Neither Zoe or Aaron came in for the rest of the school week, June and I tried texting her but she assured the both of us that she was fine..... Aaron did the same with Carter, I really do hope they're ok.

If it were up to me I would've been home but because the school is still watching my family I had to go. I went home straight afterwards though, Carter had a football game away so he wasn't here, I was sex deprived.... Mostly Carter deprived. We still had our occasional face time calls but they weren't the same

"How was physics without me?"

I set the phone down on my dresser, "So boring, I fell asleep. I have your work though"

"How great" He says sarcastically

I unclip my bra. " Hey remember, coach said you need to go to class to stay on the team"

"Babe the whole point of FaceTime is so that I can see you"

I roll my eyes before leaning my phone against a few perfume bottles, "Better?"

He eyes my chest area, "Much better"

I look through my draws, "Guess who I saw today"

"Who"

"Grace and Caleb at the park, they looked so cute"

"She's seven"

"I know but I'm just saying that they looked cute"

"And your weird"

"So are you, I sometimes wonder why I miss you"

"And just for my sake, how much do you actually miss me?"

"Ooh well let's see....- I considered buying a vibrator"

Carter sets his phone down before reaching for a bag of chips, "No worries baby, my fingers will be back in no time" He says amused

"Have you cheated on me yet?"

He nods with a mouthful of chips, "Three girls, all of which screamed my name last night"

I smile sarcastically, "Mmm funny"

"C"

"What"

He lifts the phone towards his mouth before burping and I scrunch my face with disgust, "I literally hate you"

"I love you too"

"Carmen have you got-.... Oh fuck are you guys sexting?" Adri covers her eyes

I look back before putting on a vest, "No"

"Is that Adri?"

I nod

"How can you just FaceTime without a shirt on" She scoffs

I lie back on my bed, "I do it with you all the time"

"You know what never mind I just wanted my charger"

And I could go further with that conversation but then we'd be here all day

Anyway todays a good day. It's Junes birthday and she's having a pool party, my bikinis have just been sleeping in my wardrobe so I've been waiting for this moment. "Any jello left?" Sienna asks

I nod, "Hit me"

I slide a cup over and she downs it quickly, "Your eager today"

"I've been revising all week, I need it" She replies before taking another Jell-O shot

"You coming out?"

I shake my head, "I'm waiting for Carter"

"Well don't wait too long, the weathers amazing"

My brother lifts her up before throwing her over his shoulder and I move back as water from his hair drips down. "Back to the pool"

"Shit-... don't make me choke, later C!"

I smile as I wave

As they head back outside I crouch down so that I can give Diego a snack, he wags his tail as I feed it to him. "What a greedy puppy" I snort

Diego is Junes new puppy that she got a few months ago, he's the cutest golden retriever I've ever seen and makes me want a dog. As he runs outside I smile, "Do I get to be fed too?"

I gasp before standing up quickly and turning around, I'm telling you I've never been so excited. Quickly I jump into his arms and he laughs as he catches me, "Hey-

He's cut off by his own laughter as I place kisses all over his face, "I fucking missed you"

"I can tell" Carter says amused

"Let's go out now"

"Aw were you waiting for me?"

"No"

He rolls his eyes and I kiss him again, "How was the game"

"Amazing"

I wrap my legs around his waist as he carries me towards the outside, "Where's Aaron?"

"I'm not sure if he's coming"

I frown, "Was he at the game?"

He shakes his head as he puts me down, "Huh"

"Beer?"

"Do you know me?" I snort

"Vodka" He corrects himself before mixing some with coke for me

I take it, "But anyway did you win?"

"Do you know me?"

I roll my eyes, "How's Melissa and her mysterious boyfriend" I then ask

"Your very curious today"

"It's the whiskey, I'm talkative today"

"Ah, right"

"Beer pong, hurry the fuck up!" Logan calls out to him

I sigh, "And that's my cue to hand you over"

"Ten minutes, tops"

"I'm counting" I reply before going over to the sun bed

Every single time there's a party we're always pulled away from each other, it's either him or me.

I lie besides the birthday girl before putting a pair of shades on my head, "Hey"

"Hey" She murmurs

"Try not to fall asleep" I snort

She smiles before taking off her shades, "I need to tan"

"Tan later"

She rolls her eyes before narrowing them, "What is that?"

