Everyone was huddled by the front door and windows, confusing me. I could hear yelling outside, but there were too many people in the way to see what was happening.

I walked over, asking Brennen what was going on.

"Sam's yelling at Leighton" He said and my eyes widened.

"What? Why?" He shrugged. "Sam would never yell at her, Why is he yelling at her?" I asked but no one replied.

I knew he was losing his mind at the fact that she was missing, so maybe that's why.

"LEIGH!" I heard Kat scream, and I shoved people out of the way, walking out to the front just to see her car drive away.

"YOU!" Kat yelled, pointing her finger at Aryia.

"What? I didn't do anything!" He yelled and I've never seen Kat so pissed.

"WHY DID YOU HAVE SEX WITH HER?!" Kat yelled and my jaw dropped.

Hold on, what?

"You're saying it like she didn't want it" he rolled his eyes and my jaw clenched.

He slept with Leighton?

I don't know why, but I felt mad.

"YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER!" Kat yelled.

"Kat you're making it sound like I fucking raped her! She was all for it! She's an adult, what's the problem!?" He asked and I saw Kat look over at me.

"You don't sleep with your friend's friends!" Kat yelled and I had no idea what was happening, but Kat was physically shaking with rage.

Aryia scoffed "You've never cared before. Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Aryia asked desperately and I looked over at Sam who was on the phone.

"YOU MADE HER LEAVE!" Kat yelled and Aryia shook his head.

"She wanted to leave before we got together. I stopped her from leaving and I was just going to hang out with her, but it escalated quickly. She seemed like she wanted it" Aryia said and before I could do something Sam reacted first.

"SEEMED LIKE SHE WANTED IT!? YOU DON'T HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO'S EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE ARYIA! SHE WASN'T THINKING CLEARLY!" Sam yelled and I felt like I was watching a ping pong game with how my head was moving between who was arguing.

She was emotionally unstable?

"Who kissed who first?" Kat asked and It got quiet. "WHO KISSED WHO FIRST?!" She yelled at him and I watched him gulp.

"I did" he admitted.

"YOU SLEPT WITH HER!?" I yelled, that just now registering.

I felt like everything was going in slow motion as I tried to keep up.

"SHE INITIATED IT!" Aryia yelled and I shook my head in disbelief.

"THAT DOESN'T MATTER! SHE WAS IN NO HEADSPACE TO DO THAT! You're clean right!? She asked about getting STD tested" Kat said and my eyes widened.

"YOU BETTER BE FUCKING CLEAN!" I yelled and he held his hands up in surrender.

"As far as I know, I'm clean" He said and I clenched my jaw, trying to hold back.

"I can't believe you got to her too!" I yelled, feeling the anger fill in my chest.

"SHE WANTED IT!" he shouted back and Kat and I were standing maybe a little too close to him.

"THAT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!" Katrina screamed and I could tell she was extremely worried, I just didn't know why.

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING! Why are you guys yelling at me?! CLEARLY YOU ALL FUCKED UP SINCE SHE WANTED TO LEAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE!" He yelled and I shook my head, having no idea what he was talking about.

"I can't believe you took advantage of her!" Kat yelled again, and I couldn't tell if she was going to scream or cry with how much she was shaking.

"I DIDN'T!"

"YOU KISSED HER FIRST!" She yelled

"SO WHAT?! WHY DOES THIS MATTER SO MUCH?! Wait, do you like her?" Aryia asked me and it only made me more mad.

"I DON'T WANT YOUR FUCKING LEFTOVERS ARYIA!"

"You like her." He said and I saw my hand twitch as my jaw clenched again, my hand forming a fist as it shook.

He's your friend. He's your friend. He's your friend.

I kept repeating it, so I didn't smack him.

"She's my fucking roommate Aryia" I growled and Kat put her hand on my chest, getting more in his face.

She said something and his eyes widened. I felt like everything was moving at a snail's pace as my brain tried to follow along with what was happening.

Aryia shook his head and got in his car before driving away, leaving me stunned.

She had sex with him?

Why?

No one had heard from Leighton in a while and we all crashed around 4am, figuring she went home, until I woke up to Sam and Kat talking.

