. Then she turned to her father.
“Why the hell would you just ruin that for me dad?”
“Do you want me to tell her Jeff?”
I shook my head no. I think I was going to throw up.
“Then start talking.”
Ari looked back and forth between both of us. She looked confused and I wanted nothing more than to just take her away from all of this.
“Jeff? What the hell is going on?”
I looked up at her dad and then back at Ari. Here goes nothing. I was not sure how she was going to react when I told her. FUCK I just wanted to find out if this was true or not before I even said anything to her. Spare her the hurt…...I had no choice now.
“I got a call the other night when we were at Brad’s parent’s lake house. It was from Rebecca; she just busted out and told me that she was pregnant and that the baby was mine.”
Ari stepped back away from me and threw her hand up to her mouth.
“Oh my god……you cheated on me……with HER!”
What???
“GOD NO ARI! I swear to you I have not been with anyone but you since Thanksgiving. I swear to God!”
“Then how the fuck is she pregnant with your baby Jeff?”
I ran my hands through my hair again.
“She told me she was seven months pregnant. I ran into her at Rebels, the weekend before Thanksgiving and we…...we um…...” I looked up at Mark and he was glaring at me. Fuck….
“You fucked her Jeff? How many other girls are going to start showing up saying you got them knocked up! You promised me that you used protection! You PROMISED!” Ari screamed so loud it caused me to jump.
“I did Ari! I did use a condom baby. She’s claiming it broke but I was not drunk when it happened and I would swear on my life the condom did not break. Ari I swear on my life!”
Ari stepped back away from me, no……no God please no.
“Why didn’t you tell me you got a call from her? You must have gotten the call right before we came over. Why didn’t you say anything?” Ari shouted at me.
“Ari I was going to tell you I swear to God but I wanted to talk to Rebecca in person. To see if she was even telling me the truth because I didn’t want to hurt you unless…...unless…...”
“What Jeff. Unless it was true…...well now I know. I think we need to step back and take a break.”
Fuck no……no way I was going to let her walk away from me again! Goddamn it I was going to fight for her with everything I had.
“NO! Ari this does not change the way I feel about you baby. I love you Ari. I want to marry you; I want to have kids with you I want….”
Ari started crying and shaking her head. She put up her hand to get me to stop talking.
“Do you know I was just talking to Ellie about this just the other day. I was telling her how excited I was to know that one day…...one day..…” Her voice was breaking. Mother fucker…...I fucking hated Rebecca Moore with everything I had right now.
“One day, I would be able to tell you we were expecting a baby. I wanted to see your face; I wanted to be the one to see your fucking face when you were told you were going to have a baby! Would you want a boy or a girl? Would you even care? I just wanted to be the one to tell you that.”
“Baby I do want to have kids with you……more than you will ever know!” I walked to her and reached out for her.
“DON’T TOUCH ME! I will NEVER be the person who had your first child because you got some fucking whore knocked up. SHE gets to be the one who has your first child Jeff…....NOT me!”
I looked over at Ari’s father who was standing there looking torn. He looked at me with almost pleading eyes. What the fuck was I suppose to do!
“Ari I swear to you I’m going to find out if this baby is mine. I really don’t think it’s my baby, I will get it taken care of I promise you.”
“Well it looks like you’re going to have to wait a few months to find that out now aren’t you! Until then I don’t want to see or talk to you.”
“What?!”
“Now Arianna don’t do something based on your emotions right now sweetheart. Let Jeff talk to this girl before you do anything rash.”
I could not believe Mark was on my side. If that was my daughter I would tell the fucker to leave and never come back.
Ari turned to her father and glared at him. He took a few steps back and turned to walk away a little.
She turned back to look at me. I could not lose her again. I won’t lose her again!