I drink from my solo cup with a frown and June leans over before lowering my bikini a little, "Don't tell me that's what I think it is" She scoffs

"What a tattoo?"

"It says Carter"

"You knew I was getting one"

"Yeah but I didn't think you were gonna write Carter"

"He as my name too"

June raises her eyebrows with surprise, "En serio?"

I nod, "For real"

She leans back, "Dang.... ya'll are crazy"

I smile before lying back, however I then sit up once more as a redhead makes her way towards us in a swimsuit. "Zo" I say softly

Her smile doesn't quite reach her eyes as she sits down, Sienna gets out of the pool quickly before grabbing a towel and making her way over. "Zo? I've been calling and texting are you ok?"

"I know.... and I'm sorry for disappearing"

"Hey it's no biggie, as you long as you're ok" June says softly

"Truth is, I'm not" Zoe finally says

Ok now I'm really worried, "What happened?"

She sighs, "Aaron got me pregnant"

I open my mouth before closing it and frowning, Sienna scoffs whilst June just gapes. "What?" The three of us say surprised

"Come into the pool birthday girl!" Imogen shouts over the music

"She's busy!" Sienna shouts back

My face softens, "Zoe-

"And it really really fucking sucks because this isn't what I want right now"

This isn't what anybody wants

Sienna takes her hand, "When did you find out?"

"The day of the party.... I didn't drink that night and then when I heard Aaron telling me about Hayley I got scared because I thought I was gonna have to do this shit on my own"

"Hey you won't" I assure her

"What did your parents say?" June asks

She tucks a hair behind her ear, "Surprisingly mine weren't as mad as his..... but after about a few days they slowly came to terms with it" Zoe replies

"Have you thought about what your gonna do? I mean have you thought about abortion?-

She shakes her head, "This may not be a good thing but I don't wanna do that shit and neither does Aaron, it's our own fault anyway"

"I can't believe we're having this conversation" I say amused

She smiles sadly, "Neither can I"

Carter and Aaron are playing beer pong from afar but I can tell they're still watching, I narrow my eyes before looking back at Zoe. "So what happens now?" Sienna asks

She sighs, "Now we continue how we were, thankfully we're almost done with high school so we don't have to drop out"

"Well we'll always be here to help, and besides.... I've always wanted to be an aunt" I shrug

She smiles in return, "Me too" Sienna says

"Well guys. We're raising a baby" June snorts

"We're raising a baby" I repeat in agreement

Honestly, Zoe and Aaron as parents.... I can't imagine it. I mean maybe give it a few years and I probably will, I guess an eighteen year age gap isn't too bad. Well technically the kid wouldn't be born until Zoe turns nineteen, it's kind of exciting actually.... and I know it's a little early but I'm team girl.

*

"Zoe I promise you it's warm"

"I'm good.....- Aaron put me down!"

He makes a big jump and the both of them fall into the water, I turn my head away as everything splashes. "You asshole!" She coughs as she comes to the surface and I laugh a little

"You not getting in?" Xander asks

"Oh, nah I prefer to stay in the sun"

"But isn't the whole point of a pool party to swim?" He says amused

"Yeah but I-

He pushes me in and I wince as my head hits the pole of the ladder, "Fuck!"

Xander widens his eyes, "Shit! Carmen I'm so sorry-

I hold my head in pain as I climb out quickly, "C you ok?!" Sienna shouts

"Fine!"

I can feel a little blood dripping down the side of my head and I'm a little dizzy, "Carmen I-

"It's fine"

I know Xander only meant to push me in as a joke but damn that hurt like a bitch. Two spots of blood drop onto the floor as I walk into the kitchen, "Shit" I whisper as I start seeing two of everything

I hold onto the counter for support, "Hey you good?" Xander walks over with a pack of wipes

I squint my eyes, "Besides seeing two of you, yeah I'm good"

He takes a wipe out before gesturing for me to turn my head to the side and I do so, "Look it's only a little cut....- ow!"

"Little cut my ass"

I sigh as he hands me two plaster strips, "Thank you"

"Kind of owed it to you-

"Carmen?"

