trouble
Chapter 39
"Scarlet." I knocked on
Scarlet's bedroom door.
I heard muffling cries from the other side of the door, as I slowly wrenched the doorknob.
I bit on my lower lip, as Scarlet looked up at me from her bedsheets with bloodshot eyes.
"What are you doing here?" her voice was croaky.
I closed the door behind me, cautiously walking towards Scarlet, who looked completely exhausted.
"I wanted to check up on you." I said, sitting on the edge of her bed. "That, and because you haven't been answering any of my calls."
Scarlet closed her eyes, letting out a deep breath of air.
I noticed that her gaze was somewhere focused on the ground, as I followed her stare.
I saw her phone shattered into pieces, her favorite pink phone case cracked in half.
"I got tired of everyone calling and texting me about what they heard in school." Scarlet muttered.
I let out a deep sigh, my heart almost breaking at the sight of someone who used to be so close to me, completely broken.
"So, have you been throwing up a lot lately?" I asked.
A small smile suddenly appeared on Scarlet's dry lips, as she nodded weakly.
"Oh, tons." she chuckled.
"What does your mom think about all this?" I asked, plucking a loose strand of thread from her blankets.
"She knows." Scarlet licked her lips. "We've been trying to find a way to tell dad, though."
I nodded slowly, remembering how Scarlet's parents are divorced.
While Scarlet's mother was more relaxed and caring, her father was the opposite.
If he ever found out that Scarlet was pregnant, he would kill the baby's father first.
Then, possibly, he would kill the baby as well.
As far as I remembered, he was cold and heartless.
"That reminds me," I paused, "who is the baby daddy?"
Scarlet turned towards me, her eyes weak and tired.
"It's not Travis, if you were wondering." Scarlet said.
My eyes snapped towards her, as my cheeks turned flaming red. "I-I know."
Scarlet chuckled, before shaking her head. "Don't let him go, Riley. Throughout my years knowing you, I've never seen a guy make you happy before until Travis came along."
I stared at her, before a faint smile appeared on my face."You mean that, Scar?"
Scarlet nodded, smiling. "I mean it. And I'm sorry for trying to sabotage you guys. I was just jealous." she breathed. "You don't hate me, right?"
I closed my eyes, before shaking my head with a laugh. "I could never hate you, no matter what you do to me."
Scarlet laughed, before sighing. "Riley?"
"Yes?"
"I think Lola's boyfriend is my baby's father."
I heard muffling cries from the other side of the door, as I slowly wrenched the doorknob.
I bit on my lower lip, as Scarlet looked up at me from her bedsheets with bloodshot eyes.
"What are you doing here?" her voice was croaky.
I closed the door behind me, cautiously walking towards Scarlet, who looked completely exhausted.
"I wanted to check up on you." I said, sitting on the edge of her bed. "That, and because you haven't been answering any of my calls."
Scarlet closed her eyes, letting out a deep breath of air.
I noticed that her gaze was somewhere focused on the ground, as I followed her stare.
I saw her phone shattered into pieces, her favorite pink phone case cracked in half.
"I got tired of everyone calling and texting me about what they heard in school." Scarlet muttered.
I let out a deep sigh, my heart almost breaking at the sight of someone who used to be so close to me, completely broken.
"So, have you been throwing up a lot lately?" I asked.
A small smile suddenly appeared on Scarlet's dry lips, as she nodded weakly.
"Oh, tons." she chuckled.
"What does your mom think about all this?" I asked, plucking a loose strand of thread from her blankets.
"She knows." Scarlet licked her lips. "We've been trying to find a way to tell dad, though."
I nodded slowly, remembering how Scarlet's parents are divorced.
While Scarlet's mother was more relaxed and caring, her father was the opposite.
If he ever found out that Scarlet was pregnant, he would kill the baby's father first.
Then, possibly, he would kill the baby as well.
As far as I remembered, he was cold and heartless.
"That reminds me," I paused, "who is the baby daddy?"
Scarlet turned towards me, her eyes weak and tired.
"It's not Travis, if you were wondering." Scarlet said.
My eyes snapped towards her, as my cheeks turned flaming red. "I-I know."
Scarlet chuckled, before shaking her head. "Don't let him go, Riley. Throughout my years knowing you, I've never seen a guy make you happy before until Travis came along."
I stared at her, before a faint smile appeared on my face."You mean that, Scar?"
Scarlet nodded, smiling. "I mean it. And I'm sorry for trying to sabotage you guys. I was just jealous." she breathed. "You don't hate me, right?"
I closed my eyes, before shaking my head with a laugh. "I could never hate you, no matter what you do to me."
Scarlet laughed, before sighing. "Riley?"
"Yes?"
"I think Lola's boyfriend is my baby's father."
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