"Where are you going?" I asked Sam, watching him grab his keys and Kat grabbed her shoes

"Aaliyah called asking what happened, and why Leighton was in the hospital" Sam said, grabbing his phone off the charger.

"What do you mean she's in the hospital?" I asked, still trying to comprehend what the hell happened.

"We have to go, I'll fill you in later, are you coming or staying?" Sam asked and I quickly got up.

"I'll come, Let me go pee and brush my teeth real quick"

~

I sat in the back of the car, replaying yesterday's events, only to be left even more confused as to where everything had gone wrong.

I hadn't really seen Leighton after we got here. Every time I saw her she was next to Sam, or sitting by herself.

I felt kind of guilty for being too busy hanging out with our friends to notice anything happening to her. I was just so excited to have Nate in the same place with my LA friends, and I wanted him to have a good time, that I completely forgot that Leighton didn't know anybody.

I felt like a jerk.

A jerk who forgot to care about her. To be there for her. Like I was the person I said I wasn't going to be. Did I lie to her face?

"Okay can someone please tell me what happened?" I asked, still feeling lost on what actually went wrong.

"Okay, you guys were going to film a video and Leighton snuck away, and she looked weird so I followed her to make sure she was okay. She just felt off. She ended up passing out from what I think was low blood sugar. She woke up, we went to go get McDonalds and some snacks to help her blood sugar, we came home and she said she was going to go lay down. You know the rest. She then went missing, which we now know, she was with fucking Aryia" Sam grumbled at the end, not even trying to mask the way he felt about the situation.

"No, she was FUCKING Aryia" Kat said and Sam glared at her before glancing back towards.

Why do they keep looking at me?

Okay... maybe I was mad that he slept with her, but she wasn't my girlfriend so I don't really have the right to be mad.

I guess I'm just bummed that he got with her too.

He always ended up sleeping with our friends, and at certain points it would get annoying because then things would get messy.

"But why would she want to leave?" I asked, still feeling like there were pieces missing to the story.

"She wasn't feeling well Colby" Sam said and I shook my head, fixing my hair.

I felt like I missed 4 seasons of a TV show and now we were at the climax of the dramatics and I had no idea who was mad at who and who was in love with who and which one was pregnant.

I could tell there was a key point that no one was telling me, and I was becoming beyond frustrated.

Why were there so many secrets?

I knew Sam was keeping a secret from me by the way he was acting, and that alone was suspicious because he never kept secrets from me. The worst he has done was surprised me with a trip to Hawaii on my birthday, but this seemed way too serious which had me concerned.

"Wait, she passed out?!" I spoke in a jarred tone, my brain now registering the quick facts Sam told me.

"Yeah. She was in no place to one leave let alone go fuck Aryia" Sam grumbled and I could tell he was still very pissed. I just couldn't tell at who.

I could also see Sam felt some way about Leighton which made me mentally raise a few eyebrows as I tried to figure out what was going on.

When we arrived at the hospital, I've never seen Sam move so fast.

He was on a mission and left both Kat and I in his dust.

"Sam, wait up!" I yelled, running after him.

"I'm looking for Leighton Fox?" Sam asked the lady in front of him.

"How aren't you jealous as fuck right now? Why does he care so much about her?" I asked Kat and Kat glared at me.

Okay, I've fucked up somehow.

The only reason I could think of him acting like this is that he liked her, but he was desperately in love with Kat, so that didn't make sense

"One, what the fuck Colby. I'm secure in our relationship, and two, I know why he's concerned" She said and I was fed up.

"Okay what the hell is going on?" I asked but before either of them replied to me, Sam booked it down a hallway.

I groaned, jogging after him.

We stopped in front of a closed hospital door and all I heard was "I'm moving back home" and my heart dropped.

In waltzed Sam and her eyes widened.

"You know Leighton I'm really tired of learning your secrets from a hospital door" He said and she cracked a smile.

"So we meet again in the hospital" She smirked.

Again?

I swear everything that left their mouths only made me more confused.

"EVERYONE STOP! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" I yelled, everyone freezing at my outburst.

"I'd like to know that too, Leigh" The guy next to us said.

Right as Leighton's lips parted, the door opened.

The timing was impeccable. In walked a guy in a white coat, holding papers.