We both look back at Carter as he walks in, "Jesus what happened to your head" He lifts up my chin

"Baby I'm fine-

"Did you do this?" He says to Xander annoyed

"It was an accident" I assure him

"How does someone accidentally make you bleed like that"

"We were joking around and he pushed me in-

"What the fuck-

"Look it was an accident" Xander promises

"Accident my ass-

"Hey, help me with this" I interrupt

My boyfriend eventually takes the plasters and Xander backs away, "Sorry Carmen"

I smile an it's ok before he heads outside, "Would you ever have told me if I didn't see him"

"Probably not" I reply as he peels the paper off

He lifts up my chin, "Would you ever have told me about Zoe's pregnancy if she didn't tell me today?"

He frowns, "Wait how did you-

"I saw the look you gave us Carter, I know you knew"

"I found out by accident, Aaron didn't want me to say anything"

"I get that"

He applies the last plaster before kissing the injured spot and I smile a little, "You sure your ok?"

"I was a little dizzy before but yes I'm ok-

"What's this?" Enzo walks in whilst chewing a few grapes

"Nothing I just-

"Xander pushed her into the pool" Carter interrupts

I scoff, "Really?"

"It's the truth-

"What?" Enzo lifts up my chin and I pull away

"I'm fine-

"How big is the cut-

"You can barely see it, I'm fine Enzo"

"Don't lie to me Carmen"

"I am eighteen, I don't need you to baby me. I'm ok"

He looks back at Carter, "Xander you said his name was?"

"Yup-

"Enzo-

"I'm kidding"

I roll my eyes

~*~

"What'd your dad say?"

"He was just checking if I was ok, he's home with Matty" I murmur against Carter tiredly

That party sucked the life out of me, I didn't drink that much but I swam quite a bit after resting my head... I played a lot too. Lola then decided that it would be a good idea for a food fight so there was that too, cleaning up was horrible.

I doubt that I have enough energy for the movie that June just put on. It's just her, I, Logan, Carter, Sienna, Zoe,Lola and Aaron

"Popcorn?" I hear her ask

"Nah I think she's sleepy" He says amused

"At eleven thirty?" Aaron snorts

He spreads a blanket over us as I try to keep my eyes open, "Mhm, my little early sleeper"

June finally switches off the light before resuming her talk about the baby with Aaron, Carter turns on his phone and I look up at him. "How many kids do you want?"

"Who me?"

"No, Logan" I say sarcastically

"Two" He answers

"Tough"

"Why?"

"I want five"

"For real?"

I nod against him, "Well it's up to you"

"Let's make our first tomorrow" I reply

He freezes and I smile as I close my eyes, "Carmen"

I pretend to be asleep

"C"

"Fuck" He mutters

"I'm kidding" I finally respond, he breathes a sigh of relief

Telling Aaron about the pregnancy got us talking again.... But realistically I should've apologised on the day that I accused him. I don't think I'll be able to move forward if I know I never said sorry

He steps over Carters legs before sitting besides me on the couch and I lie on his shoulder as I stare into the dark. It's so quiet in the living room, literally everyone's asleep. "Aaron" I finally say

"You ok?"

"I'm so sorry" I whisper

He puts an arm around my waist, "For what?"

"Accusing you"

He doesn't reply for a moment, "Why was it so hard to believe that I only want you?"

I shrug one shoulder, "It's too good to be true"

"Why?" He asks softly

"The last guy that told me he loved me cheated three times"

I remember Sienna and Carmen telling me about how he was cheating on me with one of Eliza's minions, I remember him apologising many times and how Enzo practically had to kick him out of the house, I remember crying for four days straight whilst he just went about with his life as if nothing happened. My long term crush was always Aaron but I forced myself to let go of it when I got with Evan, then after we broke up I just couldn't help but think that something was wrong with me..... obviously after that Aaron took an interest and well, I was always self doubting. I wanted to hurt him before he had the chance to hurt me, thats why I ended it when Carmen left

"I will never cheat on you ok?"

I wrap my arms around his torso and he kisses me on the head, "Your too perfect for that.... And forget that guy, he's a piece of shit"

I smile a little, "I love you Aaron"

"I love you too" He says softly

I was shitting bricks in terms of the baby..... but somehow this conversation gave me some reassurance, everything's going to be ok.

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