"I'm going to have to ask everyone who is not family to step out"

"Ms. Fox, we have some stuff we need to talk about concerning your pregnancy" He said and I stopped him.

"Gabe's the father. He should be here. He's in the blue shirt" I said and the doctor nodded, grabbing him.

Gabe walked back in and stood next to my hospital bed, both of us staring at the doctor.

I could see he was worried, especially since he was the only one who was called back in.

I could also tell he had a lot of questions, but I couldn't tell if he was upset or not at the idea of giving away our baby, and that scared me.

Before he could even speak, everyone walked in, and I would kill to know what thoughts were running around in his head right now.

"I did some testing whilst you were out, it was covered by your parents insurance, don't worry, but you have high blood pressure, and a low iron count" He said and my eyebrows scrunched up.

"What does that mean?" Gabe asked

"Well, from what I can see on her records, she's passed out a couple times in this pregnancy, and there are a couple reasons as to why that could happen, but I believe yours has to do with a low iron count, considering you have high blood pressure. A lot of pregnant women have dizzy spells when they're pregnant, but they don't actually pass out. Usually it is either low iron count, or low blood pressure that makes them pass out. Low blood pressure during pregnancy comes from not eating. High blood pressure comes mainly from stress, and it is a major pregnancy risk concern. Your baby can be born prematurely from high blood pleasure or be born with a low birthweight, which can put them in the NICU for a while" He said and my heart dropped.

I was hurting my baby.

I just started crying. I was doing the worst thing imaginable for my baby, and I had no way to stop it.

"Ms. Fox, I know this is one of the worst things to say to a pregnant woman, but as your current care provider, I must ask you that you stop crying" he chuckled and I nodded, taking a deep breath. "I need you to listen to me closely" he said and I nodded. "You need to stay calm during your pregnancy. Your baby is at high chance of being born way too early to survive, okay? It's an easy fix as of right now and I don't want you to worry, but you need less stress. Now if this continues when you're further along, I'd be extremely concerned. You need to bring your blood sugar down. I will prescribe you some things for your blood sugar and your iron count that you need to take along with your prenatal medication. I will contact your OBGYN about what I'm doing, but to protect your baby, we really need to lower that blood sugar" He said and I nodded, trying extremely hard to resist the urge to cry about what was happening to my baby. "I understand that this is your first baby, and everything is scary, but I don't want to have to have you end up on bed rest to protect this little one, okay? When you have extreme stress levels to where it messes with the chemical balance in your body, things like anxiety and depression, which already give off a different chemical compound in the brain, it can affect your babies physical and mental development, along with possible chance of premature birth, and a low birth weight. Birth weights under 5 pounds can be extremely dangerous and make the NICU stay not only longer, but harder" He said and I was trying really fucking hard to keep it together. If he didn't want me to cry or stress, he should really stop talking.

All I wanted to do was protect my baby, and by worrying about protecting my baby, I'm hurting them.

"I'm the worst mother on the planet" I whined, covering my face with my hands.

"So how do we naturally lower her blood sugar?" Gabe asked, ignoring my outburst.

"You're not the worst mother Ms. Fox" He said and I shook my head, remembering what he said about calming down. "Well, I'd start with removing what is stressing her out. People, places, things, otherwise she might have to spend the rest of her pregnancy on bed rest. We need to keep this little one alive, and part of my job is doing whatever it takes to make that happen"

~

"You're coming to my apartment Leighton" Gabe said and I rolled my eyes, Sam and Kat walking back into the room.

"No I'm not. I'm not living wit my ex-boyfriend. Where's Colby?" I asked, wanting to drop the conversation with Gabe.

I was a big girl. I didn't need him.

"Leigh, you need babysitting. I don't care how childish that sounds, I can't have you stressing or freaking out or crying about things you don't need to worry about right now"

"I don't need babysitting!"

"Did you not hear the doctor?" I ignored Gabe and turned to Sam who looked irritated.

"Colby's blowing off steam by walking outside" He seemed grumpy, and I couldn't tell if it was because of me or because of Colby.

"Leigh I'm not kidding. You're not killing our baby" He said and Kat's eyes widened.

"WHAT!?" She yelled and I shook my head.

"Gabe, stop it! I'm just kind of a high risk right now. The doctor said I just needed to be less stressed. Not move into my ex's apartment" I glared at him and explained to Sam and Katrina.

"What happened?" Kat asked and I sighed, giving them the run down.

"I'm sorry for leaving. I guess I was being dramatic and let my inner thoughts win" I sighed, taking a sip of my water.

I had to meet certain marks before I could be discharged, and one of those was lowering my high blood pleasure out of the danger zone, which meant, lower heart rate, less crying and more water drinking and cracker eating.

"Okay, so once we hash out what the fuck just happened back at the castle-" Sam started but Gabe cut him off

"Castle?" He asked and we all ignored him.

He was not my concern right now, I was still pissed he ditched me on my ultrasound. Busy or not, pregnant me holds grudges.

"We just need to keep you happy and healthy! Which means you're coming back right?" He asked and I sighed, deciding if I was going to figure this all out, I had more explaining to do.

"Gabe, can you go find me a cookie please?" I asked, wanting to get him out of the room so I could explain to Sam and Kat.

Gabe reluctantly left, I let out a deep exhale. "Okay, I'm sorry for sleeping with Aryia. I wasn't thinking. It was fully consensual. I'll be straight up, pregnancy makes you horny as fuck" I chuckled and Sam shook his head letting out a breathy laugh.

I sat there and explained my thoughts, and how I felt out of place. Telling them everything and right as I finished, Gabe walked in with a sugar cookie, reminding me of when I was at the hospital for my mom.

Where did he even find that?

"We need to tell Colby. He's a stressor in your life" Sam said and I rolled my eyes.

"Let me genuinely think about how to tell him okay? I want to do it right. Unless someone wants to accidently let it slip" I teased since that's how Sam found out, but then I saw the mischievous gleam in their eye and I narrowed my eyes at them, telling them not to.

"I promise Leigh, you're not out of place. You never will be. You weaseled your way into our hearts and now you're stuck there" Kat grinned and I rolled my eyes, smiling.

I ended up spending that night in the hospital and was discharged that morning, Sam picking me up that next morning since Gabe had to go back home to work.

It took a little convincing, but he finally dropped it about me staying at his apartment for my pregnancy, thank god.

On the ride back to the castle he asked me "Are you really moving back?" making me sigh.

I really didn't want to have this conversation right now. I wanted to at least figure out my plans before saying anything.

"I don't know. LA isn't for me. The older I get, the more I realize how much I don't belong here, and I don't want my son or daughter growing up with the pressures that come with living in LA"

"So you're keeping the baby?" He asked and I smirked, realizing I walked right into that one.

"I really want to. Let's worry about this later and go have fun before I have to go back to real life. When we get home, it seems like I have a lot of stressful conversations waiting for me."

"Leigh the point of this doctor trip was that you need to eliminate the stressors!" Kat scolded and I sighed, knowing she was right, but that didn't change the fact that I still needed to have stressful conversations once I got home.

~

"Okay so the rules are you can only move once, and you can't be next to someone else!" Sam explained, filming us.

I got back, and there was a weird vibe. I felt like everyone was looking at me while trying to not look at me. I figured there was some unspoken conversation concerning what had happened, which I guess I was kind of grateful for.

I was about to play blind hide and seek for the first time, and I was terrified. I wasn't good at not laughing and giving myself away, so I figured I'd suck at this. Plus I was pregnant, which meant I couldn't go somewhere I could fall, and I couldn't lay on my stomach so I was basically doomed.

Sam went over how it works before grabbing his nerf gun and going outside.

"Leigh, come here!" Kat waved and I walked over to her.

"I have the perfect spot for you that is safe for your pregnant ass"

Kat tucked me under the couch and moved a table in front of me, sliding my phone to me.

"I'm going to go hide!" She yelled, running away.

"Hey guys, Sam said to show you where I'm hiding, Kat shoved me under a couch" I laughed, trying to show but I was kinda squashed under it, making it difficult.

We all stopped talking once we heard Sam say he was in the house and I figured the best way to not laugh was to not watch. So I closed my eyes and rested my hands on my tummy, just taking some calming breaths.

I don't know how long I was under here for, but I heard some girl yell "Shit!" Before laughing, not sounding too far away.